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"Brother Niu, you're ready to go early in the morning, where are you going?" Ziyan asked as he looked at the Minotaur Boss who was wearing armor.

"Oh, after sending those captives to Lord Sidia's castle yesterday, their butler said they had a shipment and wanted us to escort them. The Minotaur Boss said, already putting on his armor and putting on his cloak:

"How's that? I can't tell it's a minotaur, do I?"

"Hmm...... It's a little too tall though, like a giant. Ziyan touched his chin and said.

"It doesn't matter, as long as it's not recognized by humans, anyway. The minotaur said, putting on his helmet, which looked a little funny, with a helmet on top of his black hat, and horns on his helmet, which looked a bit like a barbarian.

"And what if you stay overnight?"

"It's not a long way, if it goes well, I should be able to get there in the evening, and then I'll just come back overnight. The minotaur said, carrying two huge battle axes on his back, quite like a warrior, which made Ziyan very emotional, even the desolate beasts had to learn from humans.

"I'm leaving, and I'll talk to my mother for me. The Minotaur Boss finished speaking and prepared to leave.

"Wait, didn't you tell Ao Fring?" Zi Yan was a little surprised, shouldn't these things be in Ao Fling's hands?

"I usually do a lot of things by myself, and my mother's words are also my own needs, you just need to tell her where I am. With that, the minotaur left.

"......" Ziyan looked at the closed castle gate, and fell into deep thought, in his impression, the desolate beast is very strong, and he has also seen the strength of the legendary desolate beast, Ao Fuling and the minotaur boss are definitely the strongest creatures he has seen so far, but they are now doing things for humans, in order to survive.

......

"Ziyan, why are you standing stupidly?" said Ao Fuling standing behind Zi Yan, Zi Yan turned his head and saw that Ao Fuling was looking at him with a smile on his face, as if he was very happy today.

"What's the matter, you seem to have something happy about today?"

"Of course, because you're the only human friend I'm with right now, and the first to visit my castle. Alfrin said, taking out a plate from behind her back:

"Look, you've got a chance to taste my craft. ”

"......" Ziyan took the plate, a little speechless, to be honest, he was not very appetizing, but it was difficult to refuse when he looked at Ao Fuling's expectant eyes.

"So you had friends before?" Ziyan sat on the sofa and placed the dinner plate on the table in front of him.

"Well, there were, but they all died. Ao Fling sat next to Ziyan and said.

"Oh......" Ziyan glanced at Ao Fuling, her expression looked flat, not sad: "You don't seem to be sad." ”

"Life and death are just parting, too much. Offling smiled: "Look, I remember the time when they accompanied me, do you want to leave something in my memory as well?"

Ziyan thought about it, and Ziyan was actually very interested in Ao Fuling, so he nodded: "But what is left?"

"It is best if you do not leave me, and live with me in the castle. ”

"It's not going to work. Ziyan shook his head.

"Okay. Offrey shrugged and noticed that the armor on the wall was missing, "Oh, that's weird. ”

"What's wrong?" Ziyan looked at Ofler.

"One set of armor is missing. Offling replied, and then shouted to the second floor, "Big baby, come down for a while." ”

"Did you say Brother Niu? He's out. ”

"Oh, is that so? He seems to be a little busy these days, and he doesn't see anyone all the time. Offrey said thoughtfully.

Ziyan glanced at the plate with the lid on the table, and it was not good to refuse, so he simply found a reason to leave first: "By the way, I'll go to see if Yu Qianniao is awake, and go up first." ”

"Okay. Offling smiled.

......

Zi Yan came to the second floor, far away, Zi Yan saw Qin Hua looking at the scenery on the balcony, Zi Yan walked a few steps, and came to Ao Fuling's room, Yu Qianniao was still sleeping.

Ziyan walked to Yu Qianniao's side and smiled slightly bitterly, he would actually agree to this guy's request......

...... Thoughts go back to those days......

