He looked up at Raphael in horror.

Raphael smiled and said, "It's not my business to kill you, understand? I'll take what you have in your mouth and ask you anything, and you have to answer anything, otherwise, you won't have time to live until dawn tomorrow." ”

He nodded repeatedly.

Raphael stretched out his hand, removed the cloth towel from his mouth, and said, "Tell me about yourself." ”

With a tremble, he said, "My name is Dantes, and you know the rest." ”

"District Deacon, what is the scope of the Bloodstreaks Chamber of Commerce?"

Dantès said: "Across a county, there are two chambers of commerce of small city-states, which are under my control. ”

Raphael was surprised and said, "Oh, what are you doing here?"

Dantes gritted his teeth and said, "I advise you to let me go, and then persuade those mercenaries, do you know that the Blood Pattern Chamber of Commerce is from the Demon God Sect! ”

Raphael frowned and said, "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Dontes was scared in his heart, and said, "It's okay to tell you, there are many missions in the mercenary world recently, all of which are about finding Angel Tears, and these tasks provide goals, saying that there are clues at the target, but many of these targets are aimed at the Demon God Church, such as a certain elder, there is also an incident like this around here, and the Demon God Sect will let our Chamber of Commerce check here." ”

Raphael said: "So you transferred people from other places to prevent people from being detected, but unfortunately you were exposed as soon as you came." ”

Dantes said confidently: "Yes, that woman was not killed by me at all, as soon as I woke up, I saw her body on my bed, all hard, who would have the habit of sleeping with the corpse for one night? ”

"Oh, it seems that the city lord may not know your identity. I'm curious, he still does it to you?" said Raphael, touching his chin.

Dantes said: "The city lord appeared at that time, I also explained, and told this bastard that although I didn't kill him, it was because of my appearance that his daughter died, and he was willing to compensate him for 200,000 gold coins, and he agreed." ”

For the little noble, 200,000 gold coins, which is very considerable, the daughters of this little lord are all dead, and the means of murder are obviously very shoddy, this lord has no reason to be so resentful of Dantes.

When she met Bevily last fall, she also talked about Angel's Tears, and Raphael felt that there must be some conspiracy here, so he said, "What was the Tears that day?"

Dantès said: "It is said that it is an ancient sea overlord: a huge warship, but this is just a legend, some people think it is a treasure trove, and some people think it is an artifact, anyway, no one can say, but one thing is certain, that is, most people think that if they get the tears of angels, they can control the sea area of Wandao, and if they control the sea area of Wandao, they can control the sea and become the real king of the sea, and those pirates are muttering that they want to become the king of pirates, and the privateer team is no exception." ”

The interests of the sea, Raphael, of course, understood that the pirate king, was indeed tempting.

Because the sea is too far from the center of the continent to be controlled, the empires support some privateer groups to resist the invasion of pirates or other countries, and of course, the fleets of other countries.

The continent's three empires all border each other in the shape of a giant fish, with its head to the west and tail to the east, with long fins that extend into the sea like a crescent.

The lower half of the fish's head, with a piece of fin, is the Orlan Empire;

The upper half of the fish's head, with a fin on it, is the Lordaeron Empire;

The body and tail of the fish are the Lane Empire;

To the east of the fins and tails is the extremely vast sea area of Wandao;

To the east of the Wandao Sea, it is the East Continent, almost even the Wandao Sea, where it is said that there are gradually people who have reclaimed and lived, but there are many demonic beasts there, and there are very few places occupied by humans.

Of course, such a geographical description is very sketchy, in fact, the shape of the continent is not so regular, much more complicated. And the west side of the fish head is not the sea, but a jungle-covered mountain range, how wide the mountain range to the west of the fish head is, then no one knows, even if it is the dragon clan, they don't know.

Why, then, did the trade between empires have to pass through the Ten Thousand Islands?

The answer, of course, is helplessness.

Due to the peculiar topography of the western continent, the coastal waters between the coastal continent and the Wandao sea area, without exception, are full of a large number of reefs, and even the port can only be formed because of the passage in the reef, plus the climate and water ripples do not support offshore navigation, and the empires really have to pass through the Wandao sea area if they want to trade at sea.

The water ripples and climatic conditions in the sea area vary greatly, and the navigation route is very complicated, so it is conceivable that it is a paradise for pirates.

In addition to being close to the waters of the empire, which is a relatively safe route, once you enter the sea area of the Ten Thousand Islands, as long as you are not careful, you will be plundered.

However, even so, there are still a large number of merchants who take sea by sea, because sea freight is still much cheaper than land transportation.

On land, merchants have to pay taxes through the territories of many great nobles, and there are many principalities between the empires, and they have to pass through these principalities to go to other empires, and they also have to pay taxes, and these taxes add up to the loss along the way, basically, after the goods reach their destination, the cost is one or two times higher.

As a result, the price of specialty products from all over the world has doubled after they are shipped to other places.

This has a dazzling profit, a profit that makes people dare to take risks, if you ship by sea, as long as a shipload arrives safely, it is almost not a problem to earn three times the cost, if you get a tight cargo, then ten times is possible.

