In underground mercenary guilds, there are very few mercenary groups with more than 20 people. A more accurate description is that there are no registered mercenary groups in underground mercenary guilds, instead there are mercenary organizations-just a few relatively
Fixed mercenaries cooperate over a period of time.
The tasks issued by underground guilds have a very high risk factor, so the mortality rate of mercenaries is very high. Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult to expand the size of the organization.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, some mercenaries are extremely powerful and have formed a group of more than 50 people after several years of struggle. At this time, these mercenaries will try to find ways to clear their past records to the real
Register as a new mercenary group in the mercenary union. Unless some people are really stained so much that they cannot see the light of day.
In order to undertake larger tasks and obtain higher profits, once underground mercenary organizations receive large-scale or high-risk tasks, their first choice is to recruit some temporary partners.
--Underground Mercenary Guild
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"It's only 5 gold coins in 20 days. It's too little. The Fairy Forest is so dangerous. If you add some more, I'll consider going." A burly warrior stood at a table not far away.
"Yes, that's right. When going to a place like the Fairy Forest, you can't calculate it as a normal mission. At least you need to refer to the Dragon's Lair mission to calculate the hard work." Another mercenary helped to speak.
For most underground mercenaries, tasks that require recruiting temporary partners are definitely relatively risky, especially when the already strong mercenary organization recruits foreign aid. The completion rate is pitifully low. In this case, most of the
What some mercenaries bargain with is not how much they can get after completing the task, but more realistically how much they can get if they fail to complete the task. Some mercenaries with very poor martial arts will even discuss how much they will receive compensation after being injured.
The middle-aged mage pondered for a moment and announced the price again: "8 gold coins for 20 days. Archers and priests are given priority. If the warrior is not strong, we will not consider it. We do not want mages."
In the underground killer guild, 5 gold coins can buy a cheap life. The hard work of 8 gold coins for 20 days is enough to show the danger of the mission. However, the price offered still makes many people excited.
A magician shouted in the distance: "Hey... boy, why don't you use a mage? You are only a second-level mage. You are far behind. Don't be jealous of your talents."
"Mr. Level 1 Mage, what spells can you cast in the Fairy Forest?" the middle-aged magician prompted coldly. The other party was speechless. Not a wood mage, you can't even use any level 1 magic in the Fairy Forest.
There is no need to think about higher-level magic with greater power.
"Count me in." The lazy voice of the person who just rescued people sounded. The eyes of the middle-aged man and several companions showed surprise at the same time. Among the underground mercenaries, there were very few mercenaries with such martial arts skills, and the other party did not propose a higher level.
The magician agreed to the request without hesitation.
Most people have seen the sword strike just now, so the addition of warriors will undoubtedly increase the reliability of task completion. Maybe, 20 gold coins will also be expected, and more people will stand up to sign up, so that the Fairy Flower will appear.
Screening mercenaries is such a rare scene.
Not long after, the middle-aged mage pulled a priest and a warrior out of the crowd with a smile. It could be seen that the mage was satisfied with this recruitment.
After taking the ordered meat jerky and steamed buns from the bartender, the eight-person mercenary group that had just been formed hurriedly set off. The remaining mercenaries in the bar began to privately inquire about the low fee for this mission from the guild clerk.
How much is it? The clerk simply said two words: "Piecework!" and no longer revealed any information. Most of the tasks for piecework are searches. The more completed, the higher the reward. No wonder the other team's captain dared to use it.
Recruiting people at such a high price.
The small team immediately left the mainland highway after setting off from the Fairy Flower, and headed eastward close to the Fairy Forest. The partners had just met, and quite a few of them could not even remember each other's names. There were almost no friends among the mercenaries along the way.
What words.
It is not easy to travel on the edge of the tropical rainforest after summer. Every night, there will be showers in the rainforest. Therefore, the grass paths are covered with rainwater. The trees that have never been cut down and repaired in thousands of years are extremely exaggerated.
The branches and leaves are stretched out, and there are always large wild flowers of various colors blooming in the sunshine on the roadside. From time to time, the low chirping of birds can be heard in the dense forest, and there are also the sounds of small animals trampling down trees in the forest when they are disturbed. In the forest,
On the side, you can occasionally hear the trickling stream.
