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In the north of the Gold Coin Federation, there is a small town called "Double-headed Stork".

The name of the city comes from a famous silver coin in the Eagle Kingdom. There is a relief of a double-headed stork on the back of this silver coin, so it is called "Double-headed Stork".

Including this "Double-headed Stork", the coins of the Eagle Kingdom have always been famous for their exquisite craftsmanship. They are not only famous on the continent, but also quite famous in many other worlds. When the pioneers of the Gold Coin Federation named the city, they liked to use various coins as names, and "Double-headed Stork" was one of them.

This city is almost the center of trade between the Gold Coin Federation and the four towns in the northwest. Food, various daily necessities and luxury goods are continuously transported to the north, and what is transported from the canyon is ore, metal ingots, various gems and Warcraft materials.

Although the Gold Coin Federation is a commercial country, except for the pioneering territory, most areas in the country are strictly managed. In particular, the scale and type of business in each city are extremely strictly restricted. No matter how big or small the merchant is, he cannot operate without approval. In this way, the overall resources are allocated and arranged in a more orderly manner, which makes the whole country well organized.

The main business of the Double-Headed Stork City is transportation, especially the transportation of bulk commodities, which is the top priority. What came into being naturally was the endless stream of robbers - according to the private statistics of the Thieves Guild, there are currently 46 robber organizations that use this city as their main base or often operate here. At the peak, it reached 75. As for the specific number of robbers, it is conservatively estimated to be more than 2,000.

Two thousand people is not a small number. If it were a whole, the Federation would have sent out troops to wipe them out long ago. But these robbers are large and small organizations, scattered in a large area with the city as the center. They appear and disappear mysteriously, which often confuses the army and makes it difficult to figure out the rules of action; they emerge in endlessly, just like the weeds in the yard after the summer rain, which will grow into a large area if they are not cleaned up for a few days.

Therefore, including the Two-Headed Stork City, the entire Gold Coin Federation attaches great importance to the pursuit and reward of bandits, and thus a famous profession "bounty hunter" was born.

These powerful adventurers use bandits as prey and bounties as income, just like hunting monsters. They are the most welcome guests of the caravans in the Gold Coin Federation and are also widely respected rangers.

However, in recent times, the income of bounty hunters in the Two-Headed Stork City has been sharply reduced.

It is not because the bounty is less, but because of the emergence of super powerful competitors.

"Quick, quick, quick! Someone encountered a group of bandits on the western trade road. The leader, 'Iron Claw', is very powerful. His head seems to be worth 500 gold coins!" When it was getting dark, the door of the tavern was pushed open, and a fully armed adventurer rushed in and shouted to several companions sitting in the corner, "We haven't harvested for almost half a month, we must grab it this time!"

The companions who were drinking in silence suddenly became energetic, jumped up, grabbed their weapons and ran out the door. The captain who looked more stable shouted to the boss: "Old rules! Keep the wine money in the account, and we will talk about it after we get the bounty!"

They were very strong and experienced. While they were talking, they had already ridden the horses tied outside the door and went far away with the sound of horse hooves. The boss waved at them from behind the counter with a smile, and said to a big guy sitting next to the counter: "Stallion, why don't you try it?"

The man called "Stallion" was an extremely strong northerner, or what is commonly called a "barbarian". But he was very handsome, completely different from ordinary barbarians. The white hair and red eyes did not have the slightest sense of weirdness on him, but instead reduced the sense of danger brought by his burly physique. The solid muscles did not show power like granite like ordinary tribesmen, but instead looked unusually symmetrical and coordinated. He was obviously very tall, and even when he was sitting there, he was much taller than the nearby guests, but the soft smile on his face and the handsome mustache made him seem very approachable, without any barbarian's rude temperament. Even the scars on his body did not look ferocious at all, and seemed very appropriate.

The only thing that made him look like a "barbarian" was the tattoo on his right arm. From his shoulder to his upper arm, there was a ferocious snow bear tattooed. The bear's eyes emitted a ferocious green light, and experts could see that it was not a simple tattoo, but the soul of a powerful monster was really sealed inside.

Apart from that, he could no longer see any barbaric temperament - perhaps the harpoon on the ground and the short axe on his belt could be counted? But he rarely used them. Under normal circumstances, he actually preferred to use the bundle of ropes on his shoulders.

This man's name was Qiao Xiu, and he was a very powerful adventurer, especially good at using a lasso. He could ride on a galloping horse and lasso an apple on the window sill by the roadside; he could also use a lasso to strangle all four or five enemies' necks when they rushed up shouting, just strangling them half to death in exchange for the highest bounty.

