When the job was robbed...

The leader of the Dawn Mercenary Group is a middle-aged man with fiery red hair and a serious person named Hanste.

Every night when camping, he would personally check out the terrain near the camp, and told everyone who was on duty that night to be prepared, and he would come out to patrol from time to time after nightfall.

With such a conscientious and responsible leader, how could the Shuguang Mercenary Group not be strong?

At least after traveling with the caravan for so long, Qiao Ting has learned a lot of common sense about field trips, so he admires the captain of Hanst very much.

That's why, when Head Hanst came to his tent one day holding Qiao Mao by the tail, Qiao Ting's expression was quite calm.

"Is this your squirrel?"

Qiao Ting nodded, "Yes, Captain Hanst."

Hanst looked at Qiao Ting with a scrutinizing look, "I heard that you just became a mercenary?"

"Yes."

"You took on two missions after becoming a mercenary? One is to follow the chamber of commerce, and the other is to deliver letters?"

Qiao Ting guessed that it was Polly who revealed it, so he nodded, "That's right."

Hanst pulled out his sword, and touched Qiao Ting's neck quickly, and said sharply, "Say! Where did you send the spy?!"

"..." Qiao Ting expressed his innocence, "Spy?"

"You can fool Polly, but you can never fool me!" Hanst said in a deep voice, "I think you are dangerous, so you must not be an intermediate warrior!"

Qiao Ting was taken aback for a moment, he stretched out his fingers to touch the blade, and said seriously, "That's all right, Captain Hanst told me, where is my danger, and I will tell you about me, how about it?"

Hanst pondered slightly, "My wife is a mage, and I can feel your spiritual coercion, although it's not very strong...Of course, it's also possible that you're hiding it."

"Psychic coercion?" Qiao Ting understood. It turned out that he was a high-level contractor. In terms of mental strength alone, he could be regarded as an intermediate-level magister. He belonged to the same level as the leader in front of him. No wonder he was able to find out.

It's just... Although he has the spiritual power of an intermediate magister, he doesn't have the corresponding magical power!

He sighed, "I see. To be honest, Captain Hanst, I really just want to borrow the Chamber of Commerce to go to the imperial capital. Everyone has their own difficulties. I swear I won't endanger the caravan."

Hansted looked at Qiao Ting for a long time before saying, "Then from tomorrow, you will be with me."

"..." Qiao Ting's expression was not very good, "Why?"

"I am the only swordsman in the mercenary group." Captain Hanst decided to put the disaster in front of his eyes, "Or are you really tricky?"

"Okay, Captain Hanst, I promise you." Qiao Ting said helplessly, "But I don't have a horse?"

Hanst smiled, "The Dawn Mercenary Corps is well equipped, you can choose."

Jordan: "..."

When the team set off again, Qiao Ting stood beside Hanste, and the others looked at him strangely. The manager of the chamber of commerce said dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you hurry up and work?"

Qiao Ting didn't move, looked at Hanste, Hanste waved his hand, "He's following me."

Qiao Ting showed a bright smile at the chamber of commerce steward and got on his horse.

The three-year-old dark horse has a bad temper. Originally, Hanst asked people to bring the horse here to test Qiao Ting, but he found that when the stubborn black horse touched Qiao Ting, it was like a chicken meeting a hen. The stupefied look on the horse's face made Hanster see the flattering expression, which further strengthened his view that Qiao Ting had a conspiracy.

Qiao Ting still has a calm face. The destination of the Chamber of Commerce is a small town in the middle of the Feru Empire. It is said that there is a new mine vein acquired by the Chamber of Commerce. With the newly mined ore, it will be repackaged and sent to the imperial capital to participate in the auction hosted by the Feilu royal family every three years.

The caravan will rest in that small town for half a month before going to the imperial capital. Qiao Ting plans to leave the team directly to the North God Capital. At that time, he will have nothing to do with the Dawn Mercenary Group, so he doesn't care about Hanster's stalking. care.

But he didn't think that the more ordinary Qiao Ting was, the more suspicious Hanster became. He would stare at Qiao Mao every day when he went out to find food. Qiao Ting didn't care, but Qiao Mao was very angry.

Although Qiao Mao is in the shape of a squirrel, in the final analysis it is still Qiao Ting's contracted animal, possessing many abilities that ordinary squirrels do not have.

When Hansted followed, Qiao Mao became invisible; when Hansted set up a trap with fresh fruit, Qiao Mao ate the fruit and destroyed the trap; when Hansted shot with a bow and arrow, Qiao Mao, who was used to being shot by Qiaoting, even dared to shoot at Hans at close range. Leaping and provoking.

