Early the next morning.

The housekeeper brought breakfast early, and informed Huang Yan and Commander Huang Yiling that they would go to the hall at seven o'clock, and then go to the headquarters of the mercenary union together after meeting together.

Shen Mu nodded to indicate that he understood, and after slowly finishing breakfast with Lin Xue, he went downstairs directly, and the time was almost up at this time.

Although the downstairs hall is not as luxurious as the headquarters, it is also splendid, and there are servants at the door. Shen Mu and the two sat holding hands, but it didn't take long for Huang Yan and his son to go downstairs.

"Brother Huang, it's early. Shen Mu saw Huang Yan walking in front, waved his hand to say hello, and then greeted Huang Yiling.

Huang Yan chatted with the two for a while and said, "Brother Mu, Captain Lin Xue, let's leave now, right?"

Shen Mu and Lin Xue glanced at each other, and then nodded to Huang Yan and the others.

The four of them did not take the carriage, and walked directly to the door of the mercenary association within a few minutes. This has to say that the God of Wealth group is rich, and the geographical location can be regarded as unique, and it must have spent a lot of money.

Entering the hall of the mercenary headquarters, Captain Huang and Lin Xue respectively showed the regiment leader's badge and invited them into the inner room, which was on the second floor, and Shen Mu and the four of them were guided by two housekeepers into the door on the first floor. The final thing that catches your eye is a large auditorium with a large rectangular table.

There were already some people sitting in the auditorium at this moment.

"The Eternal Night Mercenary Regiment and the Twilight Snow Mercenary Regiment have arrived. The butler shouted, and then arranged for the four of them to sit down, and Captain Huang was directly arranged in the area of the first seat on the right hand side of the front, while Ling Xue and Shen Mu were arranged in the area much behind.

Shen Mu is not surprised, the results of their Twilight Snow Mercenary Group have not been very good, and they are between the tenth and fifteenth places in the mercenary rankings, while the Eternal Night Mercenary Group is the second-ranked mercenary group of S-rank, and there are four strong martial artists under it, and there are hundreds of strong martial artists, which is not counting the elite of the God of Wealth group.

Shen Mu didn't bother sorting the seats, and sat directly side by side with Lin Xue in the designated seats.

There are some fruits and cups on the tables where everyone is seated, and there are servants with plates in each area, so they should be the subordinates who are temporarily in charge of each mercenary group.

Shen Mu asked for a glass of juice and a glass of milk, and saw that everyone was silent, most of them were closing their eyes and recuperating, of course he wouldn't speak first, just waited quietly with Lin Xue.

At eight o'clock sharp, a man dressed in the middle came out of the back door at the far back of the auditorium.

"Hello everyone, let me introduce myself, maybe some of you don't know me," the middle-aged man was very polite, bowed slightly and continued, "I am the president of the Mercenary Guild, and my name is Song He. It's a pity that only seventeen leaders of the top twenty mercenary groups invited today came, and I can tell you that the three mercenary group leaders who didn't arrive have already died in the last confrontation with the demon beasts. ”

After Song He finished speaking, he also sat down directly, and was in the middle of the front of everyone.

"In the countless years since the establishment of our Mercenary Guild, it is rare for us to convene the leaders of the regiment so solemnly, so you must have guessed the purpose of this time. Song He continued.

"President Song doesn't have to beat around the bush, let's just say it. A bald man at the front of the seat had a loud voice, and his visible personality was also very straight, and he didn't want to listen to Rory's ramblings.

"Hehe, the personality of the one-bedroom of the head of the Stormy Land, your Tempest Mercenary Group is with you. Song He smiled, took a sip of water, and then said: "Since it's a discussion, I don't want to delay everyone's time, so I'll just throw out the question." ”

The scene was silent, and after a moment, Song He spoke again.

"You have already experienced the beast tide in the past two months, there were very few demon generals in the previous beast tides, and the most recent beast tides appeared six demon generals at one time, just in Cangbei City, of course, the threat of demon generals to the heads of the regiment is of course nothing, but there are three demon monarchs in the recent beast tide in Huang Qiucheng, fortunately, the head of Huang Yiling was also over there at that time, otherwise the loss of the Holy Fire Mercenary Group is not easy to estimate. ”

Song He paused and then said, "According to reliable information, the Demon Monarch also appeared outside Hailan City a few times ago, but he didn't make a move. ”

After listening to Song He's words, Shen Mu clearly heard someone around him gasp. I also know in my heart that most of the leaders of the top twenty mercenary groups sitting here are only low-level and middle-level cultivators of Wuzun, and the resistance to demon generals is almost the same, speaking of demon monarchs, it is simply beyond reach.

"So, does the president mean that we should stick to the old castle and not leave?" someone asked.

