The waterways of the Cross Canal are wide and deep, and their beds are a little higher than the surrounding plains, and if the flood rises sharply, it will surely flood for thousands of miles.

But because of the water god and the priests of the water god cult in maintaining it, and because of the existence of divine magic, even if the flood surges, it will not be able to overflow the canal, and it will only flow into the sea at a faster speed.

The smell of the river water blows with the riverside wind, and the swirling yellow leaves fall on the water surface and float away slowly.

Joshua ate the jerky, but his eyes fell on the microwave of the river, motionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, a young man who looked like a mercenary climbed up the river embankment from below and shouted, "Captain, Aladdin, they have chosen a suitable task, just wait for you to go back and confirm." ”

Joshua came to his senses, turned around and said, "Well, let's go back." ”

Jumping down the riverbank, Joshua walked to a small city not far away.

This small city is called Flashpoint City, with a population of only about 100,000, and it used to be very peaceful here, and there were not many people coming and going, after all, it was just a small city that was not famous.

But lately, there have been a lot more caravans here, with the Cross Canal passing in front of the city and the dockyards here, and many caravans are willing to stay in the city for a day or two to see if they can sell something, or if they can buy something.

When there are more people, the city becomes lively.

In fact, not only the city, but also the cities or towns near the Cross Canal are obviously more prosperous than they were two months ago.

As a former lord, Joshua understood what that meant. More caravans, more prosperous cities, more taxes, and more settlements.

What's even more terrifying is that this is just the beginning of the Cross Canal. As time passed, people, especially merchants, would know the benefits of the canal, and Joshua could see it, and a year or two later, the cross canal would be full of floating merchant ships. The Water God Cult and the Wealth God Cult can receive money softly, and people or forces who have an interest in the river will also receive great wealth.

Anyone with a bit of foresight can see the prospect of this canal.

Joshua sighed, he knew very well whose idea it was for this river, his greatest benefactor and greatest enemy, Beta.

Into the city, and then into the humble mercenary union.

This is a small city, and it is already quite good to have a mercenary union stationed, and there is definitely no way to compare it with a big city.

There were more than a dozen mercenaries sitting in the hall, all of them looking like 'I'm not easy to mess with'.

Joshua found his companions and sat down beside them.

The mercenary team joined Joshua with exactly five people, generally speaking, the more people in the mercenary team, the better, but Joshua didn't think so, he remembered that when he had the ability of 'Knights of the Round Table' in the past, the team was five people by default.

Joshua felt that this should be the best number of people under Beta's special bloodline.

The mercenary squad is not much more expensive, and five companions with tacit cooperation are more flexible and powerful than a squad of more than ten or twenty people.

This is also illustrated by the adventure of more than a year.

"Boss, this is a few tasks we have chosen, they are all more suitable, can you take a look?"

Joshua took it, looked at it for a while, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "The second and third are good, everyone have a good rest today, let's go tomorrow." ”

Everyone else responded.

Joshua sighed lightly, before he gave an order, the whole city had to listen to him, but now ...... There were only four of them.

It's really the difference between heaven and earth.

Accustomed to high power and now an ordinary person, Joshua has always had a rather awkward feeling.

But if you don't get used to it, you have to get used to it, his enemy is Beta, the pope of the Fortune God Cult, the former Fortune God Church was still a small religion, only a few cities have churches, and there are not many people.

But now the Fortune God Cult, there are churches of the Wealth God Sect in every town and above in Holeiven, and the Fortune God Temple has recently done several major things, such as distributing equipment blueprints, helping to build a teleportation array, and so on.

Although the Cult of Fortune is still a small sect, its reputation is already known to the whole world.

And ...... for yourself Just the captain of a mercenary squad.

There is almost no chance of revenge in this life.

And more importantly, the person he loves is still in his hands.

To be released from prison, Joshua also knew that Julie must have put a lot of effort into it, and maybe she was committed......

Thinking of this, Joshua felt a chill in his heart and extremely uncomfortable.

But in order not to be strange in front of his companions, he endured it, and there was still no expression on his face.

The four companions drank cheap cider and chatted about the rumors of the mercenary world, and Joshua fell into the memory of himself sitting on a high platform, the whole city trembling under his majesty, and Julie staying by his side with tenderness and thoughtfulness.

