When the job was robbed...

Across the distant northern ice fields, through the vast endless forest, at the foot of the mountains bordering the barbarians, there is a dark city.

The city of darkness is just a general term. In this gray area, there are wandering barbarians, notorious robbers, killers, exiles on the mainland, and even some races in the underground world will also run to the passage through the abyss of the West Pole. to the surface.

In this dark city, a group of people are in a bad mood recently.

"You sent my elder brother to pick him up!?" Fia looked at the scantily clad female dark elf in front of him with an unfriendly expression, "My elder brother is a road idiot, so you are not afraid that he will get lost?!"

Julie taunted, "As the most powerful head of the bodyguard in the Ontario family, if Fei Wen can get lost, he might as well die outside!"

The Ontario family was the No. [-] super family among the Dark Elf families in the underground world a month ago, but it had no success. The first family was jointly defeated by the second and fifth families. The spider god that the Dark Elves believed in In the end, there was no mercy and sympathy for the losers, and the remaining Ontario family could only escape from the underground world in haste and came to the surface under the leadership of the chief guard, Fei Wen, and led by the dead mistress' youngest daughter, Julie.

The only place on the surface world that can accommodate them is the City of Darkness. After Julie and the others escaped to the surface from the secret passage in the abyss of the West Pole, it took a month to finally gain a foothold and decided to focus on assassination. , secretly accumulating strength, hoping to return to the underground world in the future.

Feiya is Feiwen's younger brother. He went on a mission a few days ago, but when he came back, he heard that Julie said that he had sent his elder brother to the middle of the Feilu Empire, and immediately became angry.

"We have just established ourselves in the City of Darkness. If the people of God Court know our existence, the Tribunal will not let us go!" Feiya held back his anger, "We are not familiar with the Feru Empire, and you still only let us Brother, go? Julie, what are you thinking!?"

"What am I thinking?! You disgusting males! Don't forget that I am the head of the family! You must all listen to me!"

Julie sneered, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't even be able to occupy a seat in the Dark City!"

"Don't make yourself so great!" Fia sneered, "I don't know your habits yet? Julie, you can't live without a bed partner for three days. You and your current partner just get what you need. !"

Julie raised her head proudly, puffed out her plump breasts, and said maliciously, "Really? That's really embarrassing, they are not interested in you!"

Fia twitched the corner of her mouth, "This is my honor!"

Julie snorted coldly, "If you are worried, you can accept it. There is no room for failure in this mission."

"What is it that has to be done by the eldest brother himself?!"

"The Tears of the Goddess, which has been passed down by the Ontario family for a hundred years." Julie's eyes burst into wild hope, "If I can get these five accessories, my strength will be greatly improved, and killing back will no longer be a dream!"

"So it's this... um, well, I'll go meet Big Brother." Feiya was taken aback, and said with a serious expression, "You're right, this mission... really cannot be missed!"

The fog in the town in the early morning was still foggy, and Hanster led the crowd slowly into the town with a dark face, and Qiao Ting smiled brightly beside him.

"According to the agreement, we will send the caravan here, and the task is basically completed!" Hanst said to the steward, "If there is nothing else, let's go to the mercenary union to hand it over!"

The steward waved his hands again and again, "We still have to take some rare ore to the imperial capital. After the previous mission is completed, I will go to the trade union to issue a second mission. Of course, as far as I want, I still hope to hire your dawn mercenary group. Hans Commander, what do you think?"

Hanst twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly, "Of course, I am honored to continue working with you, but let's hand over the previous tasks first, after all, it involves the issue of mercenary credit and remuneration."

"No problem!" The steward said cheerfully, "Master Qiao Ting also needs to go through the formalities, right?"

Ever since Hanst exposed the strength of Qiaoting's magister, the steward has been quite respectful to Qiaoting.

Qiao Ting nodded, "Yes, after the handover, I will transfer directly to the Imperial Capital, after all, I still have a task!"

The steward nodded again and again, and ordered the caravan to go to the Sayer Chamber of Commerce's resident to rest first, and then he, Hanst, and Qiaoting went to the Mercenary Union to handle the task handover.

Seeing that his points were finally not at 0, Qiao Ting smiled with satisfaction.It is not difficult to upgrade from F-level to E, only 1000 points are needed, but unfortunately, the task points of F-level are too low. The task of delivering the letter is only 3 point, so the time for him to rise to E is far away.

Of course, there are also missions with high points - public SSS level missions, anyone can receive them: dragon slaying, assassination of the pope, starting a national war - Qiao Ting doesn't want to become a public enemy of the mainland, so he can only do the missions slowly.

After the task was handed over, Qiao Ting bid farewell to Hanster, but Hanster was unwilling, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Qiao Ting smiled slightly, and touched Qiao Mao's head in his arms, "I thought Captain Hanst wanted me to leave as soon as possible!"

