readx; Lydia still can't be independent, and Erwin and Susan's proposal make her feel conflicted, but at the same time there is something heartwarming in her heart. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

So Thorn Flower and more than twenty mercenaries rushed into the tavern to start discussing, while Erwin and Susan left to go outside.

The snow-covered small town of Turbo's hinterland turned a pure white, and the sun shimmered in the sun, and passers-by looked at the young man and woman standing at the door of the tavern with strange eyes.

Listening to the undulating but indistinct voices coming from time to time in the tavern, Susan's thin eyebrows leaned slightly to the middle, and she raised her eyes to stare at Erwin: "Are you really going to work with them?" It would have been a lot more convenient if we had gone to find Rex ourselves. ”

Erwin glanced back, then nodded in acknowledgment of Susan's statement, "yes, if it were just the two of us, it would be easy to go to Rex, but that wouldn't solve anything." ”

Susan tilted her head slightly, the ponytail on her shoulders sliding down with her movements, her amber eyes coming to life in the warm, undazzling morning sun.

She looked at him quizzically

"We could find Rex ourselves, and we could find out if he was a murderer, but in that case, no one would believe us." Erwin explained to Susan, "If we work with these mercenaries, at least they are personally involved in whatever they find, and they will believe it themselves without us trying to prove it." ”

"Do you think this group of people is wrong in their judgment? Rex ...... Is it a homicidal maniac? ”

Susan looked at Erwin with serious eyes, she wanted to know what was really going on in his heart.

Erwin opened his mouth, he thought a lot, if it wasn't for what happened last night, if it wasn't for this group of mercenaries who blocked the door this morning, of course Erwin could pat his chest and say how could that person Rex be a murderer.

But now he can't be sure of that, and although the probability is low, it is not impossible.

"I guess there must have been some misunderstanding." Erwin could only answer Susan with such a vague answer.

Susan was a little dissatisfied, and opened her mouth to say something.

Erwin knew what she was going to ask, and hurriedly stretched out his hand and gently pinched her delicate and smooth cheeks: "Don't ask, I don't know what to do, let's talk about it when the time comes." ”

Susan froze for a moment, as if she didn't expect Erwin to behave so intimately towards her in public, and then shrank back like a frightened little animal, and her cheeks immediately became hot.

Seeing that he was still smiling proudly, he immediately gritted his teeth and raised his foot and kicked him hard in the calf.

But after such a fight, Susan's heart "What are you going to do if it is" can't be asked anyway.

After a while, the mercenaries of Thornflower finally agreed, and Lydia led the way out to Elwin and Susan.

"I accept your offer."

This was a decision they had agreed upon by the Thorn Flower, and although they didn't really trust the two young men, a man and a woman, it was better to have two helpers who were familiar with the murderer than none in this situation where there was nothing to be done.

"Shenhuo Mercenary Group? Strange name. ”

Lydia's heart was now full of curiosity, not only because of the strange name, but also because of the origin of the two young men in front of her.

Although there are many people who create mercenary groups, and many people who have just become mercenaries have such an eager idea, it is very rare for two people to dare to create it, which will definitely be despised and ridiculed by her in the past, but when one of the two of them is a strong person, and the other is unclear, it makes people laugh

"Do you need to discuss the details of employment?" She asked, "We are also a mercenary group, and although we are very considerate of the hard work in the early days of creation, it is impossible to afford too high a price. ”

"Let's postpone these little things, aren't you pressed for time?"

Erwin waved his hand and said, anyway, the so-called employment is just an excuse for him to meddle, but Susan on the side is very concerned, she doesn't want to be so confused about the mercenary group's first business.

Lydia, who was observing the expressions of the two, flashed a flash of surprise in her eyes, although she couldn't see the traces of her emotional loss just now, but her face was still tense.

"Then in order to ensure your sincerity, shall I first tell you about the person you know?"

"There's nothing to say, a man whose strength is not much worse than mine, thoughtful and clear-headed, if you regard him as an enemy, then he is far from his opponent......"

Erwin mercilessly belittled the Thorn Flower Mercenary Group, and when he saw Lydia's face getting more and more ugly, he smiled softly and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, you should be far more than just a mercenary group chasing murderers, right?" ”

Lydia snorted, then nodded reluctantly.

The murderer has made a big splash in the hinterland of Tulbo, and many mercenary groups have already targeted him, and the two knightly nobles who have been killed have caused a riot.

The nobles who owned the territories in the hinterland of Turbo had already united several people, and in addition to sending private soldiers from each territory to hunt down the murderers, they had even raised funds to post bounty announcements.

The bounty of five hundred gold was like a fragrant piece of meat, attracting a crowd of hungry people.

However, because of the extremely strong combat effectiveness of the murderer, there are not many mercenary groups under him, so this group of mercenaries who usually fight separately gathered at this moment and ambushed the murderer once in a small city.

