Mercenaries and Adventurers

the next morning.

Zhao Ji woke up in his own bed in the hunter stronghold in the city.

He stared at the wooden roof, and couldn't remember how he got back last night. Touching yesterday's clothes that were still on his body, there was some vomit with a strange smell on his chest, but the small purse inside the clothes was still there.

He moved and leaned against the wooden wall beside the bed, and counted the precious coins in the bag through the light spots revealed into the room through the gaps in the wooden windows. He was greatly relieved to find that the number was not missing.

He vaguely recalled what happened yesterday evening.

The tavern operated by the craftsmen inside, the wine brewed with grain and distilled is really strong.

With dry lips, he stuffed the purse under the pillow, staggered open the door and went downstairs to find water.

-

Downstairs, Tost, an early-rising old hunter, was baking barley cakes on a clean stone platform by the fire.

Seeing the sloppy Keel coming down the stairs, he snorted and brought Keel a clay bottle of water. The bottle was placed on the ground not far from the fire, and both the bottle and the water were warm. Keel thanked him awkwardly, then pulled out the cork and gulped down the warm water.

Goof, goof, goof.

After drinking half of his stomach with warm water, Keel woke up suddenly.

"Tost. How did I get back last night?"

Putting the bottle down, Keel went to the fire, rubbed the dried vomit off the clothes on his chest with his hands, and kicked him sideways into the fire with his feet.

Seeing that Kiel was more awake, Tost handed a piece of baked wheat cake to Kiel, and said casually: "You walked back by yourself. Hey, you sang a weird song and slapped the door of the house while walking. Door."

He also took a piece of wheat cake in his hand, and then used a wooden spoon to scoop out some sauce from the jar next to it and spread it on the wheat cake.

The old hunter shook the spoon at Kiel, but Kiel shook his head, so he went on to say, "The guards guarding the government office next door also came to check the situation. I said you didn't leave until you drank too much. You were fined ten times before you left. A fine of one copper coin."

Keir frowned.

The old hunter smiled slyly: "I paid the fine with your money. That's all."

Keel quickly touched the swelling of the strong money bag at his waist, and found that it was indeed a little lighter. But he doesn't care much about the money in this bag now, it's all used for pocket money in daily life. Ten fines are ten fines.

Thinking of this, he put the wheat cake in his hand into his mouth and bit it. The rough material of the wheat cake made his teeth and tongue clearly feel it. Besides, it also had a rough taste of grain.

Aside from being a bit rough because the material isn't polished, it's not bad.

Especially for someone like him who just woke up from a hangover.

He had just filled his stomach with half a pot of water, so obviously he couldn't fool his stomach. What I ate at the tavern last night was probably already vomited and frozen on the way from the artisan district to here.

A flat stomach desperately needs real food to cheer it up. This wheat cake that the old man kneads and bakes now is really perfect.

While eating, Keel shared with his old companion the news of the new metal armor he ordered yesterday.

But for hunters who often see Knight Lanisa wearing knight armor, this is not news that surprises them.

"Are you going to participate in the death ceremony of the deceased in the team after eating?"

The old man asked after dipping the oatmeal cakes on hand.

It was only then that Keir remembered that the priest of the Church of the God of the Dead had said yesterday that he had indeed only given one day for the family members to hold farewell ceremonies for the dead of other religions at home.

However, he didn't say a few words to the dead old hunter. Tost on the opposite side taught him archery. If he died, Keir would be willing to do something for him. But others forget it.

So Kiel shook his head.

"It's fine if you don't want to, I'll go there now. You are alone in the stronghold, keep an eye on the house. If you go out, remember to put out the fire in the stove."

The old hunter added: "Just pour the water from the pitcher next to it."

After speaking, the old hunter got up and went upstairs.

Keel saw that there was another freshly baked wheat cake next to him, so he picked up another one, leaned back on the wooden chair next to the fire, and ate the wheat cake with small bites.

He tried to dip the sauce that the old guy had just eaten, but he didn't like it too salty, so he just ate the wheat cake.

After waiting for a while, the old hunter came down from upstairs again.

He changed his clothes, from the old warm but comfortable clothes to a wolf fur coat dyed black. The boots are furred, which looks good and keeps warm. The legs are thick leather pants filled with the warm floc by the river, and the outside is wrapped in a circle of neatly dyed black wolf fur. The upper body is a dark-colored refined linen winter jacket, and a wolf fur jacket is worn outside. On his head is a wolf fur cap with a small wolf tail that can cover the entire forehead.

