Chapter 306 Red Fire Fortress
Xili saw the people who appeared in his sight and felt a little confused. These people were neither the merchants he knew in the chamber of commerce nor mercenaries... because they had not changed into standard equipment at this time, they were all casual clothes, and they looked like they were just young people in their teenage years.
What are these people here to do for him?
"Father..." The boy standing in front spoke.
Xili was stunned for a moment, then frowned tightly, as if he was searching for something in his mind. He had been here for too long, and most of the things he had done more than ten years ago were forgotten.
But soon, a name jumped out clearly and quickly, and Siri asked, "Ted?"
Siri is a peaceful man. He has never found any woman except Ted's mother. In total, there is only Ted's child. This name was left to Ted's mother before Ted was born.
Ted slowly walked towards Xili, but Xili's pace was bigger and faster. While Ted was still hesitating, Xili had already hugged the big boy as tall as him and slowly touched his hair: "My child."
The memories of sixteen years and even earlier surged back like a tide, leaving clear marks on the shore of my mind. During the face-to-face time, Sili had long seen something, Ted's slightly curly brown hair that inherited himself, his thick but straight eyelashes, even his eyes were exactly the same. When Sili looked at Ted, he seemed to see his youth.
"Father..." Ted opened his mouth. He stopped hesitating and hugged his father Kuanshi's back with his back hand.
"Child, my child. Dad is not good, I didn't stay by your side to take care of you."
"No, Father. You have always been my role model."
Grint quietly grabbed Lanaya's sleeve on the side. She felt that if she didn't do this, she would cry.
It took a long time before the father and son separated, and then Xili asked, "Why did you come here?"
"I, I can't say it." Ted lowered his head and stammered: "I just..."
"You must be Ted's friends, right?" Siri smiled at the rest of the people standing next to him.
Ted thought to himself, it's over, shouldn't it be that they are coming here for what they are doing?
"Hello uncle." Those people said so.
Adrian then took out the task list: "We have just established the Yara Mercenary Group, I am the leader, this is your mission we just took."
Xili didn't need to look at it, and she knew about what was going on. As merchants always should avoid risks as much as possible, Xili asked: "How many people do you have in total?"
"About three hundred."
"Where is the comprehensive strength?"
"Don't worry, the transit is enough." Adrian thought of the standard equipment they were processing and added: "We are still preparing some equipment, as well as supplies on the road, and so on, which should take several days to leave. What do you mean?"
"I'm ready and can set off anytime."
"Okay, we'll come to find you after we're ready."
After discussing for a while, the others finally surrendered first. Ted stayed here temporarily and talked a lot with his father. Xili roughly understood their current situation, such as the Hidden Temple, but Ted did not tell the story of the deadly night shadow. He knew that his father would not let him perform this task again.
"Are you a swordsman now?" Siri asked in surprise and joy.
"Um."
"Let's go, there is a competition venue not far from the north. Let's have a good time to compete!"
Ted was stunned for a moment and agreed. Although he didn't know his father's level, he hadn't practiced seriously for a long time.
In addition to purchasing a batch of equipment and food, this expedition also requires preparing many other things, such as camping tents, enough horses, etc., which require a lot of expenses. However, this is nothing to some people, but merchants have to worry about whether their goods are enough.
The newly-joined Yara Mercenary Group friends kept surrounding Lanaya, and after giving in a lot of effort, they almost sacrificed themselves. Adrian just watched the fun quietly, but Lanaya was about to wonder if she had any problems. She tried various methods, such as deliberately dressing up like a sloppy beggar, trying to act as willful and willful as a noble lady, but none of them were useful. Those people still stuck to her like glue, and could not be shaken off.
It must be that they joined the mercenary group in the wrong way... These people have problems with their minds!
"Zero Five!" Just as the waiter No. 1 was about to come and massage her back, Lanaya shouted loudly.
"Ah, I know, they like you very much." Adrian looked like he was waiting to watch the show.
