"Doesn't anyone care about the dead?"

"Of course there is, but no matter how sad the death, it is only the past, and the mercenaries value the future more, because that is hope. ”

Captain Havech paused here before continuing, "Alan, do you understand what I mean? Whatever happened in the past, let it pass, because there is a future." ”

Alan nodded.

"Captain, is that newcomer you?"

Havic shook his head and said, "That man's name is Durán Kante, and he told me this story himself. ”

Captain Havech patted his ass and stood up.

"Go back, get some rest, we'll have a long way to go tomorrow. ”

Early the next morning, several people packed up and said goodbye to Curry, and Captain Havech took the mission receipt signed by the old village chief, and the group quickly left Dege Village. That night they came to Nice City again, and sold the skin and flesh of the wind wolf at the market in the city for eighty gold coins, originally the intention of several team members, this money was divided into two, one part was given to Sterling's family, and the other part was given to Allen, which was also regarded as a compensation for the crystal and wand he lost during the mission, but Allen only accepted eight gold coins, and the other thirty-two gold coins were pushed back to the three, and the three of them saw Allen's resolute attitude and did not continue to be polite, and Curry's share was also collected by Captain Havech.

All that remains is the distribution of Wind Wolf's Magic Core, Captain Hackich's opinion is that the Magic Core is sold for gold coins, and Alan has a different opinion.

"These magic cores can't be sold, I want them all!"

Allen's first words startled a few people, although Allen's role in the mission was the greatest, and he lost the most, and he didn't ask for much gold just now, but he can't be so greedy for the magic core, right?

Several people looked at Eren in surprise, but Alan's next words immediately made them feel ashamed of their thoughts.

"Processing these magic cores into weapons, the value will be multiplied several times, and when I get to Big Stirling's house, I will spend some time doing this, and after I finish it, half of it will be deducted to Big Stirling's family, and we will divide the rest equally. Don't worry, I mean what I say and won't break my word. ”

"Righteous enough!" James said with a heavy pat on Allen's shoulder, and said from the bottom of his heart, even a little ashamed of what he had just thought.

Captain Hardich and Durant couldn't say anything but gratitude, and the matter was settled.

The dust has settled here, and we will only start our journey again when these things are discussed.

The Stirling family lives in a small town called Iron Pine, northwest of the Mercenary Kingdom, near the mountains. Sterling's family consists of four, Sterling and his wife Isa Sterling, and his two children, Harvey and Lynch.

Because the family lives on the commission earned by Sterling for completing mercenary tasks, if Sterling is still here, he can at least live a moderate life, but now that Sterling is gone, he just relies on the limited consolation money, which really can't support him for a few years.

Therefore, Allen's biggest wish is to think of a way to fundamentally solve the life of the orphans and widows of the Stirling family in the future, as for how to do it, Allen has no plan yet, but at the beginning he is ready to use his knowledge of alchemy to earn some gold coins, it is said that Iron Pine Town is a place rich in weapons, and I believe that there will be opportunities to use his alchemy.

Alan and Havich rode eastward, arriving at the northernmost and largest city of the empire in five days.

The name of the ancient city of Oku is due to the family of Ogu who ruled it. As one of the oldest families in the continent, the Ogu family has even a longer history than the two major families of Yus and Higg, so long that it is impossible to trace it back at all.

According to limited historical records, the Ogu family has always been in the northern part of the empire, and has been the lord of the region since the time of orc rule.

Later, in the war of human expulsion of orcs, the Ogu family also played a huge role, they not only sent troops to fight together with Yus I, but also provided a large number of standard weapons for the human alliance army that lacked weapons, laying a solid foundation for mankind to finally defeat the orcs.

Therefore, in the distribution of benefits after the war, although the territory of the Ogu family belonged to the Yus Empire, in fact, in addition to paying taxes, the area ruled by the Ogu family was completely independent, they had their own army, their own legal system, it can be said that in this area, the head of the Ogu family is the real king.

The area ruled by the Ogu family is collectively known as the ancient city of Oku, which is composed of several towns, including the ancient city of Oku, and the town of Tiesong is also one of them, the overall area is twice the size of the other provinces, and most of the area is mountainous, because it is located at the junction of the northeastern end of the Capra Mountains and the eastern end of the Kulun Mountains, across the Bisi River to the north, is the vast sunset savannah, and to the west through the mountains is the vast and barren desert.

Due to the intersection of the two mountain ranges, the number of magical beasts here is not large, but the mineral deposits are particularly rich, and in these deep mountains, there are a few dwarf tribes on the continent, and the dwarves have a natural interest and talent for treasure and smelting.

Legend has it that a long, long time ago, the ancestors of the Ogu family, by chance, obtained a piece of the purest gem, the Akon Gem, after this gem was seen by the dwarves, they thought that this gem was their holy relic, should belong to them, in the case of cunning and robbery, the dwarves had to sign a contract for the Ogu family to mine deposits, smelt metals, and forge weapons in exchange for their possession of the Akon gem. Of course, they also get their share of the benefits.

Therefore, the ancient city of Aogu is one of the largest mineral deposits and weapons production areas on the entire continent, and a certain amount of gems, crystals and a large number of metals and weapons are shipped from here every day to various regions of the continent.

In addition to mineral deposits, the ancient city of Aogu has another characteristic that other parts of the continent do not have, that is, there are tens of thousands of mercenaries of all kinds living here, it is the hometown of the mercenaries, the headquarters of the mercenary union is located in the ancient city of Aogu, and the boss behind the mercenary union is the Aogu family, so the ancient city of Aogu has another name in the market, that is, the mercenary kingdom.

Because of the abundant resources possessed by the ancient city of Ao, he has always been the fat in the eyes of all forces on the mainland, but due to some reasons, the major forces on the mainland did not attack the ancient city of Aocheng, so that it has been standing peacefully for three hundred years of history.