The night began to fall dark, especially in this endless wilderness, and every night seemed particularly cold. On the Wilderness Road, which leads to the southern part of the Adventurer's Kingdom, there is a camp with a population of about two or three hundred people, and this village called Deadleaf Camp is perhaps the most prosperous habitat on the Wilderness Road.

The camp is located next to a bush outside the main road of the Wilderness Road, and there is a lake in the forest, which is said to be a lake, but in fact it is just a large puddle formed by the low terrain that often collects rainwater from the surrounding barren mountains, but it is also an important drinking resource for the camp. The camp was surrounded by a wall of wooden piles and rocks more than a man high, with tall watchtowers built into the walls, and people stood guard day and night.

At the deepest part of the camp is a two-story stone tower that is the residence of Ryan, the founder of this camp. Ryan is an old man of the Dwarven Clan, who is rumored to have been a very good adventurer when he was younger, but he was seriously injured during a mission, so he quit the adventurer and settled here alone. Later, he discovered that some of the more precious herbs grew in the nearby wilderness, so he collected and planted them in large quantities, exchanging them with the passing merchants for a large amount of supplies and coins, and named the camp after one of the herbs called Withered Leaf Chrysanthemum.

Decades have passed, and the camp has grown to a certain size, becoming one of the most popular inns for travelers on the Wilderness Road. During this period, many like-minded friends settled down for a long time, and together with Ryan, the camp was built into a small home. The camp has its own unique security personnel and operating mechanism, after all, the people here come and go, and the beasts on the wilderness road are also fierce and cunning, and it still takes considerable means and wisdom to survive in such a complex and changeable environment for a long time.

In the blue moonlight, a luxurious carriage was galloping through the bleak wilderness. The two luminous lights hanging from the roof of the car glow with a faint soft glow, perhaps the only warmth that can be felt in the wilderness at this time. Occasionally, a few wild dogs followed in search of the glimmer, but they all quickly disappeared into the darkness of the night.

"Shouldn't we find a place to sleep," Li Yaqi said with some complaints, "This creature horse is far less physical than the magic war horse, and the nocturnal ability is not good." ”

"Well, that's right." "Then please see if there's any place nearby for a night's sleep, preferably a sheltered cave or a well-groomed foothill." ”

"No problem!" After a hearty reply, Li Yaqi immediately stood up, climbed onto the roof of the car, and stood firmly on the galloping carriage. Her two orange-yellow pupils gradually glowed with a pale blue glow. Li Yaqi kept looking into the distance around her, and her serious expression convinced Cornia that she would never miss a single scene.

Suddenly, Li Yaqi shouted at Conya, "Over there, over there!" ”

"What?" Konya looked back at Li Yaqi who was standing on the roof of the car and pointed into the distance, "What's wrong?" ”

"There seems to be a village over there, it looks like there are hundreds of people, shall we go there and stay for the night?" Li Yaqi pointed to the dark night on her right and said excitedly.

Konya turned her gaze to where Li Yaqi was pointing, and there seemed to be a few flashes of light in the night where she couldn't reach her fingers. So, Konya gradually stopped the carriage and said to Li Yaqi: "Stupid, this uninhabited wilderness, we have driven all the way, not to mention hundreds of people, even dozens of beasts have never encountered it." Besides, even if there were really so many people, it wouldn't be a robber's lair. ”

"So what? Whatever, since there are so many people there, there must be abundant supplies and shelters, right, it's better than us sleeping in the wilderness, right? Li Yaqi said.

"Hmm...... That's right. Konya cupped her chin and thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go ask Shanna-sama." With that, Konya jumped out of the carriage and ran to the back carriage.

After receiving Shanna's reply, Li Yaqi and Konya took the driver's seat of the carriage again, and drove the carriage off the main road towards the village to the east.

In the carriage, sitting on the far right of the order is a girl with black hair up to waist, who looks similar in age to Li Yaqi and them, and is also fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pair of big dark and deep eyes, and a faint scarlet gaze can be felt in the depths of her pupils, wearing a jet-black coat and a knee-length skirt that is also pitch-black. Sitting next to the girl was a girl who looked about her age, with short lotus hair, who was looking intently at the magic book in her hand, as if she didn't care about anything else.

"You're in charge of human communication." The waist-length black girl said.

"Understood, Channa-sama." The girl with short brown hair and crooked braids sitting across from her replied.

Yugari understands that as the only human in the team that went to the adventurer's kingdom this time, no, to be precise, as the only human in the castle of Halmonia, it is only fitting that she should intervene in such a matter as communicating with humans. Although he has lived almost in isolation since he was adopted by Lord Sheen in Harmonia Castle more than ten years ago, after all, it should be relatively easy for humans of the same race to communicate.

Eugari looked at the two sleeping girls next to her, bent down to pick up the blankets that had fallen at her feet, and put them on top of them again. Although these girls do not belong to the same race as Eugaria, to be precise, they should not belong to any race, because they are puppets made by Sheen, the owner of Harmonia Castle, after other races, but since Eugari entered Harmonia Castle, they have been living with Eugari and teaching her a lot of knowledge and skills, so it can be said that they are both Eugari's sisters and teachers.

It didn't take long for the wagon to reach the camp on the east side of the main road of the Wilderness Road.

