''Chapter 47: The Black Booted Mercenaries''
The light flickered, and the shop vanished as it had appeared, gradually dissolving into nothingness as if it had never appeared. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The info rider got back on his horse, whip waving, dust flying, and the tiny group began to make their way towards the bikini.
Feeling the vibration of the horse's trot, I clamped my legs and tightened the whip. Mei Long, who was on a par with me, asked, "Mei Long, do you think this is reliable?" ‘’
''Frankly, I don't trust them. Mei Long's expression was still very natural and seemed relatively relaxed, but this could not hide the seriousness in his tone. "My lord, this group of mercenaries can do anything for the sake of profit, maybe now that we are powerful, they will show weakness in negotiations, and they may even join us." But they are always untrustworthy, and if something happens to us one day, then ..... Your Excellency, you know the consequences. After Mei Long finished answering, his brows furrowed twice. ''Well, Merlon. Do you think I should go? I asked, turning my head. ''Your Excellency. ''Meron smiled: ''From the moment you ordered to return to the bikini, I knew you were going.'' And what I want to do is keep you safe. When I heard Mei Long's words, I was stunned for a moment, and when I figured it out, I laughed again: "Mei Long, you understand me very well." I nodded, looked at Fang Zi with a puzzled expression, and couldn't help but speed up.......
The warehouse was very close to Bikini Town, and it only took ten minutes to ride a horse, and soon, we saw once again the chain of tents and countless system soldiers. The patrol sentry spotted us and signalled that the door to the newly built wooden fence was opened, and a group of militiamen stood on either side of the gate to escort us in. We've been working outside for a few hours, and it's almost time for lunch, and I'm looking forward to the "barracks meal." We came to the camp and sat down, fiddling with the valuable treasures and countless silver and copper coins, while waiting for the barbecue outside, the town had recovered a lot of supplies and livestock from the robbers, and had sent several fat sheep over to them, and now the soldiers of the system were tending to it. The smell of meat wafted all the way to the camp, and my saliva was left behind. Fang Zi, as a girl, naturally wouldn't be rude like me, but as a member of the "foodie", she was also a little uncontrollable. Soon, we had enough of the constant influx of aromas and the endless counting of accountants, and after fifteen minutes of perseverance, we rushed out.
''Whew, whew...''''The sound of the flames rolling filled my ears, and the fat sheep in my clothes kept turning under the savage's muscular arms, and the fat continued to drip onto the flames, and there was a seductive "zila'". Barbarians, militiamen, goblins, archers, MM, and us all gathered around the fat sheep, eyes fixed on the tumbling roast sheep. A barbarian cut off a small piece of meat from the fat sheep with the broken blade of the goblin, and the fat flowed down, and the flames rose rapidly, but the barbarian did not pay attention to the raised flames, threw the mutton that was still a little bloodshot into his mouth, chewed it vigorously and swallowed it, wiped the mouth that was also covered with fat with his fat hand, smacked it a few times, and spit out a faint sentence: "Roast for a while." Then he grabbed a handful of spices and sprinkled them. The people around us, including us, took a deep breath when they heard this, and swallowed as they looked at the roasted whole sheep that was starting to glow golden. We waited anxiously and calmly for two minutes, and the whole roasted lamb was covered with golden brown, and the savage cut a piece of meat again and threw it into his mouth, this time he chewed it more finely, and we all watched him slowly swallow the lamb, waiting for his words. He didn't say anything, but silently cut off a large piece of meat from the roasted whole lamb again and grabbed it in his hand, and then said as he bitten, "It's ready to eat." In an instant, the soldiers around him all "pounced", and in the blink of an eye, the fat sheep was wiped out with only the broken bones.
