There were only four or five lamps in the huge wine room, which was extremely dim.
There were people sitting behind every table, listless people.
The north side of the wine room was once bustling with mercenaries taking on missions. Now, there are only two or three kittens and puppies left lying on the table and staring. Behind the table, two clerks are happily doing a two-person system.
Doudouqi.
Eight years after entering the Magical Calendar, the Pan-Continental War has entered its fifth year. All countries on the four continents have been involved in the war without exception. Millions of people died in the war, and hundreds of cities were destroyed in the war.
was destroyed, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland became barren... At this time, all these evil consequences began to release their hidden energy across the entire continent.
The most fertile of the four continents, the Eminor continent, the beautiful Flower Plain, the fertile Sanggan River Valley bottom, the product-rich Messis Mountains, the lush Lanshan hilly areas... these were once regarded as the most ideal places for human beings to live.
In the eighth year of the Magic Calendar, it is extremely common for no one to be inhabited within a hundred miles. In many places, the population density is even lower than that of the frozen continent.
The economy is extremely depressed, the rich and powerful have drastically reduced their expenditures, and the wealthy have begun to live a tight life. Ordinary families live the lives of poor people, while the poor have sold everything they can sell, wandering around and relying on the weather to survive on other people's moods...
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Similarly, the golden days of mercenaries in the early days of the war when they were frantically amassing war fortunes are gone forever. Most of the mercenaries with relatively junior qualifications are now unable to make ends meet.
In addition, the restoration plan of the Magicians Guild has also had a huge negative impact on the mercenaries. For 20,000 years, the four major professions of warriors, archers, magicians, and priests have formed a perfect mercenary team.
Among the professions, the most indispensable ones are warriors and magicians, especially magicians.
Most officers in the army don't understand why magicians are often the most respected and receive the highest remuneration in mercenary groups. You must know that once a conflict occurs, the soldiers must be at the forefront, and magicians...
What he likes most is to hide behind the bloody soldiers, shaking his head and tail and singing loudly, which is quite ugly.
In fact, the importance of magicians to the mercenary team definitely ranks first.
First of all, magicians are often knowledgeable and must be literate. Most warriors and archers come from poor families. More than 90% of warriors are illiterate. Illiterate... I hope they can understand the various prompts in the dungeon during the adventure.
Going to the counter to pick up a small task is out of reach.
Secondly, during adventures, you often encounter monsters that are immune or nearly immune to physical attacks. For example, man-eating plants that are often encountered in tropical rainforests or ghosts that are often seen near cemeteries. At this time, 10
A warrior is not as useful as a magician.
Thirdly, most adventures are in the mountains or caves. In these places, you will inevitably encounter cliffs, mountain streams, traps, etc. A magic apprentice can master the rope-making, levitation, wizard's fire and other auxiliary skills.
Magic can save adventurers a lot of extra expenses.
Finally, neither warriors nor archers can carry out group attacks. Priests have a certain chance of releasing the Holy Word spell for group attacks only after one turn, and second-level magicians can master several group attack magics. If they have
If you use the money to buy one or two level 4 group attack magics for critical moments, then the level 2 magician alone can match the attack power of a small team.
Now...there is no need to mention these wonderful benefits...telling them will only aggravate the pain of the mercenaries.
In addition, in order to restore the country, the Magician Guild transferred all the clerks of the Magician Guild back to Azure Island to serve. The result is that all the magic teleportation arrays have been out of service for half a year. Without the teleportation array, the mercenary guild,
The daily work of the Gray Mercenary Guild, the Thieves Guild, and the Killer Guild cannot proceed normally at all. The release of mercenary tasks is all done by manpower. Usually, hundreds of tasks can be sent to each wine shop in a day, but now...it cannot reach this amount even in ten days.
.The Magician Guild’s behavior made matters worse, causing many small mercenary groups to go bankrupt and disband.
Most of the mercenaries in the wine were leaning on chairs. The large open wine glasses in front of them were filled with free boiled water... Sigh~ A few months ago, the free drinks in the wine were filled with ice water. One sip
Drink it to cool down as much as you want, and quench your thirst as much as you want. How can you look like a bird like this now? Without the magician, how can you find ice in the summer? A small number of mercenaries simply lay on the table and snored.
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Most people didn't notice that a ray of light cyan light quietly appeared on the thickly dusted teleportation array next to the gray mercenary guild...
"Oh my God, did I read that correctly?" The younger clerk subconsciously rubbed his eyes.
"What did you see? Did you work too hard last night? Are you dizzy now?" The middle-aged clerk smiled lustfully. Under the economic depression, many female mercenaries had to do some unavoidable things, and young people would inevitably be more sentimental.
The young clerk was speechless. All the Gray Mercenary Guild had was a small teleportation array, which could only transmit the simplest scrolls and book spines. Normally, the magic array's flickering magic luster was very soft, but now...
The light emitted from the stone plate engraved with the magic circle made it almost impossible for him to open his eyes.
When most people in the wine had noticed something was wrong, the cyan magic light had already illuminated the entire wine!