Approaching the camp, the road had turned from dry loess to artificially paved gravel, the walls of the camp were made of large logs and solid rocks, and in front of the carriage was the open wooden gate of the camp, with flashing night lights hanging on the metal frames on both sides of the wooden gate, and a wooden fence in front of the gate, behind which two men in light armor were looking out.

The carriage slowly stopped a little distance from the fence, and the door behind it opened, and Eugarie stepped out of the carriage and headed straight for the camp gate. When passing the driver's seat of the carriage, Li Yaqi also jumped out of the carriage and signaled to go with Youjiali.

"Are you traveling to and fro?" As they were a little away from the gate, one of the men behind the fence shouted.

"Yes, we came from the far south, planning to go to the kingdom of adventurers, and when we passed by here, we happened to see the lights here, so I wanted to ask, can we stay here for one night?" With a smile on her face, Eugari replied as she approached the door.

With that, the two men bypassed the fence and walked up to Yujiali and Li Yaqi. One of them, a slightly younger-looking man, smiled and said, "Ah, of course, you are very welcome to Camp Dead Leaves, which we built to provide a place for travelers to stay. So, you're definitely very welcome. ”

"Hmm...... That's it. But ......," said the slightly older-looking man.

"That's great! Thank you so much! As she spoke, she nodded slightly to the two men in thanks.

"Ah, wait!" The older man stretched out his hand to stop him, and continued, embarrassed, "Please listen to what I have to say. That is true...... There is a fee to enter this camp, which is mainly used for the construction and daily maintenance of this camp. ”

"Huh?!" Li Yaqi made a very exaggerated expression of surprise.

"Well, well......" Yugari thought for a moment, looking at the two men at the same time. The slightly younger man was tall and thin, dressed in very old-looking silver-gray light armor, with a short sword at his waist, and his expression was a little rigid; The slightly older man was more stocky, his light armor was brighter, he was not equipped with any weapons, and his expression was kind and friendly.

"I don't think there's a problem, it's understandable. So how much is it? Eugari asked.

"All it takes is a silver coin for a person." The older man replied kindly.

"Okay, then...... Ya~Qi~", Youjiali turned to Li Yaqi with an exaggerated smile on her face, who looked dissatisfied at this time.

Although reluctant, Li Yaqi finally handed the silver coin to Yujiali.

After receiving the silver coin from Li Yaqi, Yugari handed it to the older man. "There are seven of us, and here are seven silver coins, please count them. However, do we still need to come out and confirm the number of people in our car? Yugari asked with a slightly embarrassed expression.

The older man took the silver coin and replied with a smile on his face, "No, no. The people at our Dead Leaf Camp are very hospitable and don't care about these little things at all. Everyone is friends when they go out, and they still need to confirm anything when treating friends, there is no need at all. With that, he beckoned the young man to move the fence away.

"Blackmail! I'm telling you, it's all blackmail! I'm going to nail him to a stake! On the way back to the carriage, Li Yaqi kept whispering and complaining to Youjiali.

"Don't worry about that, isn't there a proverb that says, 'Destroy wealth and eliminate disaster'? Besides, the money was robbed anyway, so don't care, don't care. Yugari replied with a playful expression.

"Humph!" After saying that, Li Yaqi jumped into the carriage, and after Youjiali walked into the carriage, the carriage began to slowly drive into the gate of the Dead Leaf Camp.

"Go straight ahead, the largest hemispherical stone building in the middle is the inn!" The older man shouted at the back of the carriage. At this time, Li Yaqi didn't forget to turn her head and stick out her tongue at him.

Through the lights and torches in the camp, you can vaguely see the houses made of logs and stones on both sides of the road, some of which are planted with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants in front of the houses, some are stacked with bags of construction materials or materials, and some simply put the unsorted production tools outside, like a harmonious scene that does not close the door at night. Among them, the most eye-catching is undoubtedly the hemispherical stone building not far in front of the road. When it was still some distance away, it could already faintly hear the sound of cheers, singing and dancing, and the sound of high-pitched talk coming from inside. It's obviously the brightest lit place in the entire camp, and it's also the place where the most laughter gathers. When you approach the stone building, you can find that this stone building of about three or four floors is almost all built of white rock more than one person high, and the design is exquisite and ingenious.

Konya parked the carriage in an open space with a stable next to the stone building, and Yugari, Shanna and the others also got out of the carriage and walked towards the hall of the stone building with Conya. At this time, Li Yaqi seemed to have forgotten the unpleasant thing just now, and rushed to the front of the team with an excited, excited, and expectant expression, just like a child who went to the playground he had been looking forward to for a long time for the first time, full of endless reverie about the world inside.

Walking into the lobby, the first thing that catches your eye is the noisy passengers sitting at the tables one after another. Some of them were drunk and babbling, some were trading goods and goods brought by their caravans in a circle, and some were talking to the audience about the strange things they had encountered on their journey. The facilities in the hall are even more neon-lit, as bright as day. The ceiling is hung with a variety of oversized lanterns, and in addition to special lights and torches, the walls and pillars around it display many new weapons and equipment, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and some collectibles that seem to be expensive. These colorful decorations, dazzling exhibits, and mouth-watering delicacies have already made Li Yaqi fascinated and drooling, so she left the team early and ran to the table alone.

"Cut~ What a turtle who has never seen the world......" Konya whispered.

None of them paid attention to Li Yaqi, who left the team, but followed Youjiali straight to the service desk.

