"These years, one day at a time, I really can't understand it. Yesterday I heard that the Duchy of Sara was at war again, and the price of grain was going to skyrocket, and today I heard that the druids had invented a new crop, and the price of food plummeted, so I asked Carlo to go to Linzhen to pull a cart of grain, and sold it directly before I had time to put it into storage. ”

Behind the bar, Daddy Patton wiped down the plates and complained that the world was changing so fast that a retired veteran like himself couldn't read it.

It was already night, the rain was pouring outside, the raindrops were crackling on the wooden windows and roofs, the heavy rain was shaking the barrel signs of the bar, the dim oil lamps in the room slightly illuminated the halls of the Rhino Tavern, the half-elf bards were whispering new war epics in the backcountry, and the adventurers were quietly listening.

This bad weather not only made them have no intention of going out, but also did not have the interest of making loud noises in the past, and heating by the fire, listening to music and playing Quint cards is already the most luxurious enjoyment.

"Ha, old Patton, it's not me talking about you, you can't afford that machine that shakes and makes a sound, forget it, now the magic guide lamp is sold everywhere, even if it is only two energy coins a month, why do you still use a kerosene lamp that consumes fuel and does not light up. Are you still missing these coffins? Or, are you planning to bargain for Katerina's future husband? ”

Even if Caterina is the barmaid of this bar, she is also the righteous daughter of the boss as a baby, and she is the fuse that is just a little bit.

If other people talked like this in front of Old Patton, he would have taught the other party that the old dog still has two teeth.

And at this time, the big grin is joking. It's an old mercenary with gray eyebrows. The silver emblem is carved with flying wings. This is the emblem of the silver mercenary, and only the warriors who have made great contributions to the duchy have the opportunity to obtain it, and it is also the proof of the ace mercenary, which is obviously a bit condescending in such a town.

The valuable magic spear leaned against the bar casually, and he wore the latest "Explorer X4" brave bracers on his arms, and several of the latest miniature energy buckets pinned to his waist, which was the standard configuration of Winston, the strongest mercenary in Anton Town, and the reason why he was able to joke with Old Patton so much without being thrown out by the grumpy old warrior. But the two used to be partners in a mercenary group.

"Hmph, I just see that some engineers and mages are not reliable, and their things can be trusted? Especially goblins! ”

"Hey, hey, you're not. Do you remember being cheated by a goblin engineer back then? The other party sold you that, that ......."

"Mechanical alarm clock!"

"That's right! By the way, it's that mechanical clock, well, I still remember that the name is very auspicious, called, what's it called? ”

"Safety...... Bea Brothers' safety card alarm clock. ”

Old Patton uttered the names word by word. I still remember the name of the producer, obviously resentful....... the memory is very deep.

"Poof. I remembered that the alarm clock went off for almost half an hour that day, and we were all wogged up, and you were still holding your pillow and drooling, and you were saying, 'Let me sleep for another five minutes,' and ......... Burst. ”

Looking at the pale face of the boss Barton, and seeing the red-haired hostess eavesdropping on the table, considering that this pub was the only one in the town where dwarven spirits were served, old Winston decided to save some face for the old man.

"Click."

Well, the bald dad crushed the plate himself, apparently remembering what had happened later that morning, and the force in his hand got out of control, and old Winston laughed and lay down on the table.

The alarm clock gave a warning when it came to the back, a hoarse, shrill recording, and Old Barton still remembered the shrill voice that had decided to belong to the goblins.

"Well, you don't want to get up, you actually look down on the safety card alarm clock, the goblin products of the Beya brothers, this alarm clock is angry, this alarm clock is about to explode! Fifty, forty-nine......."

Fifty seconds of countdown, for the confused old soldier is enough, considering the goblin has always been famous, that said that blowing up a pit is definitely more than one pit, it is only possible to blow up a dozen pits or simply a canyon The legend of the pit daddy, the old soldier did not hesitate to get up immediately, and then pressed the alarm clock stop button, and...

"....... Forty-two, Four-one......."

Obviously, this is not the stop button of the alarm clock bomb, and after the old Barton rummaged through the alarm clock, he still couldn't find a second button that could be pressed.

