462 Informan (1/2)

Arthur and his team of five gathered at the crossroad intersection outpost. They weren't in a hurry to queue up at the entrance of the Instance Dungeon. Instead, they bought sufficient tonics and the feed for the Darting Birds.

They had an important activity today. They were going to follow the gamers of Victoria City to see if they could explore the Surface World.

The gamers of Victoria City were able to enter the Underworld via the crossroad intersection outpost. As the Surface World gamers could enter the Underworld, there was no reason the gamers of Eternal Kingdom couldn't go to the Surface World.

There weren't many areas around Victoria City for exploration, and there were limited places for hunting monsters, but it didn't dampen the gamers' exploration spirit.

The gamers of Victoria City were mainly accumulating wood and mining rocks and ores. They had only discovered the nearby Goldshire Town and the York Territory. The gamers set off in a bid to attack the York Territory, but they were delayed by the attacking Wyvern and were still hunting it.

It wasn't possible to capture the Wyvern now. Therefore, Lancelot was gathering the gamers to continue their war campaign against the Duke of York. After building a Teleport Portal outpost near the Duke of York, they would start the attack.

The gamers of Eternal Kingdom wanted to let the gamers of Victoria City lead the way to the Surface World Teleport Portal, but the gamers of Victoria City didn't want to do that. That was what the big Guilds decided.

However, there were no secrets in the game, especially when the information was out in the open. The gamers of Victoria City had used the surface path many times.

Arthur didn't spend much money to obtain information about the surface paths from the individual gamers of Victoria City. He even found a guide.

When Arthur and his team arrived at the entrance of the crossroad intersection outpost, there were tens of gamers from Victoria City waiting for them. Arthur's remuneration was attractive. Even though the Guild members of Victoria City declined Arthur's offer, there were tens of individual gamers who were willing to lead Arthur and his team to the Surface World.

A gamer of Victoria City came over and spoke, but Arthur couldn't understand. The gamer looked at Arthur's expression and understood it. He pondered for a while before speaking to Arthur again.

”Are you ready?” The gamer of Victoria City spoke in Mandarin.

The languages of Eternal Kingdom and Victoria City were different. However, they were using Mandarin in the real world. To speak Mandarin in the game was no easy feat.

The game setting was such that each gamer had their faction language. If they didn't think it through before speaking, it would be the Underworld or Surface World language instead of Mandarin.

If the gamer thought clearly, they would be able to speak Mandarin.

”No problem. Let's go,” Arthur said to the tens of gamers before him.

”Yes, please keep it a secret. Don't divulge our names. The Guild members of Victoria City don't allow us to lead the way,” a gamer of Victoria City said to Arthur.

”Don't worry, we won't tell anyone. Even if it's divulged, there won't be any big problems. I heard a few large Guilds have found gamers from Victoria City to lead the way to the Surface World,” BurningChestHair said.

”I don't wish for the other gamers to detest us. Most of the Guild members of Victoria City didn't want us to lead the way for you.”

”Okay, I understand. We won't tell on you. Let's go,” Sylvanas said to the Victorian gamers.

They set off. They had only left the crossroad intersection outpost for a while before a group of Guild members noticed them.

They were Guild members of Changan City, who were the open enemies of the Pioneer Alliance. Changan City was also an influential Guild in the top five Guilds of Eternal Kingdom. It was extremely hostile to the Pioneer Alliance, which was the top Guild in Eternal Kingdom.

In a Guild conflict, they would use all sorts of ways to diminish their opponents. The leading members of the Pioneer Alliance were far away from the Revival Point, making this the best chance to ambush them.

And they were well prepared.

…

Sherlock was in the Merchant Alliance's manor interrogating the suspects with Nicholas.

Nicholas and Sherlock captured two Gnomes and an Orc of the Northern Dukedom immediately after obtaining information on them. They were subjecting the suspects to a cruel interrogation.

Sherlock didn't participate in the actual interrogation. He sat in the Waiting Hall while observing the sporadic flashes of Sacred Light. He couldn't help but turn his head away. This was horrifying. The Merchant Alliance really had their way with such a terrifying interrogation method. Were the suspects being forced to do examination questions?

The surprising thing was that the three suspects weren't giving up any useful information even though they were subjected to such a terrifying method.

They were obstinate. That was what the Merchant Alliance staff said when they passed by the Waiting Hall.

Sherlock was very patient. He didn't require any sleep, so he stayed in the Waiting Hall even though Nicholas invited him to the room to rest. Sherlock only shook his head and let Nicholas have his rest while he continued waiting. Outsiders thought Sherlock was concerned about the safety of his staff, so he wanted to obtain information firsthand. After all, the suspects intended to attack Evelynn and killed the Sludge Monster of the Northern Dukedom.

Who knew if the suspects would strike against other staff members of Sherlock?

That was what the Merchant Alliance staff thought.

When it was late at night, most of the staff had returned to rest. Only the interrogator was still questioning the suspects. The Waiting Hall that Sherlock was in dimmed down. It was like a layer of black cover engulfing the hall. Even the air became dense and sticky, and it started becoming hard to breathe.

The staff who stayed in the Waiting Hall collapsed to the ground. Only Sherlock and his parrot, which was on his shoulder, were intact.

Under the wavering light cast by the shaking lamp on the wall, an octopus figure crawled slowly on the wall.

The black figure moved and occupied the entire wall, and the dark shadows expanded as though they were growing into objects.

The black objects fell to the ground and gathered together. Sherlock didn't move, but his pet parrot flew and circled the room's ceiling.

After the parrot circled one round and landed on Sherlock's shoulder, he extended his hand and stroked the parrot's chin.

”Ignorant Devil, I heard you were looking for me.”

The dark figure fell to the ground and emitted chaotic noises.

”You were nearby. I thought Alexandria would look for me personally,” Sherlock said without emotion to the dark figure.