Lord of the Oasis

Chapter 861: Impermanence of change in the world

Most of the guests in the hotel stood hesitantly, not knowing what to do.

They were all arranged to stay here by acquaintances in the town. They didn't move around in the hotel on weekdays, so they knew nothing about Kant and others.

Judging from the conversation between Kant and the Orc men, the reason why the attackers came to the door was really because their target was Kant and others.

Without knowing the situation, should we continue to participate in this turbulence?

Most of the nomads wandering between the lobby and the escalator have such thoughts.

"I don't know anything. I have to go back to my room to pack my luggage. What does your conflict with that group of people have to do with us?" A dwarf walked out of the crowd and said to the Kaladiya soldiers and the others.

The leading soldier glanced at Kant, who was sitting on the chair, and caught the dwarf, who turned and was about to leave.

"Please wait," the soldier said.

"Why? Do you still want to keep others?" The dwarf's tone was annoyed.

"Those who want to stay stay, those who want to go will leave." Kant said lightly: "Someone is worried about getting into trouble, this kind of thinking is inevitable. But I promise on behalf of Caladea that all will not leave. , Those who participated in the discussion. We will not disclose what you say. And as long as you choose to stay in the hotel: we can guarantee the safety of all of you before leaving the town."

After Kant said this, the noisy scene became quiet.

After a while, the travelers who were stuck with the choice all found a chair near the dining table and sat down.

"Okay, then." The dwarf stopped by the soldiers frowned and thought for a while, then promised.

The soldiers on the side saw his attitude loosen and immediately took him to a chair near Kant to sit down.

"Thank you for your trust." After Kant nodded, he turned his attention to the dwarf beside him and asked, "What's your name?"

"Moliere." The dwarf glanced at Kant and responded.

"Well," Kant raised his head and said to all the nomads, "Maybe before today, you don't even know who we are. Then let me introduce myself first. My name is Kant, on another continent. The lord of the Oasis Country called Karadia. These people with me are soldier generals from Karadia."

"Hello everyone, my name is Bandak. It is Caldia's army commander." After receiving Kant's glance, Bandak briefly introduced.

"Hello everyone, my name is Able. It is a soldier from the kingdom of the elves. Our army of elves and the soldiers of Karadia were sent to this island to carry out the mission." Able was in the two. After the words fell, he said consciously.

"It turns out to be you!" a traveler in the crowd shouted in surprise: "You have rescued the dwarf clan before going up the mountain. I've heard you and the names of the other two human captains."

"Huh." Able nodded with a smile, and said, "Then do you know what's happening to Krydave?"

Even the last time I met with the dwarf tribe, I didn't hear the dwarf patriarch mention the name of Kari Dave. Now that he met someone who knew this story, Able could not help asking.

"I heard that he has been removed from the post." The tenant thought and replied: "But no one has seen him since then. I don't know if it was the dwarf who imprisoned him, or whether he escaped by himself. Where did it go."

"It turned out to be the case," Able said. "If the man was just removed from the job, the punishment for the removal is still too light in terms of what he did."

"Did Corey Dave the congressman who set the trap and made the world think that the dwarf race disappeared?" Kant asked with raised eyebrows.

"Yes, the reason why we come to this island. It is probably because of what he did." Able said indignantly.

"It turns out that." Kant responded.

"Don't say this, let's state all of our experiences today." Bandak remembered the letter written by DeWitt. The letter did mention the Koridive. People's taboos. But the most important thing now is to integrate the clues in everyone's hands, so he kept busy and presided over: "Who said first?"

"Everyone's experience is similar, I think" a passenger said in the crowd.

"Yes, yes." All the rest of the passengers, even a few waiters, echoed.

"Are you staying together?" Bandak froze, saying.

"Yes." Another traveler explained: "Everyone was called to the lobby by a young waiter, saying that this morning's leftovers were found to contain a part of them. Toxins are needed. All those who have used breakfast Go downstairs for a health check."

"Have any of us received such news?" Bandak confirmed to the soldiers behind him. After receiving a negative answer, he turned to the tenant who opened his mouth and asked, "What time was it when you were called to the lobby?"

"It's about seven o'clock in the evening," the tenant replied.

"It turns out that way." Bandak murmured, unaware of what was associated.

