"Treasure?"
Liszt became excited as soon as he heard it.
He immediately called Kosto who was waiting in the castle, "What kind of treasure is it?"
"Lord, this is the navigation route of an island. During the trial voyage of Flower, I discovered a cave not far from the dock. There were human corpses inside. After inspection, I found that they were a group of horse-trafficking rats who were trapped in the cave and died. Before they died, they left the horse-trading place on that island!"
Horse dealer?
Liszt quickly associated traces of the Smoke Mission--Li Dragon Horse group.
He gave up his plan to continue studying Dousen to release new magic, and immediately said, "Take me to the cave, I want to investigate for myself!" During the preparation process, he took the opportunity to summon Smoke Mission and found that Smoke Mission had changed.
"Complete the mission and reward traces of the Li Dragon Horse group."
"Mission: The monsters have been wiped out. Flower Town has never been so safe. As a lord, it is time to go out and achieve leapfrog development for Flower Town. There is no harm in destroying the environment. Please bulldoze Thorn Forest. Reward: Mutated variety Bramble."
The monsters were completely wiped out.
Thorn Bug chain tasks are also reconnected.
Liszt felt that today was really a festive day, except for the magpies chirping on the branches. And soon, he understood how the task was completed - Retainer Knight Sean brought a dead Shadow Snake to the castle. This Shadow Snake killed three serfs.
"The logging scene was chaotic for a while, but under the suppression of teachers Marcus, consultant Gortai and other adults, the serfs returned to logging work." Sean reported the scene at that time.
The burning fire did not scare away Shadow Snake.
It raided three serfs one after another, and was eventually killed by Marcus with a bow and arrow. Afterwards, the serfs panicked. Although they were suppressed, their work efficiency was inevitably turbulent.
"Sean, tell teacher Marcus to continue to strengthen the protection of the logging team." Although the monsters have been wiped out, Liszt cannot tell others clearly and can only continue to strengthen protection. "Also tell consultant Gortai that the dead serfs will be given ten silver coins to his family."
At this time, silver coins are the best way to comfort and stimulate the serfs to work harder - they are more convincing than any threats or words of encouragement.
"Yes, sir!" Sean took the order and left.
Liszt put on his own Warcraft leather helmet and took his personal servant Thomas with him, as well as Rom·Barrel who was notified to serve as his retinue - how could a lord go out without his retinue.
"Lord, you can actually reach the cave by land, but you need to cross the mountains and climb a steep cliff. Taking Flower is the most convenient way."
Kosto bowed to Liszt and began to command Flower to set sail.
Reef the anchor, row the oars, hoist the sail.
They changed direction and sailed slowly on the sea. They had been on a sailing trip before. The young sailors performed fairly well and their speed was much faster than before. It only took about twenty minutes to arrive near the cave. Putting down the canoe, Kosto took Liszt and others into the cave.
The cave is very humid and is almost level with the sea surface at high tide, so seawater is pushed in by waves from time to time.
But the areas further inside are dry.
It was afternoon at this time, and the setting sun had already passed over the mountains. The sunlight could no longer shine in, making the cave seem a little dark. Thomas lit the candle lamps prepared early to add light to the cave.
"Lord, there is the wreckage of a small boat here. Judging from its shape, it should be a connecting boat carried on a large ship. It was constantly washed away by the sea water, and only a few wooden boards were left." Kosto turned the wreckage of the boat over, and the wreckage was broken into pieces, with wood chips scattered on the ground.
Then, he walked to several sets of bones. "There are three sets of human corpses. I have checked them. They are still in good condition and not many bones are missing. They carry weapons, which are bone swords. The bones are very hard, but they are not in the shape of knight's swords, so they should be a group of rats."
A knight, as the name suggests, is a warrior on horseback.
Knights are the main force in war and the composition of the army. The war between lords is the charge between knights. However, not all people who practice fighting spirit choose to become a knight - knights are the product of the aristocratic system, and there are still some people who choose to stay outside the aristocratic system.
These people are smugglers, marginalized people, and a despicable class.
They did not obey the management of their lords, did not engage in production, and were free and undisciplined. They engaged in industries that violated the aristocratic system - stealing, robbery, smuggling, pimping, or accepting employment, assassination, slave trading, etc.
These people are naturally called rats.
But they call themselves - Rangers.
"A rat?" Liszt was not very touched. He was no stranger to rats. He cooperated with Levis in the slave trade, so he had to cooperate with rats.
The nobles denounced and belittled these people as rats, but that did not prevent them from cooperating with the rats. After all, there were many dirty tricks that the nobles could not do themselves, so the rats needed to come forward. Sapphire Grand Duchy The pirates who appear are also rats - they are basically nobles in disguise.
Or rather.
Rats are another skin of nobles - ordinary people don't have that much nutrition to cultivate fighting spirit, so only nobles can raise rats.
Liszt thinks that Tulip Family also has his own mouse.
As the second son of an earl, he had no right to know.
"Are there any more things that show their identity that have been preserved?" Liszt picked up a bone sword and asked.
This bone sword should be forged from the bones of Warcraft. It has a curved shape, which is completely different from the straight length of the knight's sword. It is more suitable for close combat.
Due to long-term corrosion by nature, the bone sword no longer has any Magic Power traces.
"Their clothes and packages have long since decayed. The humidity here is very high and cannot be preserved at all. Only these Snake Script carved on the wall are preserved." Kosto pointed to the wall of the cave and said.
Thomas Put the candle light fixture closer.
Illuminate Snake Script on the cave wall.
Snake Script has been blurred and divided into two large segments. Only part of it can be recognized.
"I was seriously injured and almost dead. Sweet's mole... eyeliner, Green Light scuttled the horse and took away the horse. But he underestimated me and killed me. I couldn't get out. The horse... had a letter on its back. You can come."
"Jun□□□Island□Navigation Chart... My family, tell Molly□, I love her--Caspar·Iron□."
Among them, "□" means a single Snake Script cannot be clearly seen, while "..." means a whole paragraph of Snake Script cannot be seen clearly.
Even with a few guesses, I can barely guess what these two paragraphs say.
Liszt thought about it for a moment and figured out a rough idea - there was a mole among the horse traders, apparently named Sweet. He scuttled the ship and wanted to take away the horse. As a result, Caspar counterattacked, but Caspar was seriously injured. Before he died, he sent the horse away and tied a letter to the horse's back.
Then he left a nautical chart.
Comparing the rewards given by Smoke Mission, Liszt already understood. "Obviously, these rats have found the island where the Li Dragon Horse group lives. They should be rats working for the Tulip Family... My Li Dragon Horse is the horse that Caspar sent away!"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn his eyes to the navigation chart next to Snake Script.
The engraving marks on the nautical chart are very deep. It is obvious that Caspar used a lot of effort when carving it. Even though the Snake Script next to it is almost corroded and cannot be seen clearly, the nautical chart is still clear.