Mercenaries and Adventurers

After leaving the chaotic auditorium, Mage Donila remained hidden, but directly returned the magic power borrowed from the president.

That magical power is too huge, as if it is endless, it is not suitable for a mage like him who is good at spiritual magic. Although the president doesn't care about using those magic powers without restraint for a long time, it will have a strong negative impact on his own magic path.

No one can avoid the temptation of such a powerful force, so except for necessary battles, he doesn't want to touch the magic power borrowed by the president.

Walking on the chaotic street, Master Donila was thinking about his impression of his old friend, and estimated the other's next move.

呿.

That guy will definitely block the city and try to find him again. This is of course useless to him, even if he stood in front of everyone again, they would not recognize him as long as he changed his spiritual magic.

It's just that this will definitely cause trouble for other mages who are still in the city.

I hope others don't blame him, and he doesn't want to either.

Thinking of this, Master Donila stretched out his hand and waved to an armed carriage leaving the auditorium. The driver of the carriage slowed down and stopped after approaching him.

"Why did you stop, get out of here quickly, that guy really dares to make trouble, hey, today's wonderful holiday is gone." A middle-aged male voice asked from a sound-transmitting metal horn near the driver of the carriage.

Master Donila came over and approached the armed carriage. Several armed swordsmen holding the handrails at the four corners of the carriage greeted Master Donila: "Hello, Your Excellency."

"Who is outside?" A voice came from the carriage, and it was still the middle-aged man.

Master Donila stepped forward and opened the door, and boarded the carriage: "It's me, friend."

"Ah, good friend, it's you, fast seat, fast seat."

"Would it be convenient for you to give me a ride in such a chaotic place?"

"Of course, of course. Come and sit at my house, I happen to be on a rare holiday today."

"Of course that's fine. Let's catch up on the old days." Mage Donila glanced at the middle-aged noble opposite. He bypassed the magic and magical defenses on the opponent. Now, the opponent is already his friend. up.

"Creek! What are you still doing? It's so chaotic here. Get out of here and go home. I want to entertain my old friends." Hearing his master's urging, Trek, the driver of the armed carriage, hurriedly drove the horses and left. here.

The auditorium was surrounded by broad stone roads, and they quickly left here with the noble carriages leaving around. ------

After a while, a large group of soldiers stationed in the barracks outside the city entered the city, and young knight-level nobles led their troops to control the city defense.

Originally, the old general did not have the right to do so, but the old general rushed to the city council ahead of time and stated his previous experience to the bishop of the Church of the Ring of the Sun in this city. The army enters the city.

The army is firmly in the hands of the church and the new nobles who support the church. Letting the army enter the city will strengthen their strength to deal with anything that may happen later.

Of course, as a price, the old general can only stay in the temple of the church and cannot leave there.

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The business district of Taturones, which used to be busy and noisy, was now in panic.

It had been many years since a large army had entered the city, and many young men were now alive, discovering for the first time how convenient it was for them to know what they considered normal.

Once the army entered the city, it was divided into various brigades and subunits, controlling every vital point in the entire Taturons Harbor City.

Her business district is naturally also an important place. At this moment, there is a team of 300 people guarding several large intersections in the business district. All the main roads are closed, and even the carriages that are allowed to pass are being driven back and forth by the army. Checked back several times.

Master Harou's restaurant in the business district is no longer full of customers in the past two days, and the few people who come here are from the chamber of commerce where he is located.

After all, all the roads in the business district are closed, and you can go out if you want to, but you need to hold a pass issued by a military officer, or have a family warrant from a noble family in the city to avoid being searched.

Master Harlow asked some of his guests. The guests are all well-informed merchants and fellows of the Chamber of Commerce, and their news is very reliable and timely.

The guests heard that it was because a few hours ago, in the auditorium of the aristocratic district, there was supposed to be a music master from the elven kingdom performing and singing, but there were assassins who went to assassinate the army generals who went to watch the concert.

That general was Taturone's powerful general, and his assassination caused an already unstable situation in the city.

Several businessmen said that they had noses and eyes, and those who didn't know thought they were at the scene of the assassination. Master Harou continued to inquire about them, and found that a businessman said that a noble friend of his was on the scene at the time. Family members attack.

Hearing this, Mage Harlow thought about it, and felt that the spell that can use plant magic to spawn plant warriors should only be known by the elf Mage Donilla.

