Chapter 2 Mercenary Maxims, Take Money to Do Things
"Miss Scarpet!"
Fang Plover finds Silk Capel in the crowd. The camp was in chaos, and as the battle began, the Spear of the Silver Forest fired two flares into the forest on the south bank of the river, illuminating the direction as bright as day.
Silk Capet was tightening the nut on the metal shell of her glove with her head down, and only looked up when she heard a shout. She saw Fang Yu coming from a distance, and hurriedly beckoned him to come over quickly. "You've come just in time, I'm looking for you."
"Looking for me?"
"The mission has been ordered, and we will leave soon, and you and I will act together with Quilrod later."
"Action, me? I'm on the front line too? Fang Yuan's eyes lit up, and he was a little eager to try.
Scarpe quickly put her index finger to her lips, made a silent gesture, and then lifted her chin to the side. Fang Ou looked in that direction, Quilrod had a great sword in one hand, and pressed the other hand on a map on the stump, and the second half of the sentence was said: "...... Tara's Blade will be dropped between this area, and there is an alchemical lock of unknown nature in the Elven Ruins, which, according to intelligence, has at least one ability that will prevent Tara's Blade from activating on its own. So our mission was to enter the area and manually ignite the Blade of Tara, and to be stationed with the support of the Blade of Tara for at least half an hour until reinforcements arrived. β
"This mission is divided into two phases, A and B, the goal of Phase A is to reach the vicinity of Tara's Blade and ignite successfully, and the goal of Phase B is to garrison and wait for reinforcements to arrive, so we are also divided into two groups, Phase A Group A main attack, Group B support, and Phase 2 rotation. Group A consisted of Miss Mia and all the members of the second and third teams, Group B consisted of me, Scarpael, the alchemist Eddard and all the members of the first team, Miss Mia was in command in group A, and group B was at my orders. β
After saying that, Quelod looked around quietly and repeated, "Do you understand?" β
"Understood!" The crowd replied in unison.
"Is it okay for the fallen to choose to be resurrected in the Mirela Temple near the Hidden Spring?"
"No problem!"
Seeing this scene, Fang Yu couldn't help but admire: "Mr. Quelod is still very majestic. Scapet clasped his hands around him and snorted, "How else would he have deceived me?" The tone was full of disdain. Fang Yu turned back to look at the latter with some amusement, Miss Silk Capet was obviously a dead duck with a hard mouth, and the other party's gaze was obviously infatuated.
"Tara's Blade," Fang Yu suddenly remembered what it was. "Geofflet's Dragon Knight?"
Scapet nodded. "The Jeffrey Redcoats are bleeding, so that's why I want to bring you, the ignition of the battle-level magician, will you?"
"If it's just activated, as long as you're an alchemist, you can't do it, right?" Only then did Fang Yu understand. "But the dragon knight, I haven't seen it yet."
"My chipmunk is more knowledgeable than you, but unfortunately it died of illness on the last adventure. So don't die all at once when you go to battle, you'll cause me all the trouble. Scarpe scoffed at his words.
"Wait a minute, isn't Miss Scarpe a serval?"
"That's Miss Serval, she's lost, that's from the last adventure."
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However, Fang Yu was not afraid of the upcoming action at all, and was faintly excited. He looked at Quelod who was talking eloquently, and suddenly had a whim. "By the way, Miss Scarpet, how did the head of the regiment trick you?"
Scarpe glared at him. "That's none to do with you, milky little hairy head."
There was a snickering around. Fang Yuan also laughed, and Scapet looked at these guys with great annoyance, and finally glanced at Fang Yuan with hatred. However, Fang Yu was actually a little envious of the relationship between the two, and he looked in the other direction with some feeling-Quelod put away the big sword behind him after finishing speaking, and then looked at Miya over there.
Miss Liaison Officer was one step ahead of Fang Yuan, and stood quietly to one side until this time, nodding her head slightly. But she seemed to notice something, and looked in the direction of Fang Yu with some confusion, so frightened that the latter hurriedly lowered his head in a weak manner.
