Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 133 Exchange of Information

"Mr. Doyle?"

Ward looked embarrassed. With Doyle's identity, it was impossible for him to have any need for a fourth-level scroll.

His price is the standard market price, so if Doyle buys it, there will be no profit margin from reselling it.

Doyle, on the other hand, seemed unfazed:

"This expense does not affect my wealth. Don't worry about it. You can regard it as a momentary impulse of a wealthy old man."

After Doyle bought ten volumes, Ina, Neil and Xia also bought two volumes each.

Ina bought the defensive magic "Advanced Shield".

It cost her fourteen gold coins and six silver coins.

This is an improved and upgraded spell of the second-level magic shield, which can directly block a metal shell from a twelve-pound cannon.

For Ina, it can effectively make up for the shortcoming of "Gray Shield" that cannot cover the surroundings, and can effectively improve the survivability in melee.

To Ina's surprise, Neil, a mid-level formal magician, also bought two volumes.

Generally speaking, the annual income of a mid-level formal magician rarely reaches twenty gold coins.

Even it is the most common and profitable business among magicians.

When it comes to making magic scrolls, they can only make second-level ones, and the success rate is no more than 40%.

The second-level scrolls themselves are not worth much and are often unsalable, so it is completely hard-earned money.

Two fourth-level magic scrolls and ten gold coins were probably equivalent to the girl's savings for more than a year.

And through this transaction, Ward earned more than eighty-five gold coins.

Then, Xia, who had not continued the topic since the beginning, looked at Ward and asked:

"So... you didn't gain anything in the slums, in the Blood Gang and the Vandel Gang's territory?"

When Ina heard the name of the Blood Gang, her ears immediately pricked up and she concentrated.

Xue is quite interested in the current situation of the Blood Gang, even if it seems useless or just a little bit of information to others.

All of these may help her understand her situation more intuitively.

"Well, the captain and I haven't even seen half of the leader, but if we can get a leader's bounty, we won't have to worry about the pension for our old comrades..."

"At least we know that there are many adventurers and bounty hunters who are interested in this reward."

"When I went to the guild today, the bounties on nearly ten bosses and eight high-ranking members of the Bloody Banquet had all been withdrawn."

Ward looked at Doyle intentionally or unintentionally, but Doyle shrugged, indicating that he was not aware of the matter.

"You mean, in two days and nights, all the top leaders of the Blood Gang were hunted down?"

Thea cleverly used the word "hunt" instead of "capture."

She and Ward knew tacitly that it couldn't have been done by the Thunder Stone City side.

Unless the private soldiers of the nobles in the city unite with the garrison troops.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to bring to justice the Blood Gang leaders who had thousands of thugs under their command and eight members of the middle bronze rank or above.

But that would definitely be a huge event.

However, now that the reward has been withdrawn, it means that either the person or the body has found its way to the army.

"In any case, the Blood Gang is finished. After the remaining leaders responded, they either fled the city or hid very deep. It has become extremely difficult to obtain bounties and obtain intelligence."

"From the Blood Gang members that the captain and I have talked to, they know nothing about the planner of the assassination of Princess Mera and the Blood Gang's collaborators."

Hearing that the Blood Gang was about to be destroyed, Ina couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The thing that had been bothering her finally came to an end. No matter what, it was something the girl should be happy about.

But soon, Ina realized that what Ward said was different from what she knew, and before Ms. Xia could, she interrupted and asked:

"The mastermind of Princess Mera's assassination and the collaborator of the Blood Gang?"

She always thought that the mastermind and executor of the assassination of Mela was only the Blood Gang from beginning to end.

"The assassination of the fifth princess, Princess Noni Furlant, and the last princess, Mela Elsa Furlant, is the most eye-catching event of this month, or perhaps of the coming year."

"It's no exaggeration to say that I think those chamber of commerce newspapers will post relevant news about them in their own newspapers by the end of the year."

Who knows? I'm not Anya Si...

In response, Ina smiled awkwardly.

Of course, that's not what she cares about.

Ward didn't find it strange, as he could see that Ina was not very old.

It is not surprising that he knows nothing except what is around him, so he goes on to say:

"According to information obtained from various sources, the two stabbings were committed by two different gangs."

"Some people also say that these are two different cases planned by the same organization to increase the difficulty of the investigation by the Kingdom's investigators..."

"Our team arrived at Thunder Stone in the second month of the hunting season, and we don't have a detailed understanding of the details of the case involving the fifth princess' death..."

"But the Seventh Princess's... As far as I know, it originally came from a commission..."

"A commission?!"

Neil and Ina each exclaimed.

Ms. Thea, who seemed to know Ward, did not say anything, as if she had already known about it.

"Ah."

"A commission worth five hundred thousand gold coins."

"That's why we and most of the intelligence dealers believe that the Blood Gang is just a player."

"Five hundred thousand gold coins, this is equal to the total amount of property and territory tax of a duke's family in a year!"

"No matter how big a gang in a small city is, it's impossible for them to come up with so much money."

"The collaborator's guess is the same. You have seen the parade of the seven princesses' entourage, right?"

"There are more than twenty Knights of the Order who are above the Bronze level, and there are three Grand Knights of the Silver level."

"Given the strength of the Blood Gang, it's hard to imagine that they dare to commit crimes independently."

Ward glanced at the two women, paused and added:

"More importantly, the rewards for the two cases issued by the royal family total 175,000 gold coins, and one thousand gold coins are enough for any accurate clues."

"This is enough to show that the royal investigators have similar judgments."

"A Blood Gang is really not worth 100,000 gold coins, not to mention the bounty commissioned by the Thunderstone City officials."

Ward leaned back on the sofa, his tone full of longing and admiration.

It was only a fraction of the total bounty from the Seven Princesses case, an amount that an adventurer like him might not be able to earn even if he didn't spend anything for a hundred years.

Ina didn't interrupt.

She really didn't know the inside story, and Shu Xi didn't tell her the details.

Another point, whether it was the premonition when meeting Mela or the argument in Ward's words now.

Ina was extremely sure that this was not an event that a lower-level magician like her could participate in.

She turned her head and found that Neil, who was sitting on the other side of the sofa, was listening very attentively, as if she was very interested in it.

At this moment, Ward suddenly turned his head to look at Xia, and asked somewhat incoherently:

"Did you find anything from the investigation of the human trafficking routes and personnel of the Vandel Gang?"