Chapter 561: People with many secrets

Since returning from the impact crater at the southern foot of the Dark Mountain last time, Gawain has been collecting, investigating and reorganizing all the known information about the mithril treasure house.

Behind this mysterious organization may be related to the giant dragon, and the dragon seems to be related to the situation on the entire continent, to the demonic tide, and to the mysterious "black trap" phenomenon. On the other hand, his body The original owner, Gawain Cecil, also had a certain connection with the Mithril Treasure House... All these clues were connected together, making him have to be more vigilant about this mysterious organization.

During the investigation, Gawain discovered that there was much more information about the Mithril Treasure House than he imagined. In fact... the information could almost be described as vast.

The Mithril Treasure House is ancient and mysterious, but it has never been an isolated organization. On the contrary, it is active in almost any land known to mankind, even including elements and high-level monsters. Domain, it collects, keeps, rents, and trades with any country or race. As long as it meets the "trading standards" of the Mithril Treasure House, the agent of the treasure house will appear in front of you. From this point, the Mithril Treasure House can be said to It is "open".

It even has fixed contact points and fixed liaison personnel in major cities, and has established effective and stable official communication channels with local forces - even in Luan City and Hoth. In Manchester City, in the old city of Peibo, there are a total of seven "stores" opened by Mithril Treasure House. There are more than ten low-level agents operating those stores, and they are still operating normally.

All of them are century-old stores.

They are engaged in businesses similar to paid treasury and lending. They operate legally and have complete information. After the reunification of the southern border, they immediately registered with the Government Affairs Department and one of their stores was even rated as a Horsman. One of the outstanding merchants of the year, the photo of his agent on stage to accept the award was also published in the local newspaper of Horsman...

However, in addition to this superficial information, the in-depth information about the Mithril Treasure House is It’s not that easy to investigate anymore.

The grassroots stores of Mithril Treasure House seem to have no secrets at all, and its low-level agents are just ordinary people. Gao Wen investigated the information of some low-level agents and confirmed that those people were all from innocent backgrounds. Locals with clear identification, and these low-level agents and grassroots stores are responsible to higher-level "regional agents". There seems to be no problem with the identities of these regional agents. At least, Cecil's Government Affairs Department investigation cannot Something went wrong.

So, on which level of the Mithril Treasure House did the agent come into contact with the dragon?

Gawain still doesn’t have a clue, but he associates it with Cecil’s business intelligence network from the organizational form of the Mithril Treasure House—using commercial organizations at all levels as carriers, with Military Intelligence Bureau officers as the A key node, an extremely secretive intelligence system, he felt that the so-called agent system of the Mithril Treasure House might be something similar.

The silver-white ring emits heat slightly. As the magic power is injected into it, the spell solidified in the ring starts to work, and a slightly hoarse sound appears.A mature voice sounded in Gawain's ears, interrupting his thoughts: "Salute to you, Gawain? Duke Cecil - do you need business help?"

"Miss Mylittlepony," Gawain decided. After gathering his composure, he said calmly, "I have some questions about the mithril treasure house, and I would like to consult in person."

After many investigations, he finally decided to conduct a direct contact and test. Since Miss Rita is already a "senior agent", Gawain has reason to believe that the other party at least holds some high-level secrets. Anyway, if the test succeeds, valuable information will be gained. If it fails, there will be no loss.

The voice on the other side of the ring paused for a moment, and then spoke after a moment: "Is it a very important question to consult in person?"

"It's very important," Gawain said casually. He said slowly, "Is there any difficulty?"

"...No, no problem, Mithril Treasure House has always fulfilled its contract faithfully," Melita Pernia's voice came, "Then I I'll visit later - I happen to be near Cecil City."

The slight heat of the Mithril Ring gradually subsided, but Gawain frowned slightly.

That senior agent happens to be near Cecil City? Is this a coincidence or intentional? And if she took the initiative to tell herself this, did she have any profound meaning?

Theoretically, there are not many "clients" who can directly talk to the senior agents of the Mithril Treasure House. In the land of Cecil, I am afraid that I am the only one, Melita Pernia. She couldn't be staying here for other customers... So, she was actually waiting for her contact?

Gawain shook his head. He felt that he might be too sensitive, but...

Considering the existence of the dragon, it is better to be more sensitive on this issue.

There was no extra schedule today, so Gawain waited patiently in the lord's mansion for the senior agent's visit, but he did not wait long.

Betty ran into the study just as the giant sun tilted to the west, and the little maid bowed: "Master!! Someone is looking for you! She said her name is..."

"Hey! Okay!"

Gawain sorted the documents on the desk. A few minutes later, he heard footsteps coming from the corridor.

The door of the study room opened, and a graceful and mysterious young lady wearing a purple gauze skirt and a lilac veil on her face walked into the room under the leadership of the maid Betty - —She is the senior agent of Mithril Treasure House.

Betty temporarily withdrew after taking the guest to the study. Gawain glanced at Melita. He did not show any strange expression, but nodded calmly: "Long time no see, Miss Agent."

