Chapter VII: The Baron's Invitation

With the excellent mentality that has been tempered by crawling and rolling, Aesop, who questioned the god of the system, calmed down in less than 10 seconds - if he is not calm, he will not succeed, and the forced character is not his own in the end, and the guy who holds the mule leg, even if he is angry, what is the use?

Phew, no matter how high the force is, it's also infertility!

Isolt thought hatefully, and quickly adjusted her breathing with the help of Ah Q. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Soon, the three of them found a small inn and settled down, ate and drank enough, and prepared to recuperate for the night, and continued on their journey the next day.

At this time, someone came to visit.

The visitor was an old man, beautifully dressed and well-groomed, and at first glance he was a senior deacon of a wealthy family.

"Mr. Aesop, two young ladies, excuse me." The old man bowed slightly, and spoke straight to the point, "Contemptible Stevaal? Jones, Lord of Granmer in Astacabon, and steward of Baron Drach. The three of them came to Grammer for the first time, and the name of the heroic warriors rose in one day, and the Baron was quite appreciative, and a special dinner party was prepared to wash the dust, hoping that the three of them would take the time to talk about it. ”

As he spoke, he took out an invitation letter that seemed to be able to block Aesop's E-class broken sword, and handed it to Aesop respectfully and magnificently.

After receiving the invitation, Aesop was stunned for half a minute, but her heart was clear: 10 o'clock prestige dare is here, think about it, a mule beats the old rascal and beats the ground looking for teeth, how can it not attract attention?

Then, he glanced at Scarlett, and seeing that she was silent, he replied to the old butler, who was silently waiting: "I understand, please tell the Baron, thank him for his kindness, and the three of us will take a short rest and go to the meeting." ”

"Contemptible people understand, thank you three for not hesitating to bow down." The old butler nodded and said, "Half an hour later, our own carriages and horses will come to pick you up, and the contemptible people will wait for you." Well, take your leave. ”

After speaking, the old man quietly retreated. Aesop immediately frowned, and while estimating the other party's intentions, he said: "Tsk, we are just passing hunters, and at such a sensitive time, the city lord took the initiative to issue such a solemn invitation, which is unreasonable. Do you think you should go to the banquet or not? ”

"Of course I'm going, the old man is obviously very good to us, and he invited us to dinner. Oops, it's a pity I ate too much just now. Little Lori replied with a smile.

That's not the problem—Aesop groaned silently as she turned to Scarlett, "What do you think?" ”

"There must be something strange about this." Scarlett glanced at the invitation letter and said with a solemn face, "The baron took the initiative to lower his status, and even inquired about our names clearly, and he has done a lot of work, we can't go away, otherwise I'm afraid we won't even be able to get out of the city." In short, act on the opportune moment. ”

After nightfall, the three of them made it to the Baron's courtyard.

According to the official statement, since the last elector's heir was cut off a hundred years ago, the former empire, the current Astaka state is full of princes, the hearts of the people are fluctuating, plus there are many barbarian tribes in the northwest, and the floating empire of Dongwen in the southeast, the country is scattered. Rao is so, and Astaca is not peaceful, and it is also complicated in terms of culture and customs. For example, the Baron's Mansion is mixed with strong Dongwen characteristics, quite a Chinese setting, Aesop walks in the courtyard as if in the Suzhou garden, but waves of medieval dressed guards patrol around, which makes people very abrupt and uneasy.

"Welcome to the three of you." The old butler politely received the three Aesops, glanced at the guards along their line of sight, and said indifferently, "There has been some unevenness recently, and the baron has to be careful." However, there are no accidents in the house, so please enjoy the dinner with peace of mind. ”

What are you kidding, I heard the innkeeper say that Baron Aslan, who is in the western Kur Territory, is about to call, and there will never be an accident?

The corners of Aesop's mouth twitched, and she finally held back her complaints.

Following the old butler around a few corridors, the three of them came to a luxurious hall illuminated by candlelight, the dark fragrance floated in the room, surrounded by a dozen or so scantily clad and very Arab maids, and a tall and straight middle-aged man in expensive robes ushered in. This was a bit of a surprise to Aesop, who had expected a fat, hateful-looking dead man to wait, but a smiling uncle - well, these girls with attractive eyebrows were expected.

"Welcome, welcome, I'm Fafnir? Drach, the hereditary baron of the Empire. Aesop is younger than I thought. Hehe, Miss Scarlett really has the style of a Valkyrie, and Miss Vera is young and brave and cute. The baron did not put on a show, and said a few words of pleasantry in an easy-going manner, and the little Lori actually returned the salute in a serious and rather ladylike manner—the corners of Aesop's mouth twitched involuntarily again.

Then, the baron introduced the others present. It turned out that not only the three of them were invited, but also seven indigenous elites attended the banquet: a female priest of the medical saint Aesculabius, the most typical medical officer in the heroic world, a mage with a cold description, two rangers, a man and a woman, and three warriors, one of whom was even a barbarian, in the early stage, it was simply a luxurious lineup. Obviously, Aesop and the others are just making up the numbers temporarily, and this group of fierce people is the main one.

Aesop was in awe, and exchanged glances with Scarlett, not understanding what medicine was sold in the baron's gourd.

