Chapter 36: For the Gold Coins
There are three secret passages, distributed under three seaside walls, and the mercenaries step into them along the entrance of the secret passages and rush towards the outside of the city.
"It's finally begun," blacksmith Owen walked briskly through the damp passageway, looking slightly excited.
Nearly a month has basically been wasted in the city, and now it's finally time to get down to business!
Old George Old George glanced at him, and hurried away without saying a word, constantly calculating the battle he would face next.
Although the fishmen have no wisdom at all, and their strength is not high, there are too many of them, and it is inevitable that they will attract the attention of large troops, so they must study a plan before fighting, so as not to encounter unexpected situations when they can't deal with them.
Owen knew this old friend's temperament very well, so he didn't bother again, but there were more than the two of them around, and the figures of mercenaries walked in this secret passage that was not very wide, and the slightest movement could reach everyone's ears, not to mention that the movement they made was not slightly, but very large.
"The only thing you need to pay attention to is the water arrow sprayed by the fish-man, the water arrow is very powerful, and it has a corrosive effect, I once killed a fish-man, and I was accidentally sprayed, and the taste is not very pleasant. β
"We should first use bait to lure the fish-men away from the large army, and we had better stay away from the walls, where there are more and more fish-men. β
"If I didn't have to collect the corpse, I'm sure I'd make a lot of money, now
...β
"If you don't collect the corpse, who knows if you killed the fishman. β
"There are so many fish-men in those traps that I don't think we need to go through any effort to kill them..."
"Hmph, the trap is right on the main line of the fish-man's attack, and you don't want to bring us with you if you want to die. β
"Listen, don't be impulsive when we go out, we must make a rough plan, at least we need to protect this secret passage, otherwise the fish will find out..."
The sound of people's breathing, the noisy talking, and the dull footsteps, under all kinds of noise, old George couldn't calm down to think about any plan, he sighed helplessly, simply didn't think about anything, took a deep breath and prepared while hurrying.
The secret passage was long enough that the mercenaries were a little unable to move their legs in the narrow area, but the speed was still not slow, but even so, they drove for about ten minutes!
Finally, the mercenary at the front ran to the end, he shouted loudly, and then climbed up the ladder at the end in high spirits!
At this time, the sky was already slightly bright, and the mercenary lifted the cover covering his head and climbed up with his hands on the ground!
It's a barren cliff with raging waters and reefs below, and no sandy beaches around.
Looking back, Bay City is in the distance ahead, at a glance, the quaint city wall is glowing with bright yellow fire light around, under the city wall, countless black shadows are densely churning below, like ants crowded.
"This secret passage must not have been built temporarily!"
More and more mercenaries crawled out of the tunnels, and one of them came to this conclusion by observing the distance between Bay City and here.
"It should be a secret passage for escape, there are several in every city, after all, the stars are not peaceful. β
Old George and Owen also crawled out of the secret passage, and then, like the mercenaries around them, did not leave the area around the secret passage immediately, but waited for something.
It didn't take long for
All the mercenaries in the secret passage came out.
The mercenaries began to hold their own groups, because of the need to collect corpses, it was obvious that they could not take advantage of going it alone or two or three people, so naturally, many mercenary teams chose to form an alliance.
George Sr. and Owen originally wanted to form an alliance with Katerina's mercenary team, but unfortunately they hadn't seen them for a few days, so they had to find another familiar team.
"Everyone!"
Seeing that the mercenaries had already formed their own teams, a brown-haired young man stood in front of the crowd and shouted, "Everyone, please be quiet!"
The brown-haired young man is very young, and he looks like he is in his twenties, but the mercenaries may all know him, so he is still more face-saving.
The hustle and bustle of the crowd slowly quieted down, and the brown-haired young man smiled with satisfaction when he saw this, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "We risked our lives to go out of the city to earn gold coins, but!"
His voice was not very loud, but he was the only one around him who spoke, and hundreds of mercenaries could still hear it clearly.
"However, before we do that, we have to set some rules, otherwise it will affect the speed at which we can earn coins!"
Most of the mercenaries had already guessed what the young man meant, so they did not say anything against it, and a small amount of discussion gradually disappeared with the silence of the group.
"I say, listen, if you disagree, speak out, and if you agree, keep silent, do you think this will work!?"
"Good!"
"No problem!"
"Listen to you!"
β......β
The young man nodded, then paused for a while, organized his words a little, and then: "First, in order to protect the secret passage, there must be no living fish-people within five hundred meters, otherwise we will kill people and fish!"
"Good!!"
"Cowards should stay away and not destroy our back roads!"
"It's very regular, I don't have a problem!"
β.....β
The shouts of the mercenaries made the brown-haired young man's face darken, and he said loudly: "Quiet, please follow the rules I set before, and if you agree, don't make a sound!"
Because the crowd was a little loud, he said it several times, and the mercenaries completely stopped their voices.
The brown-haired young man breathed a sigh of relief, and then said loudly: "Second, everyone of us who is a mercenary has enemies, and it doesn't matter how we fight, but now, we are here to make money, not to fight, so after the official hunting starts later, I hope everyone can restrain their emotions, everything is focused on making money, and it is not too late to fight when you have earned enough money!"
This time, the mercenaries did not respond violently, but each whispered to their companions.
A big man suddenly said loudly: "Then what if someone else provokes us first?"
"Thisβ" The brown-haired young man hesitated for a moment, and then before he could speak again, the other mercenaries shouted again.
"Rules are rules, if someone takes the initiative to provoke me, I won't be polite!"
"Yes, we can promise not to take the initiative to provoke, but if someone makes the first move, then don't blame us for not following the rules!"
"Idiot Connor, you're so embarrassed to say that you've always been the first to do it!"
"I...."
"These idiots!"
As soon as he finished saying that he focused on making money, the mercenaries were in chaos, and the brown-haired young man cursed secretly, and then shouted: "Stop ββ!"
"Then change it to if it really gets to the point of doing it, you can fight whatever you want, but if it affects the actions of other people, we can also attack them in groups!"
It was a good proposal, and the mercenaries agreed after a little discussion.
Of course, they responded not very loudly, and they had long since forgotten the rule of consent = silence that had just been set!
"It's useless. Old George muttered in the crowd.
He had been a soldier and knew the importance of discipline, and although the mercenaries in front of him were stretched out one by one, they were not suitable for group combat at all.
Then he glanced disdainfully at Owen beside him. He was screaming happily just now.
Ahead, the brown-haired young man shouted, "In the end, if anyone has the idea of eating black and eating black, then forgive me Bobby for not agreeing to it first!"
"Count me in!"
"Agreed, those who have the strength can kill the fishmen, if anyone wants to steal the results of others, it will be an enemy of our Blood Shark Mercenary Group!"
β....β
Owen looked down at Old George and asked in a low puzzled voice, "Blood Shark Mercenary Regiment, isn't it the Blood Shark Pirate Regiment?"
"I heard that the Blood Shark Pirate Group has set up a mercenary department, and these people are the ones in front of me, otherwise they wouldn't have followed us, and they would have gone to the west city wall a long time ago. Old George spoke with a smile in his tone.
Owen also had a strange expression when he heard this.
A big pirate group, put aside the business, what kind of mercenary group was formed, it's really...
As the mercenaries' chatter decreased, the voice of the brown-haired young man Bobbi sounded again:
"So, let's get started, good luck to everyone!"
"Go, for the gold!"
"For the gold!!"