Chapter 2-3: A Sentimental Quartet The Difficult Livelihood of Bastogne

The next ten days or so, the mercenary union here basically no one came, the entire second floor has been only the four of them live, in these ten days, they have not taken any other tasks except for a task to help the town farmers spring sowing. And the money earned from the task of sowing was surprisingly not enough for them to deduct the rent and food expenses on credit. So much so that the chief called this blood-blister-eating place the labor market instead, and claimed to finally understand why the barrier to entry here was so low. The four men, however, were still unable to go anywhere and stayed inside the union every day.

In fact, it is not that there is no task to do, almost every day there will be some new tasks posted in the bulletin board, but all have level requirements, the lowest also requires a D-level mercenary qualification. (Mercenary qualification classification, from high to low: S, AAA, AA, A, BBB, BB, B, CCC, CC, C, D, E, F) for their several unranked mercenaries are not eligible to receive.

Every morning, Hahn sat in front of the union with a glass of ale and drank while basking in the sun, which is why their outstanding bills would be so high. Yas went to the woods to exercise, and occasionally brought back some game, the lieutenant went to the bulletin board in the morning, noon and night to see the registered tasks on time. And "Spike Don", also known as "Tang Xiaoqiang" chief, sleeps in every day until after noon.

On their 13th day in town, things quietly changed a bit.

In the morning, Hahn had his usual glass of ale and was ready to go out in the sun, while Lieutenant Bajelulu was looking at the bulletin board, hoping to find a paying job so she could leave here early to complete her mission.

Suddenly, a white-headed eagle flew in through a window in the wall and landed on the counter in front of John. The eagle's feet were tied to a note. John hurriedly took it down, looked at it, while shouting "something big, something big" while rushing to the bulletin board to write the contents of the paper on the bulletin board.

Usually if there are cross-regional tasks or national or even continent-wide tasks, will notify other mercenary offices through the express horse, only when there is an unusual task, and the requirements are very urgent in the case of the employer to pay for the use of communication eagle to pass the task, after these days of life Hahn they are considered to have a basic understanding of the situation here. So when they saw John rushed to the bulletin board, they also all gathered around to see what kind of big deal had happened.

John wrote on the bulletin block: The Grand Duchy of [Silman] 'Ronald Hain' Duke in a secret trip to travel, on the way back to the country, suddenly encountered the "Coyote" bandits attacked the whereabouts of unknown. Mission: (1) Rescue Duke Ronald Hain with all your might. If you can bring back the Duke safely, the bonus is 5000 gold coins. (2) Want the bandits of "Coyote Village", wipe out the whole village, bonus 2000 gold coins, kill the bandit leader "Coyote "The bonus is 1000 gold coins. The task level requires BBB and above level. See here. Hahn went to the door again, and the lieutenant showed a very disappointed expression and went back to his room. No way the level is not enough ah!

In the afternoon, even make Pike Don also woke up, sleepy-eyed downstairs to find food. Hearing this news also ran over to check it out. After all, this was the first time they had seen someone deliver a message by eagle.

By late afternoon, the union came through a few groups of people one after another, and at a glance it was clear that they were mercenaries, presumably to determine the latest news. Because this is the road to the incident point must pass. But after looking at it left, should be to the town's hotel to spend the night.

When it was close to dark, the union received another message from the eagle, and this time the message was even more surprising: the task was still the same, but the amount of the prize was increased by three times, that is to say: if all of them were completed, you could earn 24,000 gold coins. Even if you just save the Duke, you will get 15,000 gold coins. And the most surprising thing is that the task is set as a SS level task, that is, there is no level requirement. Anyone can go and complete him.

During the evening meal, John said: "My goodness, it's the first time I've seen a SS-level mission in so many years. It seems the Duke's family is worried about the Duke's well-being! Do not believe you watch, tomorrow this place will be packed with people, in the afternoon I even saw the old retired mercenary at the entrance of the town as if they were sharpening their swords. Many people without mercenary rank will come here to try their luck."

And at this time, hearing John speak, Hahn and others as if they saw their own day of emergence, showing all very excited. The difference is. Hahn was thinking he could live in a better room and drink better wine instead of ale, the lieutenant thought he could start to complete his mission, and Yas thought it was a good opportunity to exercise.

Only the chief did not reflect. Even as if a bit bored asked: "The Duke is so old still out on excursions, not afraid of falling on their own!"

Hearing this, John laughed: "I said make Pike , you are too ignorant, the Duke is only 18 years old this year, next month to perform the bar mitzvah. But do not underestimate him Oh, that ability can not be said. The old king likes him much more than his two brothers, otherwise it would not be so nervous, twice in a day flying eagle paper."

Chief: "Is this kid quietly running somewhere to pick up girls, picking up 'coyote' girls, The result is that two people fight for jealousy, the Duke was defeated by the other side, so they falsely accuse others of being bandits?"

John: "Spike, said you are a servant, no insight you still not convinced, 'Coyote' but the famous chief thief, how can and the Duke in and out of the same place, and you think all like you, see a female want to stick to the top ah." For some reason, from the day of registration several people, intentionally or unintentionally, did not bother to explain the identity of the chief. So John still thinks Spike is the servant of Lt.

Chief: "So, what do you think he's doing running around pretending to be an ordinary civilian when he's bored?"

John: "I think he went to see his fiancée, Princess 'Hillian', at the 'Our Lady' priest school in 'Sunset City', the two can really The two are really a match made in heaven. And if the two of them get married, the [Silman] duchy is even with the [Lasserre] duchy to become a family. SThat way we will have a lot less wars here in the future. Great thing!"

