High Above

After a while, Ian tasted the braised squid in soy sauce that the steward praised highly.

The taste is indeed very delicious, and the texture is crispy. The chef's technique is quite skillful. The overall cookedness of the squid is just right, no matter how old it is, it is rubbery, and the taste of the sauce is extremely delicious.

The shrimp stewed chicken is also very good, but Ian thinks that what he makes might be more delicious. After all, he actually likes to make some stews or meat stews at home.

Because Ian had to wait a little longer, the store also gave him a small portion of sweet soup and biscuits. It was a sweet mushroom soup that was warm and thick, and was eaten with biscuits. He ate them with biscuits dipped in soup, and ordered another piece of fried fish. The skin was golden and crispy, and the fragrance was fragrant.

"Guest, do you need anything else?"

Ian didn't eat much this time, so the store specially came to ask.

"No."

The young man smiled and shook his head. In fact, it doesn't matter if there are more people. There are really many people in the world of Terra who can eat it, but he had eaten the Warcraft Banquet of Marquis Barton yesterday. In theory, a first-level ascender should still be there now. It is unreasonable to use source species for digestion.

Of course, you have to be diligent in your disguise. Although on the surface, you don't see any unusual people in your precognitive vision, even if there are no peepers, you must still make a good disguise.

However, just when Ian habitually opened his precognitive vision and scanned the surrounding people and buildings, he let out a soft sigh.

In a casino at the other end of the street, he saw a shadow of the second level.

This casino looks quite luxurious. Even in the prosperous Nauman City, it is extremely eye-catching and magnificent. It is not surprising that there are sublimates in it for leisure and entertainment.

However, the second level is apparently not common in Naumann City.

"What's the history of that casino?"

When paying, he gave an extra tip. Ian asked the shopkeeper, who after thinking hard for a while, gave the answer: "That's the casino run by El's family. It's a place with pretty good service in the city. It's said that there's Canaan Moore behind it." The background there has not been confirmed.”

"When the public colleges were abolished, the El family borrowed a large sum of money from an elf merchant to buy the land for a school and built the current casino... But whether it was true or not, the services in that place were very exquisite. "

"Wait, what did you say?"

Ian felt that he had heard something wrong. He frowned and said, "Abolish public colleges?"

"Yes, land was quite cheap at that time." The shop owner nodded slightly, and he seemed a little annoyed: "It's a pity that my family didn't make up its mind at that time, otherwise we could have bought a piece of land, and the store wouldn't be so small."

The shop owner's focus was not at all what Ian wanted to care about, but he didn't continue to ask.

The young man walked out of Haichao House and looked at the casino, his heart filled with complicated emotions.

Decades ago, under the reforms of the late emperor and Hilliard, public schools were established in important cities across the empire to teach all kinds of knowledge for free and popularize basic education.

Thanks to this popular education movement, the literacy rate in the empire has greatly improved. Even if universal education is later cancelled, literate parents will teach their children as much as possible.

Ian's mother was like that. She was one of the few people who tried her best to learn all kinds of knowledge after the Dark Moon turmoil.

It is precisely because of this that Ian has a basic understanding of Common Language and can learn a series of Terra knowledge as quickly as possible.

He had known for a long time that the universal education movement had ended after the Dark Moon Rebellion... It wasn't even Axel, the defender of the land, who asked for the withdrawal. It was just that the entire universal education movement was the result of Inaga II's arbitrary actions, funding and forced implementation. Task.

If he's still alive, that's easy to say. And he died.

Hearing this news, the rare good mood disappeared. If he hadn't seen the second level in the casino walking towards the door, Ian might have wanted to go back to the Yinfang Chamber of Commerce to read and prepare his luggage for the next trip to the Imperial Capital.

The second-level powerhouse who walked out of the casino was very inconsistent with the atmosphere of the casino itself.

It was a lavender-haired elf female knight.

The female knight was adjusting her leather cloak, looking a little distracted. Under the cloak was a light military-style white shirt, with a thin layer of brown leather armor on the outside, which highlighted her light and slim curves.

