Chapter Seventy-Eight, Mercenaries (Seeking Follow-up)
Although Dorman City has a population of just over 20,000 on the surface, this is still a number that only exists after accepting refugees.
But in fact, the actual population is far exceeded, but these people are too mobile and are not counted.
Adventurers and mercenaries are often found in the southern frontiers, they are synonymous with bravery, and they are the protagonists of most of the stories told by bards.
They mainly explore all kinds of dangerous places, ruins, and inaccessible areas, or accept hires to hunt wild beasts and even magical beasts.
Part it's driven by curiosity and adventure, but more so it's about life.
In the middle of nowhere, only one tavern with a broken plaque is still open, and the winter in the south is very cold, so you will only go out unless there is something to see or do.
At other times, everyone is closed, and most of the shops are closed because they have no business.
This dilapidated tavern was different, the shouting and scolding could be heard from afar, and although no one was seen coming in or out, it was clearly doing good business.
Only occasionally when people passing by walked to this section, they seemed to have arrived at some ominous place, and they seemed to speed up the pace of their feet.
A figure walked down the muddy road to this remote alley, looked around, and finally landed on this tavern called "Adventurer's Paradise".
The two thug-like people at the door looked at this tightly covered figure, and didn't think there was anything strange, there were all kinds of people in the mercenaries, and they had long been surprised.
After just a glance, he continued to lean against the door and take a nap, although the group of outlaws inside was as noisy as a monster, but it didn't matter.
Xi Yue. Chafeng frowned and looked at it, although she hadn't gone in yet, the smell that went straight to the Heavenly Spirit Gai inside made her very disgusted.
Elves like to be clean, and if it were in the past, she wouldn't have looked at such a dirty place at all, just because reality forced her to.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped into this bustling tavern, although it didn't look big, but there were other things inside, and there were no less than hundreds of people in the past.
Under the dim oil lamp, they sat together, clinking glasses to each other, and large and large glasses of inferior beer were poured into their mouths as if they were drinking water.
There are all kinds of real or false stories in the mouth, and there are often loud applause and applause.
Someone was smoking an unknown tobacco leaf, and the pungent smoke was wafting around, making it difficult to breathe.
Xi Yue walked on the moldy and greasy wooden floor, the sticky feeling from the soles of her shoes made her eyebrows squeeze out the word "Sichuan", and the tip of her nose lingered with the smell of sweat, feet, foxes, and even blood...... The various smells intertwined, making her nauseous and eager to leave immediately.
Some scantily clad women snuggled into the arms of those people, and they wantonly ravaged the plump of their bodies, making lewd sounds.
Her arrival attracted the attention of many people, many of whom put down their wine glasses and looked at her in unison, and a pig woman with a figure like a fat pig was scratching her head.
These people are fierce and vicious, full of anger, and most of them are wearing simple leather armor, and there are also a few iron armor.
A two-meter-tall strong man stood up, his thick hair making him look like a black gorilla, his tattered leather armor covered in oil and filth, and dark red blood stains could be seen.
He grabbed an unknown piece of fat in his thick hand, still steaming, and the fat flowed down the beard that had been entangled and solidified into locks of leather armor in a mouthful, and Xiyue was a little sick to his stomach when he saw it.
With her eyesight, she could even see fleas jumping around in his hair.
The strong man didn't notice it, walked up to Xiyue, and said in a voice like a bell: "Another new face, which branch are you from?" ”
Xi Yue frowned and walked away a few steps, his body odor was comparable to poisonous gas.
"I'm not from any branch, I'm looking for the boss here." She wasn't interested in talking to something like this too much, it would affect her appetite.
"Yo, I'm still a little girl, it's better to find a boss than to find my brother, I will definitely satisfy you." When the strong man heard Xiyue's voice, he immediately became excited, and a lewd smile appeared on his face.
It's just that although he said so, he didn't dare to take any practical actions, and there were no simple characters who came out to mix, maybe there were, but they must have gone to see the Lord of Light now.
When a woman appears in such a place, she will naturally not be a docile kitten, and he will take advantage of it in his mouth, but he has always been vigilant in his heart.
"Hahaha......"
"How about bringing my brother along."
"Luke, can you do it alone, do you want me to help......"
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They all began to coax for a while, and their eyes wandered wantonly on Xiyue's body, extremely aggressive.
"Humph!"
Xiyue raised her eyebrows, raised her long legs and kicked on the chest of the big man named Luke, but the seemingly fluttering kick directly kicked the more than two hundred pounds of Luke upside down and slammed it into a table.
The people who were originally watching the excitement quickly avoided it, but Luke directly smashed the table with a "boom", and even spit filth directly and fell unconscious.
Looking at the clear footprints on his chest, everyone gasped in unison, and looked at Xiyue with awe and vigilance.
"If anyone looks at me like that again, you will definitely end up worse than him."
Xi Yue's voice was a little cold, although she knew what kind of virtue these human mercenaries were, but she was still disgusted by formal contact.
She felt that these people had insulted the great name of adventurers, and that it was almost as good as calling them hooligans.
Although the elves are a peace-loving race, it does not mean that they do not have tempers, you know, in the past history, they were also the overlords who dominated this continent.
Most of them are ordinary people, but it doesn't mean that they don't have eyesight, they can already see that Xiyue is extraordinary, and kicking a big man who flies more than 200 pounds with one foot is not something that can be reached by human beings at all.
They didn't dare to look at her anymore, and they began to drink and brag again, and the atmosphere became warm again.
"This lady, you broke one of my tables, where is this account?"
A thin and short figure appeared in front of Xiyue's eyes like a ghost, and his voice was hoarse and ugly.
The moment he appeared, Xiyue could clearly feel that the voice in the tavern had dropped by more than one level, and many people didn't dare to look this way, as if they were afraid of him.
Xiyue looked at the other party vigilantly, and the strange figure of the other party made her a little unresponsive.
"You're the boss here? Damaged things will be compensated, but it's him, not me. She had vaguely guessed the identity of the other party, but she didn't feel afraid, she wasn't afraid of a real fight.
"Hehe, it's okay. So, adventurer from afar, what do you want me to do? The man smiled wickedly, not worrying at all about the debt.
"I want you to issue a mission, recruit a team of powerful mercenaries or adventurers, and follow me into the Warcraft Mountain Range, money is not a problem."
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