“…… Three, two......"

Then, in desperation, Barton could only heartache and throw away the "broken thing from a month's salary" that was about to turn into a bomb, but the countdown was over, but instead of an explosion, it was another music recording.

"Ha, have you been fooled, you're finally awake. Don't listen to those rumors, our safety card is strong and reliable, and we won't be bombs for a long time. ”

Well, if the matter ends here, I don't have to sleep like this, maybe Old Patton will appreciate the other person's sense of humor, and the alarm clock does work.

When he just retrieved the alarm clock, he found that the alarm clock had been broken open and the hidden mechanism had been reactivated.

"Ha, dare to snoop on the Beya brothers' trade secrets and taste the wrath of the goblins!"

Barton remembered that the high-pitched screams were full of naked malice, and the wings of doom had covered the top of his head.

"Boom!"

Well, there is no need to depict this familiar plot, the explosion is not very powerful, and Old Barton is not so vulnerable, but because the source of the explosion is close at hand, the last few hairs and eyebrows of poor Old Barton have dissipated in the explosion.

Enraged, he then ran to confront the "unethical green misers", but the goblin contract experts received him politely and "spoke with them cordially and friendly".

So, he was first stunned by a large number of hidden exemption contracts in the sales contract, and inexplicably paid some "liquidated damages" and "fines for snooping on trade secrets", and finally came back to the door more and more he thought about it, but was inexplicably fooled into buying a lot of hair growth products again.

"Poof, don't say it, those hair growth products of yours are really effective."

"Click."

This is the second time Papa Patton has crushed the plate. He was already thinking about whether to settle accounts with his old buddy. At least that time I got up the next day. When he got up as a hairball, the old bastard laughed so happily, and pulled his companion to see the woolly orangutan.

Well, it's no wonder that Barton hates goblin products so much, and when he bought a new gadget freshly, he lost no money, and he was tossed enough, and his hair did grow. But it was too scary, and in the end, I spent money on a goblin's permanent hair loss agent...... It's like being stepped into a pit in a row.

He "Solid Stone Heavy Hammer" finally retired early, and he didn't know if he was really old and weak as he said, or he couldn't stand the ridicule of his brothers and the weird eyes of others, after all, not everyone can stay calm on a clean face like an egg, and every time the person in front of him laughs inexplicably, his old face can't stay anymore.

"By the way, has the permanent depilator failed? How do your eyebrows grow? Burst. No, fake eyebrows. Isn't that another goblin product? Old man, aren't you super nasty goblin artifacts? ”

"Boom!"

All right. This time, the old man directly took out the war hammer placed under the bar, brandished the silver shining murder weapon, and chased the unconcealed silver emblem mercenary all over the bar.

And the bar's regular customers, accustomed to this noisy routine, cheered on the boss while asking the bard to change the fast-paced tune.

Those who stay in the tavern instead of the warmth of their homes in this hellish weather are either adventurers and mercenaries who have no fixed home, or they are hopelessly old drunkards who have been incurably alcoholic.

But unfortunately, unlike the previous boss's big victory, this time, Old Patton was panting for more than a dozen laps, and suddenly he stopped and looked thoughtfully at Winston, who was completely fine,

"You old fellow? Got a legendary hurdle? ”

"Well, I just touched it two days ago, and I made a special trip to show it off to you."

Hearing this, Barton was stunned at first, but his clenched fists relaxed again, how many years of buddy, showing off or something don't need to be taken seriously, it can't be the radical method that has been effective in the past years

And even though the old man took the opportunity to invite him to come back out of the mountain, he still had the same answer.

“…… Hmph, even this guy can become a quasi-legend, this ghost world, the old guy can't understand it anymore, it's easy to shrink here and open a bar. ”

It seems that this time Winston's persuasion failed again, and the old mercenary shrugged his shoulders, which was also expected, and the name of Rock Barton did not mean that he was as stubborn as a stone.

