Mercenaries and Adventurers

Kil asked the whole group of shaggy lynx orcs to follow him, and then asked what the reward metal was.

"Furry, wants metal. Tall, dense, trees, no metal. Enemy, skin, long hair, thick. Furry, wants metal. So, Furry, joins the powerful humans. Reward, metal!"

This passage gave Kil a headache, but he barely understood the general meaning.

"The beasts in the forest have thick hair, so you need metal to fight them, right? However, in order to reward me with metal, you have to make contributions to me. Wherever you join, you can get rewards. Do you understand that there is no such thing?"

Kil's words made the surrounding long-haired lynx orcs following the horses frustrated, and their tails dragged on the ground. Keir noticed that among the ten or so long-haired lynx orcs present, two were walking in the center, carrying two small leather backpacks. There seemed to be something heavy inside, bending the bodies of the two long-haired lynx orcs carrying primitive backpacks.

I don't know what's inside.

But when Kil thought about it, he guessed that it might be some metal materials they had acquired in human society these days.

The leader, a long-haired lynx orc, followed the right hand side of Kiel's horse and tried his best to look up at the Kiel knight. Its eyes were reflected brightly by the torch on the horse's back. Indeed, at first glance, it looked like two birds floating in the air. A mysterious highlight.

"Maomao, was, cheated. Given, weak, human, labor, no reward. So, first, reward, Maomao, metal. Maomao, given, strong, human, labor. Fight, fight! Fight!"

At the end of the sentence, it jumped up excitedly and shouted battle in the common human language with a high-pitched cry. The long-haired lynx orcs following behind also shouted.

Kil patted his steel mask and was quite speechless. He thought that in his small dream camp, there were still some rags left over from previous adventures, so he should reward them first.

"Okay, okay, I'll reward you with metal in a moment. Maomao, right? Hey, I didn't expect you to call yourselves that. It's quite interesting."

Keir shook his head, then raised his head and shouted to the more than 20 armed people at the fence in front: "Relax, I'm back, haha, and I've brought a new batch of 'children' to our team."

Knight Kiel's words left everyone behind the fence confused. What do you mean by a 'child'?

Since the torch on Kilma's back illuminates a limited range, and the long-haired lynx orcs are really small, slightly shorter than the crops in the fields, and their mottled fur is excellent at camouflage, it's not to blame. Er's men didn't see the Maomaos who returned with Kil.

However, when Kil rode close to the fence, the increased number of torches in everyone's hands still illuminated the long-haired lynx orc who struggled to pull away the crops to reveal his figure.

"Weird, monster!"

Someone screamed.

"Lord Knight, there is something strange at your feet!"

The frightened people immediately waved their torches forward, causing the long-haired lynx orcs to narrow their eyes in fright and fall down.

"Stop it! These are the new friends I just talked about. Of course, they are a bit small, but they are not monsters. Calm down everyone, step back a little, and move the fence out of the way. I am going to pass."

Some people still listened to Keir's words. Although everyone had doubts about these hairy 'little monsters', the knights all said that they were new friends and they were not monsters. They still backed away a little distance obediently. .

Keir pulled the reins and knocked the horse's belly. Lixuecao naturally understood and jumped forward directly on the spot, jumping directly over the wooden fence more than one meter high.

The long-haired lynx orcs behind him also wanted to follow the 'powerful human', so they cautiously gathered into a group and approached the fence.

Unexpectedly, even children could not get through the wooden fence. These long-haired lynx orcs simply turned sideways and got through the gap in the fence that was slightly larger than a fist.

They don't exist like wooden fences.

The two guys carrying primitive animal skin backpacks were in some trouble and had to climb over the fence themselves to join their companions.

Arriving in the clearing, illuminated by fire, the armed people took a closer look at what their new friend looked like.

"this……"

A man didn't know how to describe it, he froze as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What the hell, aren't these guys just upright cats? Sir? Are they really not monsters? For example, they were turned into this by an evil magician?"

Another armed citizen spoke in confusion.

Kil opened his steel visor and cursed with a smile: "You have a rich imagination and are an evil magician. These are not monsters, they are aliens, talking and civilized. I heard that they live in the remote mountains and forests of your southern province. The alien race in it is called the long-haired lynx orcs, and they were discovered decades ago.”

Jumping off the horse, Kil patted the blood-licking grass's butt and let it go back on its own.

Putting the all-metal double-edged spear in his hand on the ground, Kil pointed at the long-haired lynx orcs near him and said: "They call themselves Maomao, and they can understand our human language, and one of them can also speak our language. Come and say hello to everyone."

The long-haired lynx orcs were surrounded by dozens of humans with swords in their hands. They were a little nervous, but mostly excited. The leader jumped a little and said: "Metal! Metal! Lots of metal! Humans are rich. , reward, Maomao, now.”

Seeing the surprised expressions of the people around him, Kil found it funny. Just then, Priest Batar and Bloody Fangster came over with their people after hearing the news.

So, Kil introduced these ten or so long-haired lynx orcs to the new arrivals.

Priest Batal was thoughtful. He glanced at Kil, and the two nodded in agreement.