But he was more famous for his romantic character and his skill in love affairs. He had been in the Two-Headed Stork City for almost two years. In the past two years, almost every woman with a loose belt in the city had slept with him. There was even an incident where two female adventurers dueled for him - he stopped the duel by dragging the two of them into bed together.

This is why he got the title of "Stallion".

Of course, Qiao Xiu also has a great advantage, which is wisdom. He never messes with those decent women, and never lingers on after women are no longer interested in him. This makes him more popular with those wanton women and becomes the best bed partner.

To be honest, a man with his ability can live on soft rice - there are adventurers who do this, but Qiao Xiu always insists on his identity as an adventurer, is keen to get along well with everyone, and often runs to the tavern to laugh.

In this tavern, he is the most popular guest, no one else.

Hearing the boss's inquiry, Qiao Xiu put down the wine glass and said with a smile: "After drinking this glass, I will set off."

"Huh? Shouldn't this kind of thing be done sooner rather than later?" A young adventurer nearby asked curiously.

Qiao Xiu shook his head: "If it's the bandits nearby, it's fine. But the bandits on the western trade route... when they get there, they'll probably just watch the fun. There've already been some powerful people there."

Another adventurer suddenly realized and asked: "Is it the group of people who are not picky about food?"

"Who else could it be? Of course it's them." Qiao Xiu touched his pair of mustaches that countless women called sexy, and nodded with a smile, "When I went back to the city before, I saw them rushing to the west, led by that big bald guy. He's gone, so how can others get a share? It's nothing more than watching the fun."

Everyone was immediately discouraged and complained.

Ever since the bald guy came to the Double-Headed Stork City with a group of strong men, they have been snatching business everywhere. These guys are just like their nicknames, they are not picky at all. As long as there is something to do, even if the profit is small, they will go out happily, like a group of locusts, sweeping away the bandits wherever they pass, and bringing back a lot of dead or alive spoils to claim the reward.

Thanks to them, the city has a good security during this period, and the number of robbers on the surrounding trade routes has also decreased significantly, and merchants and residents are very satisfied.

The only complaint is the bounty hunters whose business has been robbed.

However, facing the overly strong bald man, they can't complain much - robbing business is the natural right of the strong, and the world of adventurers has always been like this.

Fortunately, the bald man did not do anything too much. He usually didn't take action, and seemed to be training his men. This allowed everyone to have business to do, and not to cut off the source of income.

The adventurers ate and talked, and time passed quickly. After Qiao Xiu finished the wine and food in front of him, he paid the bill, picked up the harpoon on the ground, and went out with the weapon on his back.

He didn't ride a horse, but he walked very fast. After a while, he left the city and walked west along the road.

About 200 miles west of the Double-Headed Stork City, there is an Iron Elephant City, whose name comes from a kind of ancient coin that is very famous among collectors. The main business of Iron Elephant City is ore smelting and metal rough processing. The refined metal ingots and weapon embryos they produce are famous in the continent and are always in short supply.

Therefore, this trade route connecting the two cities has become a fat piece of meat in the eyes of robbers. Not only are there often various large and small robber gangs, but there have been more than one internal conflicts over it.

"So I always don't understand, everyone lives a good life, eats and sleeps, goes to bed, and has a bunch of children. What a good thing... Why do some people not want to live such a life?"

Qiao Xiu kicked away two goblins who suddenly jumped out of the bushes to rob, and he didn't even slow down his pace. While sighing, he ran along the traces on the road.

He walked faster than a galloping horse. When the sun set, he had already caught up with those who set out before, and saw their long shadows in the sunset from afar.

And when he completely caught up with them, there was only a touch of red clouds on the horizon.

"Do you think we can get anything this time?" The leader of the bounty hunter team was on good terms with him and asked with a smile.

Qiao Xiu shrugged and pointed to the front: "Isn't the result obvious over there?"

Those bounty hunters didn't have such eagle-like sharp eyes as him, and it took a while for them to see the situation over there clearly.

I saw a bald giant who looked like a god, carrying a huge axe like a door panel, and a group of strong men who seemed to be several sizes smaller than him, tying up a group of dejected robbers one by one with ropes and throwing them onto the cart next to them.

As for the robber leader known as "Iron Claw", the messy red in a huge pit on the ground was the last trace left in the world by this famous guy whose head was worth 500 gold coins.

The plot of this volume will be relatively slow, and Brother Xiong will often not appear. Brother Xiong was calm about this, he believed that gold would definitely shine, and the protagonist was the same...