Salin's voice fell, and Lin An lowered his eyes slightly.

Seeing this, a dark color crossed Salin's eyes, and his eyes turned to the direction where the guards had taken people away before, and the few members of the mercenary group who came to talk to him sat at the table not far away, looking over here from time to time, and giving him a slight smile in front of him.

Salin turned his head, picked up the original ale and took a big sip, frowned, and finally replaced most of the remaining ale with half of the ale on a plate, and stood up and left the table.

He slowly searched for a gap in the crowd with a plate in one hand, and walked in a direction that was not in the direction of the "Dragon's Horn" mercenary, but the mercenary leader at the table had his eyes lit up, and said a few words to a mage next to him who was wearing a short cloak and had not come to talk to him before.

The mage waited for Saleen's figure to disappear from the back door of the dining hall lobby, then stood up and walked towards the back door.

Lin An and the others continued to eat as if nothing had happened, and Anatoly noticed Sarin's actions and observed them quietly.

He found that although Lin An and his party were mainly based on Lin An, Lin An did not often make decisions, on the contrary, she did not talk much, and most of the time she let others do their own thing, such as the black-armored warrior he had seen before was often nowhere to be seen, and during that time in the Oginets Mansion, Anatoly had not even seen him a few times.

But there is also a reason why this team will be dominated by Lin An, they seem to be brought together with Lin An as the intersection point, although the others are familiar with each other, they do not seem to be close, of course, this may also be because there are too many mages in the team.

Salin soon returned, put down a honey-glazed ham, cut a small piece into his plate, and whispered as he cut it into pieces with a knife and fork:

"The royal family has put some of the clean-up tasks before the envoys open the way to the Mercenary Association, and the 'Dragon's Horn' sub-group has taken over the clean-up mission of a large thief cottage, and their mages are unexpectedly unable to arrive. I had to find foreign help. ”

This corresponds to what the guards heard earlier, and Anatoly said, "Well, in terms of purging thieves. Mercenary regiments are indeed better at than formal armies. ”

Perre's business is developed, and it also leads to the derivatives of robbers on the business line. Although the lord is often cleansed, the profit is like a spring rain, so that the thieves will never be able to kill like the grass on the grassland, and there will always be people who will take risks.

"So the envoys have reached the front line to open the way to clear the way, and many mercenary groups have already received the task......

Before Lin An finished speaking, a loud sound of fighting spirit collided in the corner of the lobby at the other end of the diagonal.

The noise in the lobby was noisy and it was not aimed at them, Lin An only noticed it at the moment when the fighting qi fluctuated. The spiritual power erected at the first time resisted the rush of the air waves.

The two warriors who clashed, one was in the early stage of elemental civilization, and the other was at the peak of the Golden Order, turning the corner of the restaurant lobby upside down, but the mercenaries were used to this kind of event. No one was hurt, everyone swore and swore off the table, avoiding the center of the conflict.

The aftermath rushed to Lin An and the others, and there was no longer any threat, except for those who were close to stay away. The rest of the people in the lobby sat in their places and looked at the center of the conflict, and the two companions who had the conflict also arrived separately, and the two sides cursed a few words, left the restaurant one after the other, and looked for a place to resolve the conflict.

A group of idle do-gooders followed. The restaurant was half empty in an instant.

The maid called for the wreckage to be cleaned as usual, and the rest of the people in the dining room buzzed and made a noise.

“…… This time, it was the 'Unicorn' and the 'Blood Wings' who fought, and during this time, because of the tasks issued by the association, there were many mercenary groups fighting for life and death on this road......"

“…… What is this, 'Unicorn' and 'Bloodwing' are old enemies, and the other day I saw the two always friendly allies of 'Night Light' and 'Elven Hymn' turn against each other! ”

“…… Oh, it's said that 'Hymn to the Elves' pried the corner of 'Night Light' and snatched a big customer of 'Night Light'. ”

“…… Not only that, I've heard about it......"

The post station was originally a place for information exchange, and in the buzz of the lobby, countless true or false news were exchanged with each other, and as the caravan mercenary group left and spread, Lin An deliberately let go of his hearing, and the messy content filled his ears.

She has strong mental power, and not only is she not burdened by so much information that she has received in her ears at the same time, but she can also listen and analyze it in two ways, and draw a general conclusion after separating the importance of it:

These conflicts, in addition to the fact that many mercenary groups are old enemies, are mainly because different mercenary groups have accepted the same mission, or the goals required by different missions coincide.

"The royal family and noble lords are draining the strength of the mercenary group?" Andre didn't have Lin An's ability to collect and analyze, and only felt intuitively.

"The suppression of the mercenary group is normal, it is impossible for the royal family and the aristocratic class to make the mercenary association bigger, the mercenary association is not unaware of this, but this is already the result of a multi-party balance, if you want to break it, unless the mercenary association has the ability to resist the country."

