Chapter 1: The First Glass of Wine
Ryan and his party wandered into the "First Drink" bar, a famous bar located in the docks of Seabreeze City, where many adventurers who come to Seabreeze City to find something to do will order a drink and spend time here until someone hires them.
Under Luke's detailed plan, Ryan and his party of 8 plus Xiaobai stayed here after passing through the magic teleportation array and coming to Seabreeze City. According to Luke's plan, Ryan will wait here for a few days, and then a smuggling ship full of northern furs will arrive in Seabreeze City, and then the owner of the smuggling ship will hire Ryan to protect them and the goods to go to Paradise of Freedom, so that the whereabouts of Ryan and the others will not be too noticeable.
Although Ryan had a lot of slander about this plan in his heart, considering Faraz's relationship with Luke, he finally accepted this plan as much as possible. As a result, the entire 8 members of the Ryan Mercenary Group plus Xiaobai stayed in the "First Drink" bar for three consecutive days.
The waiters at the "First Drink" bar are a few cute girls dressed in bunny costumes, and this cool outfit only covers the important parts of the girls' bodies, and the exposure of large areas of snow-white skin brings great excitement to the idle adventurers, which is probably the biggest reason for the booming business here.
Seeing Ryan and his party walk in, a maid came over with a jump.
Ryan and his party have been here for three days in a row, and they are familiar with each other with the girls in the bar, Ryan is not the kind of person who bullies, plus he never looks at those girls like other adventurers, and he will always tip them a little more after paying enough for the drink, which really aroused the affection of several maids for Ryan.
"Is it still the old rule?" the girl asked with a smile.
"Well, I'm sorry for you. As the leader of the entire mercenary group, Ryan came out to the girl in front of him who was less than 20 years old and said, "Is there any news lately?"
"Oh, it's not like that. The girl, while bringing wine to Lane and them, said with some amusement, "The ships of the north are almost extinct, and it is said that there is a war going on there." ”
Seeing that his group was sitting around a table against the window, Ryan looked up and out the window. In the first half of Ryan's visit, the dock was crowded, and a large number of goods were loaded or unloaded here, and now, the dock was deserted, and the ships docked in the dock could be counted at a glance.
"Erin, come here. A bargirl on the other side shouted loudly, and the bargirl, who was putting a glass of water in front of Ryan, turned her head and agreed, "Got it, Anna." After saying that, the bar girl's name was Erin and turned her head again, and said to Ryan apologetically, "I'm really sorry, you can call me if you have anything." ”
Ryan glanced at Erin's back, and began to think about how the magic arrays he studied last night had to be combined to achieve his goal. Without Victor's guidance, Ryan himself would have to take all the details into account, which was troublesome, but it was an experience that Ryan had to go through. If Ryan is not able to become independent, then in the end Ryan will only be a skilled craftsman, and can only repeat what he is familiar with every day, rather than making newer and more perfect works.
Faras looked at Ryan blankly, she and Ryan had known each other for a year, and if you talked about it carefully, the way Ryan was thinking was the most attractive to her. Alendor and the others were either talking in a low voice, or sitting there thinking about something, only Colin and Thomas had their eyes wandering around the bar, whispering from time to time about who had the better body and whose skin was smoother.
Since it was not yet noon, there were not many people sitting in the bar, except for Ryan's table, there were two tables of people at the door, and looking at the familiar appearance between them, they probably belonged to a large mercenary group. Outside the two tables next to Ryan, six lewd-faced men were talking loudly about which chick was more energetic last night, which made Faras frown in disgust, and then changed positions, as far away from the annoying guys as possible.
In a corner of the bar, three mercenaries in the same costume are whispering something, one of them is a lady with a nice build, much to the excitement of Colin and Thomas. There were also a few adventurers sitting here and there at the bar counter, one of whom was a man in his forties wearing a magic apprentice's robe, which made Faras secretly amused.
At the strong request of the Magic Guild, Ryan went directly from a magic apprentice to a trainee magician, and was eventually promoted to a junior magician, a level with Faras. According to the explanation of the Magic Guild, although Ryan could not meet the promotion requirements of the Magic Guild, his record in the defense of the imperial capital had already shown the strength of this magic apprentice, and as for the various requirements that must be met when he was promoted, Ryan was still young, and he would slowly reach it in the future.
