Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 154 “The Slaughterer”

　　”Above the stars will be,” replied Gadelia after a moment’s reflection:

　　”Eight o’clock this evening, Pier Six.”

　　Not bad, no delay at all …… Klein nodded with a small margin:

　　”Good.”

　　As soon as his words fell, the light within the crystal ball suddenly converged, and the figure in the black classical robes became darker and darker, blurring more and more, and soon disappeared.

　　Holding the crystal ball that had become very ordinary, Klein turned his body, pulled open the door of the room, and walked out.

　　Looking at the boss who was leaning against the wall, gulping and drinking, he casually threw the crystal ball to the other party.

　　As the owner caught it with his hands, Klein walked down the stairs and out of the warehouse without a moment’s hesitation.

　　After exiting the Whale Dance, he took out his gold-cased pocket watch, snapped the switch, and looked at the time.

　　It was almost noon, and most of the bars were open. …… Klein stopped a cab and told the man in Fossack that he was going to the Lodar bar, which means “morning” in the local language. This means “Morning Sun” in the local language, and it is one of the places where adventurers are relatively concentrated in the Galgoth Islands.

　　For Krynn, the collection of different information and the acquisition of various news was of great importance, which might help him make the most accurate judgment at a critical moment and thus escape the fate of losing his life, so even though he didn’t like the bar too much, he had to go there often, ask for a strong ale, sit quietly in the corner of the bar, and listen to the exchange of interesting and important events that happened at the sea around him.

　　In addition, he wanted to find out if Roy King had been rescued from his captivity in the Governor’s mansion in the “City of Generosity” – for more than two months, Will “Mercury Serpent” Onsettin had not been able to sleep again. Will “Mercury Serpent” Onsettin had not been dreaming for more than two months, and “Councilor Fate” Ricord had not summoned a messenger to provide a clue to the powerful magical item.

　　After twenty minutes or so, the carriage stopped, and the “Lodal’s” bar with a huge sign appeared in front of Kraven’s eyes.

　　He habitually took out a 2 Sule bill and paid the driver.

　　It was not until he took a good look at the driver’s slightly rugged face that he suddenly remembered something:

　　This was a foreign country, this was a Forsak colony with its own common currency!

　　The smallest was the kopeck, the next was the Vor silver, and the next up was the goldhorn, which kept to a very humane decimal system that made conversion very easy.

　　I forgot to go to the bank to exchange the kopecks and foo silver …… The previous ones were used up at the hotel and restaurant …… Klein was just about to observe where there was a bank around, when the coachman gladly took the two 1-sur bills, examined them several times, and smiled so that the rough skin of his face was full of radiance:

　　”Thank you, thank you for your generosity!”

　　Gold pounds, Soules and pennies are hard currency here too? Well, the Galgas Islands are not too far away from Tuscany and Oravi, many items are sold to these two places, and many Rune adventurers like to run to the “Sea of Moby Dick”, so it is indeed normal for the local private circulation of the Rune Kingdom’s currency ……. Rune’s industrial and economic strength is stronger than the Vossack Empire, and even can be said to be a lot stronger, the gold pounds can be much stronger than the gold Horn …… and so on! Klein got out of the carriage, while walking towards the “Lodal” bar, while recalling the surprised face of the driver just now.

　　Suddenly, he remembers something, that is, 1 gold pound can be exchanged for 5.5 gold horns.

　　That is to say, 2 Soules is worth 5.5 silver.

　　And in the “White City”, the cost of renting a carriage for an hour is 4 Fur silver, less than one hour, according to one hour.

　　No wonder the driver was so happy! Klein turned back to look again, the carriage has gone to nowhere.

　　Phew …… gently exhaled, Klein clicked his hat, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and entered the “Lodar” bar.

　　In this world, close to the docks or factory district of the bar often sell lunch, dinner business, so, around 11 o’clock will be open, at this time there are already a lot of idle adventurers gathered in front of the bar, asked for a strong drink, asked for smoked fish and floating grease soup dishes, on the bread, eating very enjoyable.

　　Strong Ranch and Nibbles for lunch? Was this intended to be drunk all day? This custom of Forsak is really unacceptable ah …… Klein muttered twice, walked to the bar with no expression, sat to the corner, and tapped the wooden board and said:

　　”Two slices of toasted bread with red sausage, one order of smoked whale meat, one order of gumbo, and a glass of Grasse beer.”

　　Gras beer was more popular on the east coast of Forsak, and was not uncommon in places like Sunia and the Galgas Islands.

　　”New here?” The bartender looked up at Klein, “That’s a total of 4 Vr silver and 6 kopecks.”

　　You’re a newcomer if you don’t drink spirits? Klein didn’t bother with the other party’s question and directly threw 2 Soule bills over.

　　This was worth 5 Vr silver and 5 kopecks.

　　Thinking that it was Germaine Sparrow now, Klein resisted the urge to make the other party find the money as a tip.

　　Of course, inside the bar in Berklander, this much food would cost almost like 2 Soule.

