Along the road out of Pelican Town, you can see three people standing on the side of the road in the distance.

One of them was Cream, who was different from when he met him three days ago, wearing a more capable leather armor suit, and even a turban wrapped around his forehead, and if you looked closely, you could see that a piece of iron was breaded in the turban, which was used as a forehead protector. However, the two short swords on the waist still haven't changed much, and the scabbard feels very heavy.

The other two, Arrow just looked at it and saw that these two and Cream were not all the way.

Not to mention that the equipment on their bodies is much better than that of their own two members, even compared to Cream. Heavily armed chain mail, with another layer of cowhide armor on the outside. With a helmet on his head and a satchel full of potions on his waist, he looks like a seasoned adventurer!

However, judging from the carefully carved but meaningless lines on the equipment, and the spotless armor that can show people's faces, it is likely that they are big city people who have been educated in adventure and know that they should be prepared, but they don't have much experience.

"It's a good day for hiking!"

Arrow was the first to greet him, and he quickened his pace towards the three of Cream, especially the two tightly wrapped people who saluted gracefully, and said—

"The President of the Mermaid Song Guild, Airo Garcia, is here to serve you. These are two of my guild members, Warrior Brad. and Coco the Necromancer. ”

The slightly taller of the two looked Arrow up and down, and glanced at Cream with some impatience: "Forget about this warrior, it looks like the five big and three are pretty good." Why didn't you tell me that there was a little girl mage on this mission? ”

Coco was stunned for a moment, and the hand holding the broken branch couldn't help but tremble.

Cream laughed and said: "Small place, small guild, there are really no talents, so I can only settle and settle." ”

The slightly short city man frowned and said, "Will? Don't know that women shouldn't do these vulgar jobs? Women should be delicate and well-cultivated, and should stay at home with peace of mind. Instead of joining any guild and taking any risks. I can't even imagine women fighting, and if our country becomes a country that needs women to go to war, what will other countries think of us? How do we view ourselves? ”

Cream continued to smile, but quickly turned her face away and glared at Arrow viciously, a look of dissatisfaction that went without saying.

Arrow was also smiling, but before he could speak, Coco behind him couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with the girl?" Girls can fight, too! Girls can do a lot of things that you men can do, too! ”

"Coco! Go later. ”

Arrow immediately scolded his own necromancer, and stepped forward to laugh and said, "I'm sorry, we are a small guild in the countryside, and we don't know much politeness." But please believe in our business level, this task entrusted to us will definitely be successfully completed! ”

The two city dwellers glanced at each other and frowned, obviously still a little dissatisfied, but there was nothing better to do at the moment.

Since they agreed, the group also adjusted their equipment and began to walk towards the Changmian Mountain Range. The Mermaid Song Guild is in the front, and the Cream Trio is in the back.

But even from a distance, Arrow could still faintly hear the muttering of the two city people.

"How can a girl do as well as a man? Girls should play with dolls at home, and when they grow up, they just need to find a good family to marry, what kind of work do they do? I think we've been cheated this time. ”

"Forget it, you can dissipate your anger. This kind of border town has no culture, and I don't know how to treat ladies, and I even think that a man can do the work that a woman can do? I think that's all there is to this guild, let's go back as soon as possible. ”

Arrow heard it clearly, he looked away, and when he saw Coco, who was pinching a small branch next to him, with a stubborn but unable attack, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and reached out to take her hand.

"Brother President...... Are you ...... I also think I'm ...... Can't do anything? But...... I can do it...... Xiaobai and I will definitely be able to exert our combat power! ”

"Well, I believe."

Airo took her hand and walked all the way, the smile on his face full of sincerity-

"Girls are no worse than boys, this time let those people in the city see how good our cocoa is!"

"Hmm!"

With Arrow's persuasion, the grievances on Coco's face finally relaxed.

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The Eternal Sleep Range is located northeast of Pelican Town, and although it can be seen from a distance, it will take some time to actually walk up.

A corner of the mountain is connected to the Shining Forest, but a little further away than the Shining Forest.

During this time in Pelican Town, Arrow also took advantage of the lack of tasks to visit around, firstly to contact the feelings of the town's residents, and on the other hand, to collect information about the Eternal Sleeping Mountains.

The mountain was an active volcano a long time ago, but it hasn't erupted for thousands of years, so it should have become an extinct volcano.

