chapter4

Tacalas knew a little bit of drawing skills, and he and Monhama cheekily drew a portrait of the thief in a stationery store using someone else's pen and paper. It's a pity that none of them could see the face of the man in black clearly, so they had to draw a figure.

Monhama worried: "Can anyone recognize who this is?" ”

"We'll just have to try our luck," Takales said. ”

The two men took a stick figure and went around the street to ask if they had seen the man in black in the painting, but all those who asked shook their heads. After noon, neither of them had anything to eat, and they were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, but they still did not collect any useful information.

Takales said, "Is this man going to steal the money and leave town?" ”

"Perhaps," said Monthama, "let's not look aimlessly, but go back to the inn and ask the proprietress for two loaves of bread." ”

"We don't have a penny," said Tacales. ”

Monhama smiled hesitantly, and he said, "Rely on you, taka, and use your seduction to make the proprietress kind." ”

"Amon, we are mercenary men, and it would be too low to be degraded to the point of using beauty to cheat food into account," said Takales. ”

Monhama said nonchalantly: "What if self-respect is more important than belly?" We can pay back the boss lady after we make money. ”

Takales silently compared for a moment and said, "Well, you're right, hungry mercenaries can't fight. ”

No one escaped his deliberate temptation with the face of Tacales, young and old, from eight years old to eighty, so it was understandable that the innkeeper gave them two loaves of bread and two glasses of milk when she said a few witty remarks.

Monthama gave Tacales a thumbs up, and Tacales accepted without modesty.

After eating and drinking, they went out for a walk in the streets, and they had to catch the thief before dark, or they would be hungry—and it would be a shame to ask for alms for two meals in a row.

"What if you really can't find anyone?" said Monhama. ”

"Then we'll have to pick up the mission and earn our money for travel and food," Takales said. ”

"In Yorktown, people know us well before they give us the task, in Browntown...... Hey, there are people who know us, but it's hard to get a task. ”

Tacalas hooked Monthama on the shoulder, patted him vigorously, and said, "Brother, don't be discouraged, this is a test given to us by heaven!" You see, at the beginning of every mercenary novel, the protagonist will always encounter a thousand difficulties, but the more setbacks there are, the more powerful we will be in the future. ”

Monthama laughed heartily and said, "You're right! ”

The two of them were also lucky, and when they roasted back and forth in the scorching sun for more than three hours, they really asked for a clue about the man in black.

The little man said, "Ah, this man is a newcomer to the town, and he lives in a simple place, and does not like to associate with people, so not many people know him, and he lives in the easternmost part of the town." ”

Takales and Monhama thanked the men for their way, and ran to their destination like the wind.

The easternmost part of Browntown is near a wooded area, where wild animals are occasionally infestation, and few people come here except in the hunting field, and very few choose the easternmost part as their place of residence.

Takales and Monhama quickly chose a target among the few houses they had, but whoever had lived in a small town for a long time would have planted something in his yard, such as flowers and plants, such as trees, but there was one house that was different, its walls were black, and there was no grass in the yard, like an abandoned house, but the smoke from the chimney on the roof proved that the house was inhabited, which showed that the owner of the house must have just moved in and had not had time to clean up and take care of the yard.

The two of them each broke a thick branch and held it in their hands, as if it were a weapon.

"I'll call the door, you hide by it, and we'll take him down when I make a gesture."

"Good," said Monhama. ”

With his hands behind his back, Tacales tucked away the branches and knocked politely three times on the door.

The man in the room asked, "Who?" The sound was surprisingly cold, just like frozen snowflakes in winter, which made people feel a little chill in this hot summer.

"Hello," said Tacales, "I am a person who lives nearby, and you are new to Brown Town, and I have brought you fruit, and I hope you will take it." ”

Tacales' lies came so easily that he couldn't tell him that he was lying, even if others were to face him. The people in the house apparently believed it, and in a short time there were footsteps behind the door, and he came to open the door.

The occupant of this house was indeed the man in black who had stolen the money bag, and he was still in the same clothes as he had been on the street, and he looked at Takales, and said firmly, "You are not from the neighborhood, and you are not here to deliver fruit." ”

"You're right," said Takales, "what do you think I'm here for?" ”

The man in black hooked the corners of his lips, probably trying to pull out a smile, but he didn't succeed, it only had the effect of smiling and not smiling, he took out a money belt from his waist, threw it up, and said, "It's for this money bag." ”

The money bag he was playing with was exactly what Takales had lost!

