Noble Emblem

Ellen City is about a hundred kilometers away from Echo City. There is a plain between the two cities and the road is not bumpy, so this trip is not difficult.

However, at the speed of the carriage, they still slept in the open all night on the way, and did not arrive at Ellen City until noon the next day.

Ellen is also a big city. Although it is not as good as Echo City, it is still a very prosperous place. When they arrived at the outskirts of the city, the four carriages separated and one entered the city every hour. After all, if nineteen professionals entered a city at the same time, they would definitely be questioned and watched, so it would be easier to do things separately.

Beta's third team was the last one to enter the city. The guard guarding the roadside just glanced inside, and when he saw Beta, who was noble and fair-faced, he immediately let them go.

It turned out that the young master of a certain family had come here with his subordinates to have fun. When encountering such people, the guards were generally unwilling to cause trouble.

After entering the city, the four Betas found a hotel to stay. Although the four teams were separated, they had their own way of contacting each other.

Beta opened two rooms, one for him and Heidi, and one for Robben and Xion.

This is not because Beta wants to take advantage of Heidi, but because he is now playing the role of the young master, so it is normal for the young master to live in the same room with his female subordinates and enjoy their service. Moreover, the room where Beta lived had an inner bedroom and an outer bedroom. Beta slept in the outer bedroom and Heidi slept in it. The two of them had no actual 'contact'.

Robben and Xion didn't have any objections to this. They both knew that Heidi and his employer were lovers, and they didn't make a fuss when they saw Beta and Heidi living in the same room.

Some things are beyond their control. Besides, they felt that Heidi was not that unloved... If Heidi didn't love herself, they could have had a romantic relationship long ago, so why wait for Beta.

After having lunch and taking a short nap, Beta pretended to take Heidi and Robben out for shopping while Lucion stayed in the room.

In fact, this was just an illusion. After they left, Xion used the thief's invisibility ability to turn into a shadow and secretly left through the back door of the hotel to find Arnold and the others.

Beta walked around the street. It seemed that he was taking the beauty with him, but in fact, while they were walking and walking, they covered most of the urban planning of Ellen City and the location of the Temple of Light. Note it down.

When he returned to the hotel in the evening, Beta immediately drew a rough topography of Ellen City on the parchment based on memory. This would definitely be biased, but Beta's intelligence of over ten points and his memory would definitely be better than the other three. Much more. If it were painted by them, it would be even more unreliable.

After finishing the painting, Xion also quietly came back. He crept in through the window, then walked to Beta's room and knocked on the door. After entering, he closed the door and whispered: "The first group is in the east of the city, and the second group is in the east of the city." In the west of the city, the fourth group stayed in a hotel next to the Temple of Light, and no one seemed to have attracted the attention of the Temple of Light."

Beta nodded: "The permanent population of Ellen City is more than one million, and the number of people entering and exiting every day should be between one hundred thousand. They can't find it. How is the defense at the Temple of Light?"

"It's quite strict." Xion said: "The news of Payne's death must have reached them. Just looking from the outside, I can feel a tense atmosphere. This mission is a bit troublesome."

Beta smiled and said: "Don't worry, the city lord has given us a month. In a few days, their emotions should relax, and then we will consider other things. During this time, everyone can go out and play if they want. Our mission has quite a lot of funds, so as long as we don’t spend too much, we should be able to make everyone live more comfortably.”

Robben and Xion laughed a few times. They liked Beta's generous character very much, and Heidi was also smiling.

Each team was allocated thirty gold coins for the mission. Nadette was a very generous person. It was obvious that he had always been very generous to his own people.

Beta took out three gold coins from the money bag, gave one to each person, and let them go out and play by themselves. The three of them all accepted it with a smile and left the room.

Beta stayed in the room, took out the magic pattern record book, and studied the magic patterns on the black coffin again.

Most player magicians have this habit of squeezing in some time to learn new magic knowledge in their free time. After a while, it was completely dark. Beta stretched out and heard some movement on the balcony next door. He was a little curious and walked to the balcony. Then he saw Robben sitting in a rocking chair and resting on the balcony next door. .

