This harvest is good, and the number of water thieves that took about half a month to exterminate was annihilated in one go. Rogge was delighted and promised to invite everyone to the tavern to celebrate with a meal and drink when he returned, and the mercenaries cheered.

In view of the good personal relationship, Tuga greeted Rogge warmly. The cheering crowd fell silent. Sain also killed a lot of water thieves this time, pestering the dog-legged 'recorder' sent by the Chanda magistrate Harrick to bargain, saying that if he and Tuga hadn't ambushed the water thieves, it would not have been possible to have such a big gain. The recorder had no choice but to turn his head to look at Rogge, who of course would not deny it. In desperation, he had to say that returning to Zenda would give Sain some extra compensation.

Tuga was in a daze at this time, and some inexplicable memories kept appearing in his mind, which bothered him very much. When Seon was done, he looked at him and asked, "Why are you not happy at all?

Tuga smiled reluctantly and said, "It's okay, let's go, I'll take you to see our new team members." ”

Suddenly Theon saw a bounty hunter dodging his gaze, and hurried by, immediately turning his horse's head and chasing after him. "Wait, I've got something to do with that guy. ”

Listening to the distant voice, Tuga smiled helplessly, and at this time Rogge came over again: "How is it, what I told you last time, how did you think about it?"

"Okay, I'll go with you to see Kai this time, but to be honest, my style of combat doesn't suit the freelancer style. Tuga was really gracious, and said to Rogge with a look of embarrassment.

"Haha, it's okay, even if you pass all the tests, Instructor Kai won't necessarily accept you. But don't worry, I'll help you speak. Rog laughed and slapped Tuga on the shoulder a few times. After that, he summoned a group of mercenaries to collect the loot.

Tuga turned his arm a few times and looked at Rogge's back and laughed.

"What's wrong with you?

"It's okay, I was slapped twice by Rogge, hey, where did you come from. Tuga looked at the extra pack horse behind Cell, and wondered.

"I won't tell you this, let's go, didn't you say you were going to meet our new recruits?" said Sein, grinning.

"Come with me, it should still be over there. ”

Manid and the young man and the three infantrymen had already sorted out all the booty and put it on the horse-drawn wagon, and Manid even put the corpse of his fellow merchant who died under the carriage. Manid is trying to streamline some of the loot.

"This is the new team member you are talking about? You say that he is a merchant, where is there a merchant who doesn't even want the loot and makes room for the dead?" Sean had a good look, and he saw Manid throwing the loot to the dead man from afar. Immediately, his first impression was bad.

"I think it's good, okay, Sein, don't be so stingy, you need to change your money-obsessed nature. ”

"What! I'm a fan of money, whoever hasn't been for the dinar these days, you're a good person. Sein turned his head unconvinced.

Tuga ignored the unhappy Sain, but snatched the pack horse from him and rode towards Manid.

"Manid, don't pick and choose, there's another horse here, and I'll hand it over to you to pull the cart later. ”

"You stop me, that's my horse, you bastard. Before Sain could catch up, he was stopped by Tuga. He had to watch as his pack horse was harnessed to the cart by Manid.

"Don't struggle, look at what this is, a pack horse is only worth a silver coin, I'll give you three, satisfied." ”

"Let go of me, you said the price of the old pack horse, my horse is not only young, but also better than the average pack horse, worth at least five silver coins. ”

"Okay, as long as you don't make trouble, I'll give you a gold coin. ”

When Seon heard the gold coin, he stopped, his eyes suddenly lit up and he looked around a little, and asked in a low voice, "Are you serious?"

"Of course. With that, Tuga took out a sparkling gold coin and shook it in front of Sein's eyes. Sain's eyes moved and drooled.

"The original Calad Empire gold coins are not only of high purity, but also exquisitely crafted, how about it, be satisfied. ”

Sain wiped his saliva, took the gold coin, wiped it vigorously, and then put it away with a look of forgiveness. Then he asked relentlessly, "Where did it come from, why don't I know?"

Tugahaha smiled and said, "Secret." ”

"Cut, thought who was rare. He said so, but the eyes that kept wandering towards Tuga betrayed him.

Upon his return to the town of Chanda, Seinxing rushed to the magistrate Harrick to collect the bounty and additional compensation, while Tuga and Manid went to dispose of the loot. The two were negotiating the price with Fat Robin, the owner of the weapons shop, when they heard Theon's roar a few blocks away. Tuga asked Manid to stay and take a look.

There was a crowd of people in front of him, most of them mercenaries who had come to collect the bounty, and Seon was coming out of it with a furious face, holding a broken wooden shield in his hand. Tuga asked, "What's the matter, what are you doing with a broken shield?"

"What, this is my extra reward, you're satisfied. Sain said angrily.

