The Amber Sword

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Brando and Charles stopped.

In front of it is a strange building, as if it were a large, illegal building stacked together on many rooftops, an iron chimney creeping up the roof of the layer, a lazy black cat lying on a red tile, shaking her tail half squinting her eyes in the sun.

The old white walls were filled with ivy, and a wooden sign was placed outside the store's doorway, with a large line of inscriptions in italic Kruse - 'drowning roses’.

Seeing this line of text, Brando understands he's in the right place.

This is Suman Avenue 5-201, clearly a 30-year-old alchemy store, but the fact is that it's hidden underground, and Brando knows it's one of Hazel's secret points of contact in the city.

“This is it? ”

Brando nodded.

Charles looked up and down here and couldn't help but say, "It doesn't look like much different, but the Hazels are hiding so well, sir. Do you really think they need to intervene? ”

“It's not a question of necessity," Brando swept the dust from his chest with his hands, naturally answering: “It's just a hands-on thing for them, but it's a lot to gain, and even if it fails, there's no loss for them, why wouldn't they agree? ”

“But there is no wall in the world that doesn't speak, Lord, and they should know very well that the Cruz must have found out who helped us behind it. ”

“So what?” Brando asks back, "You don't seem to know the Hazers very well, Charles. ”

“Does the lord know very well? ”

“Nature.”

In fact, the relationship between the Empire and Hazel was very special, before Hazel was a loose, urban state, and the smaller Hazel were born with magic skills, but unlike the Bukas, who were more interested in researching and developing all kinds of storage devices, they believed in the dragon crystal of wisdom, believing that the spark of thought and wisdom was the power that inspired everything.

In that era, the Empire's strategy towards Hazel was to support a number of cities in secret, create contradictions between cities and states, maintain balance and balance, and keep Hazel from forming a political and military entity that threatened the Empire.

This balance has been maintained for hundreds of years.

But about one hundred and thirty years ago, a prophet was born among the Hazers, who put forward a famous hypothesis - the theory that 'individuals are all’. In this theory, the Hazers believe that the wisdom of the individual is limited, but the collision of ideas can sublimate the wisdom and thus create a glow as if it were God.

The Hazers therefore believe that the wisdom of each individual is essential in a whole, that the whole is made up of individuals, and that the individual will therefore also be an indispensable part of the wisdom of the whole.

Guided by this theory, the Hazers embarked on a radical revolution - a revolution that led to the universalization of magic technology. At the same time, a republic made up of urban states was built like lightning, and it was not until the Krutz reacted that they realized that a powerful opponent had emerged around them.

The resentment of the past centuries has made it almost impossible to create peace between the two countries - while the Empire holds great power, the legions of the Hazers armed with the magic of technology have not fallen in the slightest opposite empire.

So the war broke out.

While the Empire is powerful, only one in ten can be trained as a qualified knight, and the republic, although weak in strength, has nearly the strength of a knight when its ordinary soldiers are trained and equipped with a magic conductor.

The Imperial Mage Corps, the Hazeris' wizards are not good at fighting, but they have artillery and tanks, the Imperial Flying Horse Knights and the Lion Vulture Knights, and the Hazeris have planes and airships, which they can make up in numbers, even if the battle power is slightly worse.

It takes almost five years for the Empire to train a qualified flying horse knight, and the Hazers build a craft for up to six months, but even if three or four craft are exchanged for an Imperial knight, it is a bargain.

In fact, after decades of diffusion and advances in magic technology, the Hazers gradually recovered their regressive situation on the frontal battlefield and even launched a counter-attack, without which the Krutz would most likely face an embarrassing failure on the western front.

“In fact, the most recent war between the Kurds and the Hazers was seven years ago, when the White Legion invaded the Banlin Valley, occupying Banlin for three years, but was driven back shortly thereafter by the Hazers. ”

“The defeat of Banlin, for which reason the Empire did not propagate much of the war, was in fact dominated by the Hazers on the border at this moment. ”

“The war is not over yet, except that both parties to the war are exhausted and unable to fight any more and can only stare at each other on the confrontational front - and also on the border. ”

“In this case,” replied Brando, "do you think the Hazers would be afraid of the Cruz's anger? They can't help but extend the front elsewhere...”

