Chapter Eighty-Five: Danger Lurks

Battle and the unguarded mercenaries surrounded the two young men, drooling over the fragrant cauldrons and barbecue grills. Finally waiting for the broth to be cooked, Normer poured enough liquor into the pot.

Thanks to one of the most indispensable daily necessities in the mercenary trade, spirits, which can be left without anything, especially in winter, when they are essential for vigils and patrolmen. Regardless of the men and women in the group, one is counted as one, and they are basically drunkards, and the difference is only in the amount of alcohol, so they have prepared enough spirits for this trip, and the amount is enough. Otherwise, if they are so "wasted" like a teenager, Battle and they will have to die of distress.

Finally, when it was time to start the meal, a large group of mercenaries rushed to surround them, rushing to wait for the young man to scoop the soup without any image.

It's still the old rule, each person has a big bowl of broth and two soft roasted sacs as usual, but the difference is that this time each person also gets a large piece of roast meat. So except for the food set aside for the sentries, the rest of the mercenaries squatted on the ground and feasted.

"Delicious!"

Battle ate with the corners of his mouth watering down, and sat on the floor muttering his opinion.

"Uh-huh. ”

Kevin, who was the head of the regiment, squatted next to Battle, poured a large mouthful of broth into his mouth, and was in a hurry to take a bite of the barbecue, his mouth was full of food, and he did not even have time to formally answer the deputy's opinion, so he had to agree in a nasal voice.

The two of them are still somewhat concerned about the identity of the leader, and the group of mercenaries around them are not so particular, how terrible and terrible the food is, just like a group of starving ghosts reincarnated, they are working hard, and they don't have time to pay attention to the two leaders who are "busy and idle" talking.

Dawn smiled and looked at Normer, and said softly, "How is it, brother, I'm not wrong, their cooking skills are sure to be satisfied." ”

The girl is quite proud, she is actually very good at cooking, but since she was a child, she likes to eat Normer's food more, so she rarely cooks by herself, not that her cooking skills are not good, to put it bluntly, she is lazy, or that she is used to being a teenager.

Compared with the borscht who cooked before, Chenxi's level is a master.

Normer also smiled happily, and it was strange for anyone to see that the food he cooked was so popular.

Several female mercenaries who were also responsible for protecting the family of the Marquis of Ryder at close range were also looking at Chenxi with envy on their faces at this moment, seeing that the little girl was not only very beautiful, but her strength was high enough, and even the cooking skills, which were very important to ordinary women, had profound attainments that they were far from being able to compare with beauty, how could they not be secretly admired.

It is a good hand to ask these female mercenaries to dance knives and guns, kill people and set fires, and it is really almost interesting to ask them to cook, otherwise it will be the turn of Borscht to sacrifice ugliness all the year round?

A group of evil spirits swept away the "enemies" on the two cauldrons and barbecue grills, and in less than two quarters of an hour, they wiped out all the enemies, even the bones were gnawed clean, more thorough than the dogs, and the combat power was so strong that it completely lived up to the prestige of the "black lion".

"Uh...... It's good, I'm full. It's delicious. ”

Battle is a straight man, and while burping, he simply states his point.

"That's right! I haven't had such a beautiful meal in the process of going out on a mission for many years. In my opinion, this craftsmanship is not far from the chef in Wangdu Restaurant. ”

Kevin stroked his bulging belly and agreed with the opinion of the "deputy of the regiment".

"I think it's more than that. In the wilderness, the conditions are simple, and the prey can be handled so well, only smelling the aroma of meat, not smelling the smell, it is definitely a first-class level. ”

Battle picked his teeth and looked at the soup pot again, it was empty, and the mercenaries had already drunk the soup and water. He suggested, "Boss, why don't you officially hand over the task of cooking to the two of them from today?"

"I have absolutely nothing to say as long as they want to. Kevin was very simple, "After tonight's meal, I believe that no one wants to go back and eat 'pig food', right?" the head of the group calmly concluded.

He had heard the complaints that Dawn had made before, and he agreed with the girl's point of view from the bottom of his heart. can no longer be fed as a pig, he doesn't care how ugly the girl says, the truth is like this. From this little thing, it can be seen that Captain Kevin is very able to recognize the situation, is good at analyzing problems in a down-to-earth manner, and makes decisive decisions by identifying key points, which is worthy of being the head of a group.

"Then it's settled. However, since they had to take on the important task of cooking, according to the rules, the errand of the vigil in turn should not be assigned to them again. ”

I didn't think that Battle looked rough, and he was not ambiguous when he should be careful, and when he was full of food and drink, he remembered to fulfill the obligations of a deputy and remind the leader of the details in time.

The burly head nodded again and again and said, "Of course. How can there be any reason to ask people to hold two jobs, and who has so much energy and time? Everything will be done according to the treatment given to Luo Song before. ”

As the saying goes: "The people take food as the sky", filling the stomach in any era is the most important, and it is of course a good thing to be able to eat well while being full.

