The morning sun dispelled the darkness of the night, and all that was left of the fire not far away was the flickering charcoal fire. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

While Payne was still immersed in his memories, the sound of stones rubbing against each other was getting closer, and more than one person was walking towards him, and he didn't know it.

The warm sunlight shone on Payne's body, and the warmth hit, except for making him sleepy, nothing abnormal happened, which was the best proof that he was not possessed by a demon.

"Al, untie the damn rope. ”

Payne heard someone speak, and his somewhat confused head immediately cleared up for three points, and when he looked up, there were three more men and two women in front of him.

Al shrugged, walked over to Payne, crouched down, and expertly untied the rope.

At the moment when the rope was released, Payne felt much more relaxed, and just wanted to stand up and move his muscles and bones to experience the feeling of muscles all over his body, but found that his legs were numb, so he could only give up for the time being, and move his arms that were a little sore.

"Hello, DiCaprio, you are the servant of the Silver Knight Hervey?. A middle-aged man in knight's armor said kindly.

Payne noticed the man's shining armor and the knight's sword at his waist, indicating that the man in front of him should be a knight.

Among the bounty hunters, there are not many people who can obtain the title of knighthood, and only those who have made outstanding contributions to the kingdom can receive this honor, but there is no fief like theirs, but it symbolizes a kind of honor.

But even so, the knighthood is extremely prestigious among bounty hunters, and they often respond to it, and even the true nobles have to pay them three points, just like the Silver Light Knight.

Payne was still rubbing his numb thighs, and when he realized that the other party was a knight, he immediately stopped his movements and replied respectfully, "Yes, my lord, you can just call me Payne." ”

"Okay Payne, my name is Kaku, I'm the temporary captain of this team of bounty hunters, would you mind talking to us? ”

Payne nodded, did not refuse, in fact, the other party was just polite on the surface, wanted to let someone speak, they have a way, he has followed the Silver Light Knight for more than three months, and he does not lack experience in this area.

As for his identity as a traverser, as long as he doesn't behave out of place, he doesn't need to worry about being exposed or anything, after all, they are just strangers between them.

And why Payne is afraid of revealing his identity, maybe he is afraid that the other party will treat him as a madman, or maybe he will be killed as a demon variant, in short, it is better to be careful.

Not all of them were interested in the matter, and the bald man, who was more than two meters tall, just said hello and turned to leave.

There was also a gray-haired woman, who didn't even bother to say hello, jumped up to the top of a tall tree like a cat, and found a relatively comfortable branch to lie down.

Payne was surprised by the gray-haired woman's agility, such a scene seems to be uncommon in movies, and more often appears in anime.

Kaku and the others sat down on the spot, and then greeted Payne, who was still surprised, "Okay, Payne, tell us about the whole story." ”

Payne came back to his senses, nodded, and recounted the events all over again, skipping some unimportant ones directly, and those that he thought would save his life were more detailed.

When he spoke of the Elite Demon, everyone's faces changed.

"Are you sure you heard me right?"

"Nothing wrong, if Lord Hervey hadn't misjudged. ”

"How could an elite demon appear in a bounty mission, isn't that what the Demon Hunter and the Holy See should do, is there a mistake in the information of the mission?" The brown-haired and blue-eyed beauty looked at Payne, and she seemed to have a knife in her eyes, which sent chills down his spine.

Sure enough, the beauties are all poisonous snakes.

"The winter solstice is coming next month, and the battle of divine punishment is coming, I heard that the demons gathered outside the northern fortress this year are stronger than in previous years, and the Holy Light Holy See, the Alliance Army, and the demon hunters have all rushed there, and the vacant manpower should be guarding the city, so it is not surprising that the task of hunting elite demons will appear in the bounty mission. ”

"Damn, I forgot about the winter solstice next month, but how could an elite demon appear in the South?"

"Maybe it's because the legendary Hundred Years' War is coming?" Kaku replied uncertainly.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, everyone's faces were not very good-looking, and the atmosphere became a little dull.

