On the Seven Towers

"Lord Xiao Chen, this is the area where mercenaries gather." Mr. Ines, Baron Goya's butler, accompanied Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng into an area on the west side of the outer city of Suero. Because a mercenary group is equal to trouble, the city lord set aside a special area and packed in all these guys who fight, drink and make trouble all day long.

To be on the safe side, Xiao Chen made a special trip to visit Baron Goya before recruiting mercenaries to learn more about the situation of mercenaries in the city and some common practices for hiring mercenaries. The Baron not only recommended several mercenaries, but generously allowed Mr. Ines to accompany them.

When Xiao Chen asked about Callanda, Baron Goya showed a strange and ambiguous smile and said: "That is a rose made of steel. Countless nobles and mercenaries with ideas have had their hands pricked. Some, I’m afraid it will hurt for a lifetime.”

"The beauty named Kalanda you mentioned lives here?" Chen Hansheng waved his hand in front of his nose, "Fuck, this is really a good place to put flowers."

This neighborhood where mercenaries gather is even more messy than the shopping area. The faint smell of feces and urine lingered in the air, and the ground was covered with ponds and mud puddles of various weird colors. If the inner city is a gem with sharp edges and corners, the shopping area is like a pile of rocks, and this side is an indescribable mass of mud.

Xiao Chen and the others walked along the dirt road, surrounded by a few mercenaries in twos and threes, just idle. Some were chatting and spanking, some were pushing and shoving, some were leaning on the doorpost to bask in the sun, and some were sneaking around to look at Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen was very glad that he was wearing a serious mage robe today. This robe seemed to have an invisible deterrent effect, making many mercenaries look in awe.

"You guys, call all your bosses here and tell them that business is coming. Especially if anyone knows Karanda, please let us know. The employer wants her by name." Ines arrogantly ordered a few workers. The half-grown boy who came here. These dirty little guys are usually the spies of various mercenary groups. After hearing what Ines said, they immediately dispersed and went to report the news.

Ines looked around, put on a respectful expression and said to Xiao Chen: "Sir, these rough things here are like a pigsty. Let's go to the open space in front and wait for them. There The place is big and smells great. ”

Xiao Chen and the others didn't pay attention at all. Just as they were walking inside, two people were nesting in the corner of an alleyway observing them.

"One mage, two ordinary people. Mu Mu, this is our chance." A petite green-haired girl said in a low voice. This girl's short hair was roughly tied up with a piece of gray cloth. She was wearing trousers, a shirt, and a vest. She had a short knife on her waist. If she didn't speak in a high-pitched voice, she would have looked like a Handsome little boy.

"Cat, we shouldn't mess with the mage. My mother said that the mage can eat people." The person who answered was a somewhat dull and strong man. He was nearly two meters tall, and his bare arms were thicker than the girl's waist. He was wearing a shabby short coat and didn't bring any weapons, but you could tell by looking at him that in a real fight, those big fists would be far more effective than a pair of meteor hammers.

"Don't talk about your damn mother. Now you follow me and I have the final say. You just have to do what I say." Seeing that the strong man didn't respond, she said angrily. : "He doesn't eat people."

The strong man looked at her with an expression of disbelief. Although he didn't say anything, he made the girl very angry. She growled: "If you want to eat, you can eat me too. You look like you are thick-skinned and thick-skinned. Can he chew it?"

The strong man rolled his eyes upward, thought for a while, and grinned.

"Hey, Mu Mu, do you still remember the action plan I mentioned earlier?"

"Uh..., um..., I'll beat you, keep beating you." The strong man touched his head and squeezed out these two sentences.

"Of course, I'm such an idiot for bringing you out." The girl covered her face with her hands and wailed in despair. She kicked off her legs and jumped onto the strong man's body like a rabbit. She turned over and sat on his shoulders. She clamped her legs together, grabbed his hair and said, "I'll say it again, you're chasing me, not hitting me! Wherever I run, you run. Make a show with your fists, but don't hit me! Understand this." Did you remember it?”

The strong man grinned at the pain, but he didn't even dare to make a sound and kept nodding.

"Then, I ignored everyone and didn't say anything. Do you know?"

"I know... I know... Ouch." The strong man replied with a painful expression.

The girl then let go of his straw-like hair, rolled back to the ground, and ran to the corner to look around. Seeing Xiao Chen and the others slowly walking away, she turned around and patted the big man's thick leg, "Follow me, let's take a shortcut."

The open space Ines mentioned was actually a field opened by the mercenaries themselves for martial arts training. The open space was as big as half a football field. When they walked over, many mercenaries were exercising or practicing fighting there.

A few of them sat down on the rocks beside the open space, waiting for the arrival of the mercenary captains.

Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng were quickly attracted by two mercenaries not far away who were fighting with swords. The two mercenaries were about the same size. One was holding a long sword and the other was holding a machete. They were playing ping-pong-pong back and forth, which was very lively. A large group of mercenaries looked around, sometimes cheering loudly, sometimes shouting curses.

"Old Chen, I heard that you are very good at fighting. Let's see how good those two are?"

"The one who uses the sword is very strong, but not flexible enough. The one who uses the sword is half better than him."

"What if you faced them?"

"This kind?" Chen Hansheng chuckled, "I'm not afraid of both of them combined."

"How does it compare to our escort team?"

Chen Hansheng frowned and said: "Except for that boy Ji Yijun and that girl Ye Zi, the rest of them are from the army. They can probably fight one on one with a bayonet. Are they student soldiers, at least in groups of five, with long weapons? Only by forming a tactical formation can we fight.”

Soon, the mercenary holding the scimitar showed a flaw and let the opponent miss the target with his sword. Using his strength, he then slashed the opponent's thigh with the scimitar and cut a severe wound on the opponent's thigh. Then he slashed back with the sword. The opponent's hand holding the sword was cut off at the wrist.

Blood spurted out wildly, and the mercenary suddenly couldn't hold on anymore, fell to his knees and screamed loudly.

Xiao Chen, who had never seen such a bloody scene, felt his heart tighten and couldn't help but breathe quickly.

"I take back what I just said. If these mercenaries are so ruthless, the five guards will probably be chased away by one person." Chen Hansheng said depressedly.

"It's okay, as long as we spend money, these ruthless people are on our side." Xiao Chen comforted with a pale face.

"Hey. These guys who cause trouble every day finally did something good and gave us a good opportunity." The girl mixed in the crowd of spectators muttered.

She picked up a stone and threw it towards the opposite side of the circle of spectators without looking at it. After throwing it, she shouted in a loud voice: "Go to hell, you idiots from the Storm Bear Mercenary Group. Anyone who hurts us will be killed." Don’t even think about going out standing up. Let’s beat them.”

Then she winked at "Mumu", and the strong man moved forward slightly, and two onlookers were pushed out of the crowd with claws and teeth, and fell on the guy who had just won, who was still enjoying the joy of victory. The mercenary was unprepared and was kicked into the ground.

The audience on the opposite side was naturally not easy to bully. A one-eyed man with a ferocious look rolled up his sleeves and shouted loudly: "The people in the Iron Ax Group are cheating, come on and beat them!"

For a moment, the place was in chaos, and at least fifty or sixty people started punching and kicking in a daze. The girl smiled slyly, grabbed a handful of ashes from the ground and smeared it on her face. She shouted to the strong man, "Come after me." Then she ran straight towards Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen and Chen Hansheng couldn't help but become nervous when they saw the mercenaries getting into a group fight for no apparent reason. The mercenaries each had friends to help them, and soon almost everyone in the audience participated in the fight. After a while, Xiao Chen and the others were surrounded by figures fighting in all directions, putting them in a dilemma.

"These damn bastards. The city lord should put them all in jail and starve them for a month." Apart from complaining, the old housekeeper Ines could do nothing about these people.

"Xiao Xiao, stand behind me. Let's move slowly toward the exit." Chen Hansheng picked up a wooden stick and blocked Ines and Xiao Chen behind him.

At this moment, a short figure ran over while shouting for help. Behind her was a strong man who made Chen Hansheng's scalp feel numb.

Chen Hansheng wanted to stop the figure with a wooden stick, but she ducked her head and avoided it. Then the strong man stepped forward and broke the stick with a punch.

"What a strong effort!" Chen Hansheng took two steps back, holding a broken stick in both hands, and stepped forward again.

The little man obviously regarded Xiao Chen and the others as obstacles to block punches, and wandered around Xiao Chen and the others, while the big man chased her, as if playing hide-and-seek.

"What's going on?" Chen Hansheng dodged the fists in a panic, and his several attacks neither caught the lightning-fast little man nor hurt the thick-skinned big man.

Xiao Chen was also surprised that he was clearly hiding away, but the little man kept coming closer to him. There was something wrong with this man, Xiao Chen instinctively thought. When he looked at the big man's face, he didn't look as ferocious as when he was chasing others, but had a silly smile on his face as if he was playing a game.

In public places, there is only one kind of person who sneaks around others when they have nothing to do, they are thieves!

Just when he thought about this, Xiao Chen touched his waist and found it was empty. The money bag wrapped in his clothes was gone. At this time, Chen Hansheng and Ines also shouted in unison, "My money!"

Xiao Chen turned around anxiously and saw that the thief turned into a black shadow and ran past Chen Hansheng's waist, clearly holding three bulging money bags in his hands. Chen Hansheng turned around to chase after him, but was hit by the big man following him and immediately flew to the side.