Chapter 209: Alger's Choice
Ouyang Feng's series of rhetorical questions made Alger feel that he had no strength in his body, but soon, he looked at Ouyang Feng with a look of expectation and said, "Fourth master, since you said so, is there any way?"
Ouyang Feng smiled and said, "There is a way, but I can't guarantee that it will succeed." β
Alger was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "What way?"
Ouyang Feng looked at Sean and the others, smiled faintly and said apologetically: "Let's talk about this method alone, after all, it involves some secrets about us, so I must be cautious." After speaking, he turned to the others and said, "Don't be careful, after all, we have just met, just like you are wary of me, I can't fully trust you." Simon and the others nodded in understanding, but Sean was silent with a blushing face, because he had a bad track record in this regard.
Ouyang Feng took Alger to the small living room on the second floor, the two sat down, and the monkey brought tea to the two and left, leaving only Ouyang Feng and Alger.
Ouyang Feng didn't ink, and said bluntly: "Captain Alger, my method is very simple and selfish, but I promise that this is the only way I can think of to help you resolve the crisis." β
Seeing Alger looking at him quietly, Ouyang Feng paused for a moment and then said, "My solution is to stay with us." Alger frowned when he heard this, Ouyang Feng smiled and explained: "You have your secrets, and we also have our secrets, it stands to reason that since we are already friends, we should be honest with each other, but our affairs are really important." And I'm responsible for my friends. Therefore, it is not convenient to disclose the specific matter for the time being. You just need to know that we are only here to develop the guild, nothing more. And you and your daughter Nina, as well as your friends who have passed the test of life and death, we value you very much, so we have decided to keep you at all costs. β
Alger asked suspiciously, "At any cost?"
Ouyang Feng nodded and said, "That's right, at any cost." Even if you turn against the three city lords, you don't hesitate. β
Alger was even more puzzled: "Why? No matter how important Nina is, it's not worth fighting against the three major city lords, right? There is another sentence that Alger didn't say, although Ouyang Feng's strength is not bad, and they are also developing their power, but, just like that, it is obviously a bit overwhelming to confront the three major city lords.
Ouyang Feng smiled faintly and corrected, "It's not just Nina, I said it, it's all of you. It's not just one person. I know, you're doubting our strength. I think we don't have the capital to fight against the three major city lords, I can tell you the truth, you guessed right, we really don't, not for the time being, the elders of our family will not help us except for our lives, but our details are only known to us and you, and others, including the three major city lords, don't know. β
Alger thought for a moment and said, "What do you mean?"
Ouyang Feng said: "They don't know the rules of our family, we can mislead them and make them believe that we have their incomparable strength, and it will not affect their interests, our survival will also bring them a lot of benefits, so that they are afraid of us, dare not offend us, at least they will not blatantly attack us, in this way, we can continue to develop here, and you can also continue to live a stable life under our wings." As long as we have a certain amount of time to develop, I believe that it won't be long before the three major city lords join forces and will not be our opponents. β
Alger was silent after listening to Ouyang Feng's words, he didn't want to be involved in these things, and he didn't want Nina to repeat her mother's mistakes, but Ouyang Feng's mention was to tie their father and daughter and brothers to this emerging force, unlike last time, he and his daughter were in the same force, which made Alger hesitate, whether to accept Ouyang Feng's mention and continue to stay in the Qingyuan Guild, or should he leave Ula City overnight.
Ouyang Feng was aware of Alger's concerns, and said with a faint smile: "Commander Alger, do you think that with the strength of a dozen of you, even if you can successfully escape from Ula City, how sure are you that you can get rid of their pursuit? How many brothers will survive the pursuit? Even if you are lucky enough to escape and successfully stay away, what will you do in the future? Continue to hide incognito in Tibet? Do you continue to go on like this? Even if you don't care, what about your brothers? What about your daughter?" Do they really want to live like this?"