"We were still dining at the restaurant at the time," Able thought carefully. "But why didn't we hear the movement downstairs?"

Kant pondered for a while and asked, "What does the waiter who brought you the news look like?"

"It looks thinner than other half-orc waiters, and has no blood on his face." The tenant replied as he recalled.

"Is it the same person?" Abel and Kant glanced at each other, their eyes full of doubts. Then he shouted: "Right? Where did the waiter go? We haven't seen him in the cellar?"

"If he is a member of the dark organization, it is estimated that he has escaped this inn now." Bandak said: "If he is a staff member held in the shop"

Bandak didn't have enough patience to say the rest.

"Do you know the waiter mentioned in the tenant's mouth?" Kant asked the others.

"Of course they do." Bandak said lightly at this moment.

"Bandak?" Abel asked in doubt. "Have you seen this waiter and other waiters staying together before?"

"I've seen it, just tonight when I went to the backyard to cook medicine." Bandak looked coldly at the two or three waiters in the field and said, "He and he are bullying the waiter with his fists and feet. "

The two waiters named by Bandak showed embarrassment.

Chapter 862: Helplessness

After Able heard the words, his expression became dignified. He said, "I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen in this shop. It seems that this basket of things that happened today finally found the source. You two, you have to explain it to us."

The two half-orc waiters glanced at each other, and the waiter standing opposite Kant said: "My lords, the attack by outsiders really has nothing to do with us. It is also the waiter who made the mistake in terms of who is responsible , Let the attacker take advantage of it."

"Let me fart!" Abel frowned and shouted: "Are you right or wrong? I hate you to bully the weak bastards. Now give me a timeline of what you know Straighten, and ask others what are you doing wrong!"

"Yes." The waiter pursed his lips and responded: "This waiter is an orphan brought by our boss from the outskirts of the city. Weak and lonely. We usually teased him to play casually. Unexpectedly This kid actually poisoned our food. But it is also considered to be taking care of us. Everyone went to the gate of the city to help unload the goods and eat breakfast in the pub on the street. This employee's meal was dumped."

"And then?" Bandak asked coldly. "When did you find out?"

"When we returned to the store at noon, we didn't know such a thing." The waiter continued to state: "It's just that the people in the clinic on the street ran to our store and said: The kitchen chef sent the leftovers for disposal. The leftover food was poisoned. At that time, the accountant also panicked, and immediately let us go to the kitchen and search to find out who and how the poison was."

"You didn't immediately notify the occupants in the shop?" Able asked suspiciously.

"At that time, even if we notified everyone. The explanation is unclear." The waiter standing in the corner replied.

"You continue." Kant said lightly.

"Then the kid's actions were discovered by us." The waiter paused, and continued: "We took him a bit in the backyard before we took him to the accountant, and taught him a lesson."

"It shouldn't just be a heavy hand." Bandak recalled the scene he saw and took a deep breath before saying, "Isn't the waiter fainted?"

"No! The kid is definitely pretending to die, and seeing you are there, he justifies" the waiter.

"If I didn't show up in the backyard, the waiter would be beaten by you too." Bandak interrupted him and said, "Then what happens next."

"Yes" the waiter's face is not good-looking, after all, he is used to being awesome in the buddies, and suddenly he is taught a lesson, and he can't bear to refute. It's inevitable that you will be upset. But Kant and others took good care of their hotel. What Bandak said, as a waiter in the shop, he had to endure. At this time, he whispered quietly, "We will send Judge to Mr. Accountant after you leave. At this time, the Jake boy woke up again and weep to Mr. Accountant about what we usually do to him. The gentleman said: After the matter is dealt with, we will deal with several of us."

"Next we started to call all the guests in each room and said it was a sanitary inspection." Another waiter answered.

"Then? Why didn't you inform us? When was Mr. Accountant killed?" Kant asked.

"Because adults, except for the time of dinner, we mainly check the guests who have used breakfast or lunch in the store. They have not eaten in the store. The only Mr. Kant who has used the meal, the dishes ordered It’s the chef of the restaurant. The ingredients used by the chef are purchased and stored by him."

"It turns out so." Kant nodded. "So how did Mr. Accountant get killed?"

"It's the kid Jage. I heard Mr. Accountant talking to him alone in the kitchen. After a while, I heard the news that Mr. Accountant was killed." The waiter's eyes seemed to be breathing fire, his teeth gritted.

