Chapter 1: Ranger Mission
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If there is a feeling of the most relaxed atmosphere, there is no doubt that the Great Axe Tavern is the Great Axe Tavern. The prestige and strength of the Great Axe, which was famous among the rangers back then, made the Great Axe Tavern unique in this neighborhood.
The bloated and smiling proprietress walked to a table with a smile holding six huge wooden wine glasses in both hands, put the wine glasses, and smiled kindly: "Do you want anything else?" β
"No, I heard the captain say that we are going to do something dangerous, and we will set off as soon as noon arrives." Smiled and politely refused to leave the proprietress Mickey took a big sip, put down the wine glass with a long sigh of relief and asked, "By the way, where did we just go?" β
"The Trinity Realm." Fang Zheng reminded him, and the other party began to continue to speak energetically.
"That's right, if we rangers have the best body, then the mage has a powerful spirit, then where is the divine power in the last legend of the Trinity? Hey! This is, of course......"
Looking at the few young rangers in front of the table, Jonathan, the captain of the ranger team who was talking to the tavern owner Giant Axe, asked, "Don't you really think about it, you only need to go from us to Sun City, and you can get a good reward in a few days." β
"No, I already have someone I love, so I'm not going to risk it with you." As he spoke, the voice of the giant axe was lowered a lot: "Don't you think it's strange that you can get so much reward for giving something to something?" β
"Some things can be strange and suspicious, but you can't explore them, otherwise real trouble will arise."
"Trouble has arisen."
"No, if I give up this time, I, who is preparing to marry Yulia, will be the real trouble because I can't prepare the best I can give her." Jonathan waved away, walked over to the table where they were talking, and slapped a few silver coins: "Okay boys, take another sip, we're ready to go!" β
"Oh!" Mickey and the others shouted, and with a clatter, they threw up their heads and drank most of the remaining glasses.
After hearing Jonathan's words to leave, several men in cloaks on the other side, who were staring at the giant axe, stood up one after another, their strong bodies just reaching out with one arm, and they could hold up the small half of the ordinary person's body.
"Bang!" The person who staggered past with a wine glass didn't pay attention, and directly pushed a step back.
"I'm sorry." With a casual remark, the strong man turned around and was about to leave.
But the person who was hit shouted unrelentingly: "You bastard walks without looking ahead, can it be over if you hit the uncle and apologize!" β
"What do you want?" Turning around, the strong man pressed his hand to the sword at his waist, and several people next to him made the same movements, and the atmosphere around him suddenly became a little solemn for a while.
"Enough, stop it, whoever dares to make trouble in my giant axe tavern, I'll make you all look good! And you, Victor, don't come to my tavern next time if you're looking for trouble! β
"Hmph, count you lucky!" Hearing this, Victor drunkenly turned around and returned to his seat, while several big men also put their hands back and covered their weapons around their waists with their robes.
"How's that going, boss, what do you see?" One of the men in front of Victor asked in a low voice.
"Hmph, those guys, I'm afraid they are the personal guards of the city lord in Burning Sun City, just that kind of sword hilt is not something that ordinary nobles can get, and when that guy hit me just now, he actually wrapped his body with his fighting spirit, and his vigilance is very high, it seems that this time they have good goods in their hands." Victor said, with cunning on his bowed face, where was the drunken appearance he had before.
At this time, the owner of the Giant Axe Tavern, the Great Axe, came to Victor's table without a boundary: "That's the person I used to be able to protect my right-hand men, let me hear that they are in a little trouble, and you are finished!" β
"Got it, dad, dissipate your anger." Looking at the table in front of him, which couldn't be cut with a sword, how deep a crack it was, it was sunk so much under the pure power of the other party's fingers, and a drop of cold sweat flowed from his forehead, Victor hurriedly smiled.
At this time, the rangers also came out of the house with the group.
It was already noon, and the summer heat wave was undoubtedly reflected at this time, and after fanning the wind casually, Mickey complained: "It's so hot, I heard that the climate in the north is very cool all year round, and it must be very comfortable to be a ranger there." β
"Without further ado, I've packed these boxes of specialties." patted the boxes piled up on the side, and the captain Jonathan said to the other party: "Newcomer, please go and tell the people who are purchasing inside, we are waiting for them outside the city." β
"Oh." Fang Zheng nodded and walked according to the impression in his memory.
Ignoring Mickey, who was still complaining behind him, Fang Zheng's eyes wandered around the street stalls at this time, but there was a depressed feeling in his heart. This kind of repression does not come from anyone around me, who is all lower and middle at the silver level, but from my heart.
In the past, all I saw was black iron and bronze, but now that I have come to this kind of world again, there is an inexplicable pressure.
When he was silent or laughing all the time, Fang Zheng had gradually figured out the world.
