Early the next morning, a middle-aged man came to the gate of Caton Manor.
If Li Fan were here, you would know at a glance that this middle-aged man is the staff member in the mercenary guild who has been responsible for receiving him.
The middle-aged man nervously knocked on the iron railing in front of the door, and soon a young man in the manor heard the sound and came over.
The young man obviously knew the middle-aged man and asked: "Bart? What are you doing here this early in the morning?"
The middle-aged man named Bart had an excited look on his face and said, "Is Master Howard here? I have something to do with Master."
"Bart, what can you do to see the young master? Our young master is very busy. How can he have time to see you, a loser?"
"It's really something. I heard yesterday that Lord Kai is looking for information about the 'weak' orcs and the 'sinner' dwarves. Is it true?"
"What? Could it be that you, a low-level member of the mercenary guild, still have such information?"
"Yes, I know some information about the orcs. Please help me report it to Master Howard."
"What? Bart, you are not here to cause trouble, are you? If even you know the information, the higher-ups of the mercenary guild must also know it, how could your mercenary guild not make any move? I advise you to think carefully before you dare to tease Howard Master, do you know what this means? Be careful, Master, he will peel off your skin."
"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare I tease Master Howard. I really know some information, and I should be the only one in the entire mercenary guild who knows this information. However, I will only tell Master about this matter."
"...Okay, you wait here."
The matter was of great importance, and the young man did not dare to make his own opinions. In the end, he decided to report the matter to Howard first.
...
In the study room in the manor, Howard examined Bart in front of him.
Bart, a former resident of Winter City and a low-level employee of the Mercenary Guild, offended a baron in Winter City three years ago and was forced to be transferred to Sin Town.
Sinful Town is a paradise for gold seekers. Whether it is hunting rare monsters or accidentally capturing aliens, it is enough for people to make a fortune, but these two things obviously have nothing to do with the staff of the mercenary guild.
Here workers like Bart have nothing to gain but risk for nothing. Therefore, Bart is undoubtedly longing for two things at the moment, returning to Winter City and settling his grudge with the Baron.
This is the general information about Bart that Howard just asked people to investigate.
Howard didn't feel that people like Bart had the guts to deceive him, and the other party was asking for help from him, which meant that the information the other party had was very likely to be true.
Thinking of this, Howard felt a little hot in his heart. Unexpectedly, he asked Kai to search yesterday, and today someone heard the news and came to his door. Howard suddenly felt that his recent luck might not be so bad after all.
Howard took a breath secretly to make himself less eager.
Howard calmed down and asked: "Tell me, Bart, what information do you know about the orcs?"
Bart stood in front of Howard, lowering his head carefully. It was the first time for him to see such a big shot like Howard. Despite his fear, he seemed to see in him an opportunity to return to Winter City.
This made him excited, and he hurriedly replied: "Master, I seem to have a way to find the orcs, and there is a high probability that they will be the 'weak' orcs who cannot enter the orc gathering place."
"What? Are you telling the truth?"
It happened to be the 'weak' orc he was looking for. Howard no longer bothered to pretend to be calm at this time, and stood up from the sofa. His triangular eyes stared at Bart, as if the Bart in front of him dared to lie to him. Every word will be torn into pieces by him in the next second.
Bart trembled, swallowed, and then said carefully: "How dare I deceive the young master, but the young master..."
Howard knew Bart's need for coming this time, and immediately said: "I know what you want. As long as your information is true, I will have someone bring you back to Winter City. Not only will I help you resolve your relationship with the Baron, For your grievances, you can even get a large bounty from me."
Bart immediately said happily: "Thank you, Master, thank you, Master."
Howard waved his hand impatiently. How could he be in the mood to listen to such nonsense at this time, "Stop talking nonsense, tell me, what information?"
Seeing this, Bart took a deep breath and told what he had discovered over the past ten days.