"Jackie?!" Bandak surprised.

"At that time, the only chef was he and Mr. Accountant, who must be him." The waiter nodded.

"Who was the first person to discover the scene?" Kant raised his hand and asked everyone in the lobby.

The nomads who listened attentively to the story were stunned for a moment, and then recognized each other.

"I remember Mr. Devic"

"No, I also heard from others." The person named was denied.

Until the end, the source of the news was not found.

The expression of everyone became distressed.

"If everyone didn't lie," Kant said with his eyes down, "It seems that the first person to find this scene was one of the group just kidnapped."

"Your Majesty, do you mean?" Able's eyes widened, and he recalled the scene he saw in the corridor when Judge came to communicate. Then he hurriedly asked the waiter: "How did you get taken away by that group of people?"

"Mr. Accountant died of suffocation because he was strangled by his neck." The waiter said: "The back kitchen can only lead to the backyard except for the accident in the lobby. When we all searched in the backyard, They were allocated and attacked from behind. So before the attackers revealed their identities, we didn’t know who the attacker was."

"It seems that Jage has chosen to cooperate with the people in the dark side in a panic." Kant nodded.

"The conditions for the other party may be like "will you be safely sent out of the town" or something." Bandak sighed and said.

"Jackie should have escaped this inn after I broke through their conspiracy." Able said: "He is penniless now, do not know where he will escape?"

"I don't know." Bandak responded with a deep voice.

"I think he will still return to the hotel. After all, this is the only place he can hide in this small town." Kant said: "Whether the person killed him, and when he got it, ask him in person. "

"Huh." Bandak nodded.

"Masters, we can all tell you what happened today." The waiter said: "Since you have learned the whole thing, can you let us go back to rest?"

Able glanced at the waiter and walked to the tea table. He said to everyone: "Everyone is working hard, please go back and rest."

Chapter 863: Searching Fragmented Clues

"If there are any more personal details, we can tell anyone in the army later. Today we will not delay everyone's rest. After all, most people should also be tired." Kant added.

"Adult." A nomad in the crowd said: "I hope I can get out of the city tomorrow, can you please send some soldiers to protect me? Just send it to the city gate. Then I will let an acquaintance pick me up ."

"Me too." "Me too!"

After him, several rogues even asked.

"Your Highness," Abel said hesitantly.

"It's okay, all the guests who need to go out of the city tomorrow, register at Moliere and give it to me tomorrow morning." Kant promised: "I will allocate a group of people to **** you out of the city."

"Thank you, thank you." The guest who spoke first said thankfully.

"It's okay." Kant stood up and waved his hand, turned and left Datang, and walked to the stairs leading to the guest room.

"Your Highness, are you going back to rest?" Bandak followed Kant's footsteps and asked.

Kant walked up to the steps of the stairs, stopped, and said, "Well, there are too many things happening today. I have to tidy up in the room myself. You and Able searched the hotel carefully again and again. Leak out All the news is collected, and when the hotel owner comes back, he must at least give someone an explanation."

"Yes!" Bandak nodded.

"After doing these things, you and the soldiers should hurry back to the room and rest. You have worked hard." Kant nodded slightly.

"Yes."

After watching Kant walk up the stairs, the residents also returned to their bedrooms.

Bandak gathered his soldiers together and ordered: "All soldiers! Divided into five groups to search the hotel. Except for the rooms where people live. No corners can be missed!"

"Yes!" Karadia's soldiers answered in unison.

Upon seeing this, Able also led the elven soldiers to conduct a detailed search in the hotel. He even flew above the roof tiles to see if there was anyone walking away from the roof.

The soldiers were busy until late at night before returning to the lobby to gather.

"Did you find anything?" Bandak asked solemnly.

"Second Squad!" A Caladian soldier stepped out of the queue, Hongshenghui reported: "We found the rope used by the murderer to strangle Mr. Accountant."

Another soldier handed over the half-burnt rope that had been burnt black.

"Where did you find it?" Bandak asked, holding the rope gently in his hands.

"In the woodpile under the kitchen stove," the soldier responded.

"Well," Bandak nodded and continued to ask, "Is there anything else you find?"

The captains of the team shook their heads in silence.

