Chapter Thirty-Eight: New Teammates
The day after Shion's news reached Chanda, the members of the mercenary group also gathered in Chanda, and Aracis, who had gone to Nord to negotiate with the king, would also return today, and it was rumored that he would bring a great warrior to Chanda. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, in the Happy Boar Tavern, there were two people sitting at the square table next to the counter, and Su Ke handed out the cards to Mo Cha and said with a smile: "Mo Tea...... You've already lost two hundred dinars, do you want to continue gambling?"
He threw out a wallet and said angrily: "There are twenty copper coins here, worth a hundred dinars, I must win this time!!"
After Su Ke finished dealing the cards, Mo Mo Cha opened the cards and laughed: "Yaha! 21 o'clock! You lost Su Ke~"
"Alas......"
Su Ke took the money bag of the tea, he didn't know what the situation was, only to see Su Ke spread the cards in his hand, it was the strongest Black Jack card in the 21 game, and he had no choice but to walk to his friends and sit down with a straight face......
"What a guy with no financial luck, you've lost all your recent income......"
Not only did Shibei sarcastically mock his gambling skills, but even Polislawi lost confidence in him and smiled: "According to my observation, you will lose every time you gamble......
"It's just bad luck...... Why don't you try it?" Tea suggested that everyone go and gamble, but everyone gave them a blank look.
Xia Yan wiped his new knife and beckoned, "I have always only gambled with my life and not with money, if you are lucky, I can consider lending you money." ”
"Really, lend me it, I'm sure I'll win it back!"
A copper coin flew into his hand, and Mo Cha's face changed again, shouting: "Maitreya, you slammer! What can you do with five yuan!"
Seeing this, Shibei hurriedly came behind Mo Mocha, pinched his shoulder, and whispered: "I've seen through, Su Ke dealt cards in the wrong order, how many times have you been fooled?"
"Uh...... Old White, are you going to gamble?" He didn't seem to want to admit that he hadn't even been able to see through Suke's little tricks, so he left the Ten Guards and went to White's place to try his luck.
Unexpectedly, White also sighed and sighed: "You know! I have served for more than 20 years and have never left the army, just because I can't afford to lose, and I only rely on extending my service to pay off my debts......
"Alas...... Seeing that you have no money like this, any of you will lend me some money!" Mo Cha directly asked his partners for money, and the others looked at each other and rejected him again.
"My income is all in my purse, and I'm not a loser like you. Sooke, open a bottle of red wine and put it on my account! ”
White ordered a few glasses of wine from Suke, and the group began to share information about the past few days.
"I'll start with that! I went to all the villages and towns and wild shops near the You River, only to know that if the villages they were targeting were not rescued by the regular army, all the villagers would be burned at the stake, like a ritual used by the Dark Order to test the new converts, attracting the degenerate to embark on the pilgrimage route. With the strength of drinking, Mo Mocha told his teammates what he had seen and analyzed in the past few days, and everyone kept nodding their heads after listening.
"And what do you want to find out about in those inns in the wilderness?"
In response to Shibei's question, Mo Mocha took out a sketch of the Hokuriku region, pointed to three points and explained: "Now these cultists have begun to appear in the northwest of Nord, along the Yu River, at the junction of the Virginia Plain and the Snow Field, and the common route is to advance to the Snow Field in the territory of Virginia. However, the local lords have sent private troops to clean it up, and no country has been affected by them so far. ”
"The Dark Cultists must have traveled to the Snow Plains for a purpose, Uncle White, do you know what the Snow Plains is worth visiting?" Delacro first thought of the purpose of the Dark Cultist's trip, and asked White what he knew.
"I've lived in the snow for more than 20 years, and all I know is that there are countless treasures buried in the snow, and the ones that are worth mentioning are the towering snow-capped mountains...... which are untouched," White explains.
Xia Yan hastily reviewed it, and thought about what might be in the snowfield, and finally shook his head: "They are fanatics of the Drua teachings, and they don't go to the snowfield for treasures and landscapes, they must have other purposes...... But speculation is fruitless, listen to other people's news. ”
At this point, Delacro took out the mercenary letter and opened the letterhead, which was stamped with the seals of more than a dozen mercenary groups.
"This time, I went to Wocheze, Sagos, and several post stations along the way, and recruited a total of more than 100 mercenaries, which can be regarded as replenishing the troops for Chanda. ”
After that, he took out the short knife that Nabal had given him, and explained, "This is the saber of Nabar, the leader of the Goshawk Order, which I once captured, and I gave him my knightly certificate, which is a gentleman's agreement." For the next thirteen days, he will be responsible for destroying all the Dark Cultists who set foot on his territory, on the condition that he will face me off after thirteen days. ”
Mo Mocha stared at the knife on the table for a while, leaned over to Delacro, and whispered, "I've seen this knife before, it's the old seal's saber, and the wanted notice posted on the wall says that as long as you take the important items on that guy's body, it's worth three thousand!!"
Delacro gave him a blank look and said, "Old seal, the nickname suits him, but it's a gentleman's agreement, and you can't have that unless either party breaches the contract." ”
After being reprimanded, he sat back in his seat, while Xia Yan stared at Shibei and asked, "Tell me about your journey, what have you encountered in the past few days?"
Shibei also took out the mercenary letter, and there were only four mercenary group seals on it, only a hundred or so people in total, and he regretted: "There are too few free mercenaries in Rui Erdian, either there is a contract, or it is not large-scale, so it can only be made like this." ”
"Oh, I have to mention this too, about the experiences of these days......" Next, he told everyone about the events of the past few days with the executors of the Holy Religion, from the encounter with them to the situation after the battle with Melva......
"Oh! Shibei you've encountered such a wonderful thing, is it true?" Mocha looked excited, and danced with his hands.
"Of course it's true, and this thing saved me several times...... "Ten Guards stopped the tea, held the black magnetic in his hand again, stared at it for a while, and then took it back.
"Regarding the five gems on the Hero Badge, I heard Trevor say that they have all returned to their original places, and the Holy Cult should ...... next"
"Wait a minute, five gems, Shion mentioned this too!" Natsuhiko interrupted Jubei and explained, "Shion came here last night and told us what we had to say about the gems......"
Mo Cha also nodded: "Yes, I am also present, he asked us to go to various places to find the five elemental gems, because Chanda is targeted by the Dark Order, and these gems seem to be able to play a big role." ”
Natsuhiko and Mocha told everything that happened last night, and they finally understood the connection between all of them, and although they couldn't figure out what the gems meant to Zenda, they also realized that these gems were very important.
"Looks like we've got a mission, let's talk to him when the Count returns!"
Just as Delacro proposed to negotiate with Arassis, a messenger pushed open the door and ran into the tavern, squeezing past a few tables of drinkers to the counter.
"The Count of Arassis has returned, and King Nord is also with him, and there is a banquet going on in the house, and I hope that Mr. will go and help!"
Suk agreed, sent the messenger away, and said to the mercenary group, "Count Arassis has returned, if you want to talk to him, you can go now." ”
The mercenary team checked their outfits, changed into civilian clothes, and decided to go to the Earl's Court to meet Count Arassis and King Nord......