The kingdom city of Rusbella, where the two rivers meet, is the most important transportation hub in the western part of the kingdom, where many land and water goods also meet.

During the Righteous War of the Kingdom of Japan, Rusbella, which was closest to the front line and had convenient transportation, naturally became even more important, and all the reinforcements from all over the kingdom and various war materials were gathered here.

At the same time, more and more people are rushing here, as well as refugees from the fallen cities ahead, as well as some powerful people from the cities that have not yet fallen.

A dozen or so refugees from Pisiri Elderia first arrived in Miklo City, but the smell of gunsmoke there was also a feeling of extreme insecurity, so they simply took a boat to the city with the high-value coinage given by Riva. ‘

Everyone knows that Rusbella is an important town in the kingdom, and it has never been lost in history, and His Majesty the King will never allow Rusbella to be lost, so it is relatively safe here.

To tell the truth, there are not many refugees who can really escape from the fallen city, but the number of people who have gathered together is not small, and there are almost 20,000 refugees in Rusbella today, and if Rusbella can no longer find a job, the rootless refugees will not be able to survive in the city for a long time, and can only live in the refugee resettlement area on the edge of the city.

Old Pisiri and the others were lucky, with their excellent cooking skills, Pisiri was easily qualified for the job of a chef in the dock tavern, liberating the tavernkeeper's suffering in the back kitchen, and also bringing good news to the diners of this tavern.

A few women and children worked as service helpers in the back kitchen and front hall of the tavern for a very low wage.

A few young men were working on the very busy docks for wages, and a group of people were also living in taverns.

This was fortunate for the refugees, and even more cost-effective for the tavern owner, who was able to earn a small amount of money for a group of industrious laborers, and increased the number of customers because of the significant increase in the taste of the food.

The Organ Tavern by the Rusbella Cargo Terminal kicks off the most lively time of the day in the evening.

dockers, neighborhood residents, city thugs, some night workers, passing merchants...... All sorts of people began to enter the tavern to enjoy the moment of food and wine.

"Jingle bell..."

"Two barrels of sparkling wine, and a meat soup that old Picili is good at, and two portions of fried meat!"

Two burly men pushed open the tavern door and entered, shouting at the bar.

The tavern owner took a small piece of paper and scratched it a few times, put it on the kitchen counter, and then pulled the bell inside, and a woman in the back kitchen quickly came over and took the list.

"Uncle Buck, sit here!!"

A child, dressed in an apron that didn't fit well, wiped a rag on a wooden table at the edge of the tavern and beckoned the two new men to come over.

"Hahahaha... Nice boy, help me keep this spot again!"

The two big men look very vicious and scary, and they live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and they are mercenaries who are hired by the kingdom to prepare for war, but they are actually not bad.

A sturdy woman came from the bar with a plate, and the bubble wine glass on the plate swayed but didn't come out.

"Hahaha, Mefuya, you have a heavy head in front of you, do you want me to help you!!"

The surrounding drinkers and diners laughed when they saw the woman coming out of the back kitchen.

"I can too!!"

"Get out!!, you little body, my mother and I fell down with one arm, and you dare to make such a joke, beware of me coming for real!"

"Hahahaha, forget it!"

"Crazy hahaha!"

There are constant meat jokes and jokes in the tavern, but in fact, it is just an addiction, and it is almost used to it after a while.

After the bubble wine was put down, a vicious man named Buck picked up the wine glass and suffocated.

"Gollum... Hah!!"

"It's still the bubble wine here that tastes good, and in that damn shitty place to the west, I suspect that a glass of wine mixed with half a glass of water is still dishwashing water!"

It was only then that my companion put down the wine glass, and the large wooden barrel glass went down a quarter.

"Buck, have you been outside the line?"

"Yes, Buck, I haven't seen you for a while, it is said that many soldiers and mercenaries have gone to the forward defense line, especially you mercenaries, it is said that there are many reconnaissance missions outside the defense line!"

There are a lot of well-informed people in the bar.

Buck waved his hand, motioned for himself to drink first, lifted his glass again, and waited until there was only half of the wine in the glass before stopping, wiping the foam from his beard with his sleeve.

"That's right, the dangerous tasks are all done by our mercenaries, and the regular army of the kingdom are all fucking hiding in the fortress and behind the city walls, and their lives are more expensive than ours!!"

Buck's companion untied the dagger from his waist and placed it on the table.

"Hehehe, who made us mercenaries, after all, if we receive money, it's not good to pretend to be a grandson like the Kingdom Army!"

"How's the situation outside?Is there any sign that the orcs are going to retreat, it's winter!!"

