Fang Hong looked towards Diket again.
The older Knight seed sowhat indifferent, "I am here to investigate the Tide of the Undead, so naturally, I will be staying here for a while." The implication was that he would follow the arrangents.
After they had reached an agreent, Fang Hong approached that man. However, he didn't imdiately agree to the other party's request but instead made his own suggestion. He proposed that since it was a cooperation, in the interest of fairness, the distribution of the Spoils of War during the mission should still be based on each party's contribution.
n of Adventure Group's Captain, Hansen, appeared quite pleased with this proposal. If the settlent was based on contribution, then they could at least secure one of the three pieces of Equipnt, which was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.
Fang Hong paid close attention to the reactions of these two individuals and understood that there shouldn't be any issue. Hansen's response was within his expectations, and if the man had shown indifference, that would have been cause for concern.
After confirming this, he continued, "However, I do have a question, Your Excellency. Can you answer it for ?"
The man glanced at him. Although his expression was unclear, he seed to be frowning. His tone was a bit impatient as he said lightly, "Generally speaking, I do not readily answer questions. However, as a collaborator, you may ask. If I can answer, I certainly will, but if I cannot, there's no point in asking as I do not have ti to make up lies."
Fang Hong was montarily stunned by the man's lofty tone. He asked, "Scholar sir, before this, I heard that Dolifen had been occupied by a group of people. How did you enter this place, may I ask?"
"The question is superfluous. However you entered here, so did we."
"But we saw none of those people, which is why we are a bit puzzled—"
"The puzzlent is yours," the man interjected, "I've said I will only answer one question—however you entered here, so did we."
Hearing this, Fang Hong could only sigh. The other party's response was, indeed, indisputable, considering they might not have encountered those people and not everyone was here to investigate the Dragon Worship Sect.
However, upon returning, Miss Hilveld told him with a smile that he had used the wrong approach. "The wrong thod?" Fang Hong was still a bit puzzled.
So the Noble girl analyzed it for him. "That man appeared very cautious. Such a person should not be approached with questions, Captain. He is conservative and prudent, and even if the information is not of significant importance to him, he will not reveal anything lightly. Direct questioning will only arouse suspicion."
Fang Hong then saw the light, "You an I should have asked Hansen."
Miss Hilveld nodded. "Exactly, although he seems shrewd, he has the flaw of being greedy for small gains. Toss him a little bait, and he won't hesitate to sell information that is not critical to him."
"Miss Hilveld, it seems so, indeed I didn't think that deeply!" Fang Hong couldn't help but admire her, but then, sothing ca to his mind, and he couldn't resist asking, "Miss Hilveld, you... you wouldn't do this to , right?"
The Noble girl smiled slightly. "Of course not, I am a mber of your team, aren't I?"
Fang Hong nodded in agreent, "I think so, too. I should be able to see through that."
Miss Hilveld couldn't help but turn her head away, covering her mouth, her eyes curving into crescents as she laughed.
Of course, Fang Hong didn't notice too much; after agreeing to cooperate with the other party, they joined forces and searched around for any trace of that 'woman' for a while, but of course, found nothing.
Parker kept insisting that what they saw was the 'Nonexistent lady,' which started to give everyone a bit of a headache. It was then that Hansen suggested heading to Lady Tengye's inn, and Fang Hong, having no intention of wasting more ti here, also nodded in agreent.
However, he originally thought they could start the task right away, but it turned out not to be the case.
Hansen inford him that the task had a fixed start ti, generally at midnight, when the brooch would erge; during the entire day, Lady Tengye's inn was no different from other ruins in the area, a place brimming with dead air.
Of course, if one insisted on noting the differences, there were indeed so—
When the group arrived, Fang Hong imdiately noticed this— the inn stood four stories tall with a stone foundation and hall, and wooden upper structures, a common architectural style in Rainbow Bay, yet here, it seed to stand out from the surrounding ruins.
To say it stood out was because the inn seed 'newer' than its surroundings.
Though it was situated on a weed-overgrown street within this abandoned town, the inn looked as if it had been well-maintained. Its exterior wall was sowhat faded but not dilapidated, with green ivy leaves climbing up its facade. Contrasting with the greenery, each windowpane below was intact and sparkled clean. The windowsills even had flower boxes—where thorn bushes would usually have run rampant in other places, here orderly purple lupines and orange cockscombs were growing.
Seeing this place left Fang Hong sowhat astonished.
Turning back, Hansen said, "How about it? It's your first ti here, right? I was pretty much like you on my first visit."
"It's not your first ti here?" Fang Hong couldn't help asking.
"I don't know about our employer, sir, but it's not our first ti indeed. I've been to this fine place several tis, and I've even obtained a Blade of Victory. The inn is not just like this on the outside; it's also well-kept on the inside. Although there's no one inside, it's a great place to stay, even without this questline. In fact, years ago, people discovered this place for that reason. The three items of Dolifen ca into the picture much later."
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