Lord of War

The footsteps were very urgent.

And clear.

Sean and the others looked up and saw a man in a tuxedo walking in quickly. His face was a little flustered, his forehead was covered with sweat, his hair was hanging down on his face, and he looked extremely embarrassed. He had tried his best to maintain the elegance and etiquette of his movements, but the dirt on his face There is really no way to mess with this—or, at this moment, in the entire city of Loveland, there is no one who can maintain this elegance and calmness.

"Excuse me, who is the leader of the team?" The young man immediately asked as soon as he walked into the hotel's gate.

His voice was full of eagerness.

"I am, what's the matter?" Sean said.

"Hello, I am Sir Paro's butler. Sir, I would like to invite you to visit the City Lord's Mansion." The man who claimed to be the butler stood in front of Sean, his attitude seemed very respectful, and he tried his best. He kept his voice steady, but the eagerness in his eyes was obvious.

After seeing the food on the table of Sean and the others, the butler added politely: "I hope you can spare some time to go."

Sean's face showed a bit of doubt and curiosity. If this Sir Paro didn't like him leading the team into the city, he would definitely intercept them when they appeared, and he wouldn't wait until now to send someone over to find him. . So looking for his own answer at this time is naturally not related to his team entering the city, presumably there should be something that needs his help, and I am afraid it is still a big task.

At least, there is a requirement for the number of teams.

"Is it a commission?" Sean asked tentatively.

"Yes." The butler seemed to have regarded Sean as a mercenary group, so he nodded and admitted.

"You go with Cecilia and Fred, Annuo and I will lead the others to stay here." Seeing Sean's gaze, William said, "Anyway, we don't You can negotiate, but it’s useless to go there, it’s better to leave it to you professionals.”

So he nodded, without saying anything else, he left the hotel with the butler and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

The City Lord's Mansion is located on the West Street of Loveland City, but it is quite different from other houses on the West Street, because it is neither luxurious nor occupies a large area. It looks like a three-story building. The high-storey independent courtyard with front and rear gardens looks unusually out of place with those luxurious mansions on West Street. If it weren't for the clear sign hanging outside the wall of this house, with the words "City Lord's Mansion" written on it, no matter who passed by, they would just ignore this house subconsciously.

When Sean entered the city, he saw that many places in the whole city were actually being re-planned, and even some houses in the residential area were torn down and rebuilt. Even the mansions on West Avenue seemed to be renovated and rebuilt. Tendency, because Sean did see that a lot of scaffolding had been erected, and many people were busy. But only this city lord's mansion seems to have no intention of such changes at all, and let alone workers, even the servants have not seen it.

The door was opened by the young butler who took out a bunch of keys from his body and opened it himself.

Sean couldn't help thinking, how poor is this city lord named Paro?

The gate was opened, and Sean noticed that there was a window on the left side on the third floor of the house, and there were traces of shaking curtains.

It was obvious that someone was just standing there observing something. At this moment, Sean's heart is indeed full of doubts, but he knows that even if he asks, the steward of the City Lord's Mansion in front of him will not be able to provide any useful information, so it is better to wait until he sees Sir Paro. .

It's just that this process is faster than Sean imagined.

When the housekeeper opened the door, an old man walked down from the second floor with a cane. When he saw this old man who was only about 1.6 meters tall, not much taller than a dwarf, the butler quickly stepped aside so that Xiao En and others behind him could see the old man more clearly .

"I'm Paro. As you can see, I'm the lord of Loveland City." The old man was obviously a little impatient, his voice was a little hoarse, it didn't sound like the original voice, but after extremely It will only become like this after a fierce quarrel, but compared to his hoarse voice, his straight-forward approach is even more impressive: "I have something I want to entrust to you, but unfortunately, I don't have any The extra funds can be used as compensation."

Sir Paro's impatience and straightforwardness made Sean somewhat fond of him. But liking is something that cannot be spent as money. Although he still has a huge sum of millions, the money is actually not much at all, so if there is a chance to make money, of course he will not I will let it go, no matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is still meat.

However, what really attracted Sean's attention was the word "entrustment".

To him, these two words mean experience points and the improvement of strength. Since Tinders led, although there have been many wars and small battles, his experience value has never increased. Now that he finally has a commission, Sean's mood has naturally become very good. However, whether it is following the player's thinking, or the identity of the mercenary group or the leader of the mercenary group, the reward must be sufficient.

