"Brother Balin, how far is it from Pearl City?" Liu Li, who was sitting in the carriage, asked lazily, his sluggish voice obviously from a state of returning to sleep.

After parting ways with the "Honeysuckle" caravan a month earlier, Liu Li hired a small mercenary and set out on a journey to Pearl City, where the Huangyu Empire's Pearl Academy was located. In fact, Liu Li insisted on going to the Pearl Academy also had his plans, and it was not easy to come to the Huangyu Empire, and it would be great to be able to exchange his experience with the most famous magic academy here, and the Huangyu Empire had established diplomatic relations with the Sea Clan for many years, if there was still an open teleportation circle in the Pearl Academy, it would also save him the trouble of going to sea.

"Back to Master Mage, in a week at most, you will be able to arrive in Pearl City. "Bahrain is not very old, he looks less than 100 years old, if it is converted to the age of the earth, he can be regarded as the same age as Liu Li before the crossing. He is a typical Kronos mercenary, with a sense of responsibility and justice, and at the same time a bold and talkative person.

Liu Li didn't know where the "Gray Corner" mercenary group went after the war between the two empires of Kronos and Bayer, and he didn't deliberately inquire, but he just sent blessings to the mercenary group that had a lot of intersections with him in his heart.

"Big Brother Bahrain...... Didn't you say okay and stop joking about this?" Liu Li sighed helplessly, remembering the scene in the Mercenary Guild a month ago.

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"Hello, I would like to hire a small mercenary group to escort me to the 'Pearl Academy'. ”

"Xishan Fortress" is located on the border of the Kronos Empire and the Huangyu Empire, and belongs to the Huangyu side, and the relationship between the two empires was far less harmonious than it is now.

But now, hundreds of years after the end of the war, the city that was once a fortress has been expanded again and again into a commercial hub between the two empires, and even the towering walls have been torn down. The large chambers of commerce belonging to the two countries have their own strongholds here, and there is an endless stream of caravans traveling between the two empires. Thanks to these merchants, the mercenary guilds of the Kronos Empire have also gained the soil for survival here.

As we all know, the mercenaries of the Kronos Empire have been the best mercenary group in the entire continent since the fifth emperor - the mercenary king Gisien - until today, even in a country like the Huangyu Empire where adventurers and the like are not taken too seriously, many people know that the mercenaries of the empire in the south of the continent are a group of people who can be trusted.

There are many mercenary groups that often operate in "Xishan City", but it is not easy for Liu Li to find a small mercenary group to go to the hinterland of the Huangyu Empire. No matter how you say that the Mercenary Guild is also a violent organization, no matter how good the reputation of the mercenaries is, compared to ordinary people, they are also superior in force, and they can be regarded as unstable factors, in order to obtain the permission of the Huangyu Empire, there are always not many mercenary groups that can walk in the country, and they have always been in a state of short supply.

"Hey, little brother, are you a spellcaster?" The hostesses of the Mercenary Guild are all full of energy, such is Li'er from Casfield City, and the Mercenary Guild of "Xishan City" is responsible for receiving Liu Li, a girl named Haila, "You look so young, are you planning to go to the Pearl Academy for further study?Why don't you choose the Eleonor School of Magic in the empire, it is said that a genius appeared there this year and won the title of the first person of the young generation of spellcasters." Ahh But speaking of blue spells......"

Liu Li, who had a black line, only felt dizzy at this time, the girl in front of him was completely different from the sister Li'er he was familiar with, the hostess of the Casfield City Mercenary Guild was just full of energy, and this Haila was a talker.

"Hai~La~!" accompanied by a gloomy tone, a fist fell heavily on the head of the chattering hostess, making a "bang" sound. The hand was slender and white, and it was obvious that its owner was also a woman, but the force of the fall made Liu Li, who was watching from the sidelines, feel his heart tremble - this punch is estimated to hurt the poor little talk for a while.

"I'm sorry, my little sister has caused you trouble, I'm Hathaway, honorable spellcaster, and you're going to hire a mercenary group to go to Pearl City, right? The one who spoke was the girl who had given Haila a slap before, and the face without powder was not pretty, but it had a good temperament, giving people a sense of peace and nature. Liu Li could tell from her slightly pointed ears that this girl had elven blood, but it was extremely thin.

"Uh...... Yes. Liu Li didn't want to be called "little brother", but this extremely formal "Your Excellency the Spellcaster" also made him feel uncomfortable, "You still call me Liu Li, 'Your Excellency the Master'...... Sounds awkward. ”

"Hehe, okay, Liu Li...... Wait, Liu Li?" Hathaway had worked in the well-informed Mercenary Guild for nearly two hundred years, and Liu Li's name was peculiar enough, and she quickly remembered the identity of the still immature spellcaster in front of her, "My 'Honorable Spellcaster' is not a mistake. ”

Hearing such a joke, Liu Li had no other way to react except for a wry smile, this was the first time he felt what it meant to be "tired of reputation".