Ouyang Feng's series of questions made Alger stunned, and it also reminded him of a question he had never considered before: "Yes, for so many years, although the brothers are happy together, it is only a kind of happiness, the youngest Simon is now in his thirties, and everyone is ready to escape again because of Nina's identity as a healing magician, so none of them have a family." β
Alger thought that when everyone talked about this aspect of the matter together in the past, everyone always laughed and said that they didn't have that mind, and it was good to live alone, but now that they think about it, it turns out that everyone doesn't want to, but they can't, they are worried that they will affect their families after they become a family, and they are worried that they will no longer be willing to leave after they become a family, they don't want to abandon their brothers, so they have been single until now, and they have given their psychological expectations for their families and love for their families to Nina, who has watched them grow up, and it is time for them to think about it, they can't let them wander with them all the time, they should have their own livesγ
After a long silence, Alger raised his head and said, "If we choose to stay and join the Qingyuan Guild, can you guarantee that those brothers of mine will live well?"
Ouyang Feng shook his head and said, "The world is unpredictable, I don't know for sure, but I can guarantee that we will do our best to protect them, and give them enough wealth so that they don't have to run around for gold coins anymore." Of course, there are some things, which I am not in a position to say now, but which are definitely great benefits for them, but only if they pass our test. "Ouyang Feng's plan is that when they leave this level one day and go to the mid-level battlefield, if these people are trustworthy, then he will hand over the Qingyuan Guild to them, and select one or two or all of them to help them improve their strength, so that they can stand at the top of this level, with strength and power, I believe that these people will live well here.
After receiving Ouyang Feng's assurance, Alger gritted his teeth and nodded, "I believe in you, I choose to stay and continue to stay in the Qingyuan Guild." β
Ouyang Feng stood up with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook Alger's hand and said, "I believe that you will get to know us little by little in the future, and when the time comes, do you want to be shocked, haha." β
Alger smiled and said, "What do you want us to do next?"
Ouyang Feng didn't answer and asked, "What are you going to do with that Sean?"
Alger sighed and said: "We have been together for so many years, I know him very well, he will not harm Nina, I believe that Sean is just confused for a while, so, the fourth master, please be merciful." β
Ouyang Feng smiled and said frankly: "To be honest, I did want to kill him at the beginning, but after listening to you talk about your previous experience, I also think that Sean should just be confused for a while, so you don't have to worry, I won't do anything to him, and I will give him a chance to atone for his sins, as long as he can complete this task, it will be good for him and all of us." β
Next, Ouyang Feng and Alger returned to the living room on the first floor, Alger announced his decision, and the others naturally had no opinion, and they all chose to continue to stay in the Qingyuan Guild. Then, Ouyang Feng explained some things to Sean, and explained that this matter is related to everyone's future and everyone's safety, Sean regretted the previous thing, and now that he has this opportunity, he will naturally not shirk it, and swear in front of everyone that he will complete the task even if he doesn't want his life.
Seeing off Erjie and his group, watching Alger walk away with the sleeping Nina on his back, Ouyang Feng stood at the door and said, "How old did you say that Nina is this year?"
Everyone didn't know why Ouyang Feng asked this, and after thinking about it, Pei Di guessed, "I think I should be sixteen or seventeen years old, right?"
Bruce nodded and said, "Well, looking at that girl's height and development, it should be about the same." β
The monkey felt that Ouyang Feng should not be so simple since he asked so, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it already dozens of years old?"
Ouyang Feng smiled and said, "Actually, Nina is only fourteen years old, how is it?"
Barlow said incredulously, "Fourteen? can't you? Fourteen is so mature?"
Ouyang Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Who knows how people grow up?" Anyway, that's what Alger said. The crowd was speechless.
In the evening, outside the City Lord's Mansion, after listening to Ouyang Feng's story, Qingfeng learned about Alger's affairs, and kept shaking his head and said, "I didn't expect that this Alger still has so many secrets. β
Ouyang Feng teased: "It's still your eyesight, you found us a healing magician and a melee master whose strength is not inferior to ours at once." β
Qingfeng scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "How do I know this, I just thought this Alger was pretty good at the time." β
While Ouyang Feng and Qingfeng were chatting, Hongshang and the others then arrived, and after meeting with Ouyang Feng and the two, everyone separated again and divided into two groups, respectively monitoring the front and rear gates of the City Lord's Mansion, and constantly investigating the movements inside with their divine senses.
At the same time, the compound of the Tiger Mercenary Regiment was already very lively, there were more than 20 tables of banquets in the flat courtyard, and a large group of mercenaries were already drunk, one by one, with loud voices and unscrupulous fist strokes, like a hooligan gathering, and foul language could be heard everywhere. (To be continued......)