Su Yan sighed helplessly, looking a little helpless.

Last night, he didn't have to be the enemy of the elves after all.

Otherwise, Su Yan really didn't know what to do, he couldn't kill all those elves, right?

Anyway, these elves are also friendly personnel.

However, except for Notia, Eliol, and Glavin, the other elves would not give Su Yan any good looks. After all, he almost beat Antia to death - although Su Yan explained early on that he just slapped him with his scabbard, perhaps it was because of this attitude that those elves could not accept the fact that Antioch lost in the battle.

They always thought that Su Yan must have adopted some despicable conspiracy.

As a result, Su Yan now has to face two pieces of news: one good and one bad.

The good news is that Antia is not dead, so Su Yan also avoids the possibility of further conflict with the elves of the Council of Elders.

And the bad news......

Because of the concussion, coupled with problems such as cervical spine dislocation, Antia is now in a coma.

So before he woke up, Su Yan didn't want to ask him about Anna's mother.

But fortunately, in the previous conversation, Su Yan still found a clue: Anna's mother is from the Silver Moon Empire.

According to the information he heard, the Silver Moon Empire is one of the two most powerful elven empires in the Azea continent, and the other elven empire with the same name is the Phantom Moon Empire. These two empires believe in the Church of the Luna, which is also one of the seven major churches in the continent of Azea - or rather, almost all the elves believe in this church. Moreover, the names of the Silver Moon Empire and the Phantom Moon Empire are also derived from the two special titles of this church: the Silver Moon Mage and the Phantom Moon Priest.

This is the information that Su Yan can hear about the Silver Moon Empire.

If he wants more detailed and targeted information, then he can only go to the Thieves' Guild.

The platinum-level intelligence of the Mercenary Guild only has some basic introduction to the two empires, and there is no more in-depth content about the two elven empires.

At this time, he was sighing and leaving the intelligence room of the Mercenary Guild in the Ancient Tower Fortress.

Because Antia was unconscious, he thought about coming to the intelligence room of the Mercenary Guild to find out the news about the Silvermoon Empire, and by the way, he sent the letter entrusted by the messenger from the Royal Capital Mercenary Guild in Acala City.

And Anna, this time Su Yan naturally took it with her.

Although there are definitely not many people in the Ancient Tower Fortress who can't think so much about running to trouble the elves of the Council of Elders, Su Yan just can't trust those elves now. Especially last night, these guys still looked like they wanted to eat themselves alive, and Su Yan was even more worried that his daughter would stay there, and he was afraid that she would suffer some inhuman treatment.

However, since outsiders were not allowed to enter the intelligence room, Anna chose to wait outside the door very well-behaved.

Many mercenaries passing by were a little curious about the identity of this little girl, but it may be because there are still personnel from the Holy Light Church and the War Church in the Guta Fortress now, so these mercenaries did not come forward very familiarly, but just maintained a considerable degree of curiosity and chose to wait and see. It wasn't until Su Yan came out that these guys who were watching left one after another, and since they didn't feel any malice from them, Su Yan and Anna didn't pay attention to these people.

"Did you find it? Father. Seeing Su Yan come out, Anna greeted him as soon as possible.

"Nope." Su Yan shook his head regretfully, "It looks like if we don't wait for that guy to wake up, we won't have any news." ”

"Oh." Anna's face also showed a little disappointed.

"It's okay, at least we have a clue now." Su Yan smiled and hugged Xiao Anna in one fell swoop, "Let's give you a vacation today, let's find a place to eat, and then start training again tomorrow." ”

"I'm going to keep training." Originally, Anna was very happy to hear about the holiday and going to dinner.

But when he heard the second half of Su Yan's sentence, his little face suddenly collapsed.

"Dad, it's for your own good." Su Yan smiled and pinched the little guy's nose, "In the future, you will know that there is no harm in training hard now." ”

"Okay." Anna said softly, the little guy didn't feel much about Su Yan's statement, after all, she didn't have much sense of reality in this world, "Anna will be obedient." …… But, but, if Anna behaves well, Daddy is going to give me a cake reward! ”

"Okay, okay." Su Yan didn't quite understand why Anna liked sweets so much.