The baron wasted no time, and after a few glasses of wine, he confessed, "You are all famous bounty hunters in the Granmer Territory, and I must wonder why I suddenly summoned everyone. Actually, there have been some accidents outside the city recently, and I, as the guardian of Grammer, can't ignore them, and I hope you can cooperate. ”

As soon as the words came out, the scene suddenly became cold, and Aesop felt a little like lying on the gun, and was thinking about how to refuse, when he heard the barbarian warrior Dagon shouting unceremoniously: "We are just eating with each other, if we want to fight with Aslan, we won't do it." ”

The rest of the people were stunned, although there was no squeak, and their faces were almost all about the same thing.

The baron was not at all annoyed, he shook his finger slightly, and said lightly: "A few people have misunderstood-well, just two days ago, I had already made peace with Aslan. This time there was something else going on. ”

Everyone will be skeptical, but they will breathe a sigh of relief.

"So, may I ask the Baron, what problem is being solved with this fanfare?" The old mage Jamila was obviously the brainchild of this group, and when she saw that she had broken the game, she came forward to ask.

Although the other party was only a beginner mage, the baron still seemed to attach great importance to it, and politely replied: "Master Jamila, you should have heard of ruile. ”

Aesop's eyebrows immediately jumped—rutile? Of course, I've heard that this is a gem resource needed for summoning, with many functions and a lot of value!

Several adventurers were short of breath, and Jamila said with some excitement: "Lord Baron, could it be that this mission is related to gold and red ore?" ”

The baron's performance fell on him one by one, and he smiled slightly, and said, "Yes, not long ago I found a gold-red pit near Granmer, and the production is quite good, but there has been a mistake recently, and I have to entrust you to help." Frankly tell a few people, as long as it can solve the problem, I can directly reward some rutile. ”

At this time, in addition to the little Lori who was still competing with the food in front of her unexpectedly, even Scarlett, who was quite calm, also had bright eyes, and Aesop was even more overjoyed.

But hearing such a generous reward, Jamila frowned and asked cautiously: "Lord Baron, you yourself are extremely strong, and your soldiers are brave, can't you solve the problem of the mine?" ”

With that, everyone calmed down a little and looked at the baron in unison.

"Yes, I do have quite a few brave soldiers." The baron shook his head slightly, and replied, "But this time, a lot of skeleton soldiers have appeared out of nowhere, and I am afraid that my men alone will not be able to cope with them." ”

"Ah, the undead?!" Everyone was taken aback, and then showed a sudden look.

At the same time, a prompt popped up in Aesop's eyes:

【Baron's Request (C+/Hidden Mission II)】Baron Drach has heard of your achievements and sincerely asked you to exterminate the undead. There will be brave men under the heavy reward, what are you waiting for, let's fight! (Valid for 3 days)

- I'm going, it's a serial mission, and C+ is going to fall on this. Although the undead are mostly poor ghosts, and the danger is greater, but there is no rutile, take a few valuable tickets, take a few more, a loft in the main city of Galoa has not run, and other players still don't know where to play mud!

Actually, to put it simply, this is the normal state of opening the map and brushing mines, and players who want to explode are especially inseparable.

Thinking of this, Aesop's heart was open, and she immediately made up her mind, rushed to Scarlett's ear, and whispered: "Let's join in the fun, after all, it's ruile, what do you think?" ”

"There must be something strange about this." Scarlett still said the same thing, and said solemnly, "Rutile is tempting, is it so easy to solve the trouble of making the baron come up with such a reward?" ”

"Well, aren't there still them?" Aesop glanced at the eager Seven Samurai.

"This ...... I've never seen the undead, but I heard from my grandfather that these guys are very difficult......"

"If you work together, there will be no problem." Scarlett was hesitating, Vera suddenly interjected - little Lori was full of oil, and the lady's demeanor had already gone down with the food, at this time she wiped her mouth and called out with a big bag, "Uncle Baron, my sister said it's no problem, we will definitely help you defeat those monsters!" ”

Scarlett, who was originally a little shaken, was stunned for a moment, and then sighed helplessly, Aesop stared at her, and could only choke speechlessly.

The baron laughed and nodded kindly at little Lori, while several of the bounty hunters looked unkind, apparently unhappy to be stolen by an alien kid.

The warrior Armstrong Storm Bear also stood up, pointed at Vera and shouted, "Lord Baron, leave this kind of thing to us. A child dares to admit casually, these three foreign men and women are simply messed up, I think they are here to make trouble! ”

Jamila followed up and said: "Lord Baron, I also doubt the strength of the three of them, the crusade against the undead is not a joke, we don't want to be planted in our own hands." ”

Except for the priestess Yelia, who was about to speak, the rest of the people followed with cynicism, and since it was in the baron's mansion, they were not open-mouthed, but they all exerted pressure on the three of them aggressively.

"I understand the concerns of several people." The baron raised his hand to stop the commotion and replied lightly, "However, the three of Mr. Aesop are by no means false. A few people must have heard that George and his gang in the pine forest area were easily solved by this little lady this afternoon. ”

Scarlett was just a little resentful, and kept watching from the sidelines; And for Vera, the pressure brought by the Seven Samurai is not a problem, hearing the baron's praise, little Lori straightened her flat chest and was full of pride.

The female ranger Gladys glanced at Little Lori with disdain, and sneered: "Lord Baron, that's just a group of subordinates, but if you have this little ability, I'm afraid it will still be delayed." ”

At this time, the little Lori was unhappy, she glared at the female ranger angrily, and shouted loudly: "Old woman, you are dragging your feet, our meow meow is more reliable than you villain!" ”

Committing a crime against the wind~~~

Suddenly, Aesop was under a lot of pressure to sit and watch the change.