"Is there anything wrong with the little girls coming here?" A man in overalls greeted them at the front desk. It was a rather burly man, with a round face, a bald head, and a dark, healthy complexion, and the muscles of his body could be felt even through a white overshirt.

"We're passing through here and want to spend the night here, I wonder if there's a room that can accommodate seven people?" Yugari asked politely.

"Don't wait, I'll take a look." With that, the man lowered his head and looked through the booklet on the table. "That's right...... The large deluxe rooms and standard rooms are almost full, so what can accommodate so many people...... At present, there is only a separate bunk room for 10 people, do you think you want to settle for a while, or live in several separate rooms? With that, the man looked up and waited for Yugari's reply.

Yugari thought for a moment and turned her head to look at Shanna. Shanna nodded slightly to Eugari.

"We decided that we just wanted this separate bunk room. How much does it cost? Eugari asked, looking back.

"Ten silver coins a night." The man replied politely.

Yugari just wanted to turn to Konya and ask her to get Li Yaqi back. Suddenly, I found that at some point, Shanna had grabbed the back collar of Li Yaqi in her hand and lifted it up in front of Youjiali. At this time, Li Yaqi was holding a bunch of strange fruits in both hands, and her mouth was also filled with colorful food, and when she saw everyone looking at her at this time, she immediately squeezed out an embarrassing smile on her face.

After checking in, Shanna took the group to the room on the third floor to rest. Only Yujali, Li Yaqi, and Cornia were left to enjoy dinner at the table in the hall.

"Hey. As a puppet, you don't need to eat so much at all, do you? Konya looked at Li Yaqi who was gobbling up and said.

"Having said that, but ...... Looking at ...... So much to eat...... Put it right in front of you,...... If you don't eat it, it's really ...... Too...... It's ......"

"Swallow it before you speak!" Konya grabbed her collar and shook it vigorously.

Yujiali had long been accustomed to the fights between Li Yaqi and Conya, and she was sitting across from them enjoying a sumptuous dinner without saying a word. Unlike Li Yaqi and the others, as a human being, Yujiali still needs to use three meals a day to replenish the nutrients in her body. These days, I've been sleeping in the wilderness all the way, and although the food she brings with her is very delicate and delicious, Yujali still likes to sit in the restaurant and enjoy the food slowly.

While enjoying dinner, Yugari also looked around with interest. Li Yaqi and Konya, who were sitting opposite, were still fighting, so there was no need to say more. At the far table in front of the right sat several merchants from different teams, "exchanging" each other's goods in a gambling way, including rare animal skins and gorgeous clothing, among which the most attractive thing was the pair of silver-yellow gold bracelets in the hands of a short and fat man, and Yugari looked at it intently for a long time before slowly looking away. Sitting at the next table on the right is a burly and stocky woman and three ...... Like a cat people...... The woman, right? While Eugarie was guessing, the strong woman seemed to notice Eugari's gaze and waved to her warmly, to whom she responded politely. To the left of the dining table is a passage at the edge of the hall with several white pillars. On the pillar next to it hung a huge portrait of a handsome and dashing dwarven hunter, which Yugari naturally didn't recognize, guessing that it might be a famous person of the dwarven race. The pillar in the distance appears to be a bulletin board, densely plastered with all sorts of sticky notes.

After dinner, Eugarie and the others were about to get up and go back to their room to rest, and out of curiosity, Eugari went to the pillar of the bulletin board to see what was written on it. Just as she was focusing her attention on the contents of one of the announcements, she heard a rough voice behind her say, "Hey, little girl, did you just come here tonight?" ”

Yugari turned around, and it was the strong woman just now. Her brown hair with a little white strand coiled back, presumably past middle age, with a large square face, eyes of the same color as her hair, broad lips, and gray-blue coat, stood behind her at this time.

"Ah, yes." Yugari politely replied, "We just arrived here, who are you?" ”

"Just call me Fiona, a few of my buddies over there." The strong woman said as she pointed to the three cat-people women at the next table. The three women noticed the sight and immediately waved with smiles.

"We've been living here for a while, so if there's anything you don't understand, just ask." Fiona continued.

"That's really helpful, we don't know each other now, so please help me a lot. My name is Yujiali, and these two are my friends, Li Yaqi and Conya. ”

"That's nature, wrapped around me. Why, it seems that you guys are also interested in the bounty here? Fiona asked, pointing to the bulletin board in front of Eugari.

"Huh?" Yujiali was stunned for a moment, and then replied embarrassedly, "That's not the case, I'm just curious, I want to come and see what is going on here, what is the bounty order you are talking about?" ”

"That's right," Fiona explained, "you see, aren't there a lot of notes pasted here?" Everyone writes down what they want to entrust, and then writes the money they are willing to give, and whoever is willing to do it can take the note away, and after doing it, just find someone to receive the money according to the contact information on the note. Of course, if you doubt the authenticity of the note, you can first find a contact person to confirm. ”

"Let's say the one in front of you," said Fiona, looking at the announcement, "and ask a good Samaritan to help me find two white rocks that are more than a man tall." This kind of bounty order is basically thankless, dirty work that doesn't make much money. The white rock he was talking about had to go two or three thousand meters west of the nearest place, where wild dogs gathered, and it had to be more than one person tall, polished according to his requirements, and then moved back, with so much effort, and then look at the money given, just a silver coin. ”

"But also, the work of saving trouble has long been taken away by the guys who stare here every day." Fiona said helplessly.