"You're only forty-five years old, don't be an old fellow. Have you heard, the Wood Spirit Clan has started selling their youth holy water, as long as 100 justice points, it is two years of youth! Maybe you can also enter the legend. ”

"Hmph, I'm not interested, if it's boring again, next time your Dwarven Thunder Spirits will only have water and no wine......"

This was obviously not empty words, but a real threat, and sensing that the old man was really effectively angry, shook his head, and Winston lowered his head and concentrated on drinking.

It's no wonder that Old Barton is so resistant to new magic products, the world is changing too fast, and there are not a few people like him who can't adapt to it, in fact, if it weren't for some reason, according to past conventions, Winston has also reached retirement age.

Old Winston has passed forty-eight, under normal circumstances, the human warrior is at the peak of about thirty-five years old, and after forty or so, all aspects of the body will decline rapidly, if you can't enter the golden level, don't think about it in this life, but with the advent of the great era, with the help of the crazy rising elemental tide and various precious materials exchanged for the contract brave system, he not only took only two years to enter the golden level, but now in the seventh year, he has even touched the legendary hurdle.

So, at the same time of surprise, the old guy was also moved, and he was ambitious to pull the old guy out of the mountain again, but unfortunately, some people were happy because of the arrival of the big era, and some people were always faced with changes in the three views, and they couldn't adapt to it.

Yes, the Great Era, the New Age of Dawn (FT), although most people are still accustomed to the old calendar AD 1905, but with the increasing expansion of the Law and the Church of Hades, the Dawn Age they advocate is accepted by more and more people.

And now, it is the seventh year of the new era, the 7th year of FT7, and the Ash people are becoming more and more accustomed to this new world that constantly refreshes the three views, by the way, even the term "three views" has been spread by the Church of the Law, all these years. Such a new concept, a new vocabulary. It's already too much.

all these years. With the rise of the elemental tide, the rare spellcaster talent in the past has surged ten times the number, and even a pure warrior like Winston has inexplicably learned the two-handed magic sword technique, and even considered selling the old antiques at home and replacing it with a real magic spear.

Over the years, the silver rank of the limit of the past mortals has been broken, and the masters of the gold rank have suddenly become worthless. Even, even the flood of legendary powerhouses makes the world plan to reconsider the name of them, of course, these new powerhouses who are not even clear about their own paths, and do not have soul emblems, are far less powerful than the old powerhouses, but enough of them can make up for it.

Over the years, the map can be rewritten three times a week, and the invasion of other dimensions and the cracks in the plane are as common as cockroaches, and the entire plane can be said to be in the midst of war. If it weren't for the fact that the inhabitants of the main plane had also risen to a great height, I am afraid that this world would have been hopeless.

all these years. The technological revolution that began in the Northland is getting more and more intense, magic technology has changed the life of the world and the normal state of war, ordinary families also have magic lights, mortal warriors have also begun to try out those magic swords, magic guns, new transportation equipment has made commodity trade easy and fast, legions and armies have even started the magic mechanization revolution, Winston has adapted to the changes of the times, has gone farther and farther, if he still adheres to the old way of life like old Patton, I am afraid it is destined to be eliminated.

Over the years, there have been countless changes, and no one can be sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but no matter how it changes, life has to go on, gold coins must be earned, land must be cultivated, wine must still be drunk, some things are gone, and some things are still the same as in the past.......

"Ding."

"Click!"

The sudden ringing of the doorbell interrupted Old Barton's memories, and the three cloaked men who entered attracted his attention, the soaked cloaks letting the rain drip on the floor, and the heavy non-slip rain boots clattering on the floor, which was not something ordinary people wanted to do in such weather.

The boss glanced at it, but lowered his head to concentrate on his work, anyway, this is just a new customer, as long as he doesn't make trouble, he is still welcome.

"Hey, hey, look, that dark skin and upside-down swastika is an anti-holy knight!"

"The emblem of silver scales and black skulls? And the big men of the Torah Church? Come to our side of the countryside and do something. ”

"Wow, silver crosssword? Three magic box holes! That should be the latest magic sword, right? Didn't you say that it was a military non-sale item of the Northland War Regiment? Could it be the guys from the North? ”

But when they took off their waterproof cloaks, they attracted the attention of all the drinkers.