First of all, in this world, the most powerful are rangers and mysterious magicians. After people are born, they can test whether their talent belongs to rangers or magicians through special means. As long as the talent is enough, then you can become a ranger who fights with the fighting spirit in your body, or a magician who uses the mana in your body to perceive and use the elemental attacks in heaven and earth.
Even the most unqualified magicians can become excellent magicians after the age of thirty as long as they practice diligently. But the Ranger is not so comfortable, and if you want to become a powerful Ranger, you need not only talent, but also continuous hard work.
Now, Founder is a young ranger who is working hard. According to the rating given to him by the Ranger Guild, he now belongs to the top level, gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal and ordinary ranger among ordinary rangers.
Of course, this side is precisely scoffing at this. Because his status as a ranger turned out to be because of the ranger mark he got by chance when he snatched the Holy Grail.
Not to mention the rangers, it is an ordinary person who is not likely to be ten rangers and a magician among a thousand people, and after working hard, he has the identity of a mercenary, and he can play in this world. After all, he is the Chosen One, the strongest of the Chosen One.
While informing the rangers and ordinary mercenaries in the other teams, Fang Zheng was not worried about this very ordinary mission now. Don't look at the other rangers are all silver-level mid-level or even top-ranked, but think about it, you should be far more than them. So what Fang Zheng is curious about now is those magicians, if he can get spells from them, will he be able to use the Codex again?
On the road, people kept greeting him, and Fang Zheng responded one by one. Fang Zheng didn't care about whether he had invaded other people's bodies, or whether his appearance was just forcibly infusing those people's memories with false images. Indeed, just like Shen Mengdie said, only a fool would regard the black shadow created by the coincidence of light when taking pictures as a fantasy ghost.
It's just a fantasy for myself, but in fact, I feel awkward to go back when I'm idle.
Fang Zheng, who was relieved, looked at several cars full of specialties and ordinary daily necessities, and drove towards Burning Sun City together, if it weren't for Mickey telling him that there were magicians in Burning Sun City before, if he didn't stop by, Fang Zheng would want to go directly to those mysterious guys.
"Gone!" Jonathan's voice, coupled with the crackling of the whip, sent the caravan ready to finish straight away.
"You guy, in fact, I really want to know a lot of stories about magicians that only well-informed people have heard, it's okay, I'll tell you!" Although Mickey seemed to be talking to the other party, his eyes were fixed on the face of Ashley, who looked quiet and among the many pure mercenary groups, the only woman was still a beautiful woman.
For Mickey to deliberately run from where he should be sitting to Fang Zheng and Ashley's place, everyone saw through everything's smiles. Jonathan didn't deliberately say anything about this, isn't it normal for young people to boldly show their love to someone, if they don't take the initiative, how can they find someone they like.
But Jonathan was a little curious, this kid Fang Zheng is a newcomer, and Ai Shili is also a newcomer, but two people who should not know each other, but when they were in the team, Ai Shili had to sit next to Fang Zheng, does it mean that the two actually have a story?
Looking at Fang Zheng and Ashley, who were quietly listening to Mickey's story, and Mickey who was dancing, Jonathan knew that this was not something he could understand right away.
Because of the suddenness of the incident, he who was supposed to leave in the morning delayed until the afternoon under the words of a big customer, Jonathan, who was calculating everyone's itinerary, patted his forehead as the sun fell: "It's so decided, don't turn towards the small village on the road, let's hurry up and go directly to Burning Sun City." β
"Don't rush for us, we just need to be in your caravan and you can continue to go on your own." Hearing Jonathan's words, the man in the black robe said lightly: "Just a few travelers who want to go by the way. β
"Haha, well, then tonight, you will sleep in the middle of the caravan. The night watchman has us to arrange. Although the other party said so, since such a mysterious person must not be so simple, Jonathan, who also knows that there is no point in the connection, said this, to arrange the plan for the evening.
People are busy according to their own plans, and it is mainly the mercenaries who are working, because of the gap between them and the rangers, they are the first to be the rangers in all aspects.
So the people who cook on the fire are busy, and Fangzheng, Mickey, Ashley, and the other rangers are all sitting around the campfire and chatting, waiting for dinner and sleep.
"Sometimes once things have rules, it becomes ridiculous to think about them." It may have been telling the story for a day, but it didn't arouse the slightest interest from Ashley, so Mickey changed his strategy and became literary: "If we rangers are not responsible for being the caravan's guards, but only rely on those mercenaries to exist alone, the robbers will attack the caravan." β
"Some rangers will also disguise themselves as robbers to rob caravans because they get too little. But when we, the rangers, become the legitimate caravan guards, the robbers, whether they exist or not, will no longer provoke us. So is the meaning of our existence a guard at this time, or a false name? β
"It's like who we really are, where we came from, and where we're going. As a ranger, we've spent decades growing our craft, and now we've just become guards, and then we've been a couple of decades, and we're done with that? β
"Boy, I don't know about you, but I know it's time for you to go to bed!" Jonathan gently patted the back of Mickey's head, prompting a burst of laughter. It turns out that saying so much is really useless, but sometimes it can attract girls, and Mickey fails to attract Ashley's attention.