"It's done. Ziyan looked at Yu Qianniao and said.

"Well, so, from now on, I will follow you until you take me to your hometown. Yu Qianniao stared at Ziyan's eyes and said.

Ziyan nodded, and not long after leaving, a small team came in the distance.

"I'll go, I won't carry it like this. Yu Qiandori stared at the soldiers in armor in the distance, a team of about twenty people, and suddenly became nervous.

"They don't look like soldiers. Ziyan looked at the team and said, although he didn't know the armor style of the imperial soldiers, but in his impression, most of the imperial soldiers were well-trained, and although the soldiers in front of them were lined up, the team was quite neat, but the distance was very open, a little dragging and scattering, and the walking posture was also different, some dragged weapons, some carried weapons, and the weapons were different, there were portable crossbows, heavy crossbows, long spears, and short knives.

Yu Qianniao swallowed nervously: "I hope not, otherwise they will know that we have robbed it." ”

"I'm sure they're mercenaries now. Ziyan looked at the beast traps and ropes on the horses led by a person, and he could be sure: "To be precise, it is a hunter mercenary group, which specializes in hunting." ”

"How are you so sure?"

"I've seen some mercenaries use those things, and there are many mercenary groups near our town, because there are a lot of wild beasts near the Magic Valley. Ziyan replied.

"Magic Valley? Are you talking about the Magic Valley in the south that spans countless countries?"

"Hmm. Ziyan nodded.

Yu Qiandao wanted to say something, but suddenly his eyes glanced at the team in front of him and stopped talking.

"Yo, brother, are you a slave trade?" The leader of the team seemed to be slightly interested when he saw Ziyan's team, so he came over.

"Yes. Ziyan returned.

"Your slaves look good, high-class goods, but why are you two the only ones escorting?"

"We don't have a mercenary group for the time being. Yu Qianniao replied, for fear of revealing the stuffing.

"Well, it's a coincidence, we're a mercenary group, and we're about to go to other cities to see if there's any business to do. The mercenary captain laughed, then pointed to the team behind him: "Look, it's all some stout young men." ”

Yu Qianniao glanced at Ziyan, but he didn't expect this guy to understand these aspects quite well: "You are hunters?"

"Yes, the girl has a lot of vision. The mercenary captain smiled: "We are an A-level desolate beast mercenary group, they are all hunters who have followed me for a few years, they are not old, but it is too simple to be a dart team or something." ”

Yu Qianniao nodded, indeed, there are two kinds of highest-level mercenary groups, war mercenaries and hunter mercenaries, war mercenaries, as the name suggests, give money to fight, the target of the battle includes and is not limited to lord-level legions, it is a group of war maniacs who do not want to die, and the hunter mercenary group is more reasonable, the number will not be very large, but all of them are elites.

"But we don't have the money. "Zi Yan said, the hiring fee of the hunter mercenary is definitely high.

"Well, no wonder you are willing to take such a big risk and take a group of slaves on the trade routes. The mercenary captain touched his chin and said, "Then I hope you have good luck, this place is far away from the next city, and you don't have horses, so you can walk for at least half a month to get there." ”

With that, the mercenary team prepared to leave.

"Wait. Yu Qianniao called out to them.

"What's wrong?" Ziyan was puzzled.

The captain of the mercenary team also turned his head and looked at Yu Qianniao in puzzlement.

"In this case, we need to sell these slaves, but it is indeed a dangerous road, and we can discuss that when the time comes, we will sell these slaves, and when we have money, we will settle your employment fee. ”

The mercenary captain listened and looked at a woman beside him, the woman had short hair and a little dirty face, but it couldn't hide the sharpness in her eyes.

The woman nodded, and the mercenary captain looked at the other men, all of whom nodded in turn.

"Okay, we agreed, anyway, there are no other tasks for the time being. ”

"That's ...... price"

"I'll calculate, this journey takes about a month, and it's not very dangerous anyway, even if you're twenty taels. ”

"Twenty taels ......" Yu Qianniao frowned slightly, this is also too expensive!

