In the Boozt Merchant Guild, water flowed through an artificial mountain, and the environment was classically elegant and luxurious. A hallway paved with oval stones ran through the entire building. Guards with long swords and spears would periodically pass by. It seemed that the defence of this merchant guild was quite serious.
While he had been in Balthazar, Han Shuo had been looking for information about the Boozt Merchant Guild. He understood that this guild specialised in trade. Simply put, the Boozt Merchant Guild used the footholds they had in all the merchant guilds in the empire to buy resources and materials from all over the empire and then resell them to places in need, making their profits from the price margins.
This shipment of weapons and medicine from Drol would definitely be disposed of properly if it were handed over to the Boozt Merchant Guild. That was why Han Shuo had come in search of Fabian. He was definitely looking for the right person.
After crossing three corridors and walking for a few minutes, just as Han Shuo was thinking that this Boozt Merchant Guild was quite large, the young lady of the guild stopped in front of a loft.
"Farmar, go get Fabian. Giles, stand guard at the door. Mm. Your name is Bryan, isn't it? Come with me." The girl looked around a bit as she stood in front of the loft door and then gave orders to the two strong warriors behind her.
Han Shuo didn't chatter idly and followed the girl inside after nodding. Soft carpets met his feet and priceless scroll paintings lined the walls. The room was decorated in an opulent and grand manner with a large chamber inside. A round table was placed in the centre and several chairs were placed around it.
The girl found a chair and sat down, then wrinkled her forehead without saying a word, as if pondering something. A few strands of brown hair landed on her translucent white, clean forehead, setting off her heavily furrowed brow and beautiful cheeks. She'd lost a few traces of the aloof arrogance she'd had before, and gained a few hints of melancholy.
She didn't play host to Han Shuo and he wasn't shy either. He pulled up a chair and sat down, taking in the decor of the room as if it were nothing out of the ordinary, sneaking glances at her from time to time.
After a while, that fat Fabian came in with a fawning smile on his face. As soon as he'd closed the door, he strode in and bowed to the girl. "It's so wonderful that Miss Phoebe has returned safely!"
"Mm. This person has come to find you and says he wants to do business with you. I also need to discuss a few things with you, so I brought him straight here." Phoebe nodded her head and said to Fabian.
"Heh heh, so it's Bryan. It was thanks to you that I escaped from the evil hands of those forest trolls last time in the Dark Forest. . I thought I would never see you again. Who would have thought that a few days after my return to the Empire, you'd be looking for me. What kind of business would you like to do this time?" Fabian had put on a professional smile and asked Han Shuo enthusiastically.
"I have a lot of resources of somewhat murky origin. I was wondering if you'd be willing to buy them from me?" Han Shuo hadn't planned to say much with Phoebe sitting there, but then he thought for a moment and noticed that even Fabian seemed to be following Phoebe's orders. It looked like there was nothing to hide and so he spoke openly.
"Heh heh, that is definitely not a problem. Anything dirty that finds its way into our guild will be cleaned. Don't worry!" Fabian turned his head to look at Phoebe in the distance and only responded with a sudden smile when he saw Phoebe nod slightly.
With that being the case, Han Shuo had no further need to hide anything and released a tendril of mental power that pulled the thirteen bags out of the space ring. He spoke after placing them in the room. "These are the items. Come and see how much they're worth."
Phoebe, who had originally sat there with a cold aloofness, shot a sharp glance in their direction as Han Shuo took out the items one by one. She suddenly said, "These items are from the city of Drol, aren't they? Judging by the bags in which they are contained, they must be the tools used by the orc wolf riders in their raids. Did you take all these from the hands of the orc wolf riders?"
Looking at Phoebe in surprise, Han Shuo thought privately that this girl's eyes were indeed sharp. She had guessed the details of the situation with a single glance. No wonder she was the young lady of the Boozt Merchant Guild. Nodding his head, Han Shuo didn't hide this information either. He smiled slightly and said, "Correct. I've taken these items from the hands of the Orc Wolf Riders."
Phoebe hadn't been interested in Han Shuo before, but as soon as he finished speaking, her eyes lit up and she stared at him intently, assessing him. Then she opened her mouth and asked in astonishment, "You mean to say that you were the one who took all these items from the hands of the orc wolf riders?"
