Chapter 244: Something for smashing. (1/2)
Chapter 244: So
“Co cat maid named Mary went into the city lord’s office The door was opened by an armored man that she was faht of Arthur Valerian buried under piles of papers greeted her Mary could only give out a sigh while going for a stack of papers that was blocking her way
“Mary, please don’t move those docuive out a sigh while placing the pile back down Luckily not many people entered this rooanized roo ruers and records to the side when the Runesmith appeared
“Lord Arthur, perhaps you should take a break, you haven’t left the office for some time now…”
“Mary, you knoell that I can’t do that, this is a chance to get soe chunk of his residents If I arate here, we’ll be able to increase the budget for the co year”
The maid placed a teacup for her lord and was sure to push in some food as well He had deerowth Arthur’s older brother prioritized the nobles and rich merchant side of the city which had a lot fewer citizens Due to this blunder, the city of Reeka would have a hard ti after its workforce had been diminished
“I must thank him the next time we meet, but perhaps father will order him back to the estate after what he did… but then one of the others will get that city instead…”
She gave out a chuckle after Arthur suddenly started getting depressed It was a possibility that one of the other Valerian brothers could absorb Reeka into their side but the possibility was uls had survived and neorkers could probably be enticed with better wages This didn’t mean that he wouldn’t suffer a decline
“Lord Arthur, I have coo on”
Finally, she could speak up about the reason she had coe and already had uises she could et the uncensored scoop
“First, our friend has a knack for getting involved”
“Wayland did?”
“Yes, after his little story I went to the church to confir The person that was afflicted with the abyssal larvae cauild and is a friend with one of his acquaintances”
“Oh? Well, we already knew that he dabbled with the underground world but isn’t he only a black ed to identify one of his associates, she is a ot in”
“As long as he doesn’t go overboard with the black ed a bit as he didn’t really care if the runesround merchant There was a limit to what he would allow, if the runic items were all sold on the black market he would not be able to make any money with his auction house
“Ever since he started his ith youthe black market but instead contactedspecific to go off of, the underground didn’t like it if people asked h various ways and ruuess of how Wayland h the feud with the union Now that he had access to their merchant contacts there was no use to sell his iteet noticed? I don’t think Mr Wayland would do anything drastic but those characters frouilds can not be trusted”
Arthur finally placed the piece of paper to the side while looking into Mary’s eyes It was clear that he was concerned about the snooping that his little spy was perforuild wouldn’t care They would probably send her body parts to the estate if she stuck her nose where she shouldn’t
“Are you worried abouta little bow of appreciation
“Don’t worry, I won’t risk my life, I’round guild leaders or their enforcers”
“Good, then let's switch to the , have there been any ly helpful and quite easy to use even for the guards Still there have been three more afflicted that have been discovered!”
“Threein common?”
Arthur furrowed his eyebrows, if it was just one person then it could have just been a coincidence Now on the other hand, with threesick it was clear that he had a proble, only thanks to Wayland was he able to react this fast
“One was a merchant, another one was an adventurer and the third one was an escort At first glance, it didn’t look like they did but of course, I investigated further!”
“And what did you discover?”
Arthur rolled his eyes slightly as Mary started swinging her hands around to pronounce her speech It was as if she was so to rile up the crowd
“While the adventurer and the lady escort were clean, the merchant was actually part of the blackabout it?”
This was the second person that visited the thieves guild that had been afflicted by the parasite The escort could have also had dealings with the underground trade as the redlight district was controlled by the underground organizations This wasn’t a coincidence anyathering underground
“Yes, the guild leader is aware and as we speak they are searching through the tunnels”
“Could they have infiltrated even a small city like this one?”
Arthur becaood if a cult like this was spreading through the kingdo seemed safe, even the capital of the dukedom could have already fallen
“I’m not sure Lord Arthur, but we have been able to stall the threat We have placed the ical devices Mr Wayland created in critical locations just as you co exauilds”