"Tsk." Scarpe looked at the thief-minded dog.
So the mission goal was established.
Everyone rushed out in groups, and although Fang Yu was still a little unclear about the situation in addition to his own mission, Scarpe had already caught him and dragged him to follow the large army. Fang Yu was carrying a large backpack that could be called a burden, which was full of alchemy tools that could be used.
At this time, the light of the flare overhead gradually dimmed, and the surroundings were dark again. The stars in the night sky are twinkling again, and the forest is at its safest.
The team soon descended into the forest.
The woody roots of the forest and the low-hanging branches that spread and climb seem to form a labyrinth of tunnels between the trunks of the trees, and there is no end in sight in the darkness. Occasionally, the bushes make a rattling sound that startles the plover, but in reality it is nothing more than a bird like a pheasant nesting in the bush - two glowing mushrooms probe their tails in the distance, and their cute eyes like black beans on their stalks are not photoreceptors, but vibration sensitors.
Apparently, the procession had alarmed most of the 'natives' of the forest.
Fang Plover also saw several huge terrifying birds, these giant carnivorous birds were almost two people tall, like giants walking in the forest, and his scalp tightened from a distance. Even Quilrod had removed the greatsword from his back, but it didn't seem like the other party was going to cause trouble with these two-legged primates that were just as troubleβand weren't on their normal recipes.
Boom, a second flare hit the sky, and the bright light once again illuminated the entire forest. Fang Ou looked up a little unevenly, but suddenly felt a light on his back, and it turned out that Quelod had lifted his backpack as he passed by him.
"Ah, thank you......"
"Concentrate," Scarpe walked over and slapped him in the back, nearly knocking him to the ground, "what are you looking at?" Keep up with the others, there's a withered treeman colony around here. We will all find trouble when we encounter such creatures of level 30 or 40, and if you get lost and strayed into them, you will definitely die. β
Fang Plover really wanted to see what the withered treeman looked like, he hadn't seen many magical creatures in this world, and he had only seen a huge griffin once in Kapka, and he was very impressed at that time. Then there was the horror bird he had seen earlier, and even this ancient species surprised him, and he heard that this creature had been extinct on the earth for tens of thousands of years, and even biologists came to the New World to visit them.
However, at this time, he did not dare to make too much of a mistake, thanked Quelod, and honestly followed the team.
After the flares were lifted into the air, the team's route changed, and instead of passing through the open open forest and meadows, they buried their heads in the dense forest. It had been a quarter of an hour in a zigzag way, during which time the Owl had lifted the clockwork elf into the air to correct its direction, and finally saw the semicircular vault of the temple in the distance again.
This is the first time that Fang Yu has come close to observe the elven architecture in this world - it is very different from other ruins, the building is mostly in a dexterous and light decoration style, full of slender and delicate continuous columns, the main building is mostly made of cross arches and ribbed arch structures, and the decoration on it is full of hollow continuous coupon structures, which is a very delicate beauty, which perfectly blends solemnity and meticulousness.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for Fang Yu to believe that such an exquisite complex could have been preserved for so long. Of course, this ruin has inevitably been eroded by time, and the natural plants have basically completely encroached on the territory of the original civilization, and vines have crawled all over every building, except for the occasional white stone wall that reflects the moonlight, the whole ruin is a strange green shade.
Fang Yu was fascinated by it, and couldn't help but subconsciously take two steps forward, but was suddenly pulled back by a strong force. He turned his head blankly, only to see Scarpe's unhappy look: "What's the daze, look ahead." β
Fang Plover then noticed that Quelod had come to the front of the line at some point, and the other party was staring in one direction, so Fang Plover also looked in that direction, but he couldn't see anything except a black forest. He subconsciously reached into his pocket and fumbled, then pulled out a clockwork elf, but Scarpe reached out from behind to hold him down and shook her head at him.
"Listen to the command," she said, "someone is coming." β
"yes, why didn't I see it?"
