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Matthew couldn't figure out what the strange boy who suddenly arrived in front of him meant, "Your name is Cody, right? If you ask this, do you want to join my mercenary group?"
Cody nodded vigorously and said with gleaming eyes: "Yes, Captain Matthew, you don't know, my dream since I was a child is to be a swordsman and join a mercenary group to go on adventures. If my father hadn't insisted that I go to the academy to study , I don’t want to go to this boring academy, I have already gone out to make my own way. You don’t know, you are the first mercenary captain I have ever seen, and I must seize this opportunity.”
Matthew was dumbfounded by Cody's words. Just as his men prepared tonight's meal, he handed one to the excited Cody, motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "You really don't know how lucky you are when you are in the midst of blessings." Ah, you must know that in the past, we were all eager to enter the academy to study. Everyone cherished the opportunity to enter the academy. For civilians like us, if we can successfully graduate from the academy and join the legion, it is the best future. At the beginning If it weren't for some reasons, I should be a member of the legion now. Instead of becoming a mercenary like now, running around for life every day."
"How could it be?" Seeing Matthew's somewhat bitter expression, it seemed to be different from what he thought, "Don't mercenaries live for adventure, just like knights live for war."
Matthew took a bite of the bread in his hand, shook his head and said, "You all read the stories in books or heard them, right? There are so many people who become mercenaries for the sake of adventure. Most of them just do it for a bite to eat." Fortunately, our mercenary group has many members who were my classmates in the academy, and they all have certain strength and experience, so the mission success rate is high, and they can often receive missions. Although the commission is not very high, it is still It’s enough for us and our family to live on. You don’t know that every day, mercenary groups are forced to disband because they fail to receive tasks, or are merged into other mercenary groups. There are also many mercenary groups who sacrifice in the mission, and some even have all mercenary groups. Members were wiped out."
Cody had never understood this. The mercenary group he knew was a group of adventurers with freedom. Now when he heard what Matthew said, it seemed that it was completely different from what he knew. He was silent for a while and asked: "Then there is no real A mercenary group for adventure?”
Seeing Cody's lonely eyes, Matthew also knew that the boy's dream had been hit, and comforted: "I just said that most mercenaries are for life, but there are also some people who are just for the adventure you mentioned. But these adventurers They all have one thing in common, that is, they are powerful. Either their own strength, or some nobles find powerful people to form mercenary groups for adventure and interest. Generally speaking, these people do not care too much about commissions when accepting tasks. It depends on the difficulty of the task. Especially the latter. They already have a worry-free life and don’t need to worry about three meals a day. They can just take on the task they like, as long as it’s not life-threatening.”
Cody cleared away the bread and dried meat in his hands in a few strokes, took a sip of water and said boredly: "I thought I could experience the life of a mercenary this time, but who knew I didn't know much about it before."
Lokar came from the side and sat next to Cody, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Little guy, mercenaries are really not what you think. Unless you have enough strength or money, you can only be like us. , every day I think about how to complete the mission, and where to pick up the next mission after completing this mission. But you said you want to experience the life of a mercenary, which is trivial. Isn't it just the life of a mercenary to follow us to escort the goods all the way? Although it’s not what you think, we are also mercenaries after all.”
After talking, Matthew's affection for this boy improved a lot, and he remembered that he seemed to have a dreamy few years in the past. "Lokar is right. It will be quite some time before we arrive in Norma City. During this period, we will give you an early experience of the real mercenary life. However, it is more important for you to study hard in the academy first. Wait. If you are strong enough in the future, you might be able to live the life you want as a mercenary."
After saying this, Matthew himself felt that it was impossible. It would be fine if he came from a powerful academy. A academy that he had never even heard of, he probably wouldn't go too far in the future. This guy named Cody is pretty good. He looks quite strong for his young age. He should be able to join the Legion in the future. As for the other two thin boys who don't say a word, I don't know if they can successfully graduate from the academy. I really don’t know what is going on at Barton College, why it even recruits students with such conditions.
After losing interest, Cody had a casual chat with Matthew and Locar, then took Solo and the two back to the carriage. He stopped talking and started to sleep with the box containing the magic wand in his arms. The two brothers looked at each other at a loss. They never knew that Cody had such a dream.
After walking with the Flame Mercenary Group for ten days, we are not far from Norma City. We can reach it in three days at most. Cody, who is now familiar with the members of the mercenary group, no longer hides in the car, but shamelessly begs for a horse with Matthew. Apart from falling a few times at the beginning, his equestrian skills are not said to be superb, but he can still do it. Riding around normally.
Not liking to follow the group slowly, Cody rode his horse to the distance, turned back, and then continued to the front. Just as he was about to turn around, his heart suddenly palpitated, and he couldn't help but lie down when he heard a sound of breaking through the air passing above his head.
"Listen, get ready to fight." Matthew, who was leading the team, clearly saw Cody's situation. After saying a few words, he leaned over and rode towards Cody, "Cody lie down on the horse and don't move." People with experience would now let the horse run back and forth in circles, but Cody obviously didn't. Just now, if he had slowed down a little, his body would have been shot through by the sharp arrow.
Cody simply didn't run too far. Matthew rode his horse and quickly came to Cody's side. He slashed left and right with the scimitar in his hand, deflected several incoming arrows, and held Cody's horse with one hand. The horse's reins retreated in the direction of the group. When they returned to the team, Matthew pushed Cody off the horse, looked at the frightened Cody, and said: "Go back to your carriage quickly, we have a problem."