Having learned the lesson of being caught for the first time, Qiao Mao made fun of the leader of Hanste. Hanste accumulated a lot of anger, and his own competitive spirit was also aroused. Wanting to take a closer look at this unique squirrel, he didn't trouble Qiao Ting, but focused on dealing with this cheating squirrel.

Although Qiaoting lived with Hanst, Qiao Mao ran out every night, and Hanst naturally followed, so he almost slept alone in a tent at night.

He didn't sleep much for a few days, and was molested by Qiao Mao to try to kill someone. Hanste's spirit quickly sank down.One morning, when the sad Hanster kicked his empty nose and hit the horse's belly when turning over on the horse, Qiao Ting almost laughed out loud.

Hanster's face was flushed red, and he stared at Qiao Ting viciously... Qiao Mao in his sleeves couldn't help touching the two-handed sword behind his back.

"Hanster, your complexion is not very good!" Qiao Ting asked knowingly, "You haven't slept these few nights. Could it be that there is something wrong with the camp?"

Hanst said angrily, "Shut up!"

He couldn't even take care of this man's pets...Hanster was very ashamed and angry. Although he suspected that there was something wrong with Qiao Ting, he had no evidence, and these days Qiao Ting was really honest, and he followed him every day to guard the camp. Even without inquiring about the cargo information of the caravan, I had a good chat with the people in the group... All signs indicated that I might have made a wrong judgment this time.

——If it wasn't for the fact that this person's pet was too rotten, Hanst would have apologized to Qiaoting long ago. After all, offending a magister is not a good thing.

Qiao Ting saw that Hanster was irritable, and felt that the farce of these days should be over. After climbing the hills in the distance and walking westward for three days, he should be able to reach his destination. The journey is coming to an end, so let's get together and relax. .

So he said sincerely, "Qiao Mao has caused you trouble these days, I'm sorry."

Hanste was taken aback, and his face turned red again, but this time it was from embarrassment, just thinking of Qiao Mao... He said angrily, "Take care of your pet, be careful that one day he will be roasted!"

Hearing that Qiao Ting poked his head out of Qiao Ting's sleeve, Qiao Mao grinned, and then gave Hanster a small look of disdain, Hanster's expression almost didn't tense.

Qiao Ting coughed and touched Qiao Mao's head, "Thank you for reminding me."

That night, Hanster had a good night's sleep, but Qiaoting was kept awake all night by Hanster's snoring.

The next morning, Qiao Ting said to Qiao Mao listlessly, "You can still harm Hanster at night, as long as you don't get caught..."

"Squeak!!" No problem!

The next seven-day journey was a disaster for Hanst. The entire camp was messed up by Qiao Mao, but Qiao Mao was also very measured. At most, he threw away the manager's underwear and the mercenaries' spices. Replace it, scare the horses that pull the cart and the like.

The whole team knew Qiao Mao. Although many people were eager to catch Qiao Mao, they all stopped after hearing Hanst's warning that Qiao Ting was actually a high-level mage.

It's just that, the night before the team turned over the last hill, crossed a wide river, and was about to reach the mine, Qiao Mao did something.

It shaved Hansted's head off.

That day, when everyone was packing up their things and getting ready to go on the road, Hanst came out slowly from the tent. His usual coquettish short red hair disappeared, replaced by...he wore a hat.

Qiao Ting hadn't reacted at the time, but Qiao Mao showed in front of everyone... about how the squirrel uses its tail to maintain balance in the air and make perfect gliding movements.

It flew out from a strange angle, dodged Hanster's sword swing, and kicked Hanster's head hard with its powerful hind paws.

The force of the kick back was so strong that one could tell from the twisted curvature of Hanster's neck.

Of course, the hat fell off.

The naked head inside was exposed.

Everyone: "..."

"This damn squirrel!!!"

Not far away, the outline of the mine was clearly visible. At this time, the two stewards of the Sayer Chamber of Commerce in the mine were whispering.

"Did you really dig out the polished white crystal?"

"Well, I checked, and there is indeed a big piece."

"Grinding white crystal is an associated mine, and only a few are produced at a time. I didn't expect that we could dig it out here. It's good luck."

"But grinding white crystals is not easy to mine." Steward A frowned, "Not to mention the need to use amethyst to explode mines, and it is easy to cause riots of magic elements and small-scale element devouring. If one is not careful, the mine will be destroyed." The people nearby are just..."

"...Then don't dig?"

"How is that possible!?" Manager A said excitedly, "If you can hand over this polished white crystal, maybe you and I can be transferred from here!"

"Okay! I've wanted to leave this wretched place for a long time!"

"But I just received a message this morning that the team from Akashi is coming."

"Send people away with speed, hide the news if you can, or just blow up the mine if you can't!"

"Then it's settled!"

At the same time, at a depth of several hundred meters below the mine, there was a black shadow staggering forward, not fast, but silently.