Raphael was also curious, and said, "Well, I know it now." He looked at Dontes' puffy face, and shook the demon veins.

Dantès became frightened and exclaimed, "Don't kill me, please." My lord, you see how similar we are, you save me, maybe I can be your stand-in one day. ”

Raphael smiled slightly and said: "Your business has nothing to do with me, others will use this method to frame you, which shows your usual conduct, I said, killing you is not my business, but I can make you less painful before you die." "And he cast a holy healing spell.

Although Dantes was nervous, he was also badly injured from the beating, and he desperately didn't want to let himself sleep, but he couldn't control the tiredness caused by the Holy Healing Technique.

Dantès insisted in the haze to wake himself up, and finally he held on and opened his eyes.

Feeling a shadow looming over him, Dantès looked at it in confusion, and finally saw that the shadow close to him was two arms, and the cheeks were cold, and the shadow was carrying a thin piece of something in his hands.

The thin skin was pulled by the palm of his hand, and the exposed black eye sockets and the corners of the black hole mouth were slightly curved, as if with a kind of ridicule of himself.

It's a dough!

Oh my God! My face was peeled off, and it was terrible! How painful it would be! Dontès wept in horror as he thought of his flesh and blood, and began to confess to the demon god what he had done to many young girls, and to pray for God's mercy and hope to be saved.

The demon god obviously won't pay attention to him, because he is fundamentally wrong, and the demon god will not think that it is an evil thing, but will only take it for granted.

But in his subconscious, Dantès thinks that he has committed evil, and his prayers are contrary to the worship of the demon god.

How did Raphael know what Dontès was thinking, he originally wanted to see Dontes, just to change the shape of his fish-man mask, but he didn't expect to hear the news of some mercenary guild missions.

Raphael doesn't really think that Dantes is more handsome than himself, after all, his beauties just like the corners of his eyes and soft little face, saying that he is handsome.

Raphael's eyes were kissed no less.

Raphael was actually proud of this, even though it sounded like a little white face.

Now, it's just to change the shape of the mermaid mask with the appearance of Dantes, thinking that he wants to change his appearance so that people don't recognize him, and he looks very much like himself, which will be more pleasing to the eye, but the mermaid mask can only change with the face shape, and cannot change at will, so that Dantès's face is too suitable.

Mobilize the demon vein, get a condensation technique, and while listening to Dantes's prayer, he cleaned the mermaid mask and put it away.

At first, Raphael listened to the prayers with a smile.

Gradually, his face sank, and he put his hand on Dantès's neck.

Because Dantes is cruel to beautiful women, and besides, she is just a civilian woman who has no resistance, which is a taboo for Raphael.

After feeling the terrible murderous aura, Dantès finally forgot about the face and shouted, "You said you wouldn't kill me!"

Raphael's golden eyes were cold, but the corners of his mouth smiled: "Who told you to be more handsome than me? ”

Dantès exclaimed, "No, I can give it to you... ”

"Click!" the terrifying sound of a broken neck bone sounded, and Raphael pinched Dontès' neck without mercy.

This thing really doesn't deserve sympathy, and I guessed it right. Raphael took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, threw it at the corpse, and went out the door.

The mercenaries outside saw Raphael come out and asked, "My lord, do you have any other orders? If not, then we?"

Raphael shrugged his shoulders and said, "I killed him carefully, you guys go and deal with it." ”

After leading the wildebeest, and just as he rode up, the mercenaries swarmed out of the house, carrying a round package, and ran straight away.

As soon as the mercenary left, Raphael put on a mermaid mask in the shape of Dontès' face, as for the difference in the color of his eyes and hair, he didn't care, he didn't want to pretend to be Dantes, he just wanted to hide his face, after all, he had been the chief judge for a while, and many times he didn't wear the mask of the chief judge, it was inevitable that someone would be able to recognize him.

Riding his horse, Raphael headed for the nearby city-states.

This horse has a mark, but it doesn't matter, after riding to the big city-state, the horse is useless.

It was getting late, and a small town in the middle of the fields and moors was in sight.

Anyway, there was no hurry, so Raphael turned his horse's head and drove his horse towards the town.

The town feels very poor, many of the houses in the town are made of rubble, and you can only see decent buildings in the small square where the town fort is located, and one of the three-story buildings is even more conspicuous.

On the outer wall of the third floor of the small building, there is a big sign with a pillow painted on it, on which is a pair of knives and forks and a wine glass, indicating that this is a hotel, and there are accommodations, drinks and meals.

Raphael rode to the door of the hotel.

In the reception hall of the hotel, an old man who was drinking tea with guests stood up, walked out of the tavern, trotted to Raphael, and said softly, "My lord, why are you on your way back?

This old man has a white beard, triangular eyes, and is dressed in a more elaborate butler costume, which should be the butler of Dantes.

Hmm? Raphael was stunned for a moment, it couldn't be such a coincidence, so he said: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm hungry, help me get some food first." ”

The old man hurriedly turned around and went into the hotel to find the waiter and give him some instructions.

