Chapter 59, become a mercenary in a daze
The group returned to Klose's makeshift camp and sat around the campfire, eating the toast and jerky that Klose had promised, drinking a mellow beer, and unloading the fatigue and tension along the way.
"Whew~~~~ It's delicious! It's really good wine! β
Lizardman Ward held on to the beer, and had already drunk nine bottles in just a few moments.
Klose's that is distressing! You know, he's running out of beer stock.
The mustache Fark also drank with a red face and a thick neck.
He told everyone some meat jokes, no matter whether others laughed or not, he himself laughed back and forth.
The girl Jadeite is like a flower butterfly, and she dances around the campfire, regardless of her own dancing posture.
"White-eyed Ren" Salomon sat in the corner silently munching on jerky, which seemed to be a little out of place with the excitement of everyone.
In fact, it's not that he has an awkward personality and doesn't like to be lively, only a few of his partners know, he just has bad eyes, and his ears are not very good...
Wine is a good thing.
After paying for two cases of beer, Klose also had a clear understanding of the eight generations of the ancestors of these four people.
All four of them are bitter children born in the slums of Dulo, and they can be regarded as small.
But I just don't know how the Lizardmen of the Creek Clan got in...
The lizard-people mostly live in the Tahitian swamps of the extreme south.
Due to the nature of the race, they prefer the humid and rainy south, and few are willing to go north, let alone the mercenary base camp in the wilderness.
Klose watched them drink and make noise, and although he almost lost his life just now, he could forget it all in the blink of an eye!
Maybe this heartlessness is also a talent, right?
It's late at night.... The autumn evening breeze has brought a burst of coolness, driving the only trace of "summer tail" left during the day into obscurity.
Around the campfire, I don't know when the little banquet has ended.
The boys fell asleep. They were defenseless in front of Klose, a man they had known for less than a day.
"Hey ~ Kane, you know what? I envy their friendship..... It's a bit silly, but it's so pure. β
In the face of Klose's questioning, Kane naturally did not say a word, but Diana, the dragon lady, had already fallen asleep on the soft carpet in the carriage.
Klose took out a few blankets from the supermarket and covered them with a few people.
Then he yawned and slipped into his sleeping bag.
....
"Wake up! Wake up! Don't sleep, everyone~Wake up~! β
Klose felt like he had just fallen asleep when he was woken up by a loud noise.
He frowned and opened his eyes, only to find that the sky was already hazy.
Falk the mustache was ready to go, and was still shouting around the camp, making it impossible to sleep.
"Fack! What the hell are you called? Disturbing dreams is going to hell after death! β
Lizardman Ward sat up with a shout, rubbing his eyes and burping, and snorted when he was done.
"Hawkeye" Salomon also woke up to Farke's ghostly screams.
He scratched his head, rolled his eyes a few times, and then fell down again, wrapped in a blanket and went back to sleep.
The girl Jadeite is simply there. As soon as Falk shouted the first time, she jerked a carp and flipped up from the ground! This sudden action also startled the big pig Bajie beside her.
"Wake up! Wake up! Falk looked nervous and ran to Klose's side.
"Wake up~! My magician! It's time for us to go. If we stay here, those horse thieves will find us easily. β
Klose waved his hand in confusion: "Who are you calling?" Me? Magician? β
"Yes, of course. Have you forgotten? You agreed to join us last night, and you're now officially a member of the Dragon Slayer Squad. What do you think? Proud, right? β
βWhat?οΌβ
Klose put on a bewildered expression, trying to remember what Fack meant.
When did you agree to join his teasing team?
Wait a minute!
Klose seemed to suddenly remember something.
It seems that when he was drinking and drinking last night, the mustache put his arm around his shoulders and said that they are all their own people now, and they will take themselves to make a fortune in the future.
Klose smiled cooperatively at the time and said, "Yes, yes, my own people, my own people." β
Don't.... That's how this guy understands his own people? Or did he originally want to invite himself to join the gang, and last night he simply used the strength of the wine to set himself up?!
Thinking of this, Klose stared carefully at the mustache in front of him, wanting to see how deep this person's city was in! And pretend to be drunk.
But to Klose's disappointment, he only saw a strong "sand sculpture" temperament in the eyes of the guy in front of him, and.... A lump of eye.
Farker anxiously dragged everyone up from the ground and shouted, "The horse thief is coming!" β
"Horse thief horse thief, you know horse thief! What if they come? We now have a squad of magicians, and we're afraid of some of their horse thieves? β
Reluctantly, the lizardman Ward stood up and folded the blanket over him neatly into four squares.
Klose felt even more confused when he heard the lizardman's words.
Was it only me who was drunk last night? No, I'm obviously the last person to fall asleep.
Klose, who couldn't figure it out, smiled bitterly and shook his head. What's wrong with you? Somehow became a magician of the mercenary squad?
But it's not bad, having this *** to hide your identity can save you a lot of trouble.
The maiden Jadeite is like a diligent little bee. After Klose and the others got up, she had already fetched water from a small puddle not far away for everyone to wash.
"Hey~ You use this basin of water first, my magician!"
Klose looked at the girl's big bright eyes and expectant eyes, and it was really hard to refuse.
