Characters in this chapter: (Alleyne), (Momocha), (Merck), (Desayvi), (Julia), (Jamila).

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Chapter 047: (My Hometown)

The morning light is faint, and the sun is still lazily refusing to rise behind the horizon.

A strong cold wind swept over the treetops, and the forest, which had slept all night, awoke from its slumber and began to quarrel with each other.

The autumn forest, shrouded in the silence of all waiting, seems to herald the coming of a blizzard. After the cold autumn wind blew, the trees seemed to be frozen, and the silence returned to its original one.

In the morning, Jamila woke up from the cold and found herself in a makeshift tent with three women, Desail and Julia, covered with some blankets made of animal fur and a few parcels, presumably to make pillows for herself and others.

Jamila rubbed her aching head vigorously, remembering that everyone had drunk too much last night, and it seemed that Ellen had carried herself into the tent to rest. Thinking of this, Jamila suddenly had a ruddy smile on her face, she was really a considerate person, full of gentlemanly demeanor.

"Jamila, early in the morning, what are you happy about?" Momocha's face suddenly stretched into the tent, stared at Jamila and asked lewdly, "Do you miss Ellene?"

"Momo tea, you ......"

"It must be thinking of our noble young master!" Mo Mocha then teased.

"No!" Jamila retorted, blushing angrily. "You ** horse thief, get out of the way. ”

"What's wrong?" said Julia, rubbing her sleepy eyes. Desaivi was also woken up by their voices.

"It was the head of the regiment who asked me to wake you up," Momocha said with a hippie smile. "I didn't want to disturb your sleep, let alone disturb someone's lovesickness. ”

Jamila was embarrassed, scooped up a package in his hand and threw it over, Desaivi was annoyed that he woke him up, provoked Jamila again, and joined in smashing him. The tea was smashed and screamed "ouch", and Ha Lu Ha Da Lu ran away with a smile.

Jamila, Julia and the others went out to the tent only to find that there had been a torrential rain last night, and a group of men such as Alleyne, Merck, and the bandits were wringing some wet clothes and items.

Seeing that the ladies were awake, Victor instructed the mercenaries to pack their belongings and weapons and prepare to set off for Viruga. After another journey between the bandits of the Forest Brotherhood, they parted.

The mercenaries rode steady dwarfs/horses along winding mountain trails lined with strange trees: some with thick trunks at the top and thin at the bottom, some with thin trunks up and down and thick in the middle, and some trees straight up to the sky.

Alleyne looked at the green willow trees on the side, which made his eyes clear and fresh, and the rich canopy of the poplar tree, which seemed to be greener and deeper, together with its tall torso, made him feel a majestic breath.

Compared to the vast world of Virginia, which is covered with snow and ice all year round, the country of Rhodoc, surrounded by mountains, is a completely different scene. The trees are verdant, the birds are singing, and the vibrant color of the land makes people feel full of life and vitality.

The mountains here are connected, undulating, ancient trees towering to the sky, dense green cages. The twists and turns of the steep solid wood plank road circling on the mountainside are like wisps of streamers wrapped around the green water and green mountains, becoming a unique and beautiful scenery.

In the deep canyon, there is an unpredictable mountain atmosphere, like a magical light gauze curtain, delicately and gracefully painted into a landscape painting; the long peaks, verdant trees, and lush greenery at a glance, the mercenaries seem to be floating on the green sea.

"It wasn't until today that I realized how beautiful the mountains and forests of Rhodoc were. Momocha stretched her waist and said proudly. "According to that bandit friend, we are now crossing the Duchy of Rhodok!"

Ellen glanced at Mo Mo Cha with disdain, turned his head to the young Rhodok mercenary behind him and said, "Merck, you can popularize Rhodok's geography to this idiot!"

Merck couldn't help but smile and said, "From the southern end of the mouth of the Umeya Canal, at the westernmost point of the northern plains, the town of Estinina, is the land of the Rhodok people, and ends at the end of the mountain range, my hometown of Amerafort. ”

Mo Mocha sighed in surprise, "Then didn't we even finish half the journey?" and then, he suddenly proposed. "Perhaps, perhaps, we should turn around and go to Ameroon Fort now, and then complete the mission that King Griffos has given us. ”

"Momocha, just your thoughts, don't think I don't know the way. Alleyne noted. "Are you afraid that when you arrive in Viruga, you will meet the gentleman you offended yesterday?"

