When the first rays of sunlight shone on the ground, Boris's loud voice rang out in the camp, and in his shouting, the tents were dismantled in an instant, and then the team of nearly 100 people formed up and slowly entered the Black Forest a few steps away.

The density of trees and the breadth of the canopy here are much smaller than those of the Wolf's Kiss Forest, and the smell is not very fresh, and there is a faint fishy smell that makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Probably due to the large number of people, there were no surprises in the first few hundred meters, but because the hunters were almost in a group, the speed of the march was much slower.

Caterina did not leave Sophia's stretcher at Leon's orders, and the rest of the people seemed quite relaxed, and not even the two rangers were sent out to explore the way. After all, this is only the edge of the Black Forest, and there are experienced hunters on his side, and Leon also wants to take advantage of the initial journey to see how capable they are, and whether they will do their best to protect them in order to abide by the agreement.

The hunters have been in and out of this section many times, and the grass and trees around them are quite familiar, especially this time there are quite a lot of people traveling with them, and there are more than a dozen sentinels on the outermost part of the team, so there is not much tension, many people are relaxed, and they are still whispering to each other.

Li Ang listened intently for a while, and found that what they were talking about was nothing more than what they had seen and heard yesterday, and how much they could gain if they were lucky this time, and they had also said a few words about the dangers of this trip, but they didn't care too much. They themselves are in the business of exchanging their lives for money, as long as they have benefits worth paying. Risking a certain amount of time is not a big deal.

Of course, this does not include the dangers in the depths of the Black Forest, and they do not think that this time it will go that far.

Leon retracted his attention. Taking advantage of the fact that the hunters were now on the periphery, and Cheney and the others had also gone to their respective positions to keep guard, and there were no outsiders around, they summoned Hilarily over.

It seemed that the female guard was still a little nervous, and Leon motioned for her to relax, and then asked, "How is Cheney?"

Hilarily seemed to have a hunch that the other party would ask this question, and quickly replied, "He's an archmage. The strength is not weak, but he is a little greedy for money, so he likes to think about things that should not be pondered. He always wants to find shortcuts to make more money, but his nature is not bad, and he values contracts very seriously. ”

Leon also felt the same way about Cheney, but he didn't expect this girl to see people and things with the same acuteness. I couldn't help but look at each other strangely.

Hilarily thought she had said something wrong. Immediately blushed, and said in a sneer: "My lord, I didn't say nice things because he praised me, it is true. ”

"I understand, don't think about it," Leon laughed.

The young man knew that Hillarily was still not comfortable with the current situation, so he was always afraid of himself, but this could not be changed by persuasion. It takes her to get used to it slowly.

After Guò's contact with Cheney and Hilarily, Leon became curious about Wings of Freedom. It is said that the mercenary guild has extended its tentacles to the royal capital of Chester a few years ago, and under the pressure of such a behemoth, the Wings of Liberty seems to be surviving soundly, which cannot but be said to be the leader of its leader.

In fact, freelance mercenaries like Hilarily don't know much about Freedom Wings, but now that her employer asks about it, she does her best to briefly explain what she knows.

Wings of Liberty is said to have been founded a hundred years ago, headquartered in the imperial capital of the Caesar Empire, and has changed six generations of leaders so far, but each generation of leaders is quite mysterious, and even some of the middle managers do not know his identity and background.

At the beginning of the establishment of Wings of Freedom, it was mainly to provide job opportunities for those who do not want to be bound by mercenary groups, so as to ensure that they can receive commissions that meet their personal abilities at any time, and will not be squeezed into the living space by mercenary groups.

Although similar organizations also make profits from commissions, the starting point of Wings of Freedom is something that Leon admires - it seems that one person is much freer than a group of people, but at the same time there are many problems and difficulties, and it is really difficult to continue without a reliable organization that can provide job opportunities at any time.

Wings of Freedom is not like the mercenary union and there is a division of factions between the north and the south, its internal stability is very stable, and the rules formulated are very strict from beginning to end, not only to ensure the interests of mercenaries, but also to strictly protect the rights and interests of employers, so even if there are only a few branches, but there are many people who join, and the commissions are quite rich - after all, the cost of hiring free mercenaries is much less than a whole mercenary group, and generally speaking, the personal ability of free mercenaries is not weak, and employers would rather hang their commissions to Freedom Wings for less troublesome things.

Of course, it is not clear how many free mercenaries Hilarily has under the name of Freedom Wings, but as far as the branch in Chester is concerned, there are more than a dozen third-order professionals like her and Cheney just have an impression, and this is because Hilarily likes to take some commissions that take a long time and have a relatively more reward, so she rarely returns to the branch.

However, this is only soft power, and it is not known what the hard power of the wings of freedom hides in the shadows.

"Have you ever had a conflict with the mercenary union?" asked Leon.

Hilarily thought for a moment, then shook her head.

Leon's original intention was to find out the relationship between the Wings of Liberty and the Mercenary Guild, and their interests were said to be similar, so some conflicts would inevitably arise. If you can use it from it, it may work wonders when you help Red find Arin and deal with the Mercenary Guild in the future. It's a pity that Hilarily doesn't understand, so she can only find out on her own in the future.

At this time, Leon had an idea, he didn't trust the mercenaries hired for money, but seeing that people like Cheney attach great importance to contracts, and Hilarily as a role model, if there is a shortage of manpower in the future, he can consider hiring a few people back in the wings of freedom, anyway, now he is quite wealthy, and investing some funds to get the corresponding help should also be a way.

And the mercenary union he would certainly not consider that since the trip to the underground, the young people have lost most of their favor with this organization - the unscrupulous means of the reformers, the timidity of the conservatives, and the fact that this once huge organization has completely fallen into strict internal friction and has become a potential enemy.

It is said that the mercenary union's branch in Chester should belong to the conservative faction, but judging from the shape of the branch of the chaotic capital, it is also a sure thing that it will be infiltrated by reformers here, so if there is a chance, Leon is still ready to find out for himself to see if it will pose a threat to him.

This opportunity should not be too far away, because the young man already has a hunch that in the near future, he will definitely have a trip to the royal capital. (To be continued......)