Iya Continent: Card God

Manchi Inn is an ordinary inn in Sandel City. Many travelers and adventurers choose to rest here. The innkeeper doesn't care about your background; as long as you pay, you can stay. It's a mixed bag.

A traveler, cloaked and hooded, whose true face was not visible, approached the counter.

The hotel owner was already used to such mysterious guests.

What caught the shopkeeper's eye was the customer's generous spending; the price of a single silver coin was enough to make the shopkeeper "sensible."

The mysterious guest took the key and went alone to the best room.

Upon arriving at his chosen room, he didn't rush inside. Instead, he traced a mark on the wooden door with his finger. The mark quickly disappeared and could only be seen again through a special method.

He wasn't worried about the rest; he knew how to meet the people he was meant to meet.

The mysterious person entered the guest room, sat down quietly, and did nothing else.

He was waiting.

After an unknown amount of time, there was a knocking sound at the door.

Knock three times first, then knock twice more.

The code is a secret code used to communicate with each other.

The mysterious figure cautiously stepped forward, one hand behind his back, holding a fine-grade magic stone awl. With the other hand, he opened the door, revealing a slightly taller figure whose face was obscured.

"It's me." The taller man spoke in a rough voice, his tone tinged with disdain and annoyance.

They seemed to have some complaints about this overly troublesome meeting with the mysterious person.

The mysterious man could sense the other person's emotions and said calmly, "There's nothing we can do, please understand. What we do is something that can't be brought to light."

The tall man removed his disguise, revealing his true face.

A man with a fierce face, eyes like copper bells, exuding a murderous aura. He resembled a butcher, or a ferocious beast that had lived in darkness for many years.

Not many people in Sandel knew him. After all, he spent his days torturing and interrogating people in the dungeon.

That's right, this man is the jailer of the dungeon. The largest dungeon in the city, where ordinary prisoners are held.

Without saying much, the mysterious man took out a rather heavy money bag containing a considerable amount of silver and copper coins.

“I understand your rules. Kill the newest goblin in jail for me, Bruce Stone. This is your payment,” the mysterious man said coldly.

The jailer before them was known in their territory as "Cage Beast," a notorious figure. Anyone who wanted to kill someone after entering the prison would seek out this Cage Beast, pay him enough money, and he would ensure the target died a justifiable death in the dungeon.

The jailer looked at the money bag on the table but did not reach out to take it.

A deep voice emanated from beneath the unseen face of the mysterious figure, “What? You think it’s too little? I haven’t heard of any price increase. Besides, what I’m giving you should be quite a lot.”

The jailer replied, "It's not that I don't want the money. It's just that it's too late."

"Too late?" The mysterious man's voice was somewhat surprised and excited.

The prison beast said, "Yes, I heard that just last night, Flame Fox Mok moved that goblin jailer away. Now, he's being held in the magicians' dungeon. You know, that's not under my jurisdiction."

The mysterious man remained silent, his unseen face seemingly filled with anger, his fists clenched.

The caged beast said, "I can't help you with killing that goblin."

The mysterious man cried out urgently, "Wait!"

"Ok?"

“I remember, your brother ‘Prison Beast’ was a jailer there, right?”

"You're not thinking of hiring my brother, are you?"

The mysterious man said with delight, "That's right, how much did your brother ask for?"

The caged beast shook its head slightly and said, "You should give up on that idea. My brother doesn't do this kind of business."

Having said that, he put on his disguise, got up, and left.

"Hey! Go ask around for me, I have money!" the mysterious man said excitedly.

"Hey!"

The door opened, and an unexpected scene unfolded before their eyes.

"Huh?!" The mysterious man's eyes widened as he stared at what he saw at the doorway.

Linta, Jingon, Songguo, Guagaga, and the thief Maren stood in front of the door, watching the two inside with delight.

The mysterious man swallowed hard and instinctively took a step back.

The disguised beast spoke in a menacing voice: "Who are you? Eavesdropping here? What did you hear?!"

Lin Ta smiled and said, "The soundproofing in this room is excellent; I didn't hear anything. There's definitely a reason why it's expensive."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile played on his lips. "Although I didn't hear it, I know what you're doing here. You're probably discussing whose life you want to take. Who is it? It wouldn't be the goblin stone keeper, would it?"

The mysterious man gasped, a chill running down his spine.

How did they find out? And why are they here?

The jailer roared in fury, "You still say you didn't hear me!"

With a swing of the lever arm, a furious blow came crashing down.

"Roar!"

The bear-man, Pine Cone, roared, his massive body and even more ferocious arms blocking the caged beast head-on.

Linta calmly replied, "I didn't hear it, but my friends probably did."

"call out!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the elven girl Shia, who had been hiding, appeared in the room.

"Huh?!" The mysterious man was greatly startled when he saw Shia hiding inside.

This means that the other party heard the conversation just now.

How to do?How to do?

No, I don't need to be afraid, I haven't revealed my true face.

The mysterious man quickly took out a bottle of shimmering, cloudy white magic potion.

"Boom!"

The magic potion was smashed to the ground, and the explosion triggered the magic it contained, filling the entire room with billowing white smoke.

Jin Gong exclaimed restlessly, "This guy's trying to escape!"

"Quack quack! Pfft!"

The little fishman hopped into the house with a quack, took a deep breath, his cheeks bulged instantly, and then he sprayed out a torrential downpour of liquid like pear blossoms.

"Ugh! What is this?"

An angry voice came from within the smoke.

The liquid was unusually slippery, making it extremely difficult for the other party to escape, leaving them unable to move an inch.

The caged beast glared angrily at everyone, and its magical power began to emanate.

Although Pinecone is physically strong, it is quite difficult to fight head-on without being able to use magic.

"Boom!"

With a crashing sound, the hotel wall broke through, and the caged beast, along with the pine cone, was pushed out of the hotel.

The commotion drew the attention of people in the hotel and outside.

Jin Gong said, "I'll go help!"

Holding a hammer, Kim Gong leaped down through the broken hole.

As the smoke gradually dissipated inside the house, the somewhat disheveled figure of the mysterious man appeared before him.

Shia stood calmly in the smoke, seemingly unaffected by it from beginning to end.

It made incomprehensible croaking sounds, looking at the enemy at its feet covered in wet liquid.

Linta smiled and looked at him, saying, "Take off your disguise, Danny Reynolds."

Danny Reynolds, the murdered owner of the magic shop, is the son of Luc Reynolds.