"It is necessary to hold on, but judging from the current situation, the combat power of our continent is simply not enough to hold the existing land. Song He sighed and continued, "I have also learned about the freshmen of the three major academies in recent years, the proportion of our human beings awakening is getting less and less, and I don't know what the reason is, but there is one reason that can be determined, that is, the aura of heaven and earth is getting less and less. ”

"I understand what the president means. The leader of the Flame Mercenary Regiment, who was sitting in the second seat, spoke in a very good voice, and a burning female voice. "Our warriors or spirits will only become fewer and fewer, and there will be more and more demon beasts, and we humans will surely perish under the elimination of the other. ”

"Commander Baili is right, speaking of which, there are only you and the Tempest Mercenary Regiment guarding Huang Qiucheng, and it is really hard for you. Song Hechao arched his hand, and then said. "There is only one purpose of this council, that is, how to guard our Cangnan Continent, we can't control the trial army, then we have to take care of ourselves, Song Mou is not talented, and put forward two suggestions. ”

Song He saw that the discussion below stopped for a while, and then said: "First, maintain the existing arrangement, the leaders of the regiment cannot easily leave the city they are guarding to meet the beast tide in the future, of course, if the beast tide in the future does not have the participation of the demon king, then we can maintain the status quo." ”

"Second, we judge that the waiting beast tide is getting stronger and stronger every time, and the existing land cannot be defended, so we will retreat inland, so that at least we can avoid the attack of the kraken, and we only need to concentrate on guarding the border of the Cangbei Forest. ”

As soon as the two plans came out, everyone present discussed them one after another.

"President, Lin Shui City is where our foundation is, and we are sworn to defend the darkness and prosperity. It was a middle-aged uncle who spoke. "What's more, there is also the Forestry and Water Academy, what should we do if we retire those students and ordinary people?

"We also know what Commander Cheng said, but the attack of the Kraken is far more ferocious than the beast tide in the Cangbei Forest, and our combat power is not enough. Song He said helplessly.

"We still have Mu Liang. A graceful female voice said.

"Captain Yu, Mu Liang is a member of the Inquisition Council after all, and we can't restrain it. "It was Xiao Lan of the mercenary group in the world who spoke. "You still have to rely on your own strength!"

"Oh! Captain Xiao is very confident in his strength, is he going to advance to a freelancer in the near future, haha!" said another male voice.

Everyone here is gossiping, those who do not involve their own interests are in favor of retreating inland, while those who involve their own interests are not in favor of it, and they all want to resist to the end.

"Lin Xue, what do you think?" Shen Mu turned his head and asked Lin Xue in a low voice.

"It's good for you to decide this little wood, I just want to save more people. Lin Xue took a sip of milk and said.

Shen Mu shook his head, Lin Xue is kind and steadfast, but it is not a matter of saving people at the moment, it is completely a matter of human life and death, if the Cangbei Forest cannot be defended, the beast tide army will drive straight into the interior of the mainland road, the consequences are unimaginable, without the guards of the city, the ferocity of the beast tide is unstoppable by humans.

"Everyone, be quiet, since the opinions cannot be unified, I want to ask if there is anyone who has a third opinion" can be said for everyone's reference. Song He, the first seat, asked loudly.

The discussion in the audience gradually subsided, and everyone waited quietly for someone to have a better suggestion.

But after waiting for a while, no one answered, "Since no one has a better suggestion, and one cannot be unified, then let me give a suggestion." Song He clapped his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet. "As the leader of the black and flowery groups said before, it is obviously impossible for you to evacuate, then I suggest that all the leaders of the mercenary group in the inland can organize their own members to move their headquarters to the nearest coastal city, so as to strengthen the defense, and leave the inland to all the ordinary people and small mercenary groups to live, what do you think." ”

Although one or two lower-ranked mercenary groups did not approve of the opinions put forward by Song He, it was an expedient measure after all, and in the end, under everyone's persuasion, the opinions were unified.

Then all the mercenary groups reported the recent situation of the beast tide in their respective locations, and then determined and planned the distribution of the first twenty mercenary groups, and everyone did not disperse until the afternoon.

Of course, there are also some friends who haven't seen each other for a long time, such as these two now.

"Mu Mirage, hehe, little brother looks good, follow Lin Xue to come here for a meeting" A middle-aged beautiful woman hugged Shen Mu's body, and Shen Mu's body was overwhelmed by the two soft balls swaying around.

"Yu Baixi, Xiao Mu is my person, don't play with him!" Lin Xue didn't seem to be very cold to the woman in front of her, at least willing to exchange a few words.

"Hehe, Lin Xue, I envy you so much, next year I will be as old as me, but I still look like a teenager, I am so envious, ahhhh is pinching Lin Xue's little face.

"Isn't it, when we were in the academy, we used to go on missions together, and now we have created our own careers, but we haven't been together for a long time. A male voice came into Shen Mu's ears, but at this time, Shen Mu's head was blocked by two soft balls, and he couldn't see who was speaking.

"Then let's get together today!" the middle-aged beautiful woman holding Shen Mu proposed.

Everyone agreed, and Lin Xue also rarely raised her hand in agreement.

"Xiao Mu, you may not know it, this sister is the leader of the Blossom Mercenary Group, Yu Baixi Mid-level Water Lingzun, this is the leader of the Forest Mercenary Group, and the uncle over there is Cheng Zhantian, the leader of the Black Mercenary Group. Lin Xue introduced everyone to Shen Mu again.

"Hey, Lin Xue, what's the matter with you, if you are two months older than me, why am I an uncle!"

"Haha, Zhan Tian, don't complain, maybe Lin Xue will be able to call you uncle in more than ten years!"

Yu Baixi, who was holding Shen Mu, also let go of his hand and joined the ranks of shaking Lin Xue, the corners of Shen Mu's mouth twitched, but Cheng Zhantian on the side laughed.