As soon as Youjiali wanted to say a few words of agreement or comfort, she heard Li Yaqi shouting into the bulletin board: "Look here! Look here! Look, Konya! Li Yaqi pointed to an announcement and shouted and dragged Konya to the front.

"What." Konya looked at the announcement pointed out by Li Yaqi with an indifferent face and read it: "Please ask an individual or organization with the ability and strength to help capture or eliminate a gang of bandits who call themselves 'wolves of the wilderness'. They are emblemed by an armband with a red wolf's head on a white background around their left arm, and their own number in the team tattooed on it. The gang numbered about fifteen people. This commission is marked by the acquisition of more than 10 armbands, and those who complete the entrusted task will be rewarded with five gold coins, and at the same time, they are deeply grateful. Leader of Camp Dead Leaves, Ryan, respectfully. ”

After Konya finished reading, her mood became excited.

Fiona didn't know what was going on, and enthusiastically explained to Yujiali: "This note was written by the village chief here, because this bandit gang seems to have caused a lot of trouble here before, and it is very unruly, so it was written on the blacklist." The money given is a lot, but this gang is very elusive and difficult to find, there are many people, and it is said that there is a boss behind the scenes, so it is also a handy job. ”

"Tut-tut......" Li Yaqi said pretending to be great, "It's nothing, because I've already solved the problem!" After saying that, he gritted his teeth at Konya and smirked.

"No......" Fiona muttered to herself in disbelief, looking at the two little girls.

Yujiali immediately reacted, "Could it be the guy we met on ......the road when we came?"

"That's right!" "Exactly!" Li Yaqi and Konya replied proudly.

"If that's the case, you can go to the village chief now to get paid, and I think he should be reading at home at this time." Fiona said to Li Yaqi and Conya.

"Okay." Li Yaqi replied happily.

"Excuse me, what's going on with this Mr. Ryan's house?" Eugari politely asks Fiona.

"This is easy," said Fiona, patting her chest, "I'll take you there, and it's not far." ”

After Eugaria thanked Fiona, the group headed towards the door of the hall.

Suddenly, as if noticing something, Konya stopped, turned her head and looked for something with a wary expression.

"What's wrong?" Eugari asked.

"Nothing, it seems like there are a few hostile lines of sight watching this way." Konya frowned and whispered, "Forget it, there's no time to care, let's go first." "Hmm." With that, they followed Fiona out of the hall.

Along the way, Li Yaqi was still immersed in the joy of happiness, and Konya was as calm as ever, and Yugari asked Fiona some questions about the Withered Leaf Camp, and Fiona answered them one by one without reservation. After a while, the four of them came to the door of Ryan's house, a two-story stone building. In front of the stone building, there is a huge beer glass carved with yellow flower stone, and there are many brewing tools around it, but there is not much difference from other stone buildings.

Fiona came to the door of the stone building and knocked the wooden door with her fist, "Old Ryan! There's a guest coming! ”

"Here we go!" A heavy voice came from inside the door, and as the footsteps approached inside, the wooden door was opened. A sturdy-looking dwarven old man with a long brown and yellow beard appeared in front of Yugari and the others.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" The old man asked.

"Of course there is good news!" Fiona replied heartily, "Your bounty order has already been made for these little girls. ”

"Huh? That's great! Come in, let's talk inside. Ryan said as he warmly greeted everyone into the stone building.

"Sit down, I'll go in and get some good wine, Fiona, you can greet them for me first." With that, Ryan turned and walked into the storage room.

Fiona beckoned everyone to sit down on the couch in the living room. Later, Yugari and the others observed the decorations of Ryan's house with great interest.

In the center of the living room was a large silver-gray half-man tall stone table, and around the stone table was the dark brown sofa on which Eugari and the others were sitting. Behind the stone table was an old fireplace with Ryan's hunting trophies hanging from it, a fierce-looking tiger head. Fiona sat on the fan-shaped sofa to the right of Eugari, behind which was a row of cabinets of bottles of wine that were supposed to be collected from all over the world. A huge animal skin was laid on the floor of the living room, which seemed to tell every visitor that the owner of the room was a great hunter.

After a while, Ryan returned from the pantry, carrying a jar of red wine that smelled intoxicating.

"Come, taste the good wine made by the secret brewing techniques of our dwarf race." After saying that, Ryan personally filled the wine glasses for everyone.

Li Yaqi is still in a very excited and active state, so she immediately picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then wiped the corners of her mouth with her sleeve and said, "Well, it's really good wine, I want another glass." ”

"Haha." Ryan smiled heartily, then picked up the wine jar and poured Li Yaqi full of wine again, "Feel free to drink, you don't have to be too restrained." ”

At this time, Fiona put down the wine glass in her hand and said to Ryan, "Don't stop drinking, we are here to tell you that your commission, they have completed it." ”

Ryan was even happier when he heard Fiona's words, and said to Eugari, "Thank you very much, I really don't know what to say to help the Dead Leaf Camp solve the big problem of the 'wolf of the wilderness'." ”

"Nothing. It's a little interesting. Li Yaqi put down the wine glass in her hand, and then took out more than ten "wolf of the wilderness" armbands from the magic space and handed them to Ryan.