　　The bartender who harvested the tip didn’t ask any more questions, and nimbly poured a glass of Grass beer and pushed it in front of Krynn.

　　The beer was black in color, thick and foamy, with a burnt taste in the mouth, and a hint of harshness hidden in its richness, making Kraven feel that the alcohol content was on the high side, and wondered if it had been blended with spirits.

　　While waiting for the food, he took small sips of the wine and quietly listened to the surrounding adventurers chatting.

　　And most of the group’s conversation centered on whoever made a fortune, whoever was killed by a pirate, whoever took out a pirate captain but didn’t claim the bounty turned around and took over the other man’s subordinates, whoever had an illegitimate child with one of the women of Naas, and whoever became a laughingstock for not performing well in a brothel.

　　When the Galgath specialty gumbo, made with beets, onions, cabbage, carrots, fish, and cream, was served to Krynn, he finally heard something interesting.

　　An adventurer lowered his voice and said to his companions around him:

　　”Have you heard? There’s a Quaternary relic east of Galgath.”

　　”No! Who found it?” His companion asked back, startled and curious.

　　The adventurer glanced from side to side and said without much concern:

　　”Garrus found it, as you know; he was an adept diver and navigator.

　　”He sank to the bottom of the sea because he was drunk, and was blown off his deck by a storm, and who knew that he would find there the wreckage of some steel building, absolutely out of the steel building of man!”

　　”And then?” His companion pursued.

　　The adventurer laughed low:

　　”Garrus followed those wrecks and found a huge abandoned undersea well of unknown depth, which had been filled with seawater, but still gave him the feeling of very deep and very scary, with the storms on top of it, which might lead to the center of the earth.

　　”He said it was as if something was calling him from inside, and he didn’t dare to explore it, and surfaced in fear.”

　　The giant well of the deep …… strange sense of “attraction” …… This is not necessarily a relic of the Quaternary period, ah, perhaps the Tertiary, the Second Age, the little “Sun “It is said that in that dark age, the sea monsters submitted to the elf king Sunyasolem and helped k rule the sea floor …… Sweet, salty, and slightly sour mouth …… Klein took a sip of the thick vegetable soup and forked the smoked beluga whale meat.

　　The adventurers didn’t talk much about what had happened to Garrus, since no uplifting gold jewelry, magical items, or extraordinary materials had appeared yet.

　　They quickly chatted about a few adventurers who were not on good terms, mocking each other for obviously marrying beautiful local maidens, but after three to five years, they had all turned into robust, obese women, the kind whose strength rivaled that of a low sequence extraordinary.

　　Eventually, they concluded that it was probably the small amount of giant blood flowing through the Forsaks at work.

　　They said nothing of value until Klein had finished his lunch and concentrated on his drink, but the crowd in the Lodar bar was growing.

　　Suddenly, the heavy door swung open and slammed against the wall.

　　A young man in a bowler hat with obvious Rune blood rushed in, shouting nervously:

　　”Anyone from the Adventurers’ Mutual?”

　　There is, and Bilt still owes me an item creation …… Klein saw the young man nervously keep looking back and intuited that the other man was being chased by someone.

　　Before he could think clearly about whether or not to help, three adventurers had already stood up in different corners, one of them standing over two meters tall, with broad shoulders, gnarled muscles, pale yellow hair, and deep-set blue eyes, and attracting a lot of attention.

　　The sense of strength is shaped like substance …… This is the extraordinary person who is not low in sequence ah …… Klein withdrew his gaze and turned back into a spectator, looking at the door of the bar.

　　There soon appeared a man in a linen shirt and a brown jacket, with a medium build, purple lips, and brown eyes that hid an intense malice that he tried hard to contain but could not hide.

　　He …… Klein immediately associated with the portrait on a wanted poster!

　　That belongs to the “King of the Immortals” Agaritu’s second mate, the bounty of 9,500 pounds of “Slaughterer” Gilthias!

　　This is a notorious pirate …… Klein’s spirit immediately tightened, eyes locked each other, left hand naturally hanging down, the body ready to pounce at any time.

　　Gilchrist swept the two-meter tall “giant” a glance, and then looked at Klein, suddenly retracted the line of sight, turned around and left the door of the “Lodal” bar, without the slightest stay.

　　Very decisive ah, very vigilant …… Klein slightly frowned, believe that he just did not reveal a little killing intent, even the gaze is very well controlled.

　　Was he worried about the “giant”, or was he really intuitive to a certain extent? Like, like a demonic premonition of danger? Kraven gulped down the rest of his Glasgow ale and left the bar without engaging in a private conversation with the adventurer’s guild members, and headed out into the street.

　　Nowadays, he didn’t want to make new problems outside of this matter of searching for mermaids.

　　Looking around, Klein realized that “Slaughterer” Gilthias was long gone, so he quietly returned to the hotel.

　　……

　　Silver City, inside the Round Tower.

　　Derek Burger met Colin Iliad, Chief of the Council of Six, again.

　　He clearly remembers that nearly seventy “days” ago, the other party told him that in about two months, he would have a mission to go out and explore, and that he had to be prepared.