As it turned out, Gerak didn't believe the old vulture's words, and he had already decided in his heart that he would not take any more words from this guy, so he decided to believe the Bounty Hunters' Guild.

Outside the guild, Laura stood with her face blank and her chest crossed.

Grak coughed and cleared his throat and said, "This is a rare reward, although it takes a long time, but the reward is quite considerable, the most important thing is that this is a reward issued by the president himself, I hope we can work hard to complete this mission." ”

Laura glanced at the dwarven warrior and then at Pierce, with an expression on her face that seemed to say, "Look, I'm right." Pierce touched his nose in embarrassment, he had spoken for Gerak last night, but now it seemed that facts spoke louder than words.

Laura: "So, you've already taken this bounty from the president?"

Grak said righteously: "Of course, it is my duty to do what the president has entrusted me!"

Laura: "So even if the old vulture didn't get an answer last night, he still discussed with the president in advance, and got the president's approval to let us complete the bounty?"

Grak: "......"

Laura stroked her forehead and sighed silently: "That's what I'm worried about, even if the old vulture is rejected by you, you're sure that you will take this bounty task, do you know what that means?"

Meaning that's the "little bit" I said last night.

The dwarven warrior feigned coughing.

In the end, it was Pierce who played the round: "Okay, okay, since it's all over, there's no way, and this income can greatly improve our situation, even if the old vulture can't believe it, the president of the Devonburg Bounty Hunters Guild should always be trustworthy." ”

Grack immediately continued: "That's right, Pierce, you're right, be optimistic Laura, this is a serious bounty, and this time the destination is definitely not what you can imagine." ”

Laura compromised, "Okay, then please tell me where we're going this time?"

Grack held his head up and said proudly: "Free City, the Phoenix that the world yearns for!"

......

...

The free city of Phoenix is a very inclusive place, it is no exaggeration to say that you can find everything that exists in this world here, of course, you can find it does not mean that you can get it, many rare treasures will be looted by various forces as soon as they appear, including holy relics that are strictly forbidden to be owned by individuals by the Holy See, and tricolor treasures that are hard to find.

The inclusiveness of the free city of Phoenix is not only reflected in objects, but also in life, you can find all kinds of races here, and there is no word "alien" here, which is the two words that have been changed by the Holy See to be a pejorative term rather than an adjective.

Hidden deep in the north of the Orn Empire, this city is like a blooming flower, radiating its own floral fragrance to everyone without hesitation.

Getting to Phoenix is destined to be a long journey, and starting from Devonburg will take you from south to north across the entire Orn Empire, or at least most of it.

On a certain road, a nondescript horse-drawn carriage was moving slowly, carrying three bounty hunters heading north.

Laura: "So, how long will it take us to get to Free City?"

Gerak: "When we see the green grass again, when we smell the flowers, when we hear the birds, we are not far from our destination. ”

Laura was excited at the beginning of her departure, or rather long after her departure, and the place she was going to felt like a mysterious adventure rather than a mission. Not only Laura, but the three bounty hunters in the car were all expectant, they had heard too much praise about the free city of Phoenix, and in a sense the place had become a mecca.

Laura looked at the brown-yellow earth and said, "So you're not sure about the exact time, right?"

Gracker: "I'm certainly not sure, do I look like someone who travels a lot between Phoenix and Devonburg?"

"It's the first time we've been to such a long place, and it's going to take a lot more patience than we've ever had before," said Pearce, who was the most patient. ”

Gluck: "Look, Pierce is absolutely right, there must be many difficulties to get to the free city, there will be a lot of trouble waiting for us, the road to freedom is always so bumpy, and only those who stick to the goal can overcome all difficulties to reach the end and taste the fruits of freedom." ”

Laura rolled her eyes and leaned back in the carriage to close her eyes. Pierce consciously switched and came to Grad's side so that the dwarven warrior would not be bored.

Grak complained: "You can never talk to women about this, nothing else, just because they don't make sense of logic and can't talk about these esoteric topics." ”

There was a voice in the carriage.

"I can hear you, I want you to concentrate on being a conscientious coachman, not a gossip woman who chews on the root of her tongue in other people's ears. ”

The dwarven warrior looked disdainful, and Pierce smiled lightly, he enjoyed the three of them getting along in a relaxed atmosphere.

Pierce: "Grack, do you think Free City is really what they say it is?"

Gracker: "What? No discriminatory prejudice, no class aristocracy?"

Pierce nodded.

Grak: "That's not nonsense, if that's not the case, how can everyone praise the city like this, is it possible that they have also received money from the Phoenix Society?"

Voices were heard again in the carriage.