Ryan took the armband, looked at it carefully for a while, then nodded with great satisfaction, and immediately took out five gold coins from the money bag and put them on the stone table in front of Li Yaqi, "This is the agreed reward, please accept it, thank you very much." ”

Li Yaqi was just about to reach out for the gold coin, but Konya snatched it first, "If you put it here, it will definitely be spent indiscriminately, so let's give it to Youjiali." As she spoke, Konya shoved the gold coin into Yugari's hand. Although Li Yaqi objected for a while, she still couldn't resist Konya, and then she had no choice but to compromise.

From the moment she entered the door, Yugari felt as if Ryan had seen it somewhere, and now she finally found that the huge portrait of the hunter in the inn hall before should have been Ryan's youth.

"Mr. Ryan," Yugari asked politely, "we have come from the south of the Wilderness Road, intending to settle in the adventurer's kingdom to the north, and I heard that you were a very good adventurer when you were young, can you tell us a little bit about the adventurer's kingdom?" ”

After hearing this, Ryan picked up the wine glass in his hand, raised his neck, drank the rest of the red wine, and then said to Yujiali, "Hey, it's not excellent, but when I was young, I did spend a long time in the Adventurer Kingdom, and I am quite familiar with the Adventurer Kingdom, especially Starlis, who is the closest to here, can I give you a brief introduction......

"Let me tell you about the origin of the Adventurer's Kingdom. As you know, this continent is dominated and ruled by the human race. However, for thousands of years, with the continuous weakening of the strength of the unified kingdom of mankind, some remote regions have gradually broken away from the control of the centralized ruling forces and established their own spheres of influence, and even some regions have created their own countries, and the kingdom of adventurers is one of them. ”

"At the beginning, this kingdom was created by a large number of adventurers from the central and eastern parts of the human kingdom, and there is no accurate statement about how long ago it was, anyway, it is definitely not the current Jiangliu Dynasty. The original purpose of creating this kingdom was to establish an organization that was not subject to the laws of the human kingdom, could devote itself to the study of various magic and skills, could purely explore the mysteries of the world, could constantly challenge the limits of self, and could even protect the human continent from being eroded by foreign races. After that, after a long period of continuous development and growth, in the process, the adventurer kingdom also accepted many friendly foreign races to join, forming today's adventurer country that contains many races. ”

"When I was young, I must have been like other adventurers, hoping that I could learn powerful skills, or uncover all kinds of unknown mysteries in this world, and then achieve a great career, or become a great hero, probably with such a dream to go to the adventurer's kingdom."

With that, Ryan paused, filled himself with a glass of wine, drank it again in one gulp, and continued.

"Well, but, like most adventurers, the gap between dream and reality was so huge and unbridgeable for me at that time. Dreams are always so lofty and beautiful, but what I faced every day at that time was a real problem of survival. As a loner without any accumulation of wealth, I have to continue to complete some monotonous and boring commissions every day in exchange for enough remuneration to make ends meet. ”

Speaking of which, Yugari seemed to see a faint sadness flash across Ryan's face.

"It's always going to be repeated, day after day. A simple commission could not meet my daily living expenses, and a well-paid task was too dangerous. Of course, in fact, during the years of Starlis's adventurer career, I still took risks to participate in some very dangerous missions, but because of this, I lost a lot of like-minded teammates forever. ”

At this time, Ryan's expression became more and more sad, and he continued after drinking a large glass of red wine again.

"The most dangerous commission I've ever been involved in is probably that one. At that time, I was with ten of my guild mates, and as a facilitator, I went to Chiyan Mountain with a guild called 'Red Oni' to complete the mission of driving the dragon. ”

"Dragons?" Yugari said in surprise, "That's an almost impossible task for even the most elite adventurers for humans, right?" ”

"You're right, little girl." Ryan smiled wryly, "There were many reasons why we took on this mission at the time. Have you ever heard of the Red Ghost Guild? ”

"I don't think so." Eugari shook her head.

"Red Ghosts are a very, very powerful guild, and they are known for their unmatched fighting power. By the way, they are now one of the top 'council-level' guilds in the Adventurer Kingdom. Their leader is a bloodthirsty orc of immense strength. We were a weak guild at that time, and it was rare for us to have a chance to cooperate with such a powerful guild, and we all wanted to see the strength of the red ghosts, so we all wanted to participate in this operation. ”

"I've heard of the bloodthirsty orc race," Yugari said with a slight frown, "and I know that they are indeed a race full of wild power, but if you compare it to dragons, ......"

"It's still a very far difference, isn't it?" Ryan took Eugari's words and said, "We know that, too. In fact, the most important reason why we accept this commission is because we only complete the commission as a facilitator. To be precise, our guild's mission is not to drive away the dragons, it is the task of the red ghosts to drive the dragons, and we actually accept the commission to help them complete some auxiliary tasks, such as carrying luggage and belongings in harsh environments, guarding the camping camp at night, or something. At that time, we all agreed that it was not too risky to complete such a commission, so we accepted this mission. Of course, there may be some personal reasons for this, because I don't want to live a monotonous and boring life all the time, and I want to pursue the excitement of pushing the limits once in a while. Can you understand that way? ”

Yugari nodded, "So, did this mission go well?" ”

Ryan looked at Eugari with a slightly helpless look, took another sip of red wine, and said, "The task is far more difficult than we thought. In the face of the dragon's unparalleled power, all of us seemed unusually small. Although it is unknown how the Red Ghost drove away the dragon and completed the commission in the end, only two or three of their team of about 100 people survived. And even we, who were guarding the camp at the foot of the mountain, were not spared. I escaped by going to the forest to find ingredients for dinner, but everyone else died in the blazing dragon fire. ”

Eugarie looked at Ryan's sad expression and was about to say something to comfort him, when Ryan immediately waved her hand at her, signaling that Eugarie should not worry about him.

