Chapter 605: Stealing the Ring of the Heart
"Isn't Lord Puran in the realm?"
The deputy head of the mercenary group looked around with a condensed gaze, and his voice was flat.
"Deputy Commander, after the lord gives the task, he is generally not in the territory, and I am fully responsible. ”
The people in the mercenary group are all brothers who were born and died together, and the system of upper and lower classes is not so obvious. After Keith replied casually, he was afraid that they would not know the taboo and joke as usual, so he hurriedly admonished.
"But everything that happens in the territory will be known to the respected Mage Lord. ”
Mages are always mysterious and powerful, possessing many wonderful abilities.
Seeing Keith solemnly reminding them, the man standing in the first place with two tall giant swords on his back nodded.
"We will maintain respect for a mage lord. ”
"Keith, we've taken your suggestion seriously, and we've come here to take a look around, Lord Puran is indeed an extremely powerful and promising mage. ”
Keith nodded excitedly when he heard the head of the regiment say this.
He sent a letter to the headquarters, suggesting that the entire mercenary group abandon other low-level mission areas and come here, with his head Keith as the core, to quickly increase the influence of their mercenary group in this territory.
No matter how famous and powerful the mercenary group is, in the final analysis, it is also to make money.
Is there anything to think about exchanging your life for money elsewhere and earning money safely and comfortably here?
There is now a shortage of people everywhere in this nascent territory, and there is a shortage of talents in all walks of life, management, guards, merchants, craftsmen, technicians, farmers, doctors, everything.
The experienced veterans of their mercenary group, and almost all walks of life, know a little, which is enough to meet the needs here. Even if it's not enough, their vast network can fill the void at any time.
The lord doesn't care about anything, and he, Keith, as the person in charge, can act as a carte blanche and quickly integrate their team into the territory.
From the current rough structure of this territory, it can already be seen that the mysterious mage lord's plans are not small, and their mercenary group will definitely be able to eat a mouthful of oil.
Even Keith has a little ambition.
He is the head of Puran's hand-picking, and he has the most power under the lord here, and even the strong fighters have to listen to his orders, so can he have more men?
Of course, he would not betray their mercenary group, betray his brothers, sisters, comrades-in-arms and friends.
It's just that...... It's really just, if he has the opportunity, can he become a person with countless subordinates like the regimental commander?
Once people have rights, they will give birth to some bold ideas.
And it is this exciting ambition that gives people the motivation to pursue it.
"Keith, you have a chance to introduce Lord Puran to me. Our victorious armed mercenary group is preparing to withdraw from the imperial capital, and we hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with him in depth. ”
Keith froze.
"Evacuate the imperial capital?"
This rock-solid figure is the idol and representative of their mercenary group. Seventeenth-level Sacred Domain, Storm Hurricane Adam, and the entire continent also has a famous person.
Even if they are victorious, they are not armed and rank in the top three of the Mercenary Group of the Adventurer Guild, where they are still a force to be reckoned with.
The whole team is actually preparing to defect to an eleventh-level mage, an honorary baron?
Adam, the leader of the Victory Armed Mercenary Regiment, nodded.
"Yes, including me, all our brothers will come. When we get a firm foothold here, we will take the elderly, women, and children over depending on the situation. ”
"What about the tasks in the imperial capital? The tasks that pay well now can only be received by the headquarters of the Adventure Guild. Didn't we have dealings with a few big nobles? What happened to the imperial capital, and we want to give up there?"
Keith may not be able to see the future clearly, but the leaders of the mercenary group cannot be fools, and they unanimously agreed to give up the territory they have operated for many years and start over in this kind of barren mountain and wild place.
There must be a deep reason.
"The entire continent is in chaos, and the Eagle Empire will not stay out of the matter, the water in the imperial capital is getting deeper and deeper now, and even the four imperial guardian gods have come out, it is hard to guarantee what will happen. ”
Adam's tone was so certain, it was obvious that as a powerhouse in the Holy Domain, he knew more secrets, but it was just not suitable to talk to these ordinary people.
"Moreover, this nascent territory can control the orcs as subordinates, and the future prospects are so tempting that it is worth giving up the mission area of the imperial capital. ”
"Alright, Keith, go and ask your lord if he would like to meet with us. ”
Keith quit and left to find an unfamiliar female face in the group.
Slender, tall, and noble, there is a smell of raw people not entering.
A nobleman?
It had been a few days since Puran returned.
Keith first reported on the days of reclamation, planting, breeding, and buying and selling livestock. Only then did he ask if the lord would like to meet with the people of the victorious armed mercenary group.
Puran met them at the dinner table and gulped down their food, apparently not having eaten properly in days.
"I do need manpower, but I don't have the budget to pay you for the time being. ”
The front-line team led by the powerhouse of the Sanctuary can complete such high-level tasks as slaughtering wurm, expelling demons, and sealing devils, and their rewards will naturally not be low.
Adam didn't see any disrespectful irritation on his face, and he opened his mouth expressionlessly.
"Your Excellency Lord Puran, you should have a clear understanding of the value and future of your territory. I also have strong confidence in our victorious armed mercenary group. I hope that we will be open and honest with each other and consult whether we can work together more deeply. ”
Puran was not the first lord to covet the fertile lands of the savannah. However, the biggest enemy on the grassland, in addition to the endless herds of beasts and powerful demonic beasts, is the orcs who are full of predators.
And the Circle of Minds, an engineering artifact, directly solves the biggest orc problem and transforms it into their own labor, which is the fundamental reason for the rapid development of this magical territory.
As soon as the ring of minds that controlled the orcs appeared, the news was sold by unethical mercenaries to various nobles and large slave owners in the country. They immediately sent someone to check it out, but no one could dismantle the secret of the Ring of Hearts.
Someone wants to take advantage of Puran's absence and take away the Soul Ring and sell it to these people. Once the Psychic Ring is out of the range of this territory, it will explode into an extremely powerful psychic impact, and everyone present except for the controlled orcs will experience a confrontation of wills. If you fail to fight it, you will fall into a coma and be ruthlessly killed by the orcs who have regained their freedom.
Peter was the only one who knew the process of making the Ring of Hearts, and Puran gave him the Third Book of Creation as soon as they met him. It's a pity that this precious knowledge can't be sold for a price to bring him status and identity, and every force will not give him room for bargaining.
Whoever can get him will be able to create the Ring of Hearts first and dominate the orc army to conquer the grassland.
In fact, Peter, an apprentice engineer technician who stayed by Puran's side to study at all times, had indeed been secretly and silently kidnapped.
Before the Ring of Hearts was popularized, Pran's territory still held the lead, and this was also their chance to defeat the armed mercenary group, after all, other forces didn't need them as much as Pran.
After all, Puran was the first person to make a Ring of Hearts.