He turned to look at Beta and smiled sheepishly: "Mr. Cook, are you bothering me?"

Beta waved his hand: "It's okay, I just want to relax for a while... Didn't you go out with them?"

Robben smiled awkwardly and said: "I didn't go out, I wanted to save some money."

"Preparing to save up for marriage?"

Robben smiled sheepishly and said: "No, it's money saved for the family. I am the eldest in the family, and there are five younger brothers and four younger sisters. My family used to be very poor, until I became a professional , that’s better.”

Ten offspring... Beta twitched her lips: "Your parents are really capable of giving birth."

This was a joke in itself, but Robben took it as a compliment: "Yes, my parents are really good at giving birth to children. In our village, the more fertile people are, the more they will be respected by others."

Next, Robben began to talk about things in his family. For example, the fifth brother was very powerful and had the talent to become a professional. A certain sister was very beautiful, almost like Heidi. Beta listened quietly beside him, feeling very impressed that little people also had their own emotions, which reminded him of his previous experiences in the game.

Early in the game, he and Roland received a task in Lakeside Town to help an elderly couple find their son.

Roland, who was three years older than him, was unwilling to take on the task, but Beta didn't know much about things at the time. He insisted on taking on the task, and pulled Roland along. With his own efforts, he found a man in a cannibal tribe. After picking up the young man's head, he excitedly handed it over to the couple to see what kind of mission reward he could get.

As a result...the old couple couldn't bear the blow and fainted on the spot. At night, the old couple woke up, cuddled up, holding their son's head, and calmly lit their little thatched house on fire and perished in the flames.

What Beta got was only 20 mission experience points and a penalty of 5 points drop in resident friendliness points.

At that time, Beta was still young and soft-hearted. He stared blankly at the burning thatched cottage, and for the first time in his life, his eyes turned red and he shed tears for the NPC.

In the following eight years of playing games, he saw too many life and death farewells, which made his heart as hard as steel. Now he can help Nadette and kill Payne, who is also a good person, for the benefit of the Cult of Wealth and in order to weaken the Temple of Light.

Standing is sometimes more important than right or wrong.

Robben talked for almost two hours, and Beta also listened for such a long time. Occasionally he would interject and ask questions, which made Robben speak even more enthusiastically. It was obvious that he had not said so many words for a long time. .

It's normal to think about it. As a shield warrior, Robben usually spends most of his money on training and maintaining his own equipment. He doesn't seem to be sociable in the team. It's strange that anyone is willing to talk to him more.

Not long after, Xion and Heidi came back one after another. Xion had a strong smell of cheap rouge powder, while Heidi had a few beautiful clothes in his hands.

At a glance, you can tell what the two people did when they went out.

Xion smiled sheepishly and hid in his room, while Heidi showed an unhappy expression: "I'm obviously out on a mission, but I don't want to save some energy, and I don't know how to adjust my state. What's going on?" The problem is, he was the first one to die."

Beta said helplessly: "Don't curse your teammates."

Heidi patted her forehead lightly: "Sorry, I've been in a bad mood these past two days."

Beta nodded to show understanding and didn't ask any more questions. He and Heidi were not close, so he shouldn't ask about these things, otherwise he would be suspected of flirting with her.

Heidi breathed a sigh of relief, then went to take a shower. After changing into comfortable pajamas, she sat across from Beta and said, "Cook, I have something to say to you."

After taking a bath, Heidi also had a scent, but it wasn't strong.

Beta put down the parchment in his hand. In Beta's eyes, these magic patterns were all knowledge and power. But in Heidi's eyes, they were all ghostly drawings, making him dizzy just by looking at them.

"Well, tell me."

Heidi took a deep breath: "The city lord wants me to apologize to you on his behalf?"

Beta was a little confused.

