Paine's game

"Hoo-ho"

After a while, a layer of sweat appeared on Paine's forehead, and his breathing became heavier. He turned to look at the four people behind him. Among them, the little crew chief with triangular eyes could hardly hold on anymore. The one who finally woke up

The cute short-haired girl who came here looked quite at ease.

"This woman is indeed not a simple character." Paine thought to himself.

At this time, Charlotte suddenly slowed down, and a red brick building appeared in front of them, with an obvious Gothic style.

"Here we are, here is Mr. Durant's Red Mansion!"

Charlotte knocked on the door and shouted at the top of his voice: "Captain Durant! I am Charlotte, and I have brought someone here for you."

No response.

Charlotte continued to knock on the door and shouted: "Captain Durant? Commander Durant, are you there?"

"Why are you arguing so early in the morning? Fatty!"

A middle-aged man's roar came from inside the door. Although it was through the door, the sound still made Paine's ears buzz. Then there was another sound of things knocking to the ground. "I told you

Many times! Don’t bother me so early!”

"Captain Durant, I have brought someone here for you!"

Charlotte continued to knock on the door and shouted, "Don't the convoys transporting supplies still need people?"

"Then wait a minute, I'll be right away!" The middle-aged man at the door still looked impatient, and his voice was slightly lowered.

"For a while, talk less and nod more." Charlotte explained to several people again, "Don't you really like to pretend to be deaf and dumb? Keep it up." Mr. Durant's temper has never been very good. What's wrong with him for a while?

I will answer all the questions. Even if he specifically wants you to speak, everything will depend on my expression. Do you understand?"

The door opened with a creak. The person who opened the door was a tall, strong man wearing a gray leather coat. He had messy blond hair and a blond beard, but it was messy and unkempt. His rough and fierce facial features seemed to be carved out of granite.

. He breathed out a rough breath that smelled of inferior alcohol, and gave Charlotte a violent shudder without mercy.

"You woke me up!" the strong man said angrily.

"Ouch." Charlotte covered the place where she was hit on her head, "Captain Durant, you said yourself that I would come to you as soon as I found the manpower."

"But didn't I tell you not to disturb me in the morning?"

"Absolutely not!"

"Then I just forgot to tell you, but you should have thought of it yourself!" Durant waved his hand unreasonably, "You have to give me orders for everything, so what is the use of your head? I

Now that I've been woken up by you, my head hurts!"

"Then - I'm very sorry, Captain Durant."

Looking quite painful, Charlotte took out a gold coin from her arms and stuffed it into Durant's hand, "I wonder if your headache will be better?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Durant laughed wildly and stuffed the gold coin into his pocket unceremoniously, "Yes, it's fine now. Then -" His eagle-like eyes swept over several people, "

Bring your people in, I want to conduct a simple review."

Durant no longer blocked the door and walked straight in. Charlotte also motioned for several people to follow.

This room is also very large, and it can be seen that it was decorated very luxuriously before - but now it is a dilapidated scene: the paintings on the wall have been taken away, leaving only empty frames. There is a dark circle on the ceiling.

The hole, Paine guessed, was where the chandelier should have been. There was only a shabby desk and a huge wooden chair in the room of about one hundred square meters, and there was nothing else. The floor was full of holes.

Yes, some of the floorboards simply tilted up, making a squeaking sound when stepped on.

Durant sat down on the chair and said to Charlotte.

"Damn fat man, these few people you picked don't look very good. There is even a dwarf and a woman. These few people alone cannot be worth your military service."

"Captain Durant! I brought 10 people to your team last year! Don't forget it."

Charlotte was a little furious.

"Oh, is it so?"

Durant rubbed his ear with his little finger, "Why don't I remember."

"Captain Durant! This is all documented!"

Charlotte was anxious and stepped forward and patted the table. "You can't burn bridges by crossing the river!"

“I’m afraid I’m not the one who burns bridges across rivers.”

Durant raised his feet on the table, "Who is clamoring with me for the pensions of those ten people?"

"But those ten people are citizens of the kingdom."

Charlotte spoke very quickly, "I can't explain to their families without pensions. I even paid a lot of money myself. And the five people I brought to you this time are all refugees, and they don't have any

No worries."

"This has nothing to do with me, Charlotte. It's not a question of how much you can give, but how much I want."

Durant raised his eyebrows, "If you don't want to serve in the military, you must get a special contribution certificate from me. But I don't think you have made any contribution to the militia. In this case, I will not issue you a certificate."

of."

"Then what do you want?!"

"In addition to the five of them, plus a thousand boxes of fantasy matches, Mr. Charlotte, I only want the purest kind."