"I advise you not to think of Phoenix too perfectly, the only thing that is truly perfect in the world is the self in everyone's heart, the self that lives in the mind. ”

Grack: "Didn't you go to rest? Why do you have to interject at every word?"

There was silence in the carriage, and no more sound could be heard.

Gluck straightened himself and continued, "Although I haven't been to Phoenix, not only have I heard a lot about this free city, but I've also consulted a lot of records. ”

Pierce was surprised that he had a hard time combining the books he needed to read quietly with the image of the man around him.

Grak: "The United Audience of Phoenix will know, this is somewhat similar to the Chamber of Commerce in Haikou City, in a certain nature, but there is a big difference between the two. The Chamber of Commerce is indeed an organization that manages Haikou City, but in essence, the people who make up the Chamber of Commerce are all businessmen, and they are all a group of people who do big business in their hands, and their actions and actions are always inseparable from interests. As for the United Society, they're more like, let me think about how to describe it, huh...... It's like a group of people with a common goal, yes, an organization formed by a group of like-minded people. ”

Consciously finding the right description makes the dwarven warrior quite proud.

Pierce asked, "What is this common goal, and how is it different from the Haikou City Chamber of Commerce?"

Gerak squinted, "Do I look like a member of the United Society?"

Pierce: "Uh...... Not quite like that. ”

Grak: "So how do I know what this common goal is?"

The sound in the carriage came again at the right time.

"To say it is to say nothing. ”

Grack almost jumped up: "Sleep on you, interject something!"

Pierce laughed again, this is exactly what he said about enjoyment.

......

...

Time passed, dozens of days and nights alternated, and during the journey, people's patience gradually faded in the exchange of light and darkness, the roads became more and more rugged, the land became more and more barren, and the scenery became more and more monolithic, except for endless dirt roads and the occasional dead trees.

The carriage is like a lone wanderer walking in the wilderness.

Laura complained, "How long have we been away from Devonburg, why haven't we arrived yet?"

Also complaining was the driver Gerrak: "Damn, those guys who talk about enjoying the trip are fucking liars, and anyone else would think it's a pleasure to have such an experience?

Pierce was trying to create a topic to make his two companions feel better, but it would be difficult to repeat the same thing for a long time, and he could no longer find a suitable and light-hearted topic.

In fact, on the way to Phoenix, they were not always facing the wasteland, they also passed through many cities, shuttled through many villages, but at that time, they only wanted to reach the legendary free city as soon as possible, so that they missed a lot of scenery along the way, probably only Pierce can maintain this leisure and enjoy the scenery along the way.

Pierce: "Speaking of which, I thought there were people living everywhere in the Orne Empire, but I didn't expect this to be the scene in the north. ”

Laura: "What's so strange about this, the colder the climate gets to the north, and it's not suitable for crops to grow, so it's not suitable for people to live in, and who will come here to live if it's cold and can't get enough to eat." ”

Pierce couldn't answer, he found himself picking a bad topic, trying to boost morale, but it didn't have the opposite effect, making the atmosphere even more somber.

Fortunately, Grack even said: "It's really hard to say, have you forgotten? There is a special existence in the northernmost part of the empire, which is not like this in that place, and the free city we are going to is also a prosperous place, didn't I say it, when we see the green grass again......"

Laura took over: "Smell the flowers again, hear the birds again, we are not far from the free city, you know, you know, how many times have you said this way." ”

The dwarven warrior sitting in the chariot suddenly stood up with the reins in his hand, his eyes widened, and he showed a long-lost smile: "My dear gods, I am willing to kiss each of your toes, hahahaha, look, see what's ahead?"

Pierce also tried to stand, and when he looked down the road, there was a clear green touch, and he was pleasantly surprised, "Are we almost there?"

There was the sound of falling ping-pong items in the carriage, and Laura leaned out of the two people who were blocking the view with her hands apart, and her eyes could really see the green grass that had not been seen for a long time.

Laura exclaimed, "Great! It's finally here, it feels like you've discovered a new world!"

Pierce: "It's like a silver coin in a bag of gold coins!"

Grak: "You're saying the opposite, you're stupid, you thought you'd get a bag of silver coins, but when you open it, it's all gold!"

Laura: "Don't think that this kind of good thing will never happen to you?"

Grak: "What?!You really don't want me to be nice at all, I should have shut your mouth!"

Laura: "Absolutely, if you can." ”

Pierce: "Actually, I think the kind of surprise I mentioned is also very good, not worse than it is now. ”

Laura: "Suddenly a little thirsty. ”

Grak: "I'm hungry. ”

Pierce: "I'm thirsty and hungry. ”

The excessive excitement caused the three bounty hunters to start babbling gibberish, saying things that didn't make sense.

The three smiling northbound people officially entered the land of dreams.