Chapter 2 The simple folk customs of Wildfire City(1/2)
In fact, Xu Nan didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing. His original plan was to find a place where humans gather, and then follow the system tasks, quickly refresh the level and bloodline abilities, and occasionally go to the Paradise Lost copy, and improve his strength as soon as possible before the Earth and the Pro world merge.
However, the plan cannot keep up with the changes.
The Black Knight is too strong than him. Unless he is willing to use the trump card of Paradise Lost, he has to obey the other party's arrangements.
"So, since we are willing to reach a cooperation, we are partners."
The Black Knight silently took off his helmet and revealed a pretty delicate face. Unfortunately, there was a scar on the left, and dense lines were sewn nearby, making him look a little hideous and terrifying.
"I am Grey, a high-level mercenary, and Sihai is home. I have been commissioned by the Lord of Quicksands to escort his second daughter to Wildfire City as the Lord."
Xu Nan nodded: "I am..."
Before the name Xiaocheng Song was released, he was stopped by Grey:
"No matter what you were called before, now you are the noble of the quicksand land. Your name is Su. If someone calls you Miss Su, you must scold him viciously and correct him and make him call him sir."
"The quicksand land is the buffer zone of the hinterland of the eastern kingdom and the northeastern ice field. It is the richest territory of the kingdom. I will give you a copy of the quicksand map of the Meer family, which you need to memorize."
"After entering Wildfire City, you need to be careful everywhere. In just three or five weeks, you will be able to get out of peace of mind."
Under the bonfire, Grey spoke in detail about his plan.
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He received a commission from the local lord in the quicksand land. As a famous high-level mercenary in the north, Grey is one of the few high-level professionals who are willing to accept escort tasks.
The background of the story is a bit complicated. Generally speaking, Su, the second daughter of the Lord of the Quicksand Land, accidentally got a token.
This token is said to make her the lord of Wildfire City.
In the quicksand land, she was an alternative person, often causing trouble in the territory. It is said that she was a very bad character who bullies men and women... In short, the lord of the quicksand land sent her away as if she was sending her to the god of plague.
There were also some family guards who were escorting Miss Su to take office safely.
But halfway through, they were killed.
In the end, only Grey was left.
Along the way, they encountered five ambushes, each more fiercely. Grey once persuaded Su to stop going to Wildfire City; but Miss Su, who was young and energetic, was disobedient and still insisted on her own. In the end, in the last ambush, Grey was restrained by the enemy's advanced adventurers and the two got separated.
Leaving Grey's protection, Sue's death is sooner or later.
In this way, Grey's escort mission failed.
As a high-level mercenary, Grey has a conscience; but he also cherishes his reputation very much.
He must consider it for his own benefit, and after Su's death, he must find a way to stop the loss.
The task of the quicksand land is to let me escort the second lady to take office. As long as I send someone, I will complete the task. As for the second lady running away from home afterwards, it is not his business.
With this idea, Grey unexpectedly discovered that Xu Nan and Su were very similar, so he had a plan to pretend.
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"The servants of the quicksand land are dead, and the people of Wildfire City only have the portrait of Su in their hands. They will definitely not recognize you."
Grey explained: "After things are done, I will hand over the Golden Dragon Order to you immediately. You even have the chance to make a big fortune in Wildfire City and then quietly disappear before the second group of people who rushed to Wildfire City."
"And according to my observations in the quicksand land, Lord Lord has a headache for this second daughter, and he is not even happy to care about her life and death, so there is no problem with our plan."
What he said was very clear.
Xu Nan sneered in his heart.
No problem?
No problem, will this Miss Su, who likes to dress up as a man, die in the snow? The body was still revealed by the licking dog?
Now that the attacker killed Su, he would naturally retreat.
But what if I entered Wildfire City?
Why do anyone want to kill Su?
What exactly is Wildfire City?
What is the so-called token?
All of this is unknown!
What Grey said was nice, but in fact he used Xu Nan as a tool to push him down. Anyway, he could make a lot of money.
Sure enough, it is still too naive to expect mercenaries to have any good intentions.
Xu Nan thought about it, anyway, his current character is an angry young man, so some straightforward Grey probably felt that he was easy to control.