In this way, under the unanimous high approval of the Black Lion Mercenary Group, Normer and Dawn officially took office and became the newest chefs of the group.

As soon as Battle announced the new mission of the two, and before announcing their privilege of not having to keep vigil, the mustachioed mercenary who had kept saying that he was willing to keep vigil for them took the initiative to stand up, saying that he and the other mercenaries were talking and counting, and volunteered to complete the vigil of the two young men.

This surprised Normer and Dawn, I thought it was a joke that people said casually in private, but they didn't expect people to take it seriously, the two once again felt that the seemingly rude and violent mercenaries, there was also their commitment, boldness and friendliness to their own people, the previous Riz was like this, and the mustache nicknamed "Greyhound" was also like this, but it lived up to the loyalty and trustworthiness represented by the word "dog" in the nickname.

On the second day, Normer and Chenxi got up early in the morning as if they were at home, the difference at home was to breathe first and then practice martial arts, to make breakfast here, and to make breakfast for the hundred-bellied man.

With the abundant soup stock left last night, the two pots of fragrant broth woke up the sleeping mercenaries, and the people who enjoyed the steaming soup with large pieces of meat felt that they were accompanied by the broth, and the dry sac in their hands became quite delicious, especially the fragrant hot broth as soon as they drank it, the whole body became warm, and the mouth was full of fragrance, which seemed to dispel the annoying cold of the night in an instant.

After eating and drinking, the whole group of mercenaries felt refreshed and set off on the road with high spirits.

For three days, the road was very peaceful, and there were no planned attacks, which made Kevin, who had been careful and vigilant all the way, feel strange and puzzled.

If this situation continues, the lucrative commission is expected to be in the pocket smoothly, then the next half year of the whole group will be better than the same period in previous years, even the New Year, which has always given him the most headache, is no longer a headache just thinking about it.

During these three days, Normer and Dawn took great pains to try to change their methods to satisfy everyone.

When I arrived at a place where there was a city nearby, I sent someone from my own group to buy ingredients and raw materials, and brought them back to the two of them to cook carefully. Compared with wild meat, domestic livestock have been domesticated for a long time from generation to generation, and although the calorie and nutritional value provided are not too high, they are better because the smell is not so heavy, the meat is a little more tender, and it is easy to make a good taste;

When they arrived in the wilderness, the two of them went up to the mountains to hunt themselves, and they could always catch a few fat and different prey, wild boars, goats, rabbits, and even bamboo rats. Just when cooking, the condiments and spirits have to be added a lot more to suppress the strong fishy smell peculiar to wild animals.

In this way, in less than ten meals, the two young men have become the big celebrities of the Black Lion Mercenary Group, and they are very popular with the mercenaries who are older than them, and they see a smiling face everywhere they go.

As soon as everyone saw him, they deliberately put on a straight face, with his thumbs down, making a gesture symbolizing "badness", coupled with a deliberate laugh, so that he couldn't raise his head these days, came and went in a hurry, did everything in a hurry, and lived an unlucky life like a rat crossing the street, so that he could add a little smile to everyone's boring journey.

In view of this, Chenxi couldn't help but sigh silently in her heart, her aunt said well, if you want to completely conquer a man's heart, you must first conquer the man's stomach! Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and she has been convinced of this sentence and decided to apply this golden rule to Normer. However, I always feel like something is not quite right?

The girl pondered for a long time before she remembered that the actual situation now was that she had been eating her brother's cooking!

So the question is, should Miss Dawn change it? or not?

Well, the big foodie little girl began to reflect deeply......

The days of smooth sailing are always too short, and what should come will come eventually, especially the dangers that lurk in the shadows. The fourth day came, and the problem crept in, still the most common and the most troublesome - the problem came from within.

On this day, before setting off early in the morning, Head Kevin informed the Marquise de Ryder of today's general itinerary in advance in accordance with the agreement with the Marquis of Ryder's mansion.

Originally, it was just a routine communication process, just go through the motions, and it has been like this for a few days, but today there was an unexpected situation, after he reported his itinerary plan, the noble Marquise Ryder, through the curtain, opposed the mercenary captain's established route, and asked to take the James Valley instead.

The attitude is still very resolute.

Things are not going to be easy, and Kevin is deeply surprised and vaguely uneasy.

James Valley was indeed a shortcut, taking about half the time he had planned to take on the Celtic Way, which meant that if the trip went well, he would be able to reach the city of Copperland this evening, the medium-sized city he planned to settle down on this scheduled route.

As a city with a population of nearly 300,000 people, the city is far from being comparable to the Manny Ford City that emphasizes the function of the fortress, and the local area has been more than 100 miles away from the border. As a foothold, it can not only replenish the mercenary group with enough clean drinking water, spirits, cooking spices, medicines and other necessary materials, but also allow the mercenaries who have been on alert along the way to relax a little, take a hot bath, sleep peacefully, and rarely take a real breath.

Being able to get there a day earlier is certainly a good result.