Of course, if any mage is familiar with the borrowed magic catalog of the old president, the magic of elves should also be on it. After all, every elf knows the magic to control low-level plant warriors, and so can the president. If you borrow the magic of the president , can also be used directly.

However, why go to assassinate a local powerful general with such great fanfare.

What a hassle.

In the past two days, I haven't heard that the president has revealed his identity. The specific reason, Master Harlow can probably guess, after all, he has also held some actual positions in the society.

The cumbersome document exchanges, the adjustment of the positions of various mages, the inspection of warehouse materials in various places, etc., etc. There are endless things that can be arranged from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, and then all over again in a new year.

Master Harou ran away after two years of specific duties in the society. For this reason, he was captured by the president teacher from another world.

How could he take up the position of the academy again? If he liked it, he wouldn't run away. Don't say two hundred years, double it again, he agrees.

I was talking to a few restaurant guests about the city-wide blockade that I don't know when it will end. At this time, the army who had just inspected the chamber of commerce next door came to their house.

The front and rear of the house were surrounded by hundreds of well-dressed soldiers, and more soldiers entered the Chamber of Commerce house from various entrances. The "Big World Cuisine" restaurant located on the first floor of the house is no exception.

The soldiers who came in were all wearing daggers and triangular shields, which are very convenient weapons for indoor close-range combat. At the same time, the soldiers were carrying a powerful crossbow on their backs.

Harlow signaled the waiters in the store to welcome the soldiers who came to check, while his guests hurriedly wanted to return to the chamber of commerce upstairs. Appropriate things, and at the same time, there is a lot of money stored in the chamber of commerce, not to mention the valuable artworks everywhere in the chamber of commerce, so these poor soldiers with no oil and water should not be allowed to inspect them at will.

It was easy for the businessmen who wanted to leave. As soon as they walked towards the entrance of the restaurant, they were immediately held up by a few tall soldiers. In front of the leading officer, these businessmen must eat a piece of military jerky.

The jerky that the army marched in the field was hard and dry, not to mention that it was completely unrecognizable from what kind of animal meat it was made of, which made the businessmen who had just eaten the delicacies prepared by Chef Harlow quite resistant.

But no matter how much they resisted, after the sharp short swords were placed on their necks, they still swallowed a small piece of jerky meat after suppressing the nausea.

But after the merchants turned around, they spit out the jerky again.

This scene was seen by the officers and soldiers who were about to check the waiters in the restaurant, and it immediately aroused their anger.

"What's going on! Why did you spit out the jerky! Pick it up for me!" The officer leading the team roared angrily, causing the soldiers in the restaurant to surround the merchants again.

"My lord, we really can't eat this. It's too salty," replied a businessman.

"And it's dry and hard, and my teeth can't chew." Another businessman opened his mouth, showing his not-so-good teeth.

The officer's anger subsided slightly: "Didn't I tell you? The assassin is most likely an elf, and we all know that elves can't eat meat, so it's hard for you to let you eat a piece of meat!"

"And I'm not an adult, I'm the captain of the infantry regiment, and I'm called Yake Lifei. I'm not a nobleman, so I can't be called an adult." The officer added another sentence.

Harlow came over and smoothed things over: "Captain Akrifi, please don't blame these honest businessmen. The main reason is me. I blame the food in my restaurant for being too delicious. I just finished eating the food I made. , it’s hard to eat anything else.”

The soldiers and officers surrounding the businessman were all surprised by Harau's words, and felt a bit strange, what was this man talking about? Are you crazy?

Unexpectedly, those businessmen agreed with Chef Harlow's words: "So that's the case, yes, yes, yes, it is indeed the case. No wonder, every time I go home to eat, I feel that my cook's food is getting worse and worse. gone."

Seeing the disbelief of the soldiers and officers, Harlow smiled confidently: "You will not believe me if you tell me. How about trying my cooking? It seems that everyone hasn't had dinner yet. Would you like to have a meal?" How about some fat fish? The fat-rich fish belly can satisfy every soldier's body's desire for fat."

"And while you are waiting, you can check my restaurant first, and there will be no delay in time."

The soldiers had been exhausted for a long time, and they hadn't eaten yet. Now that they were in such a restaurant with the smell of food, they all started to growl.

Captain Yakelifei touched the purse in his military uniform, patted it, approached Harau, and said softly to him: "Your consumption here should not be low, right? We didn't bring that much money."

