Chapter 42: The Three-Day Limit
Mercenaries are not heavy knights, and the armor they wear is naturally not so heavy, and mercenaries often have a time limit when performing tasks, so they are very fast in pursuit of speed, while extremely heavy armor has become a drag. But this does not mean that mercenaries are dead, they also have their own methods to complete their tasks.
Liu Tian put on a lightweight inner armor with great toughness, put on a well-fitting gray-white clothes, and carried a sharp short sword about two feet long, which was all his weapons and equipment. It's not just him, it's almost every piece of equipment that has troops. Liu Tian carried a backpack with many essential items needed in the field, Liu Tian didn't know where they were going this time, but it was always good to bring them.
"Let's go!" Gao Hao said when he saw that Liu Tian was all ready.
"Hmm!" Liu Tian grinned, and the blood in his heart boiled.
"Let's go!" everyone shouted in unison with their right hands raised, as if this would allow them to complete their task more quickly. Of course, the same is true for Liu Tian, looking at the smiles on each other's faces, Liu Tian has an inexplicable excitement in his heart.
Inexplicable excitement spread throughout his body, and Liu Tian grinned again.
The entire mercenary group was set up in a formation, with Liu Tian and Gao Hao in the first row, Xin Ming and Wang Yan in the second row, and Wang Li and Ryder in the last. As they hurried out of the city gates, they began to run. Unlike Liu'er, they have horned horses with long-lasting endurance and speed, and as ordinary mercenaries, they can only rely on their own two legs.
The six figures continued to move forward under the scorching sun, not slow or fast, just what everyone could control.
Liu Tian regulated his breathing, and the force in the martial arts in his body continued to change through his adjustment, which was a process of testing his endurance, and the force in his body could not be wasted at all. Now their direction was towards the Crystal Beast Valley in the distance, and Liu Tian was already excited, and asked, "Brother Gao Hao, what is the mission this time?"
Gao Hao knew that Liu Tian would ask, and he himself seemed to have a sudden realization, he was in such a hurry that he didn't even tell Liu Tian about the task. Gao Hao is in the Quadruple Martial Condensation Period, this level of running is nothing to him, he just took two breaths in a row, and replied steadily: "The task we received this time is the task issued by the Flame Gang Wanlou, and the task is very simple, that is, to send a letter to Yang Yi, the city lord of Ruocheng. As he spoke, Gao Hao habitually touched his chest, obviously, the letter he said was here.
The letter is indeed there, Gao Hao kept talking, and said with a wry smile: "Although it is just to send a letter, the commission has reached a high price of more than two hundred, but there are also harsh requirements, that is, it must be delivered within three days." That is, we have to deliver the letter on the morning of the third day. ”
Hiss!
After listening to what Gao Hao said, Liu Tian's eyebrows raised slightly, and he gasped. It is normal for Liu Tianhui to react like this, a letter, two hundred gold coins, Wanlou is indeed extravagant. Two hundred gold coins, but this also proves the high value contained in this letter, although Liu Tian is curious, he knows that as a mercenary, reputation is very important, so no matter what, he can't peek. Of course, no one can.
"Ruocheng is not far from us! Three days, no, two and a half days?" Liu Tianlian took a few breaths and sighed.
"Although Ruocheng and our Flame City are both in the southern part of the Crystal Beast Valley, they are nearly two hundred miles away. If we want to complete the mission and get a commission, we have to pass through the Crystal Beast Valley, which will shorten our journey. Time is enough, though. Gao Hao looked into the distance, looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, and thought, "At our current speed, we can reach the edge of the Crystal Beast Valley tonight." ”
Liu Tian nodded, now that he knew the task, he stopped talking to save his physical strength. But when Liu Tian heard the words of the Crystal Beast Valley, his deep blue eyes were also bright, Liu Hao and the others entered the valley one by one, and Liu Tian also wanted to see what this Crystal Beast Valley looked like.
However, it has to be said that mercenaries are indeed a very tiring profession, although they have received a lot of commissions this time, they are also hard.
In the entire formation, except for the sound of the collision of the necessary items on everyone's shoulders and the sound of everyone's panting. There was not the slightest sound, and although everyone was sweating, the footsteps did not stop.
Everyone gathered the force in the martial arts on their legs, which could increase their foot strength, and it would be easier to run. The sun moved quietly, and before everyone was looking, it had already jumped to the other side.
