Chapter 257: The King of Mercenaries
Initially, there was no confirmation of the presence of elves in the Misty Forest, and many people thought it was nonsense. Even in the town of Belica, where there is a shortage of hotels and houses due to the sudden increase in population, there are some adventurers who lack knowledge of the cold climate of the extreme north, and think that they can survive on sleeping bags, camping outdoors despite warnings, and as a result, many people on the streets did not wake up the next day, not to mention the forests that are ravaged by snowstorms all day long, let alone delicate elves in that extreme environment, even the strongest barbarians are estimated to not survive!
Even so, more rumors of the appearance of recruited elves also spread, and some people even swore that they had indeed seen elves, and it was an elf with beautiful silver hair that is difficult to describe in words!
Until one time, several wolf bèi mercenaries fled back to the town of Belica in terror and told about the terrible things they had encountered in the forest, and there were some masked elves in the forest who nimbly shuttled through the wind and snow, and these elves were full of hostility to outsiders, and even attacked and killed mercenaries and adventurers who entered the forest. This time, the mercenaries also brought a piece of evidence, a dart stuck in the arm of a mercenary, this delicately crafted light and sharp dart really did not look like something that a human craftsman could create. However, after the news of this incident came out, the Belica Fortress near the town immediately sent a garrison, arrested several mercenaries on the charge of illegal entry and confiscated the dart, and the matter of the absence of witnesses and exhibits became unstable.
However, like sharks that smell blood, the slave catchers sneak into the kingdom of Saxony in droves to capture the legendary silver-haired elves. In any case, as long as it is named as an elf, it will definitely sell for a good price.
The tall black steed walked to the gate of the town of Belica, and the man in the trench coat looked at the place he had been here with a playful look, the town had been very deserted the last time he had visited, and the streets were almost crowded with people after a while. At the gate of the town, in addition to the militia and city guards responsible for security, the Belica Fortress also sent some garrisons to maintain law and order, and the barracks that were still under construction next to it were stationed in the town for a long time.
Moving along with the long procession into the city, the garrison needed to make one last replenishment in the town of Belica before they could begin their real journey.
"Wow~ This horse looks really good!"
Some adventurers and mercenaries couldn't help but comment on the man's mount, and I have to say that this is indeed a rare horse, and it can be seen from the size that it is a good horse that travels thousands of miles every day.
"Sir, your horse is really very good, I have a batch of goods to be shipped out here, just lack some horses, I don't know if you are willing to cut love, of course I am willing to pay this price┉┉" A smuggler with a sharp beak and cheeks talked over and compared a few fingers, as a smuggler naturally knows how to look at the goods, if such a good horse can be sold to those lords who love horses, it will definitely be able to earn back tenfold.
"Get out of here!"
To the embarrassment of the smuggler, the man gave the answer unceremoniously.
"If you think the price is low, I'm okay┉Hmm~"
This time, before the smuggler could finish speaking, the man directly hit the other party's face with his elbow, and the smuggler's cheeks almost sunken under the huge impact, and the nosebleed flew into the air along with the cracked broken teeth. It took several laps to the ground before the smuggler stopped convulsing.
"Damn~! How dare you do it to our brother. When the other smugglers saw their companions being beaten, they immediately rushed over and surrounded the men: "Do you know who we are?"
The man looked at the smuggler, and said in a tone full of disdain: "Any smuggler in the free city knows how to decorate himself, and the richer the smuggler, the more successful the nobleman. Judging by your shabby outfits~ garbage!"
The word trash!!!! Several smugglers even drew their swords, ready to teach the reckless man in front of them a lesson. The mercenaries and adventurers on the side were all agitated and ready to watch a good show, for these mercenaries who licked blood at the head of the knife all day long, fighting was as indispensable as the spice of life.
"A bunch of filthy rats, don't you all want to be thrown into prison by the town guards?" a tall, athletic and slightly dark-skinned female mercenary who was also dressed in warm clothes and had short ear-length hair came over and scolded him.
