"This is the Ice Painting Harbor, and the towns behind it belong to this port, but the towns here can't survive on their own without the port, after all, we are mainly engaged in maritime trade here. A man with his mouth behind three layers of thick scarves didn't even bother to stick out his fingers, just waved his fist in front of him, wrapped in his clothes.

This man is the person in charge of the Mercenary House in the Ice Painting Port of the Kingdom of Kosai, and the people here call him "Mercenary Painter", because he is good at painting portraits, especially those who go to the Mercenary House to receive tasks, he can always remember them, and then draw the appearance of the other party. The portraits of the famous and dead mercenaries would be hung on the walls of the mercenary house, making many mercenaries who walked in there feel uneasy and anxious.

At this time, the few people standing next to this man were none other than Fei De and the captains of the Potato Mercenary Regiment, and they had made a decision after leaving Morning Light City - to reach somewhere in the northernmost part of the Kosai Kingdom first, and experience the northernmost and coldest weather on the continent here. If the people of the Potato Mercenary Regiment can survive in this harshest environment, then they will be considered to have successfully defeated the first enemy.

But apparently, with the exception of Fidel, none of the other captains were prepared.

"Regiment... Head... Let's talk about it in the first house... If I don't move around, I'll probably become an ice sculpture..."Although Noor is from the Kingdom of Kosai, he has never been to such a cold place, so Noor, who is confident and least clothed, is already on the verge of collapse, his head is getting more and more swollen and painful, and he can start to see some ice strands slowly solidifying in his hair.

"Although the scenery here is beautiful, our bodies are not fully adapted, Captain, if we don't leave, we will really freeze to death..."Even Selena, who has the strongest patience, also proposed, and the other captains immediately nodded in agreement, the clothes on their bodies are still the clothes they wore when they first entered the Kosai Kingdom, and they can't withstand this extremely bad weather at all. The person in charge of the mercenary house seemed to be snickering, but his face was hidden behind his scarf.

Fei De is still wearing black armor, but in the black armor is Ayana's intimate clothing sewn by hand using the fur of various animals, Ayana claims that it takes a lot of effort to sew such a cold-proof soft sweater, she has only sewed two pieces after living in the forest for so long, but its ability to resist the cold is very good, one can top three heavy winter clothes.

"Then you go back first," Feder looked at the harbor of Ice Painting, where most of the ships had stopped sailing, "I need to know more about the situation in this port city, you can take me on a walk around here." ”

Although the person in charge of the mercenary house was a little reluctant, he knew who Fei De was, and he had long heard of the reputation of the potato mercenary group. It was rare to encounter Fei De and more than 2,000 mercenaries in such a small port, and he suddenly dreamed of the possibility of making a big profit.

Located in the northwest of the Kingdom of Kosai, the Port of Ice Painting is much more lively in the summer than in the winter, because this place can become a transit port from the Sunrise Plateau to the Republic of Marveil, so that new goods from that plateau will flow through here. But in the winter, it's a different story. The sea surface of the port here will gradually freeze, and the ice situation in previous years is not as severe as this year, which can be easily solved by using existing icebreakers. But this year is different, the icebreakers have been smashed several times, and the ice cubes that are as hard as fine iron are still unharmed, so the most rewarding task in the mercenary house is to chisel the ice, and only by manually chiseling and chiseling those ice blocks can the icebreaker have a chance to play.

The population here is only a little more than 10,000 people, so the potato mercenary group, which has more than 2,000 mercenaries, has instantly become a distinguished guest of the Ice Painting Port. It had only been two days since they arrived, and the daily necessities they had consumed exceeded the amount of mercenaries who had been living in Ice Painting Harbor for a month. This kind of consumption has driven all walks of life here, and people who should have been hiding at home have also stepped out of their homes and done everything that can make a profit.

"Captain Fidel, there's one thing I want to ask clearly. The person in charge of the Mercenary House and Fed walked to the edge of the harbor of Ice Painting, and the two of them could see the ice on the sea in the distance, and they could vaguely see some icebergs in the distance to the north of the harbor. The icebergs and ice shores weren't like that before, they were part of the Ice Painting Harbor, small islands that could live in people, but now those places were covered with thick snow, and they became places where even strong men who were not afraid of the cold could stay.

