Chapter Seventy-Six: The Bounty Has Been Doubled
The scar man and his group sitting around the bar saw the middle-aged officer walking in their direction, and hurriedly got up and moved out of the way.
The middle-aged officer came to the bar and lowered his gloves, unceremoniously picked up the glass of ale he was interested in, and drank it all in one gulp.
A face that looked a little tired finally had some light.
No longer as apathetic as it was at the beginning.
The middle-aged officer put down the empty glass in his hand and turned to face the crowd in the hall of the tavern.
He cleared his throat, waved his hand, and said loudly to the people in the tavern: "My name is Jonathan, the captain of the guard of Cohima City, and the purpose of my visit today must already be known to everyone, so I will not repeat it. ”
Although his demeanor was slightly tired, his voice was very loud and full of energy.
Presumably, this captain of the City Guard named Jonathan must also be a martial artist with good strength, at least a high-level martial monk of the Junior Realm who is almost the same strength as Lance.
As he spoke, Jonathan tilted his head and glanced at the scar man not far from him, and there was a faint look of disdain on his indifferent face, but it was fleeting.
Scar Man apparently didn't notice Jonathan's abnormality.
But the moment Jonathan's eyes touched, the scar man's face showed a little embarrassment on his angry face, and he didn't dare to look directly at him.
The scar man's group naturally knew the middle-aged officer.
They also understand why Scar Man is embarrassed.
If it weren't for the fact that he was too arrogant and boasted in front of Jonathan, he unfortunately lost the lives of four brothers.
In the hearts of these mercenaries who lick blood from the knife edge, life and death are the norm, and there is nothing to be sad about.
It's just a bad life to be dead.
But to die, you have to die worthily.
However, the lives of these four brothers did not benefit the living.
The meaning of their sacrifice has been lost.
They don't even know what they were killed.
This is also what annoys the Scar Man group and quarrels.
Captain Jonathan sneered and turned his gaze back to look straight ahead.
His words paused slightly because of the small gesture he had just made.
Then he continued to say aloud to the people who were thinking about it: "Some of you have already suffered in this matter, so I hope you will not be overwhelmed, otherwise I will not be responsible for the loss of the mission." ”
Jonathan said and glanced at the scar man again, the meaning was self-evident.
"By the way, the order just issued by the City Lord today, the mission bounty has been increased to ten gold coins. ”
This news was like a magic bomb, which exploded everyone's hearts.
The atmosphere in the tavern suddenly became restless.
In the tavern, which was so quiet that only the sound of breathing remained, the tables were slapped and the tables were slapped, and the screams were shouted, and the whistles were whistled.
For a while, the crowd who were excited by money was like boiling water.
None of the people who are here today are ordinary civilians.
They all gathered here to hear the news and to put a bounty on the mission.
Now that the bounty has doubled, how can this not make them excited?
Although some people still have various hesitations at first.
But the huge benefits of this sudden doubling were enough to spur them to make a decision.
Captain Jonathan was pleased with the reaction of those present.
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, and this is the truth.
Just gather enough people and cast the net.
Using so many money-hungry mercenaries as bait will definitely lure the unknown out.
As for how many people died, he didn't care, anyway, these mercenaries were all masters who exchanged their lives for money.
As long as the sentry is secretly set up and the few places where it is most likely to appear, not to mention that you can catch this damn monster today, at least you can know what is going on.
More than a month has passed since the first cannibalism.
Jonathan was at a loss, which also made the city lord very angry.
If he doesn't give some explanations, I'm afraid that he, the captain of the guard in charge of the security of Cohima City, will not want to sit still again.
Let's not talk about the anger of the lord of the castle.
Let's just say that the merchants in the city who have suffered losses because of the cannibalism here are afraid that they will collectively depose him.
Over the past few days, more and more caravans have shown that they will not take the slightest risk to do business in Kohima until the cannibalism is resolved.
This also made the lord of the city and the nobles of Kohima very annoyed and anxious.
There was no foreign caravans, and even if some bold local merchants were still on the move, it was only a drop in the bucket for the economic development of Cohima.
And now that autumn is in place, many crops have already been harvested.
If there were no outside merchants to buy it, the loss of Cohima would have been enormous.
As Jonathan, who is in charge of security in the city, he has been annoyed to death by these grandfathers for a while.
That's why he's forced to post hefty bounties, hoping to speed up the progress of solving the trouble.
"The bounty is here, I don't care what method you use, as long as you catch that man-eating monster, no matter who it is, you can take the money from me. ”
Jonathan took out a gorgeous gold velvet money bag from his bosom and tossed it up and down in his hand at random.
The crisp and pleasant sound of metal clashing doesn't sound so crisp through the velvet bag.
There are some dull clanging sounds, but they exude endless magic, full of temptation.
Presumably, many people are ready to fight for their lives.
The atmosphere in the tavern has been stirred up to a climax by Jonathan's trick.
Even Lance and Ike were full of fanaticism in their eyes.
It's just that what they're fanatical about isn't entirely because of these ten gold coins.
Part of the reason for this is the difficult task with the high bounty.
This is bound to be a dangerous and challenging task.
Jonathan put away his money bag and pressed it with his hands.
After all the noise had died down, he continued with satisfaction: "This is a joint search mission, and I will catch the damn guy for me, no matter what method you use." ”
"Sir, can you tell us what the monster we're going to face? ”
In a corner of the tavern, a burly man with a beard on his face asked loudly.
The abrupt voice instantly attracted everyone's attention.
By prestige, Lance and Ike had some impressions of the man.
When we were fighting just now, he was the one who got closest and shouted the most.
I vaguely heard his name Iron Fist Bruce.