The clothes are deep and solemn, obviously not the one he usually wears.

Tost walked to the tapestry of the emblem of the God of Hunting in the corner of the first floor of the stronghold, and stared blankly at the emblem of the **** that the old man worshiped and prayed to, unable to say a thousand words.

"What's wrong?" Keel asked, seeing that he was not moving.

Shaking his head, the old hunter replied casually, "Nothing."

He went up to touch it cautiously, paused for a moment, then raised his hand to take it off and rolled it up. He strode out with the rolled-up god's emblem in his arms.

"Tell me, gods, what do they think of everyone who died?"

Tost, who walked to the door of the house, asked Kiel a question without looking back.

"How do I know? But if you really want to say it, the world is so big, they don't know everything, right? Because if they know everything and can make use of everything, then the church and so many What do priests do? So, what does everyone who dies have to do with them?"

Keel scratched his head and expressed his understanding.

The old hunter didn't say anything, just opened the door and walked out with the tapestry in his arms.

-

The gates of the houses in Kendall City are all well-designed, relying on the skilled carpenters in the city. The wooden doors here are generally equipped with a technology that automatically closes the door, and the wooden latch on the wooden door will automatically clamp the door frame.

So this saves the people in the house from having to get up and close the door after people go out.

This ingeniously designed wooden part is made of the most versatile wood, so whether it is cold winter, rainy spring, or hot summer, it can reliably complete the mission of the design.

Therefore, when the old hunter went out to attend the farewell ceremony of his companion's funeral, Kiel didn't need to get up and follow him to close the opened and closed house door and yard door.

As long as the old hunter closed the door when he went out, it would be difficult for people from the outside to push the door open without destroying it. Unless the person inside is asked to open the door.

Zhao Ji had a full stomach, so he wandered back to his room upstairs.

The smell of vomit on his body was not good, so Zhao Ji took off his shirt, and put on the clothes jacket and outer burqa given to them by Knight Alyssa.

He went downstairs, intending to feed his horses, but found that the horses had already been fed and watered. So Zhao Ji had to use a wooden shovel to clean up the excrement excreted by the horses, put it in a wooden bucket and pour it into the sewer in the yard.

bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door outside, and the knock was light and polite.

This made Zhao Ji, who was busy in the yard, immediately confirm that the visitor was not a member of their hunter team.

The other hunters had all gone home or attended the funeral ceremony of their dead comrades. It was still early in the day, and they would definitely not be back so soon.

"Who is it?" Keel yelled.

A gentle yet majestic old man's voice came from outside the door: "I am the housekeeper of Lanisa's knight family. Please open the door. If you have anything to discuss with the knight's hunter, Joe Keel."

Looking for me?

"I am, wait a moment."

Putting down the dirty wooden barrel in his hand, Keel clapped his hands and rinsed it with cold river water in the water tank where the horses drank.

This caused dissatisfaction among the horses.

Keel shrugged and opened the door.

Facing the outside was an old man whom Kiel had seen before. He was wearing a warm robe made of wolf belly skin, followed by a man and a woman dressed as domestic servants.

"I have seen you, you are indeed the steward of Lord Knight. Please come in."

Inviting the three of them into the house, Keir immediately asked the old butler why he wanted to come.

"That's right, Lord Knight has something to discuss with you, and at the same time, he will give bonuses and salaries to all the hunters in this crusade."

Keir's eyes lit up, and the money was distributed, which is a good thing.

I just came back yesterday and received the bounty for the previous crusade against the bandits. In the blink of an eye, I will be able to receive the bounty for the crusade against the northern wolf.

It's not bad, I didn't expect people from another world to say the same thing about this kind of thing. But when Keir thought about it, after all, these were money earned through desperate fighting, and it was indeed impossible for the other party to deliberately delay the payment.

After all, if you do it like this, if you want to find someone to do dangerous things in the future, it will be difficult to find someone with real skills.

It is not easy to fight bandits and northern wolves, and the knights have to think about their fame and prestige.

"I'll go with you now. Please wait a moment."

Keel rubbed his hands, walked to the stove, and extinguished the stove with the water in the pot as the old hunter had told him.

There are several water pots beside the stove, and Keel uses these to pour the firewood and ashes in the stove through.

