Chapter 109: Mercenary Development
The unfortunate thing of the Wildfire Mercenary Group quickly spread throughout the mercenary circle of Bell City not long after Seth and the others left, and the Eternal Mercenary Group also entered the eyes of the mercenary circle of Bell City for the first time with a strong and arrogant attitude.
The ruthlessness and high-profile of Seth also spread in Bell City, of course, the matter of his victory against Apollo in two moves has also been exaggerated and upgraded, many old and serious mercenaries have remained silent, while a few are very excited to pay attention to the next progress- Although the leader of the Wildfire Mercenary Regiment Apollo has been abolished, but as a third-level mercenary group, it will never be the strength seen in the Wildfire Mercenary Group station, the third-level mercenary group is only a formal member of hundreds of people, and there are also reserve members, the mercenary group has to complete the task to have income, most of the mercenaries will naturally not stay in the station, if those guys come back......
If you want to restore the momentum of the Wildfire Mercenary Regiment, then you must use blood to wash away the shame left by the Eternal Mercenary Regiment, perhaps, it won't be long before something drastic happens, right?
For Seth, these things were not within the scope of his consideration, and when he returned to the hotel, he checked the mercenary regiment captain card in his hand, the brand had been changed, and there was a faint magic anti-counterfeiting logo on it, and the speed of the mercenary alliance was very fast, and Seth was very satisfied.
Then he was ready to rest and prepare for the next day to 'get acquainted' with the situation in Bell City, to familiarize himself with the market, and to go back to Wolmar for a few days—Newton had been impatient for a long time, and if it had not been for Seth's 'remembering' some of what Jon had said not long before, the old fellow would have lost his patience.
Just returned to the house for a while, suddenly someone came to visit, it was the head of a mercenary group in Bell City, he met Seth's face, said some words of praise, and then greeted and expressed goodwill and left quickly, Seth does not like to socialize, but others come to express goodwill, but there can be no rudeness, only patiently listen to this guy who speaks a little inaccurate nonsense, and then smiles and sends him away.
Before Seth could return to his room, someone came to visit......
After receiving three groups of people in a row, Seth was about to collapse, and the fourth group of visitors he was ready to disappear, but it was not a mercenary, but someone sent by Arthur, inviting Seth and the people of the mercenary group to meet in his house tomorrow.
After that, Seth was reluctant to show his face, leaving Cad and Shaun to deal with the endless stream of people.
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The next day after breakfast, the Governor's Palace sent for them, it was a black carriage, and Seth asked the others, but none of them would show up, except Gandalf, who seemed to have slept enough, and followed Seth into the carriage with Cadshaun.
It didn't seem too far, the carriage walked for about ten minutes before it stopped, and when the curtain was lifted, a majestic mansion full of guards stood at the door appeared in front of several people, and the chariot said a few words to the guards, and then drove in through the side door.
It looked large enough from the outside, and even more spacious when entered, and the carriage drove slowly along the smooth and clean stone path for several minutes before stopping in front of a hall.
After getting out of the carriage, someone quickly entered the hall to pray, and after a while, he heard Arthur's voice: "I'm sorry for my distinguished guest, I should have gone to greet you in person, but there are just some trivial things that I can't leave, don't you mind my neglect?"
Entering the hall, Seth quickly glanced at the luxurious furnishings, and then focused his eyes on Arthur, with his temperament, he originally didn't like to entertain these 'big people', when he was in Woma Town, he didn't even say anything to the nobles of the town's viscount or baron, not to mention that this Arthur's identity is far higher than a small lord in Woma Town, and the higher the status, the more difficult it is to get along with.
However, he is not alone at the moment, and he is not just running for his own life, since he wants to develop a mercenary group, then he cannot do without the support of these powerful people, so he is willing to visit Arthur, although Arthur's purpose is to find out the relationship between Seth and the big people he knows.
Arthur kindly inquired about the situation in the town of Seth, and then praised today's weather, and complained about his own affairs, but did not mention yesterday's incident at all, nor did he ask what happened after he left, yesterday's incident was probably known to him in his identity, but with his attitude towards mercenaries, he did not speak about it, obviously with the meaning of befriending Seth.
After talking for a while, it seemed that Arthur was a little out of breath, his face became solemn, he hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "I want to understand one thing...... He took out the note that the fat man asked Camry to hand him yesterday: "This thing, you ...... Who did you get it from?"
Yesterday, there were too many people, and Arthur couldn't talk a lot, but now he couldn't wait to ask, and when he asked this, he showed a slightly nervous expression on his face, staring at Seth's eyes without blinking.
Seth didn't know what was written in the note yesterday, but when he got back, he asked Merlin and learned that it was a decree stamped with the seal of His Majesty the Emperor of Maya, with only a few words on it: 'Whoever holds the oracle is allowed to act cheaply'.
