Night, in this dark castle.

The light that the tiny torch now provided was like the last whimper of a lingering patient.

The silence of the crowd now looked like a mute spell had been cast. In the face of this sudden scene, everyone seems to be thinking about something similar in their hearts.

And this kind of emotion, unfortunately, Eero also empathizes.

I don't know how long it has been, and the president of the Mermaid Song can no longer endure the silence now. He boldly took a step forward, reached out, and pressed it against the doorframe of the half-door.

This move made the whisky and polyester on the side all show expressions of surprise and admiration, and the two of them stepped aside one after another, while clenching their swords in their hands, ready to deal with any danger that arose.

hand, press on the door frame.

Eero took a deep breath and exhaled ......

Then, with a slight force in his hand, he pushed the door open again.

The torch lit up, just like the scene just now, and the small light of the fire could only illuminate a small area. Even if a torch was thrown down again, the flames quickly extinguished as if they were afraid of the darkness, making it difficult to see what kind of existence existed in this dark passage.

As for the grain, except for the pool of blood under the firelight, he could no longer be seen.

"Now...... What to do? Is he dead? ”

Coco asked, but Arro didn't know how to answer it.

Polyester over there nodded: "We can see very clearly that something runs directly through his brain, and no human can still live in such a situation." So...... Whiskey, the hostages have been rescued, how about we just go back and hand it over? ”

At this point, the whiskey can only nod. He poked his head out slightly and looked into the passage again, and after making sure that he couldn't see anything, he could only give up and retract his head.

"That'...... Let's go back. ”

Since both Imperial soldiers had said so, Arrow didn't have any other opinions.

But just as everyone was about to leave, Viscount Ruichi, who had been following behind, shouted with a red face: "Hey! What does it mean to just go back? This is my Swan Castle! There's such a thing in my Swan Castle?! Feed! Mermaid Song! You said you'd help me clean up Swan Castle, but there's still so much of it that hasn't been cleaned up yet, so you're going to just leave?! I paid five gold coins to ask your guild to clean up my castle! ”

To be honest, Arrow didn't have any antipathy towards this Viscount Ruichi. After all, just give money.

But now the nobleman's repeated shouting really made him a little irritable: "Viscount Ruichi, we said at the beginning that it would cost you five gold coins to help you clean up Swan Castle. But as you can see now, this passage is clearly below Swan Castle and does not belong to Swan Castle. So, that's not what we're up to. ”

"What are you kidding? Are you kidding! You're just a strong argument! Sling the bull! ”

Viscount Ruichi kept dancing, and his eyes widened like brass bells: "What about my castle?" There is such a big monster living under my castle that I don't know what it is, do you expect me to sleep peacefully in this castle under such circumstances?! ”

As he spoke, the nobleman reached over and grabbed Arrow's collar. Brad blocked it at the right time, preventing him from getting close to his own president.

Arrow sighed, restrained his somewhat irritable mood a little, faced the nobleman with a smiling face again, and said, "Viscount Ruichi, you also saw the scene just now, we all need to have a conscience when we do business. What kind of task should be paid. In good conscience, do you really think that the thing that lurks in the darkness just now can be included in the task commission of that hardware? Let's be honest, I already got goosebumps just by seeing some tentacle-like black shadows of that thing. Do you really think we should go down and help you deal with this monster now? ”

For a while, Viscount Ruichi didn't speak.

He just looked at the half-body door with some anxiety, and then at the people of the Mermaid Song Guild in front of him. After a moment, he put on a slightly pleading expression and looked at the two Imperial soldiers beside him, as if he was seeking to reason. But after seeing that the two Imperial soldiers were also embarrassed now, his expression finally became extremely desperate-

"Oh my God! I knew that I wouldn't be greedy for cheap to buy any granite fort, greedy for cheap! Cheap! Cheap! I just want to buy a castle and make it my home for me and my mistresses, so why bother?! O my Swan Castle! Woowoo...... What are we going to do now? What the hell should I do? Woowoo woo ......"

Although Arrow could remind him to find a new guild with strong enough strength to come in, after thinking about it, it was better to forget it.

After all, this is also a job, and when your guild becomes stronger in the future, you can take a risk, and maybe you can make another profit.

The group slowly left Swan Castle, and under the command of Arrow, the workers once again brought in a large pile of stones to block in front of the half-body door, which was kind of isolating the "possibility" of what was coming out below.

By the time everyone returned to Pelican Town, the east had gradually revealed a little white of the fish's belly. Who would have thought that this battle to hunt down the Reciters would last as long as a day and a night.

