"Ouch! I said, why do you have to hold a meeting in this cold and damp castle every time..."Shining flames, silver flowers, the gentle young mercenary leader Orlando changed into a light blue dress, a white top hat on his head, and looked out the window with a dissatisfied face.

"It's still sunny outside the window, why is it cold and damp?" Reese, the leader of the widow's mercenary group, gently patted Orlando on the shoulder, signaling that the other party should not be too picky, and that it would be fine.

In this mysterious huge fortress, several leaders of the mercenary union have gathered again to prepare for a meeting. They sat down at the crimson stone table, waiting for the latecomers to the meeting.

"When will Toya arrive?" Reese looked at the mediocre-looking communicator, who was very humble, looking down at the document in his hand, his eyes never moving around. And the leader of the widow mercenary group, Reese, mentioned Toya, is one of the leaders of the mercenary guild - the leader of the Blue Flame mercenary group.

The original nine mercenary groups were the Widow Mercenary Group, the Demon Eye Mercenary Group, the Holy Spirit Mercenary Group, the Guinea Pig Mercenary Group, the Blue Flame Mercenary Group, the King's Knight Mercenary Group, the Beautiful Man Mercenary Group, Emily's Crying Mercenary Group and the Funeral Mercenary Group. Since the MONOCULUS mercenary group has been completely wiped out, there are now only eight mercenary groups left in the mercenary union.

"The guy who was late really shouldn't be, he didn't come last time, and he was late this time when he said he was coming!" Orlando glanced at the others, besides Reese, there was also the pillar priest who didn't say a word. He had completely forgotten that he was the one who was late for the last meeting, and he was really forgetful.

And Birel, the leader of the guinea pig mercenary group who had attended the meeting before, heard that he had gone to the battlefield between the Kosai Kingdom and the East Oguna Empire in the north, and was assisting the army of the East Oguna Empire to plunder the local treasures of the Winter Kingdom. Emily's Weeping Mercenary Regiment traveled to the newly discovered land of Sunrise Plateau early on, where they expanded their mercenary careers - to protect the Clearers, or to assist them in fighting other Clearers and plundering their first resources.

Marven of the Knight Mercenary Regiment is out of town, and the MONOCULUS Mercenary Regiment has also been removed from the Mercenary Guild, so only four mercenary group leaders were called to this meeting - Emily's Crying Mercenary Regiment Leader will be invited, but basically will not appear, and the Funeral Mercenary Regiment is the most special, never inviting the head of the regiment to any meeting, as if this mercenary group is not one of the nine mercenary groups.

"The Blue Flame Mercenary Group, the Beautiful Youth Mercenary Group, the Widow Mercenary Group, and—" The communicator counted the number of people while counting his fingers in a low voice, while thinking about the leader who was invited this time, "There is also the Holy Spirit Mercenary Group, all of them are here." ”

The obsessive-compulsive and shy servant nodded slightly, and then took the letter from the president of the mercenary guild to him on the table, ready to deliver the message.

"Toya hasn't—" Reese could speak when the door to the conference hall was pushed open. A man dressed in coarse cloth walked in, and the most striking feature of him was not the moustache on his mouth, but a long sword on his back.

"Sorry, I'm late. "This poor swordsman who seems to be wandering around is Toya, the leader of the Blue Flame Mercenary Regiment. Toya is forty years old, his long sword slender and protected by a wooden scabbard. The mercenaries of the mainland all know this "Blue Flame Sword" called Toya - a long sword that can envelop the body of the sword with blue flames. Some say it's magic, others say it's the highest level of enchantment, but Toya's superb swordsmanship and the Blue Flame Sword, which can melt away all other iron weapons, do earn Toya a lot of praise.

"It's okay, it's better to be late than never, and it's better not to be there than not to be invited. "Reese of the Widow Mercenary Regiment is talking about the leaders of the other two mercenary groups - Emily's Crying Mercenary Regiment Leader always ignores the mercenary union's meeting invitations, and the funeral mercenary group is never invited here.

