Chapter 43 Negotiations
"A little favor?!" Tanmine took off his hood and stared at me with a pair of bright eyes, and I responded without fear, and after a few seconds his eyes softened, and the corners of his mouth slanted: "Please, what do you want me to do?" ”
"Help me crusade against Alonso the Dragon Slayer." My whisper was like throwing a stone into the calm water, and the two guards of the tank mine cried out at once:
"Alonso the Dragon Slayer?! Are you crazy? "That man can even kill a dragon, he's a monster at all, and there are still people who want to crusade against him?" "There's something wrong with your brain, ma'am!"
Tankmine was not surprised, just smiled and listened to the exclamation of his men, and then suddenly made a gesture to the two guards to silence. He looked at me calmly and said, "I don't think it's ridiculous for a man who can defeat Nala to go against Alonso the Dragon Slayer. You must already have an idea of your own. Ma'am, please tell us what you think and see how we can help. ”
I'm glad that Tanmine looks like a man who does big things: "It's easy, find the Dragon Slayer and kill him." ”
Tanmine laughed exaggeratedly: "Hehe, ma'am, forgive me for taking the liberty of it. This simple matter in your mouth is no easier than my conquest of my own homeland. If you can't convince me in the details, I'm afraid I'll have a hard time making up my mind to help you. ”
I lifted my legs high and looked extremely confident: "I have collected all the items in this world that are specifically designed to deal with dragon slayers, and now what I need is someone or an organization that can lead me to find and walk safely in front of dragon slayers." As for how to deal with the dragon slayer is my own business, doesn't it sound a little easier now. ”
Tantarai's eyes emitted a strange light: "The whereabouts of the dragon slayer have disappeared for many years, and it is difficult for an organization or individual to find out in a short period of time. Also, how can you be sure that you have enough items to kill a dragon slayer? ”
"In the name of Archmage Ambaba, the eternal source of life, Netana, and the righteous judge of the south, An Weier, it must be enough." I shouted loudly, but I was secretly laughing in my heart that it was good to know more people, and I shouted it in a hurry.
Tantor was frightened by these three illustrious names, but he quickly returned to his normal state: "Any one of these three is enough." But since you have such a big force behind you, why don't you seek their help and choose me instead? Any one of them could wipe out the dragon slayer with the flick of a finger. ”
"Ah, I did ask them for help." I leaned my head closer to him and said mysteriously, "But the oracle can't help me with this task." ”
Tanley nodded thoughtfully: "Understood." Your suggestion is tempting, and helping you defeat the Dragon Slayer will also add a lot of prestige to me, and when I go on a crusade against the old bones, more people will follow me. ”
"It's not all." I added, "The Dragon Slayer has an extremely large amount of treasure. If you can help me defeat the Dragon Slayer, you can take all this treasure, and I know that it takes a lot of money to maintain an army. ”
Tantarley's eyes were about to fall out of his sockets: "It's for nothing again?!" So what do you get? I don't believe you're going to kill the dragon slayer without any good. ”
"All I need is two things, the head of Athoro the Dragon Slayer and his magic sword." I didn't have time to think about it, "Also, if you can successfully conquer your homeland, I hope that my regiment will receive the highest level of treatment in your principality." ”
I'm not short of money now, I'm not short of people, and I'm not short of land, but after all, it's Hannah's own, and it's not a long-term solution to send people under the fence. I think this tank mine is a talent, and the combat effectiveness of the Ike people is well known to everyone, and the realization of his plan to restore the country is a matter of time, so it is better to tempt him with huge benefits now, and it is good to have a base when his own corps grows in the future. Nala's high-level spell firemaster gear, the endless treasure of the Dragon Slayer, and the immense prestige that comes with killing the Dragon Slayer all have a powerful positive effect on his restoration cause, and I don't believe he is not impressed. As the saying goes, two hundred percent of the benefits can make people go very dangerous, and Tank Mine has obviously been swayed by some kind of fanatical thought, and he immediately nodded: "Deal." I'll find out the whereabouts of the Dragon Slayer and bring you to him without incident, and you'll be in charge of taking out the Dragon Slayer. When this is done, I will take the treasure of the dragon slayer, and you will take the head of the dragon slayer Athoro and his magic sword. When I succeed in recovering my country, you and your legions will receive the highest level of nobility in my principality. However, I have one condition, you must give me Nala's equipment now. ”
"You don't have to worry about this, I'll give it to you right away." I smiled, "However, I also have to make it clear that I am in a hurry to do this task, and I must do it before the competition. In other words, you must give me the exact location where the dragon slayer is hiding before noon the day after tomorrow. That way I have time to organize the staff. ”
"Before noon the day after tomorrow?" Tantarai's brow furrowed, "It seems to be a little tight." Still, there shouldn't be any problem. I seem to have heard that the Gran Ogre tribe of the Bloodstone Swamp has been in contact with the Dragon Slayer, and I will send someone to inquire right away, and there should be news soon. ”
"Then it's settled." I said with satisfaction, "Your great cause of restoration will definitely be accomplished." To tell you the truth, I have close ties with many huge forces on the mainland, so if you need to, just ask. For now, though, make the crusade against the Dragon Slayer a priority. ”
"Understood." Tan Tan Lei smiled wryly, "I don't wait for the opening of the athletic conference, I don't have any plans to do it for the time being." ”
"Master Tanley is really a smart man. That's all for today. Narah's things will be given to you, and I hope you will not break your word. You see, I treat my friends differently than I treat my enemies. "I put Nala's Pyromaster gear on the table and got up to leave.
