Chapter 2162: Bayerhof

"Wow! Big guy, when did you come back?" the dwarf asked enthusiastically.
"I just arrived in the White Bear Village in the morning, so I'm rushing to see you! Old friend, I just heard Sister Hannah talk about you being cheated by someone in business and you lost a lot of money?" Clark bluntly inquire about.
"Money is still a trifle..." Bayerhof shook his head bitterly, with humiliation on his face: "The important thing is that I was tricked. Now everyone in the village knows that I'm a fool, my reputation is discredited, my friend!"
The dwarf grabbed the glass and took two sips, sighing dejectedly:
"Brother Clark, I don't deserve to be your friend!"
"The former honest, reliable and respected Bayerhof is dead. Now I am just a stupid joke."
"My reputation has been completely ruined by that vicious woman. I can't stand up in this life!"
Joan and Clark looked at each other, and then almost simultaneously noticed a detail in Bayerhof's complaint.
"Woman?" Clark interrupted the dwarf's self-pity, "It's a woman who lied to you? Brother, tell me the truth, are you involved in a peachy dispute?"
"That's it!" Bayerhof glared at the Frost Giant with an annoyed look. "You can say that I have no brains and don't know people, but I'm really not a womanizer!"
"Okay, can't you count me wrong? Brother Bayerhof, I certainly know that you are not the kind of person who is greedy for beauty, but what about the woman you just mentioned?" Clark was interested. To inquire.
"Oh, that's a long story."
Bayerhof dragged two chairs and motioned to Joan and Clark to sit down and talk.
"The matter starts from a month ago. The Qingbing Mine, which I and a few friends run in partnership, was somehow spotted by a large group of winter wolves. The cunning group of wolves attacked the mine, biting the miners and the wolves. The leader of, an evil storm ghost, also threatened to not allow us to start mining unless we cede half of the mine’s profits to them.

"Brother Clark, Mr. Vader, of course I cannot accept this blatant blackmail, but the number of winter wolves occupying the mine is no less than 50, and there is a storm ghost that is far more terrible than the winter wolf. I can do it alone. Uncertain, there are not enough warriors who dare to fight against the wolves in the village, so I have to post a bounty notice in the tavern to recruit strong enough adventurers to help eliminate the wolves and storm ghosts that dominate the mine."
"A few days after the notice was posted, a masked girl came to the tavern, claiming to be a witch from the Temple of Styx, and deliberately helping me eliminate the group of bandits."
"I'm not a person who is easily deceived. I asked the witch to show her strength, but she readily agreed to cast two spells and one witchcraft in succession. It is indeed extraordinary!"
"The witch is strong enough, and the price is not low, and the commission is less than two pounds of magic crystals!"
"I don’t have much money, so I can only take out a pound of magic crystals. I consulted with the partners in the cooperative operation of the mine. They gathered the remaining pound of magic crystals and handed them to the witch. It was agreed that the next day In the morning, go to the canyon where the mine is located to drive out the robbers."
"Early the next morning, we waited left and right, but never saw the witch show up! Later, we were so impatient to wait, we asked Hannah to go to the guest room upstairs and call her to get up."
"As a result, guess what?"
"The guest room is empty. That nasty stinky lady has slipped away overnight!"
Bayerhof became more and more angry, and slapped his palm on the table, causing the flask and glass to jump wildly.
"Oh! Until that moment, I realized I was deceived, but unfortunately it was too late, the money was cheated, and my reputation was ruined!"
"Brother Bayerhof, haven't you thought of hunting down liars and recovering the magic crystal?" Clark asked.
Bayerhof gave a wry smile, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, his face full of helplessness.
"The woman is a real Stygian witch, although her character is despicable. Not only does she have a strong mana, she also has a Stygian temple behind her back. What should I fight with her? Knowing that she has been deceived, I dare not ask her to settle accounts. I blame myself for being stupid."
"Mr. Bayerhof, is the witch you are talking about named Katerina?" Qiao An suddenly said.
"Katerina?" The dwarf was stunned for a moment and shook his head. "She claims to be Catherine."
Qiao An is not surprised by this. One of the characteristics of habitual deception is that he often changes his name and surname, talks to people when he sees people, and talks to ghosts.
"Is that woman wearing a white fur coat, long curly silver-gray hair, and a pair of clear blue eyes, holding a cane shaped by green ice?" Qiao An then asked.
"That's right! That's what it looks like!" Bayerhof's eyes widened in surprise, "Little Mage, you also recognize Catherine?"
Joan and Clark looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
"Brother Bayerhof, by coincidence, Qiao An and I met that woman on a trip three days ago, and almost deceived two pounds of magic crystals by a nonsense she made up. This shows that this person is a habitual fraud!"
"Ah? Repeated fraud!" The short-haired man was blowing his beard and staring, "How can the dignified Styx Temple cultivate such a scum!"
"Mr. Bayerhof, this thing is really not to blame on the Styx Temple." Qiao An told the truth, "The female liar, not only the name is fake, but even the identity is fake. In fact, she is not A true witch cannot perform witchcraft without his cane."
Bayerhof nodded thoughtfully, and then asked a question.
"But I have seen that woman use magic with my own eyes. Isn't it fake?"
"This can only show that she has the ability to cast spells. It may be a sorcerer, or a hag or goblin who is naturally good at casting spells." Qiao An guessed.
"Well, what should I do? Write a complaint to the Temple of Styx, asking Ms. Farah to send someone to track down the female liar who pretended to be a witch and corrupted the temple's reputation?"
"Brother Bayerhof, I have no objection to you writing a complaint to the temple, but before that, you'd better cheer up, lest Hanna worry about you." Clark earnestly advised the old friend.
The dwarf nodded in shame, and stopped talking.
Qiao An saw what was on his mind and took the initiative to explain it.
"Brother Clark, let's stay in White Bear Village for two more days and help Mr. Bayerhof to eliminate the monsters that occupy the mine."
"Okay! I think so too!" Clark laughed.
Bayerhof was grateful, but rubbed his hands awkwardly.
"Of course it is a good thing that you are willing to help, but...My money was cheated by the fake witch, how can I repay you?"
Qiao An thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Bayerhof, if you don’t mind, after the wolves are eliminated, I would like to mine some blue ice in the mine by the way, and keep it as a material for making magic devices and structures in the future ."