The combination of a dark elf, a human, and a goblin is not common, and the moment he saw the goblin, the boss decided to add 50% water to the drink and double the price of the wine, and then arrange the empty room for the goblin who died two days ago, maybe it can also exorcise evil spirits.

But the three new customers didn't mean to order, and walked directly to the bulletin board in the middle of the bar, where the town had issued mercenary assignments for those mercenaries.

The goblins of the Church of the Law stood on tiptoe and tore off one wanted notice, only to stick the other.

The others were still looking at it with interest, looking forward to the tasks of these "big shots", but when they saw the new wanted list, they all shook their heads directly, and turned around and did what they should do.

After all, no matter how attractive the wanted bonus is, but the impossible task is also meaningless, this mission from FT5 to FT7, there is not the slightest information without not saying, if you just rely on the vague information on the wanted warrant to find him, I am afraid that he will already be the world's number one detective.

"Wanted: Roland"

"Gender: male, age 5 to 60 years old is possible, hair color is probably blonde (may dye hair), height is uncertain, no obvious features on the body, unknown appearance (normal face is weak, but it may be disguised), immune to all detection spells, may have a black cat or other ghost around me, I may be a warrior, or a paladin, or it may be a law profession, a necromancer, an ice mage....... of course, it may also be disguised as another profession, that guy did it. The strength evaluation is unknown, but please form a group of the following classes of legends. As long as he lives, we will be very troubled if he dies again. By the way, I don't have any sense of humor, I only tell bad jokes. ”

Well, it turns out that people can die again when they die, and it would be hellish if this wanted warrant that infinitely aroused people's desire to vomit could find someone, but there are still many people who are moved and acted, after all, the reward after that is too attractive.

"Bonus: 2,000,000 gold coins, 50,000 justice points, the friendship of the Lan League, the Law and the Church of Hades, the Absolute Gentleman Mercenary Group, and a requirement that does not violate the basic moral code."

If gold coins and justice points can only impress the lone strong, and now the Lan Alliance has jumped from a small border country to a superpower, the Law and the Church of Hades are not only its state religions, but also one of the most powerful churches in this world, and the Absolute Gentleman Mercenary Group is already the first mercenary group without doubt after the sudden return of a group of backbones two years ago, their friendship and a request are enough to impress a country!

Obviously, the three "distinguished guests" are not here to find people, after all, "Looking for Roland" was inexplicably rated by the goblins as one of the ten most difficult epic missions in this life to complete, and they just updated this wanted notice that has been posted all over the world.

And the content of this update, in addition to the bonus from 2 million to 3 million, and the justice points from 50,000 to 80,000, there is also an extra sentence at the end of the wanted notice.

"Roland, if you don't take the initiative to turn yourself in within a year, we will make all the treasures of the A17 bookshelf in your underground library public, and the goblins will prepare a special issue for you!"

The others looked at the wanted column and dispersed, but one of the bar-resident drunks named Caro woke up with such fright that he almost lost his trademark beard.

“A17？ That's not what I wrote about using real people as a template. Romance novels? There are also special heavy dew dot paintings made by me! Margaret, Eliza, Heloise, they ....... they're going to kill me! ”

"Bastard! There's even an old lady! You can do it with a ghost banshee back then! ”

"Cough, people and ghosts are not over, but it's a classic theme, and there are a lot of ways to play....... let go, don't bite your head."

[Actually, there are almost all the beautiful goddess statues among them, and after they are announced, you plan to be hunted down by the goddesses.] Hmph, I decided not to be angry that there was no goddess of order in it. 】

"Hey, hey, hey, play tsundere at this time, the painting style is wrong, right!"

[Phew, don't talk to me, old virgin!] Heloise, let me tell you, the old virgin who has been holding back for a long time is very perverted, Roland has long been sullen for more than three hundred years, and his paragraph about you is very classic, I can't understand how he came up with it, a collection of sadomasochism and heavy taste, ice love in one furnace, beyond any works of the same period.......]

"Dear Asteria. Are you hungry? I'll give you something to eat. (To be continued......)