The guests at the tables closest to the Mercenary Guild just moved over to see what was going on, when the cyan light suddenly dimmed and pierced everyone's eyes like needles. Immediately, all the guests in the wine heard a loud click.
ring.
After the cyan light disappeared, everyone discovered that the poor teleportation slate had been broken into more than ten fist-sized stones. In its original position, four people, two men and two women, appeared!
Everyone in the wine knew that the teleportation array could teleport up to three books at a time. How could it teleport four people at once? Moreover, these four people looked very outstanding, especially the two girls. They were about the same age.
Between the ages of 13 and 17, they were so pure and beautiful that it was amazing, and the two men, one old and one young, turned out to be very attractive if you looked closely, especially the old man... Only then did everyone realize that this man with
The old man with the tall hat turned out to be a great magician who deserved death by being cut into pieces.
Hehe. The old magician laughed a few times, quietly stuffed two shiny conch shells into his arms, and then struggled to take off the two little girls and a little boy who were hugging him tightly.
, then took off the magician hat and gracefully made a 270° arc, and gave everyone in the wine the mercenary greeting ceremony.
"I'm very sorry that I may have disturbed my brothers. To express my apology, I will pay for today's ice water." The old magician forgot his current age again.
A forest-like middle finger was raised in the wine. Do you have to pay for the free ice water? Besides, there is no ice water supply now.
The mercenaries, especially the gray mercenaries, felt that they were not men if they didn't whistle when they saw a beautiful girl. But now there was silence in the wine. The reason was very simple. They found that one of the two girls in front of them was a pure girl.
Blood forest elf.
"Two cups of wormwood bubble wine. Two cups of refreshing black tea." The four adventurers quickly found their seats. The original guests at this table consciously moved to other seats. No one dared to be here.
Provoking a pure-blooded forest elf, even the biggest pervert in the world.
"Don't leave!" The great magician reached out and grabbed the two young mercenaries who were about to leave at the end: "I have already said that I want to treat everyone to a glass of ice water. Although... someone was very rude just now, but as an elder,
I won't care." As he said that, he snapped his fingers at the kid opposite him and said, "Here's a glass of ice water."
Damn... Lu'er bared his teeth at the old magician depressedly, and blew two strange whistles into the sky. All the mercenaries in the wine immediately discovered that the water actually turned into ice again! The wine actually turned into ice!
The atmosphere here was really tense this time. Before this, all the mercenaries had never heard of anyone with such strength.
"Where is this place?" the old magician asked while pulling two mercenaries.
"Fairy... fairy flower."
"Oh..." The look in the old magician's eyes dimmed for a moment, and he let go of his hand. The two young mercenaries were very embarrassed. They didn't know whether to run away immediately or sit down... The two little boys finally chose the latter.
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No wonder everyone looks at Lingbao'er like this. Near the fairy forest, no one dares to provoke the forest elves boldly, especially after the theft of the elf child happened last time.
"It seems to be very close to Tongyunguan Pass, right?" the old magician asked.
"You're right. Go north, not far away." The young mercenary quickly replied. The two mercenaries are not very old. The youngest one is only about 13 or 4 years old, and the older one cannot be more than 18 years old.
Years old. No wonder the old magician grabbed them both.
"By the way, are Marshal Chi Hantong and Marshal Chi Changyun still in Tongyun Pass?" The old magician pretended to have suddenly remembered this question.
"Neither is here." The two young men rushed to answer.
"Oh?" Not only the old magician was surprised at this time, but also the little boy with a bigger butt and the little girl with a bigger butt. In the eyes of the many mercenaries of Fairy Flower, this group of people is more special.
A sense of mystery.
"Where have they gone?" The old magician chewed his teeth and spat on the ground rudely.
None of the mercenaries noticed that there was a trace of red in the spit.
"Marshal Chi went to the vicinity of Jielin, and Marshal Chi went south. Since last winter, the Pirate King family followed the three main streams of the Mississippi River, the Sanggan River, and the Lion River into the hinterland of the mainland. A lot of things have been lost within the jurisdiction of the Tongyunguan War Zone.
The city, it is said, has been reprimanded twice by the Red Stone Emperor."
"What? Cough...cough...you don't want to slow down and murder the old man." The wine in the glasses of the old magician and the little boy almost went up their noses.
The old magician coughed for a long time before he regained his breath. His eyes were wider than the young man's: "The Pirate King is attacking the mainland?"
"Of course!" The great magician actually had a good attitude and was quite handsome. The two little boys answered more and more freely, especially the young mercenary who was only about 13 or 4 years old: "Pirate King
The strength is too strong. Nowadays, in any river that is more than 20 meters wide, you may encounter the Pirate King's Crocodile Knight, in any river that is more than 100 meters wide, you may have a water dragon knight, and in a river that is more than 200 meters wide, there will definitely be a building boat.
Fleet. Ah, ah, last summer, why were the sea lanes between the Eminor Continent and the Frozen Continent cut off? It was the Sea Dragon Knights of the Pirate King’s family who did it.”