“Didn't they consider a truce?” Charles is somewhat incredible: "Especially since the Empire is not the only enemy of the Hazel Republic. ”

“How can centuries of hatred be so easy,” Brando shook his head: "Perhaps one day the relations between the Hazers and the Cruz will return to normal state-to-state relations, but also after they have shed their blood. ”

“This is generational hatred, and it must be quenched with blood. ”

“It's horrible.” Charles couldn't help but sigh.

The two stood outside for just a moment and attracted the attention of the inmates - a young nobleman from a foreign country who looked quite decent, accompanied by his wizard class, and wore a sword, the dark leather of the sheath and the silver ornament on it - and knew at first glance that it was a magnificent guest.

In many major cities, magic stores are not just for wizards, ordinary people are their main guests, deodorants, insecticides and convenient alchemy, including incense of all kinds, are everyday necessities.

But the real big client has to be a wizard.

“Why don't you come in and take a look, sir?” The boss held a big belly and shouted to them behind the counter.

“I want something you don't have here.” Brando smiled one more time.

The boss was dismayed: "Hey, young man, don't be ridiculous. I assure you, with 30 years of reputation for drowning roses, that Emperor can't find anything more complete than this - it's all mouth-watering here, you can probably ask. ”

It's like that, Brando.

“Really? I want the glow of Zer, the sword of infinity, the light of thought, the glow of wisdom. ”

The boss changed his face: “I don't understand what you're talking about, young man. ”

“It doesn't matter if you don't understand. Let Mulder come out and see me. I'm talking about big business. ”

The boss glanced at the two faces with complexity. Although far apart, he still saw Charles reveal his snow-white teeth and smiled at him. His face became gloomy and his shoulders slightly heavy.

But Brando said, "I know you have a Type IV gun under the counter, but that thing doesn't work for me, and the cavalry will be here in a minute. You're not gonna do anything stupid, are you? ”

The boss's move was frozen, so halfway back he said, “Who are you people? ”

He sounded a little dull.

“Foreigners.” Charles replied grinningly.

Brando shook his head; "It's not important to you who we are, it's important that we have no malice. ”

“I can't promise that.” The boss frowned and replied.

“Even though the Emperor was big," Brando glanced at him lightly; "but I could still find Robbie Fort somewhere. ”

Robbie Fort is the headquarters of the patrol cavalry, heard Brando say so, the boss wrote two points, he put down his gun, measured two people carefully before answering: “You guessed the wrong thing, Mr. Eruin, I have a Type III rifle. ”

Brando, that reminds me of a time when Hazel's IV had only just been developed and was not officially listed, and it was only natural that these foreign spies changed their clothes later.

He laughed uncomfortably at this little mistake.

The boss gazed vigilantly before waving at them: “Come in and talk, you two. ”

Brando and Charles walked into the store and the lights in the house were slightly dim. The first thing in the eye curtain was a variety of closets and shelves on the walls. The strange objects on them were brilliant. Most of them were colored medicines, several daggers and a light crossbow were on the counter, and there was a box with a woolen cloth in it, and the grooves in the middle looked exactly like they were intended to hold these weapons.

He turned around again, with a huge glass window on one side, and a clear view of the outside street from inside the shop.

It appears that these Hazers are still very vigilant, that the shop is arranged in such a way as to observe the movement outside, and that it is easy to guard against attack, and that the house is uniquely laid out in such a way as to conceal weapons, so long as there is an intrusion, the people in the shop are ready to defend themselves at risk.

The point is, even after this arrangement, 'drowning roses' remains one of the most traditional magic stores.

At least it doesn't look like it's broken at all.

Hazel and Cruz have fought for centuries and have long been experienced in not knowing how many spies exist in their respective territories.