"Later, I went to several guilds, and gradually, I felt more and more numb to the boring commissions, the separation of partners, and even the constant death of teammates. Because it's something that happens almost every day countless times in this kingdom. Later, one time when I was here on a commissioned mission, one of my best teammates unfortunately fell seriously ill and left me, and I buried her at the foot of a nearby mountain. After that, I would come here at that time of the year to visit her grave. By chance, I found that there is a precious herb growing in this vicinity, at first I only came to collect some when I came to visit the grave every year, but then gradually I found that the environment here is actually very suitable for the growth of this herb, so I slowly settled here, and planted a large number of this herb to maintain my livelihood. ”

"I guess this must have been a gift from your teammates in the dark." Jugari said as she comforted Ryan.

"Hmm......" Ryan sighed, "Actually, sometimes I think so, after all, this herb has been growing in this barren land for so many years, and no one has ever found it. ”

Ryan smiled wryly and took another sip of red wine.

"Hey, Ryan Sr." At this time, Fiona also swallowed a sip of wine, "People are here to listen to you introduce you to the adventurer's kingdom, not to let you talk about your old past." ”

"Ahh Ryan reacted, smiled apologetically, and said, "yes, I'm sorry guys, let's move on to the adventurer's kingdom. ”

"What else are you talking about?" Fiona pretended to be sarcastic and said, "Look at what time it is, let alone other little girls, I should go back to sleep as a body." ”

Ryan realized that it was indeed too late. So, to make a long story short, he introduced some important things and some noteworthy things about the adventurer's kingdom to Yugari, and then thanked Yugari and them again for the matter of the wolf of the wilderness.

Coming out of Ryan's stone building, Yugari didn't speak all the way, and her mind kept combing through the information she had gathered from Ryan about the Adventurer's Kingdom. At this time, Fiona carried the drunken Li Yaqi on her back, turned around, and said to Youjiali: "After listening to the experience of old Ryan, shouldn't you be hit?" ”

"Huh?" Yujari raised her head, looked at Fiona, and said resolutely, "However, I still want to do my best, even if I fail, I have to pursue my dreams." I think Mr. Ryan must have thought so at the beginning. ”

"That's for the best." Fiona replied with relief.

Konya followed without saying a word, seemingly uninterested in the topic they were discussing. Soon, everyone returned to the inn.

When Yugari and the others returned to the room, Shanna and the others had already gone to bed. When she finished washing up and was about to fall asleep in bed, she seemed to hear a slight footstep outside the door, which she thought was her own delusion at first, but she immediately dismissed the idea because she heard the sound of the door lock being picked. Yujiali immediately realized that something troublesome was going to happen, so she quickly sat up, and at this time, Li Yaqi, who was probably talking in her sleep, muttered, "Sleep, there is Sister Bailu guarding at night...... Whew......". After listening to Li Yaqi's words, Youjiali looked at the bed where Bai Lu was resting, and Bai Lu's figure had long disappeared from it. Yujiali thought about it, felt that there was no problem, and lay down to rest.

As soon as Yugari lay down, the door was slowly pushed open. Through the few starlights, Eugari saw a thin figure sneak into the room first, followed by two or three figures of the same figure slowly entering the room.

"Where did these people come from?" We shouldn't have provoked a similar crowd. Is it just robbery?' Just as Yugari was thinking, the first figure had quietly taken out a metallic dagger from her body and tiptoed towards the innermost part of the room. The figures who followed him in also took out the weapons they were carrying at this time and gradually dispersed.

"What should I do?" Wait?' At this moment, Yugari suddenly saw the last figure who walked in slowly and silently collapse down, and gradually disappeared into the night. Just when Yujali was puzzled, the second and third figures also quickly disappeared from Yujali's sight in the same way. Finally, when the figure who had entered the room first turned around and was about to gesture to his companions behind him to start moving, he suddenly froze there, and at the moment he paused, he, like the others, slowly fell, and disappeared silently into the darkness of the night.

As the morning sun shines through the window, Yugari wakes up from a hazy dream. At this time, only himself and two guys who were lying in bed were left in the room, one sleeping quietly, the other snoring softly, and saliva had already flowed onto the sheets. Yugari didn't disturb them, and after washing up, she went to the hall alone for breakfast.

After choosing a few light snacks at the dining table, Yugari saw Fiona and her group sitting at a table beckoning her over, so she sat down across from them and had breakfast with them, discussing with them with great interest about the Adventurer's Kingdom.

At this time, in a very hidden cave, two drunken men were lying on a square table, discussing something incoherently.

"Why haven't they come back yet, it's so late." One of them, a slightly thin man with a red face, asked, holding a wine glass.

"Come on, I don't know where I'm going. You can make such a lot of money by killing a few children, how can you find such a cost-effective errand? We're just here with peace of mind and waiting for them to come back and share the money, what the hell are you doing? "Sitting across from the tall and thin man was a man of somewhat short stature.

