Chapter 010: Bounty Hunter

Characters in this chapter: Freedom Knights - Rogge, Freedom Knights - Hellem, Bounty Hunter - Wayne. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

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"Your Excellency!" the rangers sent by Knight Rog came out of the jungle, "there are traces of people stationed here!" and turned his horse's head to lead the way.

Since the success of the last bandits, the freelancer Rogge was once again ordered by Count Arasis to go out of the city to exterminate a group of water thieves entrenched north of the 'Yu River'.

This time, the bandit team is different from the last time, in addition to the absence of Alleyne and Karadus, the Rog Knight has recruited several new teams of bounty hunters to go out of the city to suppress the bandits.

Not everyone came to the free city of Chanda to flee, and there were also a group of people who came to the heavy gold coins and treasures.

For them, the adventure in Chanda was to solve the troubles that the exiles had caused to the declining aristocracy. They are bounty hunters.

The composition of the bounty hunters is quite complex - to put it mildly, "dragons and snakes". Although there are differences in their abilities, they are even better than bad in terms of personality and conduct.

Since most of the contracts are only temporary employment, the client and the bounty hunter do not have a deep understanding of each other, so if there is a problem with the commission, there is often no way to recover the liability.

In addition, friction is inevitable in crowded places, and hotels and inns are already crowded and prone to trouble, and the composition of bounty hunters is complex, so disputes often arise in such places.

And fighting for jobs is even more commonplace.

But Freelancer Rogge had no other way but to summon these dragons and snakes mixed hunters. He couldn't recruit any more qualified mercenaries.

Most of the combat-effective mercenary organizations in Chanda City have been recruited by the lords of various countries, and Count Aracis does not allow the garrisons in the city to go out of the city to suppress bandits in order to ensure the safety of Chanda City.

Freelancer Rogge and Bounty Hunter Wayne are the best knights and warriors in this bandit team, but they don't like to talk nonsense and smile.

The difference is that Rogge acts with the usual solemnity of knights, while Wayne is more like a cheetah, looking like a docile cat, but always exuding an extremely dangerous aura.

Rogge had observed almost everyone in the group, and behind him, Bertak, was the son of a serf on a farm owned by Count Rutgers Hallingos, only nineteen years old.

If Knight Rog were to describe him in one sentence, that he was a fool fighting for his title, the same assessment would apply to his friend Hurd, who came with him.

They were dressed in shabby sleeveless studded leather armor, and their weapons were rusty short-handled axes, and Rogge felt a little helpless when he saw their weaponry.

Wayne the Hunter is the leader of a seven-man mercenary squad that he and his men have worked with the Freelancers many times.

It is said that he is only thirty-five years old, but he does not look much younger than the fifty-year-old Kai Instructor, and he is definitely a mercenary with a lot of experience, and a few hideous scars on his face can testify.

Mokula, Stollon, Rath, and Hyven were the caravan guards who had just completed their escort mission, wearing polished short-chain armor, carrying longbows, quivers, and log shields, and the long moonblade axes in their hands were recognizable, and they looked like a reliable group of guards.

Camby, the slave trader, and his four bounty hunters, armed with maces, shields, and chainmail, had more robust horses than the others.

The two men on Knight Rog's side were the Free Knights' 'Wandering Knight' Hillum and his squire Jakes, while the other four men, including those leading the way, were well-equipped rangers under Knight Rogge.

Dressed in leather armor, Jax simply held a spear, which was too far from the mercenaries surrounded by iron axes, steel swords, bows, and armor.

The final place the team arrived at was in the woods under a low hill on the west bank of the Beiwang River.

Although there were no sparks in the ashes of the three campfires, there was still a faint light smoke, and there was still a trace of the smell of grilled fish in the air.

"They should be about thirty people," Rogge's rangers judged. "It won't take more than half an hour to see the campfire leave here, but there are too many traces of activity around here, and there is a cave over there, which is also empty, and we don't have hounds with us, so we can't tell where they are going. ”

Rog drove his horse to the campfire, drew his sword and stabbed it into the ashes, picked out a point, sniffed it with his fingertips, and pointed to a broken hardwood pole on the ground.

"This group is a bit outnumbered, but lacks weapons and training," Rog began to order. "Mokula, take your men and my men downstream to search. ”

Rogge's gaze looked at the wandering knight beside him. "Heelem, though I don't know you well enough, you are the only knight besides me, so you will lead Wayne's men and others upstream to search, and if you find anything, send someone along the riverbank to inform me of the contact. ”

"My honorable Lord Rog," Wayne glanced at Helime and his screed with contempt, "perhaps I'd be the better person to lead the group." ”

"My lord," said Heaim, without waiting for Rog to respond to Wayne's words, pointing to the top of the low mountain, "we are coming from an open direction, and these water thieves can see our arrival from a long distance on this mountain, and although our men are well armed, it will not be much of an advantage to encounter them in the jungle if they are scattered." I'd be happy to hand over the responsibility of leading the team to you, but I won't stay on your team. That last sentence was addressed to Wayne.

"Do you want to die?" a mercenary behind Wayne jumped off his horse and stepped forward with his scimitar drawn. "I will cut out your tongue as the price you pay for ignorance and arrogance!"

Rogge opened his mouth and scolded, "Wayne! ”

"Helenm," the freelancer looked back at the wandering knight beside him. "What you're saying is not unreasonable, and Wayne and I have been catching water thieves here for three years, and we know them. The weapons in their hands are just sticks, spears, stone axes, and even stones, and a well-armed and well-trained samurai is enough to deal with three or five of them at once, so, put away your worries. If you don't mind, Wayne will lead you upstream. Let's go!"

"Lord Rog," Helime made no secret of the disdain on his face. "I'm not going to join him, I'm going to go it alone. Let's go!" Helem called his squire and left the group.

"Coward! He's on the run! He's not a knight at all! He's a coward! Boss, you shouldn't stop me!" Wayne's mercenary roared as he brandished his scimitar.

"Let them go, they won't get even a single dinar, the gods will bless them," Wayne laughed even more hideously. "Until you meet a pirate. ”

For Heelem's behavior of not obeying orders and leaving the team without permission. The freelancer Rogge was helpless against him, after all, he was just a wandering knight hired by him, not his own subordinates.

"Wayne, you're in charge of leading these people. As he spoke, Rogge kicked his legs on the horse's belly and drove the horse downstream.