But this basin of water.... Not only did he see that the water was muddy, but that some unknown creature was writhing inside.
"Hehe.... Bichi, oh no, Emerald Stone! I have clean water here that I can use to wash everybody! But.... The water you fetched was also very useful! Hmm..."
Klose paused, turned his head and looked around, then pointed to a few small grasses in the crevices of the rock wall and said happily, "Your basin of water is very useful!" See, these little grasses must be thirsty now, so give them all this pot of water to drink! β
The girl had a question mark on her face, but Klose had already taken the basin of water in her hand and splashed it directly on the ground. β
"Look ~ clean water."
With that, Klose found a bucket of pure water from the supermarket.
The girl's eyes widened, and she exclaimed as she looked at the pure water that was so clear that there was not a trace of impurities.
"Wow~~~~~ you're still saying you're not a magician? Doesn't know magic, where did such clean water come from? That's amazing! β
Klose rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, this time it was even more inexplicable.
In this way, for the first time in their lives, the group of the dragon slayer team washed their faces and brushed their teeth with pure water.
Although the pure water was also upset by Ward the Lizardman, he was unable to find some small bugs in the water.
When everyone finished washing and was ready to go on the road, Diana, the dragon lady, woke up leisurely.
Klose noticed that the she-dragon seemed to be particularly snooze.
"Have you eaten?" This was the first thing she said when she woke up, and it was related to eating.
Klose reluctantly handed her a sandwich bread, watched the other swallow it in one gulp, and then looked at himself with an expectant look.
"Oh my God! You're a lady, can you pay attention to your image when you eat? And what's the deal with your meal? Do you want to eat me until I go bankrupt!? β
Diana's eyebrows furrowed slightly, the corners of her mouth pulled down, and there was instantly more crystal hazy liquid in her eyes.
Klose hurriedly raised his hand in surrender: "Okay, okay, when I didn't say it!" Come on, come on, taste this. β
Klose, who was most afraid of women's tears, instantly disarmed and directly took out another set of steak sets, which made the latter burst into laughter.
The dragon slayer team that got the mage is set off again!
Klose let Jadeite sit in the carriage, and he himself sat on Bajie's back.
Of course, the other three members of the team only had to sit on the roof of the car.
Out of nowhere, Falck pulled out a short flute and sat on the roof of the car and played some kind of cheerful music.
Lizardman Ward hummed softly to the music.
Rolling his eyes, the Celestial Gate gently slapped its hand rhythmically on the roof of the carriage.
The girl sitting in the carriage wanted to dance, but the place didn't allow it, and the sister sitting opposite her.... The eyes are a little scary!
Everyone rode the pig cart and walked out of the Blade Canyon leisurely all the way to the relatively flat main road.
Heading east along the main road, there is a relatively flat plain.
Theoretically, this is still the territory of the Duchy of Holger, but due to the blockade of the Demon Forest and the stipulation that the kingdom covenant cannot cross the border, this large area of land has suddenly become an ownerless extralegal land.
This explains why it is inhabited by hunters, treasure hunters and horse thieves.
Neither the Duchy of Holger nor the Duchy of Bankaz on the other side of the Silvermoon River had any intention of stationing troops here.
Because not only is there no oil and water to fish here, but also the threat of those demonic beasts in the demon forest, the ghost is willing to stay here!
"By the way, Fake, how did you mercenaries go so far to take on a mission?"
Falke pointed at Klose and squeezed his eyes: "We, we want to say 'we' mercenaries~!" β
Klose laughed and said, "Yes, yes, we mercenaries!" Look at my memory! β
Falk put away the flute and looked into the distance with a slightly melancholy face.
"Hey~ It's not to get ahead.... There is a task list in the Mercenary Guild that no one has accepted, so in order to make a name for ourselves as soon as possible, of course we have to choose the most difficult job..."
Klose tried to ask, "The most difficult job?" .... Exploring the Magic Forest? β
"Bingo! How else can you become a magician! The brain is really spinning faster than the average person! β
Klose couldn't be happier to be praised by such a person.
"Hehe~ Isn't that obvious?"
Falke shook his finger and turned to ask, "Ward, do you remember why we came here?" β
"Come here? Kindness... Why come here.... Perhaps to visit Blade Canyon? ... Fighting a horse thief? Who knows! β
White-eyed Ren Sailemen suddenly interjected, "It must be to recruit a magician. β
"Oh yes! It's for the magicians! Hahaha~ It's still Salomon with a good brain~" The lizard man laughed.
Falke turned around and shrugged at Klose: "Now you know you're not ordinary, right?" β
Klose was speechless, thinking to himself that these people still have a moat distance from the "ordinary"?
Falke continued: "For those of us who come from the slums of Duro, living a good life is the greatest luxury and the ultimate goal! But now... We're going to get ahead and become the king of mercenaries! β
"The King of Mercenaries? What a big idea. Klose smiled: "So did you succeed in this mission?" β
Farke pouted: "Mission? Come on! Only ghosts and businessmen who want money and don't want their lives dare to enter that magic forest! We just need to walk around here and ask a little bit about what's going on inside, and who's going to really go in and find out. β
Klose was dumbfounded by him...
Nima... Well said and reasonable, there is wood?!