Throne Steps

one year later.

The hall of the mercenary union was rarely crowded with people who came in to watch the excitement.People gathered around the bulletin board to point and point. The staff of the mercenary union couldn't force them out, so they could only helplessly maintain order by the side.

A mercenary squeezed into the crowd and managed to get to the bulletin board. When he saw the freshly released official document, he immediately turned to call his companions: "Hey, it's really good to be here!"

His companion came in with difficulty, looked at the official document carefully, and complained, "What's the matter, you don't give any information about the task, how can you complete it!"

"It seems that you have just joined the industry." Another mercenary who had been standing in the front row and looked at it interjected, pointing to the top row of small characters on the official document and said, "Did you see, the mercenary group is four-star, the mercenary Personal seven-star rating! How can a task of this level have complete information, and how can it be completed so easily?"

"But since this task is announced, there must be some news, isn't it?" the former companion muttered, "Why are you pretending to be mysterious..."

While they were still discussing, a crowd of onlookers dressed as ordinary people quietly got out of the crowd.

He left the mercenary union, walked quickly across two streets, and entered a small courtyard that looked like an ordinary family.

A few minutes later, a gust bird flew out of the small courtyard and soared into the sky.

The gale bird flapped its wings and landed in a courtyard in the mountains.

A pair of calloused hands, full of new and old scratches, fed the Gale Bird that had just landed on the wooden pole, and gently took a note from the foot of the Gale Bird, but did not open it.

The man in shorts and rough boots carried a small roll of paper across the courtyard and into the building next to him.Go down the corridor again and enter a door.

Inside the door is a scene of documents and books piled up everywhere. People in loose robes either sit at the desk and write quickly, or walk through stacks of papers nimbly.One of them took the note from the bird feeder, and walked quickly to his desk.There are several books used for deciphering spread out on his desk. The pages of the books have become loose and yellowed, and various symbols are drawn on them. It can be seen how often the people who use them turn over them.

Line after line, the translator only occasionally reached out to flip through those translations, and quickly lowered his head to continue writing.He is already familiar with these symbols, and looking through them is just for some confirmation.

In just three to five minutes, he delivered the paper he had written and the note he had received to another person's desk.The man picked it up and looked at it, nodded to confirm that there was no problem.

So the translator took the note to a cabinet, and when the cabinet was opened, there were many square cabinets. The translator opened one of them and clamped the note he had just received with the others.

Then, he took the translated paper and walked out of the door of the room.

The door was closed, and a few words were written on the wooden sign nailed in front of the door.

- Intelligence processing department.

The translated documents ended up in a study in the Swan Tower.

"...the royal family, you can really do it."

After removing the paper, Li Chen showed a mocking smile: "It actually succeeded in exerting pressure."

Sitting opposite the desk were Akye, Verdesh, Menzel, and Dominique.After listening to Li Chen's words, Fu Dexi answered the words first, but as always, it was not a good word.

"Why, didn't you say that it doesn't matter to the person who leaked to Fujalal?" Fordhi sneered, "Now you are asking for trouble? Think about how you used the royal family to borrow a knife to kill someone two years ago. Don't think that No one else will."

"You're right, anyone can..." Li Chen threw the paper on the table, leaned back in the chair, half-closed his eyes and smiled, "The imperial family is really in a hurry to become a knife."

Dominique, who was relatively inexperienced compared to others, stepped forward and tried to reach for the piece of paper. After finding that Li Chen didn't stop him at all, he simply picked it up and read it on the spot.

At first glance, it was no different from other people who saw these contents, Dominic's eyes widened.

"'Dragon Hunting Mission'...!" Dominique exclaimed in surprise, "What? Do dragons really exist?!"

"God, my dear Tang, is your point actually here?" Li Chen was amused by him, "After reading the full text, express your opinion."

"'Looking for the dragon mission... Now release the mission to find the traces of the dragon... There must be physical evidence...'" Dominique read the full text half-read and half-silently, and thought for a while, "Five stars for the group, seven stars for the individual, it seems very It's a powerful task...but I don't give any news, how can I complete it?"

Li Chen nodded: "And then?"

Every time Dominique was asked such a question by Li Chen, he felt that he was in the examination room.He tried his best to turn his brain: "Then, maybe this is a task that you can only get news after you take it?"

Li Chen commented: "This conjecture is meaningless, continue."

"Enough is enough, now is not the time for you to teach." Fudexi interrupted, "Just get to the point, don't waste our time."

"Okay, the main point." Li Chen waved his hand and told Donimike to sit back, "Do you still remember that I said that Saenz's people might have deciphered the location of the 'Dragon's Tomb'?"