“Gentlemen, if you will excuse me for a moment, I have to consult with Mr. Mulder. ”

“Listen to me. ”

Boss, this is just a few taps, long or short, on a piece of iron embedded in the counter. There's no pattern. But a moment later, he looked up and said to Brando, "Mr. Mulder agrees, but on one condition, you can go in, and your entourage has to stay. ”

“I'll stay then.” Charles shrugged his shoulders and replied with no concern.

The boss was slightly stunned. He thought the other party would hesitate. I didn't think it would be so simple. And how does the sorcerer's attendant seem to care nothing about his master's safety, with or without danger, how can he just let his protector walk away from him as a sidekick?

Of course he didn't know that Charles, as a travel magician card, could be summoned to his side at any time by Brando, so he couldn't be separated, and in fact it didn't make any difference.

Brando smiled at him and said, "If I dare to come here alone, I'm sure of it. ”

“In that case,” the boss's face changed again: "Then follow me. ”

As he opened the door and let Brando in, they went up the stairs to the second floor, where Brando met the owner in a room on the second floor next to the street.

A man of only half the height of an ordinary human being, a Hazel, wearing a decent black dress, a white vest inside, a silver chain on his trousers, a pocket watch in his pocket, a civilized stick in his hand, a hat and a seamless comb of hair.

You don't look like a spy, you look like a gentleman.

The little Hazel had an eight-word beard with a single piece of glasses, and while Brando was measuring him, he was also measuring Brando by squeezing his eyes through the glasses.

“An Eruin.” He said; “What is the purpose of an Eruin being here at this moment? ”

Brando looked at this little dwarf, and all he knew was that his name was Mulder, about his experience as a host here at the moment, or what he later learned from his personal history.

This means that this guy was promoted later, because only NPCs with a certain level of status will players be able to produce detailed biographical information for them to facilitate the task and build their reputation.

From Hazel's bureaucracy, it's likely that this guy was promoted to a foreign ambassador or deputy director of the security services after his kung fu.

“I'm here to ask you all to do me a favor.” Brando opens the door to the mountain lane.

Mulder laughed. “I think I know who you are. ”

Brando didn't think it would be strange if the other party could not guess who he was; as a spy network, it would be better to go home and grow sweet potatoes if you didn't even know what had happened in the Empire in recent times.

“Your Excellency is Count Tonigel. Oh, it is said that he is about to become Count Jeannel. You know, I am glad to see Mr. Count here at this moment, because Mr. Count is here, which means that the Empire is in trouble. ”

Mulder shrugged: “You know, but I'm happy when the Empire is in trouble —— praise the light of wisdom and thought, so what can we do for you, Mr. Count? ”

“And," he waved, "what good can we get? ”

“I'm going to make it easy for you to help.” Brando replied.

“No trouble,” Mulder nodded. “This is one of them. I know you have more below, please continue. ”

“I want you to help me investigate the whereabouts of a man, and it should only be a matter of raising your hands. ”

“So who is he? ”

“It's her,” Brando corrected: “Countess Varache, you must have heard the name. ”

“Turns out it was her," Murdoch's monocular glasses reflected: “I see, wonderful, it looks like Mr. Count wants to embarrass the Empire with a big face. ”

“It's not just about the face,” Brando whispered. “And the mountain people. ”

Mulder took a gentle breath: “I have to say, you're right, it looks like a bargain.” He stopped: "That is, all we need to do is help you investigate the whereabouts of Countess Varache--”

“That's all I need, and I'll do the rest. ”

“So what good does Mr. Count get? To my knowledge, the Empire is an enemy of the Republic, but not necessarily of Eruin. ”

“It's the best thing to do to get my people back. ”

Mulder couldn't help but take a deep look at him: “The Republic has never given up any of his subjects. Wisdom and glory are one, and individuals are all ——”

He reached out: “It looks like Hazel and Eluin don't have to fight side by side on the battlefield, but they can still be good allies. ”

Brando smiled and shook his hand: "Enjoy working with him. ”

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