I rely on cards to build infrastructure

There is a little bit of subtlety in timing.

When Xia Heng had just activated the sound transmission array on the mission card, a small-looking young man from the Holy Light Knights... No, young man, ran out of the mercenary association in a hurry with this small card.

He also shouted while running, for fear that others would not know what he did.

"Second Uncle, guess what I saw on the task board? Someone is going to the city that never sleeps! He happened to be on the way with us, and the asking price was so high. How could he have been taken advantage of? I would be sorry if I didn't kill him!"

Xia Bighead Heng: "..."

Clark, who was called second uncle, heard his nephew's voice delayed from the task card in Xia Heng's hand, and the already awkward scene became even more embarrassing.

"That... I'm sorry, I'll deal with him right now..."

Clark smiled sheepishly, turned around with a straight face, raised his hand and slapped the boy on the back of the head, "Letterman! Do you know what politeness is? Which mercenary have you ever seen call an employer a bully?!"

He turned his back to Xia Heng when he said this, so Xia Heng didn't notice that he was madly winking at the young man in front of him.

Letterman, who was yelled at and slapped for no reason, was dumbfounded.

He was still holding the small card in his hand, looking up at Clark in a daze.

"No, Second Uncle, why are you beating me? Isn't that what you often say? Last time I snatched a mission from someone who took advantage of me and you still praised me. You can't double-standard just because the mission location is more dangerous this time." !"

It's over.

Clark just slapped Letterman symbolically before to remind him not to talk nonsense, but he was exposed in front of Xia Heng, the future benefactor, and now he really wants to clean up his nephew who has nothing to say. .

Clark stiffened his back, a little afraid to turn around to see Xia Heng's expression.

Just now he poached someone in front of him, and now he calls him a fool, why does he feel like he's going to die?

This makes him more nervous than fighting with those beasts...

"So, you also want to go to the city that never sleeps?"

Xia Heng selectively ignored the name of the bully. He put Alice down, motioned Wenxi to come over to see the child, and then directly discussed business matters with Clark.

Seeing that Xia Heng didn't seem to care too much about what Letterman called him, Clark was relieved, and turned to explain to him the reason for going to the city that never sleeps.

Although the Holy Light Knights are famous, they are still a mercenary group after all, relying on receiving missions to get paid to maintain expenses.

Moreover, every holy light griffin in their regiment is a walking gold-swallowing beast. It can be said that the assets in the regiment are not abundant, so Clark strives to be the best when facing every benefactor father.

After all, the patrons and fathers are not satisfied, but they will default on the final payment TwT

"Compared to the past, this long night is many times more dangerous, and the probability of high-star monsters and monsters appearing has greatly increased. The city that never sleeps was afraid that it would not be able to survive this long night, so it sent a message for help to the mercenary associations in various countries. "

"The mercenary association here didn't receive any help from the city that never sleeps, and they even reminded me to go there at another time." Xia Heng threw the task card in his hand up and down, and expressed doubts about what Clark said.

Clark smiled wryly, "This mission is very dangerous. They only notified the imperial city where powerful people from various countries gather. But even so, there are not many mercenary groups who dare to take this mission, so the news naturally cannot be spread."

"We came to Nottingham for supplies, but we didn't expect to receive an escort mission to the city that never sleeps here."

"Are there only a few of you? You are very courageous." Clark said, turning his gaze to Xinghun and the others and the adventurer uncle Xia Heng dug.

In fact, at the beginning, he didn't even want to bring these people with him.

Xia Heng secretly complained, and did not discuss such insignificant issues with Clark, "So when can you leave?"

"Temporary repairs, at noon tomorrow at the latest." Clark recalled his past experience and gave a very clear deadline.

"Okay, then I will still be here at noon tomorrow, and leave for the city that never sleeps on time. Half of the deposit will be given to you at noon tomorrow."

Xia Heng took Alice who came to look for him again, and happily accepted the latest departure time given by Clark.

The shimmer that had been ignored froze again at this moment.

A rare high-IQ battle pet like the Holy Light Griffin can understand human speech. The conversation between Clark and Xia Heng was received verbatim by it, so it can naturally understand what will happen next.

The shit shoveler is going to the city that never sleeps.

The annoying guy is also going to the city that never sleeps.

It follows the shit shoveler, and the master follows the annoying guy.

Rounding it up means that the owner has accepted it!

"Huh? What happened to Shimmer today, did he eat the wrong food?" The nervous Letterman touched the back of his head, belatedly realizing that there was such a slight sense of disobedience.

How did Xiao Guang, the little tsundere, suddenly become a follower like his Weilan?

"It recognizes its owner." Clark looked at the twilight of Pidianpidian and Xia Heng and others leaving, and let out a long and helpless sigh.

It seems that the rules of their Holy Light Knights' Griffin leaving the group are about to be broken by Shimmer.

Now he can only hope that during this trip to the city that never sleeps, Shimmer can successfully break through to three stars if he recognizes his master.In this way, he can comfort himself that the regulations handed down by the Holy Light Knights have not been ruined in his hands.

"Second Uncle... I have a very important matter, I don't know whether to say it or not..."