Tuga was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I have long heard that this Harrick is a miser, but I didn't expect it to be such an exaggeration. Forget it, why bother to be like this kind of person, at least he doesn't dare to lose our bounty. Otherwise, the water pirates of Zenda don't know what the flood will become. ”

"This bounty is estimated to be short, and I have heard that the Count of Arassis is running out of money when he is running out of money. ”

"The lord of Chanda will have no money, you don't see how the mercenaries here spend their money, they have just received the money with one hand, and the other hand has already returned it to the earl. Tuga looked disdainful, but when he said that, he frowned, very strange that he actually said such a thing, and seemed to have a deep understanding of the meaning of this strange sentence all along.

Sein looked at Tuga with a puzzled expression, probably still wondering how the mercenaries would return it to the Earl.

"Don't talk about this, let's go over there, I guess Manid has already taken care of it, I think Manid is very business-minded, how about you give him our money to do business?"

"What! You want me to give him the money, and there is no door. Sain quickly clutched the money bag in his arms tightly. He didn't leave, just stood there staring at Tuga.

"Don't be so nervous, I'm just giving him money to do business, not letting him take the money away, we often pass through some towns, and it's not bad to do business by the way. If you think about it, even if he buys any goods, it's all under our noses. ”

"Even so, I have to keep the accounts in my hands, and he can only be my deputy. ”

"Okay, okay, as long as you're busy, I don't have anything to say. ”

When Manid is seen again, he is haggling with Fat Robin, and he wants to buy some arrows to replenish Tuga.

"Manid, why are you alone?" asked Tuga.

"Oh, my lord. Forgive me for taking matters into my own hands, and I asked my friend to take those three soldiers to find a guide. By the way, my lord, the slave trade in Zenda is the most prosperous in all of Calradia, and we may be able to stun the water thieves and sell them. Manid said to Tuga.

Tugahaha smiled and said: "You are wrong, Ramon, the biggest slave trader here, has a close relationship with the lord Count Arcisis, and almost all the slave markets are included, no matter how good the slave is, he will only give fifty copper coins per person, which is probably the lowest in all of Calradia." ”

"It's so much cheaper than pack horses! Or you will sell the horses in a while, and buy some slaves to pull the carts, and you can use them for war. ”

"Haha, it's impossible, I'm talking about the price we sell, by the way, how long has your friend been going?"

"It's about the same time you left, my lord, it should be almost half an hour. ”

"Oh, why do you have so many arrows in this car?"

"My lord, I exchanged some of the loot for these arrows, by the way, my lord, here is the rest of the money. Also, I was looking at some of Fat Robin's arrows made of stainless steel, and you can prepare some as well. Only such an arrow can be worthy of your bow. ”

"There's no need, to deal with water thieves, I just use wooden arrows, and I can still shoot one arrow at a time. ”

"No, you can't use those shoddy arrows that bend the shaft of the arrow, which affects the accuracy and hurts the bow and hand. ”

"Oh, it's not good for the bow, well, if you look closely, it's really a little bit of a recent wear, well, I'll leave the arrow to you later." However, there is no need to buy too many expensive steel arrows, which can only be used against heavy armor. ”

"You have the final say, my friend is back, why is he the only one?" Manid looked at him in confusion.

Tuga turned around and saw the young man coming over with excitement on his face. Without stopping, the young man crossed Tuga and walked up to Manid. Seeing that he was being ignored, Tuga smiled and raised his eyebrows, turning to look at the two.

The young man was frowning and told Manid about his experience, probably saying: The young man bumped into a man on the road, who was the slave trader Ramon's subordinate, but what he didn't expect was that this person happened to be the young man's fellow townsman from childhood to adulthood. The two talked about finding a guide. Unexpectedly, this fellow villager happened to know a little bit of news, and then met Ramon under the recommendation of his fellow villager, and learned that there was an expert in the field of guides who was imprisoned in Riwacheze. However, the news was not in vain, Ramon fell in love with the three 'warriors' of the youth, and then the youth came back alone.

"How could Ramon have taken a fancy to three soldiers?" Manid asked.

"Ah, come to my senses, before I went in, there was a guard of Ramon staring at our three soldiers, and the three soldiers suddenly became very tight, and under Manid's persuasion, Sein, who didn't like those three guys, also gave up the pursuit, and Tuga was in a trance, and the matter was finally closed.

Early the next morning, Tuga woke up from his dream. His dreams were weird, in which he seemed to become a god, knowing everything about the continent of Calradia, but when he wanted to remember something, he couldn't.

Tuga saw that Sain's quilt had slipped in half, and stepped forward to help pull the quilt, but he was suddenly stunned because two tall things stood proudly under the quilt. He secretly wondered, 'Why did you grow so big?' It seems that the identity of the boy Sein will not be easy to pretend to be in the future. ’

Perhaps because of the sensitive point in his chest, Sean woke up to find Tugar pulling her quilt in a daze. Her face turned red, and she turned over uncomfortably and continued to pretend to be asleep. Tuga reacted, immediately covered the quilt, and walked out as if nothing happened. Today he made an appointment with Rogge to meet Kai, the leader of the freelancers.

