"By the way, sister, if the blood covenant is terminated because of the failure of the mission, what punishment will we receive?

The woman suddenly laughed. When people laugh, it is often their most beautiful moment, and this front desk woman is no exception. But at this moment, I can feel not her beauty, but only the chill behind that smile. It's the first time I've ever felt like this, and it's so uncomfortable that it doesn't make me shiver.

Noticing my strange expression, the woman at the front desk restrained her smile and said to me, "Little brother, you are so cute." Isn't it not common for people to die in this world! But if you fail the mission, there will be a punishment. But it definitely won't make people pay for their lives, it's just a deduction of some mercenary points in your mercenary order. ”

Seeing the way she said this with a smile, my original relaxed mood had been shattered. At this time, I thought to myself, "It's common for people to die? What kind of world is this? What should I do in the future? Is it safest to stay in the uninhabited mountains and old forests? Is the mood I have always wanted to come out of the wrong place from the beginning?"

After hearing what she said, I fell silent. I didn't say a word of goodbye to the woman at the front desk who took care of me until I left the Mercenary Pavilion. I followed the broken ground with anxiety and walked to the front of nowhere.

It wasn't because she said such a despicable thing about life that she didn't dislike the woman who ignored her before. It's because I'm afraid that if I say something unpleasant to her later, she will kill me mercilessly.

After learning about the world's definition of life, I was completely terrified. I kept my head down and followed the groundbreaking, not daring to look up at the crowd on both sides, for fear that they would have the idea of killing me.

In this world where life is worthless, do I have to become like them to have the right to live? If so, am I still me?

"You don't have to be so afraid. "The groundbreaking that I had been with for a long time clearly saw my fear. It was only after listening to him say this that I finally saw a glimmer of hope for freedom to live in this dangerous world.

He paused for a moment, then said, "It is forbidden to kill people in human settlements like cities in the Longchuan Kingdom. ”

"And it's common for her to talk so much about the dead?" I asked.

"This world respects the strong, and the country also needs the strong to improve its national strength, so this unnecessary law can protect some weak people at most. Under such a fragile social mechanism, even if some of the more arrogant families kill people in the city, the state will only turn a blind eye, let alone in the uninhabited wilderness. ”

When Po Tu finished saying this, he stopped, then turned around and put his hands on my shoulders, looked at me and said, "Stinky boy, I know you pursue freedom, but freedom comes at a price. You have to be strong, strong enough to protect yourself, so that you have the right to pursue what you want, otherwise you will only know nothing. ”

Looking at his eyes with a hint of concern, my heart felt a warmth, and the fear that had penetrated deep into the bone marrow had melted. I was grateful for breaking the ground, but I refused to admit it stubbornly, and said quibly: "Who is scared! I just watched the ground under my feet have been working hard for people to walk on it, and saluting it out of respect for its fearless spirit. ”

Breaking the ground was obviously used to my poor character, and he didn't say anything, but stood up and walked forward. But I noticed that the smile of interest on his face had not faded as he got up and walked forward.

Seeing his smile, I couldn't help but blush, and thought to myself, "What a shame." Then he quickly changed the topic and asked, "Old fellow, what kind of task are you taking?"

Breaking ground replied, "I'm on a D-class escort mission. ”

"Escort missions are so low-level?" I asked, surprised.

Breaking ground said: "That's not it, most of the escort tasks are with employers, so in the process of carrying out tasks, mercenaries not only have to protect the employer's goods, but also protect the employer and his companions, so the task level of this kind of mission is generally between A and C." But..."

"But what? don't you keep talking to me?" I said eagerly.

There was a hint of doubt on Po Earth's face, and then he said, "I don't really care about the mission level of this mission. I chose this quest mainly because of the way, and the food for the mercenaries during the escort mission is mainly provided by the employer, so we won't go hungry. However, the starting place for this mission is the town's Hatsuhara Chamber of Commerce, which is a bit unreasonable. ”

"I've heard a little about this Chuyuan Chamber of Commerce, and it should be considered the number one organization in Chuyuan Town. With such a rich and powerful organization, it should have its own escort team, so why would it go to the Mercenary Pavilion to send out missions? And it is the lowest D-level? This is a bit unreasonable. ”

"Old fellow, you see you're just scared and worried? What do rich people like to do, let's just collect money and do things, and do so much else?" I said in a big voice.

Seeing that I was heartless, Po Ground shook his head helplessly, and then said, "I hope I'm too hearty." ”

Although Chuyuan Town is called a town, because it is the hometown of the founding emperor of Longchuan Kingdom, after the expansion of this town, both the scale of the town and the degree of prosperity are no less than some small and medium-sized cities. Because of this, I walked for half a day with the groundbreaking, and I also reached my destination on the edge of the town.

Since we only arrived in Hatsuhara Town in the evening, it took a long time to spend in the town, and it was already late when we walked out of the Mercenary Pavilion, so on our way to the Hatsuhara Chamber of Commerce, everyone returned home, and the shops closed one after another. Until the end of the whole street, there were only two thin figures left of me and Po Soil.

Although I have been walking at night for the past three months, I can't help but feel a strong sense of loneliness when I see people coming home.

This loneliness choked my panic. In order to calm my feelings, I began to ask the ground "have you arrived?" and "have you arrived?" to make sure that there was someone next to me, although he didn't reply to me.

It wasn't until I asked N times that Breaking Ground finally responded, only to see him point in one direction and say, "That blue light is." ”

As he walked towards the blue light, he carefully looked at the buildings inside the blue light. I saw that the glowing thing turned out to be the courtyard wall of the four walls of a mansion. The walls were made of unknown jade, and although it was dark at night, the pale blue light of the jade was shining around the house.

Against the backdrop of this light, the mansion in front of me seems to be dressed in a gorgeous coat, full of nobility.

I didn't know the words on the plaque in the mansion, but the courtyard wall outside was enough to shock me for a while. But when I came back to my senses, I suddenly thought of something wrong, and said, "Old fellow, are we in the wrong place?" Although the walls of this courtyard look like they were decorated by rich people, they don't look like places for doing business! ”

Breaking the ground said: "This is the mansion of the president of the Chuyuan Chamber of Commerce, let's sleep here tonight." ”