"His name is Zero Wu?" asked the waiter No. 1. In fact, he has his own name. The names mentioned by these five people are both concise and strange. The young man who wants to massage Lanaya's back is named Xiong. The other three male mercenaries are wolf, lion, tiger, and the female wizard is called He.
OK, you can open a zoo.
"Good boy, how did you say?" Lanaya raised her head, stared at the bear with her eyes down, and looked contemptuous: "You should respectfully call him the leader!"
"Yes, yes!" Xiong immediately lowered his head, but after a while, he slowly raised it up, looked at Lanaya tentatively, and asked softly: "Then are you, the leader's wife?"
"Husband, you are so tall!" Lanaya suddenly pulled out her palm, and the purple light of "wavy" flashed and disappeared on the palm that was closed together. The bear was so scared that he quickly changed his mouth: "No, no, sir, please spare your life!"
At this time, the equipment vendor pushed several cars of equipment over, all of which were ordered before. Next, a very spectacular scene appeared in the equipment vendor. Hundreds of people came over one after another, took a set of armor, and put them on their bodies. The entire hall suddenly became bright. Needless to mention the metallic luster on the armor, the representative colors of their Yara Mercenary Group were light gold and black. The bright contrast on the robe simply blinded everyone's eyes.
Of course, the few people who have not purchased standard equipment are not for the sake of special purpose, but for the sake of being special, they have enough ability to protect themselves without these armor. Most of these people are closer to Lanaya, so they are not afraid of not being able to recognize them without standard armor.
As for weapons, everyone has them before, so they will not make any other preparations. Moreover, the weapons of mercenaries are not like those of the army. The army usually operates together with the same military branch. The weapons must be matched with the same weapons, but the mercenaries may be diverse because their combat styles are different.
A bright and long team stepped out of the east gate of Thunder City in the morning light. In the middle of the team, there were the goods transported by Xili. As for what was inside, he didn't say it, but only knew that it was to be transported to a warehouse called Fayeer City in the territory of the Red Fire Empire.
All these days, it was quite smooth. The fact is that with some masters here, they didn't know what the danger was. Even if there were thieves who had been hidden for a long time, they stepped back tactfully after seeing such a large formation. However, there was a big reason. They saw a female knight holding a spear at the front of the team. The spear was covered with purple psychic flames. Everyone understood what this meant. Just a woman was so fierce, what about the one behind her?!
If the bandits were nothing to them, the remaining low- and middle-level beasts were even less important to them. Along the way, except for the people they met when they arrived at the supply station to rest, they had never seen anyone else on the road until the day when they were about to reach the junction of the two empires.
That place is a weed plain. If you fly high altitude, you can see the tall city walls, and the fortresses are like mountains, blocking a continent into two parts.
The fortress here does not belong to the Heavenly Thunder Empire, but the Red Fire Empire. This place has a very ancient name - Red Fire Fortress. This area has nurtured many legends and buried many legends. The years of repair of these city walls and fortresses are unknown, and many bryophytes have already spread along the corners of the wall. The originally gray-yellow castle looks like it is moldy.
This is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and of course its protection is relative to the Red Fire Empire.
The people of the Hidden Holy Temple had planned the established route before. Even if there was an additional task to transport goods this time, it would not affect their arrival at the Red Fire Empire. They accurately chose the shortest route and found a rare city gate in the boundless Great Wall.
When the soldiers stationed at the city gate saw a large army holding rows of flags coming in the distance, they did not stop them too much. Maybe they knew in their hearts that the troops stationed here were definitely not the opponent of these people.
However, when the soldiers opened the city gate for them, which had been closed for unknown periods, they realized that the city gate seemed a little narrower.
Because on the other side of the city gate, there is a team of similar size to them, and both sides are blocked here.
If neither side gives way, it is impossible for both sides to pass through smoothly.
The Holy Temple of Hidden sent someone to ask, and it turned out that the other party was an envoy of the Princess of the Red Fire Empire. Adhering to the principle of peace supremacy, and the status of the two sides was originally very different, so there was a princess in the middle of the other party! After the order was issued, the front part of the Holy Temple of Hidden moved a distance to the side. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!