As he was talking, people began to appear from various places in the forest in front, and soon surrounded the members of the Flame Mercenary Group. Looking at the number of men and horses twice as many as himself, Matthew's mouth twitched. It seemed that the problem was serious this time.
But as long as he didn't start taking action, Matthew didn't want to accept his fate. He said loudly to the person in front who should be the leader: "Friends, we are members of the Flame Mercenary Group. I know what you want. Just make a price. As long as we I can afford it.”
The big man riding a giant black horse in the crowd opposite grinned and said in a hoarse voice: "Do you know what we want? But you are right about one thing, that is, you can really afford it."
Matthew relaxed a little after hearing this, as long as he could afford it, it didn't matter even if the goods were lost, as long as the brothers were still there, he said: "Friends, tell me what you want."
The big man pulled out the spear hanging on the side of the horse's belly, pointed it at Matthew and said: "Remember the uncle's name first. I am Tuzeko, the leader of the Demon Mercenary Group. What I want is the head of your Flame Mercenary Group. "After saying that, he rode his horse and started sprinting. The others also howled strangely and followed the big man Tuzeko closely.
Matthew's face changed drastically. He didn't know how he provoked the demon mercenary group in front of him, who was actually coming for his flame mercenary group. Although I really want to beg for mercy, I have heard of their evil reputation for a long time. Judging from their posture today, I am afraid that the worst is in danger.
It was impossible and useless to retreat now. Matthew gritted his teeth and rushed towards Tuzeko, "Brothers, we can't run away today. If you can kill one, make a profit. Don't worry about the goods, just bring them to me." "
Without Matthew's instructions, the rest of the mercenary group heard Tuzeko's voice. There was no time to be afraid. They all took out their weapons to fight. If they could kill one, they would earn one. From the day they became mercenaries, they had actually thought about today's scene. , it’s just that I was lucky in the past few years and no major accidents happened.
"The three of you hide on the carriage, pay attention to the situation outside at all times, and run away whenever you have the opportunity. Don't hesitate." Lokar told the three Cody people and joined the battle.
On the carriage, Solo turned pale and said to Cody: "What should we do? Those people won't really kill everyone, or let's start running."
Cody looked at the situation outside from time to time. There was a huge difference in the numbers between the two sides. Even though most of the members of the Flame Mercenary Group came from the academy, they were unable to defeat four hands with two fists. Although they could still resist, they had already started to fight. Injury and defeat are only a matter of time. As for the big man named Tuzeko, he was fighting with Matthew, but he still had the upper hand. In addition to the people fighting, Cody found that there were three or four people holding bows and arrows riding around on horseback. Whenever they had the chance, they would shoot a fatal arrow at the Flame Mercenaries.
Cody looked away and said: "No, have you seen those archers? As long as they are here, let alone run, we will be shot as soon as we show our heads."
Hearing Cody's words, Zoro became even more anxious: "What should we do? We can't go out and fight with them. Let alone the three of us, even if there are three more, they can't be their opponents."
Cody slapped him on the head angrily and scolded him: "You are a fool. What do we do? If we can't beat them head-on, how can we beat them hiding in a car? The magic academy you went to is not the War Academy. I’ve studied you for two years in vain.”
After being slapped by Cody, Zoro slapped himself again and suddenly realized: "Yes, I am a magician. No one cares about me. I have enough time to release magic."
Matthew, who was fighting with Tuzeko outside, already had several injuries on his body. Although it was not serious, he would definitely not be able to hold on if he continued. After pushing Tuzeko away with all his strength, he took a moment to look around and saw that several brothers had already fallen. Most of the others were injured. I am afraid that no one can escape today. There are also those three little guys. This time they were implicated by themselves.
Tuzeko was not busy continuing to attack, and just looked at the sad Matthew not far away. He didn't expect that Matthew was so strong. He wouldn't be able to defeat him for a while. If it weren't for the help of those archers, he would probably be injured now. Damn the employer, he actually lied about Matthew's strength. It seems that he will have to renegotiate the commission when he gets back.
"What are you looking at? Are you looking at how your men died? Don't be sad. After they are dead, I will send you to see them soon." Tuzeko sneered, not planning to take action for the time being, just wait The people under my command have to finish dealing with the minions and then deal with the leader of the Flame Mercenary Group together, otherwise it won't be worth it if the boat capsizes in the gutter.
Whoosh!
While Tuzeko was planning, a burst of fire suddenly came from a carriage in the battle circle. The sudden fireball made Tuzeko's face change as he was preparing for Matthew's counterattack. He had no time to dodge and could only use the spear in his hand to strike. He tried to block it in front of him. After a slight touch, an explosion sounded. Tuzeko was thrown off his horse and rolled around on the ground several times. Only half of the spear in his hand was left, and the broken part was burned red. Although he had raised his fighting spirit in time to protect himself, he was still shocked by the power of the explosion and the corners of his mouth began to bleed.
Throwing away the hot half of the spear, he stood up with his trembling hands on his knees and looked towards the direction of the fire. He saw three teenagers standing outside the car. One of them was holding a wooden stick in his hand. As the wooden stick shook, little by little, Fire ignited above the boy. In the hands of the other two teenagers, a ball of fire like the one that had just injured them was floating in their hands, and they had already thrown it at the two remaining archers.
