The lion man looked at the very respectful kobold and said, "Your news has helped me a lot, if the humans succeed in sneaking up on the camp, then the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

The lion leader thought for a moment and said: "Your credit this time is indeed very great, if the news this time is true, then you will become the new squad leader of our team in the near future, you can go out, I will discuss with a few squad leaders about dealing with the human army immediately!"

The kobold retreated in response to this, he just wanted to inform the leader about the whereabouts of the humans, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise!

The pig-headed people guarding the door saw their leader personally send the kobold out of the door, and the long pig's mouth was about to fall to the ground.

Seeing the kobold walking past them without looking back, they were so frightened that they nodded at him and didn't dare to continue to stop him.

The lion man was now outside his house, watching the kobold's figure fade away, then turned and walked into his room, where he walked back to his seat and sat cautiously in a special chair.

The leader of the lion man hesitated, but still put his hand into the chair and moved a few times, only to hear a few "click" sounds, and the lion man actually took out a delicate box from the chair.

The lion-man leader carefully opened the box and took out a purple stone from it, and as soon as the purple stone was taken out by the lion-man leader, it emitted a strange purple light, which was very faint but could also illuminate this dark cavern.

The lionman stared at the stone, deeply intoxicated by the purple light emitted by the stone, and surrounded by this light, the lionman fell into his own memories.

The leader of the lion man turned out to be just a rare orc mercenary in the kingdom, and his strength was only a little stronger than that of human mercenaries, so he lived like an ordinary mercenary, and he was very depressed.

The lionman's peaceful life changed until one day when one of his human mercenary friends approached him, when the lionman had spent all his money, his friend found him who was about to be kicked out by the innkeeper.

"I said, you're having a miserable life these days, aren't you? You don't even have a place to live, for the sake of your friend's face, I'll introduce you to a lucrative and good job, do you want to come?"

The desperate Lion Man immediately agreed to his friend's job without the slightest hesitation, and he was also eager to earn more money to live a luxurious and happy life in the past, even if it was against morality.

In order to keep it secret, the human friend did not reveal any specific content to the lion man before the start of the work, which made the lion man a little uneasy in his heart, afraid that it was the kind of task that required him to fight with the enemy, and if he died before he got paid, wouldn't it be a loss!

This unknown secret was not unraveled by the client until the day the work began, and early that morning, before dawn, a dilapidated carriage arrived in front of his equally dilapidated hotel, and he and his friend were taken by a mysterious masked coachman to a place far from the place of departure.

The carriage had no windows, so the lionman had no way to look at the scenery outside to determine his detailed location, he could only instinctively judge that the two of them had been taken to a far away position by the coachman.

It was already noon, and they were allowed to dismount from the carriage by the coachman, who by this time were already in an unknown mountain.

It was sparsely populated, except for the birds in the sky, which were desolate everywhere, and the lionman also discovered a strange thing, that is, the trees in the mountains in the spring were not only not lush, but all bare, and there were no leaves growing on the trees.

Even the brave lionmen shuddered, there was obviously nothing of value here, and I wonder what the coachman had brought them here for?

My friend didn't seem to expect the two of them to come back here, "This place is different from what the client said? ”

At this time, the nearby coachman also suddenly got into the carriage and drove the carriage away quickly.

Only the lion and human friends were left in place, looking at each other, but they didn't know what to do.

Just when the two of them were anxious, a gloomy voice came from behind them,

"What are you two still stunned about? Come over to me, hehe, I didn't pay you to let you play here!"

The two looked back in response, and it turned out to be a man wearing a black robe and a steel mask, saying that it was a man, which was actually a guess in the lion's heart, he could only judge his approximate gender from his rickety body and hoarse and rough male voice, but this man's eyes were too dangerous, so that the lion man didn't want to take a few more looks.

For some reason, the lionman never had a sense of trust in this man, and he always felt that this man was full of dangerous aura, which made him suddenly retreat.

"Hey, friend, I think this man seems to have some problems, should we get out of here immediately?"

When the human mercenaries heard the lionman's advice, they shook their heads in refusal.

He leaned into the lionman's ear and whispered to the hesitant lion,

"Don't you really know? Do you say you've been living a human life lately? Let me tell you the truth, this man is the client of our work, you know, he will pay each of us a hundred gold coins, whatever he wants us to do, as long as we can survive this time, we can do whatever we want in the future!