In order for Ryan to accept this promotion, the president of the Magic Guild even came forward in person, and after less than 1 minute of conversation, Ryan had to agree to the promotion of the Magic Guild, because the president of the Magic Guild only said one sentence: "You have such strength and refuse to be promoted, do you have to watch those fools who cheat and be filled with it?"
In fact, if it weren't for Victor and Ryan's strong opposition, the Magic Guild wouldn't mind turning Ryan into a magister. Victor didn't want Ryan to lose himself in such a boring thing, and Ryan's idea was more straightforward, walking on the street, a magister could attract more attention than a magic apprentice, if he really wore the emblem of a magister to go out, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, Ryan was not the kind of person who would find himself a bunch of trouble for some illusory reputation.
So when Falath saw someone wearing the robes of a magic apprentice, he remembered Ryan's previous experience, in history, a person who can achieve Ryan's level as a magic apprentice may not be able to find anyone else, right?
Faras thought of the funny part, she couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly laughed out loud, it didn't matter if she laughed, that flower-like appearance made everyone who saw this scene lose their minds for a short time, and even the good-looking mercenary sitting in the corner showed a jealous look on her face.
The six mercenaries who were talking about women all had their mouths long and stared at Farrath, their saliva filling the table without noticing. Faras glanced at the six mercenaries in disgust again and turned to the side, but the six mercenaries couldn't take it anymore and stood up and walked towards Ryan's side.
Maybe they were too obsessed with Faras's beauty, these six mercenaries didn't even notice that Ryan's table was not so easy to mess with, two junior magicians and a priest, how could an ordinary mercenary group have such a strong strength? The six mercenaries came to Ryan's table, and the leader wiped the messy beard on his mouth, coughed heavily, but did not get a response, his face suddenly couldn't hang up, the leader snorted in his nose, and a companion behind him immediately stood up playfully and said: " Hey, where are you guys from?"
Unexpectedly, Colin and Thomas jumped up at once, their faces were full of excitement, and their mouths kept saying: "Great, great, finally someone came to the door, boss, you don't allow us to make trouble, but if others provoke us, we must always give him some color, right?"
The six mercenaries looked at Colin and Thomas blankly, and a hint of foreboding appeared in their hearts, and the one who led them hurriedly waved his hand and said, "...... the hell Ah, I'm just asking. The leader was startled when he saw Colin holding a short bow in his hand, and Thomas directly touched a crossbow, he finally understood what he was feeling just now, and his premonition had already told him that the group of people in front of him was definitely not easy to mess with, but unfortunately, it was too late to know now.
Despite his disgust with the six mercenaries, Faras whispered, "Don't kill anyone." ”
After receiving Faraz's affirmation in disguise, Thomas said directly to Colin: "The four on the right belong to me, and the two over there are yours." ”
Colin's voice immediately sounded: "Absolutely not, one and a half." ”
"Deal!"
Seeing that his party was divided by others like this, a trace of anger suddenly surged in the leader's heart, which was too much to take himself as a human being, and he said threateningly: "We are from the Sea Breeze City Double Axe Mercenary Group, I am the famous Bloody Face Charlie, I have killed more people than you have ever seen, you ...... If you dare to hurt a single hair of our hair, our regimental commander will not let you go. ”
Colin and Thomas glanced at each other, and put the weapon in their hands on the table very tacitly, this action seemed to the leader Charlie to be a sign of weakness, he suddenly became arrogant, and said uncontrollably: "You apologize now, and then send this woman ......"
Before Charlie could finish speaking, Colin and Thomas moved in unison. These two elite archers of Thor Fortress are not only proficient in archery, in fact, their own martial arts skills are also very good, especially after following Ryan, every time they experience the test of life and death, it makes their strength soar, although with Ryan's support, but the unscathed record of the two of them is enough to prove their strength.
In order to curry favor with Farah, Colin and Thomas coincidentally attacked the most annoying Charlie, Colin punched the unlucky jaw in front of him, and immediately knocked out six of his teeth, and the six broken teeth flew into the air with a few points of blood. And Thomas was even more desperate, kicking Charley directly in the crotch, making the man who was like a fake let out a woman-like scream.