On the humble dining table, a family of four munched on sour black bread.

Sawin and Lake didn't say a word, and Willy didn't say anything.

Vilia sat next to Willy, and also felt an unusual solemn atmosphere, she had always been lively, and she ate obediently without making a sound.

The simple breakfast ended quickly.

"Willy, your mother and I are going to the wheat field, and you and Vilia will clean up the table and go pick sweet fruits. ”

Because there was still wheat in the field to be harvested, Lake and Sawin ate faster than the two of them.

"Got it. ”

Willy replied.

Lake and Sawin leave the house with their tools, leaving Willy and Velia at the table.

"Willy, what happened today, why is everyone so serious?"

Velia swallowed the last bite of the black bread with difficulty, and took a sip of porridge with only a few grains of rice floating around.

"It's nothing, don't worry too much about adult things and children. ”

Willy patted Velia on the head and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks on the table.

Since it can't solve the plight of the eldest brother Thorpes, then try to reduce the other burdens on the family.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Willy and Vilia just took a short rest, then put on their baskets and set off towards the sweet fruit tree.

"That's a lot of people!"

As the two walked together, Vilia suddenly pointed to the entrance of the village ahead and shouted.

I saw a bunch of villagers standing around, looking at the center, discussing something in a low voice, and no one came forward.

"Let's see. ”

Velia grabbed Willy's arm, a child of her age who seemed curious about everything.

Willy smiled helplessly, and could only follow his sister's request.

Easily, the two of them squeezed to the front.

In the middle of the crowd, there were four men and women wearing light armor and carrying weapons, and beside them, they were also leading four horses, and the horses' hooves were wrapped with thick iron hooves.

"It's people from outside the village. ”

Willy's eyes lit up, it was the first time he had seen someone outside the village since he came to this world.

"Still no one wants to? I can raise the price to two kinglums. ”

One of the middle-aged men in the lead stretched out a slap and said to the surrounding villagers.

The villagers whispered again, but there was no response.

"Aunt Shanna, what are these people doing?"

Willy didn't know why, but found that the person standing next to him was Aunt Shana, so he asked.

Aunt Shanna glanced at Willy and whispered, "These people are from outside, looking for something deep in the forest to the west. Passing through our village, they wanted to find someone to be their guide, and now they have raised the price to two golds. ”

Hearing this, Willy suddenly understood why the surrounding villagers were not interested in the two Kimlers.

To the west of the village, there is a vast forest, and on the periphery of the woods, it is overgrown with ordinary fruits and plants like sweet fruits, and it is relatively safe without wild beasts, while in the depths of the forest, it is full of all kinds of dangers, and few villagers are willing to go deeper. Before these outsiders, many people had entered the center of the forest, but many of them never returned.

It is said to be a paradise for beasts of prey and a forbidden place for humans.

So it's not easy for a few outsiders to find a guide here.

"Three Kinghams! Three! Doesn't that make you feel tempted?"

Vicente raised his voice as he looked at a circle of cautious and greedy villagers, but no one answered.

He was a little helpless, the villagers in these small places were always a little overly alert.

Two days ago, an herb merchant approached Vicente's four-man hiring team.

The herb dealer wants them to go to Morse Forest, west of the village of Tam to pick a plant called Gan Xing Grass, and bring it back, and when the commission is completed, the rich herb merchant will give them a hundred gold lum as a reward.

When Vicente heard this, he immediately agreed.

That's a hundred Kinglum! That's enough for a mercenary team to spend years comfortably in peace.

However, after learning the details of the mission, Vicente realized that the mission was not easy.

First of all, the target of the mission, Ganxing Grass, is a herb that looks like a wild grass and can't be found much, and it takes a lot of energy to find it, and if you're unlucky, you might have to look for it for a month.

The second is the location of the mission, Morse Forest.

It is a huge forest that grows on the border of the Principality of Lanso, and it is full of various beasts such as tigers, black bears, and wild wolves, and the bones of many of his companions are buried there. If they want to find the sweet star as safely as possible, they must find a guide who knows the terrain so that they can avoid many deadly threats.

At first, Vicente thought that one Kinler would be able to find a suitable guide in a nearby village, but he miscalculated, and the price was raised to five Kinler, but no one was tempted, and Vicente already hated the greed of these people in his heart.

Just when Vicente was in a hurry, a voice came from the crowd.

"Five, five Kinram, I can take you. ”

In the astonished gaze of everyone, Willy stepped out of the crowd and said to Vicente.

Vicente frowned as he looked at the teenager who walked out of the crowd.

The boy seemed to be very calm, but he was a little too young, which did not meet his expectations.

He wanted to find someone who was older to be his guide, who would be more experienced.

"Are you really familiar with the terrain of Morse Forest?"

Vicente doesn't seem to trust Willy very much.

"For several winters in a row, I would follow my father to the depths of Morse Forest, and I was familiar with the terrain. ”

Willy wasn't lying.

In winter, many large animals in Morse Forest will choose to hibernate, and only some small animals such as hares are still foraging outside, which is much safer. His father, Ryker, also had experience in hunting when he was young, so every winter, he would bring Willy with him to look for some lone prey.

"In that case, I'd prefer to hire your father. ”

Vicente laughed.

Willy shook his head: "He will not accept your employment, he is the pillar of the family, it is impossible to enter the Morse Forest in this dangerous season." ”

Vicente was silent, his eyes narrowing slightly, and he felt as if he could trust the calm young man in front of him.

At Vicente's side, there were also men and two women, all of whom also looked at Willy curiously.

They had seen many villagers in small places, they were reserved, alert, and distrustful of outsiders, but the teenager in front of them was not at all like those people.

"Five Gillums, sold. ”

Vicente finally made a decision.