So he jumped up and said:
"This is not possible! You haven't said that there have been so many ambushes before!"
"You haven't figured out who that woman was killed. If I pretended to be her and wanted to kill her, will the person who continued to chase me?"
Grey glanced at him deeply:
"I already have a clue about the ambushers, most of them are local forces in Wildfire City."
"There has been a long chaotic place and there has been no city lord for many years. Of course, they are unwilling to suddenly airborne a city lord and take away their interests."
"But you can rest assured that first, I will protect you; second, after entering the Wildfire City, they dare not go in a mess. After all, no one dares to publicly assassinate the nobles of the kingdom in the city."
"As for tokens and other things... if you take Su's relics with you, you will always gain something. If it really doesn't work, I'll go to Wildfire City and find a way for you!"
Xu Nan felt uneasy.
Grey said that Wildfire City has always been a homeless place; a few months ago, Su unexpectedly obtained a token, and only with this token can he become the lord of Wildfire City.
Now that Su is dead, it proves that the ambush has succeeded, and they will definitely take the token away.
How can I be the city lord if I go to Wildfire City by myself without tokens?
This guy simply wanted to trick himself into Wildfire City and then slap himself in his butt and leave!
However, after listening for a long time, he became interested in Wildfire City, and it seemed that it was good to take this opportunity to go over and take a look.
"One hundred Golden Dragon Orders, I want to cash."
Xu Nan seemed to be not going without paying money.
He was sure that Grey didn't dare to touch him because he had something to ask for him.
In order to get the reward for quicksand land, this guy can even do the operation of changing the prince by the raccoon cat. How could he change his mind because of the offense of a young man?
What's more, Grey was obviously very confident in his martial arts. He was a second-level warlock and could not escape his character in his eyes. He gave himself the Golden Dragon Order in advance, and for him, he just exchanged the money in his pocket.
"Maybe he will kill someone to silence him afterwards."
Xu Nan thought to himself.
Sure enough, Grey was silent for a long time and said slowly:
"good."
Around the bonfire, two people with their own ulterior motives reached a fragile agreement.
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Not long after, the two embarked on the way to Wildfire City.
Along the way, Xu Nan not only had to recite the information about the quicksand land and imitate Su's behavior, but also listened to Grey's rumors introducing Wildfire City.
Losing the Apocalypse Warlock's expertise [Unforgettable], he looks a little difficult.
After all, these nobles in other worlds have too much knowledge.
Grey was obviously worried about this, and he turned around and asked worriedly while riding his horse:
"Can you remember?"
"no problem!"
Xu Nan touched the bookshades on his mouth and patted his chest to ensure that he would not lose the chain.
[Taotie's True Color] After the launch, all the information about the quicksand land was in my mind.
Next, listen to the story of Wildfire City.
Wildfire City, a city-state hanging alone in the northeast of the Eastern Kingdom. Nominally, it belongs to the Rhine Kingdom, but in fact, since the death of the founder Sir Patton, the place has been without a leader for a long time.
The kingdom once sent seven or eight administrative officials to be the city lords in a row, but they all died soon. The external saying was that the weather was too cold and the environment was not suitable for the local conditions... The king had no choice but to do anything about this.
In recent years, the Rhine Kingdom has been suffering from friction with the countries in the west. Many people even suggested giving up the enclaves of Snowfield City and Ice Wind Legion in the northwest; where can I have the intention to manage this barbaric city in the northeast?
The residents of Wildfire City are mainly from the Ice Fields in the North, and this place is known to the public as "the people are simple and the road is not to be picked up."
Insiders in the kingdom explained this: Wildfire City is indeed simple in the people, and people in the Iceland are very kind, and they say it only. If you want to kill your whole family, you will never leave a living person. In the city, there is indeed no way to pick up the road, because if you see a wallet on the ground of Wildfire City, someone must be trapped. If you dare to bend down and pick it up, you will lose everything at the least, and if you are exposed to the canal...
The chaos inside Wildfire City can be seen.
Several Icefield family forces led by the Sebalon family control all the lifelines of Wildfire City.
In other words, Wildfire City is actually the unruly Icelanders.
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To be continued...