"We found traces of someone climbing on the roof." Able said at the moment.

This news was reported to him by his soldiers: the roof tiles were very messy, probably the waiters liked to slip to the rooftop party, but from the elf's point of view, they quickly identified a corridor that extended to the second floor Footprints of the window.

"The row of footprints proves that Judge is climbing the roof alone." Able said simply.

"Well," Bandak nodded. "Everyone is working hard. Go back and rest."

"Yes, command!" the soldiers promised.

After disbanding, Bandak followed behind Able and walked back to the guest room. The half of the rope was still tight in his hand.

"Master Kant and I are very strange. Why did you not feel happy when you heard what we said before the meal. It turns out that you met the group of waiters." Able took off his boots at the entrance At the time, whispered to Bandak: "You stopped them, right?"

"At that time, I also hesitated for a while, until I heard Jackie lost his voice," Bandak replied.

"Alas." Able shook his head without saying anything.

"His Royal Highness." "His Royal Highness."

After seeing what Kant was sitting under the candlestick sitting at the tea table, Able bowed with Bandak to greet.

"You are back?" Kant put down the pen and raised his head and asked, "Did you find anything?"

"The murder weapon was found, and Judge did leave the scene, walked across the roof, and walked to the second floor to inform us." Able responded.

"Well, what is the murder weapon?" Kant asked, stroking his forehead.

"The rope was thrown into the burning wood." Bandak held the rope in front of Kant and explained.

Kant stared at the half of the rope in silence for a while, and said, "Okay, put this rope in a package and seal it. When the hotel owner returns, give it to him."

"Yes," Bandak nodded.

"His Royal Highness, if we need to send someone to send the residents out of the city tomorrow, the manpower on the other side of the city," Able said worriedly.

"It's okay, I'll go tomorrow too. The people under us are enough." Kant shook his head and said.

Not long ago, Molière sent a list of guests who wanted to leave the city tomorrow.

"Aren't you going out of town?" Kant asked, slightly surprised after looking at the list.

"No. Those who leave the city first are fools. Those who organize the assassinations will definitely find them." Moliere responded disdainfully. "What's more, I want to stay and see how you put that group in jail. Go inside."

After Kant left Moliere, he roughly calculated the manpower to be sent tomorrow. This task is not as labor-intensive as expected.

"Your Majesty, are you going tomorrow?!" Able said in surprise: "No, that guild is not a serious place. What if you pick him up and the person who connected with him has been an adult?"

"It's almost the end of the month, I still have to explore the specifics of this guild." Kant raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm not you or Bandak. Pique doesn't have to mention it to those around him. Me. Moreover, the day we met Pique was two weeks ago, and he left the city afterwards. There was no chance to meet the people in the guild."

"But I still feel wrong," Bandak shook his head and said, "We are all in the wind. We have met with leaders of all races. The town is such a large place, it is estimated that there are already Many people know our identity."

"Ah, that's okay. I won't go to the guild in person, but you still have to send someone to the union to inquire. At least figure out where to buy the medicine." Kant looked at what was in front of him. The two then compromised.

"Yes." Able replied.

Chapter 864: The shopkeeper who arrived late

"Are there any soldiers suitable for such tasks in our team?" After agreeing to Kant's request, Bandak was upset again.

"This is something you need to arrange yourself," Kant shrugged. "It will give you up to one day tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the last day of the month, which is the day when the bottoming operation begins."

"We will definitely find a suitable candidate." Able responded.

Kant glanced helplessly at the two of them and said, "You keep thinking, I will go back to my room and rest."

"Huh." Bandak nodded in response.

Kant did not care about the two, but got up and left the main hall directly.

Abel and Bandak stood on the spot, thinking hard for a while. Still no results.

Bandak sighed helplessly: "I didn't expect that I didn't understand the soldiers so much that they couldn't even figure out their respective strengths."

"I know the group of people under me very well." Able shook his head in frustration and said, "None of them is suitable for this kind of investigation task. Maybe the waiter at the guild's front desk will introduce them to them. When I fell asleep."

"No." Bandak sat down at the tea table, took out two teacups, and filled them with tea.

"Thank you." Able sat across from Bandak and raised a teacup to say to Bandak: "If it doesn't work, let me get in with it."

"Regarding your suggestion, do you think His Majesty Kant will agree?" Bandak responded with a sip of hot tea.

