Chapter 12 Liaison Stations
This is the best city, this is the worst city, this is Sword Edge, a city that has gone from legend to reality.
Once upon a time, a city called Blade City, a teenager from a poor background, a miserable background, desolate encounters, and other tragedies, these three points have become the most popular opening elements of Pavatiga's most popular call and knight. It can be said that the name Jianfeng City appears most frequently in all kinds of fairy tales and legends, from humans to dragons, from the sky to the deep sea, from nobles to commoners, almost every intelligent creature grew up listening to the name of Jianfeng City, everyone in their youth has dreamed of Jianfeng City, fantasized about wielding a sword for their dreams here, and finally became a world-renowned hero.
This is not without reason.
Ever since the mercenary kings joined forces to establish the city of Blade, this great city in the heart of Pavatiga, not governed by any country, has become an iconic presence of power against power, individual against group, and has always stood tall.
In the pioneering era, the nine mercenary groups of Jianfeng City attacked in four ways, helping sixteen cities to plant the heart of the city in the wilderness, and made an indelible contribution to the expansion of the living range of intelligent creatures. In the chaotic era, the Seven Lords of Jianfeng, in a fit of rage, declared war on thirty-two neighboring countries at the same time, cleansing the world with blood and fire, so that the surrounding civilians were not plagued by war for a hundred years, and this history has always been talked about.
As for the smaller heroic deeds, there are countless of them. For example, a heroic boy with a deep blood feud practiced incognito in Jianfeng City, and finally became a generation of legends to take revenge and hate by the way, and drifted away with a beautiful lover, like an innocent girl who was oppressed by her husband's family when she met someone, and had to flee to Jianfeng City, and then met the domineering mercenary captain and the death and life of the two loves, similar legends and stories filled the bedside and bookshelves of boys and girls.
This large city established by mercenaries, maintained by mercenaries, and managed by mercenaries carries the dreams of mercenaries, and in the past four thousand years, at least three hundred large-scale mercenary groups with world-class influence have walked out of Jianfeng City, and at least one hundred heroes who have caused a sensation in Pavadiga have started from Jianfeng City.
People revere heroes and worship heroes, the more peaceful times are, the more so, people regard the stories of heroes as their spiritual sustenance, and fantasize that one day they can be admired by thousands of people like heroes, but people don't know that heroes will also be chased and killed by the tavern owner from the east gate of the city to the west gate because of eating the overlord meal, and they will also be beaten by beautiful women because of indecent manners.
"Haha, brother, you really hate it, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes. Lisa, who deepened the mystery by covering her body in a travel cloak, couldn't help but punch Shuer in the back a few times, "It's okay to eat the overlord meal, what's the matter with indecent beauties?"
"What if there is a hero who can't walk when he sees a beautiful woman, can't open his eyes every morning without hitting his chest three times, and can't sleep at night without pillowing his thighs. Shuer said solemnly, "Although the probability is very low, it is ......."
"But that's perverted, pure pervert. Lisa said disgustedly, "If there is really that kind of person, I am afraid that before he can become a hero, he will be beaten to death by others." ”
"What if someone has a big life, such as some kind of bug that has been around for 200 million years. ”
The place where the brother and sister let out their words was not in this legendary Sword Edge City, but in the Temple of the Gods.
Originally, Jianfeng City occupied the center of Pavatiga, and the surrounding other countries were afraid of the powerful mercenary forces of Jianfeng City, so they didn't dare to extend their tentacles into the sphere of influence of Jianfeng City. Of course, it is also because the closer they get to the central part of Pavatiga, the more chaotic the energy environment becomes, the more ferocious the demonic beasts become, and the surrounding countries are happy to have such a city to help them stabilize their borders.
This continued until the end of the Age of Chaos and the establishment of the Temple of the Gods.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, or some kind of unknown deal, the Temple of the Gods...... It happened to be built not far from Jianfeng City.
The closest distance in a straight line is eighty kilometers.
Since then, the prosperity of Blade City has begun to increase exponentially.
The caravans coming and going to the Temple of the Gods, the pilgrims preparing to leave, the gods and priests of the brigades, these people who want to travel through the wilderness must turn to excellent mercenaries, and the most convenient place for hiring is naturally the Sword Edge City next door. As a result, Jianfeng City, which originally only had mercenaries and merchants, prospered overnight, and both those who were ready to spend money and those who were ready to make money continued to pour into Jianfeng City as a destination.
However, these clients are all sources of instability after all, and the real partners of the mercenaries in Sword Edge City are still those priests.
High priesthood of the Temple of the Gods.
