As Raymond and his party disembarked, the sun was gradually setting in the west.

The volcanic archipelago of Nigel is dotted with thousands of small islands, large and small. At the outermost end is a horseshoe-shaped island, a natural harbor with a deep draft, and a large tonnage of sea vessels. In the past two years, many cabins have been built on the island, and gradually a temporary exploration village has become a base camp for adventurers and mercenaries to settle down.

Some speculative merchants have set up shops on the island, selling weapons and ammunition, as well as buying all kinds of potion materials, monster materials crystal nuclei, and even rudimentary taverns.

Captain Gree saw that it was still early, and suggested that after replenishing supplies, he could set off directly and camp in the depths of the archipelago for the night.

But the proposal was rejected.

Since Suzanne and Matthew broke through that level of intimacy, she has become more and more vocal in the team. She said that she was a little tired when she first got off the boat and insisted on not wanting to leave immediately. Matthew followed her suggestion and let the big guy rest for the night at the adventurer's base camp.

Naturally, the mercenaries did not dare to have an opinion on this. They found an open space in the camp, set up camp, lit a bonfire, and erected the banner of the Wind Wolf Mercenary Regiment.

Raymond wasn't in a hurry.

His biggest purpose this time was to go to the crater, and the treasure hunt was just a stop. And it's been two years of waiting, and I can afford to delay it for more than half a day.

But their camp had just been built,

A group of people came to the door, and it seemed that they were acquaintances of the fat man.

The leader is a handsome young man with white face and blond hair, dressed in splendid and luxurious clothes, and looks like he is rich and golden. He took the initiative to greet Matthew, "Yo, Matthew, when did you have the leisure to come here for an adventure?" ”

This young man's name is Kitts Baylor, and he is also the guy who currently ranks first in operating profits in the three-year assessment of the Bella family.

"Kitts, why are you here?"

Matthew looked slightly unnatural when he saw the person coming. The dusty appearance of some guys in front of them should be that they have just left with their front feet, and they have got on the boat with their back feet. And this person was also followed by a large group of mercenaries with equipment, looking at the battle, it seemed that he was also here to explore and hunt for treasure.

"You can come to this Nigel Volcanic Island, but I can't come?"

Kitts showed a playful smile and said, "Why, you know that you can't win me in this assessment, so you're going to try your luck and see if you can dig up the treasure?" ”

Obviously, the opponent is the one who knows his existence best.

"Now that the assessment is not over, it is difficult to say who will win or lose."

Matthew snorted coldly.

Although he had doubts in his heart at the moment, he didn't believe that this nasty guy had come here for himself.

After all, the treasure map was only deciphered a few days ago, and he is the only one who really knows the details of the treasure map... Oh no! Now he has his fiancée, Susanna.

When Matthew thought of this, he had a faint bad premonition.

Kitts shrugged with a smile and glanced at the group behind Matthew, his gaze lingering on Suzanne's face for a moment before moving away.

He smiled and said to Matthew, "I wish you a good time to find the treasure, hahahaha..."

Matthew's face narrowed slightly, watching a group of people leave, and muttered suspiciously, "Why is this guy Kitts strange today, come to provoke and leave?" Did you really meet by chance..."

......

Night

Countless bonfires were lit in the adventurer's base camp,

Raymond and the mercenaries sat around the campfire, a giant freshly bought elk roasting on the grill in front of them. The skin of the venison, which had been grilled over a charcoal fire for several hours, was charred and buttery, and a rich aroma of meat overflowed. Drops of hot oil from the venison roasted at high temperatures dripped onto the bonfire, snorting from time to time.

The fat man slept in the tent, and the girl Elijah couldn't hold back her curiosity to wander around the camp, and Cook naturally followed.

At the moment, there was only Raymond and the group of mercenaries around the campfire.

Captain Gree himself is brushing the seasoning, adventuring at sea all year round, and practicing a wonderful barbecue skill.

He took a dagger and cut open the venison, and when he saw that the meat was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, he cut a piece and handed it over, "Brother Nicholas, come, try my brother's craftsmanship!" ”

"Thanks, Captain Gree."

Raymond smiled and took a large lump of deer leg meat and chewed it, his mouth full of meaty aroma.

"You're welcome, it's not enough here..."

The two chatted without a word.