"Okay, no kidding, do you have any requirements for mercenary groups?" Hathaway is well versed in the principle of stopping at the point, and after sitting in this position for so many years, she knows how to speak so as not to cause others to be disgusted, "There are not many mercenary groups that can be unhindered in the Huangyu Empire, and almost all of the large mercenary groups are hired by the Chamber of Commerce, and there are only two small mercenary groups and some lone mercenaries who are still idle now, I don't know if they can meet your requirements." ”

Liu Li didn't know if it was his own delusion, he always felt that after the half-elf in front of him knew his identity, he was a little familiar with the words, but before he could answer, a noise came from the corner of the hall.

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"Get out of here, whatever you want, we'll continue! But you want to beat us up to the idea of the 'Morning Curtain' station?

"Phew, do you think you are still the 'morning curtain' you used to be? It's a waste to give you such a large station, and now everyone is better off, and you can also retire with gold coins. The person who responded to the roar had undisguised schadenfreude in his voice, "Captain Mu, this is the last time I call you Captain, if you still plan to continue to die, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance of any problems in the end." ”

"Didn't you hear my father tell you to get out of here, you ungrateful bastard!"

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"Now, this is one of them, the 'Morning Curtain' mercenary group. Hathaway's expression was gloomy, and she paused for a while before speaking again, "Originally, it was still a large team, both in terms of reputation and task completion rate, which was first-class, but there was an accident in the mission last year, although the final task was completed, but unfortunately most of the main force was folded in." And their current situation, you can see, is somewhat not good, it's really ...... It's a pity. ”

"Didn't the Mercenary Guild help think of a way?" Liu Li was a little puzzled, the guy who had just left angrily after releasing the cruel words was obviously not from the Kronos Empire in terms of clothing, and the Mercenary Guild that Liu Li knew had always been extremely united in the face of "outsiders".

"Why didn't I think of a way, it's just that the remaining combat power of 'Morning Curtain' is really ...... It's not something the guild can help figure out how to fix it. Hathaway smiled wryly. She didn't mind telling some secrets of the Mercenary Guild in front of Liu Li, as the president of the Mercenary Guild branch in Xishan City, she knew Liu Li's identity far better than others - the identity of the honorary president's student, "With the current strength of 'Morning Curtain', there is no ability to accept high-paying tasks at all, and the Mercenary Guild is powerless in such a situation." ”

"Miss Hathaway's identity is not ordinary, you know these things, you don't care to say it in front of a stranger like me, although I think I still have a little fame, but I don't want you to value it so much. Liu Li naturally couldn't have made any preparations before he traveled, and he had already guessed Hathaway's identity, but it was only at this time that it was finally confirmed, "I heard that the leader of the Xishan City Mercenary Guild has elven blood, I don't know...... Is it Miss Hathaway?"

"Ha, it's no secret in the first place. Hathaway smiled and happily admitted, "I also know you're Will's student." Anyway, I was still quite interested in Will back then.,But in the end, I was preempted by that witch girl.,And I didn't expect Will to be a lolicon.。 ”

"Hehe, Hathaway...... Sister, you are bold enough...... Ha. When Liu Li heard Hathaway's words, the whole person was stunned, the sister in front of her was a ruthless person who dared to rob a man with the "Black Hole Witch", and Liu Li's heart rose with boundless respect. At the same time, there was a groove stuck in his throat not to vomit unpleasantly, and he almost endured the internal injury, but finally he still resisted the urge to blurt out that sentence - "Sister, you are embarrassed to say that Wells is Lolicon, and your age is almost four times that of my teacher, okay!?"

"Huh, what kind of eyes do you have?"

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. How dare Liu Li tell the truth, all he can do now is to quickly divert the topic, "In addition to the lack of funds, does the 'Morning Curtain' mercenary group have any other problems now? If it's just gold coins, maybe I can find a way to help." ”

"If it's just a matter of gold, it's your turn to worry about it?" Hathaway sighed again, "What they lack now is a backer, or a patron with a high enough status, and preferably a relationship with the Huangyu Empire, after all, the main scope of activity of 'Morning Curtain' is in Huangyu." ”

"Huangyu Empire...... Is it?"

"Okay, let's not talk about this, or have you already decided to hire them?" Hathaway was a little worried, afraid that Liu Li was impulsive, and couldn't help but remind again: "Although there won't be any big problems with your identity, hiring them may cause you a little trouble, you'd better think about it." ”

"Well, it's just them, whatever...... I'm also a Kronos mercenary. Liu Li had a not-so-mature idea in his heart, but whether he wanted to implement it or not still needs to be observed for a while, "Don't explain my identity to them for the time being, just tell them that I'm a lone spellcaster, is that okay?"

"It's not a problem, a lot of employers keep their identities secret. Hathaway looked at Liu Li suspiciously, "But whatever you plan to do, promise me, don't be too impulsive." ”

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The interior of the simple mage tower built by Landolia is so exquisitely constructed that it will not be noticed by outsiders when used as an ordinary carriage. Liu Li shook his head, and after sobering up for a while, he rolled out of the window of the carriage and sat next to Bahrain, who was driving as a coachman.

"Brother Balin, what do you think of the Sea Clan?"