Characters in this chapter: (Ellene), (Jamila), (Momocha), (Victor), (Ness Talba).

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Chapter 022: (Albel)

A rising sun rises majestically over the rippling and glittering sea. And the ocean seemed to tremble and blush beneath it.

The sea awoke, gasping for breath, turning to the side, yawning, stretching, wiping its eyes, as the island blocked its turning, and it kicked hard, pushed with its hands, and bit with its teeth.

When the walls of the water that stood rolled in. When they reach their peak, they fall into waves. It seems that even the smallest of them can engulf the ships that are adrift on the surface.

After seven days at sea in the Avenger, which is said to be the fastest sailing ship, the mercenaries of the Spear Mercenary Regiment finally arrived at the seaport town of [Elbel], located at the mouth of the Umeya River.

This port city is one of the main seaports on the Calradia continent and the main trading port of the southern provinces.

In terms of the size of the town, the port town of Elbel is much smaller than the royal capital of Paraven, but it is the largest settlement in the western part of the Swadia Plain - one of only two port cities in the entire Swadia Kingdom.

Located in the western part of the Southern Province, Albert is the fiefdom of the Red family. The current lord is Baron Parocue Red, the head of the Knights of Sanctions, the First Knight. The most elite First Banner Battalion of the Knights of Sanctions, known on the continent of Calradia, is stationed here.

Victor ordered the mercenaries to lower the pirate flag and sail the ship into the outer harbor. Along the way, they navigated the sea under the banner of the White Raven Pirates, and they were shunned by other pirate ships and some cargo merchant ships.

"It's so beautiful!" said Jamila on the deck, looking at the elegant and poetic street pier on the other side. "I've never seen such a beautiful harbor city!"

There is no city more Western than Albel. From the ancient buildings to the elegant and leisurely afternoon tea, from the distant bells of churches to the artists who play the harp in the streets, from the horse-drawn carriages that gracefully pass in front of the parliament building to the exquisite gardens......

Due to its geographical location, Albert had more extensive contact with the West, and as a result, there were more knights, merchants from the West, and followers of the gods than any other region. Albert has a good fishing ground and is also home to many silversmiths and blacksmiths.

"Isn't your hometown of Viruga as beautiful here?" said Alleyne with a smile on the side. "The poets call it the city of paradise, and it should be the most beautiful city in Calradia!"

"It's just a paradise city for the nobles and the rich," Jamila told him. "It's different here, it's close to the sea, and it feels like a real elegance of beauty!"

"Oh! I said how I couldn't find you in the cabin, it turns out that the little couple are flirting here!" came their familiar obscene voices behind them.

Yamiya turned around, pouted, and said angrily: "Momo tea, be careful if you talk nonsense again, I will tear your mouth!"

"Let's do it, I promise I'll be honest with you!" Mo Mo Cha stuck out her tongue and licked it on her upper lip, and then said. "As long as you don't mind those little white and soft hands stained with my long-coveted saliva......"

"You obscene thief, I will never heal you again!" Jamila blushed all over her face until the roots of her hair, and her eyes were angry as she stared at the horse thief.

"Beautiful lady," said Mo Mo Cha with a slick smile. "I'm just kindly reminding you that I'm not doing anything indecent and shameless! How can you say I'm indecent?"

"Alleyne, why don't you speak, you should teach him a good lesson!" Jamila said angrily and anxiously.

Alleyne smiled innocently. "Tell me, tell me, what orders does the old man have!"

"The regiment commander told us to pack up our things and disembark from the boat, and then move freely in the city as a team, and meet in the woods ten miles south of the city tomorrow morning!"

Alleyne understood that Victor was doing this to avoid causing unnecessary trouble. If hundreds of mercenaries appear on the streets of Albert at the same time, or in a tavern, it is easy to get into trouble, and even attract interrogation and scrutiny by patrolling soldiers.

"All you chose to be with us?"

"No," Momocha said, shaking her head. "It was the regimental commander who made me join you, of course, in addition to me, but also the regimental commander himself. ”

"Don't let the regiment commander wait, now hurry up and pack your equipment!" said Alleyne.

Ellene, Momocha, Jamila, and Victor were in a group of four, Mathilde, Resarit, and Cress, as well as the big man and the little five, and the other mercenaries scattered through the streets of the town in small groups, looking for a place to stay.

The port, which is divided into an inner harbor and an outer harbor, is separated by a breakwater.

The inner harbor is the part of the outer harbor that is relatively far from the sea. The inner harbor generally has additional protective bodies, often as a mooring place for warships.

The Outer Harbour was larger, but the Inner Harbour had a better anchorage, and the Inner Harbour was on one side of the wall, and a new stone wall was built on the breakwater that was thirty feet high and nearly a mile long, with towers every 100 meters. The inner harbor could accommodate more than twenty warships.

