The old store manager first activated a set of magic arrays and smashed them down, and while taking the lead, he also gave so many mercenaries present a dismount that was not light or heavy, and it was enough to show his weight.

After all, by now, the old store manager with gray hair and fat fat is no longer the same as he was back then, whether it is the infinitely receding hairline, or the knees of the rheumatic old cold legs that plague him all day long, they all tell him all the time that his body is no longer young, and he is not as young as those young and energetic young men.

Looking at the scratched but polished bright gold metal wedding ring on the ring finger of his left hand, he suppressed the trembling of his hands holding the hilt and scabbard, as well as the heartbeat and restless body that had increased sharply due to the surge of adrenaline, and sighed slightly.

[After all, the years are still unforgiving, although the blood will still boil when I see the fight, and the body will still be excited, but in the end, I really don't dare, because now I am not the single, careless, and unscrupulous sloppy mercenary I used to be, I have become an ordinary bar owner, an ordinary small village villager, a wife's husband and a father of a child, and I still have ......them on my back]

As a mercenary, the old store manager who has been in the industry for many years, has countless resumes, and has reached the level of a sword master may be qualified, but now that he has "abandoned" and "turned his back" on his teammates who were born and died together, he may not be able to pass.

After all, the old store manager is useless except for being a mercenary and fighting to the death, and since marrying a wife and having children, and then finding that his strength is not as good as before with age, he knows that he can no longer continue his life as a mercenary, because it has been emphasized many times that the Razel Continent is a barbaric and dangerous continent, and mercenaries are a high-risk profession that needs to face life and death at all times, even if it is only in a relatively "safe zone" There can be no exception, accidents are always unpredictable, even if it is as safe as Laiji Village, it cannot be guaranteed that there will be no attack of fierce beasts and demonic beasts that come by mistake.

Thinking of his wife and children, the old store manager was cowardly and decided to "retire".

However, in addition to relying on this small bar to sell alcohol to support his wife and son, the old store manager has no other stable and reliable source of income, so for the only livelihood of this family, the old store manager who has been involved has learned to compromise and scheming without a teacher, and it is better to say that he can form a mercenary team that is not weak with a straightforward personality, and his own heart is not ordinary, but his personality makes him often disdain to calculate this and that, which does not mean that he is not good at calculation.

After all, none of the people who can become leaders are fuel-efficient lamps!

......

In order to effectively resolve disputes, it is necessary to take the lead in swooping people, to "calm" everyone present in an instant, so that people are willing and able to hear their own words, not only that, whether others want to accept their opinions and opinions, if they want others to listen to their own words, they must show their own sufficient "weight", one is that the loud voice is certain, and the other is enough to deter or make the other party jealous.

If their own strength is strong enough, such as some great swordsmen or even legendary masters, their opinions are generally not blindly refuted by the weak, if there is no contradiction, the strong people of the same level or higher will not easily ignore each other's opinions, but for the old store manager whose strength has declined, it is not so realistic, and now he may only be able to win one or two ordinary swordsmen.

Therefore, the old store manager chose another form of strength, fox fake tiger power, that is, using the influence of the locals, and also pulling the banner of the Wizards' Guild to make people jealous, he chose to "retire" in the village where his wife was born, so that he could use it as a member of the village and incite the villagers of the village when necessary, and the connections accumulated over the years were also used by him, and finally arranged a magic array in his bar, which not only solved the problem of "accidents" in the event of an accident The request to calm the chaos in an instant, and more importantly, to make people mistakenly think that their own bar is covered by the Wizards' Guild, which fully makes people cast a mouse.

It's okay to make trouble once or twice, but don't think that you just don't want any trouble, you're afraid of the other party, and you can blackmail easily, so you think you're easy to bully, all the connections of the old store manager add up, and it's really not easy to mess with, anyone who wants to step on him, you have to weigh whether you will get your feet after stepping on it!

And in order to protect himself, he must not be able to help one side, or he can't help no matter which side it is, no matter who is involved, he can't be inserted into the situation, otherwise it will be a disaster for himself, and not only that, in the face of everyone who is making trouble in his own territory, whether the other party is disabled or intact, whether it is a master or a weak civilian, he must also take the lead in admitting his mistakes and making compensation.

After all, just as the old store manager himself said, his own small bar shop can't withstand so many tosses, so he must not let himself have the opportunity to become a party to the contradiction, simply put, he must not offend people, no one, who knows if he will indirectly offend some big people, and many people are not to blame, no matter what, as long as they admit their mistakes and compensate, ordinary people will not be angry at the side of the bar as an innocent victim.

It wasn't until the end that I was able to find an opportunity to euphemistically say that my small bar was just a fragile place to provide leisure and entertainment, and it couldn't withstand the wanton destruction of the guests, and if it was really unpleasant here, it would be more pleasant to settle the dispute after going out, wouldn't it?

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After being "frozen", all the mercenaries present felt a slight pang in their hearts, their muscles trembled violently in an effort to raise their body temperature, and they also changed their movements to a vigilant posture of slightly bending over and squatting.

All the people present were qualified soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles, and of course they knew that when their reactions were slowed down by the cold and their movements were blocked, it was very dangerous, and at this time, even if they were just ordinary people, as long as they wore a few more clothes and stabbed them closely, they could easily kill them.

Of course, within the scope of the Tessali Kingdom, it is not easy to kill people in public, but even if you don't kill people, just attack the key points and cause some irreparable trauma, for these mercenaries who do not rely on their brains to eat, but rely on their bodies, this is simply more uncomfortable than killing them!