"Lord Orso!"
The attendant's scream made Orso turn around. Almost at the same time, an arrow shot out of Osol's hand and hit the hand holding Dast's sword. Dust let go in pain, and the sword fell down with a clang. Looking at Osol, the bow in his hand was actually loaded with a second arrow. If the blow just now missed, the second arrow must have been shot by this time.
Orsol's followers rushed over and pushed Dust to the ground.
"Don't be obsessed with your own reputation and fight me with a bow and arrow. Instead, you pretend to be drunk first to make me take it lightly, and then launch a surprise attack with a sword instead of a bow. It's a very wise judgment. You are a very experienced warrior." Orr. Suo slowly put down his bow, "It's a pity that your opponent is me. Looking at the whole of Britain, my bow skills are also ranked second."
Probably because the string was too late to be fully drawn, the arrow only slightly damaged the flesh. But when he launched a surprise attack with a sword at close range, his opponent couldn't draw his bow as fast as he could, which made Dust suddenly lose his fighting spirit.
The attendants brought by Osor gagged his mouth, tied his hands and feet, and put him into a large sack. A carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley. The men loaded the sacks containing Dust into the carriage, then got on the carriage and left the scene of the incident.
Not long after, Dust felt the carriage stop. Several men carried him up a few steps and placed him on a chair. The sack was pulled off, and he saw that he was in an inconspicuous room. Through the buildings outside the window, he judged that he was on the second floor of the house.
Osol followed in, sat down opposite him, and motioned to his men to take out the cloth stuffed in Dast's mouth.
"I'll give it! I'll give it as much as you want!" As soon as the cloth was taken off, Dast begged for mercy in a crying voice, "I have three hundred nomis horses in my hand. The Republic of Liguria gave it to me. I have so much, I won’t lie to you! As long as you let me go, I will give you all the money!”
"Why are you making such a fuss!" Osor glared at Dast, and Dast quickly shut his mouth - since he was tied up, of course he could do whatever the other side said, and a good man would not suffer the immediate consequences.
"If I really want to kill you, three hundred nomis can't buy your life back." Osor's voice was slightly angry, "It's all because of you that my plan was messed up! "
"Me? Disrupted your plan?"
Dast thought hard and couldn't remember that he had done such a thing. Since he came to the Republic of Liguria, he has always abided by the law and behaved honestly. In order to avoid getting into trouble, he has never done anything heroic. In addition to the combat operations that mercenaries need to participate in, he has been buying food, boiling water, and washing clothes for Princess Anna. How could he offend the man in front of him who looked so gloomy as if his son had just died? ?
Speaking of which, even this mercenary job was forced by Princess Anna. As a mercenary, you do not need to bear any responsibility if you kill the governor of the island republic or the governor's son on the battlefield. This was the purpose she ran out of the Seven Hills Empire in the first place. As for bringing Dust, it was purely because the Republic of Liguria did not accept female mercenaries, and due to her status as a princess, she had to attribute this "merit" to others.
"I worked hard to provoke a fight between the Republic of Liguria and the Khazar Khanate. At this time, the city of Azov had already been sacked by the Khazar Khanate! It was all because of your existence that the war situation was turned upside down It’s been delayed until now!”
Daxter groaned secretly in his heart. Feelings: Osol is still a spy from abroad. The general of the Khazar Khanate was killed in Azov City before, and he must have carefully planned it. And now that he has learned the news, he may not be able to escape from here.
"If it were solely left to me to judge, you were killed by my arrow the moment you came out of the tavern. Fortunately, your hard work paid off. Your excellent archery skills attracted the attention of my employer. This time I I'm not here to ask for your money, but to give you a chance to make a fortune - my employer has taken a fancy to you and wants you to work for him."
Daxter couldn't help but secretly scold you in his heart. Since you are here to recruit people, you can't order a table in the tavern, arrange good wine, meat and dishes, and eat and talk at the same time. How can anyone in the world beat someone and put them in a sack to recruit? What about child trafficking? "
"How much is your commission for mercenaries in Liguria?"
"Ten nomis horses a year." Dast deliberately doubled the amount.
Osor took out a bulging money bag from his pocket and threw it in front of Dust. Daxter took a glance. If there were gold coins in it, based on the size and bulge of the bag, there should be a hundred Nomis horses inside.
"Ten nomisma a month, come work for my boss. This is a year's deposit."
Dast suddenly became energetic: "Brother, if you have such a good thing, just say it! How can I disagree! Look, I almost hurt you just now!"
Osor frowned: "Did you really agree?"
"Agree! How can I disagree! Brother, as soon as you give the order, I will pack my bags and leave immediately. By the way, my hand was also injured. Can I calculate some more medical expenses and so on... By the way, Who is your employer?"
"The current governor of the island republic, that is my boss."
"Island Republic? Governor?"
Dust was stunned for a moment. It wouldn't matter if it were any other place. Azov's military strength was restrained by the Khazar Khanate. Princess Anna could not act as planned and had long wanted to leave. But Anna will never go to the island republic. Anna ran to the Republic of Liguria because she did not want to marry the son of the governor of the island republic. If Dust went back and told Anna that he was ready to defect to the Island Republic, Anna would probably shoot him on the spot.
"Did you hesitate just now?" Osor caught the subtle changes in Dast's expression, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes, "As expected, I can't just believe you."
Dast said hurriedly: "No, no, no, you can trust me, we will go with you, we can leave right now!"
He was originally forced to come to Liguria by Princess Anna. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is no need to take Princess Anna on the road. If someone later discovers that his archery skills are not that superb, he can just return the commission obediently and leave. He had already made three hundred nomis in Liguria, and now that he had escaped from Anna's clutches, he was sure to make a profit.
He even began to desperately hope that Orsol would take him away immediately.
However, Osor didn't think so: "No... we must add insurance - is there anyone important around him?"
A follower said from the side: "Lord Osor, there is a little girl about fourteen years old who is always with him."
"Anna?" Dast panicked all of a sudden, "No, I will just go with you. You must not go looking for her..."
However, this sounded completely different to Osol. He sneered: "Very good, go and tie that little girl here!"
Several followers accepted Osol's order and retreated.
"Ruined."
Daxter silently prayed for those poor followers in his heart.