However, thinking that in the previous games, the girls in the team were particularly keen on eating all kinds of sweets, Su Yan was not so difficult to understand.

Now, he is gradually figuring out Anna's recipes.

At the top of the list is meat, especially love all kinds of steaks and grilled meats, and the only meat I don't like is fatty meat. The second is cakes, ice cream, biscuits and other sweets, but due to the factors of the production environment, Anna has not eaten ice cream for a long time, and she is not particularly forced in this regard. In addition, drinks such as fruit juice and fruit brew are also on her list of favorites, especially honey bitter tea and milk.

Just as Su Yan and Anna were about to leave the Mercenary Guild, a young woman who seemed to be a member of the guild caught up.

"Excuse me...... You, you are...... Levy, sir? ”

It seemed that because she was running in a hurry, the woman was a little out of breath when she stopped to speak.

"Well, I am." Su Yan nodded, "What's wrong?" ”

"Platinum mercenary, Lord Levy?" The girl looked up, then asked again.

Su Yan took out his nameplate a little helplessly.

Unlike ordinary mercenaries who always like to carry the nameplate as a necklace, Su Yan usually puts the nameplate in the bag on his body. He had previously tried to put things in his inventory after it had been opened, and it had proven to work, provided there were enough spaces in the inventory, of course. However, at present, the ten slots in the inventory are already full of things: it is naturally impossible for him to give up all kinds of potions, and the chameleon mask also needs a slot when it is not activated, so Su Yan does not have the habit of putting everything else in the inventory.

At the very least, he didn't have to think about putting things in his inventory until he unlocked his entire inventory, the backpack, completely.

"Hug, I'm sorry." After confirming Su Yan's identity, the girl quickly apologized, "Our president invited you over, saying that there is something important I want to discuss with you." ”

"Not available." Su Yan shook his head, "Now, I'm going to eat with my daughter." We'll come back to you, President, when we're done. ”

"This ......" The mercenary guild staff was a little confused, obviously having never encountered such a situation.

But Su Yan didn't give the other party a chance to continue talking, so he simply turned around and left.

Not to mention that it was just the president of a branch of the Mercenary Guild of the Ancient Tower Fortress, even the head of the branch of the Mercenary Guild of the Royal Capital, or even the president of the entire Mercenary Guild, could not disturb Su Yan and his daughter's meal time, this was the meal he had agreed with Anna.

Anna, who was held in Su Yan's arms, looked at the girl who looked messy in the wind, and couldn't help but ask softly, "Dad, is it really okay to do this?" ”

"It's fine." Su Yan replied indifferently, "No one can disturb our family's Anna's meal time. …… Children's three meals must be on time, so that it is good for the body, and everything else can stand aside. ”

"Oh." Little Anna nodded as if she didn't understand.

However, she does not reject this feeling, because she feels that her father still cares about her.

With Anna, Su Yan walked around the Guta Fortress for a while, and then picked a restaurant that looked pretty good.

However, it was clear that he seemed to have underestimated the attitude of the Mercenary Guild leader of the Ancient Tower Fortress.

Almost halfway through Su Yan and Anna's meal, the branch president broke into Su Yan's line of sight.

This is a middle-aged man who looks a little fat, his hair is thin, and his face looks a little greasy because he is sweating from running. At this time, when he appeared in front of Su Yan, he was wiping the sweat on his face with a handkerchief while introducing himself.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Levy, I really couldn't leave in a hurry just now, so I wanted to invite you to my office." After introducing himself, the president explained, "It's not that I mean to snub you. ”

For the mercenary guild of the Tria Kingdom, although there are not many mercenaries of the platinum rank, it is not impossible, at least there will always be one or two in each region - the northern border is because the mercenary guild has just settled in to carry out business, so it has not had time to deploy and cultivate, so a vacuum has been temporarily formed.

