There was a short silence after he said this, but then both Xiao Leo and Yan’er spoke up.
“Xiao Huo, be quiet. You should know what happens to people who talk like that.”
“That’s right. Don’t you remember what happened to old Wang?”
Xiao Hugo’s eyes opened a bit wider as he covered his mouth like he realized something. He couldn’t help looking around himself and seeing that there wasn’t anyone looking over, he let out a sigh of relief.
Then he quickly said, “Forget it, forget it, forget I said anything.”
Of course, Lin Fan wouldn’t forget it since this seemed like it was quite important. However, since it didn’t seem like they were willing to talk about it, it wasn’t as if he could force them to.
Though, if they were to lose control of themselves because of the alcohol and talked about it on their own…that wasn’t something that he could stop.
So with a smile, he called out to the waitress and ordered some more alcohol for the table.
Seeing how generous he was, the young mercenaries quickly regained their spirit and toasted Lin Fan.
However, Lin Fan knew that he had to keep his wits. So while the others were chugging down the alcohol, he only ever took small sips.
It still looked like he was drinking, but he clearly wasn’t drinking as much as the others.
It didn’t take long before the words of the young mercenaries started getting slurred and their eyes were blurred. However, that was what Lin Fan wanted to see since it was easy for him to guide them into answering his questions like this.
But since they were still only young mercenaries, there wasn’t much that they knew other than a few things that they heard from others.
Still, based on the information they gave him, it didn’t seem like the situation of Brilliant Light City was good.
This Mercenary Guild branch used to be filled with many more people, but many people started to move to other towns after a certain incident. It was an incident that had suddenly happened, but many people knew that it was linked to the president since it was a mission that he gave that group.
No one knew the exact situation, but it was clear that the president had changed.
From time to time, he would give missions to certain groups and those people would also go missing. So with more and more people leaving, naturally people were uneasy about staying here.
Still, the Mercenary Guild couldn’t lack people to do the missions, so the president had also started taking action against the people that were leaving.
No one knew exactly what was happening, but the people who tried to leave Brilliant Light City also started disappearing…
It was clear that the president was doing something…
Since they couldn’t leave and there was risk staying at the Mercenary Guild branch, that was why people were not willing to stay here at the branch and why it was so abandoned.
Lin Fan couldn’t help knitting his brows when he heard this since it didn’t make sense.
He had heard from Tian Tian that even though the president of the Brilliant Light City branch was someone that she disliked, he was still an outstanding person. That was the main reason why he had been entrusted with this branch in the first place.
He was someone who had a high cultivation and good morals, taking care of the people under him.
Such a person had caused the Mercenary Guild to fall into this state?
This really didn’t make sense at all.
But there wasn’t anything else that Lin Fan could get from these young mercenaries.
After they finished their meals, the young mercenaries stumbled out of the Mercenary Guild, clearly looking drunk. But they didn’t let Lin Fan go just yet as Xiao Huo grabbed him and said, “Let me take you to an even better place!”
Lin Fan was doubtful, but seeing the smiles on their faces, he couldn’t help following them with a faint smile on his own face.
It didn’t take them long to arrive at another building that wasn’t far away from the Mercenary Guild. If it wasn’t for the fact that the young mercenaries kept stumbling, they would have most likely made it here even sooner.
As soon as they came in, Lin Fan was surprised by the atmosphere inside this place which turned out to be a bar.
There were many people sitting at various tables having a good time, completely different from the barren Mercenary Guild from before.
He could tell from the weapons that these people had that they were most likely mercenaries.
Since they couldn’t stay at the Mercenary Guild, naturally they had to find another place to go. It seemed like this was the place that they had chosen.
Xiao Huo saw the look on Lin Fan’s face and grabbed him by the shoulders as he said, “This is where we were planning on going before you stopped us. But since you offered to buy a meal for us, naturally we wanted to taste the most expensive dishes that we normally couldn’t afford.”
Xiao Lei and Yan’er both looked at Lin Fan with apologetic looks.
Lin Fan just smiled at them and said, “It’s fine, it’s just a little money. Not to mention that I was able to make some friends with it, so it’s worth it.”
,m All three of the young mercenaries looked at Lin Fan with moved looks before Xiao Huo pulled Lin Fan in by the shoulder and said, “Come, it’s our treat this time!”
As they went through the crowd, there were quite a few people that greeted them.
It seemed like these young kids were quite popular among the mercenaries.