Some soldiers lowered their heads when they heard their captain's words. Although they were the elite of the local barracks, they still couldn't spend in such a large restaurant in a commercial area.

Harlow smiled, did he make money by opening the restaurant? He opened the restaurant because the food in the festival before and after the annual big storm in Taturones is quite interesting, and he has been studying and delving into the unique local dishes in his free time these days. The second reason is that he likes others to eat the delicacies he cooks.

He likes it, and that's enough.

In this situation, Harlow is actually looking forward to it. It looks like the plot in the story. When I tell others about it later, everyone has to applaud his different experience.

"It's okay, please try the food I made. After you eat it, you will understand that what these honest businessmen said is true." Harold accepted his belly and said affirmatively to the officer and soldiers .

Hearing the meaning of the owner and chef of this restaurant, he knew that the other party would not charge. Captain Yakelifei nodded in agreement with the other party's request.

Seeing the chef walk into the back kitchen to make preparations, a large cloth blocked the connection and sightlines between the kitchen and the dining room. Captain Yakelifei walked to the kitchen and lifted the covering cloth: "If you are cooking, there should be no What needs to be covered?"

He was mainly worried that the other party was related to the assassin, or hated the army, and was afraid that the chef would hurt them with poison during the meal.

Harlow's reaction was even more strange, even more excited.

Not far away, the businessmen who failed to succeed also became excited, and the excitement of the two was completely different. What excites Harlow is that it will be difficult for him to make the same level of food and cuisine as he has done before without using magic, but it is more worthwhile.

The crystal ball held by the opposing soldiers is a magic-sensitive item, and it is generally used to test teenagers who are exposed to magic for the first time. If Harlow used magic in the kitchen, he would definitely be spotted by the crystal ball.

So this time, he will really use the cooking skills of mortals to make delicious food for so many soldiers.

The businessmen who often come to eat downstairs are excited that they can see how Chef Harlow makes such delicious food for the first time. As long as they see a little trick, they can tell their cooks to improve The level of three meals a day at home.

Even a little improvement is fine.

After lifting the covering cloth, Captain Yakelifei directed the soldiers to search and identify the restaurant and waiters. When searching the restaurant, the soldiers knew that they could eat the food provided by the restaurant for free after a while, so the actions during the inspection were lighter and less rough. The waiters were naturally not mages or elves, so they quickly checked over, and the waiters all ate the army's meat directly, which made the merchants quite embarrassed.

Some soldiers wanted to check the kitchen. Captain Yake Lifei stopped the soldiers and asked the chef to cook first, and the kitchen inspection will be done later.

Considering that there are a lot of soldiers to cook, of course, the soldiers outside surrounding the whole house are not included. The two are not in the same team, and they are not even subordinate to the same noble family. Although they were all troops from the barracks outside the city, Captain Yakelifei's team was all elite, professional soldiers converted from residents near the harbor city of Taturons. The soldiers guarding outside are the militiamen farther away.

The militiamen are amateur soldiers who have no combat effectiveness or organization and only gather together for training for a while every year. Captain Yakelifei only needs to be responsible to his soldiers.

Chef Harlow considered using the belly and fin meat of the big North Sea fish that he bought from the fish market today. Fish belly meat has plenty of fat, and it will be the most suitable thing for soldiers who lack fat supplements outside.

The fin meat is because the so-called North Sea big fish in the Farah Peninsula is actually a common deep-sea big fish in the northern seas of the local area. This kind of fish has a lot of fins and is very large. From a distance, it looks like this kind of big fish can fly by spreading its wings.

Chef Harlow personally took out a large fish weighing one ton from the ice cellar under the kitchen, and placed the large fish in the open space in the middle of the kitchen. He took out a sharp kitchen knife, opened the belly of the fish, and then removed it Whole fish belly.

The thick belly of the fish is whitish in color because the meat is full of fat. Wash the cut fish belly with water, and then put the long fish belly of more than one meter and nearly two meters on the chopping board, in exchange for a sharp kitchen knife for cutting meat, Chef Harlow cut the fish belly into pieces one by one Fist-sized pieces of meat, the cut pieces of meat are all over the chopping board, neatly forming a hill.

Take out a large pot, pour water and all the seasonings required for various sauces into the large pot, and stir well. Chef Harlow quickly puts one-third of the fish belly into the cauldron, and stirs it with a clean wooden stick to marinate the tasty fish belly.