Like today's Guta Leader, there are two mercenaries of the platinum rank.

And on the side of the royal capital of the Tria Kingdom, there are as many as five.

However, the platinum-rank mercenaries who have been registered in the Tria Kingdom are basically at the level of lower-level heroes, and there are only a few middle-rank heroes.

Therefore, a high-ranking hero powerhouse like Su Yan who has been proven, no matter where he goes, will receive a considerable degree of courtesy.

At the very least, the head of the Mercenary Guild of the Ancient Tower Fortress didn't dare to be too strong.

"It's okay, I was going to come back to you after lunch with my daughter." Su Yan replied, "After all, children still need to eat on time, right?" ”

"Yes, yes." The middle-aged fat man nodded with a smile, he didn't look very shrewd, on the contrary, he was a little honest, but it was easy to give people a good impression.

"But you can see that you do seem to be in a hurry?" Su Yan is a typical person who eats soft and not hard, if you are kind and good, he will naturally have a gentle attitude, "If you haven't eaten yet, it's better to eat together." ”

"No, no." The middle-aged fat man hurriedly stopped and motioned to Su Yan not to be polite, "Actually, this time I came here, and I really want to ask you for help." This matter has been plaguing our guild for a long time, and since the failure of the last rescue force half a year ago, no mercenary has dared to take on this task. It was only after I saw Mr. Wren's letter of recommendation that I took the liberty of bothering. ”

"Oh?" Su Yan now knew why he had to deliver the letter himself.

Obviously, it was a letter of recommendation.

Only when he personally sent the letter would the people of this mercenary guild know what they really looked like.

"I don't know what's going on?"

"That's right." The fat man wiped the sweat from his face before he spoke, "About ten years ago, a vein was discovered in the mountains east of the ancient tower territory today, where a red ore like a ruby was occasionally excavated, but this ore was not actually a ruby, but a natural magic ore similar to magic crystal. ”

The so-called magic crystal refers to the magic gem formed by artificially processing and polishing the magic ore.

Generally, the magic power contained in the excavated magic ore is different, and only by using specific instruments can the magic contained in this kind of magic ore be detected.

However, the magic crystal is different, and each finished magic crystal stone has different quality and price according to the standard magic value contained in it. The magic crystals that circulate in the normal market are all standard-level magic crystals, and the magic power contained in them is only about one hundred magic power when converted into numerical values - equivalent to the casting cost of ten first-order magic or one second-order magic.

The magic crystal has a wide range of functions, such as arranging magic arrays, using certain magic equipment, etc., all of which need to use magic crystals as consumption. And it is rumored that after mastering a certain secret method, you can also extract the magic power of the magic crystal to quickly replenish the magic power consumption of the magician himself.

The magic crystal, which is better than the standard level, is the tactical level, which probably has about a thousand mana.

Further up, it is the level of the strategic level, but this level belongs to the country's strategic reserve resources, and it is illegal for any magician to collect it privately.

"You're talking about, something like that?" But Su Yan was keenly aware of the fat man's statement.

"Yes, something like that." The middle-aged fat man nodded, "This kind of magic ore contains a low magic power value, but it hides a relatively rich fire element. ”

"Elemental crystallization!?" Su Yan let out a low snort.

But in exchange, it was a wry smile from the mercenary guild leader: "At first, we also thought it was an elemental crystal. But soon, we realized that things were not that simple. Elemental crystals are relatively stable special magic crystals, but this kind of magic ore is like an unstable bomb, and it will ...... if you are not careful."

He made an explosive gesture.

Su Yan nodded clearly.

"So then the mine ceased to function." "But even though the mine was out of operation, the excavation didn't stop because a lot of people wanted to know what was in there. ”

Another entanglement of interests.

Su Yan pursed his lips disdainfully, needless to say, the Mercenary Guild must have played the role of a beneficiary.