"Yes," said the tall and thin man, holding up his glass, "come, another drink." ”

At this moment, there was a soft knock on the door outside.

"How? I'm not wrong, isn't this coming back? The stocky man triumphantly put down his glass and walked in the direction of the knock on the door. The tall and lanky man continued to pick up the bottle next to him and poured himself another glass.

"Are you...... Ah......h

The tall and thin man immediately turned his head to look at the door.

I saw a slender woman dressed in a turquoise dress appear at the door. At this time, the short and fat man's neck had been pierced by a silver-white dagger. As the woman cleanly drew back the dagger, the short and fat man also pounced and immediately fell to the ground. The dagger in the woman's hand was dripping with blood.

"You, who are you?!" The tall, lanky man stood up in panic and shouted at the woman with wide eyes.

At this time, he also saw the woman's face clearly. The woman looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old, with the appearance of an elven race, slender ears, white skin, and most notable were her slender and keen eyes, which seemed to possess both the sharpness of a predator and the ability to see through the psychology of others.

While the tall and thin man was still observing the woman, suddenly the woman disappeared from his field of vision, and before the man could react, a sharp pain came from his body. He saw a silver-white dagger burst out of his chest, and he was about to open his mouth to scream, but the dagger was immediately retracted, and the man's eyes quickly lost their light, and his body fell in a pool of his own blood.

After the woman confirmed the body, she began to search the room carefully. Since the room was located in a dimly lit cave, there was naturally no window, and the lighting facilities were only two bright lights on the wall, and the other facilities were simpler, except for the table and chairs where the man sat when he drank, only a bookcase in front of the wall in the distance and some goods piled up next to the bookcase.

The woman walked to the bookcase, took out a few books and quickly flipped through them, and then put a few of them into her magical space. Then I checked the goods piled up next to the bookcase, and also picked some items and collected them. After sorting it out, the woman returned to the gate again, picked up the body of the stocky man and threw it into the innermost corner of the room, along with the body of the tall and thin man.

"Is this it?" Shanna's voice came from the doorway. She was followed by two other young girls. One has short lotus hair, wears an azure dress, and has big eyes as clear as a lake; The other, with long dark brown hair and a dark green over-the-knee dress, looked left and right to observe the movement around him.

"Yes, Mistress Shanna. According to the confessions of the men caught last night, this is where they are hiding. I searched just now and found some valuable information and goods, which have also been packed. Bai Lu said seriously.

Shanna nodded, and accompanied by two young girls, she made her way to the center of the room.

"It is understood that most of them are remnants of the Wolf of the Wilderness, and a few of them are members of a guild called the 'Black Wind Mercenaries', which seems to be the superior organization of the Wolf of the Wilderness, and their registration location is in a city called Starlis in the Adventurer Kingdom." Bai Lu continued to report the information gathered to Shanna, "Most of their time they spend their time doing tasks for the Black Wind mercenaries that are forbidden by the Guild Alliance, such as robbery, murder, and the like. ”

After looking around the room, Shanna asked, "Has anyone found out?" ”

"Not at all," Bai Lu replied with a serious expression, "From disposing of the four ants last night to cleaning up the garbage here, no one has found it, but the comrades they left in the camp are almost coming here to connect." ”

Shanna thought for a moment after hearing this, and said, "Clean up the corpse and blood stains a little, and go back to the camp."

"Yes." Bai Lu bowed her head and replied.

"Huh?" Agari was surprised and asked, "You're from the far west continent?" ”

"yes." Fiona replied, "We are traveling hiremen. It is to wander around the world, and then usually find some work in the local area, or resell some local souvenirs to support their own people. ”

"And is that the same with your trip to Starlis?" Yugari continued to ask.

"Not really. We had accumulated a lot of goods and goods before we came here, and we just wanted to stay in Starlis for a long time, and we didn't want to live the same wandering life as before. Fiona continued, "We've been living at Dead Leaf Camp for almost two months. I just want to learn about the specific situation of Starlis here, and then if there is something suitable, I will exchange it with the merchants who come and go here. When the preparations are almost complete, I plan to leave here and go to Starlis. No, I'm basically getting ready lately, and I'm probably going to be on the road in just two days. ”

"And what are you going to do in Staris?" Yujali asked curiously.

"Of course it's a restaurant." Fiona said categorically, "We have been wandering around for many years, and we have learned to make many local specialties, and I am a chef by profession, so I must open a big restaurant." ”

When Eugli heard this, she was very interested in Fiona's idea, and further suggested to Fiona, "If that's the case, then let's work together, okay?" ”

"What? Do you want to open a restaurant? ”

"Not really," Eugari explained, "we first want to start a guild in Stalys, but I think we'd like to run something in Stalys in addition to the day-to-day affairs of the guild. So, after listening to your thoughts, I thought it would be great if we could work with us. ”

"Of course that's fine." Fiona replied very enthusiastically, "We also really hope to make more friends, form a guild together, and work together." ”

"Great!" Yugari said happily, "We'll discuss it in detail when Shana-sama and the others come back later." ”

Just as she was saying this, Shanna and her group happened to come from the door of the hall. Yugari immediately introduced Fiona and the others to the situation, and expressed her hope that she would like to establish a guild in Starlis with Fiona and the others, and work together. Eventually, with Shanna's support, they decided to go to Starlis together to open a multi-functional service station, and use it as a base to register as an adventurer's guild, and then continue to grow in Starlis.