In the past few days, Raymond and the people of the Wind Wolf Mercenary Group have gotten along well, and they have also inquired a lot about the latest movements of the Tianlan Kingdom through their mouths. Since the "Salo I" royal expedition was shelled and fell into a coma two years ago, the situation in the royal capital has become very chaotic. There is constant infighting between the various princely factions... The main story line has completely deviated from the plot direction of the game, and he wants to rescue Anna, so the original plan has a lot of adjustments.

"Captain Gree, I see that you occasionally have bad blood, have you been poisoned before?"

"Brother, can you see that? Two years ago, I encountered a fourth-order two-headed poison sting, and I was pricked... His life was saved, but he was also poisoned. By the time I found a doctor to remove the poison, the venom had already penetrated the meridians... No, I don't expect to advance beyond the ordinary in this life, and I will probably stay in Sequence 7 for a lifetime. ”

"I've heard in my hometown that there is a home remedy for this stubborn toxin, and Captain Gregory can try it too... Soak the leaves of golden olives and hemp berries in water for about three months, and you can slowly remove the toxins from your body..."

This is a quest line in the game where you can find the "antidote recipe" and learn his heavy sword skills from Glee.

Raymond has no need for this two-handed heavy sword, he just wants to repay the favor and repay the deer's legs.

"Well, it sounds like it's interesting. This mission is over, I'll go back and try. ”

Glee himself took a large piece of roast venison and ate it.

He looked at Raymond and said with a smile: "Brother Nicholas, isn't your swordsmanship very powerful?" I see that the hilt of your sword is polished and shiny, and you must have practiced swords a lot..."

"Why..."

Raymond shook his head with a smile, half-modest and half-honest: "I've just started learning swords, and I'm still far from being powerful." ”

His current swordsmanship must be different from what it used to be two years ago, but it is still far from that of a blind old man.

"You're in a good state of mind!"

Glee smiled and gave a thumbs up.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "That famous star student of the Royal Academy named Cook, although his swordsmanship is better than yours, his mentality is not as good as yours. Although my brother learned a two-handed heavy sword, he also came over like this at the beginning... Sequence 8 is just getting started, and it's far from being complacent. ”

As he spoke, a bright color flashed in his eyes, and then he entered the topic, and tried to ask, "I think you and that guy seem to have a bit of a holiday?" ”

Gregory has naturally seen everything in his eyes these days, and he doesn't understand that the two young people have some conflicts because of Ilya's little girl.

Raymond never took this to heart and smiled, "It's nothing to celebrate." I don't know him well. ”

Hearing this, Gregory raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and said meaningfully: "I don't dare to guarantee anything else, but as long as you are by my side on this expedition, your safety brother will definitely be able to guarantee it." ”

"Thank you in advance."

Raymond understood the kindness and smiled.

Obviously, this captain Grie saw some clues.

"Everybody's here..."

At this moment, Matthew, the fat man, seemed to wake up from sleep and got out of the tent.

"This barbecue is so fragrant..."

He also gathered around the campfire, feasted with great interest, and did not forget to praise as he chewed, "It's delicious!" The craftsmanship of this barbecue is simply better than that in the top restaurants in the royal capital! ”

Raymond: "It was Captain Gree who baked it..."

Matthew looked around again and asked, "Huh... How many of them are Elijah? ”

Glee responded, "They went to the camp. ”

After sleeping all afternoon, Matthew's drowsiness also woke up completely, and he muttered while eating: "Oops, I panicked if I didn't find the treasure for a moment, and I always felt that it would be bad if the treasure entrance was discovered by someone else." We should have left in the afternoon..."

"It doesn't matter if you delay overnight. If the treasure was really so easy to find, it would have been dug up in the past two years. ”

Raymond smiled and shook his head, this guy has no woman by his side, and his mind is normal.

As soon as he wanted to say something, he could sense it with his heart, and immediately determined the specific location of Susanna's people. At this time, he raised his eyes to look in the direction of a certain camp in the distance, and suddenly his face became very strange.

The fat man's crow's mouth, I'm afraid he is really going to be hit by him.

After a moment of silence, Raymond stared at the fat man beside him with a slightly strange gaze, and asked, "That... Matthew, what would you do if you were green? ”

Matthew blinked, obviously not understanding, "Green?" What do you mean? ”

"Oh, that's my hometown slang."

Raymond thought about it, but he still didn't plan to say it in public, so he got up and greeted: "Let's go, you come with me to see the fun." ”

......

Half an hour later,

Behind the big tree outside the camp of the "Musket Mercenary Regiment", two figures have been waiting here for a long time.