Tanley looked excitedly at the strange splendor of the treasures on the table, and then asked me, "Beautiful lady, I don't know your name yet, if you don't mind, you might as well tell me." ”
"Turtledove, the commander of the [Light and Shadow] Corps." I calmly put on my hood, "Happy cooperation, dear Duke Tanley. No, it should be the honorable King Tantari, haha. ”
Tantari listened to my words with a grimace, and then laughed along. If all goes well, I think our laughter will make some people cry.
The roads in the desert are not easy to walk, especially for poor people like me who don't have a ride. Experienced people set out in the middle of the night, but I don't want to waste my precious time on boring waiting. It must have been about ten o'clock in the evening, and it would not be too many hours before I was alone and ready to walk in a straight line through the southern edge of the Arricto Desert back to the city of Calsecot, the closest castle to the Arriktor Desert in the human kingdom, where I could easily find an electro-magician to open a portal for me to go wherever I wanted. Mayu's tiger is really delicate, since the injury it only opened a portal for me, and then no matter how much I called it, it just didn't show me up, making me look so depressed now.
There are places in the desert where you can see grass, but it's very thin. As soon as the wind blows through the grass, it is pressed down, and after the wind passes, it rises again. The wind blows around as if someone is moving. Is there really anyone? Of course not, it's just an illusion, no one is crazy enough to go like me, alone through the Great Ariktor Desert at night. I'm worried about the Deep Red Dragon, but I've heard from the NPCs that this thing only operates in the deepest part of the desert, and I'm now clinging to the edge of the southern desert, so there's no reason to encounter such a difficult monster. There is also the Ike who often loot passing merchants, but I see that Duke Tancre looks like an Ike leader, and I have reached a strategic cooperation agreement with him, and he should not send his own men to trouble me. But why is there always a feeling of uneasiness in my heart? This uneasiness has been with me since I stepped out of the small castle where Tantori lived.
I don't know why my uneasiness came from, the Arriktor Desert is not an upgraded place in the first place, so it's normal to not see a single figure within a hundred miles of sparsely populated people. Now there was nothing around me, except for the grass and sand, and the full moon in the sky, which was a little too big, and the sound was only the subtle rustle of my shoes gently grinding against the dry yellow sand.
Isn't it too quiet? So there is not even a shadow of the most common desert such as snakes, lizards, and small reptiles, can it be ...... The moment I hesitated to slow down, the world around me darkened, a familiar darkness darker than night. Cloak of Shadow?! My heart thumped, and my hands went straight to my thighs, gripping the Nightmare Twin Blades tightly in my hands. The yellow sand beneath my feet seemed to suddenly come to life, rolling up my calves like a snake and petrifying. As a result, my feet were firmly anchored in the yellow sand, and I couldn't move at all.
An unusually burning sensation came from behind me, and I instinctively turned my head to look, my pupils constricting unconsciously. A huge fireball burning with blazing flames and emitting dazzling light was roaring towards him, and behind the fireball was a woman in red who had not yet dispersed the last trace of fire in her hand, and the smile on her face was eerily illuminated by the light of the fireball. I also saw the seven men behind the woman.
"Ice Wind Chimes?!" I cried out as the fireball slammed into the back of my heart, and with a heart-rending pain, a few traces of burnt flesh drifted into my nose. At the same time, the disgusting neutral voice of the Ice Wind Chime also came: "Turtledove, long time no see, how are you doing lately?" Wha. ”
I glanced at it hurriedly, the Ice Wind Chimes and his six killings, and a strange woman dressed in a black leotard that I had never seen before, one against eight, I was afraid that it would be more than lucky. I suppressed my beating heart and pretended to be calm, "Ice Wind Chime, the guilds of the two of us are bound by the guild peace agreement until the Athletic Conference, and actions like yours today will have a serious impact on the credibility of the guild you belong to. ”
"Hahahaha." Ice Wind Chimes laughed exaggeratedly, "Fool, do you think I'll care about those useless things? Besides, the credibility of the Corps is something that Schilling should consider, and it has nothing to do with me. You, turtledove, must pay the price for the last time you let me go and eat black Schilling in the here and now, and I don't think about anything else. ”
"The price?!" I also laughed, "What do you want me to pay, and how?" It's obviously you're stupid. I said that if you go to the dueling arena to duel, you really have to go to the duel, so if I say that you are born of a pig, you are really born of a pig? I'm an adult anyway, so can I use my brain to do things?"
"You!" Ice Wind Chimes was so speechless by my gratuitous robbery that he shouted with a white face, "You are now my prisoner, you dare to be so arrogant?" Leave me all your gear and gold, and I can consider giving you a good time. ”
It's up to you? I sneered: "Ice Wind Chimes, I won't say anything else, I'll send you two words - 'dreaming'." ”