154. An unexpected reaction
Maybe Lin Jue doesn't come to this sycamore bar very often, and it's not even as many times as he goes to the Big Banyan Tree Restaurant in Dawning City, but it's all opened by the same people, and the rules for wanting to come to the two are similar.
Lin Jue glanced at the naughty little hamster in Lin Yue's hand with disgust, and then silently waited for the dishes to be served, according to the dining habits in the Big Banyan Tree Restaurant, sure enough, the elf waiter was the first to put on the table was the drink he ordered-mead.
In the spring and winter seasons, the weather is still cold, but Lin Jue doesn't care about this, his cup is full of ice.
He lifted his big glass and took a sip of it, exhaling with it. According to Lin Jue's words, if you drink a drink without ice cubes, it is better to drink boiled water.
Once people are idle, they will always think of some strange things, no, at this time, Lin Jue couldn't help but think that the restaurant opened by the gentle elf would actually use such a rugged big cup?
He glanced around the store and got a rough idea of the problem.
There were not only humans in the store, but also elves, dwarves, or some adventurers of other races, and in front of everyone, almost all of them were big cups like Lin Jue's hands, full of various drinks.
Only the guests of the elf clan were exceptional, and in front of them were translucent crystal cups that were less than a finger high, very small and exquisite, and indeed worthy of the character of the elves.
It seems that the reason why the elves prepare such cups is to cater to the habits of guests of other races.
Lu Haoyue smiled and said, "It's the first time I've seen the Governor so easily in the past few days. ”
Lin Jue exhaled heavily, put the cup on the table, lay on the chair, and enjoyed the refreshing coolness.
He sat in front of the bar door, and he leisurely looked at the door, at the pavement, or at the various customers entering and exiting the bar, and smiled: "Haven't I always been so relaxed?"
Lu Haoyue shook her head: "This is not necessarily, in the past few days, I have not seen you keep chanting the words 'mercenary group', chattering in the office every day, as if you have lost your soul, I have a headache when I hear it." ”
Hearing this, Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, and then thought carefully about the recent state, as if this was really the case.
"Alas, I didn't pay attention to it if you didn't say it. Lin Jue sighed lightly: "This can't be helped, you see, after such a long time, there has been no progress at all in the recruitment of mercenary groups." ”
"I don't know what happened to these mercenaries who are not afraid of the sky and the earth on weekdays, one by one, is it difficult that this mission is too dangerous, so no one dares to go?"
"No, I have raised the bounty several times, and they all say that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, no matter what, someone should try it, but there is not a mercenary group, not even an idle single soldier. ”
Lu Haoyue shook her head and said, "I said, Lin Jue, didn't you notice?"
"Notice what?" Lin Jue looked at Lu Haoyue suspiciously and asked.
"Didn't you notice that there are a lot of mercenaries in Phoenix recently?"
The puzzled look on Lin Jue's face became even thicker, obviously, he didn't understand what Lu Haoyue's words meant.
Lu Haoyue sighed helplessly, she almost forgot that the governor opposite was a dead house, expecting him to notice these details, it was better to expect 'Xiao Cang' (Lin Jue's name to the hamster) to speak.
In fact, the reason why these mercenaries are reluctant to take on this task, Lu Haoyue still knows a little, at least it has nothing to do with the level of the bounty, she just wants to use this sentence to let Lin Jue analyze the reason carefully, and stop worrying about the amount of the bounty.
Lin Jue shrugged his shoulders and asked suspiciously: "So what? Since there are many mercenaries, there should be someone to take over this task, right?"
When Lu Haoyue heard this, she almost choked on the mead she had just drunk in her mouth.
"That's not what I meant...... Alas, forget it. Lu Haoyue shook her head helplessly, at least Lin Jue's words had no problem with logic at all, and she didn't bother to refute them.
Seeing that Lu Haoyue no longer continued to speak, Lin Jue also kept silent, and instead observed the guests coming and going in the bar, while Lin Yue continued to play with the little hamster in his hand in the farthest seat.
Lin Jue found that since she had this pet, she had become a lot lazier, not at all like before, like a little secretary, following him all day long to listen to him, and now she hides alone all day long, teasing this little guy, and only when it is time to eat, will she come over to say hello.