Seeing that Silk Capet rolled his eyes angrily, Fang Yu realized that he seemed to have asked an idiot question. After a while, he saw some people coming out of the woods in that direction:
The other party was dressed in silver clothing, and he could see it in the light of the flares. They marched out of the forest in a disciplined formation, forming a three-column horizontal column about a few hundred meters away, stopping in front of the Dawn Star Adventure Group.
"They found us too?"
Quilrod nodded, and tossed the backpack back to him. Fang Yuan grabbed the backpack, and on the side, Si Capet also took off the magic guide gun hanging behind him, and threw it over. Fang Yu hurriedly held his backpack with both hands to catch the long gun, only to feel his center of gravity sink.
"Ishurian's seven-style flintlock pistol, take it for self-protection, will you use it?"
Fang Yu looked at the people in silver clothes in the distance, "Only a little." He nodded subconsciously.
"It's okay, just try a few more times, it's much easier than a clockwork goblin." Silk Capet took out a piece of metal as thick as a dictionary and shook it in front of him: "This is a water-cooled component, I will dismantle it for you, because after installing it, you can't even hold the gun with your strength." But without this thing will also have an impact, you'd better keep the frequency of firing one shot a minute, and the non-attribute crystals in two shots in a minute will overheat and damage the bolt, and if you fire three shots, it will inevitably explode, and you can do it yourself. β
Fang Plover nodded like a peck pecking rice.
The magic guide of the attributeless crystal began to be equipped with the armies of various countries after the Lion War, and this alchemy product between magic tools and war equipment like clockwork goblins was born in accordance with the idea of expanding the military resources of the Aitarian countries, but it was not very successful, first of all, the power of the attributeless crystal was too weak to pose a threat to the Electors above level 7; Secondly, the crystal's water-cooling mechanism is huge and complicated, and ordinary people can't carry such a heavy thing into battle.
So this kind of thing ended up being promoted only among low-level adventurers.
Unlike the early front-loading smoothbore guns, this magic guide gun also has rifling, which is a technology brought by humans, just as the new world has brought great changes to the earth, in fact, the influence of humans on this world is also multifaceted.
"By the way," Fang Yu suddenly thought of something, "What about Miya and the others?" β
Scarpe glanced at him disapplausively: "What, worried about your little girlfriend?" β
Fang Yuan's face turned red, but at this time, the light of the flare dimmed again, and no one noticed this in the darkness. He explained with a knot in his tongue: "Miss Mia, she, she, she, me, me, me, ......me,
"Alright," said Scapelle, waving her hand impatiently, as she helped Quilrod unsheath the metal clasp on his scabbard, "I'm not interested in listening to you make up stories, your little bit of caution has long been known." But I warn you, little one, she's not for youβ"
"She's on the other side," Quilrod interrupted. He glared at her, and while taking off the giant sword, he replied calmly: "This battle is the main attack of Group A, and our task is to respond. If things change, remember that our first goal is to enter the ruins, find the wizard and activate it. β
Fang Yu rubbed his somewhat stiff cheeks, and then calmed down: "Then what about us now, don't we do something?" β
"Of course there is something to be done," said Scapet, "we, now, wait for the money." β
"Huh?"
"Xinding, let me teach you a second lesson," the head of Scarpe said in an authentic manner, "In Aitalia, the mercenary rule is to take money to do things. Generally speaking, this criterion can be further extended to the following: how much money you take, how much you do - and then a third basic principle is born: mercenaries will only do things when they get money. β
Fang Yu looked at her dumbfounded.
Rarely, he didn't refute his girlfriend's words, he looked at Fang Ou and explained, "Among the Electors, all of Aitalia's rules are conventional, and the same is true between the Adventure Party and the Grand Guild, don't take too much faith in the propaganda you see in reality, every rule here is formed after countless battles and compromises. β
"Simply put, we don't trust anyone too much, and I suggest you do too." With a flick of her hand in the air, she opened a page of light, but to others it seemed to everyone else that they could only see a jumble of light hanging in the air.