"It's Melanie, the leader of the Burning Blade Mercenaries, Melanie!"
"How did this madwoman get here?"
When the mercenaries saw the female mercenary, they immediately whispered, obviously this female mercenary named Melanie was still a little famous, at least many male mercenaries were a little scared when they saw her. Several smugglers saw that Melanie was more like a mouse seeing a cat, and did not dare to say a word out loud, so they could only glare at the man viciously.
Another tall mercenary with a shaved head and a tattoo on his face raised the flask in his hand and waved his hand at Melanie: "Hey~ Melanie, when did you come to this hellish place, also to catch those wolf cubs to earn a vote?
"Fuck you~Burcot!Last time the old lady fucked you, the old lady didn't have enough fun for you~fuck~~, so it's not good!Fuck off, your soft X old lady still can't look at it. Melanie unceremoniously sneered that the female man was full of true colors, and the mercenaries around him suddenly laughed, and the male mercenary named Burcott lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Melanie has nothing to do with you, it's this bastard who started to hurt us first. Seeing Melanie, the smuggler preemptively explained.
"Okay, don't think I don't know that you want to do something to cheat and cheat again, this time I like someone else's horse and want to buy it. After Melanie finished speaking, she couldn't help but look at the tall black horse, it was indeed a good horse with pure blood, and Melanie was a little moved when she saw it.
Huh~ How does this horse look very familiar, suddenly Melanie's brows furrowed, as if he had seen this horse somewhere, after all, this horse with pure black hair without a trace of variegation is rare,
Another smuggler picked up his companion who had been beaten and almost fainted, and the leader immediately asked, "Look at what this bastard has done, he has done such a heavy hand." ”
Melanie was interrupted from his thoughts and looked at the miserable smuggler: "Wow~ It's really miserable, I said that your kid is really ruthless, no matter how you say it, you should compensate others┉┉"
Before Melanie could finish speaking, three sounds of breaking the air had sounded again, and Melanie only felt a sudden flower in front of her eyes, and several smugglers all flew upside down and fell to the ground, this time all the smugglers fainted, and no one was getting up.
What's the matter!?Melanie froze in place, what just happened?
The man slowly took off his hood and stared at Melanie, word by word, "If I had been ruthless, they would have been dead by now." ”
Touch!
The flask fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, and the bald tattooed mercenary Burcot rubbed his eyes as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing, and stammered as he looked at the man in front of him with an unbelievable gaze: "Ge Ge Gell ┉ Kate!
Melanie stood on the spot as if she had been petrified, and a few seconds later the mercenary shook as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water from head to end, and jumped away from Gelkate with a scream almost like a little girl.
That's right, it's Gelket! The memory in Melanie's mind recalled for a moment, that black steed had indeed seen it herself, and it was in the arena of Free City! It was a competitive competition that Melanie would never forget, and Gelkit, the strongest undefeated king in Free City, took over the challenge of the Karut Kingdom and single-handedly faced the five Grand Knight Captains from the Carut Kingdom!
It was an overwhelming victory without suspense, the flying blood shattered the armor, the neighing of the war horse, Gelket riding a black horse in the arena was like a god of war who had descended into the world, and even if the five great knights of the Karut Kingdom who cooperated tacitly tried their best, they still couldn't escape the fate of being killed, and even the five great knights didn't even have a chance to make a declaration of surrender!
Even after several years, the almost boiling frenzy in the arena at that time was still imprinted in Melanie's mind, and in Melanie's eyes, Gelkate, who had won the victory at that time, was simply a god who had merged into this frenzy, a real undefeated god of war!
"Gelkit!"
"Gelkit!"
The mercenaries called, and many of them looked as excited as fanatical believers. The team at the gate of the town quickly split into two columns and gave way to Gerkett, as if to welcome the returning king! The leader of the strongest mercenary group, the eternal undefeated king in the arena, and the god of death on the battlefield are all titles given to Gerket by countless mercenaries! Many mercenaries even worship Gerket as the god of war!