Mercenaries and Adventurers

This position is obviously to facilitate Keir to move the items and finally put them on the carriage, locking the prepared position.

Porlau swallowed and nodded.

"It should be noted that the streets between the buildings here are too narrow. They cannot be called streets at all. They should be called narrow lanes in back alleys. You have to get here in advance before things start. After receiving the signal, use the fastest speed Arrive at the designated location. At the same time, pay attention to the direction. The carriage has no chance to turn there, and the front of the vehicle must be facing outside the town."

Knight Crow carefully told the details he and Keir noticed during the investigation. The position of the carriage driver is very important and must not be missed.

He continued: "After Kiel and I finally left our things on the carriage, we would get down and ride the carriage together."

The knight turned to a powerful town guard: "Finley, sit on the carriage seat before you move, guard the carriage, and ensure that the carriage will not be blocked by others. If any locals say that your carriage is blocking the road, You get out of the car instead of Porlau and fight with the locals, making sure that the carriage can move when the signal is heard. You also remember to follow. This operation will be after the army sets off tomorrow morning. Once it falls, we will never come back. Now, don’t let it go.”

The guard named Finley responded fiercely: "Yes, sir, I won't be left behind!"

Seeing that his men were in good spirits, Knight Crow was obviously very satisfied.

Don't say that his subordinates are just pretending. The atmosphere before any action is very important. If his subordinates are listless and weak and respond casually when Knight Crow assigns tasks, Knight Crow himself will feel that his actions are not good enough. It will not succeed, and you will lose three points before taking a shot.

This is very undesirable.

Therefore, Knight Crow specially selected these three among the thirty guards in his town. It is hard to say how strong these three guards are in combat, but at least they are the most loyal to the knight himself. Not only will they not talk nonsense afterwards, And it will also create a sense of unity before taking action.

Then Knight Crow looked at the other two town guards: "Venilla, Cordoz."

The two men puffed up their chests: "I obey your orders, my lord."

"The task of the two of you is to guard the horses that everyone is riding and the other horse added to the carriage outside the town. You must ensure that they are safe and in good condition. After this operation is successful, we have to rely on everyone to ride the horses. Speed ​​up and enter the grassland, and at the same time get rid of the pursuers who may come from the town. In the end, we have to catch up with the large army that arrived half a day to a day early in the strange wind grassland. They will not come and wait for us, so the safety of all of us lies here It’s on several horses.”

"Promise to fulfill your orders."

The two responded in tandem.

Later, Knight Crowe repeatedly explained the details of the mission to the four people to ensure that they all understood their mission and importance. There are also possible troubles you may encounter and ways to deal with them.

Among them, Porlau only drove the carriage through the narrow roads between buildings, and did not care about anything else. Finley, on the other hand, just ensures that the former's mission is completed until Knight Crow and Kiel meet up with the carriage.

Venila and Cordoz only care about the horses used by everyone and don't need to worry about anything else.

"Finally, I need you all to go back now and change into ordinary clothes, especially the characteristic items and clothing of our Kendal people. As for the weapons, well, you all come here empty-handed. Kil, I remember you still have some Westerners there. Provincial weapons? Give each of them a suitable one."

Kil nodded, and then asked the four of them what they wanted.

Finley's mission involves certain risks and demands for force, so the muscular guard said he needed two axes, a conspicuous weapon to deter possible trouble.

This is a good idea, and hand axes are very common. They can be used not only for fighting, but also for chopping wood and meat in daily life. Carrying two on the body will not only look powerful but not too eye-catching.

Venila and Cordoz thought about it, and in addition to each asking for a long sword for self-defense in Kiel, they also each asked for a few throwing guns commonly used by locals to carry behind their backs.

Knight Crow just happened to have a throwing spear, and it was a local product that Keir had just bought. Now it was impossible to tell whether he was a local or an outsider.

Porlau asked for a short sword to defend himself, and Kiel also lent him a short-hand crossbow that he had captured before, so that he could deal with possible troubles.

After the plan was laid out, Knight Crow asked everyone to go back and prepare as soon as possible. When they were ready, they would gather here for repairs. From before the operation started to the final completion, everyone temporarily left their original positions and listened to orders under Knight Crow.

In fact, this was also said to Porlau. The others were originally the manpower of Knight Crow.

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Kil first returned to his carriage and found the strong net he had bought previously that could trap monsters. He also dug out the weapons and equipment that others needed in the dream and brought them back to his carriage in the real world.

Bloodfangster saw that Kil was busy and wanted to help, but Kil refused.

Seeing that the water here was very deep, the old caravan guard consciously refused to participate and went to bed early.

Kil placed a large number of things next to the fire at the door of Knight Crow's camp, then handed the net that Knight Crow would use to the knight, and found the thick rope the knight said from the carriage parked at the entrance of the camp. Hook with metal.

He sat next to the fire and connected the hooks and ropes. He saw the dispersed action personnel returning here one after another, inspecting and repairing weapons next to the fire.

Finley took two axes and swung them on the spot. Looking at the opponent, it was obvious that this was not the first time he used them. Although he was a little unfamiliar, he soon seemed to have regained the feeling and became proficient.

