The former bustling mercenary city, because of this big war seems to be a little depressed, although it is the breeze of late spring, but the dust rolled up makes people feel the loneliness of late autumn, and the ancient shops that are used to seeing on weekdays also seem more vicissitudes because of this mood, as if the whole city is dozens of years old. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Sheng Xuan walked in the city, looking at the originally familiar but somewhat unfamiliar streets, and suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart, is it because this mercenary city has become depressed and strange? Or is it because he has adapted to the noise here, and is he unfamiliar with the unexpected silence?

At this moment, he didn't have time to sigh at this, and walked quickly through the streets to the center of the mercenary city, but here he hesitated for a moment again, because from here there were three directions leading to three different destinations.

The Rose Hotel, the bookstore, or the mercenary union? These three locations instantly appeared in his mind, and then he quickly made up his mind, a kind of respect for the division commander buried deep in his bones, and decided his first destination this time.

Just as Sheng Xuan was about to reach the bookstore, an old man suddenly appeared on the other side of the silent street, to be exact, a hunched old woman with a strange huge cane, which was more than twice as tall as hers, and her back had been bent to the ground parallel to the ground, so that her head could hardly poke forward to see the road.

A wide aqua-blue robe was stained with the signs of age, and some corners of the corners might have been embroidered with gold thread, but now they were worn white, but all this still could not hide its former magnificence.

The old woman staggered towards this side, coughing violently while walking, every time Sheng Xuan was worried that she would fall, and couldn't help but want to step forward to help, but every time the old woman stubbornly stabilized her body, knocked the huge crutches on the ground with a sonorous sound, and walked with difficulty step by step.

Looking at the old woman in such pain, he could not help wondering in his heart, why did she have to carry a large crutch that was obviously cumbersome, when her body was already so weak, and she could have chosen a light one, which might have made her walk brisker.

At last the old woman coughed violently again, as if she had exhausted her strength, and the crutches she had lifted could not reach the ground, and slid to the side, causing her body to crook as well, and she was about to fall to the ground.

Seeing this, Sheng Xuan couldn't hold back any longer, rushed forward with an arrow, and helped the old woman who was about to fall, and at the same time asked at the beginning, "Old man, are you okay, do you want me to help you to the side to rest?"

But at this moment, the old woman's head suddenly raised, as if her back was not so hunched in an instant, her hand seemed to be flying fast and seemed to slowly sprinkle something in front of his eyes, and then a pair of cold eyes suddenly shot in, as if seeing through his body, his soul, all the way to his past life!

At that moment, it seemed that he was the only one in the whole world, standing in a vast ancient forest, there was silence everywhere, not even a trace of wind, everything was too quiet and peaceful, and people couldn't help but have the illusion that he was that sand, stone, grass and tree, an ordinary thing in nature.

But the next moment made his heart startle, because the forest in front of him had completely disappeared, and in its place was endless darkness, the land that was constantly steaming black smoke was like a forest of bones, and the air was filled with the fear of death, and in the darkness farther away, an even more terrifying existence was rushing towards it.

Before Sheng Xuan could react, and before the fear could spread, the scene in his eyes had changed like a streamer, so fast that he didn't have time to distinguish it, and then everything disappeared, only the slightly drunken warm wind blew the annoying sand and dust, swirling on the empty street.

And he was still holding the old woman in his hands, "Thank you, child!" the old man said, and then began to cough more violently, Sheng Xuan had to help her to the side of the stone steps, let her take a moment.

The old man raised his eyes to look at him again, and then sighed, "Hey, it's really old, no one can stop the dust of time, sooner or later it will be drowned in it、、、、" Saying that, the old woman had already stood up with a cane despite his obstruction, and it was only at this moment that Sheng Xuan felt the heaviness of the crutches, as well as the amazing strength contained in the old woman's seemingly extremely weak body.

He flashed to the side with fear, quietly watching the old woman still walk forward with great difficulty, and at the same time saw her hand move in the air, as if countless rays of light turned into dust and sand in her hand, turned into a small hourglass, and finally disappeared in the ancient aqua blue robe.

"Old," the old woman said, shaking her head and walking forward, "it seems that it is time for us to rest, no one can stop the dust of time,、、、、、 young people will grow up sooner or later,、、、、、 let them bear it、、、、、、"

The old man disappeared much faster than he expected, as if one moment she was still coughing, but the next moment she was gone, and only a few intermittent words remained in her ears.

It should not be strange to see any strange people in Mercenary City, like the old man in the old armory shop, like the owner of that ordinary little bookstore, and the friend of the indifferent shopkeeper.