"You mean the puzzle that was pieced together based on the ghostly symbols on the broken stones, and then the answer that was guessed?" Fudexi replied, "I remember, but didn't you say that the word 'grave' was just a guess? Is it confirmed now?"

Li Chen nodded: "I'm sure, the people under him are just not familiar with the non-common language, we just saw...Menzel, tell me."

So Menzel went on to say: "The several options that those people hesitated to translate, in the context of non-common language, can actually be translated as 'grave'. Therefore, many things they cannot confirm, we can easily Be sure."

Menzel paused for a while, glanced at Li Chen, then stood up and walked to the wall where the map was hung, and picked up the stick for instructions.

"According to the translated text explanation, the locations indicated by the words on these 'broken stones' are likely to be in these places—" Menzel pointed a few times on the map, "What is certain is that this This uncertainty arises from the non-one-to-one nature of language when translating, rather than from the Draconic text itself."

Dominique asked: "That is to say, among these several locations, only one location is correct?"

Menzel nodded: "Yes."

"The second place you just pointed to... definitely not." Fordhi stretched out his index finger and gestured, "That's the elf territory."

Menzel, Dominique, Akye: "...!"

Fudexi glanced at everyone's reaction, then turned to Li Chen and asked, "Are you still hiding it from them?"

"Uh..." Li Chen wiped his face, "Trust me, you both have some secrets between each other. Can you keep it a little mysterious, half-elf?"

Menzel and Dominic immediately stared at Fudsi: "You are a half-elf!"

"Believe it or not, you've seen pure elves...don't stare at me like that!" Fordhi frowned in disgust. "Is now the time to delve into this issue?"

Dominique ran over, squatted in front of him, and grabbed his knees: "Mr. Borgia, please allow me to visit you in the near future and ask you some questions, okay?"

"Go away, do you think you are still six years old? Such a disgusting action." Fudexi slapped his hand away, "What have you learned from Li Chen?"

Li Chen said happily: "You'd better promise him, otherwise, he will be more annoying than me..."

"You're still laughing!" Fordhi glared at him, "Now we're talking about 'Dragon'!"

"Okay, okay, Tang, sit back and harass him directly another day, and he can't do anything to you." Li Chen said with a smile, "By the way, it is said that the elves and dragons are a bit difficult to deal with, so don't blame him loose the temper."

Fu Dexi said angrily: "That's none of my business."

"This is written in an epic, you can't deny that this kind of thing comes from blood... Oh, okay." Li Chen finally stopped molesting Fu Dexi, "Where did you just say... By the way , can remove a location, Menzel, go ahead."

Menzel said helplessly: "You should know everything, just tell me which places can be removed."

"Well... well, this is actually a secret." Li Chen suddenly gestured, "You all are not allowed to reveal what I will say later."

A bondage from the contract appeared on everyone. Li Chen rarely used this method to ask these people to keep secret. The importance of what he is going to say this time can be seen.

"First of all, it is true that the location of the elf territory must be crossed out." Li Chen stood up and walked to the map while speaking, "Then, another location in Samir can also be crossed out."

He took the wooden stick in Menzel's hand: "Because it is said that near the 'Dragon's Tomb' is full of miasma, wild beasts and monsters coexist, and it is not suitable for humans to live for a long time. And here..." He pointed to somewhere in the Samuel Forest, " It used to be the headquarters of Kunta's intelligence organization."

Everyone again: "...!"

Menzel wiped his face: "I feel like I'm going to hear a lot of secrets today."

"It's not really a secret, it's just that our quasi-mian has taken over the place of Kunta, so now it's deserted, and no one will go to find it." Li Chen said, "And this matter Wiggins knew...now Seryozha knows."

Menzel said helplessly: "You...they haven't met Sergesha yet..."

"It's just that I haven't seen it before, and it's not that I don't know anything about it." Li Chen shrugged, and raised his chin at Fodexi and Akye, "Right?"

Before Fudexi could react, Akye suddenly opened his mouth and said the first sentence: "After he is 'resurrected'... his name is Seriosha?"

Both Akye and Fudexi had received information about the "resurrection" of "Wiggins" before, so they are not particularly surprised at the moment. Only the pure "silly white sweet" Dominic feels that the amount of information is huge: What? !Who is resurrected!Be who!

Li Chen ignored the dazed brat, and just nodded to Akye indifferently: "Hmm."

Fu Dexi frowned: "Then where is he now?"

"The person who 'resurrected' him. But let me tell you, he is another 'person' now, don't confuse him with the former temple director..." Li Chen said, "By the way, we are not talking about Dragon? Don't change the subject."

Everyone: "...It's not our responsibility!"

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