Whitewater looked at the five bent and broken goblin scimitars, then looked up at the bloodstained but calm James, smiled, and nodded.

"You're not bad," he said, "and you can kill five goblins in a row unscathed." So be it, I grudgingly admit that you are eligible to get a temporary job with me. ”

"Captain Whitewater, may I ask you a question now?"

"You ask. Whitewater threw the knives into the storehouse on the city wall, slammed the dusty door, and wiped his hands with a handkerchief to wipe the blood.

"Captain, did you see a man named Edane sneaking over? ”

Whitewater looked up and thought for a moment, then said, "Is that guy skinny?"

"...... right"

"Oh, he hastened to find a carriage for us, saying that he was going to New Garand. But there was no one there at the time, so he changed his mind to go to Kingsbridge. Whitewater said.

"Did that person say something weird?"

"Hehe, I remember he said he was going to inherit a million......"

"Oh, is it?" James gritted his teeth in anger, "is that what you said?"

"What's wrong with you?" Whitewater looked at him trembling and asked, "While you still have energy, I'll give you some money, you go to the Salrest Hotel to take a shower and change your clothes, and I have a task for you in the evening." ”

"Nothing, Captain, do you remember what I told you earlier? I've had everything stolen, including the inheritance that was stolen from me by that kid from Adam. ”

"Oh, really, you were going to inherit a million-dollar fortune?" Whitewater looked incredulous, and James was in no mood to argue with him. He took Whitewater's outstretched purse, listened to the rest of his instructions, and walked away in a huff. Whitewater looked at his trembling back, shook his head, and returned to his post.

Ignoring the strange eyes of the others looking at him covered in blood, James asked for a single room, took a pleasant bath in the bathhouse, bought a clean suit to change into, and strode out of the hotel.

It was already afternoon, and he found a random food stall on the side of the road and ate it happily. Although the food here tastes ...... Personally, he felt that the skills of the chef in the village were not as good, but after all, he was already hungry, so he didn't care so much, just eating, as if he wanted to make up all the taro dry food he had swallowed for a period of time. He was gulping down when he looked up to find a woman at the table across from him, also eating, staring at him. James looked up and looked at the woman as well. She looked like she was in her 30s, with dark brown curly hair, sunken eye sockets, and wrinkles at the corners of her eyes due to age. James looked at her and always felt that there was a powerful temperament floating faintly on her body. This woman is thin, but her bronzed skin and muscles are very shapely, and her momentum is different from others. James was even more surprised when he saw that she was wearing chain mail with a shield and sword next to her.

"James, aren't you? You're new here. The woman glared at him with sunken eyes, and spoke first.

"Huh, you're ......"

"Guard Chea," the woman wiped her mouth, "I heard Captain Whitewater say about you. ”

"Oh, yes? I'm so famous. ”

"He said you killed fifteen goblins in one morning unscathed with just one small dagger. ”

"Fifteen ......" James coughed a few times. Well, Captain Whitewater can really blow it.

"Nice newcomer...... Captain Whitewater has a mission for you. Chea lifted her shield and buckled her sword to her body. "Ready to work?"

"I'm just a temporary worker, and I'm looking for people...... By the way, Lady Chea, have you ever met a man named Adamne?"

Chea shook her head. "Sorry, haven't seen your friends. ”

"Well, he's not my friend......" James watched her leave. In particular, I observed her walking posture and the way she lifted her shield, and found that such a heavy thing was nothing to her, and it did not bring any obstacles to her walking. If it were another woman, I was afraid that if I put on this armor, I would be tired. Female warriors, unless blessed with spells, are probably extremely rare in the entire exile kingdom. It's not discrimination, and as a woman, it's far inferior to men in terms of strength and stamina. Female adventurers, unless they were priests or magicians, had only a handful of assassins or archers. Thinking about it, James couldn't help but think a little more highly of this woman.

"Boom!"

In the distance, a thunderclap rang out.

James knocked over the mutton soup in front of him in fright, and quickly slipped away before the boss could find out. The weather is getting darker and darker, and I am afraid that it will not be long before a storm is coming. It's early summer, and the weather isn't as pleasant as spring. The wind blowing in your face is either a smell of dust or a wave of heat. As the clouds piled up, there was a damp, uncomfortable smell in the air.

Unexpectedly, the rain came faster than James imagined. Before he could reach the city gate, the raindrops of beans crackled down. The rain fell to the ground with a dull sound like a bell. A few more flashes of thunder and lightning followed, followed by a downpour. Blaming himself for his misfortune, James quickened his pace, wading through the muddy water that was gradually accumulating, and rushed to the covered place under the city gate. Whitewater and Chia, along with a group of guards, were already waiting there. James counted them, and there were about a dozen of them.

"You're finally here, pick up this sword. As soon as Whitewater saw him, he threw his sword over. James caught it, didn't let the sword reach his hand, and Leng Buding was covered by a pile of chain mail he threw over.

"Put on this armor and bring your gear...... There's also a shield over there...... Go back to the back gate and guard it. Check the luggage of every passer-by, and there is no mess. But I'm sure that with this damn weather, not many people will pass through that little gate......" Whitewater pointed to the sky, then coughed a few times, and picked up his sword and shield, "Chea, we can go." ”

James had just finished pulling off his clothes, and before he could understand what Whitewater was trying to say, he saw a group of them trying to pass through the city gate, so he quickly stopped him.

"Where are you going?"

"Go to the mines, go to save people, you don't understand. Whitewater finished and left.

"No, it's raining so hard outside, are you really okay?" James yelled at them, "Also, you trust me so much, aren't you afraid I'm a spy or something?"

"We're not afraid of heavy rain, we're not afraid of spies, we don't have much information to steal, and this isn't the place for the Messians to look at. Whitewater yelled behind him in the rain, "As for you, if you really dare to do anything bad, the first thing we will do when we go back is to hack you first!"

"No......" James saw Chea turn around and smile at him, looking embarrassed, "I just came from the rain, and now I'm going to rush back from the rain......"

"We trust you so much...... You've only been here for a morning, and I've entrusted you with the task of guarding the gates, so don't let us down......" His voice and the dozen or so people faded into the rain. James sighed and glanced back at the town in the rain. The streets were completely deserted, with a few dogs shuttling through the grass.

"You're lucky, brother, captain he thinks so highly of you. One of the three people who stayed behind said. James glanced back at him, the one who had dozed off this morning. "Go to the back gate, I heard that Joseph is still there alone......" There was mockery in his tone.

James glared at him angrily, didn't speak, held his breath, and rushed into the rain.