However, the fat man was very clever and chose to ignore Su Yan's expression: "So, we finally excavated a relic in this mine a year ago. ”

"Ruins?" Su Yan raised his eyebrows, "That's the scope of work of the Adventurer's Guild." ”

"We've already worked with the Adventurers' Guild to investigate this ruin." The middle-aged fat man didn't mind Su Yan interrupting him, "In fact, outside that mine now, there are still teams from us and the Adventurers' Guild. But...... When we reached the third level of the ruins, we had some trouble, and someone accidentally triggered a trap, causing chaos on the third level of the ruins. ”

"It looks like it's going bad."

"It's very bad." The middle-aged fat man said with a wry smile, "We have lost contact with the exploration team that entered the ruins earlier. In the past six months, we have also tried to send several other groups of personnel to try to enter the rescue, but in the face of the endless traps and monsters on the third layer of the ruins, after causing a large number of attrition, the rescue team can only evacuate. And no mercenary dared to take over this task, after all, two lower-ranking hero powerhouses had already fallen inside. ”

"So you thought of me?" Su Yan asked with some curiosity.

"Yes." The middle-aged fat man nodded, "I have already written a letter asking for help and sent it to the branch in the royal capital." But the Tria Kingdom itself is not a particularly powerful kingdom, so it will take a long time to send the strong people from other mercenary guild branches on the Azea Continent to come and support, I am afraid that the people in the ruins may not be able to support it for that long, after all, it has been almost half a year......"

"Half a year? IMHO, they may well ......"

"Nope." The middle-aged fat man shook his head affirmatively, "According to the experience of the Adventurers' Guild, every time we enter a new underground relic level, we will build an outpost, and as the area of exploration expands and advances, this outpost will continue to advance. We'll be stocking up on this outpost for all sorts of different situations, and generally speaking, it's okay to last a year or two. ”

"So, you're going to let me save people?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded, "This time, our Mercenary Guild will hire Lord Levi in the form of a special contract. As long as Lord Lévi can rescue all the people trapped in the ruins, then all the things we have explored in the ruins so far, Lord Lévy can choose three, and we will pay a reward of 10,000 gold coins, and we will not pay any questions about all the loot that Lord Lévy has obtained in the ruins this time. ”

"Sounds pretty good." Su Yan nodded, "But this is a successful rescue." If I don't get everyone out, or if they're all dead, how will the reward be calculated? ”

"Then you still have the right to dispose of all the loot that Lord Levi has obtained in the ruins, and we will not care. However, the reward is halved, and you can only choose one of our designated relic items. ”

"Reasonable." Su Yan nodded, "So, what if I successfully bring out your most important person?" ”

"What?"

"There is no denying that you are so eager, I'm sure it's because there are people you value the most in this lost team, right?" Su Yan's expression was very calm, "If this person is still alive, then if I escort the other party out safely, how should the reward be calculated?" ”

The middle-aged fat man's breathing became a little rapid.

But soon, there was a hint of determination on his face: "In terms of compensation, I can't make a decision, after all, this is to be recorded." But of all the relics we've unearthed so far, Mr. Levi, you can choose one, and I'll put it in the 'prescribed items' when the time comes, and you just need to take it with you. ”

"Good." Su Yan nodded, "I accepted this task." ”

"Then there's one more thing I need to inform you."

"Say it."

"This time, because it was a joint operation, the Adventurers' Guild actually sent rescue manpower as well. However, since we haven't found a suitable person on our side before, the adventurer's guild has actually taken the first step, and you are likely to meet each other in the ruins this time. The middle-aged fat man spoke, "Because we had some minor conflicts with the Adventurer's Guild before, we ......."

"In the ruins, the other party is likely to be against me?"

"This possibility is not ruled out."

"Then if I kill them all, it won't be a problem, right?" Su Yan asked in a low voice.

"As long as no one sees it."

"Then I know what to do." Su Yan smiled, "This job is really getting more and more interesting." ”