"You are like this, young master. Recently, a strange man came to Sin Town. This man was just an ordinary person at first, but in just a few days, he became a level 1 Dou Qi apprentice."
Howard's eyes suddenly widened, and then he glared at Bart angrily and cursed: "How is it possible? He turned from an ordinary person to a level 1 fighting spirit apprentice in a few days? Do you think I'm a fool? No, it's probably because he hid his strength and you didn't notice it. Otherwise, if someone could really be promoted from level 0 to level 1 Dou Qi Apprentice in a few days, the whole human empire would have been abuzz, and the old guys in the Imperial College would be alarmed."
Bart also felt that this might be the case, so he did not refute it.
Howard looked sinister when he saw this, "Isn't this the information you have? Does this have anything to do with the orcs?"
Bart hurriedly shook his head, "No, young master, this incident only made me notice that man. I also discovered the information about the orcs from that man after that."
Howard was a little impatient and scolded: "Hurry up and tell me clearly, or I will skin you.
Bart felt the hostility in Howard and hurriedly told what he found.
"The man's name is Li Fan. Because he was suddenly promoted to Level 1 Dou Qi Apprentice, I have been paying attention to him since then. And the man named Li Fan does have a problem. He will come up with a batch every few days. Warcraft skins came to the mercenary guild to trade, and the amount of skins traded each time was quite a lot, so I noticed him more and more. In the following days, whenever he showed up, I would take the initiative to entertain him, and then one day I traded with him. Suspicious spots were found on the fur of those monsters."
Howard looked puzzled when he heard this, "What's the doubt?"
Bart showed a look of shock on his face and said: "I found that there are special scratches on the fur of several Warcraft. The scratches were not caused by Warcraft, but were scratched by five fingers like humans. I am in the Mercenary Guild After working for many years, you can tell at a glance that those are not the scratches made by ordinary humans. Unless you have cultivated your fighting spirit to level 3 or above, you can only get that kind of scratch when you reach level 4 and the fighting spirit of a great fighting master is released. But How could a level 4 great fighting master attack a level 1 monster and use his fighting energy to release it?"
When Bart said this, he was somewhat proud of his analytical ability, "So there is only one other possibility. The scratches were made by the orcs. The young master also knows that the fingers of the orcs are exactly the same as human fingers, and what they practice is A kind of power called qi and blood. The qi and blood can make their teeth and nails like blades, achieving an effect similar to the release of fighting spirit. Therefore, those who can make such scratches must be the orcs. Among the furs sold by Li Fan , I found a total of five pieces of fur with scratches, so I am sure that this Li Fan is very likely to have contact with the orcs, and he got so many Warcraft furs from the orcs."
Howard's eyes slowly shone as he listened. Bart's analysis was correct. Moreover, the fact that the orcs wanted to trade with a human like Li Fan meant that these orcs could not do transactions in the gathering place. This was the talent of the 'weak' orcs. Will make a choice.
The more Howard thought about it, the more he felt right.
Suddenly, Howard's expression changed, "Oh no, you've discovered it, but the mercenary guild has also discovered it."
Bart said proudly again: "Young master, don't worry, it's me who takes the initiative to receive Li Fan every time. I also secretly hide all the scratched monster furs. Only the young master and I know about this matter."
"Well done, Bart. You did a great job this time. If I really discover a large number of orcs, you will definitely be rewarded." Howard showed a rare smile and patted Bart's shoulder with appreciation.
Bart was immediately flattered, "Thank you, Master."
Howard nodded, and then ordered: "Next, I will send people to follow Li Fan to see if they can find any traces of the orcs. You go back first and pretend that nothing happened and don't show anything abnormal."
"Okay, Master."
"Well, let's go down."
"yes."
Seeing Bart leaving, Howard quickly called Kai and asked him to withdraw his request to find the 'weak' orcs and 'sinner' dwarves, so as not to let Li Fan hear the news and become vigilant.