I like traveling the most

Chapter 682 New information, underground research institute

"Xiao Lin, you said you probably know where Rafe is. What do you mean? Please explain to us quickly."

"Yes, yes, I will explain. But don't expect too much. I just thought that someone might know Rafe's destination. I will explain the details later."

Although it may be useless, I still hope to get some information now.

It would be better to ask someone who is familiar with that guy directly.

Then he looked at the prosecutor of the kingdom.

"Miss Sena, I want to meet someone. Can you please go to the security station?"

"Meeting someone...?"

Sena tilted her head and looked confused.

The corners of Xiao Lin's mouth raised slightly, and with everyone's expressions of sudden realization, he slowly spoke a person's name.

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"So, what do you want from me?"

Uncle Lundberg asked him.

That's right.

Xiao Lin and the others actually don't know much information about Raf, and they have no way of knowing where he is now. However, Uncle Lundberg, who has spent a long time with Raf, is different. He definitely knows more about Raf. information.

So I asked Sena to bring Uncle Lundberg, who was in prison, to the guild.

It seemed that the meeting was specially approved under the condition of being monitored by someone.

Uncle Lundberg didn't look so depressed and unhappy. He was probably relieved after a long period of enlightenment, or he looked away.

Xiao Lin didn't think too much about the pleasantries.

"I'm going to get straight to the point. I want to know Rafe's whereabouts. You should know where he is now, right? Aren't you his employer?"

"That's why you specifically called me out and put me in jail waiting for trial?"

"No one knows where Raph is except uncle, so there's nothing we can do."

"Ha, I didn't expect to come to rely on the person who framed me. Are you a complete fool, or is he a good old man... No, are you completely desperate?"

Uncle Lundberg snorted.

Xiaolin didn't comment on his words. To be honest, no matter whether he was a good guy or an idiot, as long as he could find Rafe, he didn't care what he said.

Uncle Lundberg seemed to be aware of Xiaolin's inner thoughts and snorted again.

"Do you think I would tell you even if I knew it? To you who led me to destruction."

What leads to destruction?

Isn't it uncle who blew himself up?

We didn't do anything, we were tricked around by Rafe just like you.

Xiao Lin wanted to tell him that he would be punished for his crimes, but he was just an ordinary adventurer and had no right to give him such preferential treatment, so he could only look at the Kingdom Prosecutor beside him.

And Sena nodded understandingly.

"The situation is urgent. If you have any information, please report it as soon as possible."

"Your Excellency Sena, is this your statement as the Kingdom's prosecutor?"

Uncle Lundberg didn't expect Sena to be so straightforward and rigid... No, considering Sena's character, it's not surprising.

chuckled.

"It seems that this is correct. Then, I will demand repayment according to the laws of this kingdom."

"this……"

Sena resisted slightly.

Huihui asked curiously: "Repay? Are you going to give me something?"

"It is a rule of the kingdom to reward criminals for the information they provide," Sena explained.

In fact, not only the kingdom has such a law, but other kingdoms also have such regulations. After all, if you want them to speak, you can only give them something in return.

In fact, Xiaolin has already guessed what Uncle Lundberg wants in return.

"It's a pardon, just like what I gave you. I think this is a reasonable price... What do you think, Sir Sena?"

he asked the kingdom prosecutor.

Aqua curled her lips and whispered: "This person is so embarrassed to say this. His purpose is obviously to take advantage of us and use us as tools."

Xiao Lin didn't speak.

In the case where the Kingdom Prosecutor is here, this kind of thing is not something they can decide.

Everyone looked at Sena.

And the answer is——

"...This is impossible."

"Oh? Can you tell me the reason?"

"Ordinary criminals can reduce their sentences by providing information, but you are accused of committing the crime of subversion of the kingdom. Since you have made clear remarks that endanger the kingdom, you will inevitably be sentenced to death. The current situation is different from that of Mr. Kobayashi. The situation was obviously different back then..."