"Excuse me. ”

"While mercenary groups have the most free choice, and they can choose any place as their base, I would like to know that people like you... Why did the big guys come here, there is no dispute and opportunity here that you want. ”

"Is this a problem that every person in charge of the Mercenary House is worried about?"

"This mainly depends on the strength of the other party," the person in charge of the mercenary house is a head shorter than Field, "Your potato mercenary group is not an ordinary mercenary group, your strength can easily raze this place to the ground, I have no reason not to worry." ”

Fei De had thought of the answer to this question long before he came here, and this answer was not only to the cautious man in front of him, but also to the nobles of the Winter Kingdom who might soon appear, and to the merchants who came here. But no matter who Phyll wants to say, he can't tell him directly, for the sake of the treasures hidden beneath the land.

"We have a private agreement with an important person in the Kingdom of Cose, and he hired us," Fidel knew that another person might come to seek answers, and that person had been recalled to the capital by the Winter Kingdom, "It is a big man who is familiar to the Kingdom of Cose, I can only reveal so much." ”

The person in charge of the mercenary house immediately thought of Fidel's allusion to Ludwig, after all, the achievements of Governor Ludwig in the Duchy of Mageni are obvious to all, and the short-lived alliance between the Winter Kingdom and the Duchy of Mageni also has the presence of the Potato Mercenary Regiment.

The two fell silent, and the person in charge of the mercenary house began to think about how to maximize the benefits for himself and the Ice Painting Port, while Fielder was guessing when Ludwig would come to him, and the other party was the only person Fielder could expect in this cold land, otherwise all that was left was the work of holding a cold shovel and digging up gold and silver treasures underground.

"We will help this port and charge a reasonable fee. Feder added one last sentence, and the head of the Mercenary House nodded slowly, he had little choice but to write to the most powerful nobles in the region immediately.

By the time Fidel returned to his tentative rented house, his men were already carrying plates full of hot water at their feet, and they were eager to put all the parts of their bodies in the hot water, but the hot water would also cool down quickly, and the mercenaries in charge of logistics had to boil the water constantly.

"Regiment... Regiment... Long... Ah, I... I... I... We really... Want... Want... Over here... Winter... Ligu's teeth were shaking and colliding, and the slurred speech he had corrected had reappeared due to the unusually cold weather. The other captains should have made fun of him, but they all kept slapping their cheeks with hot water, otherwise their cheeks would soon be numb from the cold.

It seems that only Fid and Ayana are resistant to the cold, and Ayana is not wearing a special warm clothes like the one Feder wears, she is simply not afraid of the cold, and only needs the right amount of clothes.

"I've communicated with the person in charge of the mercenary house, and there is basically no problem. ”

"No problem means... Even if we use this as a base and dig for treasure elsewhere, won't we alarm the nobles here?"

"Yes, we've come all the way here mainly because of the treasure map that Constable gave us, and if we have those treasures, then we... We can solve any problem!"

Several captains were enduring the bitter cold, and as early as normal times, they would surely start to discuss and express their opinions after Fielder said a simple sentence or two. But not today, not in this place.

The doors and windows were all closed, and the incessant hot water gradually warmed up the room, and most of the captains began to be able to stretch their hands and feet. There were several knocks at the door, and a painting covered by a white cloth was brought in.

"This was sent by the head of the Mercenary House," said the subordinate, "and he said it was for you from Captain Fidel." ”

Lifting the white cloth, the image of Feder standing on the edge of the harbor of Ice Painting Harbor has been remembered by the oil brush. Dressed in black armor, with long black hair and expressionless faces, he was amazed by several of his subordinates who had no knowledge of the art of painting, and even Fei De himself thought that the other party's painting skills were very high.

As soon as Noor tried to take the painting, a note fell from the back of the painting.

"Welcome to the kingdom of Kose, your old friend welcomes you, Ludwig. ”