Chapter 33: Phantom Beasts

A long time ago, in a magician training academy called Tsinghua University, students passed on this song by word of mouth:

Since ancient times, heroes love beautiful women, and even heroes love beautiful women.

@_每一个爱情故事的结局都是大同小异 - The prince and princess lived happily ever after. But every love story avoids two facts that must be faced:

1. The popularity of human beauties is only 10 years at most, while the demeanor of human princes can often last up to 30 years.

2. After a prince becomes a king, he often has a lot of confidantes or three palaces and six courts.

- "The Classic of Mountains and Seas." Enchanting Indulgence

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There was a chaotic sound of footsteps around Amy and Da Qingshan—a large group of mercenaries and non-mercenaries rushed into the guild, seemingly surrounding the few people who had just entered.

Amy frowned slightly, so many people gathered around, and there was almost no sound to hear.

"We were looking for a ...... Complete a ...... Escort ......," said a sweet crunchy female voice and clerk.

"1000 gold coins ......" the female voice sounded again.

Wow, Amy immediately jumped up and rushed into the guild - dizzy, why are there so many people, just a few minutes, there were 30 people crowded inside, all of them stood on tiptoe and stared at something in front of them with wide eyes.

Amy's height is only above average, and there are many mercenaries in it who are big like berserkers, and they are blocked in front of them like a solid wall. Nothing to see.

Amy took a long breath and shouted, "Green, don't put lightning." ”

All the people in the "Hula" room, including the clerk, have fallen down, and in the past few days, everyone has fully appreciated the invincible charm of Lu'er - casting magic never requires chanting spells, never afraid of using up mana, 20 people a day are still full of power, and they can't beat it, and then almost all the people who live in the treehouse bar know how to dodge lightning - lie down immediately, and those who stand will always become human lightning rods.

"Borrow light, borrow light......" Amy and Da Qingshan cautiously walked to the counter on tiptoe directly from the head and thighs: "Don't worry, everyone, I have stopped it in time, alas, they are all over 200 years old, and they are still children who are not sensible." ”

"Miss, are you looking for a mercenary?" Amy raised her head and looked directly at the two girls in front of her who were also standing: "I recommend my mercenary group, is it 1000 gold coins?"

In the eyes of everyone, the two girls were obviously human, the girl in the red sè dress was slightly taller, the black sè long hair was comfortably draped from the head to the back, the melon seed face, the brown sè big eyes, and the corner of the mouth showed a smile; the girl in the blue sè dress was obviously a magician, and the mark of a second-level magician was highlighted in the sensitive position on her chest, the brown sè long hair, which was soft from the ears on her chest, the blue sè's big eyes, and the moth dai revealed a peaceful look. Both girls are probably under the age of 20. Behind them were several emperors, who seemed to be knights, with weapons in their hands and a little blood stains on their bodies.

Obviously, the two girls were also amazed by the peculiar local lying on the ground greeting ceremony, but the two beautiful little mercenaries in front of them who recommended themselves also aroused their favor:

Amy was dressed in a white leather coat, in summer, half of her shoulders were exposed, her skin was dark, her lips and nose were as strong as statues, and the corners of her mouth were filled with a shallow smile and reserved and arrogant feeling that only nobles would have, and there was absolutely no sè fascinated god between her eyebrows and eyes;

Daqingshan is slightly taller than Amy, with a black sè leather coat, a black and a white complementary, half of the shoulders are also exposed outside, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the eyes are pure, which looks extremely simple.

The girl in the blue sè dress pursed her lips slightly: "Sorry, we want an A grade." And the task is dangerous. ”

"There are 1,000 gold coins, and we are A-rank. Amy said anxiously, although she was in a hurry to fight for the task, but there was a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth.

The girl obviously didn't believe it, but she said anything more, she shook her head slightly, and said to the clerk who had just gotten up from the ground: "Find an A-class or veteran B-class mercenary and take us to the capital of the Hami people, our guide was killed in the conflict." ”

The clerk picked up the task scroll and wrote down carefully: B-level escort mission, requiring B-level mercenary groups above level to complete, the number of people is not limited, the mercenary fee is 1000 gold coins, and there is no advance payment with the employer: "If the A-level and B-level mercenary groups participate in the competition at the same time, miss, which one do you prefer?"

"A", the girl in blue affirmed.

"Oh. The clerk said to the crowd: "Sign up now, everyone has heard, I want a mercenary group, B or A." ”

"I, I'm going to participate. Amy was the closest, and the first raised her hand. There were also a few mercenary groups in the back who responded sporadically, but they quickly became depressed - everyone knew the conditions, unless it was a silver snow wolf, no one could compete.

