Chapter Yiqi: Dusk and Motherhood
After all, Sheldon didn't dare to ask Merlin directly about the nightmare, perhaps wishful thinking, or a hint of destinedness. He felt like the lines of the woolen clothes he wore in winter were pulled away one by one, and the colorful firecracker-like streamers exploded in the woolen threads, but no one shared them.
Just let time be a bystander and let everything go on as it should. It was Sheldon's self-defeating thoughts, but a faint worry still lingered in his heart. He didn't quite believe what Nightmare said, all creatures were selfish, whether flesh or rune. Therefore, he had to watch Merlin's every move more closely, for fear that something would go wrong with him.
When Nightmare manipulates Merlin's body, the boy's eyes turn a strange bright blue-purple, just judging by this difference in appearance.
This is really naïve, if you disguise it, then it is estimated that the sky will really fall and no one will know.
In the mercenary assembly, as long as you have money, you can do everything. Sheldon certainly had money, and unlike those who brought their own dry food, he could take Merlin to a hot meal.
Of course, this is relative, the first floor of the mercenary assembly hall is basically some low-level mercenaries who don't have much money, most of them come to try their luck, and the relatively powerful mercenaries on the second floor can basically afford the preferential meals here, and even big fish and meat.
Compared with the face-to-face recruitment on the first floor, hiring mercenaries on the second floor requires a certain agreement. Therefore, with the exception of particularly urgent matters, most of the work is done by selecting the contract and setting a time to sign the agreement. Since both parties know the time, they only need to choose whether to take the order, and there is no need to pay extra energy and time.
Prilius sat down on his one-third of an acre of land with a sad face, carefully selecting the commissions he could accept.
"Fight in groups...... What is this? Fish out the gem in the Abyss of Chaos...... Crazy! It's damn bad! The man put his fist in his face and muttered, "Damn it...... Why made me ugly yesterday......"
Obviously, he was irrational first, but he blamed others for the main responsibility, which may be the secret of Plylius's improvement of his mood.
Over 30 years old, no wife and no children, not tall, not up and down in strength, looks glamorous, but in fact it is full of loopholes and thatch. He obviously doesn't want to be an ordinary person, but now he is so ordinary that he is pretentious, but it is really ironic.
"Replace the clown and participate in the circus duties...... What the hell is this all asking for! He slapped the yellowed tissue paper in his hand and shouted.
"Don't complain, others don't have to be you for these jobs." A man next to him said to him.
"Who will take this indiscriminate commission, you see, help others find the lost civet!" Prilius said casually, "It's all something!" ”
"Be content," the man beside him snatched the sweat-stained yellow tissue paper from Prilius' hand, "the pay is good, at least it will allow you to do it." ”
Seeing that the man next to him seemed to have found a treasure, Prilius happily signed his name with a quill on the "Find the Lost Civet" order.
Wow! A dark blue flame suddenly rolled over the order form floating in the air, and with the crackling sound of the fire, it quickly dissipated into ashes in the air.
"It's just not taking advantage of the opportunity." The man gave Plylius a deep look, raised an eyebrow, and stood up, "If you don't finish a certain amount of work, you just wait to get out of here." ”
"You say...... What? Prilius' eyes widened, and his Adam's apple agitated up and down, "Get out of ...... Get out? ”
"How long do you think a lazy person can stay in a mercenary rally? I think you might say you can't stay a minute," he smiled dismissively, "but you're the lazy guy right now, aren't you?" This position has always been very quick to change people, because it's all people like you. ”
"No...... No! Plylius hurriedly rummaged through the yellow papers on his desk, only to find that the handwriting on them was changing rapidly!
There is no reason for the original simple and easy-to-understand pediatrics to be covered little by little by the new commission.
"Get rid of the 'rats' in the back streets of the spider plant...... Escorting a shipment to the Land of Desire......" he uttered in disbelief, these commissions were not at all on the same difficulty level as the previous ones, "What are these things......
The so-called "rats" are actually those vicious thugs, and even knocking out one of them can knock his head off, let alone the "rats...... Going to the Land of Desire now is a dead end......
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a very special power of attorney. This is a group commission, and twenty people are recruited! And all the content is to protect a group of children from harm, transport them from the imperial capital Vanakan to the [City of Motherhood] to visit, and then come back!
Plylius pondered for a moment, as long as he went west through the [Land of Twilight] Flatex from here to the [City of Motherhood], there would be no danger along the way...... Aside from being careful of the never-ending twilight and turning into a woman, it doesn't seem to be difficult.
He signed the power of attorney on the spot, and was relieved to see the yellow paper burning in front of him.
【Land of Twilight】Flatex is at dusk for half of the day, and the sun in the sky rises and sets like a swing, and is stretched extremely long at the moment when it completely sets. It is said that it is the unstable power of runes within the Land of Dusk that warps time, which is why it has become so strange, but it has also become a gathering place for tourists and couples of all kinds, and no one can not love the warm but not dazzling, fireball-like sunset.
But beware of the never-ending twilight, which is a special phenomenon. Because of the distortion of the law of time, there is a small probability that the time and space of your previous moment will coincide with the current twilight, or even be reversed.
In short, the past self and the present self are interchanged. If you don't get your past self back for a period of time, then your current self will be replaced by your past self, and your past moment self will continue with your next life in your place.
This doesn't seem like a big deal to outsiders, but who is the victim knows it in their own hearts. I will freeze the moment in the past, and look at the never-ending twilight, which must be extremely miserable.
Of course, the probability of such a thing happening is extremely small, and there is basically no need to worry, which is why Prilius signed so easily.
And the "City of Motherhood", as the name suggests, is that the entire city is full of women. To add insult to injury, all the women here have smooth faces, swollen breasts, and plump buttocks.
A mysterious force will involuntarily feminize all male creatures that enter the [City of Motherhood], causing their male organs to shrink, Adam's apple to be straight, and to behave weakly.
All men will behave femininely. Generally speaking, after three days in the city, all men are transformed into the purest women.
Fortunately, there is a floor of communication next door to the [City of Motherhood] for men and women to pass through. Further south of the middle zone is the [City of Males], which is roughly the same as the former.
That is, all creatures that enter the city will become male.
If he does become a woman, that's okay, just go south and become a man again, right?
But Plylius could not understand why he was brought to such a disjointed place...... It can't be that all these kids are girls, right? Or do you want boys to experience what it's like to be a woman again?
He couldn't understand, and was even a little scared, but he thought that it was none of his business, as long as he protected them, and if the mission failed, he would have to deduct money.
The scheduled time was three days later, and there were ten people in total, and it was not known who the other nine lucky winners would be.
He snorted, glancing at Sheldon's seat across from him. He noticed that a blue flame was also floating on Sheldon's desk.