Walking on the edge of the fairy forest is not as dangerous as imagined. At least, it is safe for adventurers to enter the forest within 30 steps. At this distance, adventurers can penetrate the dense forest and see the sunlight outside, and can exit the dense forest at any time.
——Only travelers who have actually entered the fairy forest know that the fairy forest is not a forbidden place protected by magic. All the friends who have lost their traces in the forest are only for one reason: they entered the forest too deep, so that
Not only could they not see their companions, they could not even find the right direction at all. Some adventurers once tried to build a fixed road in the forest by cutting down trees - which immediately attracted short green arrows shooting warnings from deep in the forest.
The eight adventurers are all novices. They are all very clear about the principles that must be followed in the fairy forest. The captain does not need to waste any words, and they move very fast. The middle-aged mage is secretly glad that he has chosen the right person this time. If he can complete the task
If so, you might as well send more money to the new partner, hoping that we can cooperate again in the future.
The sky was getting dark, and although we were walking on the edge of the forest, the sun set obviously earlier than in the city. The middle-aged magician announced that he had started setting up camp.
None of the soldiers dared to cut down the trees. Instead, they got a lot of wood from the dead trunks on the outside, poured some sesame oil and set up a bonfire. The only woman set up a pot on the fire and cut the meat meat suitable for soup.
Crush it into pieces and stew it in water. Soon, everyone can smell the lingering aroma.
The mercenaries each filled a bowl of broth and took this opportunity to get acquainted with each other while eating the noodles in their hands.
"Head - what is our mission this time? The price you gave us this time is really good. Haha, for 4 gold coins we can marry one wife, and for 8 gold coins we can marry two wives." Just now.
Another warrior who became a partner asked - this warrior looks very much like a resident of the Desert Empire. Different from most warriors, this warrior with sunken eyes uses a scimitar with a huge arc. I just introduced myself.
, this guy does have the characteristics of the name of the desert people: Mohan Mudd. It is said that in this theocracy, every male citizen can marry four legal wives. It is no wonder that the young soldier's smile is like "
He looked like he was dying of happiness.
The middle-aged mage showed a knowing and mysterious smile on his face: "Someone asked me to go to the elf village to get some children under 20 years old. The more the better." For elves, under 20 years old is roughly equivalent to 3 years of age for humans.
Most children under the age of 10 are still learning to walk.
One of the new companions, the priest, was so frightened that the bowl in his hand shook, and the soup spilled all over him: "Why didn't you tell me earlier? I want to quit!" This priest is obviously a believer of the Moon God Sect, the smallest sect in the Holy See, with embroidery on his chest.
Looking at the crooked moon: "Going deep into the fairy forest to rob fairy babies? Are you kidding? Will the fairies agree? We are not even as strong as a rabbit in this forest. We are looking for death."
This pastor named Ark told the truth.
"Don't... don't... don't get excited." The mage said with a smile: "I just want to see if there is any other way to get it without using force. For example, I want to buy or..."
"Mr. Master, you don't want to steal, do you?" The warrior carrying two big swords leaned against a big tree and said calmly. Everyone had already remembered his name from the introduction just now: Mu Cao.
"This... in short, first of all, I hope it won't harm the relationship; secondly, I hope it can be completed. The other party will give us 200 gold coins for each child. If everyone can complete it, I promise to give you 5 gold coins for each additional child.
"
Money is hard to make... This is a natural principle that almost everyone knows. In underground mercenary guilds, even good players rarely earn more than 30 gold coins a month. Moreover, human life is worthless here, for 5 gold coins
, there will be a lot of desperadoes going to kill people and set fires. Each 5 gold coins will add a new layer of temptation, and several new partners will become silent.
"I think there will always be elf families with many children. It is written in the mission that the employer hopes to adopt several elf children. Not only will they ensure safety, but they will also promise that the children can go home to visit their biological parents in the future." Qie Falang's second-level magic
The teacher also hopes to explain it to increase the sense of security of new partners.
"You'd better give up such an idea." Mu Cao said coldly, his eyes that had been soaked in alcohol for a long time glowed with a unique red light in the dark night: "It is impossible for an elf to give up his child with his kindness, and...
