There weren't too many people in the mission hall, and there were quite a few people in front of the four magic task walls. The two of them came to the lord-level quest wall and browsed the quest.

Because the minimum standard for forming a clan is three people, they can only perform individual missions this time.

Don't look at the fact that there are a lot of people in the hall, but most of them are performing elite-level tasks, after all, there are still very few mercenaries who can reach the lord-level combat power.

Gale pointed to one of the missions and said, "What do you think of that mission? Regarding ogres, the mission location is Sheep's Head Mountain near the town of Sakas.

I've been there, it's not far from the city of Huelbo, and you can get there in a day or so on horseback. However, this is a new mission, and there is no information to see yet. ”

Bone took a closer look at the details of the mission.

Lord-level quest: The ogre of Sheep's Head Mountain

Task commission: 40,000 gold coins

Description: In addition to farming, some of the townspeople in Sakas also make a living from hunting. The hunting takes place on Sheep's Head Mountain and the nearby forests.

According to eyewitness accounts, ogres were found near Sheep's Head Mountain, and there were about four or five of them.

"What is an ogre? Isn't there a sheriff in this town of Sakas?"

"There must be a sheriff in this town of Sakas, but it is estimated that it can punish some petty thieves.

Ogres mainly live in the mountains and forests near the Beast God Mountain Range, and they are very difficult to mess with.

Ogres are humanoids, but they have nothing to do with Terrans. Adult ogres are three meters tall, have combat power above the elite level, are extremely powerful, and can use crude weapons. It should be considered a smart race, but the intelligence is not high.

They can't use Fighting Energy, but they can petrify their own skin in battle like Earth-based Monsters, making them a tough kind of guy to deal with.

And the most important point is that ogres are social species, so the exact number cannot be determined. ”

Gale knew a lot about ogres, and he did a lot of homework before taking on this task.

"So what are you waiting for? ”

The more he listened, the more excited he became, except for the elf race, he had never seen any other intelligent race, and his heart was excited and expectant.

"Don't worry, I'll teach you a trick to make money. Don't waste your tasks on the road. Gail looked at the anxious look of the bones and was a little amused.

"What does that mean?" said the bone, wondering.

Gail opened the map in his hand, pointed his finger at Sheep's Head Mountain, and said, "This is Sheep's Head Mountain, and it will take us a day to get there on horseback."

The fact that the town of Sakas released this quest without a time limit means that they will not let any more hunters venture to Sheep's Head until the ogres are driven away.

Since we have plenty of time, let's see if there are any other tasks to pick up on the way. ”

"I see, you're saying that if the task is not too urgent, you can drop by and complete some other tasks. ”

Chi Gu gave a thumbs up, an expression of sudden realization.

"Hehe, make some extra money. You see, there are quite a few villages near the town of Sakas, and the town has issued an elite mission that says that there is a gang of bandits entrenched in these villages.

It only takes us half a day to get here, and we won't be able to delay anything when we go to Sheep's Head Mountain after clearing out the bandits.

This gang of bandits always robbed the villagers, and the town above sent soldiers to surround and suppress them a few times, but they ran away without even looking at them. It seems like it's going to take a lot of work to find them. ”

Gale gestured to a location on the map near the town of Sakas.

......

Gail and Grassbone bought some essential hemostasis, anthelmintic medicine, healing scrolls, and some dry food at the Northside Market near the Mercenary Guild.

Although Gale is not an old mercenary, his mercenary career in the past few years has indeed given him a lot of experience.

"Being a mercenary is not the same as being a warrior, it's not a one-man fight, and no one will tell you the rules. The main thing about being a mercenary is not to complete the mission, but to survive the mission.

I think you know what you are for. But that's not enough. ”

Gale patted a longbow and bag of arrows hanging from the saddle and said, "Do you know how to use bows and arrows?"

Grassbone shook his head, and as he set out, he saw Gale carrying the bow and arrows. He'd seen this kind of long-range weapon, and Thea and the elven archers were very good at bows and arrows.

When he rescued Dalles at the palace of Axavier, some soldiers used this against him. His parents didn't have this kind of weapon, and the only ranged weapon was a spear, so he didn't know much about it.

"I'll teach you how to use it on the road in a while, and by the way, I will get some game, and our mercenaries can be regarded as relying on the mountains and the water. To be honest, I'm not good at that, but bows and arrows are sometimes better than magicians. Oh, here you go, pull the bowstring and feel the feeling. ”

Gale took off the longbow from the saddle and threw it to the bone.

Grassbone took the longbow, and it was the first time he had touched it. He held the handle of the bow in one hand and the string in the other, thinking about the proud posture of Xiya when he opened his bow and shot the arrow, and he also used a gentle force.

"Squeak!" the skull bone's face was red and he pulled out a full moon without breathing.

Seeing this, Gail hurriedly shouted, "Hey, hey, stop, stop, light, damn, don't break." ”

Gail shouted a little distressed to stop, the strength of the skull was too great, and this good longbow was almost buried in his hands before it could go on the expedition.