On the other side of the mountain range is the area known as the "Land of the Abyss", which has no country and no abundant products. The mountains are barren, animals and plants are very scarce, and there is only a bare rock mountain in the distance. Although there have been people who have tried to investigate, every time they go to investigate, the people who go to investigate are either missing, or they say that it is easy to get lost inside, and there is really nothing.

This is where the name Eternal Sleep comes from.

It is precisely for this reason that the Changmian Mountains have become the border border of the Blue Bay Empire in the northwest region. However, since there are no other forces on the other side of this border, there is no need for garrisons here.

At one time, the Eternal Sleep Mountains seemed to produce some iron ore, and Pelican Town and several small towns around it were founded for this reason. But as time passed, iron ore was gradually exhausted, and the prosperity of the past gradually declined. Even Pelican Town, the largest of the surrounding towns, has shrunk from a large city with a few thousand people to a small town with only four or five hundred people, and the young people in the town are gradually moving to the big cities, and this shrinkage should continue in the future if nothing changes.

In the end, these small towns will gradually disappear as if they had fulfilled their historical mission.

With a cane in his hand, Arrow walked slowly up the rugged mountain road.

He looked at this mountain range that had flourished hundreds of years ago, and imagined that there had been countless people coming and going along these mountain roads in those years, and he couldn't help but sigh a little.

Looking back, you can see Pelican Town from afar, and you can't help but sigh that what can destroy a town in the world is definitely not war, but economy.

"What do you want to visit? Are you going to see the Abyssal Lands? If you have the leisure, I can lead the two of you to see the scenery of the Changmian Mountains, it is definitely a must! ”

Arrow asked knowingly.

The tall city man waved his hand, he took out a drawing from his bosom and looked at it, then compared the surrounding terrain and said, "Go up the hill first, there should be an abandoned mine near here." ”

Arrow smiled and nodded, "Okay! ”

Continue to go up the mountain road along the winding mountain road, and when you climb to the top of a mountain, Arrow thought that she had reached the top, but she didn't expect that there was a higher mountain behind her, and there was no bottom at all.

Fortunately, the entrance and exit of the mine have not been completely buried due to the passage of time, and when the sun is almost down, a huge entrance to the mine is finally presented to everyone.

Brad carried the hammer and weighed his wooden shield before preparing to enter.

But before he could take a step, Cream reached out and stopped him.

The young man was angry and looked inside the mouth of the mine, then lit a torch and threw it inside.

The torch rolled into it a few times, revealing that there was a downhill road in the mine. But after about fifty or sixty meters, it got stuck in a corner, and I couldn't see the inside.

"Let's rest here."

Cream clapped her hands and turned around and said—

"The mine cave that has been unoccupied for many years is easy to be occupied by some magical beasts, and it is too dangerous to explore at night, so let's rest for one night and explore it energetically tomorrow morning."

Although Cream didn't wear as well as those two city people, Arrow could see that these two city people listened to Arrow.

Now that they had decided, they set up camp in a sheltered place in the mine outside, set up tents, set up bonfires, and prepared dinner.

It's a hectic process, but there's not much to talk about.

Aside from a group of people in the Mermaid's Song Guild, there was little communication between the crowd.

As the guild leader entrusted this time, Arrow looked at the fire, made sure that the omnivorous porridge inside was cooked, and looked up to beckon everyone to come over for dinner.

Under the starry sky, the entire mine is as clear as a white veil. If you meet a bard in such good weather, I'm afraid it will be played.

Arrow served a bowl of omnivorous porridge and handed it to the two citymen. The two of them were a little upset when they first saw it, but after tasting it, they both raised their eyebrows.

"Good dinner."

The tall city man took another sip and shoved a small piece of corn into his mouth with a spoon—

"This is a plus for your guild. President, were you a kitchen apprentice? ”

Arrowhead happily filled a bowl for Brad and Coco: "Where, I learned it by myself." As the saying goes, you have to eat well at dinner, and you can have energy the next day. Coco, having your little white vigil have no effect on your magic, right? ”

Coco took the bowl, took a sip of it, licked her lips and responded, "No." ”

As he spoke, he waved the broken branch and uttered the incantation, and the undead soldiers, like the most loyal knights, stood guard on the outside of the camp with rusty swords, alerting them to any magical beasts that might invade the camp.

The two city dwellers may have seen the necromancer for the first time, so they couldn't help but glance at the skeleton, and then at Coco, the contempt in their eyes finally retreated a little.

After eating, the two city people sat next to each other, picked up the drawings in their hands and began to communicate. Arrow ignored them, and after everyone cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, he continued to teach his members to read and write.

