At night, the Yellow Autumn City is still brightly lit.

There are tens of thousands of people cleaning the battlefield outside the city, and if the corpses of these demon beasts are not gathered and burned, they will soon form a plague or malaria, and the area will be destroyed by the sea breeze.

Huangqiucheng is a large city with a permanent population of about 300,000. It is divided into an inner city and an outer city. The facilities in the city are very complete, and the city defense system is mainly based on the Holy Flame Mercenary Group of Bailining, supplemented by the Tempest Mercenary Group of the Raging Wind.

Huangqiu Academy is also on the inner city, and due to the recent fierce beast tide, most of the students have been dismissed or participated in battles, and there are very few people in the academy at present.

The meeting of the giants finally decided to be held at the headquarters of the Flame Mercenary Regiment.

Nearly 100 people gathered in the headquarters hall. The head was none other than the head of the regiment, Bai Linin.

"Everyone, of course, we are gathered here today with the same goal, that is, to guard the last hope of mankind, the last two eyes of the vast array, Huang Qiucheng!" Bai Lining sat in the first seat and stood up to speak, "So I hope that some people with grievances can put aside their previous suspicions, now our biggest enemy is not infighting, but demon beasts!"

Of course, Shen Mu, as an important member of the Twilight Snow Mercenary Group, also attended this meeting, and when he saw that Bai Lining looked straight at Twilight Xue and the others after speaking, he also knew that he had to say something.

With Xiaoyou, Mu Liang and Tian Cheng glanced at each other and said, "Captain Baili, I have also heard a little about some grievances between Duxue and you before. However, I am not a participant, and I am not qualified to speak to be reasonable. But everyone has seen the current state of the Twilight Mercenary Group, and thanks to everyone's affordability, our Mercenary Group is now in an unprecedented growth trend. However, we will not take advantage of the situation to suppress people, I am willing to abandon my previous suspicions and cooperate with the head of the Baili Regiment to jointly defend Huang Qiucheng. ”

Bai Lining also looked a little strange when she saw that it was a young man who was speaking, and she didn't know anyone who Mu Xue came this time. The deputy head of the regiment was a little girl in a maid's suit, and the speaker was a young man. As the strongest Mu Liang and Tian Cheng, the leader of the academic school, although they also joined Duxue, it seems that they are only looking at these two people, and they don't have too many ideas of their own. "This must be the legendary Shen Mu who has been active in the mercenary world recently, right? Demon and Martial Arts Double Cultivation is indeed terrifying, I hope you will work hard to inherit Lin Xue's mantle. Now that the Twilight Mercenary Group has made a decision, they can put aside their old suspicions. Then our Flame Mercenary Regiment won't say anything more. We will also fully cooperate with you. ”

"That's great, I don't have any other ideas, I'm willing to do my best to provide physical assistance to protect Huang Qiu City. It's just that I still have a doubt, what is the origin of the fox clan that appeared today. Her cultivation seems to be a little too strong. The leader of the Tempest Mercenary Regiment stood up and spoke.

As soon as the little thing was mentioned, the eyes of everyone present returned to the few members of the Twilight Snow Mercenary Group, but they did not find that this strong man was present, and some people immediately raised similar questions.

Shen Mu spoke again: "Since we are comrades-in-arms, I will no longer hide anything. He breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I don't know what the specific level of cultivation is for the Martial Emperor, but it will definitely not be lower than the peak of the Martial Emperor. She confessed to me that she was one of the four protectors of the Demon Monarch Yueji, and was ordered to protect Xiao Xiao and the hedgehog in my group. The previous move was just an act to protect the two of them by the way. As for whether she is an enemy or not, I can't give a definite answer. But at least not yet. ”

As soon as these words came out, Hei Mian couldn't sit still for a while, got up and said: "Such a strong person may become our enemy, then why don't we directly besiege and kill her!

There were many people present who seconded the proposal, but Mu Liang frowned, and said lightly: "Then what is the difference between us and the Judgment Council!"

The black face was speechless, so he had to sit down again without saying a word.

Seeing the discussion of the people below, Bai Lining had no choice but to interject and said: "You have also seen the strength of the Demon Beast Fang at present, and the previous Second Demon Monarch and the Fourth Demon Monarch have not made a move. Besides, I believe that the Sea Beast Demon Monarch is not the only one, and if they launch an attack with all their might next time the beast tide, what will we do to resist? Even if the Huangqiu Great Array can hold out for a while, this is not a long-term solution! What we need now is to work together to fight against the enemy! Even the possible combat power must be utilized!"

What the head of Baili said is indeed reasonable and well-founded, so that everyone cannot refute it.

"Commander Baili! We are concentrating all our combat forces here. On the other side of Songzhi City, there really won't be a demon monarch to besiege it? At present, there are at least a million people gathered over there, once a demon monarch passes, even if it is a demon monarch. I guess I can't resist, right?" someone in the crowd spoke, seemingly from Huangqiu Academy.

