Chapter 258: The King of Mercenaries Has Arrived
Not everyone in the eastern part of the continent may have the opportunity to meet Gerkite himself, but as a mercenary, he must have heard of Gerkite's name!
The call at the gate of the town resounded in the sky, and even the garrison in the town was alarmed by the call of the mercenaries. Originally, I thought there was a riot, but it was not until I found out that it was Gerkite who had arrived and the garrison was finally relieved. There are still many people in the garrison in the town who know Gelket, after all, it was his mercenary group that saved the female mage in the investigation team. In this regard, many soldiers were quite polite to Gelkaite.
Surrounded by mercenaries, the entire town of Belica seemed to fall into a carnival-like atmosphere along the way, and many residents of Belica Town on the street also poked their heads out to see what the rumored strongest mercenary looked like, after all, the Kingdom of Saxony has martial customs, and heroes and warriors are a long-standing topic for the Saxons. As for the smugglers, who have now been thrown into prison by the city guards, and have become the laughing stock of all the mercenaries, a group of fools who dare not dare to provoke the legendary strongest mercenary Gerquet is really impatient. Even those big people with heads and faces in the free city, and the nobles of some countries are respectful to Gelkate!
Riding on the horse, Gerkite calmly marched to the cheers of the people, for this kind of scene Gerkett has become commonplace, and the celebration of the championship after each arena is also customary.
At this moment, the Snow House Inn in Belica Town was a strange sight, and the inn restaurant had already prepared more than a dozen tables of good wine and food, and all of them were expensive dishes. However, no one ate, but a large group of people dressed as mercenaries stuck their heads out at the door to look at the intersection, and some people and adventurers who wanted to squeeze in to watch the excitement were brutally driven out by the mercenaries led by them.
"It's coming! It's Gerkate!"
The crowd around the inn was in a commotion, and the road was almost blocked by the crowd, and many of the mercenaries who had never seen Gelkite wanted to take the opportunity to see what the strongest mercenary really looked like. Surrounded by mercenaries, Gelkite entered the Snowfield House Hotel, and Gelkitt's beloved horse was immediately signed into the stable and carefully cared for.
"Your Excellency Gerkett, the leader of the Spear Mercenary Regiment, Milton, has already heard of your name! I wonder if Your Excellency will satisfy the vanity of a warrior and have a light meal with me. A burly and handsome man in leather armor bowed respectfully to Gelket and said, behind the big man, the mercenaries of the Lance Mercenary Regiment looked at the legendary mercenary with an excited look.
"Mr. Gerkite has invited us to our table, a little wine and food is not a tribute, and we have prepared a room for you to rest. Finding that someone was preemptive, someone in the mercenary hurriedly shouted.
"Please come to us, Lord Gerkate, the Eyes of the Forest Mercenary Regiment is here to salute you!"
The mercenaries in the restaurant almost blew up and said that everyone's purpose was the same, that is, to hope that Gelkite could come to their side, and then take this opportunity to win over their feelings and see if they could climb the big tree.
One of the reasons why the mercenaries are so enthusiastic about Gelkite is the influence of Gelket's strong combat power. An undefeated champion in the arena that no one can shake! Slay the fearsome Manticore and Cyclops single-handedly! In the mercenary world where personal heroism is rampant, Gelkett's glorious deeds are like the real appearance of heroes in poems and stories, and almost every poet is eager to rack his brains to write countless poems and stories for his deeds.
The strongest Splittooth Tomahawk mercenary group in the Free City has very great privileges, and when some lesser-known mercenary groups are worried about not recruiting enough mercenaries, almost all the mercenaries squeeze their heads into the Splittooth Tomahawk, even if the death rate of the Splittooth Tomahawk is not low. Being able to join is a symbol of strength and status! In some places, as long as the name of the cracked tooth tomahawk is displayed, many bandits and robbers will flee from the news.
The second is the influence of Gelket's own value, many big people in the free city who have heads and faces and even the king dare not despise will give Gelkett face, and every year Gerkett and his Splittooth Tomahawk mercenary group have various incomes worthy of the annual taxes of some small countries. Many countries on the mainland have promised heavy money and great noble titles as bargaining chips to recruit Gelket, as long as Gelket is big, money, power, and beautiful women will flood him like a tide. There are even kings of small countries who are willing to marry their daughters to Gelkite as a condition of solicitation, in other words, Gelkite even has a chance to become the head of a country!