The crowd was on a large expanse of flat land, and anyone around them could see it at a glance. And right around where people are sleeping, there are cars and boxes inside to block the surrounding barriers that might attack the rangers, and tonight is as normal as usual. People soon fell asleep.
During the night shift, the mercenary who kept watch Mickey casually say hello and leave for a distant place, knowing that this guy had a habit of releasing water in the middle of the night, so he didn't care. But after waiting for the assembly and not hearing back from Mickey, the mercenary felt that something was wrong, and after picking up his weapon, he walked towards the woods in the distance, which was somewhat dark.
"Mickey? Mickey? After shouting a few words in a low voice, the mercenary suddenly came to his senses, is he stupid, if someone is missing, he should notify everyone immediately.
But when the mercenary wanted to open his mouth and shout, a person suddenly came out of the shadows: "Yo, I ate a little too much today." β
"Whew! Scare me, it's okay. After seeing Mickey, the mercenary was relieved, turned his head and walked back towards the caravan.
But after Mickey gently drew his sword, he covered the opponent's throat with one hand, and the long sword penetrating from the opponent's back directly penetrated the throat, "woo" twice, and the mercenary's body was directly crushed by Mickey with the fighting spirit on the sword. The mercenary didn't think about why Mickey would sneak up on him until he died.
Just when the other mercenary was alert, Mickey gently put down the corpse and the long sword and walked over, and said with a smile: "That guy asked me to talk to you, he went to relax, and I watched for him for a while." β
"Okay, I'm relieved to have Mistress Mickey talking."
But as soon as the mercenary showed a smile, the axe that rushed out of Mickey's hand in the next second directly cut half of the mercenary's throat. Lunge rushed up and gently supported the mercenary's back, Mickey waved his hand, and the sound of extremely low footsteps came, and several black shadows with daggers in their hands began to gradually approach the people who were still sleeping from all around.
Suddenly, one of the rangers who was sleeping suddenly opened his eyes: "Who! β
Because he kept his energy full every day, when the roar appeared, all the mercenaries and rangers opened their eyes in an instant, and Fang Zheng even jumped up with his sword directly after the sound appeared. For the things around him, Fang Zheng had already heard it, but pretending to be asleep was just to make himself inconspicuous, he didn't expect someone to react so quickly, and he still underestimated the strength of these people.
"Who are you?" When a mercenary saw that he woke up, the man in black who was quietly approaching attacked him even more frantically, waving his hand and grabbing the sand next to his hand and throwing it on the opponent's face, and after holding the axe in his left hand, he swung it violently at the opponent again.
Some were able to react, but after more mercenaries woke up, they were still killed by the approaching man in black.
The daggers in the hands of these black-clothed men seemed to flash with a bright and cold brilliance, and the fighting energy of the swallowing directly allowed the dagger to reach the level of a long sword, and for a while, the mercenaries' fighting qi and protective bodies were all broken through by them, and one by one, seven or eight mercenaries died instantly.
"These people are rangers!" A mercenary shouted.
"Come towards me!" Jonathan pulled out the spear beside him and pinned the soles of a person's feet to the ground, "Let's two get out!" β
"Good!" Louis, who was most trusted by Jonathan behind Jonathan, said, drew his long sword, and stabbed him in the back.
"Poof!"
A sword qi struck away a sword that rushed behind Jonathan, and the black-robed man who had spoken before reminded him was holding a long sword with a delicate handle in his hand at this time, with a long sword tattooed with fire and an eagle on one side, his arms were strong, and the sword body was directly infused with raging flames: "Jonathan, you gave up your job in Sun City, did you get this kind of brother outside?" β
"Louis?! Why! "Jonas can't take care of the mercenaries outside at this time, and the people who have been fighting side by side with him for five years have established this ranger team together, and the person who deserves to be so trusted will actually attack him, this blow is too big, and Jonathan is difficult to accept for a while.
"Why? Of course, it's because of the huge profits, Jonathan, you wouldn't be naΓ―ve enough to think that we would be able to be such a promising caravan guard in our lifetime and get a good life, right? Laughing loudly, Louis clenched his left hand into a fist and said angrily: "If you want to be a guard, then be the biggest, we are already the biggest guard on this line, but what about you?" You don't even want to be aggressive, just content to be an ordinary guard."
"Open your eyes and see, after those rangers control the trade routes, we just need to patrol the roads and eliminate the other robbers who want to steal business with us, and we can get a good profit, we set the price, they pay. But you idiot, you naively think that everyone can prosper together in peace? Ridiculous, look at the brothers with knives next to you, this is the answer they give you, without money, we are not brothers! β