The most convenient function of the Temple of the Gods for the High Priesthood is a transit station. The upper echelons of the temples, which are transported directly from the main halls of the temples all over the world, to the temples of the gods as a transit point to travel to their destinations, is already a way for the priests to get around, not only saving a lot of time, but also avoiding more dangers. However, relying on the power inside the temple alone, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the priests to safely cross the wilderness to reach their destination, and this is when professional mercenaries are needed.
The safest protection, the most intimate service, and the most reliable professional ethics, the mercenaries of Sword Edge City are simply the best partners of the clergy, and for thousands of years, they have maintained a very pleasant cooperative relationship, and every clergy who sets off from the Temple of the Gods likes to hire one or even several mercenary groups of Sword Edge City.
Therefore, after negotiation, Jianfeng City simply set up a tavern outside the Temple of the Gods as a liaison station, so that customers could place tasks more conveniently.
That's right, a liaison station outside the city.
In the world of Pavatiga, it is very dangerous to leave the protection of the heart of the city, all kinds of terrible disasters will befall at any time, only the poor people who are desperate will live outside the city, facing the danger of dying every minute, if possible, no one will want to live in the threat of death all day long.
Except for the mercenaries who are like madmen.
These outlaws, who relied on swords and shields to fight with nature, laughed and danced wildly in blood and fire, but put the liaison station outside the city, not only did they have constant trouble, but their employers had to be afraid every time they went in and out, for fear that they would be too lucky and encounter something they liked.
For example, this scene that Shul and Lisa are experiencing now.
"Bang", as soon as the two of them reached the door of the liaison station, the door of the tavern took the initiative to open, and a person flew out of it, slashed in front of the two of them, and fell to the ground with a bang, raising a cloud of dust.
The brother and sister, holding hands, watched a large living person fly through the air with expressionless faces, until the dust was raised, and the two waved their hands in front of them with the same action to drive away the dust, and continued to try to enter the liaison station.
"Whoosh". The attempt was in vain, and another man flew out, screaming in mid-air, and smashed on the first victim.
"Hahahaha. Rough laughter emanated from the tavern, accompanied by the cheers of the crowd and the clashing of weapons, and it didn't take a brain to know what chaos was going on inside.
"Alas. Shure sighed and made a third attempt to walk into the liaison station.
Undoubtedly, failed again.
This time it was not one person who flew out, but five or six, five or six bruised and swollen guys, rolling on the ground in front of the tavern, wailing and screaming enough to make the listener sad and the listener weep.
Raising his eyebrows, Shuer's face sank, in front of Lisa, you dare to be so faceless, you violent maniacs are not small.
With a few sneers, Shuer suddenly raised his voice and shouted into the door: "Alarm, alarm, Warcraft approach alert, danger level 2.7, number nine, speed 8.5, correction, correction, danger level increased to 2.5." ”
"Bang la, blah", there was a sudden chaos in the tavern, and in the blink of an eye, more than twenty heavily armed men and women poured out from inside, each of them was covered in alcohol, and their eyes were shining, and they had a fierce and vicious expression.
"Where, where, where is the Warcraft?"
"X, you are not allowed to rob the old lady, the old lady's sword has not been stained with blood for several days. ”
"In the name of the Lord, do you mad woman want to taste the fist that represents the will of my Lord?"
"X, get out of the way of Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu's axe doesn't recognize people. ”
"May, Hall".
"Boom", the flame of magic exploded directly.
Before the monster was seen, this group of madmen was already about to fight, and it is estimated that there are really monsters coming, and when they see this group of murderous guys, they will also be scared away.
Shrugging at Lisa, Shul finally walked in unhindered as if he had done nothing, leaving a group of mercenaries whose brains had been burned by alcohol to solve their own problems at the door.
"Welcome to the light...... Hey, it's a priest of Shuer. "It's still normal in the tavern, and of course, you have to ignore the glass shards in the middle. Moreover, almost all the tables and chairs are brand new, what does that mean, or don't delve into it.
In addition, everything is normal in the tavern, well, the abnormal ones are outside the door, only seven or eight tables of guests are scattered in the hall, with a bored look, two mustaches on his mouth, and a thin bartender who is becoming more and more like a mouse, is standing in the bar and wiping it hard, and when he sees a guest coming in, he just shows a professional smile, but when he sees the other party's appearance clearly, he immediately changes his face.
"We're closed, we won't be accepting new guests today, please come back. ”
"You know what, gutter rats. Shuer took his sister's hand, his face was full of a holy smile, but at some point, he had already held up a chair, "Your boss is actually a very generous person, if I, as a client, accidentally hurt you too impulsively, for the sake of the client's identity, your boss will not pursue it." ”
"Bang", the rat-like man slapped on the bar, "I was wrong, guest, what do you command?" ”