Under the morning light of the rising sun, the song of the mermaid said goodbye to everyone one by one.

Mayor Round Cheese led the townsfolk back to a restful night's sleep.

The tax collector frowned when he heard that Grains had died, and seemed to regret that his credit had been lost, and he could only go to the Unicorn Bar with two Imperial soldiers to sleep.

The Viscount Ruichi looked at a loss, and his eyes were blank. Not only is his castle now inhabitable, but there are some terrible monsters, he doesn't seem to be able to figure it out, and he leaves without fear surrounded by his bodyguards and workers, which can be regarded as temporary silence.

Squeak –

The doors of the guild are opened.

As that ray of sunlight poured in, illuminating the guild floor, Arrow couldn't help but take a deep breath and look back at his guild members.

Cocoa, Parfay, Brad, Cream......

Although these four members have various shortcomings and are not strong, they still regard themselves as the president in this guild crisis. That alone was enough to move Arrow.

"How's it going?"

As the light filtered through the window, Napa on the counter cushion slowly floated over. Stretch while floating.

Arrow exhaled, and a smile resurfaced on his face, "It's okay." But I'm starting to believe that sometimes it's really a little better to have you there. ”

Napa tilted her head, a strange color in both eyes.

But this matter will be talked about later, and for now, Arrow still has to appease his own guild members.

He clapped his hands, his gaze swept over the faces of all the members again, and said—

"This time, we were able to uncover the plot of the Reciters to seize power, and thanks to your trust, you were able to identify me as the president."

Brad rubbed his chest and said with a smile, "President, depending on what you said, of course you are our president." But...... Big Brother ...... Alas...... When I go back to my hometown in the future, maybe I should go back with a message. ”

Arrow nodded and continued, "Although you still recognize me as the president, it can be seen from this incident that our guild does have a lot of problems. I, the president, have to take responsibility. ”

Coco: "Brother President, you don't have to blame yourself so much. It's all that toad is not good......"

Arrow hurriedly waved his hand, put away his smile, and said with a serious face: "No, no, no, I do have a responsibility. I value money too much because of my own business. There are times when I think it's okay, but there are times when I think I've gone a little too far. Especially when it comes to how well you are paid. ”

People must be paid for doing things.

Blindly letting people work for free may be able to have a certain degree of loyalty in a short period of time, but after a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no accidents again.

Arrow admits that he was too greedy in the past, and his greed caused his guild members to waver a little in the face of the usurpation of power by many grains, and it was not a smart thing to make them crack with themselves for such a small amount of money.

"I haven't mentioned your pay before. For my personal reasons, I urgently need to save 1,000 gold coins before the Holy Night Festival in three years' time, so I thought about paying you three years later. ”

"But now I've changed my mind, and you get 10 percent of the mission reward every time you complete a mission. I know that the typical market price is 20 percent, but since I really need money for personal reasons, I can only provide this figure so far. Wait until three years from now, three years from now, I will definitely increase the reward for your tasks! I don't know if you can accept this plan? ”

Compared to the others, Cream was the first to shake his head.

Seeing the thief shake his head, Arrow's heart couldn't help but chuckle.

"President, you're too much of an outsider. You saved my life, and if it weren't for your help, my bones might have been burned to ashes by now. ”

Cream raised her finger, shook it, and said confidently-

"I also said before that even if I want to be a cow and a horse for the song of the mermaid in my life, I will not have any complaints. But since the president thinks it's better, I'll accept the offer. ”

Hearing Cream's agreement, Coco on the side was not to be outdone, and immediately nodded: "I'm okay!" There is food and clothing here for the elder brother, and there is a room of his own, and even the elder brother will teach me to read and write, and Vice President Napa will teach me alchemy. ”

Cream and Coco both agreed, and Brad naturally smiled, touched his chin, and said, "Originally, I didn't think about money." But then I listened to the grains say a little more, and it made sense. Parfay and I are still one person, President, I will listen to what you say, there is no problem! ”

Looking at this group of guild members who were completely loyal to him, Arrow couldn't help but feel a little warm in his heart.

Three years.

Three years later, if you can really complete the task of 1,000 gold coins, you must treat these guild members who accompanied you from birth to death at that time!

All...... It's all about three years from now!

- October 20, 1301, food expenses: -4 copper and 2 iron, balance: 96 gold, 7 copper and 8 iron (stolen money: 40 gold, 7 silver and 7 copper) -