Matthew looked at Raymond's mysterious expression before and followed with some interest,

But now he didn't see anything, and he waited a little impatiently, muttering, "Brother Nicholas, what are you pulling me here for?" It's been half an hour of waiting..."

Matthew naturally knew that this was his brother Kitts's camp, but he didn't have a habit of peeping on others. What's more, they are all big men, what's so good-looking?

"Shhhh

At this time,

Raymond suddenly pointed to the tent in the corner of the camp and said, "Come out immediately!" ”

"What the hell do you want me to show first..."

Matthew pursed his lips and followed the direction of Raymond's finger as he suddenly watched a graceful woman walk out from behind the curtain.

When I looked closely, the woman's face seemed to be somewhat familiar.

it! Isn't this Susanna?

Matthew rubbed his eyes, his eyes widened in disbelief.

How could his fiancée come out of someone else's tent?

And then

He watched his handsome brother Kitts come out of the tent as well, and the two hugged each other intimately, kissing goodbye with a lingering kiss.

Seeing this scene, everyone should understand what is going on.

Raymond saw that the fat man's face was not very good, so he was relieved: "Hey... Matthew, you have to be strong. ”

"Nima... This pair of dogs for men and women! It turns out that they have been together for a long time! I said that this woman used to behave like that, and now suddenly she is enthusiastic again..."

Matthew was speechless in shock, and whoever saw this scene would probably not feel good.

"Don't be impulsive, there are a lot of them..."

Raymond was a little worried, afraid that this guy would rush out in anger and fight with the guy who cuckolded him.

But what he absolutely didn't expect was that in addition to being shocked, this guy didn't have the slightest anger that his dignity was trampled on.

If you were any normal man, shouldn't you go up and kill that pair of dogs and men?

But the first thing that came to mind of Matthew was not that he was green, but a treasure map!

He said to himself, "This slut has been following me all the way, because he wants to spy on me... Then I'm afraid the treasure map has also been leaked! ”

His small eyes flickered, and he didn't look angry at all.

Instead, the thing pursed his lips and said calmly to Raymond: "Brother Nicholas, let you see the joke." ”

“...”

Raymond was really a little confused, and said in surprise: "You're not angry?" ”

The fat man probably understood another deep meaning of the word "green", and said calmly: "Why should I be angry? said that she was a fiancée, but the marriage was not decided yet. If I marry her, I will be green, and now I have slept with someone else's woman in vain, and I will not suffer! ”

“...”

Raymond's head is full of black lines.

Why is this fat man's brain circuit so amazing?

seemingly

This fat man's scheming is not as simple as he thought.

At this time, Matthew didn't continue to look at the meaning of the dog man and woman's affection, and said: "Brother Nicholas, please pretend that you don't know about this matter for a while, and leave everything to me..."

“...”

Raymond raised an eyebrow at him and let out a long sigh.

This fat man, I don't know what bad ideas are holding back.

......

When the two of them wandered around for a while before returning to the camp, Ilya and the three of them also returned.

Suzanne sat by the campfire as if nothing had happened, still looking coldly ignoring others.

Raymond looked at Matthew as if he was completely fine, hugged Suzanne for a while, and said intimately as usual: "Oh, my dear Susanna, where have you been, it makes me worry for a while." Brother Nicholas and I went around the camp and didn't run into you..."

"I'll just take a walk."

Susanna's face did not change, and she said impatiently.

She wasn't going to explain too much.

The woman was obviously not as enthusiastic about Matthew as she had been on the ship, and even had some disgust in her eyes.

After all, she has already got what she should have gotten her hands on, and she no longer wants to show affection with this disgusting fat man. If Kitts hadn't called her to continue the project, Suzanne wouldn't want to see the fat man again.

This treasure map was the fat man's only chance to turn over, and now it's gone. Matthew, who lost the assessment and lost the inheritance of the Chamber of Commerce, is not even as good as a beggar in Susanna's eyes.

Still delusional that you will marry him? Hehe, it's just wishful thinking!

suddenly

Just as everyone was ready to go back to their tents to rest,

Matthew suddenly announced a surprising decision.

"Captain Gree, please work hard, let's set sail now. I always feel that the night is long and there are many dreams, so I should go and find the treasure first. ”

Gregory nodded, they didn't have any opinions as mercenaries, everything naturally did according to the employer's requirements.

When Susanna, who was watching on the side, heard this, she seemed to think of something, and exclaimed, "What? Are you crazy, it's dark now?! ”