readx;?“ Alan, after the separation of the Papal States, we followed your plan, found two merchants to buy grain along the way, and then we pretended to be escorted mercenaries and merchants along the river together, until the border between Hig and Yus stopped, and then we arranged for the merchants to go to the border to inquire about the situation, but the information brought back by the merchants disappointed us, it was during the war between the elves and Higg, the situation was very tense, the border checkpoints were very strict with the merchants who came and went, and the military materials without the seal of the Higg military department were not allowed to pass, and the grain was also within the control。 Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info A few of us can only stop, discussed, but there was a disagreement, my opinion is to sell the grain on the spot according to your request at the time, and then carry the gold coins to pass the customs, so that although the loss is very large, but it can still save more than half, but my proposal was only supported by Harvey, and several other people heard that they would lose tens of thousands of gold coins as soon as they changed hands, and they couldn't accept it anyway, 10,000 gold coins were money that mercenaries couldn't earn in their lifetime. Although I tried my best to persuade them, they would not give up if they did not try, so in the end, after negotiation, we split up. After selling all the grain in the hands of a merchant, Harvey and I hired a team of mercenaries to continue north with gold coins and jewels, while several of them, accompanied by merchants, headed east to continue looking for opportunities to clear customs with food. ”

Shelly sighed and began to tell the story of what had happened since their separation.

"And then?"

Alan asked.

Shelly paused at this point, he felt his throat very dry, and took a sip of water before continuing:

"Harvey and I have been back for half a month, and there is still no news of them, so we are a little anxious, and we asked someone from the mercenary union to help us find out the news of several of them from the mercenaries who returned from Higg. A month later, we finally got the news that a squadron of mercenaries passing through the eastern region of Hig brought us bad news, several of their grain caravans had encountered horse bandits, not only were the food looted, but they were also found in a different place, if it wasn't for the mercenaries who brought back the news and got back their mercenary nameplates, I could hardly believe my ears. ”

Bang!

Shelly had just finished saying what had happened in a choked voice, and Alan had already stood up with a slap on the table next to him.

"Bolsma bandits, you really deceived me too much!"

Allen's eyes were red, his clenched fists trembled slightly, half of the team led by Captain Bloom died at the hands of the Bols horse bandits last time, although these mercenaries have not known Allen for a long time, but they are all brothers who share weal and pain, and when he heard the news of the mercenary's death again, he can no longer hide the grief and anger in his heart.

A bone-chilling chill emanated from Allen's body, and the temperature in the room instantly dropped by a few degrees, and Feige and Gina shivered like falling into an ice cave, and hurriedly ran out of the house to feel better.

"Alan, what's wrong with you?"

Shelly discovered Allen's abnormality, and hurriedly tried his luck to resist the invisible cold in the room, shook his shoulder and asked.

"I'm fine! I just think the mercenary brothers are pitiful, and I can't help much?"

It took a long time for Alan to calm down in anger, and then responded in despair, and at the same time, the chill emanating from his body dissipated silently. At this time, Alan felt that his back was cold, and he was already soaked with sweat, not only did he feel a burst of fear, if Harvey also acted with a few mercenaries at that time, the consequences were unimaginable, and he was still careless.

"Ahem..."

Alan sat back in his chair, picked up the wine glass on the table, and poured it down, but he choked on the spicy wine, coughed violently, and even coughed up tears, and it took a long time to recover.

"You've helped a lot, the lives of the mercenaries are not worth much, even if it weren't for this task, they might die at any time, and the pension they will get by then will not even be a fraction of what they are now, at least their families can live a good life now. I've seen their wives and children, they're in pain, but they're strong, they're our mercenaries, and nothing can defeat us. ”

Shelly picked up a wine jar and poured it into his mouth, and soon a flush appeared on his face, and finally he said with a smile, but there was indescribable helplessness and bitterness in that smile.

"Take care of their families for me. ”

After speaking, Alan picked up the magician's hat placed next to him and put it on top of his head, ready to say goodbye and leave.

"Alan, stay and have dinner together. ”

Shelly said.

"No, I'm going back early, there's something waiting for me over there. ”

Shelly originally wanted to continue to stay, but he looked at Alan's somewhat tired figure, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, so he could only send Eren out.

"Uncle Allen, I don't want to be a swordsman, I want to be a magician like you. ”

As Alan left the room, Feige suddenly shouted at him, Feige had been following him, looking at the wand in his hand with some envy, this wand was often an ornament for Allen, who could silently perform magic, but it was a symbol of great power for others.

"Don't make a fuss!"

Shelly glared at his son fiercely.

"It doesn't matter. ”

Alan stopped Shelly, patted Feige on the shoulder, and said kindly:

"I'll arrange for someone to test his magical talents, and if I can, I'll be his teacher and teach him magic. ”

"Alan, is Feige really okay?"

Shelly, who was originally dissatisfied with his son, heard that Alan wanted to take his son as an apprentice, so he immediately changed his attitude and asked excitedly rubbing his hands.

"It's hard to say now, I'll go back and arrange for someone to come and test it. ”

Alan replied.

"Okay! Then there's Llo Allen. ”

Hearing that his son had the opportunity to become a magician, Shelly's already red face shone even more.

"Brother Shelly, did you tell Ogu that I went to the Elven Forest?"

Alan said goodbye to the Shelly family at the gate, and promised to let Miranda come over to test Feige's magical talent in a few days, just when he was about to get on the horse and leave, he suddenly remembered something, figuring out this matter was originally one of the purposes of his coming, but because he heard the death of several mercenary brothers, he forgot about it.

When he was separated from Shelly and the others, he had specifically told him that he needed to keep the matter of escorting Klonis back to the Elven Forest a secret, and if Hollanster and the others asked, they would say that they would go back to their home in Yuewan Village, but Hollanster still knew about sending Cronis back to the Elven Forest, so who leaked the secret?

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