Sheng Xuan packed up his mood and walked quickly to the door of the bookstore, and then respectfully announced inside, and the familiar soft voice sounded again, "Come back, come in!" In that voice, he seemed to be a child who had left home, returning to his parents.

When Sheng Xuan walked out of the bookstore, it was already an hour later, and he had a smile on his face, obviously the two sides had a good conversation this time, and the harmonious atmosphere was a little surprising.

However, this was just that he took the opportunity to ask some cultivation questions, and he didn't try to ask the shopkeeper and his friends to help, I don't know if they can still be so harmonious after opening their mouths.

After visiting the two elders in his heart, he went straight to the mercenary union, he and Gleason also made an appointment to meet here, when he stepped into the door of the union, but heard the echo of his own footsteps, the hall that was usually very lively, now there are only a few flies in a boring circle.

It seems that the impact of the war has penetrated into all walks of life, and the mercenary industry is not immune, seeing that Old Mino is bored to coax the flies, but did not kill them, obviously intending to keep them to pass the time even more boring.

When Old Maino raised his eyes and saw Shengxuan, the sudden burst of joy in his eyes really startled him, and the enthusiasm that followed made him even more flattered, but it is not surprising to think about it, after all, Old Maino has not seen outsiders for a long time.

After a long period of greetings, Old Mino finally turned the topic back to his profession, "Since the last Duchy recruitment mission, your mercenary group has been promoted to the S rank, but I have never seen you, the Grand Master, go through the promotion procedures, I thought 、、、Oh, hehehe, it's far away again, do you plan to handle it now, or keep it for later?"

Even if it is to do business, Lao Mainuo's words always make people unable to hear the formal tone, but this does not affect Shengxuan's good mood, hearing that his mercenary group has been promoted again, this is of course good news, but there is a faint sadness in his heart, how many of those former partners are left now?

"I want to post a task in the guild and hire a mage above the intermediate level. "Hired mage?" Old Mino heard this, his eyes almost didn't fly to Shengxuan's face, his mouth couldn't be closed for a long time, and the union personnel next to him sneered, as if looking at a fool.

"Hahaha, do you want to 、、、 you want to hire a few mages, hahaha、、、、 what other conditions are there 、、、、 what is used as a reward、、、、 I'll help you register and see." Old Mai Nuo forced a smile and said with difficulty, and couldn't help but frown slightly, "Is this so funny?"

"It's not funny, it's very ridiculous, do you know what time it is? The two countries are in full swing, all the people registered in the Mage Association have been recruited, even the mages who are loose cultivators don't know where to hide, you still want to hire a mage at this time? I really don't know what you think. Old Maino laughed and dropped some bitter words, which immediately extinguished the hope in Shengxuan's heart.

"But I will continue to be a mage now, and I want a lot, at least a hundred," said Sheng Xuan and stuffed a bag of gold coins into Old Mino's hand, surprisingly this time the other party not only laughed, but also really helped him think about it carefully, "In this way, I think you have only one way, go and ask Archduke Julio, at this time, I am afraid that there are only a few mages in his army in the principality." ”

The power of the gold coin is really strong, not only can stop the ridicule, but also can use the brain, although Sheng Xuan also knows that the last hope will fall on this grand duke, but after the guidance of outsiders, it is even more determined.

Gleason waited until Sheng Xuan finished asking, and then quietly walked to his side, and the moment the two stepped out of the door, he looked back at Old Minor strangely, with a look of vigilance and surprise in his eyes.

I haven't seen him for many days, but this grand duke with a free and easy demeanor is full of tiredness, and even silver frost has appeared on his sideburns, which can't help but surprise Sheng Xuan, but the grand duke is still so enthusiastic when he sees him, and then asks, "This is 、、、" "It's my friend Gleason." The Grand Duke glanced at it casually, and saw that the other party's cultivation was only eight or nine ranks, so he didn't pay any more attention, "Why didn't you see Reg come back?" Josephine asked me several times, but I didn't know how to answer. ”

"I'm here to find a way to rescue Reg this time!" Hearing this, the Grand Duke's brows furrowed ugly, "It seems that you are also in trouble, let's go in and talk slowly, I am also anxious here, and I want to ask you for help." ”

"What's wrong?" asked anxiously as soon as he entered the living room, while the Grand Duke grabbed the wine bottle and quickly poured three glasses of wine, then grabbed a glass and poured it hard, "Hey, my principality is only afraid that it will be destroyed." ”

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