Chapter 645: Jackdaw Mercenary Group! (1/2)

After booking the room, the Leng triplets, who was drained after a month’s journey, went to rest early as lethargy had washed over them after the warm meal. Meanwhile, an energetic Bai Xiaofei stayed below and continued to enjoy the savory Snow Milk Wine.

The wine was the third thing from the Kingdom of Snow that had conquered Bai Xiaofei, after the Leng triplets and Crystal Longings.

“Is it so obvious?” Putting down his wine bowl, Bai Xiaofei looked at the idle waiter with great interest. The people making their living at the bottom could always bring him surprises.

“You’re joking. Not to mention your accent, it’s easy to tell by your skin color,” answered the waiter politely before he brought Bai Xiaofei to take a look around the hall on the first floor of the inn. “Inland people like you have come a lot recently, but seeing how you have the accompaniment of three noble ladies, I suppose you’re not clueless about this place like them.”

Hearing this, Bai Xiaofei smiled knowingly.

Originally, Bai Xiaofei had been wondering why the waiter chose to start a conversation with him out of so many guests. Turned out it was thanks to the Leng triplets. Indeed, everything would be much smoother when you had connections with nobles of the court!

“Why? Something big happened in the Kingdom of Snow recently?” Bai Xiaofei asked, following the topic that the waiter was leading on to. As the saying goes, there is no smoke without fire. So many people had traveled all the way to the Snow Kingdom lately and Bai Xiaofei refused to believe that there was no specific reason for that at all.

And some things were better to know early than in hindsight.

“Is it not why you’ve come here, my lord?” The waiter was surprised by Bai Xiaofei’s reply.

“I don’t know what it is. I’ve come to the Snow Kingdom to find a senior.” Bai Xiaofei smiled and motioned for the waiter to sit with him. “If you are not busy, you can tell me about it. I’m very interested in anecdotes and bizarre tales.”

He placed several gold coins in front of the waiter. The latter’s eyes lit up. He collected the coins and sat down.

As expected of a noble! Too generous!

“You’d want to keep your ears perked for this one then, my lord.”

The waiter successfully aroused Bai Xiaofei’s interest.

“Not long ago, there was an avalanche in the Holy Snow Mountain in the east. Everyone thought it was just another natural disaster since this kind of thing is very common after all. However, many old hunters died there, while those who came back alive kept screaming about some snow monster. When the fuss spun out of control, the local official could no longer sit idly by and sent people to check the situation. And what they found? A huge deal!”

“A bunch of magical beasts that have never been seen before on the Holy Snow Mountain were discovered. Over half of the people who were sent died and the rest were beaten back without finding out anything. After this was reported to the higher-ups, the emperor sent his elite troops, who paid the price of nearly 50% casualties to bring back very important news.”

The waiter’s eyes opened wide as he said. Bai Xiaofei started to gasp. Something big’s happening again!

“What news?” he gulped.

“A huge cave had appeared at the top of the mountain after the avalanche. And all the magical beasts came out from there. When the elite troops entered it, they saw many rare herbs. Unfortunately, they failed to go deep in so it’s still unknown what’s inside.”

There was pity in the waiter’s voice.