Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 283

Xio has been in the bounty hunter business for a very long time. Many things were done on instinct without any thought.

When she saw the patron who entered was nearly two meters tall, she instinctively lowered her head and continued to eat her pork sausage and french fries as if nothing had happened.

Although the food entered her mouth, Xio didn’t taste it at all. She endured dozens of painful seconds before she slowly raised her head and pretended to look around casually.

Soon, she saw that the patron who had just entered was sitting in front of the bar counter, waiting for his booze and lunch.

Soft, curly pale yellow hair, dark brown beast-like eyes, a slightly drooping mouth, an aura of solitude and malevolence… Little by little, the details came into Xio’s eyes, overlapping with the image in her head.

It’s him!

It’s the suspected murderer!

The man who killed Williams!

Xio lowered her head again and slowly stuffed the rest of the food into her mouth.

After a few minutes, she set the tray down on the bar, along with the glass, and left the Workers Alliance Tavern without looking back.

Due to her high boots, they effectively masked the most obvious features of her boots.

Outside, Xio slowed her pace and found a secluded spot to observe the people entering and exiting the tavern.

After waiting for a while, she finally found an acquaintance, a technician named Burton, who lived in East Borough and worked at the East Balam Dock.

The young man liked to treat himself to a cup of shoddy rye beer at noon or in the afternoon, and his salary only allowed him to afford such a beer, and he couldn’t drink it every day.

Xio nimbly darted over and patted Burton on the shoulder. She lowered her voice and said, “It’s me, Xio.”

“Xio?” Burton looked up and down at the short man and nearly failed to recognize him as the famous Arbiter Xio Derecha of the streets of East Borough.

“I have something to ask you.” Xio pointed to a nearby corner.

Burton followed in puzzlement, only to come to a realization when he arrived in a secluded corner.

“Are you doing a bounty mission?”

He had heard that Xio was also a bounty hunter.

“Yes.” Xio nodded perfunctorily, fished out five pennies, and tossed them around. “Do you know that tall man at the tavern?”

“You mean the one that’s this tall, has pale yellow hair, and wears a fierce look?” Burton gestured.

the folded portrait and

for the past two to three months. I’ve never seen him before that. He’s very fierce, completely unreasonable, and he’s good at fighting. It’s best that you don’t provoke

young. I felt that I was in danger and wasn’t a match

and he seldom speaks. We don’t even know what his name is. We have given him

for a while before asking again, “Where else have you

can ask your friends the same question. Remember, it has to be

Balam Dock’s Dock Union, I would occasionally see him appear there. Xio, why aren’t you a member of the union? You’re so just, and those guys not only charge us 1.5 soli a week. But when the other docks go

a good life, we must help each other. However, once they organize a strike, they’ll come to an agreement with the lawyers sent by those rich people. Our situation doesn’t improve at

said, “Apart from that, have you seen ‘Giant’

haven’t either. After all, we often discuss him in private,” Burton answered in

say anything more and gave him

“Drinks on me.”

what I just asked. It’ll be very

finished her sentence, she had already turned around the corner and headed towards the Dock Union located

later, Xio saw the two-story yellow

patches beneath, instantly transforming herself from a short worker to a

to sit down beside them. She

harsh environment while tenaciously observing the

clearly remembered Williams’s insistence on drinking, and she also remembered how she felt when she saw the newspaper that

even more patient than

the Dock Union, and they headed

scanned

next batch of people when the door to the coffee shop creaked and was pulled open as the heat from within rushed out. A

casual glance,

Those eyes!

That mouth!

had that

head back,

his face was craggy. He was very different from the portraits, except that his

was the feeling

Lanevus? Can it be Lanevus? Xio bowed her head and

…

At the Sammers.

the hosts and guests gathered in the activity room to

from time to time. He also saw the Sammer family’s

Jurgen Cooper wore his usual serious expression, occasionally providing legal

turned his body slightly, and asked

very interesting.”

stunned and blurted a question, “Then

slightly and looked at him

“Why are you smiling?”

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