Momo tea has no denial. "Aren't you worried at all?" he reminded with a frown. "If we continue to Viruga, won't that be the same as a sheep's mouth?"

"Your worries are completely unnecessary," Alleyne said nonchalantly. "Could it be that the gentleman knows that we will go to Viruga, and then wait at the gate with a team of soldiers, just waiting for us to throw ourselves into the net?"

"It's entirely possible that you make this assumption. Mo Mo Cha agreed, and put forward his own opinion. "Maybe he has ordered the painter to draw the heads of several of us, and when we enter the city, the guards at the gates will compare them and arrest us. ”

"Momocha, your imagination is so rich!" said Alleyne with a smile as he glared at his companion. "Hmm...... Maybe you have the potential to be a great prophet. ”

"Really?" Mo Mo Cha couldn't help but be a little excited when he heard it. "Do you really think I have a talent for this?"

Ellen looked straight and spit out two words seriously. "Really. Then he laughed and laughed.

Momocha drove the horse closer to Ellen and whispered, "Man, I suddenly had an ominous omen. His right hand silently reached out to the other's slightly bulging pocket.

"What did you predict again?" replied, unaware, Alleyn with a smile.

"I feel that this omen is getting stronger and stronger, there must be something ahead. Mo Mo Tea pretended to say. "No, I'll have to go investigate. So saying, the horse thief smiled lewdly at Aryne, and spurred his horse away on his own.

At this time, Merck drove forward to ride side by side with Alleyne, and asked curiously, "What mission did you just say?"

Alleyne turned his head, looked at the young mercenary beside him, thought for a moment, and replied, "King Griffos wants to borrow the sword in our hands and remove the shield of Rhodok for him. ”

Merck's complexion turned gray in an instant. "Why is he doing this?" he asked. "The Shield of Rhodok is the hero of our Rhodok people, and they are the only team of our Rhodoks that can match the Svadian Assassins. ”

The strength of the shield of Rhodok is undoubted, and Ellen has already learned it when he is trapped in [Harlan Gosburg]. "Because the Shield of Rhodok is so powerful and threatens King Griffos' rule, he hired us to remove the Shield of Rhodok for him. ”

"No, you can't do that," Merck roared, her whole body tense like a bowstring. "You must not accept this task. ”

"Don't be impulsive, man, listen to me calmly," Alleyne hurriedly reassured. "If we accept this task, at this moment it will not be on this trail to Viruga, but on the road to Ameroonburg. ”

"I'm sorry, I just got out of hand. Merck blushed and said with some embarrassment. "Can you tell me why you turned down a king's employment?"

"Because the king didn't pay us a commission in advance, and he didn't specify the amount of the commission. Alleyne told the other party. "And we don't care about the nobility of the employer, we only pay attention to the importance of the remuneration. Finally, we don't like to accept employment without detailed conditions. ”

"I used to think that mercenaries only worked for the rich merchants and lords...... Merck was a little more than he could say, realizing that his words would hurt the dignity of the mercenaries. But he forgot that at this moment, he was also a mercenary.

The awkward atmosphere lasted for a while, and Alleyne was the first to speak. "Ameroon Castle, it's a beautiful name. He changed the subject. "Tell me about your hometown!"

"First of all, Ameroon is the domain of Count Rayland, and I don't know if he is a good lord," Merck recounted. But he exempted families who had soldiers from half of their taxes, much to the benefit of the Hockmans, who could always hear their father's gratitude to the lord. ”

"Hochman?" Alleyne asked. "Is this your last name......?"

"Yes," Merck nodded, then continued. "My family lived in a castle, so I had access to a lot of crossbow craftsmen, and I quickly got along with them because my hobby was their profession. ”

Ellen suddenly had some envy for the Rhodok companion beside him, the surname he had, his father, and even the other party's hobbies.

"The castle is surrounded by green mountains, and this beautiful line took root in my eyes. When the sun rose, the herders led the cattle and sheep to graze the grass on the hills, the farmers planted wheat, potatoes, peas, flax and other crops on a slightly flatter ground, and the training ground was full of jingles, and I always watched the crossbowmen train next to the range. Sometimes the officers would allow me to come in for training, and he would always praise me for my performance. ”

"This is my family, my hometown. Merck said proudly.

But what about my family, my hometown? Perhaps, I will never return to my hometown.

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