"Miss, it's a great honor to recommend to you, one of the very few super mercenaries in the whole world. The clerk reached out to Amy very professionally: "Mr. Amy of the A-class mercenary group." ”

"Ahh

A soldier couldn't help but interject: "We require that the mercenaries are also A-level or B-level, and if it is a G or F-level mercenary of the silver sè snow wolf, we don't want it either." ”

"That's right" The clerk said with a stubborn face: "Respected Mr. Amy and his companions are A-level mercenaries, and they are the leader and deputy head of this mercenary group. ”

Amy's face suddenly showed a smug smile.

"Miss, we are small mercenaries, but we do have extraordinary strength. Trust me, I'll be 100% responsible for 1000 gold coins. ”

"However, it was dangerous along the way. The girl in red interjected.

"Henhen, what do you want mercenaries to do if it's not dangerous?Don't disbelieve in our strength, there are so many mercenaries here, can you ask them who has experienced the danger that we are more powerful?" In order to fight for 1000 gold coins for this task, Amy gave full play to his subjective initiative.

All the mercenaries around shook their heads.

"Well, that's you. Let's talk about the mission. "It was not so much that they had found a suitable mercenary group, but that they had a good impression of two young people of the same age, and the two girls exchanged opinions, and despite the opposition of several soldiers, they reached an agreement with the small mercenary group.

In a separate room, a few people start talking about business - the girl in blue has the bar open a noise barrier for the cabin.

It turned out that the two girls were envoys of the Amy Empire, who sent the Hami Empire to pick up the phantom beast.

"Phantom beast?" Amy and Da Qingshan were shocked when they heard this, and Da Qingshan interjected: "Shouldn't you take it last year, and you will only pick it up again in 5 years." ”

"Bang Lang-" The two young emperors jumped up and drew their swords: "Say, how do you know the truth about the phantom beast, did you attack the mission?"

"What's so strange about this?" Amy's face was still relaxed, but the aristocratic temperament made it impossible for anyone to despise: "My teacher is the Imperial Magister Rega, do you think I will know?" Amy estimated that Reg had also returned to Dìdū, so she took the risk of using his title as a shield - she couldn't confess, saying that both Chi Hanfeng and Reg had wanted to hijack the Phantom Beast.

This time it was the two girls who were surprised: "Magister Rega, are you his apprentice? That's great." I said that you are so young that you have such a high class, and famous teachers produce high apprentices. ”

The emperor obviously didn't know where Lei Ge was sacred, but seeing that the envoys from Dìdū said so, there should be no problem.

"It was supposed to be last year to pick up the phantom beasts, but last year, the black sun and the white sun did not coincide due to the great increase in magical power, so the phantom beast holy garden could not be opened at all, and it was very strange that all the phantom beasts that were supposed to give birth last year did not cultivate the next generation. Later, through the coordination of various countries and the calculations of the heavenly arithmetic, the time was postponed to this year. The girl in blue said, "We set off from Dìdū two months ago, and arrived at the Ice and Snow Forest on the edge of the empire last month. The Imperial Border Guards sent a squad of glacier infantry with a total of 20 people to protect us to complete the mission, but unexpectedly, when we just walked out of the ice and snow forest, we suddenly encountered an attack by a team of black sè cavalry, and a squad of 20 people, eight killed and six wounded. ”

That raid made almost all the emperor ** people be blind, the other party seemed to be very familiar with their itinerary, the envoy group walked out of the ice and snow forest, just showed their heads, and with a sudden whistle, more than 40 black gauze masked people, all dressed in black, black sè high-headed horses, rushed over in a row.

At the foreground was obviously a black sè phantom beast steed.

The result of hitting with intention and not intentionally, and fighting more with less is obviously obvious.

The current captain of the glacier infantry led 10 people to desperately entangle the knights, and let the head of the envoy corps, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of the Amy Empire, rush out with the team, and the captain of the glacier infantry team and 10 companions were 7 killed and 4 wounded, and finally withdrew from the battle under the cover of the ice and snow forest.

After the two remnants of the army met, it was learned that a long arrow from a blind shè pierced the chest of the deputy minister of foreign affairs, and almost killed him on the spot. Lin (the girl in blue) and the goddess Sha Ruo (the girl in red), who participated in the special meeting of the Holy See, led the team, completely breaking the original itinerary and making a detour to the capital of the Hami Kingdom.