Ziyan wasn't very surprised, the cost of the hunter mercenary group has always been very high, and the A-level hunter mercenary group is even more so, the A-level is basically the highest level mercenary group that can be found on the market, and the higher is the exclusive mercenary group cultivated by those powerful or extremely wealthy chambers of commerce.

"It's not expensive, right? You have to know that we did things before, and the tasks that can be completed in about a month are two hundred taels at a time, which is to count your task level as low, according to the ordinary mercenaries to you, we have a good conscience, if it is not for the brothers' consent, I don't dare to accept such a low-paid task." ”

Yu Qianniao looked at Ziyan: "Are they really so expensive?"

Ziyan nodded: "It's normal, the A-level hunter team in my hometown is more expensive than them, and the tasks for about a month are basically three hundred taels, and the more dangerous ones have to be paid." ”

"Is your town so rich??Are they all so rich?"

"Maybe it's because the danger factor is relatively high...... "There are a lot of wild beasts near the Magic Valley, basically there will be casualties every time the regiment goes out, and there are several teams that can't come back after taking the mission, and the mortality rate is very high.

"Okay. Yu Qianniao sighed and agreed.

However, the sense of security in exchange for twenty taels is still quite worthwhile.

Yu Qianniao watched a group of mercenaries with weapons behind him surround the slaves in the middle, and felt inexplicably satisfied.

"By the way, what's your name?" Yu Qianniao remembered that he didn't know the name of the mercenary captain yet.

"My name is Liu Mingman. The mercenary captain replied.

"Oh, my name is Yu Qianniao, he is Ziyan, and this way depends on you. Yu Qianniao said.

"Don't worry, you can do things after you collect the money, besides, my brother dares to hunt a few wild beasts, what robbers and bandits are you afraid of?, right?Fang Ming?" Liu Mingman said with a smile, and then bumped the tall man next to him with his elbow.

However, the man called Fang Ming didn't answer, just nodded.

"Don't be careless, it's deadly to underestimate the enemy. The only woman in the team said coldly.

"Oh, what's there, it's just a tour. Liu Mingman smiled.

"I think this woman is right, in case someone sneaks up, don't be too relaxed, I'm afraid. Yu Qianniao said.

"Those robbers are stupid enough to be robbers, what's so scary, haha, Miss Chidori, you better rest assured. ”

"Okay......" Although Yu Qianniao still doubts whether this guy is overconfident, Ziyan is also very strong, and with these twenty or so people, the security problem will not be worse than before, right?

"By the way, I wanted to ask just now, isn't it dangerous for girls to do this?" Yu Qiandao said as she looked at the only woman in the mercenary team.

The woman glanced at Yu Qianniao expressionlessly: "It's okay." ”

"Hey, don't underestimate her, she's one of the core forces of our team. Liu Mingman said with a smile: "I have been in my team for more than two years, and thanks to her, we have changed from B-level to A-level." ”

"Really fake ......" Yu Qianniao was a little unconvinced, and looked at the men behind him, this man named Fang Ming was close to one meter nine, he was a very strong man, and the rest of the people who didn't know their names also looked strong and strong, no matter how they looked at it, they were stronger than this woman.

"If you don't believe it, come, Zhong has no intention of showing his hand. ”

The woman called Zhong Wuyi glanced at Yu Qianniao and Liu Mingman coldly: "Boring." ”

After walking for a long time, Yu Qianniao complained that the journey was too long.

"Why don't we take the mountain road?" Liu Mingman suggested.

Ziyan was looking at the map at this time: "If you walk, it is indeed a lot faster to walk the mountain road." ”

"I'll see. Yu Qianniao said that he approached Ziyan, and he could see that the business road was actually twisted and crooked, because the mountains were not easy to build roads, and secondly, there were many wild beasts in some places, and the places were dangerous, so there were many detours in the business road.