Besides, with this money, we can co-establish our own mercenary guild, aren't you always discriminated against as an orc? If you become your own boss, see who dares to mock you in front of you!"

The persuasion of his human friends touched the heart of the lionman at once, and he had long wanted to set up a new mercenary guild to start his own business, and slap the faces of those humans who had previously mocked him for not being able to measure himself, but it has not been realized because of lack of funds.

The lion man knows that this mission is definitely not a good thing, but this kind of opportunity to make a lot of money is not available at any time, isn't his participation in the mercenary profession to make a lot of money, and return to his hometown to show off his family?

The lionman thought quickly in his mind for a moment, but decided to do this job with his human friends!

"What nonsense are you two talking about here? Hurry up and follow me, and if you get lost, don't blame me for not coming back to you!" The client's gloomy voice came from the front again, and it seemed that he couldn't wait for the two of them.

The human friend and the lionman nodded in tacit agreement, and then followed closely behind the client towards the deep mountain, until they disappeared.

No wonder the client asked him to leave the inn early in the morning, and the lion man gasped and followed the client, thinking thoughtfully.

Now that the sun was about to set, the three of them had just reached the destination of their mission, which was honestly the middle of the mountain.

The rugged and potholed mountain road is really not a road for people to walk, and the lion and human friends who exercise enough on weekdays are tired from climbing the mountain.

However, the client, who seemed to be very weak, was very relaxed, and the lionman had noticed that the client would take a small pill from his body and swallow it in his mouth after some distance, and then he would run as fast as if he had regained all his strength.

Although the lion man had doubts, he did not dare to ask more questions about the identity of the client, so he had to patiently follow him to the desolate place.

There were still withered trees all over the neighborhood, and the Dryads felt like they had become like this, not because they were sick, but because they had been burned to the same extent.

In front of them was a cave, which was very dark, but judging by the scale of the cave entrance, the depth of this cave should not be too deep, but this was not a place where the two of them could explore at will.

The client stretched out his very thin fingers, pointed to the shovels and pickaxes placed at the entrance of the cave, and explained his task.

"These tools are for the two of you, and you and I will go into the cave with you to find something, and it may take you to dig for a while, and if I can get what I want, I will pay you enough on time. ”

"Why don't you find some miners to work for you?"

It turned out that the lion man was ready to fight the enemy to the death, but the client only called him as a miner, which inevitably made him feel deeply humiliated.

The client laughed and said, "Hee-hee, big man, do you know why I asked you to bring weapons and equipment?

The human friend patted the lionman on the shoulder, and he took the lead in picking up the pickaxe and entered the hole.

As soon as the three of them entered the cave, they found that it was very dark, and because the sun was about to set, they could barely see the road in front of them.

"Client, if you don't prepare torches for us, we won't be able to go inside!" said the lion-man helplessly, looking at the dark hole.

The client smiled, "Don't worry, meditate, watch me!"

The client suddenly uttered an urgent and complex incantation, and then a ball of light flew out of his withered fingers, illuminating the environment in a range of about ten meters before their eyes.

The lion and the human friend looked at each other, they looked at the light in front of them in horror and did not dare to speak, they looked at the light ball in fear and surprise, and suddenly remembered the story that was often told in the tavern.

"Are you a wizard?" the lionman asked in a respectful tone, first remembering this possibility.

The client was probably very satisfied with their awe-inspiring eyes, nodded and agreed, and said, "It's just a little trick!"

Only then did the lion and the human friend straighten out their hearts, because they knew that this mission must be dangerous, and if wizards need something to be found, it must not be something simple.

They also suddenly became much more respectful to the client, you must know that the wizard is a character that can only be heard in the story, they didn't expect that a living wizard suddenly appeared here, this is really a once-in-a-lifetime thing, if they want to be accepted as an apprentice by the wizard, then their future life will definitely be much better than the owner of the guild.

The client smiled, didn't say anything but pointed to a passage ahead and said, "Let's go on, I'll provide you with some light, and you will have to work well for me!"

The lion and his friends didn't dare to slack off, and they walked to the forefront with enthusiasm and pickaxes and shovels, hoping to leave a good impression on the wizard, if they were really accepted as apprentices, their lives would be completely different!

The client stared at their excited backs, a mysterious smile on their aged faces, firmly covered in steel masks.