In the tavern. (Book House)

Rhodes's figure sat quietly in a corner, quietly drinking ale, and in front of him, the entire hyena tavern seemed to be in some kind of frenzy, and each mercenary's face was filled with a color of greed and desire.

These men seemed to be very enthusiastic.

In the middle of the morning, the news that appeared in the whole tavern was so exciting!

Originally, everyone thought that after a killing riot last night, the officials of the entire Osme watchtower camp would be furious, and many people even gloated and prepared to order a few glasses of rye wine, ready to watch the excitement.

The result was unexpected.

The large-scale fighting that many people expected did not happen, and the camp officials were indeed "angry" and issued an eviction order.

At the time of the issuance of the expulsion order.

Some people or forces with ulterior motives in the camp have even secretly rejoiced.

Are those mercenary uncles good-natured people, drive them away like rabbits, and a terrible riot is obviously just around the corner.

But the truth has stared at the ground!

One after another, unruly mercenary organizations began to move their stations on a large scale with joyful faces.

Followed by.

Dumbfounded news came one after another in the tavern.

A second-rate mercenary organization, the Silver Regiment, after they moved out of the station, actually occupied an abandoned mine of the Emerald Collar, and after enslaving a group of kobolds, it looked like they wanted to make a fortune.

None of these mercenaries are fools.

After the young city lord took over, Xiliu City was preparing to start another huge expansion project on the other side of the port, and the demand for basic materials such as ore and wood was terrifying.

The abandoned mine had only been abandoned because of the Emerald Collar monster's movements, and it was a real bonanza.

The case of the Silver Regiment is not unique.

A group of second-rate mercenary groups have almost all found some good territory that makes people blush.

And like some powerful mercenary groups, it is even more exaggerated.

For example, the Iron Sword Mercenary Regiment.

Since last night's commotion had a lot to do with the Iron Sword Mercenary Group, they were estimated to have a big wave of blood under the pressure of the camp officials.

Yet the next day.

After they evacuated the station, they did not occupy the mines or some valuable resource points.

These domineering guys actually occupy an abandoned watchtower camp in the Emerald Territory!

Near the eastern part of the Emerald Territory's borders, there is a tower that was originally used for policing, and although it is not as large as the Osm tower camp, its unique location is important.

For some unknown reason, Emerald Leader actually abandoned the camp.

Under the leadership of the elite such as the head of the Iron Sword Regiment, they actually went to take down the watchtower and drove away all the monsters nearby.

It is said that they enslaved a group of monsters to form a stone castle there!

"Hey, hey! The Iron Sword Regiment is still as domineering as ever! Occupy the Seth watchtower, and in the future, other mercenary groups will have to pay a toll to transport all kinds of mining materials. ”

Rely on the provision of various supplies and escorts for passing merchants and travelers to obtain a stable income.

This is a very normal way to accumulate money.

As far as Rhodes knew, in the Ash world, things like the gate tax, the bridge tax, etc., were normal.

A lot of people feel.

The Iron Sword Regiment is ready to collect tolls at the Seth Tower.

But Rhodes doesn't think so.

He remembered the location of the Seth Tower, and although it was in a good location, it was a very offensive thing to collect tolls, and the profits should not be so high in the eyes of the Iron Sword Regiment.

But it was very close to the town of Etheth, which was part of the Emerald City.

It was an old town in Emerald Territory.

It is said to be a town, but the castle in the territory is very strong.

Ethis Town, that's the bridgehead for Xiliu City's attack on the Emerald Territory!

And so it goes.

The Iron Sword's intention of using the Seth Guard Tower as a garrison seems somewhat unusual.

"This Iron Sword Regiment must have made some kind of deal with Weststream City......" Rhodes thought to himself.

From the actions of these mercenary organizations.

Rod judged that Weststream City was going to make a move!

These mercenary groups are just the first to spread out in Xiliu City.

In last night's riots.

I'm afraid that the lantern bearer in the camp of the Osmu watchtower has not only found Rhodes alone, but those big mercenary groups must also have special lamp bearers to visit, and some secret deals are estimated to have been reached a long time ago.

"But this is an opportunity," Rod thought to himself.

This is clearly a signal.

Xiliu City is about to start a war, and now the carnival of these mercenary groups is some of the interests that Xiliu City acquiesces into, after all, they also know what kind of people the mercenaries are, the interests of this group of people are supreme, and if there are not enough interests, they will never copy knives for you.

Regardless of the truth of the matter.

Anyway, this cake was obviously ceded to the mercenaries by Xiliu City.

Rod is ready to get a kick.

Even if he plans to develop in the Ponse region in the future, it takes capital to cultivate forces and develop subordinates, and so far, he is still a poor bastard, and he feels that he can't miss this cake.

Take one!

Rhodes had the least amount of original capital.

Just as he was thinking about these things.

A corner of the tavern.

A group of men gathered together, apparently having drunk too much, and everyone was red-faced, and one of the stronger men stood on a stool and said in a loud voice: "Brothers! Is there anyone going to do it with us? ”

"Now that those big balls have gone to eat meat, why can't we have a mouthful of soup?!"

"That's right! We can also get together and go for a vote! Someone responded enthusiastically.

Although I don't know what the hell those big mercenary organizations are doing, it is obvious that this group of old fritters is not lacking in shrewd people, and some people can see something from the actions of those mercenary organizations.

Some people seem to be ready to step in.

After all, the mercenaries are all people who chase profits, and when Xiliu City issued a hunting order, it was able to attract so many people, not to mention this kind of carnival event that can get rich, and many people are gearing up.

Anyway, they just went to take a sip of soup, and when the sky fell, there was a tall mercenary group on top of it.

Obviously, there are many people who think this way.

For a moment, the atmosphere of the entire tavern was ignited.

Sitting in the corner, Rhodes watched coldly as a group of mercenaries who knew each other enthusiastically discussed the great plan to intervene in this carnival.

He watched the scene.

It seems that maybe this is the genius of Xiliu City, it seems that not only the enthusiasm of the mercenary group has been mobilized, but even those scattered mercenaries have successfully taken the bait.

Listened carefully for a while.

When he saw a group of men leaving the tavern with excited faces, Rhodes was silent on his face, but he had some thoughts in his heart.

"Exactly...... Everything can be taken care of together. ”

Glancing a little nonchalantly at a corner, he gently put down the tavern in his hand and quietly left the tavern with his head down.

And just as Rhodes was leaving.

in other corners of the tavern.

Some of the people who seemed to be drinking casually glanced at each other, and after a look, a few lean men quietly followed.