In the furnace of the Demon Realm Border in June 565 of the Eltino calendar, the flames had been extinguished, and there was still light smoke curling from it, and the night was already deep, but the people by the furnace had not rested, staring at the few flames in front of them, and they were stunned.

In one corner of the room, several artifacts were discarded like garbage, rippling with ancient swords with dragon patterns, black armor composed of unknown metal, and walking sticks made in the shape of pythons......

Each one is so extraordinary in its simplicity that it can cost a discerning weapon dealer a high price, and if they see the unique mark of the maker, the value of these objects can soar more than a hundredfold.

And now, these things are just worthless and worthless at the foot of the wall.

In a daze, it was a short old man, with a thin body and a wrinkled face, and the traces left by various wind and frost could be clearly seen.

The old man's hearing seemed to be very bad, and because of this, several rats in the house were fat and large, and at this moment, they were hiding in the dark part of the house, feasting on the crumbs of cereals.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew in, and all the fires dimmed, and when everything was back to normal, there was a silent addition to the room.

"Master, disciple Zhu Yan see. ”

Listening to the human voice, the old man immediately woke up from his contemplation, his expression returned to his usual strong and capable, and said in a hoarse voice: "Is it Yan'er? How many times have you said it, a good man, don't follow the old ghost in the mountains, sneaky, roe deer, unorthodox ......"

The party being blamed was a young man, and in the face of the master's guidance that he didn't know whether to be ridiculed or simply complained, he didn't react as usual, but just reported his whereabouts in a flat tone.

"Master, the little junior sister has already crossed the border. ”

The man's figure is magnificent, he is a beautiful man, and his red hair is like red jade, which adds brilliance under the glow of the fire.

"I don't know if this time, I'm still the ...... behind"

"No need!"

The old man's temper was very short-tempered, and he said loudly and angrily: "This girl just loves to run around, since she refuses to stay here honestly, then her life and death have nothing to do with us, don't pay attention to her!"

After many years of getting along with master and apprentice, Zhu Yan understood very well that the master's real anger at the moment was not one-tenth of what it appeared on, so he still said slowly: "Actually, it is not a good thing to let the little junior sister go out to practice more. ”

"Just her tricks? Hmph! Not even a crack in the door. Yan'er, don't forget, only you are my true heir. ”

"Yes. However, with all due respect to the disciples, if the qualifications of the little junior sister are properly honed, the achievements are far above the disciples, and the disciples do not understand why the master does not ......."

"It's because of her good qualifications that I'm angry, if she ......"

Realizing that he had inadvertently said his true feelings, the old man immediately closed his eyes and sat silently with some discouragement.

Hearing the desired result, Zhu Yan didn't dare to stimulate the old man anymore, and changed the topic: "Master, about the handling of that kind of thing......"

"No, its owner has already taken it back. ”

"Ah! The gentleman is here. ”

At the mention of "that gentleman", Zhu Yan's voice trembled slightly, it was a voice mixed with reverence and eagerness.

The old man glanced at his apprentice, turned his head away, and said, "I came this morning, alas, look at it...... It won't last long. ”

Unlike Zhu Yan, there was a strong sentimentality in the old man's voice.

Zhu Yan didn't make a sound, he knew very well what the master meant in his words.

As if with infinite emotion, the old man slapped his palm on the table, shaking the candle.

"Alas, this thing of the demon clan has been in trouble for a lifetime. ”

In June of the 565th year of the Altino calendar, Shangri-La "Dang Chang!" sounded, and the long sword flew in mid-air, spun out a few dazzling arcs, and then fell to the ground.

He let out a long breath, as if his whole body had been drained, and he fell to his knees, his body soaked with sweat, but his throat was so dry that he could not make a sound.

At the moment when the long sword landed, the music stopped abruptly, and the ghostly illusion conjured by the magic song disappeared in an instant, and in the boundless darkness, only the light-makeup beauty in front of him put down the cello in his hand.

"Your martial arts have improved again, and this time you have lasted half a stick of incense compared to three months ago. ”

"It's a pity that I still can't break these magic songs. ”

"You shouldn't be surprised by that!"

The beauty smiled lightly, although the smile on her lips was light and clear, but it had a charming and charming mature charm.

"Since you lost, do you still want to continue the original commission?"

"Of course!"

