Chapter Ninety-Four: The Weight of the Crown (Part II)
On her first night in the royal capital, Juana tossed and turned, and it was not until the second half of the night that she fell asleep due to fatigue. On www.biquge.info first night she came to the royal capital, Her Royal Highness found a union of many mercenaries, and she hid her true identity, and Juana wandered among those mercenaries.
"Is it already afternoon?" Juana rubbed her eyes, her head still a little dizzy. To be honest, she didn't sleep well this night, and the three consecutive days of running around and the uneasiness in her heart made Her Royal Highness's rest really poor.
After washing his face and eating a few bites of bread indiscriminately, Her Royal Highness had already set off.
In a very ordinary restaurant, Her Royal Highness the black veil masked princess had been waiting for a long time in a separate private room on the second floor.
"Head, the woman is very broad. The middle-aged mercenary in brown armor said respectfully.
The man known as the boss by the middle-aged mercenary was dressed in full plate armor and wore a huge helmet with wings on his head. He gestured to his subordinates to keep quiet, and he had his own thoughts about this order.
'Well, the Ross?' Juana saw the man in full plate armor, the winged helmet on his head was simply too eye-catching.
"Your bid. A deep male voice came from under the huge winged helmet.
The black-veiled Juana had no extra nonsense, she directly took out a cashier's note of the merchant house that had been prepared long ago from her arms, and Her Royal Highness gently put the cashier's note of the merchant house on the table.
The man in full plate armor took the comptoir's promissory note from the table, and he saw the coveted number, a number he could barely refuse.
The man with the winged helmet groaned, this was probably the biggest business he had seen in years.
"Forgive me for refusing. "The man in full plate armor pushed the cashier's note of the merchant house back to the black-veiled woman. Although the price on it is high enough, so high that he can almost finish this ticket and have a good rest for a few years, but as the leader of a mercenary group, he must be responsible for his subordinates, and this money is a hot potato, and you have to spend it.
The same happened three times in a row, and the most reputable mercenary groups rejected Juana without exception. What Her Royal Highness wants to do is too difficult, and those cool-headed elite mercenary groups will not earn such 'gambling' money.
It was getting dark, and the king in the dark began to show his hideous side.
Juana weaves her way through the alleys, followed by two mercenaries in hot pursuit.
"Don't speak. Juana covered the mouth of a little girl who looked to be only seven or eight years old, and she chose to flee into a house.
"Uh-huh. The little girl who was covered in her mouth was so frightened that she was about to cry, but she still nodded her head vigorously, and these children living in the slums knew how to 'protect themselves'.
In order to prevent outsiders, Juana always covered the little girl's mouth very hard, she was afraid that the little girl's screams would attract the greedy mercenaries. Just after the failure of Her Royal Highness again and again, she finally set her sights on those outlaws, unlike those elite mercenary groups with some good literacy, those mercenaries who are willing to take risks for money are a group of outlaws, they are all the lowest level of mercenaries, and they are willing to do anything for gold. Of course, these low-level mercenaries with mixed qualities sometimes make robberies that ruin their reputations, such as robbing their employers, who makes them have no reputation to lose in the first place?
"Bah, it's disgusting, where did that masked woman go?!" The mercenaries in the alley were lost, venting their emotions in dissatisfaction.
It was about twenty minutes before Juana opened a crack in the door, and only after making sure that there were no more people around did Her Royal Highness choose to leave, and just before leaving, Juana hesitated for a moment, and she placed a gold coin under the little girl's pillow.
"Don't let anyone other than your parents know. "This is the advice of Her Royal Highness to the little girl, the same gold coin, also in the slums, which evokes some stinging memories of Juana.
'Poor people?'
Juana walked quietly, the night was her best cover, and when she entered the street from the corner of the alley, Her Royal Highness had already changed into another set of clothes.
"Next. Juana gritted her teeth, and her figure disappeared into the crowd again.
"I will go, and my brethren will not. A middle-aged man with a scruffy beard put back the cashier's note from the comptoir issued by Juana.
"It's just me, I just need this number. The raunchy middle-aged man held out a finger.
"Good. Juana said only one word, she took back the original cashier's note of the comptoir, and Her Royal Highness took out a cheque from her bosom that did not contain the amount.
Without the slightest hesitation, Her Royal Highness filled in the number that the raunchy middle-aged man had hoped for.
10W, which is the price of a status knight. Of course, this refers to his life, knowing that there is no return, but the raunchy middle-aged man still made this choice.
'Xiao An, with this money, you will be saved. The unkempt middle-aged man left exhausted, and he cared about the check in his hand, which was his wife's life-saving money.
The man left in a gloomy manner, and the mercenaries around him were silent, that was the choice of their leader, and all they needed to do was respect the choice made by their leader.
