Chapter 87: Hope
Seth stared at the wooden sign in his hand and was silent, the brand is very heavy, I don't know what material it is made of, it seems to be very strong, one side is engraved with the word 'eternity', and below the two words, there is a smaller 'one' word, which means that the level of the mercenary group is first-class, according to the regulations of the mainland mercenary alliance, the number of members of the first-level mercenary group including the head of the group is up to five.
There are far more than five people in the Eternal Mercenary Group, in fact, except for a few official members who have become samurai, the rest of them are not members of the mercenary group, and they are not registered in the Mercenary Alliance - this is not in line with the rules, but the vast majority of mercenary groups will absorb a large number of these peripheral personnel like the Eternal Mercenary Group, and if the official members have casualties, they will become excellent additions to the peripheral personnel, and the mercenary alliance generally turns a blind eye to this.
Another advantage of peripheral personnel is that a lot of chores can be done by peripheral members, and peripheral personnel can be used as cannon fodder......
Of course, in the Eternal Mercenary Group, there will be no such situation, but what Aragon said that day that Seth 'became a qualified mercenary' only means becoming a peripheral member of the mercenary group, in fact, in the Eternal Mercenary Group, the treatment of peripheral personnel and official members is not much different, except for the official members who have some information or other conveniences because they have registered in the Mercenary Alliance, the others are almost the same.
If you want to become a full member, you can only do it if your strength has reached a high level or if a full member has been killed or injured.
There are some cumbersome patterns on the other side, and after Monroe saw it, she told Seth that this is the pattern of the magic array, which is used to prevent forgery and identification.
The bodies of Aragorn and the other members of the mercenary group have been buried, but the sign left by Aragorn has caused Seth a headache in addition to grief.
For him, since he agreed, he must do it, do it well, and after taking over this brand from Aragorn, it is not just a matter of taking over the Eternal Mercenary Group, but a responsibility.
He was a little dazed and at a loss, for Seth, who was only fifteen years old in a few months, the brand in his hand was very heavy, almost all the members of Aragorn and the mercenary group died, strictly speaking, the mercenary group had no members at the moment, and it was this brand that was left for Seth.
If Seth wants to continue the mercenary group, he must go to the branch of the Bel City Mercenary Alliance, re-register, and rejoin the five people, and then the mercenary group can exist in name only.
And these five people have the minimum requirements, they must reach the level of a junior samurai in order to become a full member - personnel are not difficult to find, Seth glanced at Merlin Monroe and the others, it really can't be done, just ask them to help temporarily replace it, the fat man is a senior samurai, Monroe Merlin Newton is a senior magician, the assessment of this first-level mercenary group can naturally be easily passed, what makes Seth embarrassed is that without the slightest preparation, suddenly all the responsibilities of the mercenary group are on him, which makes him a little overwhelmed.
This is completely inconsistent with his former ideals, his plan has always been to simply enter the mercenary group, and then carry out tasks under the command of the head of Aragorn, without thinking about many things, as for whether he will become the head of the regiment in the future, it will have to wait for him to have experience in a long time, and Seth rarely thinks about things so far.
Seth is not afraid of taking responsibility, but he is afraid that his inexperience will lead to mistakes, and he is not afraid of making mistakes, because of his mistakes, it will cause damage to the members of the mercenary group.
Moreover, although the Eternal Mercenary Group is only a first-level mercenary group, over the years, it has had some ways of its own, such as prey sales channels, such as being able to judge whether it can be completed by experience when the mercenary alliance receives a task, and there are some good networks, which real power figures are good friends...... All of this is blank for Seth, and sometimes, correct information can reduce a lot of trouble and reduce a lot of crises, and Seth doesn't know anything, so he naturally feels tricky.
Getting closer and closer to Wolvering Horse Town, Seth wasn't excited to come back, and the miscellaneous things kept pestering his mind, making him want to pull his hair off.
In this case, the fat man was so immortal that he deliberately teased him: "A small thing makes you worry like this? Hehe, what's that? It's just a first-class mercenary group, I think I led the soldiers to fight back then, thousands of people, if it were you, I don't know what it would become......"
Monroe glared at the fat man fiercely on the side, the fat man smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, okay, I won't say it?" Looking at this kid's sad face in the past few days, I feel aggrieved when I look at it......
Seth was just about to get angry, but suddenly a thought flashed in his mind, looked at the fat man with a smile, and beckoned: "Hey, I have an idea, maybe you can help me......"
Seeing Seth's smile, the fat man felt a little bad in his heart, and sneered: "Ah, I suddenly remembered something, I have to leave for a while......"
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to run, but Seth grabbed him and handed over the sign in his hand: "I don't know anything about the management of mercenary groups, and you have served as the commander of the army, hehe, maybe if you come to do this regiment commander, it will be more suitable......"
The fat man thought that Seth was angry and was ready to come up with some kind of trick to play tricks on himself, these days because of the two 'too windy', Seth has teased him many times, but he didn't expect Seth to say these words, and after being stunned for a while, his face became solemn: "You do this, you are too disrespectful to the deceased!"