"He sent people to Laguo County to investigate you." Heidi said helplessly: "You are very capable and powerful. When you first came here, the city lord was a little wary of you, so..."

Beta smiled 'empathetically': "It doesn't matter, I can understand the city lord's approach. If it were me and someone came to seek refuge with me, I would have to check the other person's background. This is a normal approach."

Heidi breathed a sigh of relief: "It's great that you understand. The city lord is afraid that you will have a grudge in your heart if you find out in the future... But I really didn't expect that you actually have two powerful women by your side, one of whom is a foreigner." ”

Haha, Beta laughed dryly.

"Do you think your woman is more beautiful, or mine?"

Heidi narrowed her eyes, her eyelashes were long and looked quite seductive under the oil lamp.

Beta Yi said without hesitation: "Judy and Angel are more beautiful."

Heidi stood up, walked behind Beta, pressed her upper body on Beta's back, rubbed Beta's face with one hand, and said, "What about now?"

Beta still said without hesitation: "They are more beautiful."

Heidi glanced down and sneered: "The weapons are already out of their sheaths, but they are still standing tall. Don't you feel it's against your will to say such things again?"

"This is a normal physiological reaction and cannot be controlled." Beta said with a smile, "But I can control my behavior."

"What a pity. I originally wanted you to rest in my inner room for the night." Heidi let go of Beta, returned to the inner bedroom, and waved to him before closing the door: "Good night... you changed your mind. , you can come to me at any time, I don’t mind.”

The door to the inner bedroom was gently closed. Beta turned her head and snorted in her heart. Nadette even trusted her, but this woman was still testing her.

Sometimes he admires women's intuition. Although they are not very smart, they can often get to the core of things inexplicably.

In the following days, Beta and the other three people kept wandering around the city, firstly to draw a more accurate topographic map, and secondly to see if they could find out the target's movement patterns.

After a few days, the terrain map was drawn quite accurately, but the target never appeared at all.

Two days later, Beta and Arnold met quietly in a remote hotel: "The target never came out of the Temple of Light. We are very passive... Cook, you are smarter. Is there any way?"

Beta also shook his head helplessly: "This kind of target hiding in its own cave like a turtle is the most difficult to deal with. How about finding a night to attack and strengthen the attack?"

Arnold shook his head: "No, the defense of the Temple of Light is very tight. A strong attack will cause too much damage and may not be successful. And it is different from our Echo City. That is our home field and we have a great advantage, but this is other people's territory. We Only assassination."

"Don't rush yet. There are still more than twenty days before the time set by the city lord. Let's wait slowly. The opportunity will always come."

Arnold sighed: "I'm just afraid that the other party won't leave the Temple of Light for a few months."

Facts have proved that Arnold's judgment was correct. The other party was really hiding in the Temple of Light and had no intention of coming out. At this time, another ten days have passed, and the target still has not come out of the temple.

Now, except for Beta, almost everyone became impatient.

The captains of the four teams gathered in a remote hotel room at the same time. Arnold said helplessly: "The time set by the city lord is now less than half a month, but we have not even seen the shadow of the target person. What do you think? manage?"

No one answered.

Beta looked around, took out a pamphlet from his clothes, and read: "Bemosi, sixty-two years old, old-fashioned, stubborn and cautious. He was originally a combat priest. Although he later became an archbishop, he still maintained He has strong fighting ability, is unmarried and has no children, and is said to have a tendency to like little boys.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Arnold asked: "Cook, where did you get this information?"

"I have been wandering around the streets for more than ten days, listening to the words of passers-by, and then I wrote them down. These are relatively credible."

Everyone was stunned and a little ashamed.

"There are also a few more interesting ones, but the credibility is not high." Beta turned a page and read: "Beimexi is said to have an ambiguous relationship with the city lord, maybe because they are fighting each other with bayonets. In addition, at the end of each month, During those days, he might have appeared at the house of a noble man named Bulgari, but others said it was just a resemblance, and I don’t know if that’s true.”

Arnold's eyes lit up slightly: "It's the end of the month now."