Although the Imperial army is far superior to the Thorn Rose in terms of strength alone, the waters of the Black City are too muddy to be fully controlled, so the army cannot completely destroy the Thorn Rose.

Alice glanced at the depths of the mountain, and then said to the four of them, "Let's go!" ”

Delta immediately cast the "Levitation Technique" spell, and the five of them flew between the mountains and forests at high speed, quickly disappearing from view.

Kara looked at the departing figures of Ace and the others, and couldn't help frowning: "I heard grandpa say that dark magic is a power from the abyss, which will inevitably lead to the destruction of living beings, but this doesn't seem to be the case now." ”

After a while, the young general who had helped Kara gain her blood reappeared and came to Kara's side.

"Kara, where have you been? I'm so worried. Let's go. With our current strength, we can't help much in this situation. Staying here will only cause trouble for our parents. The young general said, reaching out and grabbing Kara's arm.

Kara retracted her arm, without a trace of hesitation, and said coldly, "At least I'm also a sixth-level magician, and I don't need your protection." ”

The young general said, "When I left the imperial capital, I promised your grandfather that he would take care of your safety. Now even the trolls have come out to make trouble. It's too dangerous here. We'd better get out of the way quickly. ”

Kara's eyes are unpredictable. After a long time, she turned around and walked out of the mountain without saying a word.

The handsome general quickly followed.

After leaving Warcraft Mountain, Ace and his team headed in the direction of the capital.

But the fog on the mountain still hasn't lifted, so people can't evacuate quickly. On the way back, Ace and his team encounter no less than seven or eight troops from the imperial capital, including warriors, knights, and magicians!

Even Alice had encountered such a situation for the first time, even more than in the Dragon Slayer War twelve years earlier.

I don't know how long it took, Ace and the others finally broke out of the fog and immediately used wind magic to quickly run towards the imperial capital.

After all, they promised their employers to give each other the fruit within ten days. The round trip from the Imperial Capital to the Warcraft Mountains takes six to seven days. If there's still trouble on the road, there's a chance it's too late.

According to Thorn Rose's rules, the employer can refuse to pay all of the compensation if the Thorn Rose fails to meet the deadline, and the Thorn Rose needs to continue to help the employer achieve her goals for free.

It is for this reason that the Thorn Rose has enjoyed a great reputation in the imperial capital in recent years. Even some nobles went out of their way to ask for the help of the Thorn Rose, knowing that the Thorn Rose was very efficient and would never let them down.

On the second day of his return to the Imperial Capital, Ace received his first pot of gold after joining the Thorn Rose - 4,800 gold coins and six Dark Philosopher's Stones.

In addition to the 20% collected by Thorn Rose herself, which is 6,000 gold coins, the other 24,000 gold coins were divided equally among the five people involved in the operation, one of whom was 4,800.

Ace originally thought that he was only here to deal with unexpected situations, so he didn't deserve so many rewards. However, Alice said that each of the companions involved in the mission played a role and had no priority, so Thorn Rose has always been fair in the distribution of pay, that is, according to work.

Ace saw so many gold coins for the first time, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while. He didn't know how to take so many gold coins.

Luckily, the Thorn Rose is ready. They help Ace get a card from the Imperial Gold Bank and deposit all the gold coins into Ace's private account. Ace needs money every time. Just go to the bank and pick it up

Ace was fresh to this. When he was in Nanyun City, he had never heard of a gold bank, nor had he seen any account cards. For a moment, he was a little surprised, and he took the card and looked at it again and again.

He didn't know that the imperial capital was the most prosperous city in the Mandala Continent, and in many cases, the trading volume would be very large. If all transactions were done directly with gold coins, it is estimated that many wealthy merchants would be crushed to death. After all, gold coins are not light.

Even some rare treasures, such as the best equipment forged by experts or the best medicines made by alchemists, cannot be measured in gold coins. At this time, bartering was often used in place of gold coins as compensation.

Ace took a gold card in his hand and hummed a little song to the blacksmith's shop. Of course, he was very happy. No one doesn't like money, not to mention that he also gets six Dark Philosopher's Stones, which could play a key role in a crucial moment. With money, you can buy a lot of things, including the forging materials you need, which is very important.

While you can make a lot of money as a good blacksmith, it also costs a lot of money to forge because many rare metal materials are extremely expensive.

If you become an intermediate mage and want to embed a magic blessing in the equipment you make, you need to buy the corresponding magic scroll, Ace knows how expensive the magic scroll is.

In the imperial capital, for 600 gold coins, you can buy a two-story building on an ordinary street. Ace received 4,800 gold coins at once. It's a real asset.

No wonder many people say that, as magicians, they don't care about money at all. It turns out that they can make a lot of money on their own. Some choose to become bounty hunters, others form hunting groups, and Ace chooses to join Thorn Rose to complete missions and earn a lot of money.

Now that you have money, how can you not invite two good brothers to a drink?

Ace immediately called out Arak and Leon, and chose an extremely luxurious tavern to prepare for a feast.

I saw the people coming and going in the tavern, all of them were dignified and unusual, and I could tell at a glance that they had a lot of backgrounds. The mellow liquor in the tavern, mixed with the perfumes of many women, makes people intoxicated with body and mind.

At this time, on the stage not far away, a handsome pianist was playing a beautiful song.

Leon leaned into Ace's ear and whispered, "I said Ace, the price of this bar is not cheap!" Take us to an ordinary restaurant for dinner. Why would you choose such an expensive one? I'm telling you, it's at least 20 gold coins to eat at this bar! Too much. Where did you get all this money? ”

Arak added: "Yes, I think the restaurant in Lyon is very good. Let's hurry up! ”

Soon after the three of them sat down, Leon and Arak were a little restless. Because they found that the vast majority of the people who entered and exited these restaurants were nobles and celebrities from the imperial capital, or wealthy merchants and tycoons.

Ace didn't care, and still leisurely filled them with wine. This bottle of wine alone costs 7 gold coins, enough for an ordinary family to live normally for five months.

Seeing that Ace was still indifferent, Arak was also a little anxious and said, "Ace, are you crazy?" Such a waste of money, unlike the way you do things! ”