Sena shook her head slightly, but said seriously: "Pardon and commutation of sentence are impossible."

"Yeah?"

Uncle Lundberg nodded.

Surprisingly, he was not sad or angry, nor did he even bother to negotiate or fight for his own interests.

"Well, I had expected it to be like this, and I didn't have much hope from the beginning."

He seemed resigned to his fate.

But……

"But in this case, I have no reason to assist you anymore. Well, go back to the cell."

You see, it will look like this.

Xiao Lin scratched his head.

Seeing that he didn't let go, Sena didn't use her identity to threaten him. Instead, she nodded and said, "Thank you very much for your assistance this time."

She must be very experienced as well.

Understand that in this situation, it is simply wishful thinking to ask the other party to help.

"Mr. Xiaolin, it seems that any further talk is in vain."

"No, wait a minute."

Xiao Lin stopped Uncle Lundberg who wanted to go back and asked: "What you said just now is to put it bluntly, you know something, right? There is nothing to lose. It doesn't matter if you tell me what you know?"

"There is no loss, but there are advantages."

Uncle Lundberg raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and said a little bit harshly: "After all, it will make things difficult for you. For me, it is worth it. Be troubled and suffer. This is what I can give to you who is locked up in prison. You are causing the biggest trouble.”

"No, no, no, it's useless for you to cause trouble for us. The person you're causing trouble for is the wrong person from the beginning."

"Wrong target?"

"Look, it wasn't us who betrayed uncle, it was Rafe. If you want revenge, you should go to him, right? After all, at that time, if uncle, you really got the ancient monster-Valawi, you also know how powerful it is, right? Maybe it can really overthrow the entire kingdom, but now the uncle can’t fight back.”

"Well..."

"And even if you want to take revenge and go back, you have already been caught and have no way to act. But fortunately, there is a group of people who want to catch Rafe, a convenient adventurer who can achieve their goals on their behalf..."

"That's...?"

Seeing that he fell into silence, Xiaolin continued to speak in pursuit of victory.

"Uncle, that's what you did in the first place, right? Use adventurers to achieve your own goals. Even if I force myself to stop cheating this time, we will help you, uncle. So, if you have information about where is Raph or something like that? Tell me all the information. Defeat Varavi and arrest Rafe to hinder all his goals."

"...Hmph, haha...hahaha! Interesting, really interesting, Mr. Xiaolin!"

Uncle Lundberg suddenly burst into hearty laughter.

Going crazy suddenly is a bit difficult to deal with.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm in rare serious mode here."

"No, no, no, I'm rude. After listening to your words, I suddenly realized it. When you say this, it is indeed the case. In terms of the degree of hatred, there is an object that makes people hate more... Will it hinder Raf's purpose? Indeed, this is more to my liking.”

Uncle Lundberg seemed to agree with Kobayashi's words.

Sena was slightly happy.

"That means...!"

"Okay, I will help you. As long as I know the information about Raf, I will provide it to you."

With a smile on his face, he agreed to the request.

"Oh, thank you, uncle!"

"But don't expect too much, there is no conclusive evidence that the guy is there."

When Xiao Lin was happy, he poured a basin of cold water on it.

Sena shook her head and said: "It doesn't matter. What we need now is more information. Even if we are not sure, we still have to investigate."

"Since you said so..."

So everyone returned to the guild again.

I asked Luna, the receptionist, to find an empty room, and everyone sat down to listen to information about Rafe.

"Please use it."

Luna thoughtfully served tea.

Uncle Lundberg thanked him and began to explain the reason.

"...It was not long after Raf was hired. The guy had been studying ancient civilizations, but he was suffering from the lack of understanding from the people around him. Thanks to this, the research funds were quite insufficient. In order to make up for the funding gap, he did a lot Crazy things.”

crazy?

For Uncle Lundberg to use this word, I think Rafe did something very exaggerated.

