It was noon, and in the small town of Elctor, a nondescript tavern was closed with a sign saying that it would close down.

This was not because there were no guests, but because the tavern was already occupied by a group of heavily armed mercenaries, who had given enough gold to temporarily charter the entire tavern, which made the frightened tavern keeper relax a little and beckon his men to prepare the meal.

"Yo~, that guy has such a great ability, can he call all the heads together······? Isn't he afraid of you fighting?"

Dax Pilgrad, the head of the Shen Feng Mercenary Regiment, who had just come to the banquet with three or two of his subordinates, saw the "big shots" in the tavern who were clearly divided and sat quietly, and immediately sneered and said hello, causing many people to look at them angrily.

"Kadaqiu, this guy, just called us here, why did he even invite such a small role? Is it looking down on us?"

A tall, thin, cold man spoke lightly, ostensibly as if he was targeting the initiator of this meeting, but secretly it was to satirize this guy who had just come to ridicule the group.

However, Dax is notoriously cheeky, waved his hand, and found a vacant seat to sit down, not angry at all, but looked around and smiled: "I guess all the leaders of the foreign mercenary groups in this town have arrived now, right? This is a big move, does anyone know the inside story? I came late, and many things are not clear." ”

On the table against the wall, another mercenary leader asked in a disdainful tone: "If you can't guess what you're going to talk about this time, why do you want to come here now?"

"That's why I said, it's really boring to talk to you guys, you haven't started yet, there's no need to keep a straight face, do you have to let me find something to talk to?"

"Shut up, Dax, now is not the time for you to go wild. ”

An older sturdy old man spoke in a deep voice, reminding this out-and-out junior to pay attention to proportion.

It may be that his seniority is really respected here, and even Dax, the unstingy master, put away his usual mocking tone, and asked boringly: "So, call us all here, Kadaqiu, the principal is so unseen, let so many of us wait for him, when did even his shelf be so big?"

As soon as the words fell, a hearty voice with some evil sounded from outside the door: "Captain Dax, I can't afford what you say." ”

The person who came was Kadaqiu, and he didn't bring his subordinates, but he was alone, and I saw him wave his hand to everyone after entering the tavern, which was regarded as a greeting, and then explained:

"I'm sorry for the captains, I'm delayed, but I'm also late for the sake of our better cooperation in the future, I hope you will forgive me, and I'll punish myself with three cups later, as an apology?"

"Yo he~, it's all for our good to be late, so how can we be embarrassed to let you be punished for drinking. ”

Dax was immediately filled with disdainful sneer and sarcasm—that was his style, and those who knew him were used to it.

Kadaqiu didn't care, and explained with a smile: "It seems that if I don't make it clear, I'm afraid I'm going to offend people today, so ······ Because of the blockade of the church, we can't go through the outer forests and into the mountains on our own, and if we take a detour, it will be too troublesome to go back and forth, and the logistics will be difficult to maintain.

More importantly, the Church sees us as a thorn in its side, and now it does not hesitate to suppress us by outsiders······"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and everyone's eyes also vaguely circulated on him and the leader of the Violent Axe Mercenary Regiment, it seemed that they were all clear about what happened to the two captains - the big man who noticed everyone's eyes snorted unhappily, poured a glass of wine, and slammed the wine glass on the table to vent his frustration.

"For these reasons, uniting all of us and putting pressure on the church to lift the lockdown is our only option next, and it is time to do so. ”

Kadaqiu continued to mobilize: "I have asked all the heads of the regiment to gather here this time to discuss cooperation, but in fact, one thing we all know is that even if we join forces, if the attitude of the church is tough enough, it is very likely that we will not be able to do so, so in order to increase the leverage, I have been trying to contact the adults who can really help us achieve our goals, and I was late just now because of the results." ”

His words immediately aroused the astonishment of the regimental commanders.

"Can you stand in our shoes and really put pressure on the church? I can't imagine that you have such a way. ”

Everyone here is a peer, and they naturally know something about such a big man in their hearts, and they know better how difficult it is to contact them, after all, there are only a handful of such people in the entire continent - there are not many people who are not only mercenary backgrounds, but can stand in the position of mercenaries, and are enough to make a behemoth like the church pay attention.

However, some people still questioned: "Even those adults are at most just to make the church pay attention, if they are really hard-hearted, I'm afraid we can't do anything, it is impossible to really fight to the death with the church······, right?" That's the strongest force in the world, and we don't have that qualifications yet. ”

What he said was exactly what everyone thought, after all, the church is the church, and they really want to be enemies with it, and they don't have the courage to do it, in the eyes of the church, they are just little minions who take their lives to eat.

Kadaqiu smiled slightly, and asked in a different direction, "Presumably, all the group leaders have more or less explored the enchantment effect of the outer forests, right?

"That's a redundant question, isn't it? You know the answer. Although it is a large enchantment with no harmful effect, there is no doubt that it is the work of a strong man, and even if all of us are combined, it is impossible to find a way in that forest, unless ······"

"Unless there is a real strong person to lead, right? Everyone, in fact, that's what I said, as long as there is a strong enough person to lead us, even if the church still refuses to break the blockade, we still have the possibility of crossing the barrier and entering the mountain range on our own, and then it won't be up to them, so many of us are here, if some of them can really get the mercy of the divine sword, the church will not be able to disobey the oracle and rob the divine sword. Let's kill people, although the church is powerful, but it has a lot more concerns than us, and we are not without a chance of getting ahead, are we?"

The crowd fell silent, and then, the surging ambition became more and more intense in the atmosphere of silence again.

"You haven't told us who you found. ”

"Don't worry, everyone has heard of his reputation, and when that adult comes, I will definitely introduce it to you. So, if there are no other questions, can I wish us a happy cooperation now?"

Kadajou poured a glass of wine and raised it to the crowd, smiling freely and confidently.

The heads of the regiments present also raised their wine glasses in the flash of their eyes.

The atmosphere was not enthusiastic, but at this moment everyone had confirmed a tacit understanding, and they were no longer a mess at the moment, even if the alliance was not strong.

After the toast, the wine banquet officially began, and all kinds of wine and food were served to the table one after another under the busyness of the tavern guys.

In such an atmosphere, the atmosphere began to improve, and Kadaqiu struck while the iron was hot, and discussed various details with everyone while greeting.

None of them noticed······ Probably didn't care at all, all of this was remembered by one of the tavern guys······

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