Although he was as tired as mud, his answer was categorical and did not hesitate at all.

"Good. ”

Beauty shrugged her shoulders a little unfiguratively, as if this answer was not surprising, and smiled: "The search work so far, although there are clues, but there is no specific whereabouts of the target, if you want to continue, the level of the search must be upgraded by one level, of course, the reward required is also relatively high." And today, you didn't be able to beat me......"

“......”

"According to the original agreement, since you can't beat me, then you have to do business. ”

The beauty raised her hand lightly, and a bundle of paper rolls quietly floated down in front of him.

"This is the amount of money you need to delegate the task, and when you have the money together, I will hand you the latest search report. ”

He didn't have to open it, he fully understood how huge the number on the paper would be, and he just gasped for air.

Not for the money that was the same as the heavenly figures, but because of the fierceness and exhaustion of the battle.

"For the sake of everyone's personal friendship, I have a piece of information. ”

Beauty put away Aiqin and turned away, her slender back gradually disappearing into the darkness, "Free City has not been peaceful lately, if it's you, maybe you can get some benefits from it." ”

"Where?"

"The sand pillars of the Free City. ”

"That little place where birds don't poop?"

"Whether the buns are delicious or not, you can't just look at the skin. ”

Without further ado, he lay his whole body down on the cold floor, rested well, and slumbered for the long journey that followed.

In October of the 565th year of the Altino calendar, the jungle of the Free City was gloomy, and the dense branches were intertwined, completely blocking the light sources of all sides, and becoming a closed black world.

There was no wind, but there was a strange sound of metal breaking wind, and the branches and leaves of the trees swayed from time to time, which was evidence of someone fighting in the middle of it.

If someone can see in the dark, they can see the blood splashing on the leaves, and the number increases rapidly.

The trees shook more and more violently, and the battle between the two sides gradually became white-hot, and finally there was a loud bang, and the two hugging trees broke at the same time, and a figure coughed up blood, and retreated sharply to the depths of the forest at an astonishing high speed, and there was no shadow in a few clicks.

In the same place, seven men and women dressed in black at night jumped from the tree one after another.

Among the seven, old and young, tall and thin, each armed with a sword and a dagger, or some rare odd-shaped blades, each had different characteristics, but they all had one thing in common, that is, each of them carried minor or severe injuries.

In the lightest case, a piece of his left arm is missing, and in the worst case, he even needs to be rescued immediately by his companion to save his life.

All wounds also have a strange coincidence, that is, no matter how severe, each person has only one wound.

Because a person who can withstand the other party's two moves in a row is definitely not a living person!

Everyone was busy stopping the bleeding and wrapping the wounds, they were all strictly trained and did not let their emotions fluctuate easily, but when they thought of the horror of the fight just now, they couldn't help but be moved.

A middle-aged woman screamed, "That slut...... It's amazing, she's faster than any instructor, she's ...... She ......"

Because of excessive blood loss, I didn't say a few words, and I was out of breath.

A girl next to her continued, "I really don't understand, they are also students, and she is only a few years earlier than us, how can we chase and kill thousands of miles, and hurt so many people in the school!"

"It's because of this strength that she has become a 'target'. ”

A young man at the head said heavily: "What's more, the instructor said that she is one of the most proud protégés of the principal in the past five hundred years. ”

An old man wrapped the wound cloth on his abdomen and said, "What I care about is not this, but whether we should continue to chase it?"

"There's no need. Although the order is to intercept her and take back the items, but looking at the examples of other groups, we should be able to pass if we can force her to this point. ”

The young man smiled bitterly: "What's more, it's impossible for us to organize an attack like that just now. ”

When they entered the forest, their group originally had eighteen members, lined up to kill the usual skilled killing array, and now, there were only seven people left, and the rest had died on a certain tree, becoming the remains of the mission.

Thinking of the meaning of surviving, everyone was seriously injured, but they were all happy.

The young man at the head said, "Let's go!"

As soon as the words came out, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he shouted: "Hurry back ......"

Before the words could be spoken, a chill that condensed all things was overwhelming, and the seven people got up as fast as they could, and fled in different directions, only to hear "bang, bang, bang!" three sounds, three figures rushed into the forest in time, escaping far away, and the remaining four people seemed to have stiff joints, their movements became more and more sluggish, and finally stopped.

