As soon as these words came out, the surrounding mercenaries all showed expressions of wanting to stop after glancing at each other.

Looking at the expressions of these people, and the gaze they looked at the old man from time to time, Leon's eyes widened suddenly, and he turned his face to look at the old man, and said

"Isn't it! Uncle, that kid is your child? ”

After finishing speaking, Leon glanced at the old man up and down, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like an old man in his sixties and seventies, and there was no young man who deliberately dyed his hair white~

"Be old and strong!"

Looking at Leon's look of surprise and envy, the old man quickly shook his head and said

"The little old man is old, and he doesn't have these ideas, the kid you said...

At first, the old man's voice was quite loud, but when it came to the child, the old man was also silent, and turned his face to look at the strong man behind him, and the strong man also showed a helpless look and said

"The kid you're talking about is called Ace, the son of my eldest brother, and my eldest brother is the hero of the black blood mercenaries, Ethel !!"

Hearing this, Leon fell silent.

It's not that he didn't think of this possibility, but he didn't dare to think about it, isn't it good to have a perfect ending like a fairy tale?

However, unfortunately, there is no shortage of tragedies in this world, and there are only a few fairy tale endings.

The old man sighed and said

"This time we also miscalculated, we heard that we were going to hunt the earth dragons, and when we saw such a high bounty, we couldn't hold back our greed, and finally under my leadership, many brothers came here, but now there are only these few brothers left, and I don't know how to explain to the wives and children of those dead brothers."

As the old man spoke, tears couldn't help but flow down his face, and he choked up

"Poor Ethel, as the most skilled person in our mercenary group, he could have escaped alone when we were captured by the Earth Dragon King, but he lost his life for the big guy."

His only wish before his death was to hope that his child Ace could study and become a person, no longer living with his head all day long. It's a pity that even if you collect the property of the remaining owners of our mercenary group, it won't be enough for little Ace to go to school~"

After finishing speaking, the old man sighed deeply, his body was a little more rickety, Leon was worried that he would be accidentally crushed by Ethel's corpse, but fortunately, this old man was also a master, and finally forcibly supported it.

"Is school so expensive? I didn't need much money to go to school. ”

Leon felt very unbelievable that the entire mercenary group's money could not support a child to study, although he knew that knowledge was precious, but was it too exaggerated to be so precious?

"Looking at what this little brother is wearing, you can know that he is not from the empire, and it is understandable that he doesn't know anything about the situation in the imperial capital."

As he spoke, the old man took out a gold coin from his pocket and said to Leon

"This gold coin, I use it to play with it is indeed worth a lot, but if you want to spend it in the imperial capital, this gold coin is enough to eat some of the cheapest things."

Hearing this, Leon couldn't help but nodded, recalling the price list he saw at the bar the day before yesterday, a gold coin can indeed only order some of the cheapest things~

"But, you know, in other small countries, I can even eat for days and still have leftover!"

Leon didn't know the gap very well, anyway, he felt that the character he possessed should be an upper-middle-level soldier.

After all, compared with themselves, the weapons of the rest of the soldiers are sharpened wooden sticks, and the armor is sackcloth, and it is not clear whether they can take out two gold coins on their bodies~

But such a "rich" self can only eat one meal when he arrives in the empire, and then he has to go hungry...

"It seems to be quite touching to look at the little brother?"

The old man looked at Leon's contemplative appearance and asked what was in his heart~

"It's a little bit of a feeling, the price of the empire is really abnormal."

The old man nodded, and just as he was about to speak, Ethel's brother spoke

"Who's to say it isn't! Now the minister's old dog is in control of the palace, the entire imperial capital is under his shadow, there are all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes everywhere, and now a glass of wine in the hotel costs more than a dozen gold coins! If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have had to work so hard! ”

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Like the gold coins in the old man's hand, every mercenary here can take out a bag, and the most important thing in the empire is gold mines, and naturally there is no shortage of gold coins, so this pile of gold coins in their hands is no different from ordinary coins~

The black-blooded mercenaries are a fairly large legion, and the mercenary group is just a small wave of mercenaries. However, in this small wave of mercenaries, there is Ethel, a figure who has practiced martial arts in the Imperial Fist Temple before, so he is also quite famous among his peers.

