Noble Emblem

The water channel of the Cross Canal is wide and deep, and its river bed is higher than the surrounding plains. If the flood surges, it will definitely be covered thousands of miles.

But because of the maintenance of the Water God and the priests of the Water God Sect, and the existence of divine magic, even if the flood surges, it will not overflow the river channel, and will only flow into the sea at a faster speed.

The slightly fishy smell of the river water blew over with the wind from the river, and the swirling yellow leaves fell on the water and slowly floated away.

Joshua was eating dried meat, but his eyes fell on the microwave on the river, motionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, a young man who looked like a mercenary climbed onto the embankment from below and shouted: "Captain, Aladdin and the others have chosen a suitable mission. They are just waiting for you to go back and confirm."

Joshua came to his senses, turned around and said, "Well, let's go back."

Joshua jumped down from the river embankment and walked towards the small town not far away.

The name of this small town is Flashpoint City, with a population of only about 100,000. It used to be very peaceful, with not many people coming and going. After all, it was just an unknown small town.

But recently, there have been a lot more caravans here. The Cross Canal passes in front of the city and there is a dock here. Many caravans are also willing to stay in the city for a day or two to see if they can sell something. , or there is something to restock.

When there are more people, the city becomes lively.

In fact, not only this city, but also the cities and towns near the Cross Canal are obviously more prosperous than two months ago.

As a former lord, Joshua knew what this meant. More caravans and more prosperous cities mean more tax revenue and more settlement rates.

What’s even more frightening is that this is only the initial benefit of the Cross Canal. As time goes by, people, especially merchants, will know the benefits of this canal. Joshua can see that in a year or two, this cross canal will be full of floating merchant ships. The Water God Sect and the Wealth God Sect can be lenient in collecting money, and people or forces with interests in this river will also get great wealth.

Anyone with some foresight can see the prospects of this canal.

Joshua sighed. He knew very well whose idea it was to create this river. His greatest benefactor was also his greatest enemy, Beta.

Enter the city, and then enter the simple mercenary union.

This is a small city, and having a mercenary union stationed there is already pretty good. There is definitely no way to compare with a big city.

There were more than a dozen mercenaries sitting in the hall, and all of them looked like "I'm not someone to mess with."

Joshua found his companions and sat down with them.

There were exactly five people joining Joshua in the mercenary team. Generally speaking, the more people in the mercenary team, the better. But Joshua didn't think so. He remembered that when he had the ability of "Knights of the Round Table", the team defaulted It's for five people.

Joshua felt that this should be the best number configuration determined by Beta's special bloodline.

A mercenary team is more valuable than a team of experts. Five partners who work well together are more flexible and powerful than a team of more than ten or twenty people.

The adventurous career over the past year also illustrates this point.

"Boss, these are some of the tasks we have chosen, and they are all suitable. Do you want to take another look?"

Joshua took it, looked at it for a while, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "The second and third ones are good. Everyone has a good rest today. Let's set off tomorrow."

The others echoed.

Joshua sighed softly. In the past, when he gave an order, the entire city had to obey him, but now... there are only four people.

What a difference between heaven and earth.

Being accustomed to being in a position of power, and now becoming an ordinary person, Joshua has always felt quite awkward.

But you have to get used to it. His enemy is Beta, the pope of the Wealth God Sect. In the past, the Wealth God Sect was still a small religion. There were only a few cities with churches and not many people.

But now the God of Wealth has a church in every small town or above gathering place in Hollaivan. Moreover, the God of Wealth has recently done several major things, such as distributing equipment design drawings and helping to build teleportation arrays. etc.

Although the Wealth God Sect is still a small sect, in terms of reputation, it is already known all over the world.

And he... is just the captain of a mercenary team.

There is almost no chance of revenge in this life.

And more importantly, the person he loves is still in his hands.

To be released from prison, Joshua also knew that Julie must have put a lot of effort into it, and maybe she had committed herself...

Thinking of this, Joshua felt a chill in his heart and felt extremely uncomfortable.

But in order not to look strange in front of his companions, he suppressed it and still had no expression on his face.

The four companions drank cheap fruit wine while chatting about rumors in the mercenary world, while Joshua fell into memories. In the memories, he was sitting on a high platform, and the whole city was trembling under his majesty. Julie Be gentle and considerate by your side.

