Chapter 241: Hidden Perception and [Scarlet Armor Lord]

Layers upon layers of gray clouds piled up in the sky, surging and rolling, as if struggling with something, yet they could only fall powerlessly at the edges of the mist in a few wisps of pale white, creating misty water vapor.

The wind was gradually picking up.

The cold and sticky feeling in the air seemed to be able to pass through the gaps between the armor and the lining, sticking tightly to the skin, making one feel uncomfortable.

A touch of moisture and coolness suddenly came to the tip of his nose.

Xia Nan subconsciously looked up at the sky, and what was reflected in his pitch-black eyes were heavy leaden clouds.

"Is it going to rain?"

His brows furrowed slightly.

Whether in his previous life or after crossing over, he did not dislike this kind of weather, and even liked it a little bit.

He enjoyed the feeling of raindrops hitting the glass, even if the wind was howling outside the window, the room was warm and peaceful, that sense of cozy safety that came from genetic instinct;

He also enjoyed the refreshing coolness of the drizzling rain wrapping around his whole body; or the fresh air mixed with the scent of soil on the streets after the rain.

But right now, even if he had a preference for this kind of gloomy and humid weather in his heart.

Facing the crowded street in front of him that was almost shoulder-to-shoulder and filled with all kinds of strange odors.

It was hard not to feel annoyed in his heart.

"What's the meaning of this, are you not letting people pass?"

Beside him, the Dragonborn Sawa complained quite dissatisfiedly.

She was not a cold-blooded animal, but perhaps it was her upright lizard-like appearance that gave her some of the same traits, instinctively loathing any environment where sunlight was scarce.

The variegated yellowish-brown scales trembled slightly because of the gradually thickening water vapor in the air, and the scales in some areas on her arms and the back of her neck were slightly raised, as if her hair was standing on end—similar to human goosebumps?

"Maybe there's some situation? I'm not too sure either."

After the trip to the casino, Luka, who was like-minded with her, clearly had a much better relationship with the Dragonborn than before, and now took the initiative to answer.

At the same time, he stood on tiptoe, relying on his tall and burly stature, and stretched his neck to look forward.

Now, the escort team had left the Resting Dragon Nest Inn and arrived at the main road near the exit of Ronglin Town.

Although they occasionally saw guards in a hurry along the way, there was no special situation in general.

But until they approached the intersection leading to the Ronglin Shanmai, the road, which was built against the mountain and was not wide to begin with under the encirclement of dense buildings, suddenly became crowded.

Peddlers, pedestrians, adventurers, plus a few carriages, blocked the entire road completely, and if they wanted to walk forward two steps, they had to rely on the physical fitness of professionals to squeeze hard.

Subconsciously protecting his waist bag, Xia Nan looked around.

Undoubtedly, those currently crowded on the street were all travelers like them who intended to leave the small town.

Such a scene must mean that something had gone wrong at the exit.

Ronglin Town was not large in scale, but it was the only human gathering point nearby.

If one wanted to cross the Ronglin Shanmai and enter the Yuansha Province from the side of the Sticky Tree Duke's territory, one usually needed to stay in the town to rest and replenish supplies.

This made the town's human traffic far greater than its scale should have.

And because of its unique terrain and architectural design, the town only had two entrances and exits, one at the front and one at the back.

Unless one possessed the ability to fly, or had the confidence to climb over the towering rock walls on both sides with bare hands, one could only pass through these two openings.

This meant that if something really happened in the town, and someone was sent to block the two exits, they would become turtles in a jar.

Hum—

While he was looking around, a commotion suddenly came from behind.

Looking over, he saw two or three young knights wearing standard equipment running hurriedly toward the exit.

Without concealment, the full set of equipment they had already put on allowed Xia Nan to recognize the other party's identity at a glance.

It was exactly the knights under the command of Cornell from the Morton family, whom he had seen once in the inn lobby before.

He couldn't help but associate this with the encounter at the casino, and he already had some guesses in his heart.

Also recognizing the other party's identity, Wood hurriedly stepped forward, stopped one of them, and asked:

"What happened, can we still get out today?"

Naturally recognizing this personal guard of the second son of the Niumu City Lord, the young knight who was stopped showed no annoyance, only a look of apologetic smile on his face, and replied:

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Wood."

"We have an emergency situation here. If you want to leave the town now, you may need to accept a rather harsh search, which you might not accept."

"I suggest that everyone find a safe place in the town and wait for a while."

"It won't be too long, one night will definitely be enough, and traffic should be restored by dawn tomorrow."

Although Cornell had to start his action ahead of schedule and go to war with Laosen because his brother in charge of keeping watch had been captured.

But before that, as an "outsider" who had not yet entered the game and was standing in the dark, he had observed very clearly.

Perhaps the treasure had indeed fallen into Laosen's hands, and his actions over the past two days were just a means of deception.

But the possibility that a third-party force existed in the town and had stolen the secret treasure before Laosen was absolutely not small.

Now that he was at war with Laosen, both sides were entangled.

If the force that possessed the secret treasure was still staying in the town, they would definitely not miss this opportunity and would take the chance to slip away.

Therefore, he specially divided a small part of his knights to block the town's entrances and exits after the action started, and at the same time asked them to carefully check those who behaved suspiciously.

As for whether doing so would make it difficult for the town's sheriff...

It could only be said that the moment he showed the other party his Morton Duke family emblem, he had already gained the ability to mobilize the guards in the town.

The escort team certainly could not accept the kind of "harsh" search the knight spoke of.

Even without mentioning the self-defense tools that Haian and Wood and the others brought from Niumu, just the three adventurers in the team, including Sawa and Xia Nan, could not let the other party search their luggage and the items they carried on their bodies like that.

Regarding this point, both Haian and Wood were very clear.

Naturally, they would not ask anything of Xia Nan and the others.

They just pulled them over and asked two more questions, without pestering too much, and let the knight go.

After all, knowing their identities and still explaining it so straightforwardly already indicated that there was no room for maneuver.

"How is it, what exactly is the situation?"

Seeing Wood walk back with a serious face, the half-elf Haian asked hurriedly.

"The other party didn't elaborate." Wood shook his head, "Only revealed that it has to do with their mission objective."

"So we have to stay in the town for another night?"

Sawa crossed her arms, her face filled with dissatisfaction, but the tone of her voice carried a subtle emotion.

Clearly, she was not resistant to this in her heart.

The chips piled high on the card table just now, and her reluctance when being pulled out of the casino by Luka, had already explained the reason.

With her luck running high, this Dragonborn seemed to still have some lingering attachment to that casino named "Flowing Gold Roulette."

"What do you all think?"

As Haian's guard and the actual leader of the team, Wood did not make a decision on the spot, but asked everyone for their opinions.

"I'm fine with anything, I'll listen to you!" Not at the card table, Luka returned to his honest demeanor and smiled foolishly.

"I don't care, staying one more night is just one more night." This was Sawa, who was deliberately pretending not to care.

Weirouer did not express an opinion, only smiled silently.

As usual, outside of combat, she did not interfere with the actions of team members at all, nor did she express subjective opinions on anything.

It was as if just saying a few more words would make the situation, which had already gradually deviated from the memories in her mind, even more out of control.

Long accustomed to this and not saying much, Wood looked at Xia Nan.

Honestly speaking, as an adventurer team composed of professionals, with reliable spellcasters like Weirouer in the team. ===== CHAPTER 242 =====