The final result was naturally that the murderer broke through with minor injuries, and the mercenary was the fastest Thorn Flower chasing after him.

Lydia is not without self-knowledge, she knows very well that with her own mercenary group, it is tantamount to a fantasy to want to kill the murderer alone, and her purpose is only to stop the target, and the worst thing is to bite behind her and wait for the arrival of backup.

It's just that I didn't expect that many mercenary groups had been scared by the murderers and didn't dare to continue to participate, and the rest of the backup couldn't catch up for a long time.

"Is there really no way you can find his whereabouts?"

Lydia stared at Erwyn unwillingly, Thornflower lost a lot of people in the ambush murderer's operation, and spent so much effort in pursuit, but in the end, it still couldn't avoid losing all the effort.

Erwin shook his head: "You'd better think about what to do next, I see that your entire mercenary group is sleepy, and there will be no result if you continue to chase, it's better to wait for the backup to arrive, and then discuss the follow-up with them." ”

Although Lydia was unwilling, she lost the trace of the murderer, and they could not continue to chase them because of the lack of numbers, so they could only wait for the arrival of other mercenary groups.

"That's what I'm going to do, so I'll have to find a place to wait for them to come."

"Didn't you discuss where to meet in the first place?"

Lydia didn't answer Erwin's words, but thought for a moment, chose a place in her memory, and then ordered a few mercenaries to inform the other mercenaries who were far behind, as well as the other mercenaries whose thorn flowers had been separated.

Erwin and Susan glanced at each other, not interfering with Lydia's arrangement, since they chose to cooperate with this mercenary group, they could only act together

Lydia chose a small town called Fort Red Pines, not far south of Massawa.

The group quickly left Massawa, and the people of the Thorn Flower Mercenary Regiment each had a horse, so it was no wonder that they would chase the murderer, and change it to the speed of the blood-streaked war horse that others could not catch up with with their two legs.

Lydia didn't continue to stretch her face along the way, and there were a few people in her mercenary group who could talk to Erwin and Susan frequently, openly and secretly trying to find out the origin of the two.

Erwin didn't hide it, there was nothing to hide, and whether it was true or false, a few people chatted happily, and when they arrived at Red Pine Castle, both sides had a great understanding of each other.

Thorn Flower is a very famous mercenary group in the hinterland of Tulbo, with a lot of people, more than eighty people, and the general strength of the members is good, so even if Lydia's strength is not very strong, it still has a place in the mercenary group in the hinterland of Tulbo.

Moreover, Thorn Flower has a lot to do with a big Malaysian businessman, and has cooperated many times, so that he can match each Thorn Flower mercenary with a horse, which has the strength to pursue murderers, and it is unimaginable to change to other mercenary groups.

Erwin didn't expect that Lydia, a seemingly reckless woman, would be able to pull such a mercenary group out of nothing, and he looked at her a few more times on the road, but was glared at a few times instead.

Although it is a small town, it is many times larger than Massawa, and it is also much more prosperous, with its towering walls looking at least as similar to a city

Moreover, the prosperity of commerce is far greater than that of these towns, which can be seen from the caravans coming and going at the city gates.

The arrival of the Thorn Flower Mercenary Regiment caused some nervousness among the soldiers defending the city, but after inquiring clearly, they were relieved to let them enter the Red Pine Castle, obviously having heard of the reputation of Thorn Flower.

After entering Red Pine Castle, Lydia found a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman, but this middle-aged man's attitude towards Lydia was a little strange.

It was well known that mercenaries would always be a head lower in terms of momentum and status when dealing with merchants, but this middle-aged man looked respectful in front of Lydia, and after listening to her commands, he soon found a large courtyard for everyone to use as a place to stay.

Erwin and Susan had been watching silently until they realized that Lydia's identity might be more than just the leader of a mercenary group.

After all, although this woman looks very attractive, has excellent looks and a fiery body, but that is just an appearance, judging from today's contact, it does not look like a woman with any extraordinary wisdom or strategy.

And such a woman can create such a mercenary group with a good reputation and strength, so in addition to luck, there is only the fact that the identity background is not simple.

However, none of this had anything to do with Erwin and Susan, who left the arrangements to the mercenaries and went off to visit Red Pine Castle, leaving the rest of the time to wait for the other mercenaries to arrive.

It didn't take long to wait, and the day after Thornflower arrived at Red Pine Castle, another mercenary group arrived.

This is a mercenary group called Fierce Wolf, and there are quite a few people in more than sixty, but it seems that the overall strength is very average, and most of them are ordinary soldiers.

And their regiment commander Neil is a slightly short and fat middle-aged man, with a round face and a red nose, which looks funny, but his strength is inversely proportional to his appearance, at least he is better than Lydia, and has combat power beyond ordinary elite warriors.