Letterman put his hands behind his back, lowered his head, turned around on his toes, very coy.

"If you think it's inappropriate, don't say it." Clark looked at the shy Letterman, and suddenly had a bad feeling.

His intuition told him that this kid might not say anything good.

"That can't be done!" Letterman raised his voice twice.

He took a few steps back first, and after confirming that it was a distance that Clark could not easily hit him, Letterman finally expressed his thoughts to Clark with confidence.

"I like that little girl, can I go with them?"

Clark: "..."

He looked down at Letterman, who was only a little higher than his waist, and seriously doubted life.

Good guy, does that little girl have her own charm skills?

It's fine for Shimmer to recognize her as the master, but how could even his stupid nephew be tricked?

Letterman is only eight years old, hey!

"Second uncle...?"

Letterman saw that the expression on Clark's face gradually distorted, but after he didn't speak, he tentatively called out to him.

Hmm, no response.

"Second Uncle, if you don't speak, I will take it as your agreement."

Letterman followed up with another sentence, and with lightning speed, before Clark could react, only the back was left at a trot.

After two seconds.

"Letterman! Come back to me, boy—!"

Clark - pissed off.

"If you don't come back, do you think I will take you on a mission next time?!"

His words echoed in the air for a long time, but it didn't seem to have any effect.Not to mention letting Letterman change his mind and go back to the Knights with him, that guy didn't even stop.

Clark: Tired.jpg

"Leader, just let Shimmer follow them?"

Standing a little far away, other members of the Holy Light Knights who hadn't figured out the twists and turns came over.

These few people are a bit powerful, it's really admirable to be able to make their old fox leader angry like this!

Clark took a deep breath, repeated the words 'Leitman is the eldest brother's own' several times in his heart, and told himself to be patient.

He succinctly recounted what happened to his members, and then patted the member in charge of internal affairs in the group, telling him all the appropriate things along the way.

There is no way, after all, Xia Heng's 'team' - let's call it a team - the combat effectiveness looks really bad.

It's not like going to the ever-dangerous city that never sleeps at all, but the rich and powerful young master sneaked out with a few people to play.

"This is really a big mistake..."

After hearing the remuneration relayed by Clark, the members in charge of the internal affairs reflexively labeled Xia Heng as a 'taken advantage'.

Clark: "..."

Is the hurdle of 'being taken advantage of' difficult to pass?

Why do both of them say that?

Could it be that he was too presumptuous before, so he brought all his members to let go of himself?

Clark thought about it for a while, and finally knew that he was wrong, but he was determined not to change it.

****

"Teacher, why is it still following us?"

On the way back to the temporary residence, Alice saw what is called "a tragedy caused by a holy light griffin".

All the passers-by looked at them with a shocked expression, all exuding shock at the fact that they had abducted a Holy Light Griffin in front of the Holy Light Knights.

Xia Heng glanced at his eyes and Shimmer, who was following persistently, from the corner of his eye, and sighed silently.

This little guy seems to have identified Alice.

"Alice, you can try to order him to change his form and not keep fighting."

Xia Heng stopped and patted Alice on the shoulder lightly, encouraging her to establish contact with the Holy Light Griffon.

Every holy light griffin will not serve two masters for life.

Once they identify someone, they will never change their decision easily.

"Oh? Can I do it?" Alice pointed to herself, a little unsure, "But I'm not an animal trainer."

"Don't forget, you are a light knight." Xia Heng bent down and whispered in her ear, "The holy light griffin is different from other battle pets, go try it, you don't want to be surrounded by adventurers all the time no?"

Alice calmed down and began to think about what Xia Heng said.

She was smart enough to not think about it for too long.

Shimmer also stopped when they stopped, and now she was squatting behind, looking at them curiously with her eagle head tilted.

Alice stepped forward, recalling the various orders Gris gave when training his white-feathered snowy owl, and finally decided to think about what to say.

"Your name is Shimmer." Alice stretched out her small hand to caress Shimmer's wings.

She had heard Clark's 'Shimmer, stop' quite clearly before, so it wasn't surprising that she knew Shimmer's name.

"Can you get smaller? I'm going to be bothered by you being this big all the time."

Shimmer stared at her for a while, then nodded in a very human way.

It stood upright, stretched its wings, and then completely wrapped itself, forming a huge cocoon.

The 'cocoon' was covered by a group of faint light yellow halos, which radiated bursts of light waves at the same time interval.

This process lasted about half a minute in total.

Xia Heng crossed his arms and looked at the scene in front of him, feeling a little familiar, but for a while, he couldn't remember what it was.

He watched the 'cocoon' of shimmering light open.

It first recovered into two huge wings and then gradually shrunk to a level that matched its current body shape.

Xia Heng: emmmmm

He finally realized why this process was a bit familiar.

Shimmer's transformation step, no matter how you look at it, looks like the derivative form of the pet transformation of "Meng Shen Xiao X" he has seen in his previous life.

But it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that after Shimmer became a small one, Letterman, who had been hiding behind its huge body, was completely exposed after secretly following them.

He and Xia Heng and the others looked at each other for a while, and finally raised their hands, and greeted them politely but without embarrassment.

"Hi... How are you..."