Cream watched the whole process, with a smile on his lips, and he didn't know if he was laughing at the Mermaid Song Guild for being a bunch of illiterates? Still curious about this kind of guild.

Look at the time, it's almost ten o'clock.

The members yawned and went back to their tents to sleep, and the two city dwellers also put away the drawings and began to talk about family life.

Arrow packed up his pen and paper, looked at the two city dwellers and thought about it, and then wanted to walk over and talk.

"Hey, what is your profession? Warrior? Mage? ”

It's a pity that Cream is "appropriate" in front of Arrow, with a dog's tail grass in the corner of his mouth, and he says contemptuously.

Arrow shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "You have outsourced your work to us, do you still care about my ability?" Let me guess how much money these two city dwellers gave in the first place? Well...... A gold coin? Then, you gave us 5 silver coins. ”

Cream put his hands on his waist and looked happy. Just when Arrow thought he was going to be sloppy, this guy suddenly came behind Arrow with a flash step, leaned into his ear and whispered, "2 gold coins." ”

Cream's rapid movement really scared Arrow! He jumped forward, but the guy got back to his place faster, as if he hadn't done anything, and continued to put on that sloppy face.

"But you're not very good at outsourcing, you're going to go into the mine at night, if I don't look at it, are you going to spend the night there?"

Airo didn't have anything to say about this, and looked back at the tent where Brad was sleeping, and could only be helpless.

The guy sat down by the campfire again and stirred the fire with a twig. He glanced at the city man sitting opposite, dragged Arrow to sit beside him, and said in a voice that would not be heard from the other side, "Actually, I don't hate girls working outside. Aren't they all people, and they all have times when they want to eat. Who says that if a man can go out and make money, women can't make money? You must know that many times there are many jobs, but women are more profitable! ”

Airo frowned, looking a little resistant to this little rascal, but in line with what the other party said, he also paid, so he could only laugh and say, "I didn't expect you to have such thoughts?" ”

"Of course, not everyone in the city is dressed like this."

Cream pointed slightly at the cityman over there, and continued to smile-

"I'm not this kind of young master, I know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, and I always feel that my women must be protected, so that they can live comfortably and comfortably without working."

"In the slums where I was born, both men and women struggled to survive. There's no concept that girls should stay at home and be raised. Besides, being a kiln sister can make a lot of money, and sometimes it makes us men envious~~! ”

Originally, I listened to it well, but then Cream's words began to be frivolous.

Arrow's brow furrowed, and he began to consciously distance himself from the guy. But Cream continued to sit down unconsciously, and said with a smile: "President, no, brother! A young man with oily hair and a pink face like you shouldn't have experienced a woman, right? How about the next time I have a chance to take you to the big city? You're a handsome guy who would be very popular with girls! ”

Arrow stood up suddenly, still maintaining a polite smile on his face: "Thank you so much, it's not early, let's rest early." ”

With that, Arrow walked to his tent.

Cream had a dark face, and couldn't help but snort after seeing Arrow enter the tent: "What are you pretending, the rich young master hasn't played anything, and he is still pretending to be with me?" Uncle Ben brought you to see your cleverness, pretend! Fuck it. ”

Rubbing his feet, Cream returned to his tent. It was only after a moment that Arrow poked his head out of the tent and was relieved to make sure that Cream hadn't run out again.

"Whew...... I thought it was a goof. ”

Shrinking back into the tent, Arrow touched his hat to make sure it was still well covered.

Looking at the two city people over there, he looked at the time, and he should still be able to go out and talk a few words.

But just as he was about to get out, the two city dwellers stood up from the campfire, as if they wanted to go back to their tents.

This made Arrow a little disappointed, and he had to shrink his head back.

"The people who escaped from the mines were almost all crazy and were talking nonsense all day. Do you think we're well prepared this time? ”

"Don't compare us to those miner vagabonds, those people have never seen the world, we are different. I'm more worried about the war on the border than about this mine. ”

"yes...... Now the situation is not very stable, and if there is a real war, even a madman will be taken to the front. ”

"Damn, if it weren't for all the troops being transferred, how would the investigation of this kind of mine be reduced to the point where you need to hire these unorganized adventurers?"

The words came to an abrupt end, and Arrow leaned out of the tent again, the campfire was empty, and only the undead soldier was left standing dutifully, his eyes flashing a pale blue light in his watchful surroundings.

Shrugging, Arrow could only retract into the tent, pull off the oil lamp, and go to sleep.