"Huhu~" Wang Yanlian, who was at the end of the mercenary group, gasped, his face was hideous, Zou was in a ball, and sweat crawled over Wang Yan's cheeks like small worms, dripping on the ground. Wang Yan is in the sevenfold martial arts gathering period, and now after a long time of running, his physical strength has long been exhausted. Wang Yan finally sat on the ground, and as soon as Wang Yan stopped, the five of them also stopped.
The eyes of the six people converged, Liu Tian was also panting, and he was about to lose his support, they ran a little, and they never rested. Liu Tian also felt a little lucky, if he hadn't been promoted to the Eightfold Martial Arts Gathering last night and his strength had improved, I'm afraid he would be about the same as Wang Yan now!
Liu Tian wiped away his sweat again and again, and his force slowly recovered, I have to say that the human-level three-rank martial arts are different, and the recovery speed of the force in Liu Tian's body is slowly accelerating.
However, Wang Yan's stop has a lot of impact on the whole. Gao Hao adjusted his breathing, walked to Wang Yan's side, pulled Wang Yan up, took his weapon, and looked into the distance.
"Now we are still a short distance from the Valley of the Crystal Beast, continue to move forward, and our speed will be slowed down when we enter the valley. ”
Liu Tian stretched his waist, the pain in his waist made his eyes narrow, now they were in a plain, and the shadow of Flame City was long gone.
"Lao Zhao, Ryder, Wang Li, let's share a little bit of Xiaotian and Wang Yan's things respectively, go forward for a while, and rest when we reach the edge of the valley!" Almost at the same time as Gao Hao spoke, Xin Ming and the others had already carried Wang Yan and Liu Tian's equipment on their backs. After all, their level is higher than that of Liu Tian and Wang Yan, and when Xin Ming wanted to take Liu Tian's equipment, Liu Tian wanted to say thank you, but looking at Xin Ming's stubborn face, the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.
Now is not the time to be strong, Liu Tian is not that kind of person, his physical strength is indeed not enough, so he had to hand over the backpack to Xin Ming, and he only took a short sword, Liu Tian has a different taste in his heart. Perhaps, this is the friendship among mercenaries, needless to say too much, all this is manifested in the bits and pieces of life.
"I'm sorry, Commander, I seem to be dragging my feet this time!" Wang Yan gasped again and again.
"Have the strength to speak, I've already run a few miles!" Xin Ming said loudly, Wang Yan glanced at him, if he had enough force, he would have quarreled with Xin Ming a long time ago, but now he can only take advantage of the time to recover his force, even a little.
"Alright, let's keep going!"
"Hmm!" Shin Ming and Ryder, who took the backpack, nodded.
Gao Hao patted Wang Yan on the shoulder and took the lead to continue walking.
Six people, four of them carrying a few small backpacks, continued to insist on the road under the slanting sun. Gao Hao was right, after entering the Crystal Beast Valley, their journey would be significantly shortened. Because there are all kinds of cruel crystal beasts in the Crystal Beast Valley, although they can also obtain some crystal beast crystals in this way, if they want to complete the task, they must enter the periphery of the crystal beast valley tonight. That way, they can also get the most profit on the way out of the mission.
So, they're going to have to go all out now.
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Flame City, Ten Thousand Towers.
A burly man in thin armor lowered his head and said with some awe in his words: "Helper, why did you give this task to that little mercenary group? If they don't deliver it, we will ...... this time."
The gang leader in the mouth of the big man, except for Gu Jia, the leader of the Flame City Flame Gang, who else can there be. Guga dragged a wine glass in his hand and tasted the wine comfortably. Hearing the question of the big man beside him, he said slowly: "Don't worry, they are also the forces of our Flame Gang, and I still believe a little bit in the leader of the mercenary group." ”
"But this time the commission is so high, I'm still afraid that the Lie Clan and the Liu Clan will find out, if someone goes to compete for the task?"
Gu Jia nodded slowly, and then said: "It's good for the mercenaries to fight, in this way, the more reassuring it will be! If you want to hide from the world, you must first deceive the people around you." Besides, I heard that Liu Tian is in a small mercenary group, and they can still grab the task? Okay, are all the things ready?"
The burly man bowed deeply, his eyes were full of awe, and he said respectfully: "Helper, some quasi-don't be ready!"
Gu Jia drank all the wine in his mouth, and his slightly chubby face was a little ruthless: "This time, I want to see what kind of waves those old guys from the Lie Clan and the Liu Clan can make after this incident!"