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In the Forest, the wooden cabin in a clearing quickly became somewhat dilapidated after Yulian and the others left.
This was created by the cabin Magic; any Magic, once its source is lost, is bound to dissipate.
Even if the cabin Magic was created by Yulian in cooperation with Lilian through research and development, it could not escape this rule, which could be called a law.
"Mr. Yulian, then I'll go buy daily necessities."
Fern waved faintly at Yulian.
"I'll go find an inn."
Frieren also waved and turned to leave.
Splitting up is the most common situation for a party, but...
"At least tell me the meeting point!"
Yulian helplessly called out to the two of them.
Finally, after discussing it, the three decided to meet in the city center square—where there was a statue of Himmel.
Yulian's task was to have no task.
Originally, Fern had arranged for Yulian and Frieren to look for an inn together, but Frieren refused, citing her habit of being alone.
Yulian was thus free.
"Since I'm here, I might as well have a good stroll."
Yulian looked at the trading city of Varm, which he hadn't seen in a long time, with a nostalgic expression.
He just needed to get to the square before noon, so...
Yulian looked at the underground tavern not far from him, a faint smile playing on his lips.
"Boss, a bottle of cherry blossom wine."
Yulian found a less crowded corner to sit down, and after the waiter brought the cherry blossom wine, Yulian began to drink it in small sips.
Yulian was a lover of wine, but his tolerance had always been hard to praise.
"Boss, three kilos of ale!"
Before long, a boisterous group walked in from outside the tavern.
They sat next to Yulian.
At this time of day, the tavern was either filled with drunkards who hadn't sobered up, or scattered individuals having a leisurely drink with nothing else to do.
According to seating logic, this rather large tavern happened to have only about seven or eight empty seats adjacent to Yulian.
These thugs, who looked like they were not to be trifled with, naturally sat down at the empty table next to Yulian.
As soon as this group sat down, Yulian felt a rustic, wild smell assailing him.
However, Yulian didn't mind at all.
They were all people of the streets; it was normal to carry some scent when coming to a tavern.
Yulian continued to sip the tavern's signature cherry blossom wine, but at the same time, he quietly pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation of the burly men at the next table.
Eavesdropping could be considered one of Yulian's less common hobbies.
"Damn it, they really don't know where that fellow Keros ran off to!"
After only two gulps of wine, one of the thugs started banging on the table and cursing.
"We waited all night and didn't see a trace of that son of a bitch; he didn't run away, did he?"
Someone guessed.
"His old mother is still in this city; run?"
"Can he escape?"
The leading burly man sneered a few times and immediately sent two of his subordinates out the door.
"You two go watch his house; if he really dares to betray our Gang—"
"Heh heh!"
The smile on the burly man's face became even more ferocious!
"Chop!"
A sharp dagger was fiercely plunged into the wooden table by him!
"Just wait for me to chop him and his old mother up to feed the dogs!"
Not like thugs.
Yulian quietly glanced over.
The leading burly man had indeed carried killing intent just now.
Even the subordinates around him had various sizes of knife wounds on their bodies.
Keros?
Sounds like he's their accomplice?
It looks like he disappeared with some money or something.
"What the hell are you looking at!"
A man with a scar on his face noticed Yulian, immediately drew the dagger he carried, and shouted!
"Me?"
Yulian gently pointed at himself with his index finger, looking a bit confused.
Do you really think everyone drinking in a tavern is a good person? Dare to provoke just anyone?
"Bard."
The leading burly man glanced at Yulian and said in a deep voice.
Only after seeing his subordinate obediently sit down did the burly man cup his hands towards Yulian.
"I apologize for the offense, please forgive me."
"You're too kind."
Yulian waved his hand casually; he still had to go meet Frieren and the others after drinking for a while.
Although he wasn't afraid of trouble, he was genuinely afraid of Frieren.
Yulian thought the matter would end there, but who would have thought that the burly man would laugh and then sit down next to Yulian with his wine cup raised.
He was being a bit presumptuous.
Yulian slightly furrowed his brows.
He came to the tavern just to drink; he didn't want to associate with these people who lived dangerously every day.
Otherwise, he wouldn't know if he suddenly ran into trouble someday.
"Good brother, let's have a drink!"
The burly man naturally noticed Yulian's displeasure, but he still brazenly touched his wine cup to Yulian's.
"Let's go."
Yulian gently held his wine cup, lightly touched it with the burly man's, took a small sip, and then looked at the burly man indifferently.
"Is there anything else?"
"Yes, there is."
The burly man nodded.
"I see that sir is also capable; I hope sir can join us—"
"And conspire together for a great matter!"
Yulian nodded, understanding in his heart.
The so-called great matter usually meant they already had a target for robbery and were recruiting people to pull off a big job together.
"I refuse."
However, Yulian naturally didn't have the time to play games with these people.
His own great matter hadn't been settled yet.
"Brother, don't be in a hurry to refuse!"
The second before, the burly man's face had gone numb with laughter when Yulian nodded, but the next second he received Yulian's refusal, and he immediately became anxious!
"Just listen to my suggestion."
The burly man waved his hand, and the subordinates around naturally surrounded the two of them.
Yulian raised an eyebrow, but he knew this wasn't some kind of plan to gang up on Yulian or anything.
It was just a superficial habit for private talks.
It was noisy with many people around, and with the subordinates surrounding the two, people outside naturally couldn't hear what Yulian and they were talking about.
"Go ahead and speak."
Yulian glanced at the tavern's clock, keeping track of the time.
After realizing there was still plenty of time, he chose to chat with them.
After all, being idle was still being idle.
"I see that this sir is also a talented person—"
The burly man looked around nervously, and only after confirming they were all his own men did he speak with ease.
"How about you join our Gang and be responsible for being the 'Fish Dangler'—"
"Notify us when you find bait, and after the job is done, you take three parts, and we take seven."
"What do you think!"
Hearing this, many of the subordinates also reacted.
Their boss wasn't afraid of this seemingly green young man at all!
He was clearly preparing to recruit him!
"Brother, just agree!"
"Brother, you're so fragrant!"
"This job was Keros's before! We couldn't even get it if we wanted to!"
Everyone was chattering away, and Yulian listened with interest.
The so-called Fish Dangler is the person responsible for finding targets and making them lower their guard.
And forces that have a Fish Dangler usually target vulnerable groups.
Yulian instantly understood the general situation.
It looked like something had happened to the previous Fish Dangler, and now they were thinking of bringing him into the group!
It's just that...
"I refuse."
Yulian calmly finished the cherry blossom wine in his cup and stood up.
Time was almost up; it was time to go.
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