"And how much shortening the distance can be made?" asked Yu Qiandoi.

"Half. Liu Mingman said: "The premise is that it is smooth." ”

"What's going on?"

"It's just that if you walk slowly, even if you go well, it's okay to encounter some weak desolate beasts, but I'm afraid that if you encounter strong desolate beasts and pass by their territory, you will probably run into trouble. Liu Mingman said.

Zhong had no intention: "But if you want to return to Tianzhao City, it's not bad to hunt some good goods and go back." ”

"But where do we sleep? In fact, Yu Qianniao can't stand this kind of sleep that is almost like a bed, and she wants to sleep in a bed.

"That's right, it's close to the borders of the empire, and there are many slaves from small countries in the south who will be escorted back, and there will definitely be trade, and naturally there will be people gathering, although they still sleep outside most of the time, but there will also be inns to rest. ”

"Then it's decided. Yu Qianniao nodded, as long as he didn't sleep outside all the time.

...... So a group of people set out towards the forest in the southwest, preparing to take the shortcut road to Tianzhao City.

......

"What are you doing in a daze?" said a wolf's hoarse voice beside him.

Ziyan was so frightened that he jumped to the side, but he saw Yu Qianniao looking at him in confusion.

"What's wrong with you?" Yu Qianniao was speechless, and he was scared like this when he said a word?

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about things, and I was scared by you. Ziyan sighed.

"What do you think?"

"Think about what happened to us before. ”

"Oh......" Yu Qiandao thought for a moment, "Did you think of your promise to me?"

"There is ......"

"Both of them?"

"The second one isn't there yet. Ziyan replied truthfully.

"Well, the second one is the point, and the first one doesn't really matter. Yu Qianniao pursed his lips, the first promise was that Ziyan would take him to his hometown, but compared to the second, the first one was not important at all.

"Promise what?" asked Qin Hua, leaning against the door frame.

Yu Qianniao was startled and looked at the door, did this Moqin painting make no sound when he moved?

"It's nothing, it's just a little thing. Yu Qianniao smiled.

"Really, don't mind talking about it?" asked Qin Ying, staring expressionlessly into Yu Qianniao's eyes.

Yu Qianniao didn't dare to look at Qin Hua, lowered his head slightly, and sneered: "I just heard that Ziyan's hometown is very rich, and he promised to take me to see it." ”

"Oh, it is indeed rich. Only then did Chin Hua smile.

Ziyan didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two at this time, but fell into deep thought, this wolf appeared more and more frequently......

"Senior brother, what are you in a daze?" Qin Hua walked towards Zi Yan, and Zi Yan retracted his thoughts and left with Qin Hua.

Mochin Painting ...... What......

Yu Qianniao smiled slightly bitterly, she only learned yesterday that this guy who felt like a goddess at first sight in 'Mirror Flower Moon' was actually Ziyan's junior sister, and the relationship seemed very good, every time she saw Moqin paintings, she had an inexplicable emotion, compared with Moqin paintings, everything about herself seemed to be very worthless, but ......

Ziyan, why did you promise me? If it weren't for you promising me, I wouldn't have this kind of emotion, I wouldn't want to compare myself with the girl who made all the flowers ashamed, I never thought highly of myself, but I never wanted to give up what should belong to me.

This is the first time I want to retreat, it is a retreat from the heart, not a compromise that someone holds a knife to my neck, and this retreat can't even produce unwilling emotions.

I didn't know about your past, but I knew that the first time I saw you, weren't you also dressed in tattered clothes? I thought you were a beggar who had fled from the East, a down-and-out ronin from the South.

You have a sword in your hand, and you have a maturity that does not match your age, and I am four years older than you, but I want to be protected by you like a child.

Fate made me come to the village two years ago, and fate made me have nothing to worry about in the village, willing to leave with you, in short, we met, in short, I put you in my heart.

I'm not a selfish person, but I'm a very selfish person.