Mercenaries and Adventurers

After Kiel and the Kolico guards left the garrison base, they took back his own cart, made an appointment for the next martial arts teaching, and pushed the cart back to the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce. After going back and forth several times in the backyard of the Chamber of Commerce, he finally transported the important things on the trolley back to his house. As for some daily supplies needed for living in the wild, he just put them on the trolley, which is not important anyway. thing.

He temporarily put the captured war knife on the wooden wall of the house. He has not practiced this weapon before, so it is not easy to use it rashly. On the contrary, it is not as good as his long sword as a weapon to make it more enjoyable.

After taking time to practice and practice, Zhao Ji felt that he would carry this weapon with him.

After it got dark, there were not many people in the chamber of commerce, except for some people patrolling the chamber of commerce, but the kitchen hadn’t left yet, and Keel spent a while in the dining room before convincing the chef, Chef Whitier, to give He warmed up some food, and the price was naturally the fresh stories he experienced after going out this time.

While eating, Keir talked about what happened when he went to Bingxun Pass this time.

Simmons Chamber of Commerce, Banditry, Mountain Forest, Bandit Lair in a Cave, Imprisoned People, Fleeing, Fighting, Covering, Corpse Pit, Frozen Pass, Raided During Celebration, Bloody Alley Battle for Revenge, Fighting Bandit Leader, Hiding in Simmons Chamber of Commerce, visit the people in hand, return.

These things, Keir tried to tell briefly to Chef Whitier and his wife, Aunt Dilu, who took care of him a lot.

The two looked at Kiel's young face in surprise. They knew that Kiel was not a big talker, and they didn't drink alcohol at this time. Of course, they were talking about some things he had actually experienced before.

For a long time, the two looked at the little Kiel who was patting his stomach and leaving, and while packing up the things in the restaurant, they whispered that little Kiel had only been here for half a year, and he had really grown up and become a brave warrior.

Then Chef Whitney patted his own fat belly happily, and said with a smile that Keel didn't waste the food he made. Aunt Dilu also made fun of her husband, and the two happily cleaned up the kitchen, then left the Foxtail Chamber of Commerce and went home.

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Table Corner Tavern.

After eating, Keir wandered over to drink. After entering the door, he asked for a glass of ale, then found Todd who was about to rest, and carefully handed Todd's coin to him according to the entrustment agreement.

"So much? What have you been doing these days? Tell me quickly. Oh yes, keep your voice down, Mr. Kendor's matter, he explained it a bit more confidentially." Todd didn't intend to sleep Yes, he took Keir to the corner of the tavern, brought a small wooden table and two small wine barrels, and the two sat down and talked.

While drinking ale, Keir whispered about some things that happened with the bandits near Bingxun Pass this time.

"So, you killed one of the bandit leaders in the pocket hole? It sounds really powerful." Todd rarely drinks alcohol himself, so he went to the back kitchen to bring some pickled vegetables, and ate them with admiration. .

Kiel always doesn't like these pickles, so he can only reluctantly have some to accompany the wine when drinking. Compared with these pickles, he prefers to use some meat to accompany the wine. But he had just finished his meal before he came, and he really couldn't eat any more meat, so it would be nice to have some pickled vegetables to relieve his greasy appetite and whet his appetite.

After biting off a pickled cucumber, Keel said: "Those bandits are really too much, innocent people are attacked by them, and even those who escape will be attacked by them in the checkpoint hotel. It is a group who choose for themselves. A beast that devours man. Well, maybe the beast is a bit more noble than them.

Todd hadn't seen the brutality of the bandits with his own eyes, so he naturally couldn't have the same hostile attitude towards the bandits as Kiel did. He shrugged and wiped his hands stained with acid water after eating pickled radishes with a rag.

"So what do you think? Do you want to fuck them again? Winter training for the militia begins in a few days.

According to what you said, after the militiamen have finished their training, they will definitely deal with and destroy the gang of bandits that have survived for a long time. "

Keir took a sip of the beer and shook his head: "Although I don't know how powerful the militiamen are, it's impossible for that group of bandits not to think that someone will find their lair in the cave one day. They must have a plan or something, militiamen A careless attack, I think it will be frustrated."

Todd gave Keir a sideways look: "So? You want to deal with the gang of bandits alone, thinking that you are better than the brigade of militiamen? Are you drinking too much and talking nonsense here?"

Todd clicked on the table and made a thumping sound: "During the militia training, you can take a look at it from a distance to understand how powerful Kendall's militia is. Anyway, they are training on the baron's field outside the city. Take a good look, and judge later.”

Keir touched his nose, embarrassed to say anything, and nodded.

"By the way, there was another commission before. Do you have any news about that commission?" Keel changed the topic and asked about another thing he was interested in.

Hearing Keel asking this, Todd looked at the other people in the tavern, and whispered to Kiel, his face was strange, as if he was frightened: "Didn't I tell you before that there are no other people in the city except us who have received a formal commission?" , does anyone else want to try and get famous for this thing?"

