Battle of the Twin Cities: The Ninth Councilor

Chapter 176 Fooled Talia to go to work at Hextech!

Is it the Shakar Bandit Group?
Marcus's eyes darkened slightly, and it was difficult to handle this time.

If it was other sand bandit organizations, it would be almost no difficulty for the Feiros family to wipe out the other party.

Only this Shakar bandit group is a formidable enemy.

For the most powerful bandit group in the Shurima desert, Marcus has a lot of files on the other party in his office.

With a large population and numerous masters, desert merchants are all afraid of them.

The most important thing is that the Shakar Bandit Group does not have a fixed territory, but spreads all over the Shurima Desert.

They can be seen as far as the foot of Targon in the west, as far as the Kalduga Mountains in the east, as far as the coast of the Conqueror Sea in the north, and as far as the vicinity of Kehalise in the south.

If ordinary merchants meet them, they can only consider themselves unlucky, and donate most of their goods and goods, and sometimes donate their female companions in the team, in exchange for a chance to survive.

Some merchants will even buy some female slaves through special channels before departure (must add '', otherwise they will be harmonious) and take them with them in the team, only to dedicate them to the Shakar bandits when they meet them.

After chatting with Grahal and others for a while, discussing the date of going to Piltover, manpower and street location, Marcus asked some other questions, without any more information, got up and took Wei and Craig to leave.

After picking up the supplies that were thrown nearby, they found Thalia behind the dunes, and the group set off to go back.

Thalia couldn't help being curious: "Aren't you here to investigate the case? How did it turn out? What did you talk to the bandits? Why did they become more friendly to you after a few people died?"

There were as many questions as a string of balls, and a series of questions were thrown to Marcos, hoping that he could answer them for himself.

Marcus glanced at her: "Didn't your parents tell you, don't ask if you shouldn't ask?"

Too many questions, too lazy to waste my tongue to answer.

Thalia choked for a moment, and stopped talking, so she could only ask: "Then where are we going now? Return the same way?"

"Well." Marcus nodded: "Back to Picheng, don't you just want to go to Ionia? You can go to Picheng with us, and then transfer to the ship to Ionia through the port there. With the official background of Piltover, it is much safer along the way."

"How do you know I'm going to Ionia?" Talia was stunned for a moment before she realized that she didn't seem to mention that she wanted to go there, did she?How did Marcus know?
"Guess." Marcus shrugged: "I have noticed your situation on the way. Although you know magic, magic doesn't seem to listen to you very much. If you want to change this situation, in addition to going to Ionia to find a famous teacher, There is no other better way.

You also said that you came to Tuoling all the way from the Suiyin market, and running such a long distance, it can't be sightseeing, right? "

Talia looked at Marcus for a long time, and finally said silently: "I now believe that you are the law enforcement officer from Piltover."

In her conception, except for the law enforcement officers who often investigate cases on weekdays, who would be so boring and reason about others in their hearts?
boring!

Everything went well on the way back, and Thalia rushed back to the camel bell market with the three of them.

After a short rest, cross the green area and arrive at the smuggling port by the sea.

Marcus and the others had been here before, and the person in charge of the port recognized him, and respectfully arranged two residences: "Master Sheriff, the last ship just left today, and we have to wait until early tomorrow morning to leave, and the rest of you are here. One night, the environment is relatively simple, please bear with me."

Marcus looked at him in surprise. The person in charge was a skinny little old man. When he came here, he didn't respect him very much because his territory was not under the jurisdiction of Piltover.

Why did he suddenly change his temper after a few days?

After pondering for a few seconds, a flash of enlightenment flashed in his eyes: "I understand, we need to wash up, go and boil some hot water for us."

"Hey, okay." The little old man nodded and bowed, and turned to leave.

"Wait." Marcus stopped him, and took out a handful of golden wheels from his pocket. He didn't count, and handed it to the little old man directly: "The councilor's order is one thing, but I can't let you work in vain , not much money, enough for you to drink some wine."

The little old man was slightly taken aback, and he was grateful: "Thank you, sir! Do you need dinner at the port? What is the appropriate temperature for washing water? Oh, the mattress on this bed is a bit dirty. I'll go and change some beds for you, sir. ... Towels, toothbrushes, some leftovers in the storeroom, all new, I will also prepare some for the adults..."

"You can figure it out." Marcus waved him away.

Then he turned around and said to Talia: "Look, I'm not familiar with the place. If you don't have money to clear the way, no one will give you a good face. When we came here before, this little old man didn't mention how stinky he is. Now he took the money , a completely different attitude.”

Thalia didn't respond: "What do you want to say?"

"What I want to say is that you only have the fifty grams of gold coins you just earned from me. Do you think it is enough to support you to go to Ionia and finish your work?" Marcus looked at her quietly.

Behind him, Vi turned her head and looked at Craig, both seeing something in the other's eyes.

They knew that Marcos was going to start fooling around again.

really!

Just when Thalia said uncertainly: "Should... be enough?"

Marcus showed his true face: "Be confident, it's definitely not enough! Do you know how much it costs just for a round-trip ferry ticket? Then there are food, clothing, housing and transportation. Ionia is no better than Shurima. You are in Shuri Ma doesn't worry about eating and drinking, because you know the place well and can find food in the wild.

But what about when you arrive in Ionia?
Don't think that because Ionia is rich in resources, you won't die of hunger.

On the contrary, Ionians love nature, and many wild species are protected by law. Once they are hunted or picked for food, they will be arrested and sent to prison if they are discovered.

Miss Thalia, you didn't expect Ionia to be arrested before finishing the work, did you? "

Thalia's understanding of Ionia is only limited to the hearsay of the merchants. She is at a loss about the actual situation. At most, she knows that a war is breaking out there, and the Noxus Empire is fighting Ionia.

Talia was young after all, and was fooled by Marcus to focus on the local laws of Ionia, but ignored whether Ionia had the energy to manage precious species during the war.

So what Marcos said somewhat frightened her: "Then...then what should I do?"

"I have an idea, why don't you go to Picheng with us, our Hextech is committed to researching the combination of technology and magic, the research institute just lacks talents with magical talents, you can work part-time in the research institute to help us Learn more about magic, and we'll pay you."

Marcus suggested: "By the way, our research may also solve your troubles for you. Of course, if you insist on going to Ionia after earning enough money, we will not stop you.

Do you think about it? "

"This..." Talia hesitated.

Wei spoke at the right time, walked to her side and patted her shoulder twice: "Don't worry, it's okay to make a decision tomorrow, let's go to the room to rest first, and think about it slowly at night."

As girls, Talia naturally had a sense of trust in Wei, she persuaded her, nodded and walked into the next room together.

(End of this chapter)