Takales held out his hand to the man in black and said, "Give me back the money bag, that's all my money and my friend's money." ”

The man in black said, "Oh. He paused and said, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

Takales said, "You'd better give us back your money bag, or you'll be sinned!" ”

The man in black smiled contemptuously, and he said, "Hehe." ”

The attitude of the man in black and his refusal to return the money bag angered Tacales, who "brushed" the branch to his chest and gave him an ultimatum, "Give you one last chance." ”

Who wants the man in black not only didn't appreciate it, but attacked first!

The man in black moved quickly, and he swung his fist at the door of Takares, who dodged backwards and snapped his fingers to give the signal, and the hiding Monhama jumped out from behind the wall, stood side by side with Takares, and stabbed the branches at the men in black in unison. The man in black bent down and pulled out a dagger from his boot as he dodged the branches, the handle of the dagger was inlaid with sapphires, and the blade was so sharp that it shimmered with cold light!

The man in black was very good at the combined attack of the two, and he jumped lightly between Takales and Monhama, and he didn't know how to cut off their branches before they could react!

The section of the broken branch was quite close to the fingers of the two, and they thought in a cold sweat that if the man in black cut two more centimeters, their hands would be useless!

Tacalas and Monhama were stunned by the hand of the man in black, and the man in black seized the opportunity, kicking Takales in the knee, slamming Monhama's elbow with the back of his dagger, and then sweeping a flying leg from the side, kicking both of them together!

The two of them rolled far away when they landed, and were bruised and purple on their backs by countless stones, and when they stopped and got up again, they were all disgraced.

The man in black did not take advantage of the victory, he stood in place, his head raised slightly, cold and arrogant, and he said, "The money bag is mine." ”

Unconvinced, Takales said, "The money bag is ours, you can't do that." ”

Takales rushed up to fight with the man in black, but his strength was far from the man in black, and he was injured, so he was knocked down in three or two moves, and as soon as he fell, Monhama followed, and the result was even worse, and he was kicked in the abdomen by the man in black and flew out of the distance.

The man in black easily dealt with the two of them, clapped his hands, as if he had just finished a big cleaning, and went back to the house, leaving the two brothers and sisters of Takales and Monhama staring wide-eyed.

"What should I do?" Monthama asked. He said sadly, "Not to mention that the money was stolen, we were also repaired by the thief who stole the money, and this has to be passed on, let alone being a mercenary, and we can't even raise our heads on the street." ”

"We can't just leave it at that," Tacales said. ”

"So what can we do?" said Monhama. The man in black is so much better than us. ”

"Well, let's take one step at a time, and the first thing is to get some money together." ”

The way Tacales and Monhama scraped together money was to solicit customers in the most crowded central square in Brown Town, but whenever someone walked in front of them, they would warmly greet them and ask them if there was anything they needed help to complete, and their reserve price was one silver coin, which was much cheaper than the regular mercenary groups in the city, which was very cost-effective.

Takales had a pretty face, and even if the passers-by who were pulled were impatient, he would not speak ill of him, but Monhama did not have such treatment, and he was scolded by many passers-by.

Sadly, Monhama squatted on the side of the street and drew circles, saying, "I don't look scary." ”

Takales comforted, "Well, yes, you're good-looking...... Well, a little rough, but very manly. ”

"Yes," said Monhama, "I am manly! ”

"You have Kitty anyway, so what does other people's perception of your appearance do to you?" ”

When he heard this, his brothers slapped Tacalas on the back so much that he almost vomited blood, and he laughed and said, "Yes, yes, you are right! I've got Kitty, and people who say I'm bad are jealous of me! ”

Without a trace, Takales avoided Monhama's hand and said, "Hmm. ”

The two of them had been visiting for an afternoon, but no one paid any attention to them, and there were few people who stopped for them, except for a girl who came to deliberately talk to Tacalas. Just as they sighed and felt that they would starve to death, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old came up to them.

The girl was a very shy woman, she hung her head and did not dare to look at the two men, and when Tacales spoke to her, she even blushed.

Takales asked as gently as he could, "Hello, do you have any tasks to entrust to us?" Although we are not regular mercenaries, we can do a lot of things, and we have taken on many tasks when we were in Yorktown, including recovering lost property, helping people with homes, fighting scenes, etc. ”

The girl's little hands grasped her skirt, and she seemed to have a lot of courage and said, "I...... I'll give you two silver coins, and you can make me ...... Talk to Lub? ”

Tacales asked, "Who is Lub?" ”

The girl said, "Lubu is new to our town, he lives in the east, and he likes to wear black. ”

Both Tacales and Monthama were struck by lightning, isn't the person this girl is talking about the thief?!