"You did. What's wrong? Something happened?" Keel picked up a pickle and ate it in small bites.

Todd lowered his voice, as if he didn't want the people around him to hear and join their discussion: "Something went wrong."

"In addition to us being active in the city, there is actually a hunter team organized by Lanisa Knights. They are a bit larger in number, and they are dedicated hunters for Lanisa Knights to deal with the large number of wolves raging near Wumi Lake Village. "

"They are more famous, and they have been organized by Lanisa Knights since the year before last. I heard that Lanisa Knights are not strong enough to lead a team to exterminate the large-scale wolf pack near the village."

Gere snorted and motioned Todd to continue.

"When you went to Bingxun Pass to mingle with the bandits, this hunter team sent three veterans to investigate the disappearance on the Xiangxishang Road."

"Then?" Keel raised his eyebrows and looked at Todd who was silent.

Todd said in a low voice: "Then, after several days, those hunters lost their tracks and news. When a caravan passed through the missing area at full speed, they only found three pairs of feet." Speaking of this, his body trembled stand up.

"Three pairs of feet? Shoes?" Keel became more and more confused.

"Not shoes! No, there are shoes. No, in the wilderness camp overnight, there are only three pairs of three pairs of shoes left!" At this point, Todd stretched out his legs and feet to show Keel what he was wearing. The wooden shoes on the feet indicated the position of the ankles. Now Keel figured it out.

"That is to say, at that time, the people in the caravan only found the shoes and soles of the three people's ankles? There was nothing left on them?" Keel sipped his beer and imagined the scene in his mind. Then, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It's interesting. By the way, seeing how detailed you said, were you in the caravan?"

Todd quickly waved his hand: "No way, my family is from Kendall City, what are you going to do in those remote villages? I said in such detail because the caravan brought back the feet of three missing hunters. I was in After they returned to the city, when they heard the news, they went over to see it. Hey, it was too scary. Many people were too scared after seeing it.”

Kiel blinked, paused and asked, "Then the leader of the hunter team is Knight Lanisa. Did she do anything about it?"

Todd curled his lips: "Sudden death, no, the loss of three experienced hunters has a great impact on the hunter team. But it seems that everyone was frightened by the three pairs of feet brought back by the caravan, so they didn't What do you think? I’m probably waiting for Knight Lanisa to express her opinion, but there’s no news about that female knight these days. I guess she was scared. After all, she’s only in her twenties, not much older than us. "

Speaking of this, Todd said in a low voice: "I heard that this knight Lanisa is not very capable, otherwise she would not be unable to deal with the wolves raging around her territory. Now I don't speak out about this matter, I guess, she must It is impossible to deal with the culprit who caused the disappearance and death."

"So, what do you all think these things are caused by? Vicious sporadic bandits? Monsters? Or something else?" Keel asked curiously.

Todd replied without hesitation: "Of course it's a monster. After all, I heard that although all the missing people disappeared, their luggage and the like showed no signs of being moved. The nearest caravan brought back three pairs of feet. At that time, even the hunters’ financial luggage were brought back together.”

Keir drank the ale in his glass and said with a smile: "I'm getting more and more interested in this matter now. What about the previous entrustment form, please give it to me. Let's formally take over this matter. I'll take a break in the next two days , let’s go and have a look. Meet the ‘monster’ you mentioned.”

Todd looked at Keel with wide eyes: "You're dying?" But looking at Keel, he didn't look like he was joking anymore, so he searched in his inner pocket of his clothes, and found the person who was in charge of the west village when he came. The remaining entrustment was given to Kiel.

"Come back alive!"

"Don't worry, if it feels wrong, I will run away, if not, I will retreat."

"If the situation is not right, then run early!"

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The next morning, after getting up early and practicing all the weapons, Keir ignored the winter cold and scrubbed his body with the icy Kendall River water in the backyard of the chamber of commerce, tidied up and went out.

He took out the simple pattern of the new armor that he had been preparing before from the house, as well as various metals obtained in the Ice Flood Pass, took the half-finished metal shield, and the damaged abdomen of the armor, and went to the artisan area. Armor workshop.

The artisan area is so lively regardless of the season. The sound of clanging metal knocks and the sound of apprentices working in other workshops are brought together, giving people a busy but energetic feeling.

The door of the armor workshop opened, and the new craftsman Ganna inside was repairing and maintaining a pair of guards' leather armor. Looking at his skilled movements, Keir felt that Ganner was indeed the only apprentice specially selected to accept the superb armor craftsman skills invited by Baron Kendall.

Although Ganna is still very young, he is already an official armor craftsman.

As soon as Keir entered the armor workshop, he looked around, but he didn't see the master Ganna who was writing and editing in the workshop every time.

"I haven't seen your master. It's good if he's not here, so he won't just watch and don't work. It's weird." Keel said after putting down the things he was carrying.