The people of the elven kingdom died in the town of Woma, although this matter did not spread, but for the Mayan country, it was a big deal, there was no shortage of intelligent people in the Mayan kingdom, naturally guessed that there must be a conspiracy behind this, if it was not handled well, maybe there would really be a dispute with the elf kingdom and even more serious consequences, so he hurriedly sent a delegation to the elf kingdom, intending to explain this matter clearly, in order to eliminate this hidden danger, the mission has great rights, and because it is inconvenient to pass the news back and forth, it has prepared several blank copies of the will of His Majesty the Emperor to stamp the big seal, as long as the requirements of the elf kingdom are not excessive, the mission will be met immediately, signed at the time.
After Merlin came forward, the matter passed easily, because he thought of coming to live in the Mayan country, Merlin asked the mission for two blank wills for convenience, and the mission, who originally thought that he was going to be blackmailed, could not imagine that the matter would be solved so easily, so he naturally sold her a favor.
However, although it is the will of His Majesty the Emperor, it also has certain constraints, and there is a small print written at the bottom of the note: With this edict, in addition to enjoying the general privileges of the nobility, you can call up 30,000 gold coins, which does not involve state affairs, does not involve the appointment and dismissal of nobles, cannot interfere with local power, and cannot mobilize the army.
These words, of course, were written before the people of the mission gave them to Merlin, and they were also afraid that the elven kingdom would do anything wrong with these wills, although for the proud elves, they disdained to do such things.
The person who holds this edict, although there are many restrictions, is also equivalent to the emperor's minister, and naturally Arthur will feel nervous, and he can't help but ask for the result.
Of course, as the source of this edict, Arthur, as the governor, naturally knew it, but what he couldn't figure out was how what was supposed to be in the hands of the elves came into the hands of this young man?
If this matter is not clarified, I am afraid that the governor will not be able to sleep well, and besides, if this will suddenly comes into his hands, will it be some kind of fame made by political opponents who are not against him? These things are entangled in his heart, and a definite result is always needed.
Seth thought for a moment and replied, "I don't need to say anything else, I guess you know the origin of this thing...... As I mentioned yesterday, this thing is something that I have a good relationship with...... Well, it can be said that it was sent by relatives, and there are some things that I can't explain too clearly, but I can tell you that this time I took out this thing, just because I wanted to handle the registration of the mercenary group as soon as possible, and there was also the fact that the wildfire mercenary group was aggressive at that time, so I wanted to use your power to shock them, that's all, we have no other intentions, you can rest assured!"
When he came, the fat man briefly analyzed Arthur's scruples, and Gandalf went deeper along the way, so Seth understood Arthur's purpose for inviting him, and when he said this, it was equivalent to not saying it, but it also dispelled Arthur's scruples.
Sure enough, after hearing this, Arthur's face relaxed a little, and he seemed to breathe a sigh gently, although he was the first person in this land in this position, but the more he was in a high position, the more he could not guard against the hidden arrow behind him, and he was careful to do things and speak like walking on thin ice, after listening to Seth's explanation, although he still didn't figure out the origin of Seth's will, he also understood that the other party was not here because of him, so he naturally relaxed a lot.
The next conversation was relaxed and pleasant, Seth said less at this time, Arthur spent most of his time chatting with Gandalf, for Gandalf's demeanor, Arthur actually appreciated it when he first met, Gandalf had a handsome face, good manners, not arrogant or humble, relatively speaking, Kad and Sean seemed much more stingy, after entering the hall, they sat on a chair and put their hands on their thighs, and their restrained appearance showed at a glance that they had not seen much of the world, although Seth was slightly better than the two, but after all, he had not been trained in etiquette, and many of his mannerisms and speeches were not so in line with Arthur's taste, if he didn't want to explore the news, Arthur may not usually look at Seth a few times, on the contrary, for Gandalf, Arthur feels the right eye the more he looks, and feels that the other party's manners and manners are not inferior to those top nobles.
Gandalf, who usually talks nonsense, is like a polite and elegant aristocrat at this time, chatting with Arthur, from the fifteen brewing methods of black tea to the appreciation of art, from the appreciation of opera to the field of music, every time he says the same, he will always usher in Arthur's exclamation, and Seth and Kader and others are bored listening to the two of them talking about some unreliable things.
Finally when it was over, Seth wanted to leave as soon as possible, Arthur stayed for a while and stopped insisting, and when Seth and the others turned around, suddenly Arthur seemed to think of something and stopped them: "Oh, when you came just now, I mentioned that I was entangled in trivial matters, and this matter may be ......"
He glanced at Seth: "Maybe I should tell you that your mercenary group has just been established, and I am also very confident in the strength of your mercenary group, even though you are only a first-level mercenary group...... Three months later, in the capital of Maya, there will be a mercenary competition, Bell City as a region needs to choose two mercenary groups to participate, you know, I have always been a mercenary dislike, so the mercenaries in Bell City are weaker than other places, originally I wanted to let the wildfire mercenary group and Camry's fourth-level mercenary group to participate, but ......"
He spread his hands, a little helpless: "Obviously, now that the Wildfire Mercenary Group has existed in name only, perhaps, you can fight for this opportunity...... You are a new mercenary group, if you can stand out in this competition, it should be of great help to your future development, as long as you are famous, are you afraid that there will be no task?
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It's going to be put on the shelves all of a sudden? On Friday, this broken grade, it's probably not much better, it's almost done writing this volume, and I'm depressed......