The old magician was shocked. When he saw Grand Duke Iron Hand Ban Jiang attending the restoration ceremony on behalf of the Pirate King family on Zhanlan Island, he never imagined that the Pirate King family would madly attack the mainland. Moreover, he did not know that the sea lanes of the frozen continent were blocked.
matter.
The ancients did not bully me and beat their children, but this adult really ran out from behind the scenes immediately. To say that this is also the fault of Chi Aotian and Tayang, it is just a symbolic lesson to the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group.
No one can bear this kind of thing when someone destroys their group.
"Then..." The old magician suddenly remembered that before he entered the boundary forest, the small mercenary group fought several times in succession. There are several cities under the jurisdiction of the northern theater that rely on the Sanggan River. The Pirate King's attack
Luanwei was afraid that Horns, a little landlubber, would be choked with water: "This Pirate King is too strong. How many Crocodile Knights and Water Dragon Knights are there?"
"Hmph..." the young mercenary snorted coldly: "How many? Too many! These Crocodile Knights and Water Dragon Knights are drawn from the Black Crocodile Mercenary Group, the only A-level mercenary group in the Fanos continent.
Later, I got more accurate information from the Mercenary Guild. The Black Crocodile Mercenary Group and the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group were both established by the Pirate King family. Ah, this makes sense.
Among the top six mercenary groups, except for one that is supported by the Forest Dwarf Kingdom, there is another that relies on part of the power of the Colorful Dragon Knights. The remaining four mercenary groups are all established by the four major families.
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Ah? Feelings, the Xuanqing Dixinglong mercenary group is also a nepotistic member of the four major families. Thinking about the poaching that the small mercenary group did to others in the past and the possible consequences, the old magician has a big difference.
He fell to the ground at one point: "Then...which family founded Xuanqing Dixinglong?"
The young mercenary glared at the old magician, and then suddenly remembered that there was a forest elf sitting next to the old magician who was listening to the story attentively. A chill went up on the back of his neck, and he quickly shrank his head: "I told you, Xuanqing Land Walking Dragon
The mercenary group relies on the power of the Colorful Dragon Knights. Why haven't you understood it yet? Ah, look, let me count for you..." As he spoke, the young mercenary stretched out his palm and clapped his fingers one by one: "
The Golden Dragon Mercenary Group was established by the West Emperor family, the Sweat-Blooded Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group and the Black Crocodile Mercenary Group were established by the Pirate King family, and the small mercenary group was established by the Dongjun Wang family..."
Amy, Lu'er, including the good girl Ling Bao'er who listened to the story with wide eyes, almost fell from the table to the ground. Was the small mercenary group established by the King of Dongjun? Amy and Lu'er, the two little mercenaries
The founder of the mercenary group thought to himself: "Why didn't I know?" Lingbaoer looked at Amy with wide eyes, then thought about Daqingshan, and then glanced sideways at the little gangster Lu'er.
None of them look alike...
The young mercenary clucked his lips and said, "As a result... the Pirate King was really rude and beat up the King of Dongjun. Within seven days, the small mercenary group lost at least 200,000 yuan in six cities in a row.
The young laborers were taken out to sea by the pirate king, and it is said that they were sold to the continent of Fanos."
"Young man, don't be impatient, tell me slowly, how come this... small mercenary group was founded by the Dongjunwang family? Have the main cadres of the small mercenary group not heard of anyone from the Dongjunwang family of Suishi?"
Ah, ah, ah... The little boy actually made the great magician say ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!
"Who?" The young man stared at the old magician with wide eyes: "I'll scare you to death if I tell you." At this point, the young man didn't imitate the old magician. He smiled and extended his right hand to the old magician, rustling, rustling.
, rustlingly began to rub his thumb, index finger, middle finger...
Damn... isn't this a big show in front of Guan Gong? The old magician thought about his bad deeds in the past and had to swallow hard. He took out two silver coins from his pocket and put them into the young man's pocket.
In the hands of mercenaries.
"Ah..." The young man blew the silver coin, and when he heard the unique tremolo of the silver, he immediately beamed: "Oh, how can this be so embarrassing... You really came as soon as you came, let's see... how polite you are...
, you are also a senior, making us juniors really embarrassed."
"Then what exactly happened?" The old mage wanted to grab the little mercenary in front of him by the neck and lift him up.
"Oh... this sentence... it's taking a long time to talk about." The young man stuffed two silver coins into the soles of his shoes, approached the old magician, and said twice: "These two silver coins... can only
...Ah...you understand..."
"I..." The old magician was about to go berserk. Finally, the ninja gritted his teeth with great anger and said to the young man: "As a human being, you must have principles, ah... A gentleman loves money and takes it in a proper way. I gave the money,
Ah...you accepted it too...ah..."
"I didn't say I confiscated it." The young man looked at the old magician with an innocent face: "But it's not enough. The great leader Amy Haber taught us that every time a mercenary provides a service, a reasonable fee must be charged.
.Just now, those things I told you before, I didn’t tell you in vain. They were also the fruits of my labor and information consulting fees. Besides, you can’t be greedy. Just buy all the information with two silver coins. According to
With your logic, if you spend money to treat the girls to a meal later, then they will have to buy you a lifetime meal ticket, ah?"