Charlie slightly raised his head, his eyes gleaming with a cold light.
"Shut up!" Before Charlie could speak, the captain snapped, then apologized to Charlie, "The kid doesn't know any better, I hope the master can forgive him."
Charlie waved his hand, not wanting to associate with such brainless people.
The captain continued his attempts, "Actually, joining our team won't affect the master's cultivation at all, you can completely stay out of the town, we can help you take care of anything, including tasks, based on our current efficiency, the master can easily reach the goal of this free task season within half a year."
"No need to say more, rune engraving is my sideline, I won't stay in the town all the time."
Charlie's one sentence blocked all the captain's arguments, seeing the confusion in his eyes, it was clear he was blaming Charlie for not focusing on his proper profession as a rune engraver, but insisting on venturing into dangerous places.
"It's not that I'm intentionally trying to scare you, the outskirts of Twilight Town are really unsafe, the unsafe factors not only come from the wild beasts and undead creatures in the wilderness, but also from your competitors, this is the competition rule formulated by High Mage Sylva, the law of the jungle, once you cross the safety line of Twilight Town, you enter a state of free attack, even if someone kills you in broad daylight, they are innocent."
Charlie nodded silently, indicating he was already aware of this, he took out a sketch paper and spread it out on the table, revealing a portrait on it.
The black and white lines sketched out a vague human figure, shrouded in a gray robe, holding a strangely shaped dagger, poised to strike downwards. The feather pen lines were extremely delicate, capturing every detail, the figure seemingly ready to break through the paper and attack. An aura of danger emanated from the portrait, making one instinctively want to step back.
After releasing this portrait, Charlie had been observing the expressions of the two.
A trace of unnaturalness flashed across the captain's face, quickly recovering, the young man standing beside him showed a curious expression, purely captivated by the portrait.
The captain spoke up in praise, "As expected of a master rune engraver, your brushwork is indeed superb, this painting is almost like a work of art, so lifelike."
It seems the captain might recognize this person.
Charlie said casually, "Although I can't join your team, we can still do some transactions, for example, provide you with basic enchantment services, formal enchantments.
Holy Flame, Blade of Lightness, Banish Evil and so on, anything below B-tier difficulty runes are no problem for me, mastering them is just a matter of time, your choices can be very broad.
And also, an 20% discount on transactions, all kinds of functional magic scrolls, enchantments, and even some rune courses can use this discount."
From the suddenly surging thick breathing of the two, it was obvious this was a tempting deal.
The captain asked, "What do you want in return?"
Charlie's finger tapped on the portrait, "As long as you can provide any valuable information about it, I will do a free designated temporary enchantment for you; if you can provide its whereabouts information and get it confirmed, I promise to provide you with a free formal enchantment, the specific transaction details will depend on the value of the information."
"What grudge do you have with it?"
Charlie smiled, "That doesn't seem to be something you need to know."
The captain shook his head, "That's too bad! Unfortunately, I don't know this person!"
It seems the person in the portrait has a certain status in Twilight Town, to the extent that this top-ranked team in Twilight Town is so wary of him, not daring to reveal his information, Charlie felt quite frustrated, but it also strengthened his determination to get to the bottom of this.
Seeing the room fall silent, the captain stood up to leave.
"If there's a chance to cooperate in the future, the master may want to consider my previous suggestion, our team's door is always open for you."
"I will." Charlie saw them to the door and said, "You can also consider my previous question, with so many people out there, whoever comes up with valuable information first will get these discounts. The energy of a rune engraver is limited, so these discounts are also limited."
The captain's figure paused slightly, but he still didn't turn back.
After leaving the room, the young man beside the captain couldn't help but ask, "Captain, do you know the person in the portrait?"
The captain nodded silently.
"Then why didn't you say so?"
The captain said in a deep voice, "This matter involves the apprentices of the High Mage, the more tempting the conditions he offers, the more I worry. It's best for us to keep our distance! Don't lose something more precious for some benefits."
"Oh, I understand."
After the two left, Charlie welcomed new guests, just as he had hinted, the more people he encountered, the more opportunities he had, someone was sure to have a lucky mentality, who knows whose information was leaked?
It wasn't until Charlie met the sixth group of people that he finally got some clues, the information was provided by a second-year team, they had been in Twilight Town for a full year, completing last year's free task season, and were just taking this opportunity to sell the information, since they wouldn't be coming back for a while anyway.
The person in the portrait was a first-year apprentice from the Necromancy Division last year, reportedly this person has a deep secular background, and through background connections, directly became an apprentice of High Mage Sylva, a crystal badge apprentice, he is very mysterious.
He has hidden his name, replaced by a nickname, 'Shadow Dagger', possessing the talent of 'Shadow Shroud', constantly roaming in the darkness, a natural-born assassin, in the first year, his strength is recognized as the strongest, it's just that he has never publicly displayed his abilities.
Charlie intentionally steered the conversation to the dagger, wanting to verify some of Master Nal's explanations.
However, these apprentices didn't know the origin of the dagger, only saying that Shadow Dagger never openly uses his dagger, rumor has it that his dagger is a spiritually attuned item of great value, and anyone who has seen the dagger drawn has died.
This information is very valuable, it is reasonable and can be vaguely associated with some of the details explained by Master Nal, Charlie was able to discern the authenticity of the information, he exchanged two enchantment opportunities for this information, both parties felt satisfied.
This is the value of a junior rune engraver, in just a few short hours, he was able to find clues, fully utilizing the advantage of having more people.
After finding out the true identity of the killer of Colin, Charlie actually calmed down.
The opponent is not only powerful, but also has a deep background, Charlie has already experienced conflicting interests with a crystal badge apprentice, and offending a High Mage, nearly dying from the irresistible power, the current situation is similar, Charlie must plan carefully.
Perhaps he can utilize the rules formulated by Sylva, wonder what Sylva would choose to protect, the rules or the dignity of his apprentice, when he sees his apprentice die under his own rules.