Xiao Lin frowned slightly.

"It looks like I sneaked into the maze alone."

"Alone?"

"That's right. Using the minimum magic items to protect myself, I dived into the deepest place alone."

Everyone gasped.

That's really crazy.

After all, Rafe is just an ordinary researcher, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is powerless, but such a person actually sneaked into the deepest depths with the minimum magic props without funds.

What a desperate man.

Uncle Lundberg continued: "The excavation of ancient ruins, the restoration and investigation of discovered heritage... In order to complete these tasks efficiently, it seems that most of them live in the labyrinth and work. Well, compared to their own safety, , that guy seemed even more indignant that he couldn’t do the research without spending so much time.”

Even so, Rafe is not an adventurer.

If you insist on sneaking into the maze to conduct experiments, isn't there something wrong with your brain?

"I've heard about him going to the dungeon before."

Hearing Uncle Lundberg speak, Xiaolin realized that what he said next was the topic.

"One is a bottomless maze that extends underground. He said that he lived there for a long time because others did not come back to disturb him and he could concentrate on research."

Xiao Lin raised his eyebrows.

I was just thinking about why there were magic props in that maze that could play back images at will. It turned out to be because I lived there a long time ago.

"Oh, it looks like you've already been there."

"That's right. I just didn't expect that Rafe threw the stone statue and ran away again."

Xiao Lin sighed slightly.

"…So, what about the others?"

"The other one is the ancient great man that he admires. A rare genius who can create destructive weapons that bring chaos to the world. That person seems to have had his own research institute, which was protected by many strange stone statues."

"Hey, hey, that couldn't be..."

If you want to talk about strange stone statue research institutes, there is only that place!

As expected.

"...Underground research institute." Uncle Lundberg said what was in Xiaolin's mind and explained: "Raf said he lived there and accumulated a lot of ancient knowledge, so he liked it very much."

"But, is there a place to live in that maze?"

Xiaolin began to recall.

If you want to say how many times he has been to that maze, it is probably...three times.

Once was the first time, the second time was to find research materials on puppets, and the third time was the last time to find magic stone fragments.

But no matter which time.

He didn't find that there was anyone living there.

Uncle Lundberg shook his head and said, "Who knows. He said he found a secret door that ordinary people can't find, and built a base inside as a research room."

"...Is Raf inside that secret door?"

"Probably. As far as I know, Raf should have no other place to hide, and...he probably has no choice."

Uncle Lundberg looked at the wanted poster posted on the bulletin board.

Indeed.

With the guild's wanted order, Rafe couldn't enter the town or wander around outside.

No wonder he was found in the bottomless maze. He must have been forced to go there.

Sena also reacted.

"Thank you very much, Lundberg, thank you for your help."

She bowed slightly to the uncle.

"Nothing, just the target of trouble has changed." Uncle Lundberg waved his hand indifferently, and smiled at Xiaolin and said: "I look forward to your battle, but you must take revenge for me."

After that, he didn't care whether Xiaolin agreed or not, but stood up and said goodbye and walked out of the room.

After seeing off Uncle Lundberg.

Kobayashi and his companions gathered in the guild and said, "To sum up, we have to sneak into the underground research institute."

"It is very likely that Raf is there."

"I am so angry that he keeps messing with me! Next time I see him, I will comfort him with a big explosion magic."

"And to settle with Valavi, it is better to be fully prepared to challenge him again."

"I am fully prepared! This time I must hit that guy in the face with the Right Hand of God!"

They all looked eager to try.

Perhaps they found a clue, and these people were no longer confused and evasive, and chose to solve this matter neatly.

Kobayashi also nodded.

"Well, I finally found a clue to solve it. Work hard and catch that research idiot!"

"Oh oh oh!" xN

Everyone cheered loudly.

So, after they were fully prepared, they walked towards the underground research institute built by the red demon uncle, where the final battle should be.

Everything should come to an end!