With the short-throwing spears commonly used by people in the Western Province on their backs, Venilla and Cordoz really looked like local caravan guards. If there were more mottled wind and frost on their faces, they would probably look more like I have been staring at people trekking through the wind and rain on the trade road all year round.

Porlao curiously played with the hand crossbow that Kiel lent him. This thing is only as wide as the palm of a hand. If you are skilled, you can load the arrow with one hand. It is also very useful in close combat.

After obtaining the consent of Knights Kiel and Crow, he found a wooden suitcase belonging to the knight, and enthusiastically used the wooden box as a target to practice on his own.

Yawning, Kil lay down on the ground, with his back against the fire that was burning at the right temperature. He laid his body in a comfortable position on the dry hard earthen bricks, rested his head on a large leather bag, and fell asleep silently. .

The big leather bag on Keir's headrest contained his two-handed axe. However, because the blue axe was too conspicuous, he found a bag and put it in it until he would use it tomorrow. You have to pretend it again so that no one else can see it.

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Although Keir's work and rest schedule is not regular, and he just conducted an exciting covert investigation, and he will conduct a robbery mission tomorrow, he should be so excited that he cannot sleep.

But when he silently told himself that he was going to rest, he was going to rest.

Soon, he fell into a deep sleep.

The wooden sculpture on Kil's chest seemed to know that Kil was asleep, so it couldn't wait any longer and became slightly hot with impatient wait. The wooden bird's beak on the wooden sculpture opened and closed, and the wooden eyes also shone slightly.

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Or deep in the woods surrounded by large shadows.

Kil got up from the ground and checked himself under the dim light.

Still unarmed, even if he deliberately rested his spiritual weapon on his head while sleeping. But his attire was different from last time. The last time he only wore simple linen clothes for sleeping. This time, Keir slept in the clothes he wore during night reconnaissance, but took off his shoes before going to bed.

Now he's here again, wearing the same clothes he wore before going to bed.

The corners of his mouth turned up, which was very interesting. So what would he look like wearing armor next time he came here?

"Gah, gah. What rude and bad thoughts are you, a young human being, thinking about?"

The big black bird flapped its wings and flew from the depths of the woods, landed on a small branch next to Kiel, tilted its head and said to Kiel.

Although Kil was not afraid of this outdated god, he came here with the intention of making good friends. After all, the priest said that this god could provide him with some special abilities and power.

These things are exactly what Kiel needs.

"Blibulabu, what are you doing? It's you anyway, right? God, let's be more direct. What do you want me to do and what do you want to give me? Let's make it clear. How about we solve it today?"

Gere was careful not to answer the other person's words, so he responded to the questions with questions.

The big bird was very unhappy and screamed several times in a row. Every time it screamed, the shadows of the surrounding woods were about to move, and the corners of Kil's mouth twitched.

There was no way, he really couldn't remember the name of this big bird god, it would be great if he could remember what it was about.

"Improper boy, my name is Budolibdolabuika, which is the dark nightmare, the hunter, the wings, and the shadow. I am also the ancient messenger of the wilderness, the protector of hunters, and the wings. The protection of me is the whimpering ghost in the night, the protector and hunter of flying species, and the proud hunter who can hunt flying eagles. In the end, I am the cry of crows. Ga——"

After hearing Him finish calling out the long name, Kil pressed his fingers into his ears and said perfunctorily: "Ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes."

The big black bird opened its mouth angrily and began to make a loud noise.

Really like a huge crow.

When Kil thought this, the god immediately stopped shouting and started talking about business.

"The kind of bird you saw before is equipped with magical power and is also under my jurisdiction. It is a flying species, nocturnal, and has wings. It can be the messenger of the wilderness. Quack!"

Kil sat cross-legged on the ground, looked up at the big bird and started talking.

"Messenger of the Wilderness?"

The big bird said as a matter of course: "Hey, if you want to sacrifice it to me, you should follow the ancient rituals, dismantle its body, and offer its head. The head is on top, the rear wings are unfolded and overlapped to form the middle, and the body is at the bottom. With its claws, my messenger does not need to touch the ground, but his mission is always in the sky, traveling quickly in all directions, covering the earth, taking me to work among the birds, and announcing my return."

Keir pressed his nose and was silent for a while.

The big bird moved uneasily on the small branches and stared at the silent Kil. Then he couldn't bear it any longer and asked: "Why are you silent, rude humans?"

Kir clicked his lips and said: "Seeing that your current situation is not very good, should you grow up for a while? Wait until you accumulate some strength, and then announce your return?"

To be honest, he had felt it before. It was clear that this god had been 'rescued' many years ago, but over these years, this god and his messenger, the former archer Ronde, What did both do?

Why did this man become so hard-pressed as soon as Ronde died?

Although he kept talking about how rude and rude Kiel was, there was no key punishment at all.

Obviously, the opponent either doesn't have the means to restrain Kiel, or they don't have much accumulation and are sitting on nothing.

It seems that this god can know what Kil is thinking, so although Kil did not say the above words, the surrounding atmosphere became strange at this moment.