Feeling these changes, Lin Jue couldn't help but sigh, and at this time, he remembered some things at home before.
I remember that when Lin Jue was still in junior high school, he picked up a puppy on the way out of school, the dog was very young, and he didn't have the ability to forage for food by himself, so it was estimated that he was abandoned by his owner, and he was hiding next to the garbage heap, dying of hunger.
At that time, Lin Jue was still young, and his sympathy was overflowing, so he hesitated again and again, but still hugged him back.
When his mother saw this scene, she was naturally unwilling, so Lin Jue hurriedly threw the dog away, frowning, and threatening: "Let me tell you, there can only be one animal left in this family." ”
The young Lin Jue stubbornly kept the dog, and only half a year later, when Lin Jue remembered this scene again, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It turns out that I am the one who can't stay." ”
Touching the scene, Lin Jue looked at Xiao Cang, and sighed in his heart: "It seems that not only on the earth, but even in another world, the same people are not as good as dogs...... No, people are not as good as rats. ”
Just as he was thinking about it, Lin Jue suddenly felt that he was patted on the shoulder.
He was startled and turned his head to see that it was Gloria's sister, Gerhia.
"I said who it was, and I was shocked. ”
Gerthia smiled and asked, "Your Excellency, can I sit here?"
Lin Jue nodded lightly, indicating that he could.
After Gelhia sat down, Lin Jue asked, "What's the matter?" Miss Gelhia also has such a leisurely mood, can she come here for a drink?"
I saw Gerthia shook his head, glanced at the huge wine glass in Lin Jue's hand, sighed softly, and pouted and complained: "Such a wine glass, it can't be said to be a drink, besides, how can I have that leisure, I have to come here to work at night, Lord Governor, for the sake of my hard work, don't you plan to pay me double my salary?"
"Work?" Hearing Gerxia's words, Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, he remembered that Gerhiya was the deputy head of the Dragon Mercenary Group, and her daily work, in addition to dealing with the research and development of steam engines and the manufacture of firearms, also had to manage the branch of the Dragon Mercenary Group in Phoenix.
Although she only manages a branch in Phoenix, after all, it is a branch of an A-class mercenary group, and even if there are many people who share the work of the branch for her, the affairs here are still huge and complicated, and she has to stay up late every day to deal with a large number of affairs.
"Dragon Mercenary Regiment?"
Thinking of this, Lin Jue couldn't help but laugh.
The three of them all looked at Lin Jue suspiciously, obviously not understanding why he suddenly laughed.
Lin Jue laughed at himself: "Why didn't I think about it? Isn't there a deputy head of an A-class mercenary group here? Why did I go to all the trouble to issue a mercenary mission, just come to you directly?"
As soon as she heard Lin Jue's words, Ge Xiya immediately became interested, and said in surprise: "Your Excellency the Governor has a task to entrust the Crazy Dragon Mercenary Group? Then you really chose the right one, let me tell you, as the only one in the Eastern Continent, and even one of the few A-level mercenary groups in the world, this is not my blow, no matter what the task is, even if we go to slay the dragon, once the task is handed over to our Crazy Dragon Mercenary Group, Your Excellency the Governor, you will put your heart in your stomach, and promise to give you the perfect completion of the task, there will be no flaws at all!"
Lin Jue nodded, with an approving look on his face, and said, "Well, yes, it is worthy of being an A-level mercenary group, you see, how reliable it is." ”
Lu Haoyue also showed a look of approval, after all, in her impression, in the land of the Eastern Continent, it was only this mercenary group that could boast that even the giant dragon in Haikou would dare to slaughter.
After pondering for a moment, Lin Jue said, "I want to entrust you to escort a person to the Elven Kingdom." ”
In Lin Jue's opinion, this task, compared to slaying dragons, is thousands of times simpler, it seems that he didn't find the right person before, if he remembered that there was such a person as Gerhiya earlier, he wouldn't have to delay it for so long.
Unexpectedly, after Gerthia heard the content of this task, her originally excited expression instantly froze.