In fact, Lin Fan actually had to thank these three kids for bringing him here.
He was someone who was looking for information, so a place like this where mercenaries gossiped and served alcohol was the best place for him to gather this information.
So while he was being pulled over by Xiao Huo, he also released mosquitoes from his sleeve.
With Greeny’s Sense Sharing ability, he would be able to listen in on the different conversations happening in the bar.
But in the end, to his dismay, he wasn’t able to hear much. Other than what he already knew, there wasn’t much that was being discussed in this place.
The only valuable piece of information that he was able to get was that the president would disappear from time to time.
Some people believed that he went out to meet people, some people believed that he went out to take care of the people he kidnapped, and some people believed that he was out doing something terrible. No one knew for certain, but it was clear that their impression of the president couldn’t be any worse than it already was.
In the end, Lin Fan was dragged up to the bar by Xiao Huo and met the owner of the bar who was a former mercenary that had quit to open this bar.
It didn’t take long for Xiao Huo to fall asleep and Lin Fan shook his head with a helpless smile on his face before turning to leave. He had already gotten enough information for the day and he wasn’t in the mood to party with these people any longer since he felt that he had already left a good impression on them.
However, before he could leave, the owner of the bar suddenly stopped him by asking, “I heard that you’re the one that approached them first?”
Lin Fan couldn’t help narrowing his eyes when he heard this. That was because he could sense the slight bit of killing intent in the owner’s voice.
He turned back to look at the owner with a slightly curious and wary look in his eyes.
No matter how he looked at this owner, he seemed like a very mild mannered man and not someone that could release killing intent like that. But when he looked at the owner, he couldn’t help feeling a strange sense of danger.
It really didn’t make sense that this scrawny man in the apron with the handlebar moustache was able to make him feel this feeling.
After a moment of silence, Lin Fan just said, “I’m new in town and I just wanted some information. That was my only reason for approaching them.”
The owner was silent for a bit before giving a nod and saying, “Alright, if that’s all you want to say.” Then he turned to Xiao Huo and said, “I’ve watched these kids grow up and I even take them as my kids.”
He turned back to Lin Fan and said, “I hope that you can take care of them.”
Lin Fan was taken aback by this sudden request, but after another moment of silence, he gave a nod in response to this.
The owner nodded again before saying, “Something is going to happen tomorrow. I hope that you can take care of it for me.”
Without even explaining what his words meant, the owner suddenly turned and headed off to tend to another customer.
Lin Fan was just left there speechless, unable to understand what had just happened. But in the end, he chose to not think too much since there wasn’t anything that he could do even if he wanted to do something.
After leaving the bar, it didn’t take him long to reach the residence that Ouyang Qian had prepared for him. However, when he saw the residence, he couldn’t help revealing a bitter smile.
To use one word to describe it, it would be: Big!
This place was too big, it was even bigger than the village chief manor that he had back in the dungeon town. It was clear that this place was a noble’s manor with how many yards there were here and with how much space it took up.
It was just too big for him to live in alone…
But there was nothing that he could do since it had already been prepared for him.
If he were to ask for something less, he was sure that it would create more work for Ouyang Qian and that was the last thing that he wanted right now.
But to his surprise, when he came near the residence, he found that there were lights that were on inside.
There shouldn’t be any lights on inside since this was a place that he was living in alone, so where did these lights come from?
Could it be that he was already being robbed?
As this thought passed through his mind, Lin Fan coldly narrowed his eyes and pulled out his sword as he made his way into the residence through a back door.
When he came to the hall and saw the figures moving in it, he quickly came up behind them and put his blade to their necks as he asked, “Stop what you’re doing and put your hands up.”
The two figures that had been currently lifting something were caught off guard by this and looked at him in shock.
When Lin Fan looked at them closely, he found that it was Lu’er and Lan’er that had been in his house. He couldn’t help revealing a stunned look as he asked, “Why is it you two? Why are you here in my house?”
Both of them had stunned looks on their faces, but Lan’er quickly said, “Uh, young master, can you first remove this sword from our necks?”
Lin Fan looked down to see that he was indeed still holding his sword at their necks and he quickly pulled it back. But then he realized something as he said, “Wait, that still doesn’t answer my question!”
Lu’er and Lan’er looked at each other before looking back at Lin Fan with smiles on their faces and explaining, “We’ve been deployed here by the mistress to look after the young master.”