Don't rely on them to be unable to raise children. In the fairy forest, every time a child is born, a banana tree will be planted in front of the door. The child can be raised just by growing bananas. Stealing or abduction is possible
It’s your only way... It’s really strange, why do you receive tasks of this nature in Fairy Flower?”
"Let's try it..." Chefalang sighed: "We try not to conflict with the goblins. I don't believe there are no orphans in the goblin forest."
"Mr. Maicao, from what you said, you seem to be very familiar with the Fairy Forest." The woman hidden in the darkness asked in a low voice - this woman is the most mysterious race of shadow people on the continent. It is said that this race is best at moving at night.
She is good at using short swords or daggers. Others in the team call her Lina.
"Oh... I used to work as a guard in the Imperial Library for a period. I often read books at night when I had nothing to do. The more I read, the more I know about what is useful and what is not." Cao Cao lay on his back on the grass and read.
The faint stars in the sky were gradually obscured by clouds.
"Mr. Mu Cao, I want to ask you something." Huyang, the youngest warrior in the team, brought the words of respect that are only used for elders: "Today at noon, the young man in white has very high martial arts. How could you
How about saving White in an instant?”
"It's not surprising. The moment he entered the bar, I noticed him. When he thrust out his spear, there was a lot of noise. In fact, it was not difficult." The soldier did not seem to feel the respect in Huiyang's words, and his words were even more serious.
There is no joy at all.
"Oh..." Several warriors were moved: "Why? You didn't turn your head."
"Warriors at different stages have different auras. The aura of the warrior in white can already threaten me. Therefore, I have been observing silently... You will understand after a while. If you really do it, I probably won't be able to defeat you.
He, his gun is too powerful." After a moment of silence, Maicao added a few words: "I have also seen people with stronger momentum. Not to mention taking action, I can't even stand in front of him."
Even the pasture is so oppressed that it cannot stand firmly. Such a strong man should be able to be on the battle soul list.
"What are stages and momentum? Why don't I know?" Young people are full of curiosity.
"Mr. Forage, what kind of gun is he using? I have never seen it in the army." White, the former knight of the Hughes Empire, asked strangely.
"I have never seen it. However, I have heard that the history of this gun, or this type of gun, is at least 3,000 years old." Cao Cao can already feel the raindrops starting to fall from the sky - in the tropics, the so-called raindrops
Rain is when the humidity in the air reaches 100% and then condenses into water droplets and falls.
"How do you know?" People don't require knights to be knowledgeable like they require magicians. Knight White didn't understand.
"Do you know about the magic elf tide?" Mu Cao answered the question.
"What?" This time not only the warriors, but also the priests and mages became interested.
"According to the records in the book, within the continent, the number of magic elves is different in each period, just like the surging tides of the sea, which will decrease or increase every time. The reason why it is called the Magic Calendar now is because in
A few years ago, the number of magic elves increased significantly. When there were many magic elves, there were also times when there were few. Of course, there were often thousands of years between these more and fewer magic elves. In the era when there were many magic elves, magicians were very important.
Many, because an ordinary magic apprentice can reach the level of a former first-level magician. With such powerful magic power, of course there are more people to learn it. It is said that during the period of the magic elves, there were only magicians in the entire army, and these
Magicians were organized into magic knights, magic archers, etc. Moreover, in these eras, homes did not even need to burn wood, and a large number of cheap magic scrolls were widely used. In the era when there were few magic elves, magicians were very rare.
, even the fire elves cannot be summoned, and the number of warriors is also very large." Mu Cao moved his body slightly and hid under the broad banana leaves to avoid too many raindrops falling on him: "The last low point of the magic elf was
In the year 3000, at that time, there were so many warriors in various continents that they even established a large number of mercenary groups based on warriors and a more rigorous organization called a gang. This gun was a very popular style at that time.
.The obvious difference from today's guns is that the role of this gun is entirely for individual combat, and its role in cavalry sprints is very small. However, if you want to be proficient in using such a weapon now, you need to invest a lot of energy.
, and there must be people with enough talent. If the same students learn magic, they can at least hope to reach the realm of a great magician, so martial arts is slowly being obliterated." Mu Cao looked up to the sky, not looking at anyone, as if talking to himself.
Talk to yourself.
"How can I train to beat him?" White asked the question he was most interested in.