A merchant-looking man turned from the bar, asked with concern, and did not forget to turn back to the tavern owner to say a word.

"Give them a glass of plenty of sparkling wine and put it on my account. ”

Buck raised his glass to him and looked around, the noise in the tavern was much quieter, and it was clear that everyone was more concerned about the news.

"The situation outside is terrible, as far as I know, with our group of mercenaries who belong to the Microkoro front, there are about 30 teams with a total of 300 people out to scout this time, in addition to 5 teams of Kingdom Army scouts. ”

Speaking of this, Buck took a sip of wine to suppress his shock.

"But the team that returned to Micros after 5 days, including our queue, there were only 7 in total, and there were only 7 teams!!

"Hiss!!"

"Ahh It's so dangerous!!"

"Oh my God!!"

There was a sound of inhalation in the tavern.

Buck's companion slammed the table.

"So after Lao Tzu went back, he immediately applied to come back to rest, our mercenaries are also so strong, collect money according to the task, and when they are finished, they will be relatively free, and those imperial troops can't leave their positions casually!"

"That's, I heard that there was a veteran scout of the kingdom army who directly encountered dozens of desolate orc scouts, and that group of veterans was also ruthless, knowing that it was not a way to run directly, more than a dozen people stayed behind and let the two scouts escape back, which can be regarded as men!"

When Buck said this, he was also somewhat emotional, and the people around him were also embarrassed.

"Uncle Buck, aren't you in danger?"

At some point, the boy was back on the edge of Buck's and his companion's table.

"We were lucky, we found a large number of wild orcs fetching water on the edge of a river valley, and there was cooking smoke in the distance, so we quickly slipped away without staying long, and we didn't encounter any great danger before and after. ”

Speaking of this, Buck seemed to think of something, looked at the busy sturdy women over there, and then looked at the little boy at the table.

"Little Tumi, I heard that you also fled here from the fallen city, have you ever heard of a black-clothed ranger, that matter is quite widespread among the border refugees, it is said that you are almost alone in the outside war, is there really such a thing?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I've heard that I've come from the south to trade, and I've met a lot of people who fled there, and I've heard that the black-clothed ranger can beat a dozen wild orcs alone, which is very powerful!!"

"So powerful?"

"Yes, I've heard this too, it is said that there is a very long, very beautiful magical female creature with very long hair next to the black ranger, I don't know which legendary longevity species. ”

The storied tale quickly became a hot topic in the tavern, and the little boy understood almost immediately who they were talking about.

"I've met Uncle !! Buck, I've seen Uncle Riva, yes, I've seen Uncle Black!!"

Tumi's excited shouting and jumping also attracted the attention of many people in the tavern.

"Little Tumi, have you really seen it?"

"Yes, me, Grandpa Pisili, Mom and Dad and the little friends who fled together, we have all met, it was Uncle Riva who saved us!!"

"Well, that's right!!"

The sturdy woman came again with a plate, this time a steaming dish, not forgetting to prove the truth of what Tumi had said on the way.

"Look, look!!Uncle Riva is the most powerful, and a dozen orcs are nothing, when Uncle Riva saved us, he defeated four trolls with one enemy and four!!Four trolls!! have such a big !!"

Tumi gestured with his hand outstretched, making an exaggerated gesture.

"That slain troll leader, that head, dad and three uncles almost can't lift it up, it's very scary!!"

The sound in the tavern seemed to be silenced, and it suddenly diminished a lot.

"Uh... Is what Tumi said true?"

Buck looked at the sturdy woman in disbelief, who took a few deep breaths, as if recalling some horrible memory, but nodded.

"Yes, we were all there at the time, and Mistress Riva told us to escape, and he faced four trolls alone, killing two trolls, and finally killing the troll leader, and the rest of the trolls were scared away. ”

After a brief silence, the tavern began to bustle again, from the battle ahead to other accidents, and the story of the Black Ranger, but most people would be skeptical of what Tumi said.

However, the shock of Buck and his companions was far greater than that of the people in the tavern.

During their previous mission, they had heard a rumor that they had been worn by the Kingdom Army and mercenary scouts, and that while they were exploring the mountains, one of the scouts had found the corpse of a troll, which was still terrifying even if it had fallen in a pool of congealed blood.

Wild birds and beasts had eaten its body, and the stench around it was foul.

The scouts took a cursory inspection, and the troll had been killed by a sharp weapon that pierced the eye and head with a single blow.

And what little Tumi said...... Almost unanimous.

Riva and Yoi are well aware of the growing fame of the Black Ranger, and even Yoi's excited vanity deliberately wants to amplify the effect.