Before Toya sat down, he looked at the mercenary flags nailed to the wall, now there were only eight left, and the banners of the MONOCULUS mercenary group had been removed, and there were no new ones on them.

"Aren't Birrell and Malvern here?" Toya looked around and realized that he only had four captains, and in addition to the other two "special" mercenary groups, it was supposed that six commanders should be present for this important meeting.

"I'm busy. Orlando said angrily.

The communicator interrupted the other regiment leaders and began to speak: "There are still three expected things this time, but the focus is on unexpected things. The communicator said as he opened the document given to him by the president of the mercenary union.

Toya looked like a farmer, but he listened more carefully than the others to the communicator. Orlando and Reese were absent-minded, and no one could tell any of the emotions behind his face as the Pillar Priest looked.

"One of the weapons of life, the Crossbow of Mockery, was brought to the Riverland by Juan, the son of the Purple Lady, Amsol, the second prince of the Kingdom of Salins, really wanted to annex the Papal States, and the Eastern Oguna Empire had united to resist foreign enemies. The three things that the messenger said were clearly written in black and white in the document, and the person who wrote the letter seemed to have a very large intelligence network and saw all the big and small things on the mainland. However, the head of the union who was hiding in the shadows, the leaders of the mercenary union did not know his true identity, only that the other party was strong.

Toya asked with a serious expression, "So Marven has already captured the Crossbow of Mockery?"

"No, but we might get it later," Reese replied, "I heard that those guys in the Church Alliance are very weak, and if it weren't for our Deputy Head Marvin, it would probably be wiped out by the lord of a place, hahaha!"

The communicator nodded, and he continued, "There was only one thing that the master didn't expect, and that was the news that I received it yesterday - Windmill City had been captured by Sloman's navy. ”

The pillar priest twitched his eyelids, which had been sewn up by the wire, and Orlando pulled on his white top hat as if to show his condolences.

"After the Eastern Oguna Empire has become so powerful after its internal unity, it seems that the old man of Hollow is really not to be underestimated. "The leader of the widow mercenary group, Reese, used to make money in the territory of the Oguna Empire, and by the way, those widows who lost their husbands were included in the group, and now the civil strife between the two Oguna Empires has made her have a lot of family members of the imperial soldiers.

"Isn't that guy named Count Orange Peel already defended? How can he be Sloman...", the beautiful man Orlando pouted, he didn't want to see the situation fall out of balance so quickly.

The communicator continued: "The master has noticed that the current situation has been changed by some other forces, and the original plan may have more variables, so the master has conveyed some things to the heads of the regiment through me. ”

"What does the president tell us to do?" Toya still looked serious, as if a mountain was about to come down.

"The master hopes that you will step up your efforts to support the forces in the place where you are located, if the civil war in the empire is really completely out of balance, then our mercenary union will step up and let everything get back on track," the communicator still didn't dare to raise his head to speak, like a timid child, "and nominate a suitable mercenary group as soon as possible to fill the position of the MONOCULUS mercenary group." ”

"I, Birrell and Reese have already provided a list of mercenary groups that we think are suitable, why are we looking for him..."Orlando then spoke to the messenger, but Toya interrupted him.

"I've read the list you provided, those mercenary groups are either not strong or overlap with the place where our existing mercenary group is located, you must know that the Demon Eye mercenary group has been in the Winter Country, so we should also look for the mercenary group in the Winter Country as a supplement. ”

The communicator nodded, it seems that this is the real reason why the mercenary groups that seem to be suitable were not selected.

"In my opinion, why don't you think about cultivating our forces in the Marveil Republic?" Reese suggested, "Although the Moon Shield Mercenary Group has become a garbage mercenary group that year, wouldn't cultivating our forces and then getting rid of him also make some of us here and the Guild Leader happy?"

When Orlando and Toya heard this, they both said they had a point. The communicator pondered for a moment, and then said, "I will convey the meaning of the captains to the master, and the control of the Winter Kingdom will be managed by the head of Orlando and the head of Reese for the time being. ”

The Pillar Priest suddenly spoke, and said in a hoarse voice, "The old man is against the president's opinion, and we must destroy Golia as soon as possible. ”