The old man saw that the atmosphere was rather dull and wanted to divert the topic, so he asked

"By the way, I've been gone for so long, and I still don't know the name of the little brother."

Leon shook his head and turned to the old man

"My name doesn't matter, if you really want to call me, you can call me 'Night Raid', and Night Raid is the name of all of us!"

Hearing this, Ethel's brother slammed his fist into his palm and said

"I see, brother, you are the killer of the night attack, since this is the case, it is nothing to be able to kill the Earth Dragon King!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh

"If it weren't for my low martial arts, I would have wanted to join your night raid and ruthlessly engage in this dark and corrupt empire!"

The old man and the rest of the mercenaries all showed their proper expressions.

They are mercenaries, and they are naturally quite familiar with the night raids that are almost "peers", and they are also very aware that the night raids have been working against the empire, and they have also killed many corrupt high-ranking members of the empire over the years, forcing the darkness into the shadows.

You must know that in the past few years, the darkness of the empire was blatantly exposed in front of everyone, and countless people died tragically under the corrupt swords of the empire.

At that time, the entire empire, especially the imperial capital, could be said to be dark and chaotic.

Later, night raids appeared in the sky, constantly killing evildoers, and for a while, everyone was in danger, even if they wanted to do evil again, they didn't dare to be blatant anymore.

However, although Night Raid is a killer organization, it often takes on some tasks that have nothing to do with assassination, such as the current task of hunting earth dragons, so in some senses, Night Raid can also be regarded as a mercenary's companion.

Just as everyone gradually saw the faint light, Ethel's younger brother suddenly knelt down and spoke

"Lord Night Raider, please take me in! Even if I am allowed to do chores, I can't bear it anymore, I want to rebel against this dim empire, just let me mess with you! ”

His words fell, and all the mercenaries around him knelt down and spoke one after another

"Please take in our bunch of miscellaneous people!"

The old man shook his head and said

"Night attack brothers, you can accept them, they are all still young, and there is still blood left, let them squander their blood on the battlefield!"

After saying that, the old man put Ethel's body on the ground

"Take Ethel with you too! He deserves this treatment! ”

After speaking, the old man walked out silently and gradually disappeared from Leon's field of vision.

Although the seven mercenaries were worried about the old man, they all knew that they would never have a chance to join the night attack when they stood up at this time, so they could only watch the old man leave, observing Leon's expression from time to time.

"In your case, I can't be the master, to be honest, I guess I'm a night raid now~"

It's true that Leon is strong, but as a newcomer, doing chores is a necessary process, and Leon still understands this, anyway, there are two people to accompany him to do chores, and there is nothing wrong with it.

I can't speak at the moment in the night attack, although I really want this group of hot-blooded men to join the night attack, but in the end, reason overcomes impulse, and said

"In this way, you are all angry with the Empire, I can't just let you die in peace, I'll take you to the night attack first, and then leave the situation to the boss."

After Leon finished speaking, he saw the hesitant expressions of the crowd and explained

"Don't worry, our boss used to be a general of the empire, and he rebelled against the empire because he hated the darkness of the empire, and founded the night raid killer group, he is a very sharp person, and he will never waste your talents!"

Hearing this, the mercenaries' faces turned a little pale, and they were most worried about meeting those who did not know how to do it, so that they would have nowhere to display their martial arts.

It's just that they actually want to mix with Leon the most in their hearts, after all, they have seen the strength of the Earth Dragon King with their own eyes, and the fact that they haven't seen any Earth Dragon along the way also means that the Earth Dragon King was really killed by Leon.

And Leon, a character who can even kill the Earth Dragon King, is simply synonymous with the Martial God in their eyes.

Mercenaries are hot-blooded men, and the ideas in their minds are quite simple, and it is their lifelong wish to follow the strong people they identify with.

Of course, if they themselves are strong, they don't mind bringing a few more younger brothers~

。。。

"Anyway, come back with me! And that old man is gone just now, aren't you going to chase it? ”

Ethel's brother shook his head and said

"No need, although Brother Yin is not young, he is still a hot-blooded man, there is nothing in this world that can stop the determination of a hot-blooded man, even death!"

The mercenaries around them all showed determined expressions, and it seemed that Leon was the only one of all the people here who didn't know where the old man was going.

"In that case, let's go, I'll take you to the night raid to have a look."