After all, when a small country is facing the threat of annihilation, if it can get Gerkite to join, it is equivalent to getting the entire Splittooth Tomahawk Mercenary Regiment, which is equivalent to getting a force that can compete with the elite legion of any country, not to mention that the last time the Splittooth Tomahawk Mercenary Group shined in the war between the Carl Sysemon Empire and the Kingdom of Kreses, and the Splittooth Tomahawk Mercenary Group even faced off. Princess Whitewing's Praetorian Guard, you must know that Princess Lindis's Praetorian Guard is an object that even the most elite Iron Dragoon Legion of the Carl Sulmen Empire cannot compete with, and the Splittooth Tomahawk can actually entangle with it until the army of the Carl Sulmen Empire breaks through the defensive line.
For some of the little mercenary groups in Belica Town, being able to get in touch with Gelket, even if they took some leftovers from his hands was enough to support themselves.
Gelket, who sat down surrounded by mercenaries, enjoyed the food unceremoniously, and the leaders of the Surian mercenary group all served the food in the best way by ordering only expensive ones, but Belica Town was a little remote after all, and as the only small inn, Snow Plains House naturally couldn't make any luxurious food, but relying on the Misty Forest to harvest a lot of fresh game, and the various game delicacies made were also unique.
In addition to talking to some mercenary leaders, Gelkite also asked everyone about some news about the Misty Forest, if it was someone else's inquiry, no one would reveal the news they found for free, but in other words, Gelkite's various mercenary groups were eager to pour out everything they knew.
"Is the mutated Split-Tooth Wolf in the Misty Forest really that amazing!"
Gerkite asked curiously, although he had gotten some news about this from Crossside before coming, he didn't expect this mutated cracked tooth wolf to cause such a big movement, and almost all the mercenary groups from all over the continent flocked to Belica Town to prepare for a piece of the pie.
"Your Excellency Gelket, our Spear Mercenary Regiment has just captured one, and I'll show you it right away. ”
Milton, the leader of the Flame Spear Mercenary Regiment, immediately asked his men to bring a large cage, which contained a wolf whose fur had completely turned blue and looked very hard, and he was a little depressed but still staring around with a fierce face, and even the iron cage was full of tooth marks.
"Be careful, Lord Gerkate, this mutated wolf can even bite through a shield, and two of my men were bitten in order to catch this brute. Milton kindly reminded, and the face of a mercenary of the Flame Spear Mercenary Regiment behind Milton suddenly changed, and the mercenary quickly stabbed his own leader.
"Do you think I need to be careful?" said Gerkett, glancing at Milton with disdain.
Milton shook his head and immediately reacted, what he was looking at was the king of mercenaries who even the cyclops had killed! Now he actually reminded others to be careful of a wolf cub, didn't he look down on others? At this moment, Milton really wanted to slap himself a few times, why did he have such a mouth!
"This Milton is stupid!"
"Actually let Lord Gelkite beware of a broken wolf. ”
"Just call him 'Bad Gun' Milton in the future. ”
Some of the mercenary groups that had been robbed of the limelight by Milton suddenly gloated and whispered.
Gerkite walked to the front of the iron cage and looked at the mutated Split-Tooth Wolf, the more he looked at the Split-Tooth Wolf, the more Erkite felt a very familiar feeling that made his mind feel stinging, the memories buried in the depths seemed to be rolling, and the fragments of broken memories began to slowly piece together to form some scattered pictures.
To the surprise of the mercenaries, the unruly mutated Split-Tooth Wolf lowered its head as if it had met a terrible nemesis when Gelkite approached, and some mercenaries who knew how to hunt in the wild could even judge from the eyes of the Split-Tooth Wolf that the Split-Tooth Wolf was very afraid at the moment.
Finally, Gelkett stroked the head of the split-toothed wolf, and the breath that stimulated him became stronger and stronger.
The Split-Tooth Wolf seems to feel an extreme threat, and it is impossible for a beast to provoke a powerful enemy, but when cornered, the beast's instinct will make them fight. Suddenly, the split-tooth wolf opened its mouth and bit Gerket's hand violently, and the mercenaries around suddenly shouted in shock, those who have caught the split-toothed wolf know that the chain armor of this mutant breed of wolf can penetrate when biting, and some inexperienced people who go to catch wolves are finally carried back by those who bite off their hands and feet.
Gelkett stretched out a finger on the head of the split-tooth wolf without changing his face and flicked it gently, and in an instant, the split-toothed wolf's head flew out in a fragmented form as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and some of the unguarded mercenaries were spilled with blood and minced flesh. The crowd of onlookers, who had been noisy, fell silent for a moment, and everyone thought they were dreaming just now, when Gelkite actually smashed the wolf's head to pieces with one finger!
Gelkett stood up and wiped his hands, and the mercenaries around him suddenly showed a look of horror, fanaticism, adoration, and disbelief. In the next second, the frenzied cheers almost tore off the roof of the entire hotel.