Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is difficult.

Orton, who has witnessed the corruption of the kingdom step by step, certainly understands what the guards mean.

Orton quietly pulled out a bag of copper coins—the spoils of the robbers' booty—and stuffed them into the hands of the guards.

The guard's wrist was slightly tilted, and a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he didn't see how the money bag disappeared, so he heard him say, "Wait a minute, I'll go inside and report it." ”

Orton bowed, and Nita couldn't help but complain to Noelle, she had never encountered this situation in the elven kingdom.

The study of the Marquis's Mansion had already been transformed into the command room of the Eastern Front battlefield at this time.

The woman sitting on the throne had long burgundy hair, and the tiredness on her face could hardly hide her heroic appearance.

"You can't lock down the city now! At least let the kingdom keep up with the follow-up supplies, otherwise once we are surrounded by the Demon King Army, we won't be able to hold out for long. One of the staff members shouted.

"No lockdown?" Another said: "The Demon King Army may arrive outside the city at any time, and those monsters don't need to rest, they can attack the city directly!" It is impossible to wait for food and grass to be supplied, it is already rainy on the eastern front, and the roads are muddy, so it is even more difficult to send supplies here. ”

"Alas~" another person shook his head, "If it weren't for the fact that the supplies didn't arrive on time last time, our defense line wouldn't have had time to be repaired, and we wouldn't have been torn apart by the Demon King Army and become the target of everyone." ”

The woman was in an irritable mood as she listened to the quarrel of the staff, and at that moment the butler hurried up to her with an envelope.

"My lord, there is an adventurer at the door with your letter of entrustment asking to see you."

The woman glanced at the letter, shook her head secretly, and when the battle situation was a little bad, she sent a letter, wanting to let this powerful adventurer team that could destroy the remnants of the Demon King Army escort her family away from the place of right and wrong, but she didn't expect that the other party was not in the capital, and while the letters were circulating, she had already entrusted another adventure team to send her family away.

"They're late, and the commission has been picked up by another team."

"Then I'll turn them down." The butler didn't think twice, even if the marquis breached the contract first, she didn't think it was a problem.

The woman paused and said, "This adventurer team still has the strength, you explain the reason, make up the commission money, and let them leave." ”

The butler nodded and left.

At the main gate of the Marquis's Mansion, after a while, the guards hurriedly ran out, the envelope in their hands had disappeared, and the smile on their faces was more sincere, "Everyone, please go to the living room to rest for a while, and someone will come to entertain you later." ”

As the guards led the way, Orton's hand sank, and the bag of copper coins returned on its own. When he looked at the guards again, there was more flattery on his face.

Meeting room.

After the servant had poured a few cups of tea, Noelle and the others had not yet heated their chairs, and a tall woman walked out with an apologetic smile on her face.

"All adventurers of the Lion Wolf Tooth Squad, welcome to the Marquis's Mansion, I am the Marquis's butler." The woman swept over everyone, and without waiting for everyone to reply, she said: "I'm very sorry, the battle on the front line is tight, and the Marquis is anxious, and he can't wait for you for a long time, so he has sent another team to send his family away." ”

Noelle and the others looked at each other, but only Sarina showed a bewildered and aggrieved look, which made the woman see through the little priest's mind at a glance.

"The Marquis is busy with official business, so I have to take my place to receive you." The woman took out a bag of gold coins from her bosom and quietly placed them on the small table in Orton's hand, "This is the bounty of this commission, please accept it." ”

Orton first looked at Nita, but saw that Nita rolled her eyes very secretly, indicating that she was not involved in this matter, and then looked at Noelle, the girl's pretty face was expressionless, but she didn't look this way.

Orton got up and said, "It's also because we're moving too slowly, so there's no need for this bounty." ”

"Then what's the matter," the woman said, "It's our breach of contract first, please be sure to accept it, let you run for nothing, and it's really our fault that you're still trapped in this eastern city, I hope there is a good foundation for the next cooperation between us." ”

In this way, the Lion Wolf Tooth Squad did not do anything commissioned, and took the bounty of the commission from the Marquis's Mansion.

After walking out of the Marquis's Palace, Nita sighed on the side, as if she meant something: "I feel that we have been dragging little Noelle back again, although there is a bounty this time, but there is no commission record, not to mention the trip in vain, and a lot of time is wasted." ”

"Don't say that," Noelle said, waving his hand, "none of us thought it would be like this, did we?" ”

After a series of events, the little priest Sharina's little face was tired, she glanced at the gloomy sky, and whispered, "Then what should we do now?" I can't get out of the city, go find that knight? ”

"It's better not to bother others." Noelle said: "It's better to find a hotel in the city to rest for a while, and then go out to find out some news." ”

Nita clapped her hands and was the first to support, "Okay, I'll listen to little Noelle!" But next time, I will definitely not accept any entrusted tasks related to the nobles of the kingdom, and their tasks, each of them is quite poor. ”

Noelle saw that even Orton, who was the most stable beside him, was nodding, indicating that he was not feeling well.

The group walked down Xiao Se Street until they knocked on the door of the third hotel, and finally responded.

The closed door slowly opened a small crack, and an old man with gray hair and a rickety figure could be faintly seen in it.

"You ...... What's the matter? The old man was extra vigilant.

Nita was speechless, "Aren't you a hotel?" We must have come here to stay. ”

The old man's eyes glanced to the side, and when he saw that three of the four were young girls, and one of them was a priest, he reluctantly put his mind at ease, opened the door, and motioned for everyone to come in.

"Let's talk about it first, you can go to live in the empty room upstairs, and you don't charge money, but you have to get everything yourself, and there is no food in the store, and no one will come to serve you." The old man closed the door, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the back room.

"Eh, boss." Nita stopped the old man, "Is there any water?" ”

"I'm not the boss," the old man corrected: "The boss has already led people to run, I'm old, I'm guarding the store here, and there is no water, I said, everything is done by yourself, don't come to disturb me if you have nothing to do, and don't come if you have something!" ”

Just when the people of the Lion Wolf Tooth Squad were overwhelmed by this strange old man, a news of the riot at the city gate had reached the Marquis's Palace.

"Oh?" Hearing that someone had slashed the troll with a sword, Marquis Odeqi perked up and looked at the knight below who was kneeling on one knee to report the situation, "I didn't expect that at such a time, such a powerful person would arrive on the Eastern Front. ”

This is one of the few good news these days.

"What does he look like? Where are the people? Is there an arrangement? ”

"My lord, the one who killed the troll with a sword was a white porcelain level adventurer girl, whose identity was suspected of being fake, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a gorgeous but strange half-length knight armor, using a Mithril greatsword, followed by two silver and other adventurers, respectively......"

The knight replied one by one, and the housekeeper standing behind the marquis had a strange look on her face, how could the more she listened to the knight's description, the more it coincided with the face of the girl she had just seen?

......