Bloody Fangster proudly said to the people around him: "I know them. I heard that they are quite powerful at the gambling and fighting arena in the town. I didn't expect that they would come to join us. Kil, how do you plan to arrange them?"

Kir said loudly: "As aliens in the mountains and forests, they will help find the villagers of Changmai Village in subsequent operations. Moreover, these aliens joined us as mercenaries, haha. They only need some metal as payment, which is quite good. It’s cheap. Have you arranged a place to live? Just live near my tent.”

Speaking of this, what did Kil think of? He turned to the long-haired lynx orcs and said, "By the way, what are your living conditions like? A tree house or a haystack?"

Unexpectedly, the other party's answer was unexpected: "Maomao lives in a cave, or a huge stone, a gap! There is no cave here on the flat land."

Then the leader, the long-haired lynx orc, puffed out his chest and said: "So, please give Maomao, wood, a box. Maomao, live in the box, inside! The box must have a lid!"

"A box, right?" Keel had a strange expression on his face. He turned around and shouted, "Mr. Barfoot? Mr. Barfoot?"

The middle-aged businessman Mr. Long Barfoot, who was in charge of allocating supplies for the team, immediately walked out from the crowd of people watching from a distance: "My Lord Knight, what are your orders?"

Kil pointed at the long-haired lynx orcs, considered their size and then said: "Prepare five empty wooden boxes with lids for our new friends. Put the things near my camp. That's where they are. Their 'tent'."

"Okay, I'll prepare now."

After saying that, Mr. Barfoot immediately called on a few spectators and walked away to empty the boxes.

"Priest Batar, although it's midnight, I'd like to trouble you for a while to publicize these alien long-haired lynx orcs to all the people in the team, so that everyone will not cause trouble tomorrow morning."

"Okay, Kiel Warrior."

The priest nodded, looked at the long-haired lynx orc who looked like an upright cat for a while, pulled the Bloodfangster and walked towards the crowd of people.

Finally, Kiir shouted to the armed people around him and the people watching from a distance: "Okay, everyone should do what they should do. Those who are sleeping and resting should go to sleep and rest; those who want to patrol should go patrolling. .”

Then Kil took the little followers behind him and returned to his camp.

He first arranged the aliens next to a campfire in the surprised eyes of the armed people guarding the camp, and then returned to his tent and escaped into the lady's dream.

After picking and choosing, after taking off his armor, he selected four lightweight iron daggers from a pile of weapon fragments left over from his adventures.

After returning to the real world, Kil walked out of the camp and came to the long-haired lynx orc who was lying comfortably beside the campfire to warm himself: "Here, this is the metal reward for joining the team, four iron daggers."

Kil placed the four iron daggers he was holding on the ground and pushed them with his hand.

The eyes of Maomao were bright. Without waiting for the leader's command from the long-haired lynx orc, the four Maomao responsible for melee combat immediately got up and jumped neatly on their short legs towards the reward given to them.

The iron dagger that normal humans could only use for eating and simple self-defense was held in the arm of a long-haired lynx orc that was less than one meter tall, as if it were a long sword.

The only drawback is that the handle of the dagger, which is suitable for human hands, is too big and thick for the long-haired lynx orcs, and cannot be used directly and conveniently.

"Oh, you can try to remove the anti-slip strap on the dagger handle and just hold the dagger handle itself."

There is no need for Kil's unnecessary explanation. As the long-haired lynx orcs responsible for close combat, they naturally know what to do. In front of Kil's face, they use their sharp claws to unwrap the tightly wrapped dagger handle belt, and then They held daggers that were several times thinner in their hands, imitating how humans wield long swords, and started swinging them hahaha.

The removed belt was not wasted. The other four Maomao, who were responsible for long-range attacks, picked up the belt and made some gestures. Then they wrapped it around their waists and tied a knot at the front to become a belt suitable for their body size.

"It's okay if you think it's okay." Kil shrugged and squatted down.

He said to the leader of the beautiful long-haired lynx orc: "Now that I have done what I promised you, you can be considered as officially joining my team."

"Strong, human, and, Maomao, sure, victorious, enemy."

"Ah, yes, yes, but I still have to make something clear in advance. First of all, if my people do not take the initiative to harm you, you cannot harm any human in the team. Including those women who do not have weapons in their hands, they are also my team We are part of the society. No one can hurt them. Of course, if anyone hurts you, you naturally have the right to fight back. I am not a big humanist."

"Maomao, can't attack, not the enemy, humans. Maomao, can, protect, okay, Maomao."

Kil pursed his lips and thought for a while, finally understanding the other person's answer from each word.

"As long as you know."

"Secondly, you like metal, and the tribe probably needs metal as well. Although my team is not as wealthy as Dorne Town, there is still a lot of metal in the team." He stared into the opponent's eyes and said solemnly.

"The metal items in the team either belong to me personally or belong to the entire team. I don't want to hear Mr. Barfoot report to me that the metal items in the team are missing. Understood. What? My team does not welcome alien thieves with unclean hands and feet!"

"Maomao, no, thief! Maomao, as long as the reward is metal!"

