The road to the "Strange Rock Castle" is not as long as expected, and when the blue sky rolls up in the blue sky, the walls made of white stone bricks reveal sharp corners. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As if it had been washed by salt water, standing on the carriage and looking up at the thick white city wall, you can detect a vicissitudes of vicissitudes, this is the surface of the city wall is covered with hideous scratches, and there is wear and tear between the gaps, not as immature as the newborn city, "Qiyan Castle" has a history as long as the ruins.

The sun shone on the uneven bricks, and the uneven shadows shifted, and Leo extinguished the idea of speculating about the age of the walls, looked at the still long line, and sighed.

Unlike the checkpoints on the road, the Strange Rock Knights here are very formal, using magic items to check, which takes a lot more time - and the comfort is that there is no fee to pass this time.

There is no fee to enter and exit "Strange Rock City", which sounds a bit bizarre at first glance.

"This is the Strange Rock City on the border of Astaire?" I heard Iros's voice in my ears.

I thought that this moon god knew the form of the continent very well and could act as a tour guide for herself, but the various questions she asked along the way made Leo's heart slowly cool.

"Doesn't the moon god know anything about this continent, I heard what the caravan's moon god believers said, the moon god knows everything about geography and astronomy?" With strong irony, Leo also wanted to suppress Iloti's curiosity.

But instead of showing a shy silence, as he had expected, she asked a more frank question: "Believers are already infinitely exaggerated about the gods, can't you look at this with a calmer eye?" ”

Leo was a little speechless, and at the same time felt the carriage under him move slowly, which was a signal that he was about to enter the inspection.

The inspection went unexpectedly well, and the Chamber of Commerce where Leo was transporting the sweet fruits on the border was preparing to go to the city's trading houses to trade, and the idle mercenaries and workers gathered together to talk about how to use this free time to feel the customs of the city.

Sure enough, Leo was invited.

"Mr. Leo, the Strange Rock Tavern in Strange Rock City has high-quality wine, let's have a few drinks."

Leo looked up at half of the orange sky, with a red glow on the edges, and shook his head.

The mercenary looked disappointed, but quickly retreated, and after exchanging greetings, he and another group of civilians walked to the tavern.

Since there was still a long time before the agreed meeting time, Leo decided to go to the "Mercenary Guild" on another street to have a look, and the information about the surrounding monsters and ruins, except for the tavern, was the most detailed provided by the guild. If there's anything that suits his task, it couldn't be better.

There weren't many of the coils left from Dublan, just a few gold and silver coins, and it was very nervous to buy horses or something.

"From the time you came out until now, I have only seen you eat some dry food, are you an ascetic, and you have such little need for food?"

Iros couldn't help but ask after realizing that Leo had rejected the mercenary's invitation.

Leo frowned, this matter involved the system secret on his body, and he didn't know how to answer it for a while.

In fact, after the game system was turned on him, his need for food was almost gone, and occasionally eating some dry food was just to maintain the habits of ordinary people, so as not to treat him as a special person in the Chamber of Commerce.

Unless you take damage, your health will not run out, and even if you are physically and mentally tired, you can recover with a little rest.

And Iros's unintentional speech suddenly made Leo realize that he seemed to be getting farther and farther away from his identity as an ordinary person. It's not quite the level of a terrible monster that doesn't eat or drink and is tireless, but it's not far off.

"Brave, Brave?"

Leo was pulled back to reality by a female voice that grew increasingly confused, and the latter coughed twice in embarrassment.

"Sort of."

I couldn't talk to this woman anymore, he thought, and looked at the street signs, following the signs and disappearing into the crowd.

・・・

After actually arriving at the door of the Mercenary Guild, this simple wooden house, which was obviously converted from a hotel and only changed the sign from a hotel to a "Mercenary Guild", made Leo taste disappointed.

Even the mercenary union before the reconstruction of Taiyan City was far more magnificent than here, and the so-called gap between the city and the countryside lies in this.

He pushed open the creaking wooden door, a musty sour smell came to his face, several big men in cloth were lying on the table with a missing corner, the floor inside was also black grooves, Leo pinched his nose and looked up, the reception desk opposite the door, the red paint was almost gone, a young brown-haired woman was napping with her cheeks, and shook it twice before she realized the arrival of others.

"Well, are you here—"

She got up in some surprise and wiped the saliva from her mouth without a trace, but when she saw the sleeping big man, she immediately stopped asking angrily and kicked the big man in the leg and stomach.

