"Hey man~~ Give me a glass of cold ale! The kind that needs more ice! ”

In the Oasis Town Tavern, the lizardman Ward finished a glass of cold ale in a few gulps, and asked the boss to fill it up, and then drank it in small sips.

For their lizardmen, the summer in the Northland desert is really hard! He had to keep hydrating to keep that sticky protective film on his skin so that he wouldn't let himself dry out and turn into a lizard.

Compared to Ward's embarrassing situation, the other three were dressed coolly, with natural expressions, obviously enjoying the comfortable temperature of early summer.

Turquoise also wore a skirt when she was not on a mission, and it became a rare beautiful scenery in Oasis Town.

Fack, who had excelled in that battle, was already able to command a mercenary squad of nearly fifty men.

Of course, their "Xiao" has also expanded from the original five to the current eighteen! Became one of the largest mercenary groups in Oasis Town.

"Hey~ Ward, you drink less, we still have a task in the afternoon, and it's easy to make a mistake if you drink too much!"

Jadeite looked at the lizardman who had asked for a third glass of ale, and couldn't help but persuade.

"There's no way~~ If I don't replenish a lot of water, I will definitely turn into a dried corpse halfway through the mission. Every summer in the desert is my nightmare! Oh my God~~~ I really want to go south to join the Confederate Army~~~ I really want to go to my hometown of Tahiti swamp to see~~~ Think about it, how comfortable and comfortable it is to be wrapped in that cold swamp mud and roll~~~! ”

"You're a refill! Not moisture! ”

When Pyrolite heard his description, she got goosebumps all over her body.

"And! Don't talk about such disgusting things, don't I think there's anything to be comfortable in the mud? ”

Salomon rolled his eyes, folded his arms in front of his chest, and nodded solemnly: "Maybe Ward is right, he should go back to the south to escape the summer." It's the home of the lizardmen, and maybe he'll meet a female lizard and give birth to a bunch of little wards to bring back. ”

Ward was slightly stunned, looked at the serious Salomon and asked, "Hey, brother, are you serious about this?" How can I find out that you're talking more and more abnormally now. Are you a Celex or another monster possessed by a monster? ”

Salemon gave him a roll of his eyes, and snorted coldly: "Brother, I just said my opinion, do you like to listen or not." Really, kindness is regarded as a donkey's liver and lungs. ”

Falck, who was working on a task list, placed the parchment task list on the table and glanced at Celem, intentionally or unintentionally.

Indeed, Ward was right. In the past, the brain circuits of Salomon were always very strange, and his speech was very jumpy. But lately he has been talking more and more like a normal person .... But when such a change happened to Salomon, it made people feel extremely weird, and it became abnormal!

But with this change in the good brother, he can't say anything. But there was a faint uneasiness in Farke's heart....

Although the Northland desert has been calm for a long time since that incident, it is also thanks to the large southward movement of the Union army, which has suppressed the enemy in Tahiti.

The Lane Continent has been quiet for a month, and the pain of the past seems to have been forgotten by people.

Everyone's life seems to be on the right track, and everything is developing for the better step by step.... But there was a kind of uneasiness in his heart that was getting stronger and stronger!

And he had a feeling that this uneasiness was coming from their side! Fake was even a little suspicious of a few of his companions, especially Celemon!

Now he didn't even dare to tell them about some things, so he could only secretly check them in private, or report directly to the mercenary king Shar Cusack.

Because he firmly believes that everyone else can be infected and have problems, but if it is the mercenary king, no one has the ability to invade his body! If there is, then it will be futile for them to resist too much.

At this time, there is no king of the seven seas on the continent, so in terms of physical strength and heads-up, Sharkusack is undoubtedly outstanding! Leaving the others behind.

On this day, Falke was ready to go and secretly meet the mercenary king again and tell the other party about his uneasiness.

Falke also secretly wrote a letter to Klose, but has not yet received a reply from the latter. He knew that Klose, as a real "king" now, had a lot of things to deal with, and it was normal not to see his letter for the first time.

But there was still a glimmer of hope in his heart, that the clever magician would answer the doubts in his heart.

Fake, who came back to his senses, looked at the Salomon who began to make the lizard angry and blushing and thick-necked, and hurriedly spoke to stop it: "Okay, you two don't quarrel, I'm going to go out now, everyone is ready to prepare, we still have a task in the afternoon." ”

He took a sip of the cold ale in front of him and got up to leave.