Not long after, the exterior of the corpse gradually emitted white gas, and it was covered with a thin layer of frost.

Under a tree not far away, a figure stood against the tree, watching his blow with all his might, silently counting the results.

"The twenty-sixth group, the remaining three! The old man's teaching methods have made great progress. ”

She slowly opened her eyes, a black robe made the perfect combination with the dark woods, only those eyes, like a ghost, with the master's thoughts.

"Sure enough, it's still too reluctant, and the right hand is finished for the time being. ”

Looking at the wrist of his right hand, it was like a few corpses, frozen like an iron rod, his complexion was strangely pale, and more than half of the muscles on his wrist were necrotic.

And other knife wounds, palm wounds, and poisonous wounds on the body are not easier than this!

"We can't fight any harder. ”

She raised her left hand and placed a cloth bag around her waist into her arms, "Still, we have to get this thing to the man." ”

The black robe was lightly raised, and his figure changed accordingly, and he was about to disappear into the darkness with his usual mysterious posture, when he suddenly ......

Boom!

Fell forward and fell into an extremely ugly forward pounce.

Is it because of the severity of the injury, so the footing is unstable?

"Fuck! kicked the front foot again......"

The continent of the wind is vast, and with the astronomy and geography of each region, there are different styles and cultures.

In the elite region of the north, a large area of land in the northwest belongs to the territory of the first power, Eltino, and in the northeast is the ancient civilization of Reins. Tyren was the foundation of the state.

The south is not as culturally and developed as the north, and in the southwest, it is united by a large number of barbarian tribes, attached to the special administrative region of Al Tieno, and in the southeast, there are scattered free city alliances.

To the east of the Longteng Mountains, south of the Silver Sea Highway, and to the southeast of the Wind Continent, it was a dangerous and uninhabitable place, but for some reason, since the time of the ancient mythology, the magnetic field in this area has been extremely unstable, resulting in frequent natural disasters, sandstorms, earthquakes, tornadoes, frost, hail, and magnetic field waves......

and the extremely harsh abrupt climate change, making this area inaccessible to people.

Only exiled criminals, outlaws who have lost a war, will set foot on it.

After thousands of years of research, the civilization on the continent was enough to overcome the natural environment, so tribes began to station, set up magnetic field barriers in accordance with the law, and maintained normal weather within a certain range.

The Free Cities League, to be precise, could add the word "commercial".

Since it was impossible for the cities scattered in the southeast to be self-sufficient, they established transportation networks and traded with neighboring cities, and because of this relationship, they formed a commercial community, and the alliance system was born.

The special environment produces cultural differences.

Unlike Al Tieno and Reins, the laws of the free city are much more relaxed, and the citizens of each city are also quite proud of the urban style of "freedom, enthusiasm, and pursuit of dreams", coupled with the semi-civilized urban style, which makes the free city like a glittering gold mine to be mined, attracting a large number of outsiders.

In addition to merchants, there are also travelers who travel all over the world, wandering swordsmen who practice martial arts, and of course, there are also criminals and outlaws.

In short, as long as you can afford to squander, the common mantra of free cities is "everyone who comes is a guest, and there are brothers in the four seas".

However, leaving aside business travel, the influx of criminals and speculators is really a nerve-wracking problem, and for this reason, there is a hot industry in the Free City, "catching wanted criminals".

Bonus hunters came into being in a variety of high bounties, and they wrote down the objects from the bounty notices, met the employer's requirements, and saw whether they were captured alive, or dead and corpses, or even steamed and boiled, everything, and then received payment.

In general, due to the complexity of the composition, the social status of prize hunters is not very high.

A rookie martial arts rookie who is eager to become famous, a warrior who is frustrated in his career, a wandering swordsman who is short of money, and a ruffian hooligan......

Anyway, as long as you have confidence in your martial arts, anyone can go to the sea and do business, no need to get a license to register, and even a bonus hunter doubles as a killer business, which is a common thing.

Therefore, hunters are often looked down upon, but there are not many hunters who have a bad chance but have a good kung fu body, and at the same time, there are many well-known people who debuted as hunters.

On the mainland, a number of red walls will be set up in various cities as official announcements of all wanted criminals, and various reward posters will also be provided, indicating the name, physical characteristics, and amount of the reward for the felon, and indicating the need for the reward.

And the red wall, that is, the workplace where the bonus hunters gather.