"Did you meet the enemy again?" Amy asked again.

"How do you know?" Lin Yushang was puzzled?

"You all have wounds on your body, and there are too few of them. Daqingshan added.

"Yes...... The other side seems to be chasing us in several ways, we encountered one of them, there were only 7 people, in the second war, both guides were killed, and we also lost 2 warriors, but we used magic to kill all the enemies, so we hope to find guides and mercenaries to help us reach Snowfield City, the capital of the Hami Kingdom. The girl in red interjected timidly.

"So dangerous?" Amy said embarrassedly, "If that's the case, then the money ......"

"As far as I know, if we leave immediately, we can get to Snowfield City in 10 days at the earliest. An Imperial soldier interjected.

"Ten days, then that means 240 hours of life and death. Amy gave a cold shudder: "That's it, I don't want you to increase the mercenary fee anymore, just give us some jīng god tension fee." ”

"You ......" Lin Yushang took the case.

"I didn't mean to make things difficult. Amy waved her hand......

"Amy, forget it, let's help them once. Da Qingshan couldn't watch it anymore and interrupted Amy Jīng's performance.

"Faint, why is it that I'm the one who does the bad guy every time, and you're the one who does the good guy? Amy stared at the cow's big eyes, and sighed, seeing that the roasted duck was about to fly away, but there was really nothing to be done, and the deputy head of the regiment expressed his attitude, and he couldn't fight.

An imperial soldier next to him muttered in a low voice: "I have never seen such a person who does not pity the jade." ”

Looking at the sky that was gradually dimming outside, Amy and Da Qingshan briefly discussed it, and decided to set off immediately, hurrying overnight, trying to leave the pursuers off half a day's journey.

The most convenient road from the Treehouse Bar to Snowfield City is the Longya Mountain Highway, in summer, the snow on the road is all melted, which is very easy to walk, but considering that the pursuers have horses, it is very easy to be chased when traveling on the highway, and once encountered on the road, it is difficult to escape the impact of the cavalry. So prepare to plunge headlong north into the outer forest of the Ice Forest, and then head east to Snow City.

The envoy originally had four sleds, but the long-distance snow dogs pulling the sleds had been exhausted from the long journey in the past few days, so Amy asked Lin Yusheng's opinion, added 100 gold coins, and replaced all the post stations next to the tree house bar with new snow dogs.

Night sè had just gotten dark, and under the envious gaze of the other mercenaries, the four sleds left the treehouse bar.

Shortly after leaving the treehouse bar, Amy slapped Lu'er, who was lying next to her and had just fallen asleep.

"Hmm-" Lu'er rolled over, stuck her head under Da Qingshan's clothes again, and continued to rest.

"Hey, hey, it's your turn......" Amy was still unyielding: "Raise you so big, you can't eat white rice! ”

"Uh-hmm-" Lu'er also stretched her two front paws under Daqingshan's clothes, holding her head tightly - oh, it seemed to block her ears.

"Hey, hey—" Amy's expression seemed to be unable to control you, and she pulled out two dried lizards from the package on one side, and slammed them with her hands. When the dried meat was slightly crumbled, the aroma immediately came out, not to mention that with such a hard effort, the aroma soon filled the entire sled.

"Ahh

Amy covered Lu'er's mouth that was about to open with one hand: "One rì does not work, one rì does not eat, do you know the meaning of this sentence?"

When Lu'er saw the food, she had a flattering expression on her face, hello, me, everyone, and her head clicked quickly like a kowtow insect.

"One, you haven't done any work for four days, and second, we're in a very dangerous situation where a lot of people are riding horses to get your lizard. Amy's face was tragic and hateful.

Green Sè's face immediately became ugly, and Green Sè's dragon breath spewed out.

"You fly to the sky in 1 hour to see if they are coming, and if you see someone chasing us on horseback at night, then it's them, and we'll teach them a lesson, and I've heard that they're very lizards. Amy said as the dried lizard stuffed into Lu'er's mouth, and then patted Lu'er's buttocks: "Go ahead, you can sleep again during the day." ”

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In the air, Lu'er spread her huge wings and soared over the forest with the help of the whirring night wind, her eyes firmly fixed on every move on the ground.

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Underground, Amy stretched the snow bear skin quilt on her body, squeezed around Da Qingshan, and whispered: "Lu'er is getting harder and harder to deceive now, I have to find some other excuse, I'm afraid that he will get tired of eating dried lizards in the future, what should I do then?"

After speaking, he no longer paid attention to Da Qingshan's crying and laughing expression, and snored loudly.

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