Chief: "And what is the Principality [of La Sequeira]?"

John took a sip of ale and said, "The Duchy of Rasay is a small country to the east of our country, about 7 days away from here.It pledged its allegiance to our great emperor Goethe III 100 years ago. But it is much smaller than the 'Sillman' duchy across the mountain."

The chief picked up a glass of ale, which he normally did not drink. After taking a sip, he muttered,"The Duke's brother was nervous that he was alive and not killed, right? "spoke in a very low voice, as if he did not want others to hear. Then said loudly: "Come to toast in order to wish us a victory tomorrow to capture the Duke, oh no to rescue the Duke, force to kill the 'Coyote',Let's drink to that!"

The night was fine for everyone except himself, who was drunk. Because the lieutenant did not drink at all, aAnd it seems impossible for Hahn and Yaz to get drunk,and John was busy keeping track of the new bills they owed.

The people had a hard time getting him into bed, and in his sleep Hahn seemed to hear the chief cooing, "Coyotes are so pathetic." It's not clear if he's talking about the bandit coyote,but Hahn never closed his eyes again all night.

The next morning, Yas and the lieutenant were woken up by the noise outside. Looking outside, there were nearly 300 people, dressed in different ways, but at a glance it was clear that they were mercenaries, and in addition to the wandering mercenaries like them there were several teams that looked very strong.

The lieutenant turned around and saw that the chief was still asleep. He hurried up to wake him up, but found that the chief had drunk too much yesterday to wake him up, while Hahn went back downstairs to ask for ale.

At this time, the mercenary union was already in a mess inside. Everyone wanted to learn about the latest developments. All ran here to find out the news.

John was seen removing a note from the foot of an eagle that had just flown into the counter and said loudly, "Quiet, everyone, quiet. The latest mission status is: 'Coyote' is fleeing west of the 'Alasas Mountains', about 70 miles away from this town. There is no news that the Duke has been killed. The mission is still valid."

There was a loud commotion and the entire hall was gone except for Hahn and the lieutenant. Of course, it was off to make a fortune 70 miles away.

Hahn asked for another drink and was ready to go to the door to get some sun. The lieutenant looked at him and hurriedly called him back: "Hahn, we're going to finish the mission today, so we'd better not drink. Soon we will be leaving."

Hahn smiled, "I'm afraid Spike Don isn't awake right now, is he? Better you see if there's a way to wake him up first."

John also ran over to the lieutenant and said, "Yeah, you guys need to hurry up, those people just now I estimate that at least 1/3 of them are B-level mercenaries. Hurry up. I told you that your servant can't be trusted, but you still don't believe me, see, see, isn't it, pulling back when it matters."

The lieutenant thought about it and brought a basin of cold water upstairs. A minute later, the Chief's screams came from upstairs. Then Yaz was seen running downstairs with a look of pity.

Faintly seem to hear a noise from upstairs, Chief: "I am your superior, I am going to court martial to charge you." Lieutenant: "By special permission of the Unified Operations Department and the Joint Council, I have the right to take direct coercive measures to correct your behavior in cases where there is a serious obstruction to the completion of the basic mission." Luckily John didn't even care about the commotion upstairs.

The chief saw the lieutenant followed again hurriedly full of push smile said: "Well, well, can not use violence, we are pacifists, can negotiate, negotiation," see the lieutenant as if there is no intention to stop hurriedly changed to call to: "Please ~~~~~ please do not hit me. "

John stood behind the counter and gave the lieutenant an approving look, as if to say, "Yes, yes, that's the way servants should be managed.

The good thing is that when the lieutenant arrived inside the hall, he didn't do anything more to the commander-in-chief. Probably to maintain the dignity of the imperial commander-in-chief.

After the chief saw that the lieutenant did not make any further moves, he also relaxed a little and said, "Look at me now, I can't even walk, how can I go chopping people? How about we have our noon meal first before we go?"

Lt: "We can take something to eat on the road."

Chief: "That's not good for stomach, you'll get a stomach ulcer if you're not careful. And eating without hot soup is also not good for digestion!"

The lieutenant took another step forward and the chief's face immediately turned pale and he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, no hot soup, no hot soup, don't get excited, don't get excited, peaceful solution, peaceful solution."

Hahn came over with a glass of wine and said: "Forget it, anyway, it's already after noon, even if we rush there now, it's still several hours slower than others, it's better to have lunch first in the talk. "By the way, the empty glass of wine handed to John said:" another glass ".

When John filled his glass and handed it to Hahn, Hahn took it and asked in passing, "John, the Duke was lost on the territory of the Lanfaxit Empire, didn't the Empire reflect anything? "

John: "How can there be no reflection? It is said that after hearing the news, His Majesty the Emperor personally asked about it and transferred the most elite 'Holy Knights' to solve the problem.

Hahn: "So how come it's not as fast as the mercenaries?"

John: "The Holy Knights were changing guard with the border team, and received the news immediately interrupted the handover to rush here, but after all, the distance is far. Fast again may also have to wait three days to get here."

Yas didn't say anything when he heard the conversation, but went straight to the dining table and sat down.Seeing this situation the lieutenant also had to sit down,In the end, it is still necessary to eat inside the mercenary union.

The lunch, however, seemed to be longer than usual, and by the time it was finished, it was almost 3:00 p.m. Finally everyone was done eating, the lieutenant hurriedly urged everyone on their way, and just as Yas went upstairs to pack their bags, the door to the mercenary union was thrown open.

A tall figure pushed open the door of the mercenary union hall.