"Ah, my god - Runo you are, ah, guest guest, come in, I'll pour you a glass of water."

Dahan woke up from his dream, and after seeing Leo and Runo, he patted his head in embarrassment.

"No need, I want to see the mercenary mission in Qiyan City, and I also want to buy a copy of the information about the three surrounding monster forests."

Despite his strong doubts about the place, Leo sighed and explained his intentions.

For a moment, both the brown-haired woman and the big man showed hesitation.

After a period of conversation, Leo finally understood how depressed the mercenary union here was.

Thirty years ago, Strange Rock City launched a powerful sweep against the surrounding monster forest, and the risk of caravan going out plummeted, but it also made valuable monster information useless. Qiyan City, which has become very stable, no longer needs mercenaries and adventurers to exterminate the monsters that suddenly run out of the forest, so the mercenary union is gradually losing its effect.

In recent years, the mercenary guild of Strange Rock City has sent off the last of the adventurers, and the leaders have finally decided to convert it into a hotel to take on the increasingly difficult accounts.

As a result, people were lost, income shrank, and people were lost again, and in the end, only Runo and the big man named Kira were left to support the place.

"Kira and I are both orphans adopted by the Mercenary Guild, and this is our home, so we're not going anywhere."

"We do some handymen in our spare time, and the housing prices in Strange Rock City are also rising now, so it's actually not bad here."

As he spoke, Runo said that the monster documents from previous years had been turned out of the box and a pile of papers had been placed on the table, causing dust to rise on them.

The three of them were in a hurry, and although Leo was distressed, the other two were used to such a life.

Turning through several pages of reports on the "Forest of the Servants", Leo shook his head, although the contents of these reports were from a year ago, but he only recently found out from where he found that the geographical surveys and mineral surveys in the reports were quite different from what he had seen. Even the latest year's report is like this, so you can hardly read it later.

"After clearing the monsters, Qiyan City has already started construction, using the resources of its forest, and it is useless to report the things on it."

Runo seemed to have something in mind, reminding Leo.

"It's a rare time for peace, if you want to hunt monsters, you have to go somewhere else."

Whether it's the "Forest of Servants", or the "Forest of Ruins" or the "Hidden Jungle", I'm afraid there are no monsters left, Leo summed this up through Runo's words and what he saw, that is, the extra money is gone.

Obviously, a certain mercenary on the convoy still admired Leo who walked out of the "Forest of Servants", thinking that he was behind in the news.

Seeing the distressed look on Leo's face, Dahan and Runo glanced at each other and smiled knowingly.

"I think the little brother is a powerful adventurer, or a mercenary, is it because he is in such a hurry to hunt monsters?"

Leo's eyes lit up with a sharp question, and he nodded.

The smile on Runo's face became even stronger, as if she had expected Leo's response, and said crisply: "Then you are really here, our mercenary guild happens to have a mission, and we urgently need a strong adventurer to take it!" ”

When Runo said "Mercenary Guild", she was a little excited, thinking that this was the first time she had issued a mission to outsiders.

"The pay is good, you will definitely like it~"

・・・

Leo walked out of the door of the Mercenary Guild with a crumpled mission agreement, looking at the darkening sky, and the words left by Runo seemed to echo in his ears.

He looked at the short lines of words, fortunately it was the lingua franca of the country of Astaire, and he still understood it.

"I really don't understand, how could you take on such a task?"

Iros's voice was helpless.

"yes, I can't figure it out myself."

Leo muttered to himself, his voice soft.

Who knows, maybe out of sympathy, anyway, the ghost sent the gods to the ground, and he took on this task.

Strange Rock City Mercenary Guild Mission: [Find Lady Linny's Necklace].

Grade: E.

Reward: 10 gold coins for the Astaire kingdom.

Introduction: Ms. Linnie lost her red agate necklace in the "Hidden Forest" and sent guards to search for it three times to no avail, hoping to ask for help from some capable adventurers.

At the bottom right of the agreement, there is Leo's red finger print and guild seal, which are also the key to the content taking effect.

It is obvious that this lady Linnie has been in a hurry to the point of "rushing to the doctor", and has even issued a search mission in the desperate mercenary union.

After completing this task, the mercenary union will charge one-tenth of the remuneration as an intermediary fee, just a gold coin, he thought so, and couldn't help but touch his pocket, there is one here.

He himself who can take on this kind of task, and so does the mercenary union, which has no one to turn to.

-- It's all poor and crazy.