Only then did Ganna find Kiel who had entered the door, and quickly got up to welcome him: "It's been a while since I saw you. My master thinks the workshop is a bit cold, not as warm as the house the baron arranged for him, and he doesn't come here very much recently."

He patted Ganner's shoulder, Ganner also patted Keir's shoulder, and the two found two chairs in the workshop and sat down.

"Is it necessary to maintain the armor? Or is there something else to do?" Ganner saw the big bag that Kiel brought, which seemed to contain a lot of things, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, obviously the usual maintenance Guard armor doesn't make him progress and fun anymore.

"I want to repair the armor parts, and there are other things to do, let me tell you one by one." Kiel smiled, first took out the belly part of his armor, and placed it on the ground.

Pointing to the opening in the armor where the saber had been cut in, he said, "I had a fight with a bandit before. You see, the opponent's saber hit me in the abdomen even though I barely defended against it. Fortunately, the opponent only Most of the cuts went in, but not all of them penetrated the armor."

Ganner picked up the belly part of the armor, and groped with his fingers in the cut hole: "It's so dangerous, you were almost disembowelled." He checked the belly part and used the tools he carried After a few fiddles, the damaged hard cowhide was removed.

"Fortunately, this piece is not big. I'll find a cowhide similar to it and exchange it for you, but I'll charge you seventy copper coins for materials and work." Ganner handed over the damaged hard cowhide to Keir , Keel scratched his head, and gave Ganner the piece in his hand.

"What's the use of this shit, you take it."

Ganna smiled, and gestured at the damaged hard cowhide in his hand: "This is not a broken thing. You see, only the damaged part of it can no longer be used, but the other good parts on both sides can still be used." use."

"That's it, then cut it off for me. The back of my glove is just right to strengthen the defense. I think the size is just right." Kiel gestured on the back of his hand and said.

Ganna rubbed his hands: "No problem! Just charge you a small work fee."

Kiel rolled his eyes: "It's cheaper." He wouldn't ask Ganalby to do it, after all, the other party is already an official craftsman, and the other party's status in the craftsman's district, although part of it depends on their respective skills and works Yes, but the usual workshop income is also an important part of the Church of the God of Craftsman's judgment on the ability of each craftsman.

Being able to make a local young friend like Ganna with skills, Keir naturally wants to give his friend some support, and supporting the other party's work is also a part of helping.

Then, Kiel took out the metal ingots he got from dismantling the captured bandit's weapons from Bingxun Pass, and together with the simple blueprint of the new armor from the inner pocket of his clothes.

"This is the metal I got during this time. Didn't I tell you before that I want a set of iron armor? I'm going to start getting it right now. Look, this is the drawing I drew recently." Keel handed the things over to ganner.

Ganner excitedly took the simple drawings, looked at the drawings, and then looked at the various metals given by Kiel: "Although the new armor you drew looks great, I have to spend some time studying it, but these metals. "

"It's not enough, I know. The new armor can be made little by little, look at the blueprint. We can manufacture the various parts of the armor little by little." Keel pointed to the scattered armor parts on the blueprint, he Click on the helmet and breastplate.

"Considering the importance of each part, how about starting with the main parts of the helmet and torso? These ten kilograms of metal are definitely enough."

Ganna nodded: "It's definitely enough, but you have such an iron armor, the weight must be very heavy. Let me calculate, this, this, this, and these. Add up to this number."

Ganner gestured a number with his hand, but Keel pursed his lips and remained silent.

Seeing Keir's insistence, Ganner shrugged: "Well, you are the guest, you are the employer, and you should consider how to use the things after they are made."

Looking at the blueprint in his hand, Ganner said, "The design complexity and manufacturing complexity of this set of armor are far more than your current armor. I guess it will take a lot of time to get it out."

Kiel clicked on the parts of the hard cowhide armor he had put aside: "Actually, the main structure can refer to this armor, but the original defensive part made of hard cowhide is replaced by hard and thick iron armor. It shouldn't be so Difficult to handle?"

Ganner shook his head: "It's not as simple as you think. Look here, here, and here." Ganner pointed at the several armor connection parts and the main load-bearing body parts of the blueprint.

"Although the weight of the full body armor made of hard cowhide is somewhat heavy, it is still within a certain weight. The original connecting parts of the armor are some built-in connecting belts, which are used as connecting parts to fix the whole armor and prevent it from falling apart. But if the protective If the part is replaced with iron armor, the greatly increased weight is not something that these connecting belts can bear."

Shaking his head, Ganna stood up and gave Kiel a demonstration: "Even if it's barely ok, it's only ok for normal walking. Once you're going to fight fiercely, the connecting belt will break during the battle." ? It’s just a trivial matter that hinders your movement, if the armor you wear falls apart, then you are finished.”

Kiel swallowed, envisioning in his mind the scene where his armor suddenly fell apart during the battle.

"Good guy! Can you increase the width of the connecting belt? If the width increases, the strength of the belt must also increase?" Keel tried to come up with a solution.

Ganner shook his head, and dispelled Keir's thoughts with the next words.