Chapter 262 - Volume 3
Chapter 41 – Silver mine (2)
“I don’t have firm information about the silver veins in the forest,” the owner lowered his body and whispered, “but if you do not lack money you can approach the well-known local adventurers here, they have entered the forest many times and even drew maps of the nearby areas.”
“How useful are these maps?”
“Priceless.”
Brendel nodded and asked information regarding the town’s workers and the patrolling time of the soldiers near the mines. He thought he made his group look like they were out for adventuring, but the innkeeper saw them as naive scions of nobles who were out for fun.
Neither cared about their misunderstandings, and the conversation continued until a dwarf nearly crashed onto Brendel as he stumbled close towards him.
“Excuse me,” Odum looked at the youth and barely recognized him as the person who came in earlier. His eyes were almost accusatory, as though Brendel was at fault, and shook his head in disapproval.
Brendel’s mouth nearly dropped. The path was wide enough for the old dwarf to walk by, but the latter made him sound like his chair was blocking his way. He did not want to have a scene, so he pulled his chair in after a moment of hesitation, but suddenly whirled his head back to the dwarf again.
Jana was surprised and asked: “Count Randner is willing to allow these troublesome people into the mines?”
“Why wouldn’t they? The mines need workers. I’m certain that the adventurers are not allowed to bring in weapons when they enter the mines, and they are not allowed to bring even one piece of rock out when they leave. They exchange the silver ores in the mines for food and money, so what kind of trouble would they be able to cause? And the final reason…… It’s Count Randner’s territory. Who else would cause trouble other than us?” Brendel listed his reasons one by one.
“Then can’t we go sneak in by this method?” Scarlett’s eyes lit up.
“Well, yes and no, the women can’t, while the men can. The silver mines can’t allow women to work or else there will be chaos,” Brendel said with a bemused expression.
The girls looked at each other and understood how easy it was to gain information on the guards’ movements with this plan.
“Therefore,” Brendel said as he observed them, “it’s best I infiltrate the silver mines on my own.”