Chapter 30 Thieves Guild 2
After coming to the Thieves Guild, Rhodes originally planned to quickly ask his own questions and obtain some key information, but after seeing the posture of the Thieves Guild, Rhodes changed his plan.
Rhodes moved the parchment from the middle of the table in front of him, wrote "Situation in Krulord" on it, and then pushed the parchment to the old man on the opposite side.
The old man picked up the quill in front of him, quickly wrote words on the parchment, and then slowly pushed the paper towards Rhodes with both hands.
Rhode took it and looked at the parchment at the same time, which read "Heroes Return, 3".
The experience of the previous life made Rhodes understand that the first half of the parchment was his answer to this question, and the numbers written on the back were the total gold coins that Rhodes needed to pay.
The Thieves Guild guarantees that the information sold is correct, but only provides a little information at a time. If you want to know more and more detailed information, you need to spend a lot of gold coins to ask for many times.
Rhode believed in the credibility of the Thieves Guild and would not easily sell some unverified information. Looking at the answer written by the old man, Rhode was lost in thought.
The purpose of Rhodes asking this question is to use this question to confirm the game period he is in.
According to Rhode's memory, when he first entered the game in his previous life, the game's first expansion piece [God of Ruins], tells about the barbarian leader Tanan of Krulord, who fought against Brah after he obtained the magical forbidden magic ball. The Battle of the Khada Mage.
Seeing the words written by the old man, Rhodes had certain ideas about the period he was in, but he did not dare to confirm it completely.
Rhodes picked up the pen, wrote "the hero's name" on the paper, and then handed the parchment to the old man.
The old man took the parchment and wrote "Tanan, 5" on it.
Just a hero's name is worth 2 gold coins, which is the value that intelligence can bring. Rhodes knows that this is not too expensive. If you want to know the general combat ability of a hero, you need to pay more gold coins.
Seeing this name, Rhodes also completely determined the period he was in, which was just the beginning of the game, the early stage of the first expansion.
Earlier, when he got Elote's pendant, Rhodes had this hunch that he might have returned to the very beginning of the game, that is, the stage when all players had just entered the game, but Rhodes wasn't sure.
At this time, after inquiring, although only fragmented information was obtained, based on the game experience of the previous life, Rhodes was completely sure that he had indeed come to the early stage of the first expansion.
In this stage, the hero Tanan has just completed his adventure on the mainland, brought all his treasures, returned to his hometown Krulord, began to integrate all the barbarian tribes of Krulord, and accumulated strength to fight Mage of Bracada.
This is the meaning of the "hero return" written by the old man.
Quickly thinking about the other contents of the first expansion in his mind, Rhodes then wrote "Freelance Chamber of Commerce in this city, born hero" on the parchment.
Rhodes asked this question in order to obtain some information about his soul mission. According to the records on the map, it was at the freelance chamber of commerce in this city that Elliot sold Rowling.
The old man took the parchment, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he wrote "transferred, 10" on the paper.
Generally speaking, what a freelance business association wants to do cannot be hidden from the thieves guild in the same city. The Thieves Guild sold the information of the Freelance Chamber of Commerce in this way, which also led to the war between the two major forces in the later period.
The old man deliberately only wrote a few short words. If Rhodes particularly wanted to know the situation, he would definitely continue to ask, which would cost Rhodes more gold coins.
Rhodes didn't care about the old man's methods, but wrote "transfer destination" on the paper.
After taking the parchment, the old man did not write the answer to the question directly on the paper, but glanced at Rhodes.
Rhode understood what the old man meant. It was nothing more than that the news was more secretive and more valuable than the previous news. He was afraid that Rhode would not be able to take out so many gold coins after he found out.
Rhode nodded to the old man. After the old man got Rhode's signal, he quickly wrote down the message and returned the parchment to Rhode.
Rhode looked down, and it read "City of Sorrows, 60".
Just a place name requires 50 gold coins, far exceeding all previous news. It's just a place name, of course it's not worth such a high price, but under Rhode's problem, it has a high value. This is the benefit of intelligence combined.
Perhaps due to the location, the information of the freelance chamber of commerce in a city is obviously more expensive than that of Krulord, who is almost on the other side of the continent. With a few thousand gold coins, even paying for the message is a problem.
As for not paying the bill after asking the news, and forcibly leaving by force, Rhode never thought about it. Those who did this in the previous life were all wanted by the Thieves Guild.
With the high bounty and detailed information provided by the Thieves Guild, many high-level assassins will choose to take on such missions.
At this moment, the news flashed by in my memory. As if thinking of something, Rhode drew a symbol on the parchment, then wrote "meaning, location" on the paper, and then pushed the parchment to the old man opposite.
This symbol comes from Elliot's badge in the space ring, and Rhodes also saw this symbol in Elliot's magic book.
Taking the parchment handed back by the old man, Rhode saw the answers to his two questions above, "Black Crow Necromancer Academy, 62" and "Diya, City of Sorrows, 65".
As if to tell Rhodes the value of each answer, the old man marked the gold coins to be paid after each answer. But Rhode's attention is obviously not on this, but on that place name, the City of Sorrows.
Seeing this place name that appeared twice but with completely different prices, Rhode fell into deep thought.
What happened in the first expansion, the identity of the necromancer, the city of lamentation, the quest of the soul...
The old man opposite also saw this thinking of Rhodes. Without any urging, he put his hands back in front of him and waited for Rhodes' next inquiry.
It didn't take long for Rhodes to end his thinking, put his hand into his arms, took out the 100 gold coins that had been packed in a bag in advance from the space ring, and quickly divided 65 gold coins in front of the old man. on the table.
Then, according to the practice of inquiring in the quiet room, Rhodes put the parchment in his pocket and walked out.
Outside the door, the previous attendant was still waiting here, preparing to lead Rhodes back to the hall of the Thieves Guild.
The old man remained in the quiet room, stretched out his hand to sweep it, and the gold coins disappeared immediately, and then took out a new piece of parchment from a hidden compartment under the table, waiting for the next guest to come to inquire.