"Lord Xiao Chen, this is the area where the mercenaries gather. "Mr. Ines, Baron Goya's butler, accompanied Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng into an area located on the west side of the outer city of Suero. Because the mercenary group is equal to trouble, the city lord specially set aside an area and stuffed these guys who fight and drink all day long.

For the sake of insurance, Xiao Chen specially visited Baron Goya before going to recruit mercenaries, and learned in detail about the situation of mercenaries in the city and some common practices of hiring mercenaries. The baron not only recommended several mercenaries, but also generously asked Mr. Ines to accompany them.

When Xiao Chen asked about Kalanda, Baron Goya showed a strange and ambiguous smile and said: "That's a rose made of steel, countless nobles and mercenaries with ideas have been pricked in their hands, and some of them may hurt for a lifetime." ”

"That beautiful woman named Kalanda you mentioned lives here?" Chen Hansheng waved his hand in front of his nose, ", this is really a good place to arrange flowers." ”

The neighborhood where the mercenaries gather is even more filthy than the shop area. The faint smell of feces and urine lingered in the air, and the ground was covered with mud puddles of various strange colors. If the inner city is an angular gem, the shopping district is like a pile of rocks, and here it is a mud of indescribable shape.

Xiao Chen and the three of them walked along the dirt road, and there were a few mercenaries around them, just idle. There are those who chat and fart, those who push and shove, those who lean against the doorpost to bask in the sun, and those who sneak to Xiao Chen's side.

Xiao Chen was very glad that he was wearing a serious set of mage robes today, which seemed to have an invisible deterrent power, which made the expressions of many mercenaries show awe.

"A few of you, bring all your heads here, and say that business has come to the door. In particular, if anyone knows Kalanda, let me know. The employer named her. Ines commanded a few of the half-sized boys who came over. These dirty little guys are usually the eyes of various mercenary groups, and when they heard Ines say this, they immediately rushed forward to report the news.

Ines looked around, changed into a respectful expression and said to Xiao Chen, "My lord, those rough blanks here are made like a pigsty. Let's go and wait for them in the open space in front of us, it's a big place, and the smell is much better. ”

Xiao Chen didn't pay attention to them at all, and when they walked inside, two people were nesting in the corner of an alley to observe them.

"One mage, two ordinary people. Wood, this is our chance. A small, green-haired girl whispered. The girl's short hair was hastily tied with a gray cloth, and she wore trousers, a shirt, a waistcoat, and a short knife at her waist.

"Cats, we shouldn't mess with mages, my mom said mages eat people. The answer was a somewhat dumb-headed strong man, who was nearly two meters tall, and his arms were thicker than the girl's waist. He wore a shabby short, and didn't carry any weapons, but if you looked at it, you could see that when it really started, the big fist was far more useful than a pair of meteor hammers.

"Don't talk about your dead mother, now you follow me, I have the final say. You just have to do what I say. Seeing that the strong man didn't react, she said angrily: "He doesn't eat people." ”

The strong man looked at her with a look of disbelief, although he didn't say anything, but he made the girl angry, and she roared: "If you want to eat, you will eat me, you look like you have rough skin and thick meat, can he gnaw it?"

The strong man's eyes rolled up, he thought for a moment, and grinned.

"Alas, wood, do you remember the course of action I said earlier?"

"Uh...... Well...... , I hit you, all the time. The strong man touched his head and squeezed out these two sentences.

"Naturally, I'm such an idiot to take you out. The girl covered her face with her hands and wailed in despair, and with a kick of her legs, she ran like a rabbit to the strong man's body, and when she turned over, she straddled his shoulders, clamped her legs, and pulled him by the hair, and said, "I repeat, you are chasing me, not beating me! Swing your fist and make a show, but don't knock me down!

The strong man was pulled and grinned, but he didn't even dare to say anything, and nodded vigorously.

Then no one paid attention to it and said nothing. Know~Dao~has~~"

"Know...... Know...... Oops. The strong man replied with a pained expression.

The girl let go of his straw hair, rolled backwards to the ground, and ran to the corner to check again. Seeing that Xiao Chen and the others had slowly moved away, she turned around and patted the big man's thick legs, "Follow me, let's take a shortcut." ”

The open space that Ines mentioned was actually a place that the mercenaries themselves opened up to practice martial arts. The open space was the size of more than half a football field, and when they walked there, many mercenaries were there to exercise or practice fighting.

A few of them sat down on the stones at the edge of the clearing, waiting for the arrival of the mercenary leaders.

Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng were quickly attracted by two mercenaries not far away who were fighting with knives. The two mercenaries were of comparable stature, one was holding a long sword and the other was holding a scimitar, and the ping-pong was very lively. A large group of mercenaries watched around, sometimes shouting loudly, sometimes scolding.

"Lao Chen, I heard that you are very good at fighting, see what the level of those two is?"

"The sword is very powerful, but not flexible enough, and the one who uses the sword is half a point stronger than him. ”

"What if you go against them?"

"This?" Chen Hansheng smiled, "I'm not afraid of the two combined." ”

"How does it compare to our convoy?"

Chen Hansheng frowned and said: "Except for Ji Yijun's kid and Ye Zi's girl, the others, who are from the army, are estimated to be able to fight one-on-one with bayonets, and student soldiers, at least in groups of five, with long weapons, to form a tactical formation, in order to fight." ”

Soon, the mercenary with the scimitar sold a flaw, let the opponent slash with a sword, and use his strength to use the old, and then with a cut of the scimitar, he cut a wound on the opponent's thigh, and then slashed back with the knife, and the hand holding the sword was cut off from the wrist.

Blood spurted wildly, and the mercenary suddenly couldn't support it, and fell to his knees and screamed loudly.

Xiao Chen, who had never seen such a bloody scene, felt a tense in his heart, and couldn't help but breathe shortly.

"I take back what I just said, if these mercenaries are so ruthless, the five guards will probably be driven away by the other party alone. Chen Hansheng said depressedly.

"It's okay, as long as we spend money, these ruthless people are on our side. Xiao Chen comforted with a pale face.

"Hey. These guys, who make things every day, have finally done a good thing and given us a good opportunity. The girl who was in the crowd muttered.

She picked up a stone, threw it at the opposite side of the circle of onlookers without looking, and when she threw it, she shouted in a rough voice: "Die, fools of the Storm Bear Mercenary Regiment, don't try to go out upright if you hurt us." Everybody beat them. ”

Then she gave the "wood" a look, and the strong man gently stepped forward, and two onlookers were pushed out of the crowd with their teeth and claws, and fell on the guy who had just won, and the mercenary who was still enjoying the joy of victory was unprepared, and was pounced on the mud.

The audience on the opposite side was naturally not easy to bully, and a one-eyed man with a fierce expression rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "The people of the Iron Axe Regiment are cheating, give it to me, beat them flat!"

For a while, the field was in chaos, and at least fifty or sixty people were doing it in a daze. The girl smiled slyly, grabbed a handful of ash from the ground and wiped it on her face, and shouted to the strong man, "Come after me." He ran straight to Xiao Chen's side.

Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng couldn't help but get nervous when they saw the mercenaries fighting in groups for no apparent reason. The mercenaries each had their own friends to help, and soon almost everyone in the audience was involved in the fight. After a while, Xiao Chen and the others were surrounded by figures in the fight, which put them in a dilemma.

"These damn rough blanks. The lord of the castle should have put them all in prison and starve them for a month. "The old butler Ines can't do anything about these people except complain.

"Xiao Xiao, stand behind me. We slowly moved towards the exit. Chen Hansheng picked up a branch and blocked Ines and Xiao Chen behind him.

At this moment, a short figure ran over while shouting for help, and behind her was a strong man who made Chen Hansheng's scalp tingle.

Chen Hansheng picked up a wooden stick and wanted to stop the figure, but she lowered her head to avoid it, and then the strong man stepped over, followed by the figure of the little man, and broke the stick with a punch.

"What a force!"

The little man obviously regarded Xiao Chen and the three of them as an obstacle to block his fist, and walked around Xiao Chen and them, while the big man chased after her, as if he was playing hide and seek.

"Here's what's going on. Chen Hansheng dodged his fists in embarrassment, and several moves did not catch the lightning-fast little man, nor did he hurt the thick-skinned big man.

Xiao Chen was also strange, he obviously dodged to the side, but the little man always came to him. Something was wrong with this person, Xiao Chen instinctively thought, and when he looked at the big face again, that person didn't have the hideousness when chasing and killing others, but a smirk like a game.

In public, there is only one kind of person who sneaks around others, thieves!

As soon as he thought of this section, Xiao Chen touched his waist, it was empty, and the money bag wrapped in his clothes was gone. At this time, Chen Hansheng and Ines also shouted in unison, "My money!"

Xiao Chen turned his head anxiously to see that the thief turned into a black shadow and passed by Chen Hansheng's waist, holding three bulging money bags in his hands. Chen Hansheng turned around to chase, but was hit by the big man who followed him, and immediately flew to the side.