Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 204 Adventure Team

Pamelin, Volondi District, White Crystal Block No. 73

“Ring…Ring.”

Ina rang the doorbell of a suite on the second floor of the rental apartment and stood in the corridor waiting patiently.

If I am not mistaken, this is what Mr. Mander said, the temporary residence of Ward and his people.

Ina is not worried about poverty.

Before she left Lei Shi, Rick gave her one hundred gold coins for tuition and living expenses.

In addition to the 17 gold coins, 24 silver coins, and some miscellaneous Gross left after buying the magic potion, he had 120 gold coins in cash alone.

According to her observations when she came here, the basic prices in large cities are only 4% to 5% higher than those in small cities.

This may be the result of the food supply and huge trade volume of hundreds or thousands of farming villages under the radiation of the city.

But who would give up an opportunity to make money?

At this time, a neatly dressed woman walked out of the corridor where Ina came from. She was holding a large bag of food in her arms, with a few white bread sticks, which were the staple food, exposed.

Like just buying ingredients for breakfast or lunch.

She carefully looked at the white-haired girl standing in the aisle, then greeted her briefly, hurriedly passed by her and returned to her suite.

Women's vigilance is not without reason.

But it wasn’t because of Ina’s appearance and clothes.

The Volondi District, where the Berleman Chamber of Commerce established a branch, was undoubtedly one of the most famous commercial districts in Pamelinlin - the city administration was naturally willing to invest more resources to maintain its good order.

In addition to good public security and a crime rate much lower than other districts, the rents and salaries in the Wardidi district are also high - families who can live there for a long time generally have a decent personal life.

Therefore, Ina's clean clothes and appearance do not seem out of place among the crowd and can blend in naturally.

The reason why people were wary was probably because of the magic sword hanging on her waist.

City regulations do not prohibit citizens from carrying weapons for self-defense, but no one would be able to remain calm in the face of an armed stranger.

But she still greeted me... The lady didn't seem surprised that someone would come here with weapons, and it seemed that she knew the job of her next-door neighbor... No... Maybe Mr. Ward and his team had visited beforehand?

After all, Mr. Ward's colleagues probably all hold official adventurer professional certificates and medals issued by the guild.

Ina's thoughts wandered, and she suddenly realized that she seemed to have not applied for citizenship in the city of Pamelin and renew her adventurer status...

While waiting, Ina looked intentionally or unintentionally at the busy streets outside the corridor and below the apartment.

Even the branch roads that were half commercial and half residential were as spacious as the main roads of Lei Shi City, and from time to time horse-drawn carriages would gallop past them with jingling bells.

The road surface is relatively clean, and it can be seen that there are some people cleaning it.

However, there were no conspicuous sewers like those in Lei Shi on both sides, which made the girl curious about how such a large city completed its daily drainage work.

"Who?"

A minute or two after Ina rang the doorbell, someone in the suite finally responded.

"Someone who wants to cooperate on the bounty."

Ina did not hide her intentions.

She is the one who requests to participate, and whether to agree to his joining and sharing of intelligence is the other party's right.

"I know Mr. Ward."

Her answer was met with a long silence from inside the door. The other party was either observing through the hole in the door, or communicating the situation with colleagues through some means.

At least within Ina's magical perception, the person behind the door did not go far.

Then, another person stepped into her perception, replaced the original person, and turned the door lock.

"Good morning, Miss Ina. I had a feeling that there would be a chance for us to cooperate."

The person who opened the door was none other than the brown-haired Ward.

"Good morning, Mr. Ward."

Ina responded politely.

Ward made room for the half-elf to enter, and after the girl walked in, he closed the door again and led Ina into the living room.

There was a fire in the living room, and the burning wood was crackling. The orange-yellow flames were not conspicuous against the sunlight coming in through the window, but they emitted enough heat to warm the entire room and drive away the biting cold outside.

There were already two people sitting on the sofa.

They sat together, consciously leaving a single sofa seat empty for the arriving guests.

One of them was undoubtedly the one who had just asked about Ina's identity. He was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, wearing two wide cotton robes, one inside and one outside. He had brown hair and brown eyes. His strength was inferior to the other three in the hall, and he was at the middle bronze level.

Sitting next to him was a strong woman with healthy wheat-colored skin without any signs of aging. She was about the same age as his colleague.

The facial features were clearly defined, and there was a scar on the left side of the cheek, as if a large piece of flesh had been torn off by some creature. It looked like it had been repaired by magic or divine power.

The same thing happened to his left arm, where the fabric hung limply, the torso that was supposed to support them long gone.

But on the other hand, she was extremely powerful and had steadily entered the bronze level.

They didn't seem surprised by Ina's arrival, nor did they seem to be on guard.

Apart from the sharpness hidden in his eyes, he was exceptionally plain.

Ina sat on the single sofa reserved for her.

In the open kitchen, Ward brought out a cup of dark brown coffee and a can of white sugar and pushed them in front of her.

"Sorry, I didn't consider that there would be guests coming... Everyone in the team is a coffee lover, so we only have coffee. It's easier to brew ground coffee in the wilderness than to make a cup of black tea."

Ward then introduced the two parties to each other, and then added to Ina:

"Captain Connor and one of his team are out on the road. The reward is for a cunning murderer. If we get him out of this city, it will be difficult to find his whereabouts."

"So, Ms. Ina, are you sure you want to join us? Even if there's probably nothing to gain?"