The large courtyard that Lydia found can accommodate a lot of people, and more than 20 mercenaries from Thorn Flower are more than enough to live in with Erwin and Susan, but the mercenaries of the Wolf Mercenary Group are not treated so well, Neil came to deal with Lydia and planned to let Thorn Flower give them some places to live, but they were fiercely refused, so they could only go to a cheap small hotel on the side of the road.

Neil shamelessly left one of his men behind and lived in the courtyard.

This guy can see that he has impure thoughts about Lydia, the royal sister, and has been pestering her since the first day he came, and after hearing about Erwin, he plans to compare with him.

However, Erwin smiled and refused.

The remaining mercenary groups also quickly came to Red Pine Castle, and after removing those who were afraid to quit, there were still seven mercenary groups left, including Thorn Flower.

The reason why these seven mercenary groups have to deal with murderers, most of them are for the bounties posted by those nobles, five hundred gold Xid is not a small amount, even if it needs to be divided by seven mercenary groups, at least it will far exceed the commission remuneration usually accepted.

In addition to the mercenary groups that are rewarded for their rewards, there are also those who come for fame, or who really intend to eliminate harm to the people - for example, the Thorn Flower mercenary group led by Lydia, they themselves have more wealth than ordinary merchants, which can be seen from the good strength of this mercenary group, as well as the sophisticated equipment that surpasses other mercenary groups, and seven hundred gold sid may not be worthy of Thorn Flower who has a horse for each member.

Then the Thorn Flower Mercenary Group intends to kill the murderer, probably for the sake of fame.

Erwin spoke to one of their members, and it was said that Lydia was simply unaccustomed to the rampant murderers, and that it was quite possible that she looked like a city.

And after the seven mercenary groups arrived at Red Pine Fort one after another, hundreds of mercenaries almost caused a misunderstanding among the Red Pine Fort militia group, if it weren't for the fact that these seven mercenary groups all had a certain reputation, I am afraid that they would have been driven out long ago.

It's just that after all seven mercenary groups arrived, but they didn't immediately discuss the follow-up, Elwin asked Lydia, as if she was still waiting for an important person to arrive

However, while waiting, Erwin also knew that the leaders of the seven mercenary groups had actually gathered together without him, but looking at their cautious expressions and sending people to spy on him and Susan, Erwin felt quite funny.

After hearing about what happened to the Thorn Flower Mercenary Group, this group of people originally planned to directly arrest Erwin and Susan, and planned to use torture to ask for news about the murderer, but they were all dissuaded by Lydia, and after knowing that Erwin was a strong man who had entered the gate of the ranks, the voice of wanting to do something to the two of them disappeared immediately.

In real terms, Erwin really couldn't defeat these seven mercenary groups, after all, there were too many of them.

But if he and Susan want to get out of here, these people will definitely not be able to stop the two of them, which is why Erwin dares to come with him, and he will only consider other things when his own safety is guaranteed.

And soon, the important people these people were waiting for also arrived at Red Pine Fort.

Erwin thought it was an important person, but he didn't expect it to be just a group of noble private soldiers with a number of about thirty, and the commanders of the seven mercenary groups were waiting for the captain of this group of private soldiers, a young non-commissioned officer named Blair.

Blair was tall and arrogant, and the leaders of the seven mercenary groups still needed to run to the gate of Red Pine Fort to meet him, full of momentum and arrogance, if he didn't know his identity, he thought that a nobleman with a knighthood came.

Erwin found an opportunity to ask, only to find out that this non-commissioned officer named Blair was not a simple private captain, it was said that the top boss was a middle-level nobleman who owned the territory, and was also one of the nobles who initiated this bounty murderer, and Blair's father was the nobleman's butler, and there was a brother who served as the captain of the hundred-man team in the garrison corps in the hinterland of Turbo.

Looking at it this way, Blair's status is far less than that of some minor nobles, and it is no wonder that the leaders of these mercenary groups are so groveling, after all, the nobles are the high-end class in the pyramids in the world of Elend, and although mercenaries are a military profession, their status is higher than that of civilians at most, and they can't even compare with soldiers.

Not to mention the 500 gold medals that the nobles had bountied, it is said that they are still in the hands of this non-commissioned officer named Blair, such a noble gold lord is naturally an important figure for these mercenary groups.

And after the arrival of Blair's private army, the forces against the murderers in the hinterland of Turbo this time can be regarded as converging.

There are a total of three hundred and fifty-five mercenaries, and although the discipline is not good, the combat effectiveness is at least comparable to that of ordinary soldiers.

Each of the seven regimental commanders has the strength of an elite soldier or above, plus Blair and more than 30 private soldiers.

Such a force would be enough to capture a small town like Red Pine Fort.