"Introduce yourself, I'm Akon. Akon, your employer. ”

After confirming that all the mercenaries in front of him had arrived, Akon cleared his throat while standing in the secret room provided by the union.

"You are all the top mercenaries in the Great Plains, so I won't say much. I'm not going to ask you to do more, but you can't question my judgment either, it's as simple as that...... You know what I'm referring to. ”

"Don't question the behavior of any mage, you should still understand this rule."

The four mercenaries nodded their heads. But it's clear that there is some absent-mindedness.

There are four mercenaries who have passed the test. One man and three women.

The man is an uncle with a Chinese face who looks very reliable. But it's actually a young man in his twenties. A turn of sword fighters. Specializes in assault and offensive cover. once protected a little Lori among more than thirty wolves, and he was unharmed. There is even news that if it is to protect the little girl, no one in this great plain can be his opponent.

And now, this Lolicon with a strong heart is staring at the candlestick on the table with a deep face, as if thinking about the mysteries of the world. The eyes were confused and focused, as if they saw some unknowable future in the smoke and dust.

The mage dared to play a 100% package ticket, and this guy who was a little girl in his head didn't listen to a word just now.

The other three girls are also considered ...... Youth is energetic. Of course, except for the little girl named Anta, the others are not beauty, just ordinary appearance. A ranger who looks like a boy, a bard with a freckled face, and finally Anta who looks beautiful but is surprisingly a shield guard. And it's very interesting that the two people who obviously don't look very good have been picking and choosing between the team, but that Anta is very quiet.

But as for the hostility between them, Akon has no desire to explore.

"Since you have signed, it means that we are in a master-slave relationship in this mission. You will keep me safe, and I will not do you any harm. You'd better not question my every decision, because you don't understand the mage. ”

Akon said, reaching out and snapping his fingers. The map, which had been marked with various symbols, slowly unfolded on the table in the middle of the crowd. The four mercenaries stepped forward to see their future routes. The various colors of paint have been marked with their direction and danger points, and they look extremely reliable.

"I don't talk nonsense, that's our roadmap. If there are no problems, we can go. ”

“…… But I have a problem, boss. ”

Looking at the map on the desktop, the Ranger Mercenary's face suddenly became a little weird.

"Why would we want to bypass all the mage territories and the Knights' quarters and run to the territories of the lichs and other monsters?" Estimating the direction of the road marked on the map, the mercenary only felt the corners of his mouth twitch.

That route almost perfectly bypassed all of the mage towers and knight quarters marked on the Great Plains. For the Holy Light garrison, it took a heinous arc, taking a spiral-like route towards Hoinheim. And bypassing all these places guarded by strong people, all that remains is the soil occupied by some undead and powerful monsters.

None of the monsters that have been able to take their place on the Great Plains are fuel-efficient lamps. Almost every one of the Lichs and veteran Death Lords who have lived for hundreds of years has been able to balance with the Knights and Archmages of their counterparts. Theoretically, they should be at a disadvantage, but no one would believe that these old monsters stationed in the Jedi could be banished by the official forces of the Great Plains. After all, the righteous march of two hundred and thirty years ago did not do it, and it cannot be done now.

And thanks to the mighty march of justice and the blessing of some fanatical paladins, the necromantic creatures in these places are no longer as careless as they used to be. They began to consciously disperse the living in their territory, or use some kind of pact to get them to die. According to 'reliable sources' circulating in the Great Plains, the Night Council wants to hold a Night of the Living Dead due to recent actions by the Light Cult. So it's a dangerous thing to enter the realm of the undead for nearly a hundred years - yes, the undead have such a strange concept of time, and they have been going to make the Night of the Living Dead for almost two hundred years.

In other words, it has been a forbidden area for life for almost 200 years. And their team has to break the rules of two hundred years, and as a novice team, they will directly face those ancient and terrifying members of the Dark Moon Council, as well as those ancient demonic beasts and mysterious beings who have lived for an unknown number of years.

It's just insane.

"We can go directly to the Lost City of Hohenheim through the Great Plains Teleportation Matrix, and then stay around it for a long time. That way we'll have more freedom and more choice. I'm totally-"

"Because both places mean trouble and distress, little comrade."

The mage interrupted the mercenary's words, a hint of dissatisfaction on his face.

"It is a blasphemy for a mage to enter the territory of another mage. Even with the Traveling Mage Medal, our lives are like candles in the wind. The mages are likely to come and attack us for no reason, and the ranks of the Light cannot be trusted. In contrast, the so-called forbidden places, which only require some negative energy to pass through, are safe places. ”

Akon's face was righteous, in exchange for the four mercenaries looking like they were mentally ill.

The mage Death House ran out to attack the mercenary team? People of the Holy Light Sect are not trustworthy? What is this?

But it can't be helped. If it weren't for beating everyone up because he was too young, he wouldn't have been so embarrassed.

If you calculate carefully, it seems that there is no archmage in this world who has not been beaten by him. At that time, the opening AOE Chaos Vortex of the Library War was remembered by countless archmages, but it was only the beginning. Akon remembered the stupid things he had done afterwards, and wanted to travel through time and space to chop up himself who was obviously abnormal at the time.

But now that it's over, it's too late to say anything. Rather than regret it, it is better to go the opposite way, and walk directly past their territory while they are not paying attention and still have some hope of being alive. If he was caught, he felt that with the stupid things he had done at the time, it would be an extravagant hope that those old demons would give him a good time. He might as well be dead. After all, at that time, he beat the mages all over the world, and he issued a declaration of war so arrogantly, Akon himself felt that he had to die.