In a daze, he felt someone shaking him. He turned around and saw that it was his companion. He was a little unhappy at the moment. After all, he had just recalled that when Julie and he had sex for the first time, she was as beautiful as a red flower.

The person who woke him up pointed at the door: "Those two women seem to be looking at you."

Find me?

Joshua, who was a little confused, turned around and saw two women standing at the door. One was beautiful and cold, and the other was quite familiar to him. She was beautiful but also had a hint of resentment.

His mouth opened slightly and closed again.

At this time, the entire mercenary union fell silent, and everyone looked at the two beauties at the door.

Joshua saw Julie's gaze and her warm eyes that could see into the depths of his soul.

Suddenly, Joshua felt his mouth go dry. He stood up and walked towards the door.

A few minutes later, in a small house in the mercenary union, Judy stood outside the door, while Joshua and Julie stayed inside.

In the dim environment, Julie, wearing a black and white maid uniform, looked even more beautiful.

Joshua touched his chin, where he had a beard half a finger long. In the mercenary world, if a captain looks too young, he will not be trusted by the team members, so Joshua grew a beard to at least look more mature.

But now he regrets it. If he had known he could see Julie today, he would have shaved it off.

"It won't be for a long time, Master."

It was Julie who broke the silence first. She smiled. Both her expression and her eyes were very warm, with a kind of indifferent care.

"Yeah, long time no see."

On the contrary, Joshua's voice was a little hoarse.

"How are you lately? I heard that you became a mercenary."

"good."

"Can you tell me about it? The life of a mercenary should be quite interesting."

Julie sat down on the edge of the chair.

"If you want to hear it."

Joshua told how after he came out of the prison in Waking City, he wandered aimlessly like a zombie until one day, he accidentally rescued three trapped mercenaries and even ended up with them.

During this period of time, they have wiped out bandits, served as bodyguards for caravans, dug ancient tombs, and explored ruins. Although most of the time was quite hard, it was quite fulfilling.

Joshua kept talking, and Julie listened carefully. Joshua seemed to have endless things to say, and Julie never seemed to hear enough.

But time will always pass, and before you know it, the sky outside the window has darkened.

A slight cough came from outside, which was Judy's signal that it was time to leave.

Julie took out her package and placed it on the table.

The sound of gold coins flowing sounded and quickly disappeared.

"These are the gold coins I have saved over the past few years." Julie smiled and said, "Beta is also very good to the servants. My monthly salary is the same as the housekeeper's, which is one gold coin a month. I have saved several In the past few years, plus the rewards from festivals, I have saved more than 80 coins. It’s an exaggeration. I think it’s an exaggeration. Master, please take them away.”

Joshua said to Julie: "If you don't come with me, there is no point in taking these gold coins."

"Stop being willful, Master, do you want to be a mercenary all your life?" Julie sighed softly: "You are a descendant of a noble family, and revitalizing the family is your instinct engraved in your bones, otherwise you would not be a mercenary. . But being a mercenary is very dangerous. You need to spend money on equipment and information. You probably haven’t saved much money in the past two years.”

Joshua smiled bitterly. He had only saved six gold coins in the past two years.

"Take these gold coins, go to other countries, buy a minor noble status, and start over, Master."

"Are you really not going with me?"

Julie shook her head and stood up.

"etc."

Joshua jumped up and wanted to rush over and hug Julie.

But Julie stretched out her hand and pressed gently on his chest. The distance between the two was only an arm's length, but as far away as heaven and hell.

Joshua is stronger than Julie. If he exerts his strength, Julie will not be able to stop him.

But just such a move made Joshua feel that there was a natural barrier between the two of them that he could not cross at all.

"I hurt you last time, do you still hate me?"

Julie shook her head: "You are my master, even if you kill me, I will not hate you."

"Then why?"

"Because if I leave with you, you'll die."

"Then let's die together!"

Joshua yelled frantically: "I've had enough of this anyway."

"It's okay for me to die, but the master cannot die." Julie stepped back step by step. When she retreated to the door, she smiled coldly: "As long as you are alive, I will feel happy."

The door opened and closed again, and the room became darker and darker.

Joshua held out his hand, then put it down slumped.

He held his head and sat back on the chair, two streaks of water flowing out from his closed eyes.

The autumn wind outside the window is blowing desolately, just like the poet's sadness.

No matter in that world, there is no regret medicine.