Blood dripped from his cheeks, and Owen wiped it with his hand, and the palm of his hand touched the wound that turned out, making him involuntarily bare his teeth: "Damn pirates, we shouldn't be in this muddy water!"

Old George gasped and answered, "Maybe you can consider escaping now, it may be too late." ”

At this point, they were in an alleyway in the harbor area of Bay City, hiding behind a garbage heap, carefully avoiding the enemies who occasionally ran through the alley.

Owen was a tall, strong, blacksmith-turned-blacksmith with dark cheeks, but at this time his face was covered in scarlet.

He snorted, "I owe you a lot of life, but I can't leave you alone." ”

"Yes. Old George grinned and said, "Then I didn't save you in vain." How many times?"

"I can't count, you know I'm not very good at my brain. ”

Owen said, peeking out from behind the garbage heap to look outside, and then hurriedly retracted it, and said to George: "These pirates have all been attracted by us, and Katerina's gang is probably breaking through now.... Hell, why would I help a woman I don't even know?"

Old George said, "Because you owe mine, and I owe her." ”

"Mercenaries, aren't they all like that? ”

George sighed, Owen scratched his head, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the alley, getting closer and closer!

The two looked at each other and involuntarily put their hands on their weapons.

Before they entered this alley, they used a special method to mislead the enemy to other places, and it stands to reason that no one would find out about those pirates, why...

The footsteps were slow, but they moved firmly, and old George couldn't help frowning.

He was so experienced that he could tell from the sound of his footsteps that people had not come in at random, but had already spotted them.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone so slowly, because someone was on guard, in case the two of them broke out and hurt people!

Knowing this, old George simply stopped hiding, and stood up with his hand against the wall, and so did Owen, although he didn't hear anything, but he trusted the old mercenary who had saved him many times.

"Is it finally out? two filthy moles. A slightly weak voice sounded but could not hide the arrogance in his words, and the two of them looked at it, and the person who came came to them in black clothes and holding a thin sword in one hand.

After seeing the person clearly, old George suddenly realized: "Viper Valen? ”

Originally, I was still wondering why they were found out, but now I understand that their methods can hide from the pirates, but they can't hide from Valen, who is also a mercenary, especially this poisonous snake is very good at this.

Old George coughed twice, then looked at Valen coldly, and said: You are really going back more and more, and you are colluding with pirates. I remember, it was you Gary mercenaries who clashed with those pirates in the first place, right?

"What a calculation!"

The poisonous snake Valen narrowed his slender eyes and said, "At first, it was just a misunderstanding, but now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, we naturally won't be doing that kind of useless work." ”

He didn't continue to get closer, but stopped while the old George and his weapons were out of reach, and the thin sword in his hand was pointed at the distance, and his expression was also quite cold: "Say, where are the Katerina?"

Owen snorted and said, "How do we know where they are!"

Old George was thoughtful: "It seems that the pirates did not stop them. ”

Owen continued his negotiations: "Anyway, we have no grievances, why are you chasing us, you have a grudge against the woman Katerina, you should go to them now, what time is wasted here." ”

"Look, you have injuries on your body, and the two of us are also injured, but the difference is that we are only slightly injured, you really don't necessarily beat us, it's not as good as everyone is kind, you don't see us, and we don't bother you to find others, what do you think?"

As he spoke, he raised the war hammer in his hand to prove that he could still fight, but his back was already soaked with sweat.

It is true that as Owen said, the two are only slightly injured, and the current poisonous snake is obviously more serious than them, but the battle between the two sides is not won by whoever is lightly injured.

Old George also knew this, so he had already raised the short crossbow behind his back and aimed it at the enemy.

To this, Valen just sneered: "Are you an idiot for me? ”

After saying that, his figure flashed, and he rushed towards the two: "As long as I catch you, I won't be afraid that Katerina will not be lured!"

Old George's crossbow arrows were shot out as soon as possible, but unfortunately, they were dodged by Valen with an unreasonable side waist, and the big man Owen also rushed towards Valen with a war hammer and roaring!

"Whew!"

The sword was aimed at Owen's neck, but he tried his best to dodge it, but a narrow wound was cut on his arm!

Between dodging, Owen did not forget to attack, and slashed at Valen with the war hammer in his hand, but unfortunately it was obviously thankless to use this heavy weapon against a sensitive enemy, and Valen easily avoided it, and then he had to raise his hand to counterattack.

"Whoosh!"

The bolts were fired at Valen again, interrupting his attack on Owen.