Kai's full name Tuga doesn't know, only that he is a very powerful knight, when he was young, he once killed more than a hundred people alone in a war with Swadia, including thirty-eight Swadia royal knights, but after that war, he retired, as a personal adviser, as an instructor of the Zenda Free Knights, and also the spiritual leader of the Knights, after which the Free Knights broke away from the official for some reasons, most of them became the resident mercenaries of Zenda, and Kai was their leader, they had private stations and training grounds, and often held competitive tournaments, competitive competitions with other towns, what is the difference between real sword fighting, Chanda's competitive competitions are often based on actual combat training as the primary purpose, and small-scale group confrontation is the mainstay.

In this arena, countless powerful characters were born, such as 'Freedom Lancer' Duglas, 'Stormy Bear' Langdeton, and 'Blood Rose' Sherena. Whoever they are, they are the strong men that the kings of all countries want to recruit. In particular, if one of these three cannot be invited, it cannot be said to be a successful competitive tournament, and even the champion may not be recognized. But everyone knows that even if these three join forces, they are not necessarily Kai's opponents. Even if Kai is no longer young.

This is the first time Tuga has seen Kai, Kai looks very young, not at all the middle-aged and elderly people he imagined, especially the thick beard on his lips is very impressive, his angular and resolute face, and his blazing eyes seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts. Tuga just glanced at it, then lowered his head.

Kai didn't speak, just stood there, as if one with heaven and earth. Rogge stood quietly aside, not daring to say a word.

Tuga's heart began to beat wildly for no apparent reason, but it quickly calmed down again. Kai spoke at this time: "Well, take him there." ”

Rog was overjoyed and led Tuga to the next door. "Real sword fighting, one-on-one, winning three games in a row to enter the next round. There are three rounds in total, and if you fail once, the round starts again. After passing three rounds in a row, Kai will meet again. Rog explained to Tuga as he walked towards the indoor arena.

The opponents in the first round were all some novices, and although Tuga was better at bows and arrows, he was not bad at hand-to-hand combat, and won easily to advance to the next round. The opponent in the second round was a bit tougher, with Tuga losing once and playing a total of five matches to advance to the next round. And the third round is basically elite, Tuga has played ten games in a row and failed to complete three consecutive wins, which is a bit tired. However, his character is to become more and more courageous, and the anger in his heart is slowly ignited. finally broke out in the fourteenth round, and stunned the opponent with one move in three consecutive rounds. Of course, because of the excessive outburst, I was a little tired after the fight.

Tuga walked down the street in a daze, he couldn't remember what Kai told him, as if Kai told a story, asked him a few times in the middle, and he answered subconsciously, as if he didn't go through his brain to say what was in his heart. Finally, Kai patted him on the shoulder, and suddenly a wave of heat flowed through his body, and Tuga suddenly felt a great increase in strength, but his brain became a little foggy, and it seemed that his intelligence had decreased. Take out one of the last map fragments that Kai gave him, and tell him the legend of the Holy King Leon, and then ask him to find the answer and come back to him. Tuga looked at the fragments several times, but couldn't see anything, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, the test of the freelancers was really difficult enough.

When she returned to the tavern, she was not found to be Sain, and after asking Manid, she found out that she had gone to Prince to participate in the competition. Prince is the steward of the Chanda Arena, and his favorite thing to do is to fool the mercenaries who have just come to Chanda to try their skills and take some bets or something by the way. When the mercenaries heard that it was just a few people randomly divided, it was much easier to fight a group of people with a real sword, and there was money to take. Then, they all signed up to accept the abuse of the 'Chanda Three Little Strongs'......

Before I arrived at the arena, I heard a group of people making noise, shouting, and scolding my mother...... Tuga's 'Eagle Eye' saw from afar Sain, who had just slashed down a man in the middle of the field, well, she was playing well with her two-handed sword, but it seemed that she had picked the wrong opponent next. A strong man on the opposite side was holding a sword in one hand, one on his shoulder, and the other on the ground, so that Tuga could see at a glance that this was a master. The wooden two-handed heavy sword used for practice can easily be carried in one hand. Sein, who was on the field, watched cautiously for a while, and suddenly jumped and slashed over. Unexpectedly, he was swept away by a strong man with a sword in mid-air. The man fainted on the ground, and the sword was also out of his hand, and Sein was not the enemy of this person.

Tuga covered his forehead and wailed, and hurried to the exit of the arena to wait for Sean to be carried out. After checking Sain's injury, Tuga breathed a sigh of relief, obviously the other party was very measured, just holding his breath and passing over, nothing serious. Prince suddenly ran over at this time and said to Tuga: "Young man, your eagle's sharp eyes tell me that everyone in the arena is your prey. Your brave friend has only lost a small defeat, have you lost the courage to fight, don't you want to help your friend take revenge?