After returning to the room, Yujali and Shanna briefly exchanged information and ideas with each other, and since Bai Lu found some problems in the search materials and had to go to other nearby places to investigate again, they decided to leave for Starlis early tomorrow morning.

At noon, Yugari took Konya to the restaurant to have lunch with Fiona.

"Huh? What about the others? Eugari asked.

"The few of them went to sort out the goods," Fiona explained, "because there were still some cloths to be exchanged for, and some herbs to be collected in the afternoon, so the three sisters were carrying the goods." What about you? I remember a little girl, huh? ”

"Drunk in bed." Konya replied coldly.

"Uh...... She probably drank too much yesterday and is still in bed. Yujiali said with some embarrassment.

"There are a lot of people around that big table on your left, do you know where they come from?" Cornia asked Fiona as she gestured to the location of the crowd.

Fiona followed Cornia's gaze and saw a large group of people sitting around a round table discussing something about ten meters in front of her left. One of them, a slightly obese man, was dressed in a very ornate manner, giving the impression of a wealthy businessman, and next to him was a tall, strong man with short black hair and beard.

"The fat-headed, big-eared man who is talking now is a well-known slave trader in the area, who often resells slaves in various countries." "Although the slave trade is banned in some countries, there are still a lot of people who secretly do it because it's very profitable. I haven't seen the one next to him, so I guess I hired a bodyguard from somewhere. What, what's wrong? ”

"Not really," Conya explained, "but I always find it uncomfortable that they are constantly looking at this side with hostile eyes. ”

"Alas, maybe this is the occupational disease of the bodyguard." Fiona guessed casually.

After lunch, Cornia went back to her room. Yugari plans to follow Fiona to help sort out some of the goods, and then go to collect herbs together. They walked to a temporary warehouse in the camp, and Fiona took out a small wooden box from the corner of the warehouse and said to Eugari, "These are some good bottles of wine that I just bought for Ryan Sr. this morning, you can help me bring them to him." I'll pack up here, and when you get back, we'll go out and pick some herbs together. ”

"Okay, no problem." Yugari took the crate from Fiona and turned to walk towards the door.

When she came out of the warehouse, and had not gone far, she suddenly felt a cold wind hit the back of her head, and she immediately dodged, only to see a bright silver short sword with the sound of the wind slashing past her ears. At this time, before Yujiali had time to put down the goods in her hand, the figure in front of her, dressed in a black night suit and covering her face, attacked Youjiali again. After Yugari dodged the attack lightly, she jumped out of the figure's attack range significantly. "Who are you?" Eugari asked aloud, then set aside the wine box in her hand.

The figure ignored Yujiali's questioning, and held a dagger in his left hand, attacking Yujiali again. At this moment, Fiona heard the movement and rushed out of the warehouse with a huge wooden hammer in her hand, stopping between the two.

The figure and Fiona looked at each other for a while, and when they saw that the situation seemed to be difficult, they dropped the sentence "Little guy, you are very athletic" and turned and ran away.

"Are you alright?" Fiona asked with concern.

"It's okay, I don't know who the other party is." Yugari said suspiciously.

"Robbers who came to rob?" Fiona said to herself, also confused, "It is said that the camp should be very safe, I think we will go to old Ryan and tell him about this together, and see if he has any clues." ”

"It's fine." Yujiali responded, "I can go by myself, you don't have to worry, you can rest assured that you can sort out the goods here and wait for me to come back." ”

"Haha." Fiona smiled, "It's okay, let's go together, I just want to talk to Ryan Sr." ”

Later, Eugari and Fiona go to Ryan's house.

Eugarie told Ryan in detail what had just happened in front of the warehouse, and after listening to it, Ryan frowned and said, "It is true that there are very few such things in the camp. Do you have any enemies? Or is there anything that offends people? ”

Yujiali thought about it and thought about it, and felt that there was nothing special, "Probably not, we have only been here for a short time, and we basically don't know anyone." ”

"That's weird." Ryan put down his glass and continued, "Lately I've just thought that the slave trader was looking for trouble, but he's mostly looking for business trouble. Although he is doing some unclean business, I have never heard of him using such a simple and crude form to kill people and sell goods...... What about the other people who come and go...... I really couldn't think of anything for a while. Do you think this is good, I asked the camp guards to take care of your safety more, and also asked the patrol people to pay more attention to the surroundings, if we find any special circumstances, we will contact you in time, how about it? ”

"I think that's the only way to do it." Fiona said helplessly.

Eucarie and Fiona then talk to Ryan about something else, and it wasn't until the sun set that Fiona remembered that she had to collect herbs. So, they hurried out of Ryan and went to collect herbs outside the camp.

Although they came out a little late, with the help of Eugari, Fiona and the others collected more herbs than expected, for which Fiona expressed her great gratitude.

After Youjiali returned to the room, she remembered the incident in front of the warehouse, and felt that there were still many suspicious points that had not been investigated, and she wanted to ask Bai Lu to help find clues, but she was not contacted for a while, so she put these things down first. After dinner, everyone packed their bags, didn't discuss too much about the day, and then went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Yugari rode in Fiona's carriage, and Li Yaqi and Cornia still drove the original carriage, and together they set out on the road to the adventurer's kingdom again.