But immediately, her eyes bent into a crescent moon, and she happily grabbed a jingling money bag in the air, grabbed a jingling money bag, and threw it into Fang Yuan's arms with a 'bang': "The money has arrived, this is your share." β
"Do I have it too?" Fang Yu was shocked, wondering if there was a fake Miss Silk Capet in front of him. He opened his pocket a little more, and couldn't help but gasp, it was more than two thousand seven hundred lissell, enough for him to make three more clockwork goblins.
Thinking of the days when I was alone in Kapka, looking at the money was like a dream. Fang Yu carefully stuffed the money bag into his body, and watched the coins inside carry heavily in his arms, and suddenly gained a great sense of satisfaction in his heart.
He thought that this money should be enough for him to become an official alchemist.
"Digitize the money," Scarpe glared at him, "Could it be that you're planning to act with this bag of money?" β
Hearing this, a layer of cold sweat suddenly appeared on Fang Yu's forehead.
He looked at his 'pot-bellied' pocket, and said in a humble heart: "That, I just like the real feeling." β
Fortunately, Silk Capet didn't dig deeper, and snorted: "Little Scrooge." It was probably because of the rejection of the same kind, and he looked at the guy with disgust and explained: "Remember, this is called combat allowance." β
Fang Yu couldn't help but smile happily: "...... Can that make me go to war every time? β
"Dream, drag the oil bottle," Scapet poked the stupid boy's forehead angrily, "Do you think there are so many of them every time, this time it's because our mission is more important, and maybe we will run into hard stubble." β
Listening to Silk Cape's words, Fang Yu couldn't help but look at the 'hard stubble' in the distance.
He actually knew each otherβor rather, those silver robes, the Silver Spear General Association was a very well-known guild in the Second World, called the Silver Forest Crown, one of the top ten most famous guilds in the country. And the spear of the Silver Forest was almost identical to the guild uniform of the crown of the Silver Forest, so Fang Yu recognized it at a glance.
He just didn't expect the Spear of the Silver Forest to be someone from the Rainbow Alliance. The spear of the silver forest, Fang Yu thought to himself. I don't know if it's as powerful as the crown of the silver forest, he is very familiar with some of the star electors of that guild.
Let's say, all-seeing KUN.
"Got the money?"
"It's here, it's not a lot." Scarpe also praised his employer in a rare way: "I didn't expect Jeffreyt's people to be good, different from those dog-like guys in the Rainbow League." β
Quilrod nodded, then pulled out a crystal necklace from under his neck, held it in his hand until the crystal on it began to redden, and then whispered, "Group A, let's start." β
At this time, the members of the Spear of the Silver Forest in the distance were also hesitating, they were attracted by the people of the Dawn Star here; But Quelod and his party didn't make any moves, and they didn't know what kind of plane they were doing, which made the other party very confused.
Five hundred meters is already far away from the regular combat distance of the First World, and if it doesn't move here, the people of the Silver Forest Spear over there don't want to take the initiative to attack.
However, after all, the other party is a well-trained member of the Grand Guild, and after the horizontal line is arranged, the people behind will start to apply buffs to the people in front, and they will always be in a battle-ready situation. Seeing this, Fang Yu couldn't help but be a little anxious, he wasn't worried about himself, but worried about Miya in the back.
It was at this time that he saw a sudden flicker in the forest behind the side of the Silver Forest Spear.
Fang Yu almost thought that he had seen it wrong, it was a fleeting flash. Then, suddenly, the firelight exploded in the back row of the Silver Forest Spear, and the intense light almost made Fang Yu subconsciously close his eyes, but before that, at least three or four figures had already flown out in the explosion.
Seeing that the time had come, Quelod also picked up his big sword in both hands, his chest expanded slightly, and he suddenly roared:
"Everyone, follow me!"
His tall figure took the lead in killing out, and everyone followed, only Fang Yu didn't react yet, his eyes were dazzled by the flash before. But someone pushed him from behind, and there was no doubt that it was Scapet, and Fang Yu was unsteady on his footing, and staggered out.
Boom, the third flare was also hit in the night sky.
A dull roar suddenly sounded in the distance of the forest, far and near.
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