Captain Yakelifei thought that the fish should be cooked directly in the cauldron, but it turned out that it was just marinated.

Fire up the stove, add new charcoal to the original weak charcoal fire, and some people who are responsible for pulling outside start to pull a bellows to blow air into the inside of the stove.

Specifically, the kitchen utensils used to heat cooked food are not big pots, but a big frying pan. The big frying pan looks like a tower shield. Chef Harlow poured a little olive oil into the frying pan and waited for the fire Heat the oil in the pan.

Chef Harlow directed several waiters to pour the pre-processed fresh vegetables and root potatoes into a pot of boiling water for blanching and cooking.

Then Chef Harlow fished out large pieces of marinated fish belly from the large pot on the side, and put the cut side of the fish belly on the pan.

The sizzling sound of fat frying came, and many curious soldiers ran over to watch the chef's craftsmanship.

Chef Harao didn't panic, and accurately judged the frying time of each fish belly, and turned the fish belly over when the time was up. At the same time, he marinated the remaining fish belly.

The belly of the fish is filled with the precious oil of the big fish in the North Sea. The aroma spread throughout the restaurant, arousing everyone's appetite. Even a few businessmen, although they had just eaten, wanted to taste the whole fragrant food.

While frying the fish belly, Chef Harlow also opened a small pot to cook the sauce that was finally poured on the food. Many things are prepared in advance, Chef Harlow just needs to put in the right amount.

The thick sauce also gives off a tempting aroma.

Feeling that the fish belly was almost fried in the big pan, Chef Harlow called a few waiters to prepare clean metal plates one by one, put the fried fish belly on the plate, and then dotted with blanched Good vegetables and root potatoes. Finally, pour a spoonful of the tangy sauce over the steaming fish belly and vegetables and potatoes.

"Okay, this dish is big fish belly in thick sauce. Please try it, all soldiers, if it suits your taste." Chef Harlow just shouted loudly, and he continued to cook other fish belly.

Of course, Captain Yakelifei and his close subordinates ate the first ten dishes. The entire cooking process is under their noses, and there is nothing strange about it, so the officers and soldiers ate it first.

Eating with the tableware and place that already existed in the restaurant, Captain Akelifei is not a person who has never seen the world, but after he cut off a trembling fish belly covered in sauce with a dining knife and put it in his mouth, ah , He felt a little regretful in the first half of his life.

Why can those merchants and nobles eat such delicious food every day, but I have to eat the food cooked in big pots and stoves every day in the military camp. Wheat cakes, coarsely ground bread, dates, and vegetable soup. These things have always been delicious if they can be full. Every year, they are occasionally invited to participate in the banquets held by the nobles of the leaders of their own troops. Very delicate, very delicious food ~www.readwn.com~ However, all the food I ate in the first half of my life can't be compared with this big fish belly with thick sauce.

This is the delicacy that only the real nobles can eat, right? After all, he had been watching Chef Harlow cooking, and heard the waiters say that the big North Sea fish was just bought from the fish market today.

Is it true that the real food is in the deep sea?

Should I stop being an officer and go fishing in the sea seems more beautiful?

no!

How about I change jobs? My lord said that I want to form a navy, do I want to be the captain of a warship in the past?

In this way, he is still an officer, and can he eat these delicacies from the deep sea on the sea?

While eating the delicious food, Captain Yakelifei thought about these chaotic thoughts caused by the delicious food.

The other soldiers who ate delicious food ate quickly one by one, and even added more plates. Some soldiers were reluctant to part with this taste, so they asked their companions for the bread that was supposed to be dinner, and ate all the sauces with the bread.

A steady stream of delicacies came from the place where the dishes were served in the kitchen, and every soldier who ate the delicacies felt full of energy and full of strength. All of them stared at Chef Harlow who was cooking without blinking, and their mouths were full of compliments with a poor vocabulary.

And Chef Harlow was buoyed by the praises of the soldiers, looking at the eyes of those who were eager for the food he made, Chef Harold laughed loudly. He also had a delicious dish of fish fin meat. Didn't do it.

After being reminded by the chef, the eyes of the soldiers and captain Yake Lifei lit up. Can such delicious food be eaten again?

Sun God! Is today your day of kindness?

More please.

praise you.