Anna was lying lazily on a large comfortable chair, wrapped in a small moon-white bathrobe tailor-made for her. She stretched out her little hand, picked up a random grape from a plate of crystal clear grapes, stuffed it into her mouth and chewed it carefully.
Dust huddled in a corner of the room. There were several money bags in front of him. He poured the money out of the bags, counted them carefully, and then put the money back into the bags one by one.
"We killed three khans in total, and the Republic of Liguria rewarded us with an additional three hundred nomis horses!" Dast raised his head and happily reported to Anna, "We are rich!"
Princess Anna clicked her tongue and complained: "I came to the Republic of Liguria to work as a mercenary because the Republic of Liguria and the Island Republic were at war, and I wanted to kill the Governor of the Island Republic with an arrow on the battlefield! No! Come to Azov City to fight against the Khan! When are they going to send troops to the island republic?"
"The troops could have been sent a few months ago. The Great Khan just sent a confidant to Azov City to collect annual tribute. At the beginning, this was an agreement proactively proposed by the Republic of Liguria in order to do business safely." Dast said something special. Looking at Anna pointingly, "He was shot to death by a cold arrow that came from nowhere."
With a "click" sound, the armrest of the chair was removed by the angry little princess with her bare hands.
Dust trembled. He remembered that today is the end of the month, and on the days at the end of each month and the beginning of the next month, the little princess's temper would become extremely irritable.
"I have told you several times that I did not kill that general! Later, the Khazar Khanate came to attack the city, and I had no choice but to kill three of them - where are you going?"
"Go buy a new big chair for you!"
Dust put away his money bag and hurried out. Princess Anna will stomp on people when she is angry. If she continues to stay in the room, something bad will happen.
Azov is an isolated city built on the Black Sea in the Republic of Liguria. It is a hub of trade connecting the four directions. The Tianfang Empire, the Qiqiu Empire, and the nomadic tribes in the north all trade here. Sometimes you can even see caravans from the more distant east. The coming and going of caravans made the city extremely prosperous. However, due to the recent war with the Khazar Khanate, there have been fewer caravans coming and going, and there have been more mercenaries walking on the road.
Dast passed by a tavern, and several mercenaries immediately recognized him.
"Hey! White Knight!" they greeted Dust, "You just got your commission, right? Why don't you go inside for a drink with us?"
"No, no," Dust said, "I have a companion who doesn't like the smell of alcohol."
Princess Anna would rush Dast out of the room as soon as she smelled the smell of alcohol, and Dast suffered a bitter experience once.
"That's it again! We haven't seen you drink alcohol since you came to Azov City!" said a mercenary. "You said that your companion doesn't like the smell of alcohol. Isn't that the only one who is following you? Girl? Are you afraid of her? "
"Afraid? Who is afraid of her!" Dast suddenly puffed up his chest. Even if he gets kicked by Anna when he goes back, he doesn't want to lose face in front of everyone, "Come on, come on, come in and drink, I'm treating you today!"
The mercenaries happily surrounded Dast and walked into the tavern. After drinking a glass of strong wine, Dust became more excited, and he couldn't think of getting Princess Anna. He threw a bag of money on the bar and shouted to all the guests in the pub: "Everyone, drink to your heart's content! All the money for today's drink will be on me!"
The crowd burst into cheers. Someone shouted at Dast: "White Knight! I heard that you killed the Khan of the Khazar Khanate a few days ago. Tell us about it!"
This is what Dust was waiting for.
"That's a long story." He held the wine glass and said proudly, "That time, a few people and I were ordered to sneak out of the city to see if the Khazar Khanate had withdrawn its troops. Unexpectedly, we were suddenly attacked. The siege of the Khazar Khanate. It turns out that they have launched a new Khan! You think, how come this Khan of the Khazar Khanate is just like a street vendor and can be picked up casually?"
Everyone in the tavern burst into laughter.
"There are so many people surrounding us, thousands of them! The other mercenaries were so frightened that they ran away, and only I stayed. The new Khan knew from the shouts of those who escaped that I was White Knight, get off your horse in a hurry, guess what? He wants to marry his daughter to me!"
"You actually didn't agree?"
"I can't stand the life on horseback. And I got a commission from the Republic of Liguria, so I have to have some backbone, right? I refused at the time. Who knew that the Khan not only escaped easily, but also wanted to use that The more than a thousand people fought back. I shot an arrow on the spot and shot the Khan off his horse. When the others saw that their Khan was gone, they fled in a hurry!"
The tavern burst into enthusiastic applause. The mercenaries came forward one by one to toast Dast. Dust didn't give up either. Half a day later, he was extremely drunk.
"I...I should go."
Dast grabbed the table and staggered forward a few steps, then looked around the tavern with blurred eyes: "Huh? Where is my bow of Apollo, the sun god?"
"Did you say that bow you put there? Is that your bow?" Someone responded in surprise, "I saw someone walking out of the door with it, just now!"
"Where? Where are you going?" Dast reached out and knocked over a wine glass, "Take me to catch up!"
"Over here!" The man stood up and supported Dast, "I'll take you to catch up!"
Dust walked out of the tavern with the support of the man. After a few turns, he was led into a remote alley.
"Huh? Why are you still leading the way?" Dast rolled his eyes and looked at the man who was supporting him, "You said you saw him walking out of the tavern... weren't you always in the tavern? How did you know he was heading here? coming?"
The man sneered and let go of Dust. At the same time, a group of people appeared in front and behind the alley, blocking Dast in the center.
Daxter shook his body a few times and held on to a wall.
A man with a gloomy face came out. He looked at Dust, frowned and asked, "Is this the 'White Knight' who killed three Khans with a bow and arrow?"
The man who came supporting Dast lowered his head and responded: "Lord Orso, that's him!"
The man named Orso threw a color at the person opposite, and the man threw Dast's "Sun God Apollo Bow" and quiver back in front of Dast.
"You are a very powerful archer, and my boss is very interested in you." Orso also grabbed a bow and said to Dast, "But before that, I want to see you and Who is the better archer among me? Pick up your bow!"
Dust held the wall and vomited a big mouthful of "wow". Orso couldn't help frowning.
"It's better to take him back first." Orso ordered, turned around and left.
Dast suddenly raised his head, took the opportunity when Orso turned around, drew out the sword from his waist and stabbed Orso!