No, it can't be called weird, because the originally dark and gloomy forest is very weird, and the surroundings are silent, with neither wind nor insects, the environment here is very weird.

There was a silent embarrassment surrounding him at this moment.

Faced with Kil's question and his thoughts, the big bird on the branch was stunned for a moment, and then mechanically combed its shadow-like feathers with its huge beak.

Hey, please, you are a god, why do you have to comb your feathers like birds?

There are no feathers for you to comb in the shadows under those wings, right?

The big bird frowned and continued to preen its feathers.

"Gah, anyway, it makes some sense."

The big bird screamed strangely and barely responded in a low voice.

"Then the ceremony is slightly modified. Find a piece of flat land and draw a pattern as follows. Sacrifice the bird that is my refuge. Use a little bird's blood mixed with ink to draw the pattern. Burn the bird in the center of the pattern and sacrifice it. Sacrifice it to me."

The big bird waved its wings, and the shadowed stones and grass blades on the ground twisted and deformed, turning into a round shape with various symbols and complex patterns of unknown ancient characters.

This time it was Kiel's turn to be embarrassed.

The complexity of this thing is even more complicated than asking him to solve a high-level math problem. He laughs to death because it is impossible to do it.

"Ahem, can you choose a simpler one?"

The big bird screamed, obviously full of joy.

"Gah, what about this?"

The shadow changes.

"This one is a little weird, let's try another one?"

"Gaga, what about this? Human being."

The shadow changed again.

After thinking about it for a while, Keir still had a grimace on his face. The complexity of the pattern was still beyond his expectation.

"Can you get rid of the words I don't recognize and the symbols with unknown references? Can you also reduce them? It's best to just have circles and lines. And will the patterns be left on the ground after the sacrifice? There won't be any What clues can you lay down to attract some powerful organizations that are hostile to you?"

The big bird opened its mouth and was stunned.

Kil noticed that the big bird's eyes were moving slowly, as if he was reviewing past memories in his mind. If only this big shadow-controlling bird had a brain.

"Gah, then don't use ink, just use blood, yes, just use blood! Gah, gah, gah, no wonder! No wonder, Ronde is always being targeted in secret, here, there, here and there. If something hadn't happened at home, Or the original deal was ruined. There are always traces of being followed in the uninhabited forest, and there are often provocations and troubles in the city."

Kiel finally figured out why he had been 'rescued' for many years, even though he had plenty of time, but why Ronde had limited strength and limited accumulation.

It is estimated that behind the scenes, the church members of the God of Hunting have long been secretly eyeing one person and one god.

Hitting the wall everywhere, frustrated everywhere.

A god who has been out of date for a long time and cannot keep up with the times, and a stubborn young man who is forced to wander away from home. It seems that the two of them do not have much social experience.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Ga! Ga! Ga!!"

The big bird screamed strangely again, and Kil shrugged, as if I was just sitting here, waiting for you to work.

The big bird flapped its wings a few times, and its huge head turned left and right. After racking its brains, it finally gave Keir a 'super simple' ritual pattern that met his requirements.

Big Bird didn't want to look at the simple pattern with his eyes, for fear that his work would become the laughing stock of other gods.

"Quickly, remember this pattern quickly. Just draw this. Remember it quickly. Ga!"

This pattern is indeed simple, with multiple rings surrounding it from the outside, and inside are two triangles representing the wings on the left and right, and a triangle representing the head. The position of the body is empty. It is obvious that the colorful bird is to be burned here.

As before, there is only one consistent point. This simple pattern does not have a representative pattern of a bird's claws.

"Don't want paws?"

"Quack, you can't have claws. With claws, the spirit resurrected after the sacrifice will always be lazy and can't fly far. Quack."

Keir scratched his head, feeling that he had some knowledge.

"I remember, there is another question, why do you want to burn such a beautiful bird? Can't I just hit the bird's head with the wooden sculpture, and you can go in and control it yourself?"

After hearing what Kil said, the big bird had a face that was obviously a bird, but it showed a look of shock, as if it had realized human ignorance for the first time.

Keir was super embarrassed and didn't know what was wrong with the question.

After being stunned for a moment, the big bird wiped out the pattern on the ground with a wave of its wings. Later, when faced with Kiel's question, He still endured the discomfort and answered: "Such a small human being, can you squeeze it into your pocket with coins?"

Realizing that he might have asked a stupid question, Keir rolled his eyes and replied: "I can't do it. I know Baron Kendall can do it. His money box is not small. It's no problem to put someone in it. Otherwise , would you give it a try?”

"Quack! Stupid! Stupid! Compared with that boy Ronde, you, a rude human being, are not that smart! And you are not obedient enough. So cute! Quack! Quack!"

The big bird scolded and jumped up and down on the branches of the small tree.

Kil negotiated this 'deal' and ignored this god who was not very smart either.

He lowered his head and knitted the sleeves of his clothes, checking the condition of his body.

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It's interesting, judging from his arms, the bloody blood stains that made him sticky and uncomfortable last time have disappeared.

And the tiny mushrooms that used to fight those unclean things are gone.

It was as if those mushrooms appeared specifically to fight against those things that were pestering him.

Hello.

In response, Kil pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking in the silence.