"Humph!"

Valen snorted coldly, flashed, and left Owen and rushed towards Old George.

Although he was confident in his dodge, he was injured and George Sr. was an experienced mercenary, so Valen didn't dare to be careless.

So he wants to solve this trouble first!

However, before he could rush to Old George's side, the neat sound of combat boots hitting the ground appeared from outside the alley!

Owen and George Sr. looked dark, thinking that the pirates had come to reinforce them, but Valen didn't think so.

When he heard this sound, his face also changed, and then he decisively left the two of them, turned around and ran into the depths of the alley, and disappeared in the blink of an eye!

"What's the situation?" the two looked at each other, a little confused, but also relieved.

The viper was good at dodging and quick attacks, and one of the two was bulky with heavy weapons, and the other was unable to keep up with his physical strength due to his age, and was restrained by Valen.

He can still deal with it in a short time, but he will definitely not be able to beat him after a long time.

But despite this, they did not let go of their heavy hearts, and wanted to retreat like Valen, but they were afraid that the poisonous snake would ambush them halfway, so they had to stop in place and stare at the exit of the alley, looking vigilant.

"Who's here this time?"

Without letting the two of them wait long, a group of soldiers in heavy armor walked into the alley, the armor shining in the sun, the uniform footsteps, and countless pairs of cold eyes, made the two of them sink to the bottom.

Obviously ill-intentioned!

Owen muttered indignantly, "We should have killed the fishman to make money, right? Why is the fishman going to burp before he kills it?"

"Alas. ”

Old George also sighed, his expression indescribably complicated.

Hell Bay City, I've been here a few times before, and it's not so messy, huh?

Although the mercenaries are not good at stubble, they also know the truth of not easily provoking the head snake, and they came here to make money, but they didn't think about fighting!

Who would have thought that just a few days after they came, those pirates attacked the mercenaries from other places like a dead father, and they actually pretended to be angry and said that the mercenaries attacked them first?

"The pirates of the Golden Sea are becoming more and more unreasonable. Old George sighed, and the crossbow in his hand was raised again, aimed at the comer.

Owen was the same, carrying a war hammer, ready to attack at any time.

The two of them were already determined to fight to the death, but surprisingly, the armored soldiers did not immediately start attacking when they came to them, but stopped.

One of the armored soldiers in the lead looked at the two of them coldly, then took out a stack of portraits and looked at them for a while, and finally raised his hand under the surprised eyes of the two, signaling the soldiers to let down their vigilance.

Then an unceremonious voice passed through the helmet, and the urn sounded angrily:

"On the orders of Lord Sir Alan Chrissy, I ask you to lay down your arms at once, return to your respective quarters, and strictly prohibit brawls in the city until the fishmen come ashore, and those who violate them will be fined 5 gold coins and expelled from Bay City!"

In other words, if they were treated so unceremoniously in normal times, the two of them would definitely not rest, but now they hurriedly put down their weapons, and then obediently left here under the cold gaze of the soldiers.

It wasn't until they got out of the soldiers' sight that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and when they raised their eyes, countless soldiers appeared in the port area ahead, and many pirates and mercenaries obediently laid down their weapons under their gaze, and some resisted, but were quickly killed by the soldiers.

These soldiers are not very skilled in their movements, and some of them are not even able to fight at all, but their armor is more than enough to withstand most of the attacks of pirates and mercenaries.

At this scene, old George and Owen couldn't help but glance at each other.

Owen pouted and said, "It's been a month, and I only know that there are still lords here." ”

Old George looked at the group of soldiers thoughtfully, and a thought faintly appeared in his mind.

"It seems that little Allen has been prepared. ”

——

After almost a month, the battle in the port area has finally come to an end, and this inexplicable conflict has left many people scratching their heads, and the endless fighting has left them with no time to remember what it was in the first place.

How many sudden curse fights, or were many of his companions assassinated?

As the situation became clearer, many people vaguely guessed something, but as the fish-man invasion approached, they didn't think much about it.

Or rather, don't want to think about it.

No one has forgotten what they came to Bay City for, it is not a good habit to arrange the money owner at will, it is just a guess, even if it is a fact, no one will investigate it deeply.

Of course

If there weren't that group of soldiers in hard armor, that's a second story.

The pirate and mercenary forces returned to their respective places of residence, licking their wounds and preparing to make a splash in the near future, while the initiators of all this were also looking forward to another "battle".

Oliver's Alchemy Cottage is basically ready to open soon!