"True, the forest is indeed disgusting, but we are here to train, not to eat, drink and be merry, are we?"

The mage's face was solemn, as if he had been transferred to a holy horse, and his voice was as thought-provoking as a bell.

"Experience is to go deep into danger, what kind of system is it to be so lazy! I asked you to protect me, but also to show you what a true mage should do. What you have to do is not to question me, but to obey me. Just follow me and complete our training mission, then there will be no problems, do you understand? This is for your own good! ”

Under the mage's sonorous voice and majestic and kind gaze, several mercenaries suddenly lowered their heads in shame. But in the hearts of several mercenaries, they had already scolded Akon's ancestors for eighteen generations.

It's true that training is for better strength, but who the fuck is training to die?

And it's not an ordinary death, it's a big death. This trip has walked through the territory of the Dark Moon Council and the demons and monsters of all parties, and I don't want to have a little human territory. This mage is a talent to be able to find such a way in such a complex terrain. Why don't you think he uses this IQ in the right place? This kind of strange ability, even if you want to be a mapper or pathfinder, it is the best in the world. Although the mage is much stronger than those two classes.

"But that's also unjustifiable, Mr. Mage."

The mercenary, who was a bard, rubbed her brow, took a few deep breaths, and pointed to a few nodes on the map.

"Here, here, and this place, it's all about taking a long journey of more than a week to find the next populated place to resupply. We simply can't last that long with our current supplies, do you have any explanation? ”

"There is no explanation for you. There's so much you want to know. ”

Having lost all patience to explain, Akon said with a nonchalant expression.

"Either follow me or leave nothing at all. Mercenaries do what mercenaries should do, and under the magic pact, I will not do anything to deliberately harm you. But again, don't try to judge your master for any of his actions. Since I was able to choose this path, it means that I have the certainty of passing through him, you see? ”

"We get it."

The Bard and Ranger looked at each other, nodded, and stood up and left the chamber.

So, the mercenary group withdrew from the two of them again, leaving only the Lolita mercenary who didn't know what to think and the beautiful girl mercenary Anta who looked hesitant.

"That's why it's really ugly."

Facing the remaining two, the mage shrugged his shoulders. I'm too lazy to put on that mage temperament.

"What about you? Do you want to go too? ”

In the face of Akon's questioning, the male mercenary with a heavy face looked at the ceiling, puffed out the smoke, and opened his mouth in a low voice.

"Will I be able to see the little girl in the rest of my training?"

“……”

“……”

What was this thing just talking about?

Anta looked at the mercenary who seemed to have seen through the red dust with a horrified expression. The mage nodded without hesitation.

"No problem. There are a lot of vampire little girls. ”

"I'm going to follow you for the rest of my life."

Feed! Is there really no problem with this conversation of yours! Is the meaning of your life in little girls!

Seeing that the male mercenary looked like he was holding a wisdom bead, Anta suddenly felt the urge to slap the table and roar something.

But before she could say anything, the mage's eyes were already fixed.

"Where's Anta? Are you going or staying? ”

"Huh? I? I'm not going to be a catharsis or something, am I? I've given up a lot of tasks because of this. ”

The girl was stunned, and then there was a hint of embarrassment on her face.

Because of her appearance, although many mercenary groups want to take this shield guardian girl who can fight and resist, but in more cases, they want to 'fight' her. This makes her very strong, but the mercenary completion is really dangerous.

"Aside from knowledge and being a sage, I have very little desire for women. The one over there is probably just a ** who likes little girls. So you should be able to rest assured of your personal safety. Looking at the beautiful girl Anta who was rubbing the table in front of him, blushing, a certain mage who wanted to save his life and revenge said with a serious face.

In addition, the male mercenary who was thinking about life in the chair also quickly followed up with a sentence that he was not interested in normal women.

“…… Then no problem. ”

Facing the two men who were obviously a little abnormal, Anta, who was a flower of the Great Plains, sat on the chair and exhaled deeply. But at the same time, I also feel that something is likely to have gone wrong with her reckless choice this time.

But there is no way. If she doesn't take the task or declares her failure on her own initiative, she really can't be a mercenary.

If she loses this level of freedom and returns to her hometown, even if she is very combative, those local nobles and knights will be happy to tie up this somewhat wild-looking rouge horse somewhere and present it to those fat and stinky merchants. And in order to avoid this tragic fate, Anta can only temporarily give up thinking and join this team with an obvious bright future.

"All in all, you prepare the jungle daily necessities first, we don't take the general road of human beings, and go directly over the mountain. The specific time is one month. You prepare it today, and I'll record the knowledge. ”

The mage looked like he had opened his mouth for a month of life in the wilderness, then conjured a pair of glasses and books from his belt, sat down in a chair and began to look. The other Lolicon boy also silently took out a lollipop from his waist bag and walked out of the door with a serious expression. Only the beautiful girl was left sitting in place alone, not knowing what to do.

She was supposed to go and prepare supplies, but the actions of these two people made her feel that she would lose if she did.

…… This operation, is there really no problem, right?

Faced with the mage's face that he didn't follow the normal path of death, Anta thought with some doubts.

It's okay, no problem.

The mage smiled and held out a thumb.