The practice that has been circulating on the mainland for many years, agreeing to the request of a dying person, it must be done, even if it can't be done, it must be done with all your heart, for the samurai, this custom attaches special importance, because the samurai generally face some crises, if something happens to them, they hope to achieve their wishes before death.
The fat man is a samurai, and he naturally cares about these things, and when he heard Seth say this, he didn't get angry, and he had a good relationship with Seth, but his face also became a little ugly: "At that time, your friend handed over the brand to you and asked you to help him fulfill this wish, you...... You just shirked it, and if you couldn't do it, you shouldn't have agreed to him at the time......"
Although Merlin and Newton were not warriors, they looked at Seth with a little reproach, and Monroe whispered: "Seth, you don't have to worry, I will help you......"
Seth didn't really want to give the brand to the fat man, he just embarrassed him with this, sighed, his face was a little gloomy, but he was secretly proud in his heart: "Haha, there must be a way for you to add in, since I don't understand, then find someone who understands......"
Since burying Aragorn, what is entangled in Seth's heart is the matter of the mercenary group, he has also tried to Merlin Newton and the fat man, and wants them to join the mercenary group, with these guys, Seth will naturally not be troubled, Merlin is as big as an elf clan can play, the fat man was once the commander of the first army, and Newton has not shown up for decades, but he was also a high-level elf, these three people only need one to develop the mercenary group, not to mention three?
However, several people agreed to help him replace this matter, for the proposal to join the mercenary group, Merlin was very interested, not very interested, and Newton's attention was on cultivation, every time he tried Seth, he didn't seem to hear it, the fat man grinned and agreed, but looking at his appearance, Seth didn't believe that he was sincere.
Seth knew about that convention, and he expected the reaction of saying that sentence, in fact, he did it on purpose.
Seth took back the sign, sat down casually, looked gloomy, and let out a long breath: "When I saw Uncle Aragorn's appearance, I agreed without thinking, but now that I think about it, I regret it a little, it's not that I don't want to fulfill his wish, what can I do, I know for myself, even if I continue the Eternal Mercenary Group, if it is ......"
"What should I do if Uncle Aragon and their fate happen again?"
"There are some elderly people or children in the town who have no ability to survive, they all rely on the income support of the mercenary group to survive, if I don't manage it well, the income can't even support the members of the mercenary group, what can I do to help them?"
Seth's head was buried deep between his knees, his tone was sad, but his face hidden in his feet was a little anxious, and he muttered in his heart, "Speak, why don't you speak?
As if Seth's tone had infected the fat man, he sighed, squatted next to Seth, and whispered, "I didn't have a good attitude just now...... Well, I really didn't think about it that much, I thought it was just an ordinary mercenary group, and I didn't think too much about it......"
The fat man had been probing everywhere before Aragorn died, so he didn't pay attention to what Aragorn said, and when he heard Seth's story, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and when he saw Seth still burying his head, he exclaimed: "Okay, okay, I know what you want, you don't need to make these actions...... I already promised you at the time, join this mercenary group, don't worry, I will do my best......"
The fat man naturally agreed to Seth at that time, but Seth felt that his grinning appearance was a little unreliable, and now that he heard him say this, he couldn't care less about continuing to pretend, raised his head and laughed: "If you were so sincere at that time, where would there be these things?"
The fat man rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to Seth, stood up and walked away, Seth looked at Merlin and Newton, under his gaze, Merlin shook his head: "Okay, I also choose to join, but let me say one thing first, I just join, I have my own freedom and choice, if I don't want to, I won't participate in the mission, if the task violates my bottom line, I will let you refuse......"
Seth nodded again and again, it was natural, whether it was out of strength or status, Seth couldn't order Merlin to do anything, it was reasonable for her to make this request.
Seth just turned his gaze to Newton, these guys are very powerful, it is best for the mercenary group to absorb all of them, whether it is to improve the strength of the mercenary group, or to avenge Aragon in the future, with them, there are naturally several layers of insurance.
Newton stared at Seth with a straight face, and muttered for a while: "You kid has been racking his brains these days just to let us help you, a broken mercenary group, you want us all to join in, and you look down on us too much......"
Seth showed a smile and waved his hand: "It's okay, if you don't join, forget it, anyway, with them......"
Before he finished speaking, Newton's face showed a trace of embarrassment: "Who said I won't join......?
Seth was overjoyed and bowed to him in thanks, Newton rolled his eyes: "I know your kid's character, hmph, they all agreed, if I don't agree, I'm afraid you will not know what to ask you in the future......"
Seth said loudly, "I will know everything you ask in the future!"
Newton finally showed a little smile on his face: "Count you kid interesting!" What they said was naturally a matter of Jon's martial arts, although Seth's strength was not as good as Newton's, but he had the condition of following Jon for many years, so for Seth, Newton was always full of hope.