Nightmare Card House

"Hey, how's it going?"

Hobson drank the same kind of wine, but the difference was that he kept pouring it into his mouth.

"Not bad," Fang Tian put down his cup, glanced around the tavern, and asked, "Why are you here?"

"You want to hear the truth?"

"Is that okay?"

"Of course, but this time it's your invitation." Hobson pointed to the dwarf bartender over there and burped, "In this small town, things are not cheap."

"fair enough."

"His Royal Highness Bray asked me to come. He asked me to find a few wizards or mages who are proficient in magic in the town to see if I can find a way to remove the black bugs that are parasitic on his body."

Hearing that this was the reason, Fang Tian chuckled. In fact, the incubation period of sun beetles was not long. The sun beetles that had previously penetrated into Bray's body were already dead, and they were excreted with feces.

It's just that Bray doesn't know all this. He must not even be able to sleep well now.

"I see, so you come here to try your luck?"

Fang Tian said and looked around again. There were not many magicians wearing robes here.

"No, I don't have any hope for this at all." Hobson raised his glass to Fang Tian and poured another drink into his mouth. "I don't think those pretending wizards and low-level mages can solve the problem of Bray." At least you won’t find any trouble here.”

"You're right, and not only that, even in a town he can't find anyone to help him."

Hobson looked at Fang Tian, ​​a little surprised at his confidence. After hesitating, Hobson continued to ask: "Fang Tian, ​​we are going to the town soon. To be honest, if I hadn't met you halfway, , His Highness would have died on the way if you had not accompanied him all the way. You also spent a lot of effort on this journey. What exactly do you want to do? "

"Me?" Fang Tian thought for a moment, and of course he would not tell Hobson that in his plan, he wanted to secretly control Bray and use Bray's town as a base for the Card Hall to invade the Shadow Realm.

On the surface, Fang Tian said perfunctorily, "As an evil necromancer, I feel that I need a shelter and a quiet place to conduct my research. His Highness Bray may be a good candidate, if he is willing to cooperate." , I should spare his life.”

"Asylum?" He probably drank too much. Hobson, who was usually silent, talked extraordinarily today. He poured another sip of wine into his stomach and continued, "If you really think so, then it's a big deal." That’s so wrong, His Highness Bray can’t even protect himself, let alone give you protection.”

"Oh? Will those mercenaries continue to chase us?"

"Those mercenaries? Hahaha, his troubles go far beyond those mercenaries..."

Fang Tian felt that Hobson should be referring to the forces in the town. He was about to continue asking when he suddenly heard a loud "bang".

Everyone turned their attention to the door not far away.

A middle-aged swordsman carrying a big sword and several guards broke in from outside the tavern. As they walked, they looked around.

Seeing the intrusion of these people, the originally noisy tavern became extremely quiet for a while.

One of the guards saw Hobson in the room and snorted, "It's them!"

From behind, several guards quickly approached and surrounded the two Fang Tian who were chatting.

The leading swordsman scanned the surroundings and said in a deep voice: "The Ashes Mercenary Group collects money to do things. There is nothing interesting to see. If you are fine, get out of here."

The dwarf bartender shrank his head and got into the counter behind him.

In just a few seconds, all the drunkards in the restaurant were gone.

Fang Tian looked at Hobson next to him and lowered his voice: "I remember someone told me that people living here generally have bad tempers. Why do you run so fast? Are you a little timid?"

"Hey, people here are all living in small towns, and their horizons are a bit lower. It's different when you go to the town." Hobson explained, threw away the wine glass in his hand, and reached out to hold it by his side. On the hilt of the great sword.

With the big sword in hand, Hobson's momentum suddenly changed, and there was a chill in his eyes.

Fang Tian could see clearly that among people like Bray, Hobson was the only one with enough fighting ability.

He had been through real war.

The middle-aged swordsman had no intention of taking action. He waved his hand to the group of mercenaries behind him and stepped forward in person.

The guards quickly retreated to the back.

"Introducing myself, I am the third-level leader of the Ashes Mercenary Group, Marion."

"It turns out to be the Ashes Mercenary Group. Who did I think they were? With such a big battle, are you afraid that others won't recognize it?" Hobson's face was full of disdain. "You still want to come to us for a fight? If you come to fight, I think there are too few people.”

Ashes Mercenary Group? Third level leader? Seems interesting.

Fang Tian was just very curious and watched with interest, leaving the situation to Hobson to handle.

"Hahaha, you are indeed from the imperial capital, you are so brave!" Marion laughed loudly, sat next to Hobson, and said enthusiastically, "You people from big cities, don't you look down on us? Country bumpkin?"

“Respect is earned through strength.”

"Well... you are right about what you said." Marion scratched his scalp, "We villagers don't know how to go around in circles. To be honest, our mercenary group has some cooperation with the mayor of the town, so, I came here specifically to say hello to you today.”

Hobson turned to look at Marion, "Say hello?"

"I've already asked about it. To be able to come all the way here under the pursuit of those third-rate mercenary groups, your strength is enough to win our respect, but..." Marion spread his hands and changed the subject, "Since you have enough With admirable strength, why do you need to stay with that loser?"

"For loyalty, for the vows I made."

"The so-called loyalty and oath are only for this principality, not for His Highness Bray. What do you think?"

Hobson and Fang Tian looked at each other, and Marion had made it obvious.

Noticing the eye contact between the two, Marion smiled and focused his attention on Fang Tian, ​​"You must be Mr. Fang Tian. I heard that you are a powerful necromancer."

Fang Tian thought in his mind. It seemed that the other party knew his details very clearly. It was estimated that someone in Bray's team had betrayed him and leaked the information.

"You don't have to be nervous. This place is different from the Imperial City. To be honest, we don't care about your identity. Here, as long as you don't break the rules, even a wanted criminal in the Empire can live a good life." Marion used He clasped his fingers on the table and said, "I think I have said it clearly enough. I hope to get a reply from you two as soon as possible. Time is running out."

Marion stood up again as he spoke, waved his hand, and prepared to leave the tavern with a group of guards. As soon as he took his steps, he seemed to have thought of something, and turned back to wave to Fang Tian and the other two, "By the way, let's forget it this time." I asked for it.”

Hobson watched the tavern door slamming again and sneered disdainfully.

Fang Tian also made calculations in his mind.

It seems that it is not easy for Hobson to control this town. Is it time to scare these idiots?