In a trance, he felt someone shaking him, turned his head to look, and found that it was a companion, and he was a little unhappy at the moment, after all, he had just recalled that Julie and himself had sex for the first time, she was as beautiful as a red flower.

The man who shook him awake pointed to the door: "Those two women seem to be looking at you." ”

Looking for me?

Joshua, who was a little confused, turned around and saw two women standing in the doorway, one beautiful and cold, and the other he was quite familiar with, beautiful with two points of resentment.

His mouth opened slightly, then closed slightly.

At this time, the entire mercenary union was silent, and everyone looked at the two beauties at the door.

Joshua saw Julie's gaze, her warm, but deep eyes that could see into the depths of his soul.

Suddenly, Joshua felt his mouth dry and he stood up and walked to the door.

A few minutes later, in a small house of the Mercenary Guild, Judy stood outside the door, while Joshua and Julie stayed inside.

In the dim environment, Julie, dressed in a black and white maid suit, looks even more beautiful.

Joshua touched his chin, where a half-finger-long beard grew. In the mercenary world, a captain will not be trusted by the team if he is too young, so Joshua has a beard and looks at least mature.

But now he regrets it, he had scraped it off if he knew he would see Julie today.

"It's been a long time, master."

It was Julie who broke the silence first, and she smiled, both in her expression and in her eyes, very warm, with a kind of indifferent care.

"yes, long time no see."

Joshua's voice, on the other hand, was somewhat hoarse.

"How are you doing? I heard you became a mercenary. ”

"Okay."

"Can you tell me about it? The life of a mercenary should be quite interesting. ”

Julie sat down on the edge of her chair.

"If you want to hear it."

Joshua recounted that after he came out of the prison in Woking, he wandered aimlessly like a corpse, until one day he accidentally rescued three trapped mercenaries and even stayed with them.

During this time, they have cleared out bandits, served as bodyguards for caravans, dug ancient tombs, and explored ruins, although most of the time it was quite hard, but they were quite fulfilling.

Joshua kept talking, Julie listened very carefully, Joshua seemed to have endless words, and Julie seemed to never get enough of it.

But time always passes, and before you know it, the sky outside the window has darkened.

A soft cough came from outside, a signal from Judy that it was time to leave.

Julie pulled out her package and placed it on the table.

The sound of the gold coins rattling and flowing sounded, and then quickly disappeared.

"This is the gold I have saved in the past few years." Julie smiled and said: "Beta is also very good to servants, my monthly salary is the same as that of a housekeeper, it is a gold coin a month, I have saved it for several years, plus the holiday reward, in a few years, I have saved more than eighty coins, it is very exaggerated, I myself think it is exaggerated." Master, you take them away. ”

Joshua looked at Julie: "If you don't go with me, it doesn't make sense for me to take these gold coins." ”

"Don't be willful, master, do you want to be a mercenary for the rest of your life?" Julie sighed softly: "You are a descendant of nobles, and revitalizing the family is your instinct engraved in your bones, otherwise you would not be a mercenary." But being a mercenary is very dangerous, equipment and intelligence need to be spent, and you shouldn't have saved any money in the past two years. ”

Joshua smiled bitterly, he had only saved six gold coins in the past two years.

"Take these gold coins, go to other countries, buy a small nobleman, and start over, master."

"Are you really not going with me?"

Julie shook her head and stood up.

"Wait."

Joshua jumped up and tried to rush over and hug Julie.

But Julie reached out and pressed it lightly to his chest, and the distance between the two was only an arm's length, but it was like heaven and hell.

Joshua's strength is stronger than Julie's, and if he uses his strength, Julie can't stop him at all.

But it was such an action that made Joshua feel that there was a natural danger between the two, and he couldn't cross it at all.

"I hurt you last time, do you still hate me?"

Julie shook her head: "You are my master, even if you kill me, I will not hate you." ”

"Then why?"

"Because if I go with you, you're going to die."

"Then let's die together!"

Joshua shouted frantically, "I've lived enough anyway." ”

"There's no problem with me dying, but the master can't die." Julie stepped back step by step, and when she retreated to the door, she smiled coldly: "As long as you live, I will feel happy." ”

The door opened and closed again, and the room grew darker and darker.

Joshua held out his hand, then dropped it again.

He sat back in his chair with his head folded, two water streaks streaming from his closed eyes.

The autumn breeze outside the window is blowing sluggishly, just like the poet's sorrow.

No matter what world it is, there is no regret medicine to take.