Hanste's face turned red, but he returned to normal immediately, "Although your pet is too annoying, we are still traveling together, let's have a meal together, I don't know if we will meet again in the future."

Qiao Ting thought about it, maybe he would meet again when he came to the imperial capital in the future, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, if that's the case, I won't go home tonight if I'm not drunk!"

That night, the Shuguang Mercenary Group booked a hotel in the small town, and everyone drank happily in the lobby. In such a lively environment, Qiao Mao also became excited, jumping up and down on various wine tables , From time to time, it uses its big tail and small paws to sneak attack, making everyone laugh.

Hansted sat at the bar counter drunk, looking at the lively partners with a faint but very real smile.

Qiao Ting expressed his feelings, "Everyone is very happy!"

"Every time we complete a task, we are very happy." Hanst laughed loudly, "Even if the next task may lead to death, at this moment, we are happy."

"Yeah, people are alive, happiness is good."

Qiao Ting picked up the big wine glass, which contained slightly bitter ale. The fermented wine was yellow-green. Under the soft candlelight, it shone with golden light, unpredictable and dazzling. He took a sip with a smile and said, "Hans Te, how long have you been a mercenary?"

Hanst put down his glass, "I don't know..." He thought for a while, "I have been running around with mercenaries since I was a teenager, those seniors taught me a lot, and when I have some strength, I will become a A formal mercenary has worked for more than ten years."

Qiao Ting pondered for a while, "Are there many mages who are mercenaries?"

Hanst shook his head again and again, "Very few, most of the mages were divided up by the nobles, we do have mages in Dawn, but the highest rank is only mid-level mages, combat experience is not mentioned, but it is said that mages are promoted What kind of life and soul book still needs to be constructed, the one in our regiment has been seriously injured, it is almost impossible to advance, otherwise he would not have come out to become a mercenary."

If Qiao Ting realized something, "Does that mean there are very few mages?"

"Correct."

"Then there is another question, is it true that everyone who has reached a level similar to mine can discover my level?"

Hanst was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, "Actually, you hide it very well. There are other reasons why I can see through you."

"My wife is a mage, although she is only a low-level mage, but..." He leaned over and lowered his voice, the corners of his mouth were bitter, "Whenever she wants to beat me, the feeling she gives off is the same as the feeling you give me." Very similar."

Qiao Ting's expression was quite strange, he looked up and down Hanste, "I really didn't expect that your wife is so tough."

"Yeah!" Hanster was complaining, but the corners of his mouth were raised, and he smiled very gently, "She is an earth magician, and she likes to change bricks every time she hits me, and she hits one right!"

"And... Qiaoting, you feel very dangerous when you're not smiling."

Qiao Ting was taken aback, "Dangerous? Am I dangerous?"

"Well, it feels like your whole person has become very illusory." Hanst racked his brains to find an adjective, "It's like when you wear a veil and lift it off, only to find that there is a dragon inside."

The corner of Qiao Ting's eyes twitched. It was very painful to practice body deformation in his professional system. He didn't dare to be careless along the way, so he chose temperament training. Originally, he wanted to make himself look more ordinary, but he didn't expect it to have the opposite effect. .

"Really? I understand." Qiao Ting decided to temporarily give up temperament training from tomorrow, and at the same time find a way to get a set of disguise items, "I will pay attention to it in the future."

The mercenaries of the Dawn Mercenary Group drank until late at night, and most of them slept in the lobby of the hotel. The boss looked at these big guys with a bitter face. He couldn't move so many people, but fortunately Hanster and Qiao Ting has been chatting and didn't drink much, Hanst said generously, "Let these bastards sleep here!"

He said with a smirk, "After a night of pain, they will remember in the future that drinking must be done properly!"

Qiao Ting didn't drink much, but she was still a little drunk, "Are you still drinking? I want to go back and rest."

"No, I'm going to take a look around." Hanst shook his head to wake himself up a bit, "Always be more vigilant when you go out."

Qiao Ting was taken aback, looked at Hanster seriously, and then smiled, "I'll go with you."

Hanst frowned, "Aren't you going to rest?"

Qiao Ting shrugged, "Going out for a walk can also sober up." He picked up Qiao Mao who was lying next to the wine bottle, "Let's go."

Seeing that Qiao Ting was about to go out with him, Hanst stopped dissuading him. After talking to the hotel owner, the two walked out of the hotel together.

At this time, in order not to let the steward who escorted the goods share the credit for discovering the ground white crystal, two greedy stewards A and B decided to blow up the mine that night.

The deep amethyst exploded due to the disorder of the elements, and the town under the dark night looked extremely calm. The dim moonlight fell, and ripples that were invisible to the naked eye began to spread from the mining area not far away, and gradually spread to the town.

Small elemental storms began to gather.