"You can rest assured that we will charge according to the commissioned content." Cecilia said, "If the commission is not particularly difficult, our charges will not be too expensive, you can rest assured. "

Paro glanced at Cecilia and didn't speak, but at this time Sean quickly answered: "I'm Sean, the leader of this mercenary group. This is Cecilia and Alf Reid, they are the deputy heads of the team, so what they say can actually represent me."

Hearing Xiao En's explanation, Sir Paro nodded slightly: "Then what if you are asked to save people?... As you can see, the current Loveland City is in a state of construction and expansion, so there is a special need for supplies. Before, I asked my son to contact a caravan to buy supplies. Originally, the matter went very smoothly. Logically speaking, he should have returned today, but I couldn’t wait for my son’s return. Only this letter was received Sent it back."

Sean reached out to take the envelope, and the seal on it had been lifted. It was obvious that the content of the letter had been read by others, but considering that the letter was taken from Pa Luo, the only person who read it was Pa Luo. Sir Roe.

The content of the letter is very clear, that is, Sir Paro's son has been arrested and needs a ransom to redeem him.

Other than that there is nothing else.

Sean handed the letter to Cecilia, Cecilia read it and then handed it to Alfred, who also read it and handed the letter back to Sean. Sean carefully put the letter back into the envelope, handed it back to Sir Paro, and then asked, "So, my lord, do you want me to rescue your son?"

"It's not just that." Paro said, "There is also a batch of goods that disappeared with my son. This batch of goods is very important to the city of Loveland. I would like to ask you to retrieve this batch of goods as well."

"My lord, please forgive me." Xiao En frowned slightly, feeling that this matter seemed a bit strange, "You can definitely send the city defense team out, purely in terms of combat effectiveness, the city defense team's combat effectiveness should be much higher than ours Bar."

"This is actually the third thing I want to entrust you with." Paro said helplessly.

Seeing the city lord of Paro like this, Sean simply didn't speak, but chose to listen quietly.

"It was yesterday when I received this letter, and I dispatched a guard at the first time, a total of one hundred light cavalry." Paro's consideration is actually quite correct, "After all, the other party Not only has my son been captured, but there is also a whole team of goods, so the action will definitely be relatively slow. Moreover, the delivery location stated in this letter is not far from Loveland City, so it proves that the other party must be hiding in Nearby, with the search capabilities of the light cavalry, we should be able to get news quickly."

"But the result is completely contrary to what I guessed." Sir Paro's voice became low, "According to the order, no matter what the result is, the light cavalry must come back to report last night, but there is no response until this morning. , I estimate that this light cavalry unit probably..."

The following words are silent, but the result is already very obvious.

Although the light cavalry unit is mostly used for rescue and reconnaissance on the battlefield, it is still a standard three-pole unit. And if the opponent can completely annihilate even a three-pole army, then this is enough to show that the opponent's combat power is not simple, at least it will not be ordinary bandits, and it is very likely that troops from other countries have infiltrated. Attempt to cause havoc within the Principality of Ryan.

Of course, it is not ruled out that they are nobles who have personal conflicts with the lord of Danaville.

Because of the national nature of the Principality of Ryan, as long as the wars and conflicts between the nobles are not too large and too many people are dragged into the water, the Grand Duke has always turned a blind eye. Most of the powerful marquises in the entire Principality of Ryan relied on this method of annexing other families to get up, and only a few of them really relied on their own combat achievements and strength like Asuna.

Thinking of this, Xiao En showed a bit of distress on his face: "My lord, I am afraid that we will not be able to complete your task... My army only has two hundred people, and it can't even be regarded as a team." Regular troops."

"I also know, but the number of garrisons in Loveland City is too small now. After losing the light cavalry, there are only less than 500 people left. I am worried that if I send them all out, the other party will come Loot this town." Paro also knew that his request seemed a bit overwhelming, but he really couldn't help it, who made Sean appear here by such a coincidence, "How about this, you just need to be responsible for the investigation Already! Once I find out where the other party is hiding, I will immediately dispatch the garrison, so that the trouble can be completely eliminated."

"If it's just that, then there's no problem." Sean nodded, "It's just about the remuneration..."

"You can make a price. But it should not be too high, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay, because the funds in the city are currently invested in construction and expansion."

"In this case, I would like to ask the Lord City Lord to do me a favor."

"What's busy?"

"I want to find an engraver to help my friend engrave a magic pattern. Only in this way can his combat effectiveness be improved, and our safety and efficiency will be more guaranteed." (To be continued )【】If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )