Chapter 4: Confusion
The most famous thing in the Chaos Continent is the chaos of the mercenary kingdom, compared to the combination of cross-continental interests of the Southern Business Alliance, the mercenary kingdom can be called a kingdom, and in the eyes of Lawn's erudite brain, it can be regarded as a miracle of the creation god!
Winter Harbor, Lawne and his entourage rested for a few days, today is the day to set off with the Doug Chamber of Commerce, the headquarters of the Doug Chamber of Commerce is already in the Kingdom of Elsarien, as an extension of his own country's power, Lawn naturally will not choose to go to the Chamber of Commerce who does not know the root at all. And the caravan hired Andrew mercenary group to be responsible for protection, it is said to be a more famous mercenary group in the south of the Byron Kingdom, with its own city, and other mercenary groups around it are also relatively harmonious, it is a quite famous escort mercenary group. There were 500 mercenaries accompanying him this time, plus the caravan's own guard grooms, there were a thousand people, in the middle of the huge convoy of nearly 100 wagons, Lawne's carriage was very inconspicuous, Cassie continued to leisurely in front of his coachman, and the knights deliberately opened up a large distance between each other in order to prevent it from being too conspicuous. It's business as usual, and the only thing that comforts Cassie is that his young master is finally no longer practicing dagger skills like a sheep's madness. At this time, Lawn's little fat man has a new goal of his own.
Lawne was now under the control of a cavalryman, and was chatting with a young girl who was clearly a mercenary... Of course, the reason is not that some introverted and timid Lawn Chun's heart sprouts, it's just that the girl seems to be sent by the mercenary group to coordinate the task with Lawn and his party, and the strength of Cassie's sixth-order warriors is very valued by Arnold, the mercenary captain who leads the team, so let the knowledgeable and good communication Mage Darcy be responsible for following the carriage, and once there is a battle, she is responsible for assisting Cassie and the mercenaries to complete the cooperation. (The 8th-order professionals are basically the high-level decision-making level, and the 6th-7th level is basically the super elite of the Chaos Continent)
Like a good student, Lawne tried to stare at Darcy's palm, for fear of missing any details, in Lawn's perception, there seemed to be something in the air slowly converging there, from a little mist to the formation of water droplets behind and then slowly forming a fist-sized ball, after doing this, Darcy quickly found a densely patterned bottle from the cloth bag that was leaning on his back, and filled the water balloon, before he happily said to Lawn: "See, this is the elemental water" As he spoke, he was still shaking the bottle, and Lawn's expression of humility and seeking advice seemed to have touched some kind of mechanism, and Darcy continued to introduce triumphantly, "If a mage wants to cast a spell, he must use the elements as a medium, and this water balloon is enough for me to perform several water healing techniques." ”
"Elemental, water elemental?"
"Elemental is a kind of energy, that's what my teacher said!" Darcy was obviously a little unsure, "I gathered the water elements in the air with my mental power, and they also attracted the water that evaporated around me, and then it was such a small bottle of water with elemental power!
Spicy!Raun took a sip and commented truthfully.
"Hahaha...."Darcy smiled happily as if he had succeeded in his prank: "I know, you are a fire-based physique, only the fire-based system will find the water element spicy!
"And you'll make fire elemental water?" Lawne obviously wanted to try what the fire elemental was.
Darcy looked at Xiaobai with disgust, "You don't understand anything, you say it's the fire element, where does the water come from... The water element will gather water, and as long as the fire element lights a fire, there will be more fire elements around, and the fire spell must be cast in a place where the fire element is strong, otherwise, the elemental power stored in the body will soon be exhausted. After speaking, he seemed to be longing for something: "Teacher Kerry's kind of earth mage is powerful, the earth element is on the ground under my feet, and I don't have to make elemental water by myself all day long like I do." The wood element is also very good, the grass, the tree, and the wood element are all abundant, and the gold system is also okay, you can rely on metal weapons to gather the elements, the only consolation is that I am not a fire type, and I have to make a fire in a fight!" After speaking, he waved his hand as if driving away something nasty, not caring about Lawn's embarrassment. Swinging as if thinking of something, he suddenly froze, and smiled humbly at Lawn: "Don't be afraid, boss, look at your size, you know that you are a rich man, and when the time comes, collect some gems with abundant fire elements, magic cores or something, but they are much stronger than me, what I am talking about is the method of our mercenaries, using those things, it is too extravagant for us mercenaries!"
Hearing that he seemed to be saved, Lawne breathed a sigh of relief. "Darcy, can you cast a spell for me to observe?"
"That's not good, I'm only at the 3rd order, and the number of spells cast is very small, in case there is a battle, I still have to treat the wounded!
"Unless what?"
"Reward, if you give me a magic core, I'll barely show you one!" Darcy is very scheming to benefit himself...
Raune hooked his finger at Cassie, and the poor deputy chief of the guard was about to cut his flesh as soon as he was remembered by his master, and reluctantly threw a small piece of the core to Darcy. Darcy sighed at the demon core, wiped it on his clothes, inspected the goods, and was very happy, "One gold in hand!"
Lawn is messy...
"People are only 3rd order, they can only make water and heal water, and they haven't learned the 3rd order rain technique..." After speaking, he seemed to think of something again: "The mage needs to buy a spiritual circle to learn spells, and I am still saving money for the 3rd order, and I need 100 gold coins to buy it..." Darcy issued a notice of ownership, and Lawne also felt that he had learned a lot, and most importantly, his fire system could be determined that the path of the mage had not been broken.
Along the way, Darcy and Lawne were very happy to exchange adventure stories and anecdotes, and from time to time thirsty mouths were tired from Lawne's hands, and in the evening, the team began to set up camp, and Darcy returned to his camp with a satisfied and seemingly intoxicated face. I think I'm quite satisfied with my knowledge...
Cassie reluctantly whispered in Lawn's ear: "Young Master, I feel that I have an obligation to popularize women's knowledge and the correct use of finances for you, that flat-chested is not worth it...." Lawn smiled helplessly, and also went to rest, now the team is still in the sphere of influence of the mercenary group to which it belongs, so he is not worried about being attacked...
On the seventh day of the caravan's departure, Cassie was still in shape, but Darcy was familiar with it for several days, and sat in the carriage, and the atmosphere of the procession had been solemn since yesterday, and Lawne had been forced not to show his head in the carriage since yesterday. Jungle hills, suitable for ambush. Through the curtain of the carriage, Lawne and Darcy exchanged a word, and after being scolded by Cassie for stating that he would not have emotional communication with Lawn, Darcy became more enthusiastic about Lawne, the rich man...and Cassie was also accustomed to Darcy's sinful hand that often stretched out his hand to ask for reward...
"Come to life, let the brethren come closer!" Cassie seemed to notice something, reminding the cavalry squad that Darcy, although he was not very old, also smelled something strange, and seemed more willing to explain to Lawne: "There is a faint smell of blood, there should have been a battle ahead, but since the captain didn't let him stop, it's not a big problem!"
Profit is an interesting topic. Just like now, Lawne's eyes were full of amazement. A group of robbers robbed an unknown caravan, and while packing up the loot, they watched Lawn's large caravan leave... Cassie's explanation is simply the word "strength", and it is clear that Darcy, who thinks that the higher salary, should take on more of the task of interpretation.
"Our caravan is stronger than the raiding group, we can rob them or ignore them, and the robbers already have enough benefits, so naturally they just want to swallow the benefits first. Since he didn't do anything, it should be that the captain sold his favor, and if he encounters our mercenary group in the future, even if our defense strength is not good, these bandits should return this favor. If we make a move, it is impossible for our mercenary group to lose nothing. But we can't relax, it's not them that we're guarding against!"
"Without bandits, there would be no need for mercenary groups. The thought skipped through Lawn's mind, and he whispered it casually, causing Cassie to chuckle, not knowing whether to laugh at Lawne's youth or to be relieved that Lawne finally understood something.
Darcy obviously didn't want to explain these obviously unspoken rules, "We have to guard against those powerful raiding teams with backstage, they don't have a base on the surface, so they loot unscrupulously, especially a fat sheep like you, they definitely like it." "Darcy is clearly taking revenge on Lawn...
The solemn atmosphere of the team lasted for a long time, and when it was approaching evening, from the front of the team, there was a scout's shout: "Wanderers!
"It's the outcasts, they will grab everything, but they will definitely not stop fighting with the team, Lawne, let's go to the side of the carriage and hide, they are like a flood, they can't kill them all, they can only try to protect the goods!" Darcy was reminding Lawn, but more importantly, telling Cassie how to cooperate with the army.
"There are masters, assemble to protect the carriage, young master don't come out!" As always, Cassie doesn't like defense. Ten cavalrymen, forming an arrow formation to protect the carriage, but Cassie had already rushed out, Darcy didn't expect Cassie to be so decisive, very experienced into the shield formation of mercenary teammates, no matter how Lawn was...
At this time, Arnold at the front of the team also seemed to have noticed that something was wrong, and with his elite team, four or five people ignored the homeless people who had no force, and rushed against the current to the position where there seemed to be a master.
Cassie used the powerful horses with the blood of the monster to impact all the way, one person and one horse passed through, it was very sharp to split the thousands of troops, and when he saw a small team that was clearly different from the homeless people, he didn't answer, he picked up directly on horseback, and instantly fell in the middle of the team, regardless of the sword that slashed at him, the broad sword used his waist strength, instantly rotated, harvested several heads, regardless of the terrifying extension of the remaining three or two people, grabbed the saddle that happened to hit the war horse in front of him, turned over on the horse, and continued to impact forward, ignoring the wounds on his body, staring fiercely at a leader in front of him who was obviously not low in strength, as a leader, it was naturally impossible to retreat without a fight, and the big sword was thrown up from the bottom up, and then brought up a blade-type fighting qi wave, which is the signature of the fifth-level warrior, slashing at Cassie's horse, Cassie ignored the possible damage of the war horse, flew up and jumped, and crossed the fighting qi wave to meet the opponent, the leader seemed to not understand this extravagant behavior of directly giving up the war horse, but did not hesitate, the big sword turned around, took the opportunity to slash at Cassie, Cassie's hand fighting spirit exploded, it was a small range of use of the 6th-order fighting skill fighting qi armor, with the help of the big sword's back slash, and then the right hand wide sword, from the opponent's ribs to the front obliquely, as if to cut off the opponent's upper body, the leader was angry, a burst of brilliance flashed, it was also the sixth-order warrior's fighting armor, blocking Cassie's broad sword, Cassie was not surprised, but he made a move that shocked his opponent. Cassie, let go of the giant sword held in his left hand, and let it slash at him, but his back met the giant sword, and his left arm took the opportunity to complete the force, and when the old power of the leader-like person was exhausted and the new power was not born, he exchanged his wounds for his life, and smashed the opponent's neck with one punch. The back wound was almost boneless, and it was also ignored by Cassie, with a hideous face, he turned around and rushed in the direction of Arnold, and at this time Arnold was dissatisfied with his team, not as rough as Cassie, Arnold's combat elite team was very dutiful to kill the combat group mixed in the homeless team, and when Cassie came on foot, Arnold and the other party were fighting lively, like a normal warrior fighting against each other, Cassie did not say hello, without the slightest chivalry to throw his broadsword at the enemy, and the fighting spirit exploded under his feet, taking advantage of the difference between the other party's fighting armor to block the sudden flying very difficult murderous thing, quickly missed, and picked up his weapon behind him, a fighting slash before and after, looking for a gap, cooperating with Arnold to kill the other party, and not looking at the loot belonging to Arnold, after defeating the enemy who may bring casualties to his own warriors, he immediately turned back to protect the carriage where Lawne was.
At this time, Lawn was completing the first killing in his life, and he vomited...
Time goes back to Cassie against the current to attack the homeless team, and the knight squad is at one end of the carriage, according to Darcy's meaning, as long as one end is protected, the homeless people generally do not turn around and stay, resulting in the protection of the cavalry except for the gap.
Suddenly the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Lawne's eyes were imprinted with a pair of blood-red eyes (hungry eyes) In the face of the sudden danger, Lawn was unprecedentedly calm for the first time, summoned the dagger from the bone ring, and stabbed it directly, and did not look at where the hit was, pulled back and stabbed, as if all the nature of Shanliang was expelled from all else, and the homeless appeared again, Lawn did not know martial arts, nor did he understand the rules, so he could only dagger forward, constantly stabbed, and the situation behind him was discovered by the cavalry for a short time, and he did not wait for the third homeless person to appear in front of Lawn, and separated two people to protect the carriage。
The carriage was full of the smell of blood, the two homeless people stacked on top of each other, the corpses were still instinctively twitching, blood and brains were spurting everywhere, and it took a few breaths of fear to leave Lawne's brain, and suddenly he had a feeling, touching the blood-colored liquid that kept spraying on his face, and he wondered for a while, and finally reacted to what it was, and he was nervous, and kicked the two corpses out of the carriage with one kick, which must be a strange force that is usually difficult for Lawn to play... Looking at the red and white things that were still in front of him, his stomach turned upside down, and he didn't care if there was still danger outside, leaning on the edge of the carriage, spitting and spitting...
A massacre of unknown number of lives lost, most of the opponents are homeless people forced by hunger and an unknown future powerful bandit group that has not yet formed, the only meaning of this killing is that after the killing, Lawn is no longer a boy, but a man. Although the protagonist's now trembling hands constantly question the fact of "man". The chaotic continent is not a hotbed, and the chaos between the countries for many years will obviously not be the last. Lawn, constantly asking himself whether this killing was meaningful. Cassie told Lawne the answer from the other side: "Young master, there are two kinds of people in the face of danger, one is so frightened that they collapse and become dead, and the other is more dangerous and calmer, and they will barely live as well as die in the constant killing." Life and death are just two different beginnings, this is what the Legion Commander taught me, I don't understand, but I believe in the Legion Commander's words, it will not be wrong!"
Life and death are just two different beginnings!
Lawn's thoughts flew wildly and he didn't respond to Cassie, but at this moment, as a "young master" who could live, he was obviously more recognized by Cassie, and he was countless times taller than the polite Lawn. Cassie's resentment of leaving his homeland is gone, and this is a task worth accomplishing, and the soldier is willing to pay his blood for a task worth accomplishing.
The caravan left the killing ground, and everything went on as usual. Ron, who was gradually recovering, was also attracted by Darcy's water healing technique, and spent the next few days carefully observing the treatment of Cassie. For Cassie's calmness, Lawn admired it very much, but when he saw Cassie shirtless with criss-crossed scars, he could only be silent. Cassie, who followed Shunan's guard, broke into the enemy line with Lawne's father, and was a real elite in bloody battles, fearless of death. As he said, he was also an infantryman on horseback, and in this battle, he lost another horse, and even the corpse became the ration of the homeless.
After the war, Darcy became Cassie's full-time physician, and apparently, Arnold, a mercenary who was often born and died, was also shocked by Cassie's combat power, and hoped that such a major combat power could be restored as soon as possible. I don't know if it's an illusion, Cassie reverts to the way he first met, as Darcy continues to explain all kinds of stories to Lawne, Cassie often has to interject a few words, and the danger everywhere will always be solved by Cassie lightly, and the dangerous trip to Byron also gradually disappears as Lawne grows up. It's just that the communication between Lawne and Darcy has become a scuffle between Cassie and Darcy, and Lawne has simply become a listener, happily listening to all kinds of truths that can never be learned in books, and the sinful hands that reach out to moisten their mouths have also changed from one to a pair...
At the end of the journey, watching Cassie and Darcy reluctantly, Lawne's worldview once again needs to be updated on a large scale, and it seems that the two of them have secretly completed a very remarkable ritual... Faced with frustration, Lawne had no choice but to cheekily make a hiring request to Arnold, but in Arnold's indifferent attitude and commonplace eyes (the mercenary group never forbids people to stay), he completed the employment agreement with Darcy personally, and spent 10,000 gold coins to find a suitable companion for himself to bring to campus, but, it seems that in Lawn's own fantasy, it should be himself who holds the beauty... It's not worth it to say that a good flat chest is worth it... And, it's so expensive...
10,000 gold coins, apparently as a dowry!