Above the mage!

Chapter 256 Conspiracy and Traps

But that is a question to be pondered later.

Gao De put away the golden wheat just to be prepared.

Afterwards, he took a few grains of golden wheat from the pottery jar, rubbed open the husks, and easily and naturally delivered the grains to Flora's mouth.

Flora flared her nostrils slightly and sniffed the scent of the wheat grains. Then she opened her mouth with confidence and let Goder feed the wheat grains into her mouth.

After chewing it twice, Flora immediately narrowed her eyes in pleasure.

The taste of Golden Wheat was obviously very much to her liking.

Here, Loic and Catherine chatted

What they were talking about was exactly what they had told Elder Grant to do today.

The two of them did not avoid Gao De. I wonder if they thought it would not be a problem if he heard it, or if there was something else?
"Even with Elder Grant's power, it will definitely take at least half a month to thoroughly investigate this matter and find useful information." Catherine said to Roych while rubbing the golden wheat in her hand absentmindedly.

"So what can we do during this time? Just wait?" Loychi asked, scratching his head.

"That's not good. We two hunters have been staying in Phoenix for such a long time for no reason. If the person behind the scenes has spies in Phoenix, they will easily notice our abnormality." Catherine said decisively.

"Let's take on one or two bounty missions posted in Phoenix," she thought for a moment and made a decision. "When the hunters in the sect don't have to go out on missions, they often come to Phoenix to take on bounty missions to earn some extra money. It makes sense."

"Bounty mission?" When Gao De heard this term, he was attracted to it and couldn't help but interrupt and ask.

Catherine glanced at Gode, but she didn't care about his interruption. She even explained to him in her usual cold attitude, "Phoenix is ​​the only place in the North that can be called a city. Since it is a city, there will naturally be so-called illegal and criminal activities."

"Phoenix itself does not have a strict law enforcement team. When encountering these illegal and criminal acts, the Zhenbing Tribe usually sends hunters to arrest and punish these criminals."

Gao De nodded slightly when he heard this.

Indeed, a place that cannot even afford to support professional soldiers, how can it afford to support a "law enforcement team"?

Catherine continued, "But the discovery of these behaviors always lags behind. If you encounter a cunning person, he may have already escaped from Phoenix before the people of the Zhenbing Tribe find out."

"The Zhenbing Tribe will naturally not allow these people to get away with it. After all, if this kind of thing happens more often, Phoenix's authority will be gone."

"However, tracking these people in the vast snowfield is an extremely time-consuming task. Therefore, in order to save manpower costs and improve efficiency, Phoenix will issue bounty missions to hunt down these fugitives."

"Everyone can accept bounty missions and exchange the heads of these fugitives for bounties."

"The so-called bounty is usually ice marrow."

Ice marrow has always been the most popular currency in the North.

"So that's how it is." Gao De said with sudden enlightenment.

"However, bounty missions are no longer limited to hunting down fugitives," Roych added at the right time, "all kinds of requirements will appear in bounty missions."

Isn't this the "mission hall"?

Gaode said he was very familiar with this.

And this is exactly the professional field of the "hunters", the guardians of the snowfield. No wonder Catherine said that hunters in the sect often come here to earn extra money.

This is about making use of your own strengths.

"I'll go take on a suitable bounty mission later." Loichi volunteered.

Catherine nodded slightly.

In the next few days, Gaode's life became unusually peaceful.

Roych and Catherine accepted a bounty mission, and then they started to work in a serious manner, as if they really came to Phoenix to earn extra money.

As for Gaode, who was hit by the forbidden ice needle, they safely left him in Phoenix without any further control.

First, they believed in the forbidden ice needle, and second, after spending these days together, they also believed that Gao De was a smart man who would not make unwise decisions. When the two were "not at home", Gao De did not sit there idly. He resumed his practice of the [Aoki Changsheng Sutra] and took Flora to stroll around the streets of Phoenix.

However, the bargain hunting incidents like the one on the first day were just isolated cases after all.

In the following days, he didn't encounter such good things again.

After all, even though the people in the North have a lower "level of education", they still have basic vision, and few of them treat the magic plants as worthless weeds.

The main reason why the magic plant was "covered in dust" was that it was still in the seedling stage and had already wilted, losing its magical power.

But in reality, his life was the only one that was peaceful.

Many waves have arisen quietly in these days.

Snowfield Guardian, headquarters.

"Sir, it has been confirmed that the people investigating us are from the Zhenbing tribe." A slightly old voice sounded in the shadows.

"Zhenbing Tribe?" Another voice was full of energy.

"The Zhenbing Tribe has had little to do with our sect, so why are they suddenly investigating us?" The owner of the voice paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Has anyone in the sect been in Phoenix recently?"

"My Lord, I thought so too, so I did some research and found that only two people from the sect appeared in Phoenix during this period."

"Which two people?"

"The Saint and Loic."

"They?! Do they know why the Saint appeared in Phoenix?"

"According to intelligence, the two of them have accepted a bounty mission in Phoenix and are currently carrying out the mission," the old voice reported.

"Bounty mission." Another voice paused for a moment, as if thinking, "No, there is a problem."

"Excuse my ignorance, what do you mean?"

"According to the news from the branch below, someone claimed to be commissioned by Baruch to report the news, but the person behind him discovered something and fled overnight. The Saint happened to be nearby at the time, so she took over the matter."

"If that's the case, their current mission should be to track this person. Why would they go to Phoenix to do some bounty mission?"

"And just after they showed up in Phoenix, the Zhenbing Tribe happened to send people to investigate us for no apparent reason?"

"How can there be such a coincidence in the world?"

"What you mean, sir, is what the Saint discovered?!" the old voice hesitated.

"Although we have left the matter to Baruch and massacred the Snover clan and destroyed all evidence, it is not foolproof. There are still many magical means to track down some clues."

"The Saint happens to possess some of these strange methods." The wizard called the Lord said coldly.

"Don't take any chances. If what we did is discovered, there will be no place for us in the sect."

"It's better to strike first."

"This is the Saint?!" The old voice was stunned for a moment, and obviously understood what the other party meant, and said subconsciously.

"What is a saint to me? If she dies, I'll just replace her with another one." "Sir" was still indifferent, "But it's not good to attack directly, it's easy to leave traces, so let's kill someone with a borrowed knife."

"Kill someone with a borrowed knife?"

"Borrow the Sword from the Zhenbing Tribe"

There was a rustling sound of small instructions.

(End of this chapter)