Ian noticed that there were two daggers and double blunderbuss hanging on the opponent's waist. This was obviously a blunderbuss knight from Canaan Moor, especially the pair of blunderbuss, which had a mosaic structure specially used to load element crystals. Very expensive custom-level alchemical weapons.

This elf knight is very keen. When Ian looked at her openly, she also noticed Ian's gaze and showed a somewhat doubtful expression.

With her appearance and temperament, the Elf Knight didn't think it was strange that someone was paying attention to her, but it was strange that she had never seen such a young first-level Ian in Nauman City.

It is normal for sublimated people to pay attention to each other. Ian turned his head calmly and walked towards the Silver Square Chamber of Commerce, while the elf knight also turned and walked towards the DC area.

Her expression was solemn, a little impatient, and angry as analyzed by the silver chip.

"Purple hair, sword knight..."

Talking to himself, Ian thought thoughtfully: "Canaan Moore's undercover agent in the Dragon Worship Cult, the Purple Maple Knight?"

Compared with the 'accidental' encounters brought about by the precognitive horizon before, this time it was a serious chance encounter. However, considering that there are only a few streets in Nauman City suitable for eating and entertainment, the probability of an unexpected encounter is not small.

But he wasn't quite sure why the other person looked so anxious and angry.

"Is it related to Master Oak's actions?"

Thinking of the Oak Master he met heading south when he first entered Nauman City, Ian had a guess in his mind: "Yes, Canaan Moore's official operation to track the Dragon Worship Cult, but not only did they not get the 'necessary items', Steel Stone', but exposed himself as an undercover agent who has probably reached the middle level in the Dragon Worship Cult."

"The Purple Maple Knight must have wanted to bring back clues related to the ancient dragon, but in the end he ignored the security method, resulting in everything being lost - even the captured members of the Canaan Moore Dragon Cult escaped from prison. .”

"In addition, Master Oak's actions did not take her with him. Whether he doubted her reliability, or simply 'ignored and put aside', or 'protected', there were reasons to make her feel depressed."

Thinking of this, Ian couldn't help laughing: "So, it still has something to do with me?"

"If it weren't for 'returning me who was kidnapped by the Dragon Worship Cult,' even if Marquis Barton and the Dragon Worship Cult had already cooperated, they wouldn't have escaped so easily, right?"

Ian knew very well that Marquis Barton should know his identity as a Dragon Worshiper—among other things, Elder Manya must have been deeply cooperating with Nauman City officials.

Their opponent is the ‘Canaan Moore Official’ where the Ancient Dragon Labyrinth is located.

After all, if the Canaan Moore Federation figures out the location of the ancient dragon labyrinth, what will happen to other forces? They just close the door and explore on their own.

Therefore, no matter which side it is, it is necessary to slow down Canaan Moore's official exploration speed as much as possible and delay their progress until they have obtained key information before proposing 'cooperation'.

The Purple Maple Knight was the key to breaking the deadlock on Canaan Moore's side. Unfortunately, she failed. Not only did she expose her identity, but she may also have some conflicts with Master Oak's team.

But no matter what, their target must be the Dragon Worship Cult.

Thinking of this, Ian walked around the intersection and made a big turn, using his precognitive vision and silver chip to monitor the whereabouts of the Purple Maple Knight from a distance.

——No matter what, Elder Manya, Anfa and Xiou don’t want him to care about them. There is a fourth-level mountain king behind them.

But now that I have joined, I have to do something. Anyway, I am idle.

After tracking for more than 20 minutes, Ian noticed that the Purple Maple Knight was also very cautious. He kept taking detours in the neighborhood and even bought a grilled fish to eat on the way. At first glance, he didn't look like a second-level person at all. The sublimator, but a certain Canaanite Moorish tourist traveling in Nauman City.

But in the end, she heads to her true destination.

In her precognitive vision, another purple mist was approaching her.

The young man observed carefully, and then saw a familiar scent.

It is Chris, the Magneto Knight.

The two people met in a warehouse of a chamber of commerce. It seemed that they had been in contact before, so they didn't exchange much greetings and started formal communication directly.

"Hey."

Seeing this, Ian was immediately happy: "What day is today?"

"The undercover spies are all getting together now?"