Chapter 80 - 80: A Lowly Servant
Chapter 80 - 80: A Lowly Servant
No matter how hard the black raven tried to garner sympathy and a sense of friendship from Hiro, the latter didn't budge in the least.
The black raven had no clue that his constant nagging had triggered the curiosity of some people, and most of them were scouts from reputable places.
They obviously recognized the black raven's identity even without his transformation into the massive Crimson Crow.
Soon, Hiro realized another problem.
The shapes and sizes of demons weren't at all uniform—some were tall, some were short, and some were bipedal creatures while others were not.
Most of them couldn't even be seated properly on the chairs, thus they ended up standing foolishly by the tables.
Hiro kneaded his forehead and sighed.
"This is so troublesome," he mumbled to himself while musing silently. "Forget it, those who can sit will sit, and those who can't can only blame themselves for being stupid."
The transformation ability wasn't difficult to learn, but these demons simply thought too highly of themselves and didn't wish to take on human form in their day-to-day lives.
Hiro understood where they came from as no sane human would voluntarily transform into a cat or dog on a whim.
Seeing that he couldn't get a free drink, the black raven cried out in injustice for a while before flapping away, leaving the first floor.
He decided to call on some of his subordinates to pay on his behalf, he would just treat at as giving them an opportunity to fawn on him.
"The 4th general has left," two humanoid demons were huddled together in a corner, whispering.
When they noticed that the coast was clear, one of them stepped out and ordered two Bloodstained Glasses.
When Hiro reported the price, the demon didn't haggle and directly paid with four silver coins in denominations of ten.
Hiro nodded lightly, and for the lack of professional bartender skills, he directly poured some drinks with ice from the bottle rack.
The drink was thick in the color of blood, and if one looked closely, light refracted through the drink and provided the illusion of shattered glass swimming inside.
If they didn't see the drink being poured into the glasses directly, they'd have thought that someone was trying to assassinate them by planting such sharp shards in their drinks.
The demons gazed with fascination at what they could describe as a visual miracle, as they couldn't sense any fluctuations of energy or any backhanded tricks.
This display alone was enough to cover for their expenses. As they sipped their drinks and leaned into the bar counter, they expressed their will to linger around, not planning to head back and
"I gave you some clues, but if you want to buy the information now, the price went up to 5,000 silver coins. Let your young master decide."
The lowly servant was in disbelief. However, remembering that this Shopkeeper had a good relationship with a general, his suspicions were somewhat abated.
Whatever! I'll just report this to the young master before the others found out about how valuable the information in this place is!
The lowly servant made up his mind, bowed slightly, and directly left.
Hiro smiled. The moment the mission was completed, it would mean that the lowly servant had garnered the attention of his young master.
This would also mean that the fish had caught the bait.
Hiro thought for a moment, rapped the desk with his fingers, and made up his mind.
After collecting sufficient achievement points, other than upgrading his {Espionage I} skill, he would also use the last mass enlightenment scroll.
There ought to be many demons who had yet to unlock their intelligence, and mass targeting them would allow him to have eyes and ears all over the stronghold.
How great of an intelligence network would that be?
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