Payne recalled, he realized that he didn't know anything about the War of Divine Punishment and the Hundred Years' War, and seeing the heavy expressions on everyone's faces, he felt the need to figure out what was going on?

The Silver Knight often taught Payne that the first thing to do to be a good bounty hunter is to pay attention to details, because there is a lot of information that can be obtained from some details, and the more information you know, the better it will be for you, and the higher your chances of survival.

"Divine Punishment?" Payne muttered quietly, but his voice was clear.

"How long have you been following the Silver Light Knight, and how could you not know about the Battle of Divine Punishment?" asked the brown-haired beauty.

"When Master Hervey rescued me more than three months ago, I was just a blacksmith... Apprentice. "Payne looks like a kid who has done something wrong, not at all like the mentality of a thirty-year-old man.

A strange expression appeared on the beauty's face, "Blacksmith apprentice?"

I have to admit that this beauty is very beautiful no matter what her expression is, even if she has a knife in her eyes, she can fascinate people.

Payne glanced at the other party, then nodded silently, and did not answer.

"Every year on the day of the winter solstice, the long-awaited demon army in the north will launch a frantic attack, and we will call the war against the demons the war of divine punishment. Kaku explained.

"Why is it called divine punishment?"

Al sneered, "Who knows? These are all famous halls made up by the Holy See, who claim to be divine envoys, fulfill God's will, and do the work of shepherding for God. ”

"Looks like you haven't been taught enough, Al. Kaku took out a cigar and lit it, took a deep breath, and exhaled a smoke ring.

Al snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Payne couldn't help but think, could this be another world in which the Holy See covered the sky with one hand under the guise of God?

"It's not what you think, do you want one?" Kaku looked at Payne and gestured to the cigar in his hand.

Payne was a smoker in his previous life, so he couldn't care about being embarrassed, so he smiled and nodded.

Kaku threw the cigar and fire to him, and then said: "Al has some small misunderstandings with the Holy See, and has suffered a little loss, so he can't think about it for a while, and he always has some prejudices against the Holy See, so you'd better not be influenced by him." ”

Payne spread his hands, he hadn't thought about reporting anything.

"Ahem, ahem. Payne took a puff of his cigar and almost choked himself to death, he had smoked cigarettes in his previous life, how could he have known that cigars were so strong.

Al smiled, and then asked with some confusion: "There is one thing I haven't figured out, the Silver Light Knights know that they may be elite demons, why do they risk their lives to carry out the mission?"

"I'm thinking about that too, unless they have to. Kaku replied.

"I have to go...?" everyone turned their eyes to Kaku.

"Half of the thirteen people Payne just talked about are elite hunters among us, could they be for the sake of honor?" the beautiful woman looked at Kakudao.

Kaku shook his head, "If it's just the Hervey Knight, there might still be this possibility, but Silver Arc Karos is also on the team, then this possibility is almost zero, unless..." ”

"Unless they're on a Demon Hunting Warrant mission?" Al said.

Kaku nodded.

"You're saying they're joining the Demon Hunters?" the brown-haired beauty looked surprised.

"Is there any other explanation?" Kaku looked a little unimpressed, and he turned his gaze to Payne, hoping to get confirmation from the other party.

Payne looked at everyone looking at him, his face was dazed, and he said in his heart, I am a new character who has just been built, and I haven't even come out of the novice village, what can I know?

Kaku shook his head and smiled when he saw Payne's blank expression, he forgot that this young man was just a servant, not even a servant, only a small follower, how could he know the core information of the mission.

All bounty missions are kept secret, unless they are taken together as a gang, and they need to swear to the gods in order to prevent news of the mission from leaking out.

Thinking of this, Kaku suddenly had a question, one thing is very strange, bounty hunters rarely look for minions, and even if they do, they will leave their servants at their residences, how can they always be with them.

Why would he do it?

The fact that the Silver Knight would take a blacksmith apprentice as a servant is worth speculating.