Everyone walked out of the exit, and Leon turned his face to see that this exit was the same place where the Earth Dragon King rushed out.

Surprisingly, as the leader of the Earth Dragon, the Earth Dragon King doesn't seem to be like the Earth Dragon~ Otherwise, with his strength, he wouldn't have been killed head-on with Leon.

Just when the mercenaries saw the light of day again, they didn't have time to sigh before they saw the truth of Leon? Overlord Xiang's roar punch pierced through the jungle far away, and all of his expressions became very terrifying~

"Night Attack ... Big.. My lord, what's the deal with that particularly exaggerated trace? Some kind of cannon? ”

Leon spread his hands and said

"None of this matters, it's important to get back quickly."

As he spoke, he said hello to Brand, who was looking at the entrance of the cave worriedly from afar

"Brand, Brother Song, the mission has been completed, we can go back!"

Brand and Song Yu heard a voice behind them, and instinctively looked back vigilantly, and then they saw Leon and the seven younger brothers...

。。。

Everyone greeted each other for a while, and then walked back together.

Although Leon and the others were road idiots, these mercenaries were not, and they didn't go far before everyone saw little Ace with red and swollen eyes crying.

Seeing everyone coming, Ace's eyes lit up suddenly, and he strode over

"Uncle, uncle! Where's my daddy? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the "bloody man" on his uncle's shoulder, and his eyes instantly froze.

"I... I... ”

Little Ace said a lot about me, but he couldn't say a whole sentence, and tears flowed from his eyes again.

Leon reached up and wanted to comfort little Ace, but who knew that he slapped his hand away

"I don't want you to comfort me, you lied to me, you said you would bring my father back!"

"You said you would bring my daddy back...

Little Ace's voice became smaller and smaller, so small that Leon could barely hear it, and he actually knew that Leon had done his best to save so many people, but he couldn't accept the result

"Your father is a hero, little Ace."

Long before hunting the earth dragon, Ethel considered that this trip was likely to be more auspicious, but he needed that very generous commission, and he really hoped that his son could go to school, really hopeful.

The fate of a mercenary is ultimately death, there is no other possibility, a mercenary will become stronger and stronger because of various battles, but he will also eventually die because of the constant battles, and sometimes, all it takes to die is to be careless.

Therefore, before hunting the earth dragon, he placed his son in a relatively safe place, and cruelly said the words of abandoning him, so that once he died, he would survive on his own, and he would not die because he was looking for himself.

The reason why little Ace was brought out was mainly because he had too many feuds, and he didn't want little Ace to be alone in the city and be retaliated by the enemy, just like his mother, Ethel's wife, who died under the enemy's blade.

But now, he is dead, but many people have been rescued by Leon, which shows the bloody truth in front of Little Ace.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe my dad is going to die! ”

Yelling, little Ace ran out, Leon chased after him in a few steps, grabbed little Ace, and said to him

"Calm down! It's useless for you to make such a noise! Do you know why your dad died here? ”

"Listening to them, your father is a person with strong martial arts, don't you think about why he died in this mission?"

Hearing this, Ace turned his head sharply, he wanted to hear what Leon was going to say.

Seeing that his attention was finally drawn, Leon nodded secretly and said

"Your father wants you to study, but it costs a lot of money, so he came to do this very dangerous task!"

"But do you know why it costs so much money to study?"

Hearing the previous sentence, Ace didn't change, as long as he knew that his father hadn't abandoned him, then his father would love him like this, and he didn't need Leon to say that he also knew, but Leon's latter sentence made his eyes show a curious look.

"Because this country is distorted, good people live so hard, and it is also because of the rotten upper class that your father will work hard to make you able to study!"

Hearing this, Ace's eyes widened sharply and he said

"What is a distortion and why is this country distorted?"

"Because of the decay, the decay of the upper layer has led to the suffering of the bottom, you are still young, not when you think about this, you only need to practice martial arts well, only in this way can you avenge your father!"

Leon doesn't know if it's right to persuade a child to take revenge, hatred can easily make people lose their minds, but it can also give desperate people a sustenance to live, so no matter what, Leon still has to give this child who has lost his father a support, as for the rest of the matter, he can only supervise it slowly and prevent him from entering the Shura Road~

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Unlimited from The King of Fighters 2012