Arcane Lord

A tall and thin man wearing leather armor walked in, looked at the middle-aged man on crutches surrounded by everyone, and said disdainfully:

"Have you really killed an orc? Why did I hear that someone survived by pretending to be dead? Even a broken leg was refused to pay for treatment by the quartermaster because it was broken by himself. Why, you don't have money to go to the temple for treatment? Want to come here to cheat money?”

The tall and lanky man wanted to say something, but when he saw Old Neil waving to him repeatedly, he gave up and walked to the bar.

When the middle-aged man on crutches heard that his "great achievements" were exposed, he suddenly became a little angry, but he was worried that he was in Old Neil's hotel.

He could only smile and continue talking as if the tall and thin man had never appeared before. Perhaps his eloquence was pretty good, but none of the young men around him left.

At the bar, Old Neil asked the tall and thin man in a low voice, "What's the news?"

"The man is back and may go out tomorrow."

"Is the news accurate?"

"It should be true. It will take some time for the heavy snowfall to arrive. This should be the last chance. Our lord will not let his apprentices fight in the snow." The tall and thin man pointed out.

Old Neil was silent for a moment and asked, "Are you willing to take action?"

The tall and thin man chuckled, "I would like to, but there are two groups of soldiers around that man at any time, and there is also a high-level rogue, so I don't dare."

"High-level rogue?" Old Neil then remembered that the last time he persuaded Master Kenny to attack Shado, he was told that he had lost a servant. At that time, he just thought it was because Master Kenny wanted the friendship necklace. Now it seems likely to be true.

It was just solved by the high-level rogues from Xia Duo.

"They are indeed high-level rogues. Although their own power is limited, rogues never rely on strength to win. I advise you not to attract other people's attention. With that high-level rogue here, you can't possibly win." Opportunity.”

The lanky man had a very negative attitude, which made Old Neil feel annoyed, but he did not show it, but followed the lanky man's words.

"That's what I'm asking, I'm a law-abiding citizen, how could I do something to harm the lord's apprentice!"

The tall and lanky man took a deep look at Old Neil, but said nothing more, took the reward, and left.

After the lanky man left, Old Neil fell into silence behind the bar. If he could, he would rather go back in time to before he met Xia Duo, so that he wouldn't have so many worries now.

In fact, everything that follows will never happen, including meeting the dangerous foreign mage upstairs.

The expression on Old Neil's face changed, and he finally made up his mind and came to the second floor again.

"Sir Kenny, Old Neil wants to make a deal with you."

"What deal?" Kenny said coldly, he was very dissatisfied with Old Neil's interruption again, "If you can't satisfy me, you should know-"

"My lord, I guarantee that your lord will be satisfied with this deal."

"explain!"

"Yes, sir."

Done! There was a gleam in Old Neil's eyes, "I would like to ask the Lord to take action personally and kill that apprentice."

Old Neil emphasized "in person", but at this time Kenny was not dissatisfied. Instead, he asked with interest: "What's the price?"

He wanted to know what trump cards Old Neil had to lure this level 7 mage.

"Sir, do you know about the elf ruins?"

"Elven ruins?!" Kenny didn't notice that his voice was trembling. "What do you know? Don't tell everyone!"

Old Neil said with some pride: "I know a group of elf adventurers who come to Saveland every winter to look for something!"

"Oh?" Kenny finally regained his composure and instantly entered the spell-casting state. He silently cast a suggestion spell and said calmly, "Look at me and tell me about that team of elf adventurers."

Old Neil subconsciously raised his head and met Kenny's eyes that were shining with a strange light. He was originally planning to say something after the transaction was completed, but he said it unknowingly——

"That team of elf adventurers was very generous and mysterious. I followed them and found that they seemed to be looking for something. I couldn't think of anything else except elf ruins."

After Kenny heard this, if he hadn't used the suggestion technique, he would have thought that Old Neil was lying. How could this be possible for an ordinary person to follow a group of elves?

"How did you track them?" Kenny asked.

"I immediately went to the forest to look for green plants after they left."

"Why?"

"I heard that the fruits that elves eat are grown today."

"..."

Kenny didn't expect that an ordinary person would track down the traces of elves because of a legend that he didn't know was true or false. As a mage, he knew more than Old Neil. An elf who can eat fruits that are grown is not an ordinary elf!

This also convinced him of the existence of the so-called "elven ruins".

Once upon a time, the elven kingdom was spread all over the major forests of Faerûn. It was normal for there to be elven ruins in the forests near Savil Territory. And any elven ruins, even if they were "cleaned" by the elves, were still valuable to humans.

And if you can visit before the elves do, then——

Kenny didn't dare to think any further, worried that he wouldn't be able to control his desires and compete with the elves.

"Did the elf find the ruins?"

"No."

Knowing that the elves had not found the ruins, Kenny was surprised and a little worried. For some reason, he asked again, "Do you know where the ruins are?"

"I know."

What! Kenny almost jumped up from his chair. The ruins that the elves did not find were actually discovered by an ordinary human!

"My friend, tell me, where are the elf ruins?" Kenny asked impatiently.

In order to prevent Neil's subconscious resistance, he also softened his tone and emphasized the magic suggestion. At this time, he was an old friend in Neil's heart who had been in contact for decades.

"The elf ruins, the elf ruins are there, in--"

But he couldn't say the rest of the words. Neil's expression began to gradually twist, and he didn't utter any more words until he groaned in pain.

Kenny's expression was not good either. He originally wanted to tell Neil after he woke up that you know too little about the wizard. Now it seems that he knows too little about ordinary people.

Is an ordinary person who can think of tracking the elves and discover the secret before the elves still an ordinary person?

Kenny could even guess that Old Neil should have determined the location of the elf ruins several years ago, but he had been holding back from selling the secret to the elves.

If it were Kenny, he would not have done this.

Thinking about this, Kenny lifted the suggestion spell, and Old Neil collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily. He tried to raise his head and looked at Kenny, "Sir, can the transaction continue?"

"Yes!"

After hearing this, Old Neil fainted.

Looking at the unconscious Old Neil, Kenny always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it. After thinking carefully, he didn't find any loopholes.

It can only be attributed to his own worries about the elf ruins.