"Young lady, Bryan is a very strong mage swordsman. He was the one who single-handedly scared off all the forest trolls who had surrounded me and were attacking me." Fabian hastened to explain to Phoebe when he saw that she seemed to doubt Han Shuo's strength.
Phoebe was even more surprised by Fabian's words and her sharp eyes patrolled over Han Shuo's body. Even Han Shuo felt his heart tighten with worry when she looked at him like that, as if some of his secrets were being picked up.
Coughing lightly, Han Shuo laughed dryly. "I wasn't the only one who confiscated items from the Orc Wolf Riders, but I'm responsible for them now. I think you should know that you need to take inventory and then give me a fair price so that we can quickly settle this.
"All right, Fabian, take inventory of these items." Phoebe nodded and looked at Han Shuo strangely. She didn't seem to expect Han Shuo to honestly admit that he hadn't taken these items himself.
At that moment, an extremely soft sound suddenly entered Han Shuo's ears, like that of a long sword being slowly drawn from its scabbard. Han Shuo's heart leapt as his expression changed slightly. He lifted his head to look at the dim roof and said with a cold face, "Who's on the roof?"
Phoebe's and Fabian's faces immediately changed drastically at his words, but before they had a chance to react, three crossbow bolts had already flown towards them with a deafening hiss.
Han Shuo had originally been angry because he had thought that Fabian and Phoebe wanted to kill and rob him, but when he saw the three crossbow bolts shooting at each of the three of them, he realised that this could not be the truth.
The deafening sound of the three crossbow bolts slicing through the air showed how shockingly powerful and fast the bolts were. They were obviously fired by skilled experts. Han Shuo's expression was unusually calm at such a crucial moment. He leaned back and quickly dodged the bolt aimed at him. His right hand had already drawn his dagger as he slashed at the other bolt aimed at Fabian.
The bolt aimed at Fabian shattered with a sharp crack as Han Shuo's right hand suddenly went numb from the extreme force of the impact. His entire right arm twitched in pain. This allowed Han Shuo to understand that the power behind this crossbow bolt was incomparably fierce and vicious. If an ordinary person had held the dagger during the impact, his entire right arm would probably have been shattered.
Don.
Phoebe suddenly fled in Han Shuo's direction with a face full of panic and fear. The chair she was sitting on had already been pierced by the crossbow bolt. The bolt had torn through the chair and nailed directly to the carpet. There was an even harder floor underneath the carpet, so it was easy to see how terrifyingly powerful that bolt was.
"Assassins! There are assassins!" Fabian shouted shrilly at this moment, pushing Han Shuo hard in Phoebe's direction. He called urgently. "Bryan, hurry and protect the young miss. As long as you can save our miss, I will pay you another five hundred gold coins. Please!"
It looked like Fabian knew that Han Shuo wasn't the type to play hero and save a damsel in distress. His first thought was to use the gold coins to bribe Han Shuo at this critical moment.
Just as Fabian's shrill scream rang out, three sharp cracks rang out from the roof as three inky black figures suddenly materialised and three long swords that sparkled with dark green light had begun to split down on Phoebe and Han Shuo. The bone-deep chill made Han Shuo feel terrible, as if his flesh had been scraped away by the swords' blades.
Dark green battle aura, that meant the attackers were three senior knights!
Han Shuo understood that with his strength, it would be difficult to fight a Senior Knight face to face. Fighting three senior knights would probably result in death. The purpose of the three people was obviously to kill everyone in the room. Even if he threw up his hands and retreated now, it would be difficult to escape such a fate. The only way out was to delay things until reinforcements arrived.
His magical yuan swirling rapidly, Han Shuo's body suddenly moved. Phoebe had already moved in front of him. Han Shuo reached out and grabbed her right hand, pulling her into his embrace. He held Phoebe's body and suddenly fell to the ground, rolling abruptly under the round table in the chamber.
Pilipala screamed violently from the top of the table. The solid round table shattered into pieces above Han Shuo's head. Three sharp blades shot directly at Han Shuo and Phoebe after smashing the table.
At that moment, Han Shuo's necromancy was already complete and the bone dagger wielding little Skeleton
materialised out of nowhere. It charged directly at the first assassin. Beneath the table, Han Shuo raised his left hand and the crossbow bolt hidden in his sleeve suddenly fired at another assassin.
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