"It's difficult. Just like the great magicians of their time can't compare with the second-level magicians of our time, the gap between us and them in terms of pure force is quite big, unless, unless you find the remaining martial arts books handed down at that time.
, and he has put in at least 20 years of hard work and has the guidance of famous teachers." Mu Cao shook his head, with a hint of sleepiness in his voice.
"Mr. Mucao, are you sure about our operation?" Master Chefalang asked softly.
"No fault but merit." Mu Cao said calmly: "It's too difficult for the few of us to get something from the fairy forest. Fortunately, this time we are not going deep into the fairy forest. Otherwise, I will definitely quit now."
"This employer is really a bastard. He cannot steal anything. If he insists on stealing the elf child, it belongs to his grandmother. If not, Grandmaster will cut off his hand." The monkey, who has been confirmed to be a cave dwarf, scolded angrily -
This race is simply a born thief. Each of them is 1.1 meters tall, with long hands and short legs. They have a pair of pointed ears and a pair of eyes that glow green in the night. Their vision and hearing are much more sensitive than ordinary humans.
.
"I know." The words were not surprising. As soon as the shadow girl finished speaking, everyone looked at her in surprise.
"Actually, at noon, when we took over the task, the employer was right next to us." Even more surprising words came out. No one else knew what this weak girl wanted to say: "It's those masked men.
Very thin person."
"Why?"
"How did you know?"
"who are they?"
Although there were only eight people, the so-called "many tongues" were absolutely reproduced at this time.
"They are all elves, but they are another kind of elves." As soon as Linna finished speaking, Mu Cao turned over in surprise: "Are they prairie elves or dark elves?"
"Oh...it turns out that Mr. Caocao also guessed that they are dark elves." Lina also showed a slight surprise on her face.
"What do they mean by doing this?" Even though it was in the tropics, the mage still felt a chill in his bones: elves came to snatch the elves' children, and these elves are the most mysterious killer family in the legend, elves, killers... no matter which word is used.
Just saying it is enough to shock a city.
"I heard what they were saying..." The shadow man was interrupted by three or four people before he could finish his words. The girl motioned for everyone to listen to her: "I can understand what they are saying. It's not surprising..." Just now
At this point, the shadow people suddenly disappeared in front of everyone, and appeared again after an instant: "Because the shadow people are their branch."
The elves are a very strange race. This race relies on the creation world but is transcendent from other races in the creation world. The most important thing is that the blood of the elves contains mysterious substances from the upper elf world. Therefore, although the creation world
The world of gods has been destroyed many times, but the elves can always survive. Not only that, even wisdom and knowledge can be passed down from generation to generation through the elders who took refuge in the upper elves when the world was destroyed.
Not everyone can understand these terms, but in order to give all partners a general understanding, the filmmakers still try their best to explain them more clearly.
In the current world, there is an elf race from several lifetimes ago, namely the dark elf race. This race and the current elf race have the same blood relationship from the upper elf world. Among this race, the one with the purest blood is called the dark elf race.
Elves, these pure dark elves can immediately disappear without a trace even under the holy light. Unfortunately, there are less than 100 dark elves with such pure blood. In order to ensure the reproduction of the race, the dark elves continue to
To plunder the elven children in the fairy forest, and then produce the next generation through the reproductive model. These elves are called dark elves, and they also have the ability to become invisible. The shadow people are the half-elf offspring of dark elves and ordinary human men and women.
, because they were not tolerated by human society and dark elf society at the same time, these abandoned half-humans slowly gathered together to live together, and eventually formed their own world and unique race.
There was a wry smile on the corner of Mu Cao's mouth, and Qie Falang happened to catch it: "Mr. Mu Cao, do you have any opinions?"
"It's nothing, it's just that I'm surprised that every Dark Elf person I meet seems to be branded with the same despicable character. Their hearts are guilty, and their hearts deserve to be killed." Cao Cao wiped the rain off his face with his broad palm, and said again
Lie down.
"You..." Shadow Man misunderstood, thinking that Cao Cao was insinuating: "Dark elves are also living beings, and they also have the right to reproduce their own race!"
"Oh...if it's just like this, I don't think they are despicable. I pointed out something else, and when I met them later, I tell you, you don't believe me even if I say it now." Not long after Mu Cao finished speaking, he made a slight sound.