"Long time no see, Duke Cecil," Melita also nodded slightly, and then... walked slightly unsteadily.Arriving at Gawain's desk, "This city is really changing every day, which is surprising."

Gawain: "..."

Although this Miss Mylittlepony Although he had tried hard to maintain a stable and dignified posture, Gawain could still tell at a glance that the other party's leg seemed to be injured!

"What's wrong with your legs?!"

"...There are always accidents in life," the agent said calmly, but I don't know if it was an illusion. There was a hint of vague annoyance in the other party's eyes, "It's just a minor injury that doesn't affect work."

Of course Gawain was very curious as to why a senior agent of the Mithril Treasure House was injured— —And this agent is most likely a high-level transcendent, but he doesn’t have the habit of rashly asking about other people’s identities, so he just pointed to the seat next to him: "Then sit down and talk - if I had known earlier You were injured, so I won’t call you here today.”

“Mithril Treasure House’s reputation comes first. We have never made the slightest discount in customer service, and we have done so for thousands of years. So," the agent sat down on the chair, and then continued seemingly casually before Gawain started the topic, "and... our conversation today will be very necessary, isn't it?"

Gawain frowned slightly: "Oh?"

"Let's be frank, Duke Cecil," Melita Pernia sighed, "You will be here soon. Before... I took people to the south of the Dark Mountains, is that true?"

Gawain's eyes froze slightly, but under his calm face, he was already shocked.

In the sudden surge of hypotheses and conjectures, he temporarily suppressed all the possibilities he thought of, and calmly stared into the eyes of the senior agent in front of him: "You know what we are doing Did you find anything there? "

"You found..." Melita Purnia said softly, then leaned over and brought her face close to Gawain——

"The traces of a dragon, right?"

Gawain looked at Melita's face that had turned into a dragon quite calmly, while the latter was maintaining this posture After two seconds, he quickly returned to normal and returned to his original position. Betty's voice came from outside the door the next second: "Master! I brought tea!"

"Put it here. "Okay." The atmosphere in the study suddenly became normal. Gawain asked the maid to put the tea tray on the table, and then nodded gently, "Go and rest first - don't let anyone come to the study for the time being."

"Hey, okay!!"

Betty closed the door obediently and left the room, while Melita Pernia broke the silence with a chuckle after a brief silence: " I thought my eyes and scales would at leastLet you be a little surprised. "

Gawain spread his hands: "To be honest - I have another one with scales here. She may have more scales than you, so I am very concerned about similar inhuman physiological characteristics. Not that surprised. "

This answer was somewhat beyond Melita's expectation. She was startled for a moment, and her tone was a little helpless: "...Miss Siren, indeed, you have a lot of people gathered here... ...a wonderful person. ”

Gawain tried hard to maintain the calmest and indifferent posture at this moment, but in fact, countless thoughts were quickly passing through his mind. The first thought that came to his mind was that he thought of his past. The dragon witnessed from the satellite perspective - Melita Pernia, the senior agent of the Mithril Treasure House, she should be the dragon!

Then the injury on her leg...

Is it possible that the dragon lady crashed every time she got rid of the satellite tracking...

The clues in Gawain's mind seemed to be connected instantly. They came together, but he guessed that Melita Pernia didn't know his background as a "satellite spirit". The dragon lady probably only knew that he had led people to explore the southern part of the Dark Mountains and discovered the impact crater. That is to say, the information point of "crash" cannot be exposed, nor can it be shown that the dragon is active in the southern part of the Dark Mountains in advance...

He carefully considered the unequal information between the two sides, and Based on Melita Pernia's behavior of voluntarily revealing her identity, he judged the other party's motives and purposes. During the deliberation and judgment, he cautiously spoke: "Isn't it wonderful... Sirens and dragons are more than just human beings?" 'Wonderful' is so simple. I am lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet members of these two legendary races at the same time. I'm very curious, what on earth does a dragon...a dragon with the identity of 'Senior Agent of the Mithril Treasure House' want to do in the human world? "

"Don't be so vigilant, dragons have no ill intentions towards the human world," Melita said, "But before continuing this topic, I hope to get back some things that I accidentally lost—— Those are the precious possessions of the Mithril Vault, and I know they are in your hands now, and I can feel their presence. ”

After Melita revealed her identity, Gawain guessed that the other party would mention those rings. He casually took out the box of mithril rings from a grid under the desk and placed it on the table. On the table: “You mean these rings? "

"Yes - can you give it back to me? "

"Then we have to talk about it," Gawain put his hand on the box, leaning back slightly and leaning on the back of the chair, "Let's start with the relationship between the mithril treasure trove and the dragon. Let’s talk about it—are you a special case among senior agents? "

Melita did not answer immediately, but looked into Gawain's eyes with interest: "You are quite calm when facing the real dragons. "

"When I climbed out of the coffin, I had already faced the most surprising situation." Gawain smiled slightly, "The dragon really doesn't surprise me. "