"What can I do!" Able sighed on the tea table.

"Isn't there still one day tomorrow? Let me find out if there is any suitable in the team." Bandak turned his head and looked out the window and replied.

"that"

"Boom boom!" A knock on the door interrupted the conversation.

"It's so late, who will it be?" Bandak stood up, put down the cup in his hand, and muttered as he walked toward the entrance.

After opening the door, a relatively strange face appeared in front of him. The other party's dress is very expensive, obviously not a guest in this hotel.

"You are" Bandak tried hard to remember in his head, and said in doubt.

"My name is Trubin, the owner of this hotel." The half-orc in front of him was very low-spirited, and at this time he replied quietly, "I want to see your Highness."

"The innkeeper?!" Bandak yelled, "When did you come back? Come into the house, and His Royal Highness, he went back to his bedroom and rested."

"I want to see him. If I can't see you today, I have no reason to enter your room." Trubin turned his eyes away and slowly said.

"Then I will immediately inform the Royal Highness, please come into this room first. Prepare some hot tea in the room." Bandak noticed the frost on the Rubin's jacket: it should be in a hurry. Come back immediately outside the city

"Well." Trubin nodded slightly, took off his boots, and walked into the main hall with Bandak.

Able was distressed by the acquired plan of action at this time. When he saw Bandak walking with a faced half-orc, he was a little surprised. Hesitantly asked: "Will this man be?"

"We have eaten together before." Trubin's eyes looked back and forth between Bandak and Able and explained, "I'm the innkeeper."

"Ah," Able immediately stood up and bowed. "Sorry, the shopkeeper. The memory is not very good lately."

"It's okay." Trubin patted the water droplets on the coat and said, "Please go and inform His Royal Highness Kant, I want to see him."

"Okay, okay." Able and Bandak glanced at each other and nodded.

Then he turned around and walked to the bedroom. After seeing the candlelight coming out of the room, he knocked gently on the door and whispered, "His Royal Highness."

"What's wrong?" The sound from the bedroom relieved Abel, and Kant hadn't rested yet.

"The owner of the hotel is here. He said he wanted to see you." Able explained to the door.

After a while, the door of the bedroom was opened by Kant. Before Kant had time to put on his coat, he was wearing a single coat and asked Able standing in front of the porch, "Where is the shopkeeper?"

Able folded his hands in front of him respectfully and replied, "I'm sitting and resting in the main hall."

"Uh." Kant nodded and immediately walked toward the main hall with his legs. After seeing Trubin's figure, he stepped up and walked in front of him, greeting: "The shopkeeper."

"Your Highness Kant." Trubin stood up politely and replied: "I received the news."

"I'm sorry, because we stayed here, causing you so much trouble." Kant said apologetically.

This time, although the items in the store have not suffered any loss, the death of Mr. Accountant will become a shadow that covers the reputation of the hotel.

"It can only be said that you and my luck aren't so good." Trubin's eyes were a bit sad.

"People in the inspectorate have taken the raid away. Felit's body was also taken away by them." Kant said: "It was said that it was for an official investigation, I hope you can understand."

"I saw it at the inspection office, and Felit shouldn't be like that." When he talked about Felit, Trubin's voice brought a sobbing cry.

"Please mourn." Kant sighed and lowered his head.

At noon, when he was traveling with the hotel owner, he also heard Trubin talk about the story of his foothold in this small town with Phillip~www.novelmtl.com~ At the end of the story, Trubin Speak to Kant: He is three or four years older than Filipt, so when he wanders outside, Filipt is the one who is protected. Therefore, Phillip, who has entered the threshold of middle age, always maintains a child-like state of mind. In order to allow them to continue to live peacefully, Trubin has been running around. Deal with all forces in the town.

Only in recent days, Philite suddenly mentioned to him: want to go out alone.

Trubin naturally rejected Phillip's request for various reasons.

Therefore, for several days, Philite had avoided him.

"It feels like the story of the little daughter's family." Kant commented at the time.

"Oh," Trubin smiled. "I'm used to the way he is protected by me. If there is no such person, I don't know if I will lose the idea of ​​hard work."

On the tea table, Kant stared at the innkeeper who was sobbing in front of him, and he felt a sorrow in his heart, not knowing what to say.