In February, the sun is shining.

Winter is coming to an end, and although the cold wind is still biting, the coldest part of the year has passed, and the branches of the trees are already faintly seeing larger and larger leaf buds.

Frontier Collar, Maple Leaf City.

The rebuilding work after the wrath of God continues.

It stands to reason that the originally planned auction ended up being aborted due to various reasons, and in this case, Maple Leaf City should be deserted for a while, but the opposite happened.

The whole city seems to be faintly more lively, the bars in the streets and alleys are full of mercenaries, and tents have been set up in the open spaces outside the city.

It belonged to the mercenaries.

These mercenaries all came one after another after hearing the black dragon hunting mission issued by the border master.

£300,000 gold coins......

This is not a small number for any mercenary group.

This reward is enough to attract any high-level and below-level professionals to participate.

Standing on the walls of Maple Leaf City and looking out, you can see that there are more than a thousand tents in the open space, and if you roughly estimate it, I am afraid that the number of mercenaries participating in this mission will exceed 5,000.

It can be said that almost all of the active mercenaries around the Maple Leaf Collar have arrived.

And it was the influx of these mercenaries that made the caravans who were planning to return home due to the miscarriage of the auction see business opportunities again.

Mercenaries are very active in the Saiges Continent.

They are organized in groups of dozens or thousands, and in peacetime they rely on various mercenary missions or hunting monsters for a living, while in wartime they will be transformed into mercenary armies by accepting the employment of noble lords.

Of course, quite a few mercenaries will sometimes make cameos as robbers or bandits, eating some poor unlucky guys.

It can be said that this is a gray profession with high risks and big rewards in the world of Seggs.

Many of the mercenaries are professionals, no matter how bad they are, they are apprentices, although their income is unstable, but once they complete a mission, they will have a lot of money.

And most mercenaries, after getting the commission, will choose to spend it as soon as possible.

After all...... This profession is also a high-risk profession, in the world of Seggs, which has extraordinary strength, the mortality rate of mercenaries is even higher than that of the professional armies of human countries, and it is almost everyone's common knowledge to spend money if there is money.

Unless they are old and can't do it anymore, they will take advantage of the last few years of experience and physical strength to save a sum of gold pounds that can support their retirement, and the mercenaries almost do not deposit.

Therefore, for the caravans, the place where the mercenaries gather, there are unlimited business opportunities.

At this time, many caravans that came to Maple Leaf City were very grateful to the unmasked black dragon that was said to be extremely evil.

All the major caravans are operating in the mercenary camps, selling their own goods and making a lot of money.

Of course, the Amway Comptoir, which had not been settled in Maple Leaf City for a long time, also joined the feast, selling some cheap and exquisite second-hand equipment, which was very popular with mercenaries.

The people of this chamber of commerce have a kind attitude, speak well, and the goods are cheap, and they quickly mingle with the mercenaries and talk about everything.

And at this moment, at the gate of Maple Leaf City, several figures wearing armor or butler clothes are gathering together to talk about something.

"Lord Cairns, Lady Cynthia, I will leave the hunt for the black dragon to you. If it weren't for the fact that Lord Earl was still busy killing the cultists who had been active in the territory recently, he would definitely have taken the White Maple Knight with him. ”

It was an old man dressed as a butler who spoke, it was the chief butler of the border uncle, and at this moment, he looked at a man and a woman in front of him with a sincere expression.

"Don't worry, I promise in the name of the Britta Mercenary Regiment that we will successfully complete the lord's commission and capture the evil black dragon alive."

The male warrior in armor standing across from the old butler said.

He was tall and muscular, with a beard, a large shield on his back, and a hint of sinister pride in his eyes.

Keynes Britta is the leader of the Britta Mercenary Regiment and a silver shield warrior.

Because it is on the border, there are many mercenary groups active in and around the Maple Leaf Territory.

And the Britta Mercenary Regiment is the largest mercenary group active on the border, with more than 3,000 people in the whole regiment, and there are only seven people who have reached the strong of silver!

Not to mention, the head of the regiment, Keynes Britta himself, has the strength of the silver position!

It can be said that this mercenary group accounts for three-fifths of the number of mercenaries attracted here, and the high-end combat power is even more crushing, making other mercenary groups look up to it.

"Hehe, our Owl Mercenary Regiment will also cooperate with Master Keynes."

As Keynes finished speaking, a bewitching female voice came from beside him.

It was a female warrior who looked to be about thirty years old, dressed in a bewitching manner.

Dressed boldly and revealingly, in light armor and carrying a curved bow, she was standing beside Keynes, winking at him incessantly.

Cynthia Bahrain.

She is the leader of the Owl Mercenary Regiment, which is the second largest mercenary group in the nearby area after the Britta Mercenary Regiment.

There were more than 1,500 people in their whole group, and there were 3 strong people whose strength had reached the silver rank, leaving the third-ranked crocodile mercenary group of the Maple Leaf Leader far behind.

Cynthia herself, on the other hand, is a silver stalker.

This time the mission of hunting the black dragon attracted the two major mercenary groups that were active around the Maple Leaf Collar.

They are the main force of this hunt for black dragons!

And the reason why so many mercenaries can be gathered is because everyone knows that every dragon that builds a nest, even a minor black dragon, cannot be viewed as a black dragon alone.

Dragons are keen to raise dependents or vassal races to protect their nests or serve themselves.

And encircling and suppressing the dragon is not only facing the dragon itself, but also its dependents.

So...... A certain number of people is necessary.

The dragon symbolizes wealth, and the dragon's family race is also a fat sheep.

If you can really successfully hunt the black dragon, you will not only be able to obtain huge benefits, but also greatly enhance the reputation of the mercenary group.

Of course...... Border Bo said that he didn't want the property of the black dragon, which was also the basis for the two mercenary groups who usually disliked each other to decide to cooperate.

For any of their mercenary groups alone, it is enough to fight against a black dragon that has reached the strength of the silver upper rank.

However, if the two mercenary groups are combined, it is very promising.

And in addition to the two mercenary groups, there are also some scattered mercenaries and bounty hunters.

They also followed the team, intending to get a piece of the pie in the hunt for the black dragon.

These people don't ask for a reward for hunting black dragons, as long as they make a profit in the process of encircling and suppressing the dragon subordinate races, they are very satisfied.

Seeing the statements of the two mercenary group leaders, the old butler was very satisfied, he beckoned, and dozens of people wearing hoods and suspected mages walked out of the city.

"Hehe, although Lord Earl can't participate in this operation, he will send some of our mages from the Maple Leaf Leader Mage Group to follow you, they are all powerful black iron mages, very good at healing, and may be able to help you in your actions."

The old butler said with a smile.

When the two mercenary group leaders heard this, their eyes lit up.

Mages who are good at healing, this is quite rare!

Not to mention, the mercenary group is already very short of spellcasters.

And these dozens of mages who are good at healing will undoubtedly reduce the casualties of this operation.

It can be said that the support of the border uncle made them very satisfied.

"Then thank you, Lord Earl."

The two regiment commanders bowed slightly.

"That's what we should do, I wish you two a successful hunt!"

The old butler said with a smile.

The two sides chatted for a while and then left.

The preliminary work has been almost done, and for this hunting mission, they have been resting in Maple Leaf City for three full days.

Now, it's time to go.

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Bad! The second watch is going to be sent in the middle of the night again! Let's go to bed first, and watch tomorrow morning.