A gray-green boulder rising fifty feet from the sea chokes the passage of the outer harbor. There is a ring of weathered stones on the top of the rock, which is the remains of the ring fort of the ancestors of Kalad hundreds of years ago. The ruins have now been re-armed, guarded by ballistas, fire-breathing crossbows, and crossbowmen.

Numerous small boats shuttled between the large ships on the docks, their sails sewn from scraps of cloth, and in the middle of the canvas were embroidered with the motifs of the things they sold: sewing needles, fried onion rolls, linen shorts, leather, and all sorts of things.

The city is neatly located on the north bank of the Umeya River, and the wide, straight streets are paved with large pebbles to make it easy for pedestrians to find their way. The houses were made of whitewashed stone and roofed with dark grey stone slabs.

Fishing market, nestled between the Outer Harbour and the Seal Gate. Thick walls surround the city and lead to the port by the Seal Gate.

Nestled inside the Seal Gate, King of the Fish Plaza is a cobblestone plaza. There is a fountain in the center of the square. There is a small alley that leads to a **.

Lazy eel, a wine shop. It offers the oldest** and worst liquor in the whole of Port Albel, as well as meat pies filled with lard and cartilage.

Victor, Ellene, Jamila, and Momcha meet a cloaked Rhodok on the street, or rather, the Rhodok has been sent to look for them.

In a brief conversation, the other party mentioned the name and location of their employer this time, and handed them the employment contract for confirmation. After confirming that everything was correct, Victor and his party walked into the most remote and filthy tavern under the guidance of the other party.

"Welcome mercenary warriors, I am your employer, Count Ness Talba. When they entered the tavern, they found that it had been taken over by the Rhodoks, or that it was a secret stronghold of the Rhodoks.

"Lord Talba, I'd like to ask you to explain," Victor asked, staring at the other. "Why are you here? Aren't you supposed to be waiting for us in Aaron?"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to go back for the time being," Ness Talba explained. "The road to the Duchy of Rhodok has been completely blocked by Swadian soldiers, and no one can pass through Rhodok except for Swadian soldiers and the convoy responsible for transporting supplies!"

Victor asked, "So you mean that my employment relationship is no longer fulfilling, and you want to terminate our contract?"

"No, I have no intention of terminating the contract!" said Count Talba. "Our employment relationship is business as usual, but the mission needs to change!"

"What task?"

"Mercenaries, Rhodok's hire this time is an assassination mission. The target that needs to be assassinated is Duke Ed of [Harlan Gosburg], the soldiers of Rhodok are ready for battle in the city, and I need to use Duke Ed's head to provoke a civil war in Svadia. ”

Count Talba's pupils flickered with a strange light. "This commission will be more abundant than ever, and your mercenary team will then join Rhodok's phalanx of sergeants. Of course, all this after you come back alive. ”

Victor stroked the folds of the crusty armor on his shoulder. "That's what Rhodok really hired us for?"

After a moment of silence, Count Talba admitted. "That's right! That's what we did in the first place!"

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The next day, in the woods outside the south of the city, the mercenary team assembled again. Rhodok's weapons were all replaced, and a team of eighty men was disguised as pilgrims, merchants, rangers, and travelers, and a few mercenaries disguised as Swadian infantry.

"Our mission was to carry out an assassination attempt, and the target of the assassination was Ed Harengoth. Pack up your gear, rest for an hour, and set off in batches!" Victor ordered.

The mercenaries sorted out their own weapons, no one responded impassionedly, and the mercenaries fought for money. To be precise, it was the mercenaries other than Victor who fought for money, and he fought for the hatred that could not be relieved.

Alleyne disguised himself as a traveler, with a spear hanging from his back, the tip of which was wrapped in cotton cloth and appeared to be nothing more than a wooden stick, and the leather sheath of the triangular dagger was tied to his legs, which was obscured by the traveling cloak on his body.

Ellene, Momocha, Jamila, and Victor set off together, and as he walked behind the group, he looked at the lonely front and touched the dagger on his leg with his right hand. As a mercenary, he must clench his weapons, death can come at every moment.

In the fleeting hours of life, every moment of life is precious, and the Rhodoks prepared crossbows and bolts for assassination missions in the cellars of the taverns in the city.

All it needs to do is remove it before the mission, after which the mercenaries will need to go through up to half a month of lurking to merge with Harlan Gosburg.

The traveling horse struggled to move without haste, and Alleyne's companions hid their weapons and sat quietly on their horses.

The mission begins the moment they leave Albel, and the mercenaries once again pledge their lives on their employer's commission.

However, Alleyne's life was different from theirs, and as he stroked the smooth leather sheath of the triangular dagger and looked up at the plains in the distance, he decided to face the future and challenge the future life in a different way.

What is more important is to find yourself as a mercenary, wielding a sword and fighting.

Dongfang also left him a sentence: great things and trivial things have a common starting point, that is, to do it.

"I'm a mercenary, my name is Ellenn, and I don't have a surname. The four traveling horses departed.

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