Along the way, Gale patiently demonstrated how to shoot a bow and arrow for the bones, but unfortunately Gail's accuracy was a little unsatisfactory. He shot a rabbit in half a day, which couldn't help but make him, the "teacher", blush a little.

But fortunately, the skull has no talent in this area, and after shooting a few arrows indiscriminately, Gale will never let him shoot again.

The reason is that every time an arrow is shot, it either flies too far and can no longer be found, or the arrow is severely worn out after being shot on the ground.

"If Thea sees it, will she laugh at me?"

Chi Gu couldn't help but think that it would be nice if Thea was here, her archery skills were the best Chi Gu had ever seen. A distance of several hundred meters can hit the eye of a demonic beast with an arrow, and it can also add magic.

Running and stopping all the way, I finally came to the village marked on the map, and the bones that had just entered the village smelled of burning, accompanied by a faint cry.

"Gail, there's a cry ahead. Chi Gu said with a frown.

"Oh no, it must be the village that has been attacked, go and see. ”

Gail secretly said that it was not good, and he slammed the horse's belly, and the war horse quickly ran towards the village.

When the two arrived at the entrance of the village, they found that several houses in the village were still burning. In the middle of the village were two men lying in pools of blood, stained reddish-brown with blood.

Several villagers were crying around the two who had fallen to the ground, and the rest were shouting and throwing flames around.

Gail jumped off his horse, ran quickly to the two who had fallen to the ground, and crouched down beside them, watching them open their eyes in fear, their faces already white from the blood flowing.

Seeing that the bones were also coming closely, Gail whispered, "It should have been not long since he died, so we're late." ”

Gail raised his head, his eyes swept to the surrounding villagers, and shouted, "Where is your village chief? ”。

"I'm the village chief, two adults, are you here to help us? You're late, the bandits have just left. ”

An old man standing in front of the corpse choked up, his wrinkled eyes with undried tears.

Gail frowned and asked, "Tell me what's going on, how many of them there are." ”

The village chief wiped his eyes and said, "Three months ago, these bandits came to this neighborhood. They didn't kill anyone at first, they just tied up the two young men who were confronting them, whipped them, and let them go.

These robbers only robbed some money and food. They were masked every time they came, about twenty people, all on horseback. They would come every ten days and grab two or three villages. ”

"In what direction did they go? and what's going on?" asked the skull, pointing to the two corpses on the ground.

"I think the direction they left should be to Oak Leaf Village in the west, not long after they left.

There are more than a dozen villages in the vicinity, and they always grab two or three villages at random and leave.

Last month, word suddenly came from two villages that the robbers had not only robbed them of their food, but also robbed several women from the village. If anyone resisted, they killed them.

The wives of the two young men and two other women from the village were also taken away by them.

The soldiers sent from the town couldn't catch them, and they came twice and never came again. Please, old man, kneel down for you! Please. ”

As he spoke, the old man fell to his knees crying.

Seeing this, the surrounding villagers also knew that the two young people in front of them were helpers sent by the town, and they all cried and knelt down.

For a while, the scene became noisy, some scolded the robbers, some denounced the incompetence of the town officials, and some just cried silently, their eyes full of helplessness about life.

Chi Gu watched the old man's tears flow down the knife-like wrinkles on his face, looking at his helpless appearance that could only beg for help, and his heart was indescribably dull.

This reminded him of the scene when the volcano erupted that day, and the priest Abel must have been in the same mood at that time.

After helping the village chief who was kneeling on the ground with a silent face, he turned around and ran to the war horse, got on the back of the horse with a vertical leap, and shouted to Gail, who was still comforting the villagers: "Gail, let's go, we should be able to catch up." ”

"But we're not familiar with the villages around here, and there's no mark on the map, so where can we find them?" said Gail, frowning.

"Village Chief, time is pressing, can you find us a guide, we will definitely help you get them back. Gale turned to the village chief.

The village chief looked back at the villagers behind him, and saw that they were avoiding his eyes with fearful expressions. He shook his head and sighed, "Look at them, they're already frightened, so I'd better go." ”

Chi Bone looked at the shivering villagers like rats in a corner blocked by a cat. He looked at the village chief, who was dying and old, and couldn't even stand still. Suddenly my heart was not a taste.

If the old village chief had hurried with them, it was estimated that even if he caught up with the bandits, he would have been beaten to death by the fast horses under him. Besides, the two of them were not sure that they would be able to protect him in battle. This is definitely a life of death.

"Uncle, you don't need to go. Gail, you know I'm a hunter too, and I've never chased a Terran, but I think the principle should be pretty much the same. Now that we know the general direction, let's go. “

Chi Gu knew the difficulties of this trip, but he really couldn't bear to let this old man who was as old as a priest and a boy die on the way.

"Well, it's up to you. Gale did not hesitate, and returned to the horse and turned over on the horse.

He believed that Bones were not big talkers, and that they couldn't do anything better now.

With a tug of the reins, the horse turned its head around in neighing and galloped away in the direction pointed by the old village chief.