Chapter 45 Giant Heart
Arthur was pulled to a secluded tavern in South City by Joan, and McKin-jeong was in the private room in the tavern.
After seeing Arthur, McKinn was full of enthusiasm and quickly greeted the guys to serve. The Royal Spring Hunting lasted just a few days, which made McKinn admire Arthur's casual personality very much. There was also a hint of gratitude. Several of the rich and noble children died in the black fog this time knew McKinn. If it weren't for Arthur, he might have been one of them.
"Don't worry about the food and drinks first. Let's just talk about your affairs. I've invited you to help you. It's up to Arthur to decide whether to agree to help." Qiong said directly.
The one who really asked Arthur for help was actually McKin. Because he just asked McKin to help cash out Arthur's things, he was naturally embarrassed to reject his friends.
Arthur followed Joan's words and said, "If you have any trouble with Brother McGin, I will never refuse if I can help. If it really exceeds my ability, please forgive me."
McKin first poured a glass of wine for Joan and Arthur, and then showed a bitter look on his face, "Join should tell you that most of our family is a shameful underground business. The old man doesn't want me to stumble on his life. Since this year, I have been taking over a small part of the family's business one after another, mainly contacting the source of goods and some small matters of buyers, but a batch of goods I was responsible for yesterday was lost."
"If the goods are lost, the mercenary group responsible for the escort should be retrieved, and if they cannot be retrieved, they will be responsible for compensation." Arthur blurted out according to the mercenary's inertial thinking.
"We who do underground business do not invite mercenaries. Because the risks are too high, the mercenary group generally does not accept our entrustment. We use family guards and offerings. This is a common thing for black people to eat. If you lose something, you can only get it back or simply admit compensation. I don't want to let the old man say that I am not doing well at the beginning of taking over the family business, so I haven't told my family that I want to get it back by myself."
McKinn's eagerness to be recognized by the family was easy to understand. Arthur nodded and said, "What did you lose? Where did you lose it?"
"A small mercenary group accidentally discovered a magician ruin of some era, and found some messy things from it. After seeing it, our appraiser paid the other party five thousand gold coins and collected everything, but was robbed on the road outside the imperial capital."
"Is there any clue about who is robbed?" Arthur asked.
Although McGinn had a clear idea, she said slowly: "The public security around the imperial capital has been very calm for many years. No bandits dared to rob and cause trouble nearby. Therefore, I judged that this time it was a premeditated robbery. I suspected that it was a black mercenary group that sent the goods, but it was not ruled out that someone inside us reported the news to our competitors. After all, there are several underground black markets in Alantis that are grabbing business."
"Did the guard leave a living?"
"It's just that the thing was robbed, and luckily no one died, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hide it even if I wanted to."
Arthur was slightly surprised, "How did the other party do it only by snatching things but not killing people?"
"I asked the guards who came back carefully. It was not completely dark when they were robbed, but when they passed by a sparse forest, they suddenly had a black fog. They felt weak and weak and then all fainted."
"Black Mist!" Arthur instantly thought of the dark magician, and his eyes gradually became cold when he looked at McGinn, "Did you come to me for this reason?"
McKin quickly explained, "I heard the conversation between you and the mysterious man in the black fog that day, and it felt like you knew them, so I asked you to help you with a greater hope. But don't get me wrong, I know you have absolutely nothing to do with them, otherwise that person wouldn't say that."
Arthur frowned. This matter was probably related to the Dark Magician, but he was not sure whether this matter was just a coincidence or was the other party trying to lure himself out through McKin?
Arthur finally refused McKin, "Sorry, I can't continue to help you with this matter. I don't want to have any connection with them."
McKin smiled helplessly and continued to pour wine for Arthur and Joan, "It's okay, I understand. No one wants to be involved with them since the Royal Hunting Ground. I admit to paying for this batch of goods, but it's only a few thousand gold coins anyway."
Qiong suddenly interrupted and persuaded, "I think this matter may not be for you. They can't escape if they want to hide. Instead of waiting for them to come to the door, it's better to take this opportunity to get to know your opponent."
Arthur glared at Joan with annoyance, but still did not let go, "If you are willing to make excitement, please continue to check down. Don't pull me. I have enough trouble now."
Joan ignored Arthur and said to McKin, "Someone is afraid that your Highness will not be afraid. I will help you find something. You have something in this batch of goods, and you may be able to find clues."
McKin took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Joan, "I have a list of goods here."
"Twenty-one magic books, seven scrolls, three notes, a set of magic experiment vessels, three magic dolls, thirty-four magic potions, three magic beast heads, one giant heart, a pair of monster eyes, and a dagger... What kind of messy things are these?" Qiong muttered quietly as she looked at the list.
"What?" Arthur suddenly snatched the list from Joan's hand. After reading it twice, he took out a thick magic book from his bracelet and opened it, "Yes, it's the heart of a giant!"
Among McKin’s lost goods, there is a “giant heart” that is exactly one of the A-level collection missions of the Magicians Union.
The Giant Clan is a powerful existence on the Belland Continent second only to the Dragon Clan. The Giant Clan is sparsely populated and has disappeared on the continent for hundreds of years. Some people even speculate that the Giant Clan has completely disappeared.
Like the dragon clan's bloodline, the giant's bloodline is widely sought after by both human and beast clans. A family with giant bloodline often has powerful warriors among the members of the family, such as the Lugon family, the Marquis of Clemente, which has giant bloodline.
Because of this, many magicians in the Magician Union are studying the bloodline of giants, trying to fusion and inherit the bloodline of giants and humans. A giant heart has huge research value and may even produce a new giant bloodline family, so it is listed as an A-level mission by the Magician Union.
Arthur quickly made an assessment between risks and benefits. For the sake of this giant heart, Arthur had to take the risk of getting involved with the Dark Magician again.
Arthur looked up and grinned at McGinn, "I can continue to help you track down this batch of goods, but there is a condition that I want one of them as a reward."
Before McKind answered, Joan pulled the list from Arthur and smiled at him, "You are interested now, but we have enough people and don't need anyone else's help."
Chapter completed!