Gustav and the others came back at some point, and it was Gustav who spoke, and Tomia on the side continued:

"But everyone knows that this is impossible, and the mercenaries are driven by their interests and decide that the mercenaries can only be scattered. Up to now, there has not been a large mercenary group for more than a hundred years in history, without the foundation and rise of the foundation, they can only be strong for a while, which is why mercenaries can only be said to be prevalent in Perre, but merchants can be called a new class, and even form a commercial alliance. ”

Tomia's voice was not high against the background of the noise, but it was heard by the people at the two tables nearby.

Although it was true, it was quite unpleasant to hear, and several of the younger mercenaries immediately glared at them.

At this moment, the half-hidden door of the restaurant was kicked open, and a burly man rushed in, his head covered with blood startled everyone who was leaning against the door, but the burly man didn't care, and shouted loudly as soon as he entered:

"Whoever has a healing rune or a potion, 'Dragon Lance and Glory' is tripled...... No, five times the price is high! The more the merrier! ”

"I don't have potions or runes, but I've learned 'healing minor injuries' and 'hydrotherapy', but my magic power is limited, and I charge five times the market price." One of the mages immediately stood up.

"Good! This bag of gems is a deposit, our injured brothers are outside, you can see it when you go out! The big man was overjoyed, took out a small money bag the size of a fist, and the mage checked it, and walked out without delay after being satisfied.

"I've learned the 'Healing Touch' and 'Absorbing Toxins'......"

"I have an extra 'Holy Light Technique' rune here......"

Dahan's high price is tempting, and many people stand up and are agreed to by Dahan one by one.

“…… What's the matter, 'Dragon Lance and Glory' is a B-level mercenary group, how can it kill so many people at one time. "Just looking at the people who come from the big man and don't refuse, there must be a lot of lives behind the number of wounded, and many people are cold and have a lot of discussions.

“…… I remember this mercenary, who seemed to be the deputy head of a sub-regiment of the dragon lance, who had just left three days ago, and was clearing out a group of thieves who had appeared in the center of the nearby Rubia foothills, and the dragon lance was probably planted. ”

“…… This is not planted, it is simply annihilated! ”

“…… The dragon spear is not the first, a few days ago, the 'Vault Blood' sub-regiment also had a time, that was the real annihilation, only two seriously injured ran out, and they died on the side of the road before they got here! ”

“…… That's right, it's been three times in the past half a month, how did the nearby thieves suddenly become so strong, and I haven't heard that the caravans on this road are often robbed! ”

Some words attracted the attention of Lin An and the others, she frowned, and she suddenly noticed Gustav with some dark light flashing in her eyes.

"The main battle faction, the lord's private soldiers." Gustave, who noticed Lin An's gaze, moved his lips silently.

Lin An was shocked, and instantly understood:

The power that can annihilate the mercenary group comparable to the elite soldiers can naturally only be the private soldiers or garrison troops raised by the nobles, and it seems that the lords in the territories near this trade line have quite a resolute main battle faction.

So what is the reason for them to disguise themselves as thieves?

Naturally, it is impossible to block the financial source of the business line, so the private military targets of these disguised thieves are already about to come out.

"I think we're going to have to delay the trip." Lin An picked up a glass of water and put it to his lips.

Gustav's eyes jumped, "...... All right. ”

……

A hidden valley in the middle of the mountains, half-hidden in a col.

The valley is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there is a big river with turbulent water ten zhang away from the wooden village in front of the main gate, and the two banks are connected by only five arm-thick iron cables. There was a half-foot-wide plank of wood for each of the two feet, and the blood on the lower half of the plank had not yet been washed away, and the guard standing in front of the wooden village was yawning tiredly with a halberd.

What he didn't know was that at the moment when he yawned and squinted, a black shadow swept over the seven-zhang wide rope bridge like green smoke, and rose to the top of the wooden gate against the thick wood, and the shadow flashed into the wooden village, even if the guards opened their eyes wide, they might think it was an illusion.

The smell of blood in the wooden village has not faded, if you can remove the blocking of the wooden village gate, you will find that the deep ditch and pit arrow tower in the rear are interactive, covering an area of dozens of zhang behind the wooden village, and the strict defense is impossible for thieves born of mercenaries and serfs to build.

But such a tight defense did not stop the intruder from infiltrating, and the black shadow looked down from the high place for a moment, instinctively and quickly found the most heavily patrolled stone house hidden in a similar building.

The leader who sat alone in front of the map in the stone house wiped his sword, extinguished the fluorite lamp, and was about to fall asleep, when he felt a pain in the back of his neck and fell into a fainting.

The black shadow carried the captive and left the wooden village by the same route.

At this time, Lin An left Athena and Sidney at the inn, and Gustavus only brought two Tomia and two or three guards, and the group had just stepped into the foothills of Gambia.

(To be continued)

p：

Ten o'clock two.