"No one can guarantee this, but there are trade-offs in everything. Songzhi City also has a large protective array, and all the existing forces of the Eternal Night Mercenary Regiment are guarding over there, although Old Man Huang is gone, but the head of the Night Rose Regiment is also the combat power of the low-level Martial Emperor. It can be supported by people from the teleportation array on our side. Barinin replied.

That's true, but everyone present actually knows it in their hearts. They are gambling, gambling that there will be no demon monarch to attack if there is no formation eye over there, if it is just in the face of ordinary beast tides, there must be no problem over there, and Songzhi City is far inland. Don't worry about the Kraken's attack either. It is said that the teleportation array has come to support, but when this side is too busy to take care of itself, it is actually just empty words.

The meeting lasted until the middle of the night, and then divided the defense area and the garrison area for a large force, between the horror of the beast tide, Bai Lining has applied to Song He, the president of the mercenary union, for funds for the expansion of the city, and Huang Qiucheng will be expanded to twice the original size in the next half a month. The main areas of expansion are the western and northern regions. The expanded layout will be more conducive to the defense of monsters.

As the days passed, the atmosphere in Huang Qiucheng began to become tense. Because the day of the next beast tide is coming.

This time, the handwriting still arrived on time, but what was strange was that just when the human side was fully deployed and ready to welcome the arrival of the demon king, it was found that the beast tide had ended in only 3 days. There are a large number of demon generals mixed in it, and there is no sign of the demon king appearing outside the siege.

The headquarters of the Yellow Autumn City Dusk Snow Mercenary Group.

The Twilight Mercenary Regiment took some time to plan a huge garrison area for themselves outside the southern city of Yellow Autumn City. Because of the large number of people, it is not possible to accommodate so many people in the city for the time being. However, Shen Mu didn't mind, there were many villages and small towns in the north of Huangqiu City. One of them, Fallen Leaves, is not too far away, and it's only two hours away.

Fallen Leaf Tavern is located in a small town called Fallen Leaf Town, on the outskirts of Huangqiu City, the largest in the Gobi Mountains west of Cangnan Road.

Deciduous Town has two major characteristics, one is that the surrounding woods are lush, that is the sycamore tree, the branches and leaves of the sycamore tree are not lush, the leaves are yellow all year round, and there is white resin inside the branches, which is very suitable for fuel, and can be burned on the water surface. The second is fragrant fruit wine, the fragrant fruit wine in Deciduous Town is unique in the whole continent, and different brewing methods bring people two flavors to enjoy, one is fragrant fruit wine, and the other is mellow wine. Fragrant fruit wine is very cheap and the yield is average. It is the characteristic of the deciduous tavern.

The owner of the tavern is named Blackfang, a retired old mercenary who has one eye as his characteristic, and looks fierce but gentle with a person. There is a girl named Orange who was picked up, she is only fifteen years old this year, and Bing Xue is very cute and smart. The one who ran the hall was a young man about twenty years old, very fair-looking, his mother was killed by the Kraken, and his father worked as a cook in the back kitchen. Mr. Bookkeeper is a retired antique from Huangqiu Academy and an ordinary person, teaching some mainland knowledge, and after the age of fifty, he was paid a retirement fee and then did accounts in the tavern.

The deciduous tavern is not too big, only three floors and a backyard, the first floor is not large, just 10 tables, accommodating 40 people, but the outside of the tavern can be set up with an awning, and two tables can also be placed, the second and third floors are guest rooms, and half of the third floor is their own residence. There are three rooms in the backyard, a kitchen, a warehouse, and a utility room.

The tavern itself is characterized by the above, but many people will come from other places to catch wine and drink, the so-called rush wine, that is, to drink fragrant fruit wine. The shelf life of this wine is very short, it can only be stored for one day after the altar, and it can only be stored for three days before the altar, so the emphasis is on brewing and drinking, and the so-called brewing and drinking is of course taking a week to pull. Some old drunkards will even book in advance, such as this guest who must come almost every day, a sloppy old man, who can't see his age, and goes back and forth between Huangqiu City and Fallen Leaves Town every day, but this old man has a characteristic that he loves to tell stories, and his stories come from the mercenary union in Huangqiu City. The wine is provided free of charge by Black Fang, and his story can attract more customers to the tavern, which is mutually beneficial.

The Twilight Mercenary Regiment has become almost a regular visitor to the tavern. As long as the beast tide does not come, it will come to drink as usual.

This can be regarded as the welfare of the members of the group, and this kind of welfare attracts the envy of the members of the other mercenary groups in the city. They are all mercenary groups born and raised in Huang Qiucheng, and they have their own discipline and rules.

There are only a few days a month when I can move freely and drink freely.

The situation in Huang Qiucheng is also strange, since the Dusk Snow Mercenary Group has been stationed here, there has been no Demon Monarch in the beast tide for three consecutive months. The high-level officials in the city also held a lot of meetings for this reason, and even the grumpy Langlan even proposed to take the initiative. It's a pity how such a suggestion could have been adopted.

And just like that, it seems that human life is back to the way it was a few years ago. The beast tide arrives on time twice a month, and there is no demon king. It's just that everything seems so peaceful.