Qingchao's real name is 'Ai Ray Onassis', which means Onassis clan, his father's name is Lei, and his own name is Ai.

This is a tall swordsman with short blue hair, long, narrow eyes, and very sharp eyes.

Coincidentally, his seafaring tendencies are also 'sharks' - the green tide swims faster in the sea than the average seaborn, his skin is rough and hard, and his teeth are constantly replaced and regenerated.

He is usually bold, but when he doesn't talk to people, he likes to hide in the corner and be alone.

The Sea Descendants are one of the people who are accompanied by the spirits, and Qing Chao has a mouth full of shark-like teeth, and it is said that his father is even more animalistic, and even has bony shark fins on his arms.

At this time, Qingchao had already been injected with a regeneration potion, and most of his injuries were healed.

This time he came to thank him, or rather, to 'defect'.

"You saved my life, Mr. Guide."

The Seaborn swordsman knelt down on one knee at Ian, and the subordinates of the Whale Song Cliff bowed to the Lord and said in a deep voice, "I won't lie—I'm extremely optimistic about your future." ”

"You are strong enough, you are young enough, and now you are not worthy of your potential - I am willing to be loyal to you, to be a swordsman under your command, to be your strength."

It's even a wise man who doesn't speak dark words.

Qingchao inherited Ian's favor, and also thought that Ian was extremely capable and potential, and the future was limitless, so he simply defected directly.

"It's true that I saved your life, but it's just to protect the front, and the potion is from the Ellen family, so I'll just change hands."

Ian didn't let the tide go, nor did he refuse or admit the other party's 'allegiance'.

He also knew very well that the reason why the other party did not defect to the Ellen family was because the Ellen family was too strong, and he might not be able to pass the political trial if he wanted to defect.

On the contrary, on his own side, the real personal team under his command has to say, and Scott is alone, and he really needs some good hands to facilitate his actions.

Moreover, he can be regarded as knowing the past of Qingchao.

Back then, after the Battle of the Three Seas in which the Whale Song Cliff and the Sea Devil Worm crossed the surging ocean, wandering the sea and the stormy ocean, a large number of injured veterans retired and could not even get enough retirement honorarium.

But from this group of veterans, a new group of martial nobles has also emerged.

Although most of the new nobles are the 'vassals' chosen by the major sea tribes and mermaid tribes in Whale Song Cliff, there are countless people who snatch this right to be vassals.

Qingchao's father is one of the qualified contenders.

It's just that this veteran is qualified but has no background, and he has been secretly suppressed a lot to prevent him from really competing for a seat.

In addition, there were too many retired soldiers, and he still had secret injuries, so it was difficult to find a job, so he finally died of heart failure due to the onset of dark injuries, which led to the disorder of the circulation of the source of the body and heart failure.

Although the first-level sublimator has a higher status than ordinary people, it is not up to the threshold of nobility, and it is not difficult to cultivate.

Although it is said that it takes more than 4,000 thalers to train a first-level sublimator, this is a combination of 'potion materials', 'potion recipes', 'hiring an alchemist', 'teachers' salaries', 'adaptive training' and 'additional nutritional supplements'.

For the military, whether it is potion recipes, refining or teachers, and then adaptive training, there is almost no cost, only potion materials and additional nutritional supplements cost money.

But for a large organization, the flesh and materials of low-level demonic beasts are mass-produced products that can rely on the maze for large-scale breeding.

Only starting from scratch, a family that has never had an inheritor before, needs to spend a few thousand thalers to cultivate the first ascendant in their own family.

After that, it is much easier to cultivate the second place.

This is also the importance of the so-called 'heritage', and the simplest effect is to reduce the cost of cultivation and restore glory faster.

For example, if it weren't for the identity of the White People in Port Harrison, if it weren't for the identity of the exiles, just the inheritance of the Silver Peak Emissary in the possession of Elder Pudde, the secrets of alchemy and inscriptions, would have helped the family recover as quickly as possible.

And large organizations can produce a considerable number of first-level sublimators in batches at any time.

But the follow-up maintenance is a problem.

Every sublimator is a high-precision essentia machine, and the essentia food it consumes is a lot of money every month.

The most terrifying thing is not even the funds, but the lack of resources - the production of Warcraft flesh and blood is limited, and the planning of resources has always been a big problem.

For the sake of war, a large number of first-level sublimators were cultivated as a consumption of combat power, but after the war, there was no need for so many existences with individual force...... Instead of spending the overall resources of the entire force to raise a group of veterans, it is better to disarm, cultivate a group of young ordinary soldiers, and wait until the need to promote them to consume.

That's why the world of Terra is home to so many Ascendants, mercenaries, and adventurers—most of whom were veterans or lost nobles.

Just like Qingchao - he received his father's education since he was a child, and used the last money in his family to become a sublimator, constantly honing his skills, until the previous battle with the moth, and even broke through the peak of the first energy level.

The high level and the pinnacle are a threshold.

Such a young first-level peak swordsman, even if he is a big nobleman like the Eren family, even if he does not accept allegiance, he is willing to give a good meal and drink to the identity of a diner.

In fact, Qingchao was originally a long-term partner of the platinum-iridium workshop, so it was able to rush to Port Harrison as soon as possible.

"I don't want to work for Whale Song Cliff, so I've always wanted to find a place to settle down...... Is Port Harrison chosen now? ”

Ian admired Qingchao's subjective initiative to seize the opportunity to act, but he couldn't just agree to it.

After pondering for a while, Ian said slowly: "Let's wait for us to come out of the ruins alive, and then give you time to think - Qingchao, I'm just an ordinary Harrison Port appraiser, but I can't give you much salary, if you really want to follow me, the days after that will be very hard, you have to think about it." ”

And the corners of Qingchao's eyes moved slightly, obviously a little nervous.

Ordinary Port Harrison appraiser?

What a joke, he's not blind!

Ian's swordsmanship is so superb that he feels that it is strong, and it is obviously not the advanced inheritance of the Wave Singer, and the decisive ability to withstand the situation at critical moments and make decisions...... It's enough to prove that his future is limitless!

Not to mention, he has become friends with the Ellen family, and is also the official appraiser valued by Viscount Grant, and in the process of communicating with other Port Harrison sailors before, he knows that Ian is the future elder of the people of Port Harrison.

Ordinary?

If it weren't for Qingchao's clear sense that he had already entered the peak of the first energy level, and his strength would be further after his injury, he wouldn't even be too embarrassed to come to Ian to be allegiance!

"Don't take yourself too lightly."

As if he could sense the swordsman's inner activity, the young man shook his head slightly and said, "You are the peak of the first level of swordsmanship, even the Eren family is willing to ask you to be a swordsmanship instructor." ”

"It's my pleasure to be willing to find me...... Get up. ”

"That's why it's worth joining now, isn't it?" Following Ian's voice, Qingchao smiled and stood up.

——When everyone cheers, how can it be as great as the harvest that comes from struggling together at the end of the day?

The swordsman stared into Ian's eyes, and some of them naturally couldn't be 'blind loyalty'.

He didn't make up his mind for that kind of thing, to be loyal to a teenager who was probably half his age.

Even if he really thought so, with Ian's intelligence, how could he believe it?

However, the feelings in the heart of the swordsman ...... But it is deeper and heavier than loyalty.

- That's hope.

Qingchao saw the hope in Ian's heart.

Although it is not clear, the way is unknown, and even the swordsman himself does not know why.

Maybe it's the sword. The sword that tore apart the array of apes and moths, and with a single blow, crushed the besieging formation.

Such an amazing and refined sword definitely requires talent and thousands of days and nights of hard training to achieve a small achievement...... And at Ian's age, he must have been able to hold a wooden sword, and he never stopped practicing.

A psyker genius who can be fourteen years old, insist on practicing swordsmanship hard, and never stop.

With just this perseverance and talent, the swordsman knew that the future of the other party would definitely not be just an appraiser in a border town, nor would it be just an elder of the White People in a mere place!

This comes from the swordsman's intuition.

In comparison, that regeneration potion, although it is a life-saving grace, is just an introduction.

Qingchao has made up his mind.

- He doesn't want to be a 'mercenary swordsman' who can only bring pain to his relatives when he dies, and can only sell his own force for the rest of his life, and be a 'ronin'.

At least, this young man, his goal, must be bigger and more valuable than his own.

Than ...... The battle that my father threw himself into was even more worthwhile.

You can also make money, so why don't you choose a more future-oriented path? The road that you won't regret.

Wizard. Chewing on Ian's pronoun, he couldn't help but feel incomparably appropriate.

Yes.

The guide is indeed the one who guides him in the future.

Qingchao's allegiance can be regarded as a small episode.

When Ian finds Master Gosai and Isengard in the cabin, the two seem to be discussing some questions about their next move.

The young man's voice was puzzled: "Teacher, if you go further, you will go deep into the heart of the ruins, don't we need to leave this ruins first?" ”

The old man's voice was full of hatred: "You, aren't you confused because of alchemy?" A super-large ruin like this, even if it is not labyrinthized, it is already a labyrinth, and it is impossible for us to get out without going into the depths of the ruins to figure out the specific internal map path! ”

"What's more, this kind of pre-era ruins, the core facilities are generally accessible in all directions, and you can go to any area and find the entrance and exit there, but it is faster than going out with one mind now!"

It's a classic topic - when you strayed into the ruins maze, is it better to go to the center of the maze, or is it better to get out of it directly?

Ian thinks it's all right, he has foresight anyway, and no labyrinth can stop him.

This time, though, he's definitely rooting for Master Gosai.

So he knocked on the door, got permission, and after entering the room, he said, "We must go to the center of the ruins, there are so many strange things here, and there are countless strange parasites, if you don't understand the secrets, you may accidentally die halfway through."

When the master and apprentice noticed the knock on the door and turned back in unison, Ian calmly interjected.

He looked at the two of them with some curiosity and asked, "What's the matter, you two, why did you suddenly talk about this?" ”

The master and apprentice glanced at each other, and naturally it was Master Gosai who spoke first.

"It's not a big deal."

The old man shook his head and said, "Someone found a map recorded by the crystallized paper of the previous era from the bones on the ground. ”

"There are a number of locations marked on the map, including 'sacrificial sites', 'holy places' and 'exits'."