''Your lamb, my lord. Mei Long put the roast lamb on a plate and handed it to me, and kept a portion for herself. Finch was helping Fang Zi cut the lamb on the side, and I could tell that Fang Zi couldn't wait. I couldn't wait to pick up the piece of lamb with a fork and put it in my mouth and bite hard... Oh, it's hot, it's hot. I opened my mouth and waited a few seconds before biting down again. The oil juice left on my mouth, a strong and natural smell filled my whole mouth, the toughness of the meat was perfectly played in the chewing of the teeth, there was no clenbuterol (in fact, the sheep would not have used this thing), and it was never filled with water, and it was not a poor creature in the sheepfold, natural and delicious, amazing! ''I'm actually a little clean, I don't like to eat directly with my hands, whether it's oil or juice on my body, it will make me unhappy, so even if I eat pig's trotters, I will use chopsticks, but this time I directly held the lamb chops with my hands and gnawed, and I can't imagine the bad food. Fang Zi on the side naturally wouldn't agree with my way of eating, but although he complained a little about it, she was now "very unelegant" to eliminate her own share. The arrogance of the system soldiers from the tribal kingdom is reflected at this moment, eclectic, eating happily, and the captains of several barbarians also opened a barrel of red wine seized from the robbers, which is an authentic Rosesili product, and the town of Rossili is the best place to dry wine inside the alliance, and it is also the only place where there is a real wine drying process. It is said that their method of dealing with the robbers was to provide free ale, red wine and lodging in the tavern, and then two-thirds of the mercenaries of the alliance ran there, so that the robbers did not dare to go, which shows that they are famous for their wine. The barbarians simply put the barrel down and took the bowl directly to receive the wine, a method they liked but also wasted, after all, in the case of cheap ale flooding the Union towns, good red wine and imported wine were rare. But when I saw even Mei Long gobbling up a jar full of red wine on a plate, I didn't say anything.
Of course, eating is one thing, and the purpose of our return is naturally not just to have a meal, I counted the time while eating, and looked at the sun that gradually rose to the highest place, I estimated that the messenger of the Black Boots Mercenary Group should almost arrive. ''Mei Long. I stood up, intending to wash my hands. "Prepare, when the Black Boots mercenary group comes, we will have to show the way we want to "entertain" them. '''Understood, sir.'' Mei Long drank the rest of the red wine in one gulp, then stood up and wiped his hands with a handkerchief: "I'll go to Philip, and we'll tell these miscellaneous mercenaries what the real army is." ‘’
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was afternoon, the grill had been cleaned, the bones had been collected and buried, the shouts of training continued, and the town's accountants were napping in their sleeping bags. On the outskirts of the camp, patrolling goblins stood on top of their tents, spotting wisps of smoke and whip-wielding riders in the distance. ''Here they come!'' The goblin's piercing screams rang out, and the soldiers from the ground immediately rushed to the door of the main camp. The militia and the regular army quickly lined up.
The riders were still trotting forward with their horses, discussing what to do, when just as they had seen the gate of the camp, a sharp arrow with a cold light suddenly plunged into the ground in front of them. Frightened, their horses threw their heads up and neighed, and took two steps back. Several people were also startled and watched left and right. ''This is the residence of Lord Li and Lord Fang, the people in front of you stop and say what you mean!'' Philip's roar rang out, and in an instant, a whole line of archers stood up, full of bows and arrows.
"We are the emissaries of the Black Boots Mercenary Regiment, dragged by Captain Rodell to negotiate with Mr. Xiao Pan * Li and Miss Zi * Fang. The man who took the lead got off his horse, raised his hands and shouted. ''Put away your weapons, our lord will allow you to enter.'' Philip replied, and the gate of the camp slowly opened, of course, it was not difficult to open the door, the important thing was the sense of oppression. The door opened, and the representatives of the "mercenaries" also rode over slowly. ''Deputy Chief, what's going on, we've already greeted them?'' One of them asked in a whisper. ''Dismount. The boss replied with a blank face, "They want to put pressure on us, so be careful for a while." ‘’
A few people came to the gate of the camp, very cooperative dismounted, they walked into the camp, the mercenary head glanced over, and found that the nearby were those muscular strong men whose strength was equivalent to that of intermediate warriors, those strong men were doing their own things, while staring at them, the mercenary captains who were also intermediate warriors were furious in their hearts, and their courage when they came also leaked a lot. They looked ahead and saw a heavily armed yellow-bearded officer approaching them with two stronger, muscular men. ''Welcome to our camp, I'm the commander Knight Philip, two lords are waiting for you, come with me. Philip finished with a blank face, and walked straight to the camp. The mercenary deputy head Johnson Richard frowned, but also followed. ''Senior Warrior. Johnson thought to himself. Within two steps, Johnson noticed that there were already two long lines in front of him, and the lightly armed infantry stood in two rows, leaving a path in the middle, holding their chests up as if they were being reviewed. Mei Long led a few mercenaries to pass through this road, and without taking a step, the militia in front would take a step back to make room, naturally fast, neatly and uniformly, and even Johnson was surprised by the norms of action. After walking for a while, before coming to the main camp, a whole group of mid-level warriors in armor was guarding there, half holding the sword at their waist, half holding the spear in their hand, with a serious expression and motionless. This time, Johnson couldn't help but exclaim: "Terrible troops. Philip nodded, and the group came to the gate of the camp, and Philip opened the tent and motioned for them to enter.