Then he turned around and signaled the three to wait a moment, then ran upstairs to the room, took the dagger with him, then emptied the small purse under the pillow, poured the gold and silver coins into the bedding, and just brought an empty purse with him.

He opened the wooden window again and took out the lizard tail hanging from the bag outside. He vaguely remembered that Knight Lanisa seemed to be interested in this thing. Anyway, he still had a vague head, this cold vitality tail, and gave it to Knight Lanisa to eat.

-

Keel went downstairs with his things, and followed the three out of the house. At the door, Keel took out the metal lock hanging behind the door, walked out of the door and hung it.

The three old hunters had the key, and the key on the lock was kicked in his own pocket.

Seeing that Keir was holding a blue and white tail that kept flicking in his hand, the two male and female servants brought by the butler were very curious. Curious with some fear.

Seeing their appearance, Keir explained something.

Hearing that this was a rare monster tail to be given to Knight Lanisa, and that it was a rare ingredient that their master had personally said had special effects, the servants lost their fear and became more curious instead.

Keir handed them the lizard tail hanging by a rope. Anyway, it was given away casually. They were curious, so let them see enough.

The four of them walked up the arc along the main road of the town, and soon passed through the gate of the upper area.

Seeing that it was the steward of Knight Lanisa who was leading the charge, the guards at the door did not ask to stop him.

"Has the scald on Lord Lanisa's body healed?"

Kiel asked the butler about this while walking. After all, those injuries were very serious. Although Knight Lanisa said that it would not be a problem, it must not be that easy.

The old housekeeper nodded.

"Your Excellency was cured yesterday, but because he was very weak after the treatment, he is recuperating. This time I have something to ask you, so I asked you to come over."

After hearing the answer, Kiel remembered that after fighting the goblins in Dorallin Village, he was healed by magic spells by the old woman Mushou of the Saturnalia Church. At that time, it was only a minor injury, but after being treated with divine magic, he was very tired and drowsy, and he really needed to rest.

From this point of view, Knight Lanisa should also be treated with divine magic. According to her injury, it is estimated that her body will need to rest for a while.

He had been to Lanisa Knight's mansion once, and after entering the house, he was quickly led by the old housekeeper to the study room he had returned to before.

Boom boom boom.

"My lord, the warrior Joe Keel from the hunter team you invited has arrived." The old butler reported to the study at a leisurely pace.

A modest response came from inside the door: "Let him in."

"yes."

So, the old butler pushed open the solid wooden door, and stretched out his hand to signal Keel, who was following behind him, to enter the house.

There is no stove for heating in the small study room, but it is still relatively warm.

Keel speculates that there may be a heating interlayer in the wall where hot air circulates. As long as a fire is raised underground in a corner of the house, and then the hot air is circulated in the wall by means of a method, and finally emerges from the chimney in the corner of the house, the high temperature can be used Hot air circulates to heat the entire house too.

If building a heating flue to warm the entire house is too much trouble, you can actually heat only the most important rooms of the entire house. For example, there should be no open fire in the study room, or the master bedroom and the like.

Kiel walked into the room and looked at the main seat in the back window of the study. Knight Lanisa was wearing thick warm clothes at this time, slumped on the armchair in a labor-saving, relaxed but indecent posture.

"Little Kiel, you're here." Knight Lanisa said weakly, waving her hand to signal for Kiel to sit across from her table.

Keir sat down, and he saw that the hideous and terrifying burn scars on Knight Lanisa's face were no longer there, and it was almost the same as when he was not injured before.

So he felt relieved and talked about sending over the tail of the precious lizard monster he had captured before.

"That's right, that's just right, Uncle Sally, please take the lizard tail brought by Little Keel to the Stomach Tavern in Wharton, and let the people there cook this monster material carefully. It is harmful to my body There are some benefits, mother and you should also eat some." Lanisa Knight said weakly.

The old butler should be, and called the servant who was waiting at the door with his tail up, and the two of them prepared to go out together to do this matter.

"By the way, close the door and let the servants outside go away. They all wait at the other end of the corridor." Knight Lanisa continued.

"My lord?" The old butler glanced at Kiel, indicating that Kiel was wearing a weapon like a dagger. If it was normal, of course he wouldn't care about these, after all, the most powerful fighters in the entire city were those few, and the Jenny Lanisa he served happened to be one of them.

But today is different from the past. After healing the wounds with the magic spell, the physical strength and energy of Knight Lanisa have been greatly consumed, and it is estimated that she will not be able to recover for many days.

