Wizard Earl

Chapter 198 Poverty Limits His Imagination

"Taxi! Taxi, towards Roy Street, two more people needed!!"

"A hotel! A clean and tidy hotel, including three meals a day, for only five pence!"

"Casey's Tavern, welcome gentlemen! We offer the most authentic fish and chips, and freshly brewed wheat beer!"

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Stepping out of the Tunguska train station, Connor, now sporting a new look, listened to the shouts and hawkers around him and nodded to himself. Everything before him was much as he had imagined, brimming with the atmosphere of everyday life.

To avoid attracting attention, Connor did not flaunt his wealth as he did in Loen by hiring a taxi on his own, but instead shared a ride with others.

Connor was very well prepared for his trip to Tunguska. Instead of staying in a hotel, he rented a detached house in the relatively safe Sissoko neighborhood. Connor figured that even if everything went smoothly, he would be in Tunguska for at least a month, so renting a house would be more discreet than staying in a hotel.

After finishing his chores, Connor looked at the house he had rented and shrugged indifferently. To be honest, the living environment in this house was much worse than his apartment in Rune, but at least it was clean and tidy, and all the necessary facilities were available. Connor was quite satisfied with this place.

Leaning back on the sofa, Connor silently commanded in his mind, "Chip, bring up the map of Tunguska City!"

"Beep! In accordance with the will of the subject, the map of Tunguska has appeared in your mind." A clear, cold female voice from the chip rang in Connor's mind:

Although he had studied this map countless times, Connor felt that having a map in his mind was helpful for making new discoveries.

Compared to Rune, Tunguska is not large, only about one-eighth the size of Rune, with a population of only about 50,000. The entire city is located in a hilly area, without any large mountains or rivers.

Although Tunguska is not large, it is still a very difficult problem for Connor to find a hidden magic stone mine by himself. Fortunately, before Connor came, with the help of Margaret's alchemy materials, Connor had made a little gadget that could detect magic stone mines - the Magic Detector Staff!

This demon-detecting staff looks ordinary and is no different from any other staff. Its function is also very simple: it can detect magic stone mines within a mile of the surrounding area. It has no other use.

The existence of the Demon-Detecting Staff gave Connor some confidence to search for the magic stone mine in Tunguska without any clues.

After resting in his room for a day, Connor appeared the next day in his black robe at Lexid's Tavern, the largest tavern in Tunguska City.

Although it is said to be the largest tavern in Tunguska, the Lexid Tavern still has a very wild atmosphere, filled with all sorts of people, including drunken men and heavily made-up women.

Meeting the bartender's scrutinizing gaze, Connor casually tossed a one-gold pound coin at his face and said in a low voice, "Don't look at me with your dog eyes. Tell the Glazer family's intelligence brokers that we have business!"

At first, the bartender, with his fierce face, turned menacing when a coin hit him in the face. But when he realized it was a gold pound, his face, like a chameleon, transformed into a fawning expression. He bowed slightly to Connor and said respectfully, "Sir, I'll go find them right now."

Five minutes later, the bartender led Connor into a private room in the tavern. Inside, a thin, wiry man carefully sized up Connor, who was dressed in a black robe, and chuckled, saying, "Please sit down, sir. Everyone calls me Ryan. May I ask your name, sir?"

Sitting on the sofa opposite Ryan, Connor glanced at the man who called himself Ryan and said in a deep voice, "You can call me Erickson. I need you to help me find out what this man did here!" With that, Connor took out an oil painting from his pocket and handed it over.

Taking the oil painting from Connor, the man who called himself Ryan surprised Connor somewhat. He didn't open the painting immediately, but instead smiled and said, "Mr. Erickson, I don't care what you do, but there are some things I need to tell you beforehand."

"Since you know about the Glazer family, you should know our rules. Our minimum price for a mission is ten gold pounds. Even if you get nothing in the end, we won't refund you. Of course, once we accept a mission, we'll do our best. There haven't been any instances of missions ending without a reward in years. If we can't handle a mission, no one else in Tunguska City can!" Ryan's tone was calm, but his eyes held a hint of arrogance.

"Sure!" Since he was going to use them, Connor didn't mind their rules.

"In that case, let me see who you're looking for?" Ryan said, opening the painting after Connor agreed to his terms.

Looking at the highly recognizable image of Snake Eyes in the oil painting, Ryan's eyes turned serious. He turned back to Connor and said, "Three hundred gold pounds, take it or leave it!"

Connor gave Ryan a half-smile. He knew Ryan was a smart guy, but unfortunately, poverty might have limited his imagination. Without another word, Connor took three hundred-pound notes from his wallet, tossed them on the table, and said quietly, "I'll come find you in a week. Don't disappoint me!" With that, Connor turned and left the private room.

Connor left decisively, leaving Ryan in the private room speechless, staring at the banknotes on the table with a bitter smile.

The well-informed Ryan, though unaware of the person in the portrait, deduced from the eerie green eyes of the snake-eyed figure that Snake Eyes was most likely connected to a wizard. As an ordinary person, while he might have some connection, he would never want to provoke someone like a wizard. However, due to his profession, he couldn't directly refuse Connor, so he offered a high price of three hundred, hoping to discourage Connor.

However, to Ryan's surprise, the man in black understood his meaning, but instead, the man directly pulled out money and threw it at him...

Ryan knew he was in trouble when he encountered a guy who was looking for a suspected wizard and didn't hesitate to spend three hundred pounds.

(End of this chapter)