The leading long-haired lynx orc screamed in aggrievedness, and the other furries also meowed in aggrieved manner and jumped up in an emotional state.

Different from the small jumps before, with the addition of their tails in excitement, they jumped two meters high, which is more than twice their own body height, which is very powerful.

"Okay, okay, Maomao is not a thief, not a thief. I just said that I don't want to see such a situation."

Kil felt that he was communicating with children. These long-haired lynx orcs were a bit thoughtful, but not too much. No wonder they had been deceived by several waves of humans before.

"In this way, if you do things for me, I will reward you. At the same time, every once in a while, I will also reward you with metal as a reward for hiring you. The former requires you to complete the tasks assigned by me, and then I will reward you. And the latter will reward you in advance before the period of hiring you, which will be regarded as the reward for hiring you, just like today, how about it? "

"Okay, Maomao, I like metal. Quickly, assign, task, Maomao, complete, reward, metal!"

Keir smiled: "There is no mission tonight. If there is a mission, I will take the initiative to call you."

At this time, Mr. Barfoot and a few people brought in five empty wooden boxes with lids.

"Sir, I got the things and just put them on the ground casually, or what?"

Kil didn't answer. He looked at the leading long-haired lynx orc and pointed at the empty box in his men's hands: "So, how do you guys rest?"

"Close to the fire! Close to the fire! Warm! Comfortable! Snoring!"

The leader jumped slightly and answered Keir happily.

Keir shrugged and said to Mr. Barfoot and several other people who were curious about observing the alien race: "Did you hear that? Just open the box and put it near the campfire. They are alien races and will take care of themselves."

"It's my lord."

The curious people carefully placed the empty boxes in their hands at a suitable distance from the campfire, then opened the box lid and opened it at a staggered angle.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they finished, the long-haired lynx orcs one after another couldn't hold it back anymore, and slithered through the opening of the lid and got into the wooden box.

Then, a head with a long beard poked out from the gap, purring with satisfaction from its mouth.

The people who saw it were amazed and wanted to touch it, but they didn't dare.

"It's best not to be like this."

Kiel stopped the actions of his people: "The long-haired lynx orcs are not well-behaved and harmless pets. Look at the guys in their hands. That is the metal weapon I just rewarded them with. Believe me, the combat power of these little guys is far, far away." It’s much stronger than you think.”

Kil turned his head left and right: "In the camp team, I can count on one hand the number of people who can beat one of them one-on-one."

"Is it that exaggerated?" the people complained softly.

Kil chuckled: "Believe me, you will understand later."

Standing up straight, Kil finally asked the leading long-haired lynx orc: "You guys can have a good rest here tonight. By the way, before I leave, I want to know you who can speak human common language, you What’s your name?”

The leader, the long-haired lynx orc, did not eagerly get into the empty wooden box like his subordinates, although it was obvious that it was resisting the urge again.

"Maomao, I have many names. Human beings want to know which one?"

Kil crossed his arms and said: "It's simpler. The name is just a title. People like me will usually call me Sir Knight, or simply Sir. And my companions and friends will call me Kil, the King of Kil's Warriors." Sort of like that. Close elders will call me Qiao, the name is just a title."

The leader, the long-haired lynx orc, thought for a while, pointed at himself with his little finger and said: "Then, my name, human, language, yes, courage. Courage, Maomao."

"Courage? So you are a brave Maomao?"

Keir rubbed his chin with his fingers.

Courage Maomao nodded, puffed up his chest, and looked very brave.

Also, he dared to leave his hometown with a small number of companions and go to a strange and dangerous human society to take risks and obtain the metals that the tribe lacked. He is indeed a brave Maomao.

Keir nodded and asked, "Where are the others? What do they call them?"

As the leader, Courage Maomao used his long tail to point at the Maomao people who poked their heads out of the wooden box next to them and said, "This is Blue Eyes."

The long-haired lynx orc blinked. Sure enough, the big eyes were blue, which was quite distinctive.

"This, short beard."

Keir looked over and saw that, sure enough, its beard was shorter than the rest of the fur. He didn't know whether it was born shorter or because he made a fuss.

"This, short legs."

This one is the funniest. It poked its head out from the gap in the box like the other one, but it turned out that its legs were shorter, so it was shorter than its companion.

"This, Brindle."

This was the long-haired lynx orc who had pounced on Kil before and was caught and dangled in Kil's hand. At this time, Kil looked over and saw that it was baring its teeth at Kil, but a tooth was broken in its mouth, making its grin unintimidating.

Kind of funny.

"This, long ears."

This long-haired lynx orc has long hair on its ears, and it does look like its ears are longer than others.

"This, Claw!"

This Maomao is the tallest and strongest, and seems to be the leader among the Maomao responsible for close combat. Of course, on the whole, their small team still has to listen to Courage Maomao's command.

"Here, quick legs."

I guess this guy's short legs are naturally very fast.

"This, this, the singing, and the mumbling."

These are the two Maomao who have not appeared in the gambling arena before and are responsible for carrying things. Their names are also quite different.

Kil nodded: "In this way, I know everyone. Then, I am Joe Kil, an ordinary human knight."