Chapter 410 - Strange town (Part 1) (1/2)
After the seal was removed from Monk, he was no longer a part of the Redwings. He knew the others would be worrying about him considerably, but he thought that maybe he could use this to his advantage. He wanted to help, he wanted to be of use, and perhaps he could do that now.
Missions such as this one were almost impossible to do, and he knew Ray would never allow such a thing. On top of this, the strange man had got him curios, what was waiting at the south harbour of the Alure kingdom?
Travelling from Avrion around the Alure kingdom was easy at the moment. Although at this point and time the Redwings had taken over Avrion, it was at a time when it was still treated as part of the Alure Kingdom.
To afford the cost of travel, Monk decided to sell his Avrion equipment, as well as everything that would show he was previously a knight from them.
The only thing he kept was his daggers which he used as weapons. He had obtained a fair amount of coins and was on his way to the Harbour. When he arrived, it looked to be the same as just any other city or town. The only difference was that it was stationed right by a large river. Being used as a port for sh.i.p.s to deliver goods.
Walking through the town, Monk was trying to see if he could notice anything different.
'I don't know why but I thought maybe everyone here would be infected by the shadow, is the man hiding here?' What he could see though, was several others were walking around who seemed to have never been to the place before either.
Equally, they were looking lost, not just that but their clothes were ragged, torn and some of them didn't even look to be in the best condition. 'Did they just wander in?'
After walking around, Monk started to ask the Locals some questions, but when he approached a fruit stall to ask, he quickly realised something. What was he meant to ask? He had no clue of the man's description and could only remember the sound of his voice.
”Do you know who runs this place, Ma'am?” Monk asked politely thinking maybe this would lead him somewhere. Perhaps the mayor of the town would know.
The woman behind the counter was quite plump, but she had a big smile on her face. ”Of course I do, there is a little Inn, where you can get some grub and drink, not too far from here. At the moment they're inside, but they own the place. You're quite lucky because it isn't every day that he comes by to stay.”
”What do you mean?” Monk asked.
”You don't know much about this place, do you? This place is privately owned, so technically it's not part of the Alure kingdom, although it still has to follow the rules and pay its taxes like any other place. The owner you see is often away and rarely comes back, but when he does, it seems as if everyone knows about it somehow. They all go to that Inn to find him, and then he takes them off on his ship after a few weeks.”
This mysterious owner seemed to be the lead he was looking for, he didn't expect to wield results so fast, but it seemed like he wasn't the only one looking for this man, but all these other people were as well.