RNP Page 51
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Could it be that old White turned Viscount Rad into a parrot?
"Tassanya, do you know any way to turn a person into a parrot?"
Luo Xiu asked Tassanya.
Turn into a parrot?
Tassanya looked puzzled, thought for a moment, and then slowly spoke:
“Master, if you want to turn a person into a parrot, Tassanya knows of three methods.”
"The first type is the mage's transformation magic, which generally requires a mage to be at least level five to learn."
"The second method is a witch's curse. Witches usually live in the forest and will turn those who offend them into animals."
"The third method is the necromancer's soul-extraction skill, which can strip a person's soul and transfer it to another creature."
"However, this method also requires a high level of necromancer. If the level is not high enough, it is very likely to damage the soul when extracting it."
Upon hearing Tassanya's third method, Luo Xiu's eyes narrowed.
The last time he examined Old White's class, it was almost at the fourth class.
This clearly does not meet the requirements of a mage for the fifth rank.
And a witch is also unlikely.
So if it really was Old White who did it, then he was very likely a necromancer.
There is only one most famous necromancer organization in Bandanda.
Vulture.
"Tassanya, do you know what class of adventurer the leader of the vultures is?"
Tassanya shook her head:
"Reporting to the master, the leader of the vultures has always been very mysterious. Lord Bandanda has tried several times to speak with the leader of this organization but has not been able to find him."
"Some people say he is a fourth-tier necromancer, some say he is only third-tier, and some say he is almost fifth-tier, just like Count Larry."
After listening, Luo Xiu felt even more certain.
Without the slightest hesitation, Luo Xiu led Leila and Tassanya toward Old White's exchange.
If old White really was one of the Vultures' men...
So he knew that this slime siege was actually a vassal state.
Then why go through all that trouble to bring the Vultures to Wheel Town?
There will be no large-scale deaths in the garrison; only a portion of the guards will be sacrificed.
In this case, the claim of extracting the power of the dead is completely unfounded, and the so-called cleanup activity has no basis.
Something is wrong, very wrong.
Luo Xiu had a premonition that the vultures' visit to Wheel Town wasn't for any so-called cleanup operation.
When Luo Xiu arrived at the exchange, the doors were tightly shut.
Through the small window in the door, one could see that the room was completely dark and empty.
Even the parrot named Rad has disappeared without a trace.
I knocked on the door a few times but there was no response.
It's so late, where could old White go?
Luo Xiu took a deep breath and spoke to Tassanya:
"Tassanya, you can track people by scent, right?"
"An old man and a parrot live in this exchange year-round. You can find their location by their scent, whichever one of them is the best you can find."
"We're going there now."
The process of distinguishing the smells went very smoothly. Before long, Tassanya was able to identify the smell of a bird, mixed with a unique tea aroma.
Guided by Tassanya, Luo Xiu and his companions exited the town through the west gate.
A minor incident occurred during this process: the guards at the west gate of the town said that no one was allowed to leave the town now and ordered Luo Xiu and his group to go back.
There was nothing else Luo Xiu could do but let them take a nap.
After leaving the town,
Tents belonging to various wandering merchants were pitched along the roadside, with four or five tents clustered together, and a campfire covered in ashes in the middle.
There were still people keeping watch outside the tent.
Some of them noticed Luo Xiu's movements, but seeing that he didn't intend to enter their camp, they didn't pay much attention.
Luo Xiu and his group passed through the cluster of tents and turned onto a tree-lined path leading north.
After walking for about eight or nine minutes along the tree-lined path, Tassanya pointed to a very inconspicuous little gap in the bushes on the right, indicating that the scent was coming from there.
Luo Xiu and the others then plunged into the dense thicket.
After a series of twists and turns
Finally, after carefully parting a clump of berries,
Luo Xiu saw an extremely wide, shady area in the woods.
At this moment, Luo Xiu's head was covered with grass and wood debris, but his attention was completely focused on the scene in front of him.
In the shady woods stood about a hundred necromancers dressed in robes with vulture patterns.
They were whispering to each other, seemingly waiting for the arrival of an organizer.
Luo Xiu had an idea and threw a stone at the feet of the nearest vulture member.
The member was quite tall, and he looked up in confusion as the pebble rolled down to his feet.
I saw a clump of bushes that was trembling slightly and making a rustling sound.
He called to his companion, and the two of them cautiously made their way into the bushes.
Just as the two reached a spot closer to the bushes,
next second.
Two hands swiftly emerged from the bushes and dragged the two people inside.
Almost no sound was heard.
After a few seconds,
Luo Xiu and Leila came out wearing vulture robes.
Chapter 45 Old White's Speech (Please read on!)
Luo Xiu and his servant Leila covered most of their faces with the large hoods of their vulture robes.
I blended into the crowd of people talking to each other, listening to the necromancers chattering.
Most of these chats are extremely pointless.
Aside from everyday family matters, the discussions revolved around methods to sneak into other people's family cemeteries and find more abundant vengeful spirits.
Only the conversation between two tall, thin necromancers caught Luo Xiu's attention.
"Why hasn't the boss come yet?"
The man on the left spoke up.
"I don't know, maybe the boss is drunk."
The person on the right spoke up.
"The boss doesn't drink alcohol, right? I remember he only drinks tea."
The person on the left looked somewhat surprised.
"I thought so at first, but I've seen the boss when he's drunk."
The person on the right lowered their voice.
"Really? What's the boss like when he's drunk?"
The person on the left curiously moved closer.
"I'm only telling you this,"
The person on the right lowered their voice a little, but Luo Xiu could still hear it if he listened carefully.
"After the boss got drunk... he lay on the ground and cried loudly."
Luo Xiu almost lost his composure.
The man on the left also couldn't hold back; a suppressed laugh escaped from beneath his vulture robe.
"Really? Will the boss cry in that state?"
"Really! I'm not kidding you. Last time I delivered goods to the boss, I went in and found him lying on the floor drunk, hugging a chair leg and crying loudly."
"He kept repeating, 'Teacher, I was wrong. Teacher, I was really wrong. If only I were here...' He kept repeating these few sentences over and over."
After the person on the right finished speaking, the person on the left fell silent.
After a while, the person on the left sighed:
"So the boss always brags to us about how wise and resourceful he was back then, and how he escaped unscathed from that war. But actually, he still can't let it go."
The person on the right nodded:
"He definitely can't let go of it, otherwise he wouldn't have dragged us along this time. How much money did you get this time?"
"I left all 3000 copper coins to my wife and children for medical treatment."
"I received 3100, hehe. I didn't get married, so I gave it all to my underlings."
The person on the right was somewhat smug when he heard that he scored 100 more than his good friend.
“You shouldn’t have come. I’ve advised you so many times. At least leave yourself some future.”