Raphael was in the stable next to the hotel, handed the horse to the groom, and walked towards the hotel.

There's no need for this butler to wait for Dantes in this town for no reason, right? Dontès must have been delayed for a while if he committed something in that small town, so perhaps the butler was passing by and wanted to report something to Dantès.

Raphael, led by the butler, went to a small box, waited for the waiter to serve the food, and asked, "How is the business that you have done?"

This housekeeper should be doing things for Dantes, and now that it is done, he will go to Dontes, and he must be halfway to this town. This is what Raphael guessed, and if he was wrong, then there was another story.

The butler looked curiously at Raphael's hair color and eyes, and was a little suspicious in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask, so he only said: "My lord, I found a group of very powerful mercenaries, and it matches your interests very well, hehe, the head of the regiment is a stunning beauty." But is it worth paying 100,000 gold coins for this?"

Raphael's affairs were not clear to Raphael, but he was clear about the affairs of Dantes.

With a roll of his eyes, Raphael said, "Why isn't it worth it?" My lord, if I find out about this matter, then it will be valued by the Demon God Sect, so you can watch it when the time comes." ”

The waiter walked in with the dishes, a simple barbecue set with some vegetables and a soup.

After placing it, the waiter took the tray and said respectfully: "Slow use of your guests." And he withdrew.

The butler waited for the waiter to leave, and then he couldn't help but say, "My lord, your hair... Oh, I'm just a little curious. ”

Raphael ate and said, "Isn't it pretty? Gold, what a noble color." Don't ask about this kind of personal hobby, what's going on with that mercenary group, where are they?"

The housekeeper said: "Although the head of the regiment is a beautiful woman, however, it is called the Marauder Mercenary Regiment, and the commander of the regiment has black hair and black eyes, called Katarina, who is waiting for us in the front of Booker City, saying that by the way, I will investigate some information." Originally, I also met that kind of single mercenary, but it was also very powerful, called Moliel, and she was a little famous in the mercenary world, but she didn't have a mercenary group. ”

Uh-huh, Molilla, didn't she say she was going to flee to St. Vidde? Raphael was amazed.

Sure enough, it is necessary to cover up one's own face, and the great movement of the church, as long as people who are not lonely and unheard, will understand, how dare those who recognize themselves dare to deal with themselves?

Raphael said: "What about my professional rank book? Why can't I find it, it's really bad to remember my surname recently, and I want to join the mercenary group." ”

The housekeeper was stunned, among ordinary mercenaries, a high-level fighter is not bad, but I am afraid it is a bit dangerous to do this kind of task, if this bastard dies, his life will definitely be greatly affected, so he said: "You are all at home, only wearing a baron heraldic ring, my lord, the professional level documents are not important, you have paid for it, there is no need to participate by yourself." ”

Raphael hurriedly withdrew his hand, not letting the butler notice, and said: "It's very necessary, I was framed, and I was almost killed by the mercenaries, but it is safe to follow the mercenary group, this matter, if you participate, you can't retreat, you go to the Blood Pattern Chamber of Commerce, help me take care of something, don't worry about the rest." I'll go to Booker City again for an assessment and make up the formalities. ”

Framed? Almost killed? We're from the Bloodlines Chamber of Commerce, and anyone dares to do this?

The butler was scared, it seemed that this matter was not simple, he rolled his triangular eyes, and only felt that it was a terrible thing to stay with Raphael for a while, so he asked carefully: "Okay, my lord, the mercenary group is waiting for you in the Blue Poppy Tavern in Booker City in front, I see that the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce have been delayed a lot, should I rush back overnight?"

Raphael was originally trying to scare the butler, but he was perfunctory, so he smiled and said, "Okay, but how can I contact the mercenary group?"

The butler said, "Your Excellency, as long as you say that you are Dantes, they will know about the recent attack on the Demon God Sect." My lord, I'm leaving?"

Raphael said, "Okay, you go." ”

The butler saluted, walked out of the box with steady steps, closed the door of the box, and then the calm on his face disappeared, and he ran out of the hotel in fear.

Originally, Raphael just wanted to take on some tasks casually and add some practical experience by the way, but this matter slowly aroused his interest.

At noon the next day, Raphael, still wearing a coarse cloth ascetic robe, came to the city gate of Booker and dismounted, and walked with the horse, and whoever liked to take advantage of it would take it.

Once in the city and hopping into a carriage, Raphael went to the Blue Poppy Hotel to arrange accommodation.

After arriving at the door of the hotel, Raphael sent the coachman away, and as soon as he entered, a petite woman with a hood rolled up a scent of incense and passed by.

Raphael felt the fragrance familiar, so he turned to look at the woman's back in the distance, and a light breeze blew, and the woman's hood was blown off.

Huh? It's Rodara.

Rodanla seemed to be struggling with something, and went straight towards the square, having already turned the flower bed, Raphael hurriedly chased after it, turned the flower bed to look, but only saw the bustling crowd, the petite figure had disappeared.

Raphael had no choice but to go back to the hotel, find the lobby supervisor to book a suite, and ask for the approximate location of the Mercenary Guild. (To be continued.) )