Several "mercenary representatives" walked into the big tent, and saw that in the middle of the big tent, two black-haired and black-eyed Orientals were sitting on chairs, two high-ranking warriors with the same yellow beard and fully armed were standing on both sides with swords, and in the middle of the tent stood five middle-level warriors with spears on one side, and five women with weapons called "muskets" on the other. As soon as they entered, the eyes of the guards focused on them. ''What a strong sense of oppression. Johnson met these gazes, and found that the old captains who came out of the sword shadows behind him had been overwhelmed in momentum, and he glanced at the two senior fighters with calm expressions, feeling that he was no match for either of them. He thought about it for a while, originally they came to negotiate and show that they still had strength, so they were all old backbones of the mercenary group, but he didn't expect to lose half of the momentum before he started talking, and he knew it was time to change his strategy.
''Dear Mr. Oriental, Madam. I am Johnson Richard, deputy head of the Black Boots Mercenary Regiment, and I bring greetings from our head of the Rodel regiment and pay you all the respect. Johnson changed his humble face and led his men to a standard greeting. ''It seems that the Black Boots Mercenary Regiment is serious and has sent a deputy leader. I nodded, looked at their feet, and sure enough, it was the "Black Boots Mercenary Group", and they were indeed wearing black boots, and the shoes were as the name of the group. I realized I was wandering and immediately returned, clearing my throat a little: "Welcome, have you had lunch?" Do you want to...''''Pan Pan! I was about to say hello in my unique way, but I was stopped by a small scolding from Fang Zi, I glanced at the "mercenaries" who were a little blindfolded, and immediately changed my words: "Welcome, thank you for me, leader." But I think we seem to be in a hostile war relationship, so why are you here? ‘’
''Dear Mr. Lee. ''This deputy head of the regiment has a very respectful attitude, I don't know what he thinks in his heart, but his superficial work is still in place. "We were hired by the bandits to attack Bikini Town, and we didn't hurt anyone, we just wanted our share of the commission. Now that the Rockhaan and Mali bandits have paid the price, and we have not supported them in their evil, that is not our task. Johnson spoke in a tone that was like a complaint: "We paid a lot of casualties, but we didn't hate anyone at that time." At this he straightened up and looked at me: "We don't hide anything, sir." For us mercenaries, the interests are paramount, and we don't want to turn you and the lady next to you against a group of dead bandits, and we want a truce to show that we will clear you of all the remaining bandits in the area. His eyes were very serious, and even Fang Zi, who was very disdainful of his words, became serious. ''I know exactly who you are. I replied solemnly: "You're not good people, but you didn't commit too many damned sins, at least in this battle." Your proposal is very good, we can consider it, you go out first, we will discuss it. '''No problem, sir.''' Johnson nodded and walked out with the man.
''Deputy Chief, do you think they will agree?'' A captain asked in a low voice as he looked around at the serious barracks around him. ''I don't know, but it's no good for them to fight us again now.'' Johnson replied. After a while, the knight named Philip came out again, but this time his expression softened a lot: "Your Excellency told you to come in. Johnson nodded, walked into the tent again, and saw the little fat man in the East again.
''We accept your proposal, and we don't need to continue the fight.'' But...''I try to show as serious and terrifying expression as possible: ''It's enough for you to clean up the bandits in your neighborhood, if you dare to mess around in any village or town... You know the results. We get it. Johnson was very cooperative: "Thank you for being lenient, we won't do anything that you and your friends are not happy with, and if you are relieved, you can pay us to work." Johnson finished speaking and bowed. ''Alright, please go back and say hello to your head of the regiment for me.'' '''''''' Johnson nodded, and then left with a few others.
We waited for a while, and when we heard the sound of horses' hooves running, Fang Zi and I were both relieved. ''It's tiring to pretend like this. Fang Zi pouted and complained. ''yes.'' I nodded, then sneered to myself: "Make peace with us." In addition to helping, he collected the remnants of the bandit group to expand his power, collect the spoils of war, earn enough gold coins, and make a good calculation. That's right, but we don't have that much energy to fight with them, and we're not Americans. Fang Zi stretched his waist and leaned back in his chair: "We still have so many cards that are useless, and I want to upgrade too." '''' I agreed, and at the same time remembered something.
''Fang Zi. ''I leaned in. ''What's the matter?'' Fang Zi asked casually. ''Was I scary like that?'' I asked, expectantly. "Just now...'" Fang Zi thought for a while: "It's cute. ‘’
‘’................. All right. ‘’