But Lanisa Knight still waved his hand: "Little Keir is the most reliable fighter. I was in the northern forest before. Without him, I am afraid that I would not be able to deal with the northern wolf this year."

Kiel pursed his lips, and Lanisa Knight's praise made him a little happy, but it was not easy to show it.

"So that's the case, then please forgive me and leave."

The old housekeeper bowed his chest and exited the study, and firmly closed the door of the study. Then he arranged to wait for the maid waiting for Knight Lanisa at the door of the study to leave here.

After the outside quietened down, Knight Lanisa withdrew her divergent eyes and looked at Kiel.

"Little Keel."

"Hey. Please tell me, Lord Knight."

The study was silent for a while.

"It was just you and me. You're a smart boy, you should have guessed?"

The female knight didn't say anything, but Keel touched his forehead with his hand and wiped away the cold sweat.

"You know, the wolf king, it's mine, father."

The female knight's words were cold, but Keel was sure that he could hear the magma-like emotion behind the other's cold words.

The other party's eyes diverged again: "I always thought he was swallowed by the forest. He was defeated and swallowed by monsters or monsters in the forest."

"Wolf King of the Northland. He came out at the right time, so it was a matter of course at that time."

"But it is like the wheat seed buried in the soil, and the wheat seedlings grow."

She stretched out her hand and looked at it in front of her eyes.

"Anger needs a place to land."

"However, now you and I both know the result. He died in my hands, and in your hands."

Keir swallowed a mouthful of spit: "My lord, me."

"I don't want to reprimand you, Keir. I understand that we were confused. You just joined the team this year, and I don't blame you for participating in such a battle as soon as you come."

"Bah." She clenched her fist and slammed it on the desk.

Boom!

The entire huge desk shook, and the place where the female knight's palm fell was dented, and the cracks in the broken wood spread out, but Lanisa's fist of flesh and blood was completely helpless.

Kiel didn't dare to say a single extra word, he was afraid that the female knight opposite would blow his head like a table with a fist, after all, the strength of the two was not at the same level at all.

There were panicked footsteps approaching outside the study door.

But before the servants outside the door opened their mouths, Knight Lanisa yelled in the direction of the door full of anger: "Go away!"

The footsteps receded like the tide.

Taking a deep breath, Lanisa Knight closed her eyes and continued, "As I said just now, if you bury the wheat seeds in the soil, the wheat seedlings will grow."

"My father will become like that, certainly not voluntarily. Someone obstructed and killed him. Turned him into it."

The female knight stared into Kiel's eyes.

"I know who that person is."

"Now that I think about it, when the Northern Land Wolf attacked Wumihu Village a few years ago, there was another meaning behind it. He might wake up sometimes and drive the beasts to take revenge."

"This is a dilemma. One side is the safety of the villagers. The man timidly used the villagers as a hidden shield. The other side is his own hatred, a life that can never go back~www.readwn.com~ Lanisa Knight The more she talked, the more angry she became, but she still managed to suppress her emotions.

"You see, I've been unable to move recently. But I can't stand it for a moment. Keel, I have a mission for you."

"I?"

"Yes, you know about it, and it's only fitting that you do it."

She took two delicate paper documents from the side of the desk and pushed them to Keir.

Keel carefully took the document from the table and looked at it.

One document was the bounty information handwritten by Knight Lanisa. Those who held this document could go to the government affairs office to ask the clerk at any time to receive twelve gold coins and seven silver coins.

The above description is the actual results of the hunter team's crusade this winter confirmed by Knight Lanisa, including the actual results of dozens of northern land wolves whose bodies were difficult to bring back, and the great damage caused to the northern land wolf king actual results.

The document was stamped with the seal of Knight Ranisa herself and a gleaming cloud of life energy.

The other document is a person's identity document.

Ruff-Wolf.

People from Umi Lake Village who appeared and settled in Umi Lake Village many years ago. He is about 30 to 40 years old, unmarried, and owns property and fields in Wumihu Village. And has a small fishing boat, but does not make a living by fishing.

Today, he is one of the stewards of Wumihu Village. Due to his foreign literacy, he is in charge of communication between the village and merchants and also undertakes the work of village paperwork.

Keir is smart, he thinks of something right away.

He tentatively asked, "That werewolf?"

Lanisa Knight took a deep breath: "Besides, who else?"

"Keir, go to Umi Lake Village, find an opportunity to confirm his identity as a werewolf, and then kill him."