Juana watched the group of mercenaries leave, and she could feel that this man was also 'forced to take her order', and Her Royal Highness could tell that it was also a Poor man, but Juana must find more people like him who are willing to take orders, Her Royal Highness is not in the mood (time) to pity others now, it is getting closer and closer to the public execution of Prince Eugen, one day, less than a day before Juana's uncle will be guillotined, this is also the first prince of the Kingdom of Galicia to be guillotined.
"Woman, leave all your cashier's checks. The man smiled hideously, it had been a long time since they had encountered such a big 'business'.
In a dimly lit alley, dozens of strong men blocked Juana's way, and the black-veiled Juana was expressionless, and now there was no way out, and she had to fight her way out.
"Whoosh, whoosh. The sound of breaking the sky echoed, and two columns of water pierced through the chests of the four mercenaries, and in the process of continuous shuttle, Her Royal Highness was targeted by some people with ulterior motives.
I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes wet. Juana thought she was being careful, but he didn't expect these people to have such a keen sense of smell.
It's like a moving gold brick, every mercenary has greed in his eyes, their strength is not high, they are the lowest level of mercenaries, but none of them have lived a life of licking blood, and when it comes to combat experience, they are much higher than Her Royal Highness who grew up in a greenhouse.
The sudden attack of the two water jets did not make these mercenaries flinch, they did not even take a step back, and when the gold reached a certain limit, it was indeed possible to make people forget everything for a while.
Two bright knives slashed at Juana, and Juana was accidentally removed from the veil, and now she no longer has the calmness of killing four people in an instant. Because it was a sneak attack just now, Her Royal Highness's attack was relatively smooth. But when it comes to head-on combat, these people are already prepared, and the drawbacks of Juana's attack method being too single are revealed, although she has strong combat power as a beginner awakener, but she does not have the upper hand against these old mercenaries.
The four mercenaries surrounded Juana in the middle, and their rhythmic attacks made it impossible for Her Royal Highness to resist in a novice state, and it only took a short moment for Her Royal Highness to make a cut in her arm.
'Damn. Juana scolded these 'treacherous' mercenaries, some of whom Juana had seen, the mercenaries she had traded with on the previous two occasions.
Her Royal Highness's movements slowed down, she needed time to activate her abilities, although the strength of these mercenaries was uneven, but their experience was too old, and the best way to deal with the Awakened was to get close enough that the Awakened would not have time to mobilize their abilities at all.
"Holy water spirit element hidden in the air, please..." Juana was about to condense a layer of water shield when she was interrupted by an attack from behind her.
'What should I do?' Her Highness Juana's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, and there were already a lot of wounds on her body, although these were only minor wounds, but these old fritters would definitely drag themselves to death if they continued like this.
Ten mercenaries had already been slain by Her Royal Highness, but the speed of killing was far faster than the speed at which she was physically exhausted. Juana felt a deep sense of powerlessness, the feeling she hated the most.
'I can still fight, and I still have to save my uncle!' There was a belief in Juana's heart, and the girl picked up speed again, and she could still fight!
The mercenaries were disrupted by the sudden acceleration of the rhythm of Her Royal Highness, and accidentally one of their companions was broken in the hands of Her Royal Highness, but those mercenaries did not flinch, they could see that now that woman was the end of the crossbow, and she couldn't jump for long.
'Hey, do you look pretty good?' Some lustful mercenaries have already hit Her Royal Highness with their minds.
"Hmph. Aren't you very good at fighting, little girl?" said one of the mercenaries viciously, grabbing Juana's hair hard,
"Hmph, chick, it's quite stocked. Another mercenary tied Juana's hands, and his gaze never took off the chest of Her Royal Highness.
"Hey, boss, we sent it this time. The young mercenary in green leather armor said excitedly, just on Juana's body, they had just found a stack of cashier's notes from the comptoir.
"Tsk, tsk, what an exaggerated number. The leader of the group stuck out his tongue, and he was shamelessly licking the face of His Royal Highness.
"Phew. Juana spat at the leader of the mercenaries, and she had no room to resist because of her physical exhaustion.
"Hehe, I like such grumpy chicks, let's open meat collectively today. The mercenary boss wiped the foam from his face with his hand.
Without the boss opening his mouth, the mercenary who tied Juana's hands hugged Her Royal Highness from behind, and then the boss had to make this chick feel refreshed.
Her Royal Highness struggled desperately, but where was she the opponent of this group of mercenaries, because she was afraid that she would break free, and another mercenary held her foot.
"I'm not going to be gentle. The mercenary boss pulled out his big bird, which he bit greedily on Juana's neck.
'Is this my fate?' Her Royal Highness did not give up her resistance, it was taught to her by a young man, as long as she lived, there was still hope!
"Grass!" the mercenary boss shouted, his big bird was kicked by Juana, and now he really experienced what it feels like to break an egg.
"KILL HIM!" THE ANGRY MERCENARY BOSS ORDERED HIS MEN TO KILL THE IRASCIBLE WOMAN FIRST AND THEN JIAN.
'Hmm, why is it cold?' was a feeling shared by almost all the mercenaries.