Jadeite looked at Fack's back worriedly, feeling that the relationship between the four of them seemed to be becoming more and more strange and estranged.

The girl propped her chin in her hands and fell into deep thought. However, at this moment, a tall, thin man wearing a hood entered the tavern.

He walked straight to Bicui and sat down, it turned out to be one of the "Xiao".

His name is Huang Lian, and he is a "shooter" like Salemon.

However, instead of a bow and arrow, he used a short-handled musket, a black crow-specific short-fledged musket that had become popular in the interior of the Lane continent.

His marksmanship is amazing! But he is a little lazy. But it has to be said that in several battles, he has proved that he is still a very reliable partner.

I saw Huang Lian sitting next to Cuicuishi, and raised his hand to ask for a glass of cold ale.

Then he approached the girl's ear and whispered: "Deputy head of the regiment, I found something, what about the other leaders?" ”

Yes, now the head of "Xiao" is Fake, and Cuicuishi has become the deputy leader.

The girl said "oh" and said, "He's going out to do some errands, and we're about to pack up our things and go on a mission in the afternoon." ”

Huang Lian snorted, squinted at all corners of the tavern, and said in a low voice: "Deputy head of the regiment, there are some strange things I found, let's find a quiet place to talk." ”

Jadeite looked at the latter with some confusion, and then at Salomon and Ward, who were bickering.

She stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go upstairs." ”

The two of them went to the attic of the Oasis Tavern, where some durable greenery was planted, and there were also some customers who liked to climb high and look into the distance, but the number of people was significantly smaller and quieter than that of the noisy hall.

The two picked a relatively remote corner, and Huang Lian said, "I found a strange corpse not far from the desert ruins before!" ”

"What corpse?"

Jadeite asked.

"It's the corpse of a ripper! There are no scars all over its body, but a layer of the case has been lost.... It's like a snake that has lost its skin, except that its shell is hard. I suspect that ugly monster has acquired some kind of evolutionary ability! Their shape.... There's a good chance something has changed! If you consider it comprehensively in combination with several murder cases in the desert north a while ago.... There's a good chance those monsters have been able to transform into us humans! Or maybe it's other races that have mixed into our crowd! ”

The girl's face changed, and her eyes looked at Coptis in horror.

She asked with a look of disbelief, "Blending into the crowd?" Are you sure!? ”

The latter also had a blue face, but still nodded firmly.

"That's right, that's all I can say now. Of course, this is only a preliminary guess, and I have also communicated with the leaders of several other large mercenary groups. But after getting their feedback, I was even more sure of the authenticity of this matter! ”

"What kind of feedback?" The girl asked.

The captains all said..... During this time, the temperament of a few members of his own group has changed greatly! What used to be irritable is now quiet, what used to be quiet is now lively, what used to be lively is now a little sick.... In short, it is to go to the other extreme of the previous personality! ”

Pyroe gasped and remembered the conversation Ward had had with Celem.

Indeed, he also found that Celemon has been in a very strange situation recently, and he is very close to a normal person in terms of speech and behavior. But it's so abnormal for this to happen to Celemon! Don't.....

She didn't dare to imagine the truth behind it, but she couldn't avoid the subtle changes hidden in the shadows.

The girl bit her lip and looked like Huang Lian and said, "In this way, I will give feedback to the head of the regiment about your investigation, but now we still have to keep this matter secret from everyone in the regiment!" It can only stay in the range of a few people's value. If what you find is true... Then let these monsters who have blended into the crowd realize that we have found something wrong, and it is very likely that new variables will be generated! Of course, the private investigation can't stop yet, and the future of the Northland mercenaries is in our hands! Please! ”

Huang Lian took a deep look at the girl, and felt that this girl who used to be cute and innocent was growing up rapidly in the recent period.

The kind of growth of Pyrite is a progressive, stepwise normal growth. It's not a big change in temperament in the short term.

Huang Lian felt that this change in the girl had a lot to do with her job change! Since he has become the deputy commander, he has to think about the safety and future of his subordinates.

She's becoming more and more able to take charge on her own!

Taking a deep breath, Huang Lian bowed slightly and replied, "Yes!" Deputy Commander, then I'll go down first. ”