alliance of misthophoros

Chapter 1 God's Pact: Finding the Missing Cat

Wilson reached out and knocked on the wooden door, and it was dark inside the dusty paper window.

no one seems to
"The address written on it is here." Safire compared the employment paper in his hand, and said firmly, "The time is also clear, it is now, around seven in the evening."

The people standing outside were two young boys, one was slightly taller, wearing glasses, and the other was holding an employment paper in his hand, about the waist height of the person beside him.

At this moment, the people in the house, listening to the movement outside, are watching with bated breath through the cat's eyes on the wooden door.

At the same time, Wilson knocked on the door politely again, "Hello, is anyone there? We are the mercenaries who have accepted this employment commission."

It seemed that someone inside exhaled nervously.

And a timid female voice came from the back door: "Okay, please wait a moment."

After a while, the window revealed the orange light of the candle flame, reflecting the figure of a girl with two braids.

The door opened a little.

A little girl who was about their age and had freckles poked her head out, and the moment her eyes met those of the visitor, a trace of anxiety flashed in the girl's eyes.

Safire thought she looked familiar.

Wilson realized: "Ah, it's the girl who sells bread in the bakery."

Through the light in the house, the girl also recognized that the two boys were frequent customers of the store.

The door opened completely.

The house is simple and small, with a dressing table, a round table, and a slightly dusty cabinet. A little further into the bedroom is a bedroom without a door. Someone is resting inside, and the sound of breathing is heavy.

Safire and Wilson sat down at the round table with only one foot, and the girl prepared tea and served it in front of them.

The light in this house is maintained by only one candle.

"You are the client, right?" Wilson took out the employment note from Safir, and pushed the glasses on the tip of his nose.

The little girl nodded.

Wilson introduced: "Hi, my name is Wilson, and this is my partner Safir."

At the same time, Safir also introduced himself seriously, "Hi, I'm Safir."

"I'm Ai Plai." Ai Plai gradually became less nervous, "I didn't expect someone to take this commission, thank you very much, brave and kind boys. Today is the first day that my kitten disappeared. The next day, I was worried about it.

Wilson carefully read the contents of the employment slip, "Don't worry, Miss Apple. By the way, the cost mentioned above..."

"25 copper coins." Aiple said with certainty.

A moment of silence.

Ai Pulai pursed her lips, "Yes, do you think it's not enough?" That's all she had saved, and after she finished speaking, Ai Pulai's face turned pale.

"Of course the price is reasonable, it's better to say it's too much." Wilson said.

Apple's eyes lit up again.

"I'm just curious why Miss Appley cares so much about this cat."

Epley hesitated for a moment, then spoke slowly.

"I have been living with my grandma and it. It was left to us by my mother, and I cherish it very much." Epley became a little excited as he said, "The town is very unsafe recently, and there are always cases of disappearances. In the past, Xiao Miao went out and would come back on time in the evening, but now..."

Ai Pulai didn't dare to think about it, Xiao Miao was always by her lonely side like a family member, for her, Xiao Miao was the light she struggled in the dark life.

"Do you have anything related to that cat?" Wilson thought for a while, "For example, hair or something."

"I think... there should be some, I have a special comb for grooming its hair."

"give me."

"Okay." Aiple didn't understand, but he still took out the comb that Xiaomao used to groom his hair in the small box next to the old pillow in the corner.

Wilson took out a few soft hairs from the comb he handed over, and took out a piece of soft cloth from his pocket. He put the few hairs on the spread out soft cloth, folded the soft cloth carefully, and put it back in his pocket.

"What does a kitten look like? Do you know where it often goes?"

"It's about this big..."

……

After communicating with the employer, Wilson and Safire walked on the street, and Safire slightly looked up at Wilson who was a little taller than him.

Safir said: "Is it still alive?"

"There are signs of life."

"Then shall we go find it now?"

"It doesn't seem very far."

Safire is seven years old this year, and Wilson is a few years older than him, ten years old.

Three years ago, when Wilson and the mercenaries who were working together to make money passed by a village that had been looted by robbers, they found the only little boy who was still alive.

That little boy was Safir.

Safir was like a newborn at the time, and he couldn't remember the memory before he woke up. Wilson had an inexplicable affection for this little boy who was younger than himself, and he took Safir with him to live a life as a mercenary.

Wilson had a rough life experience. It can be said that he was born to be a mercenary.

Wilson's father was betrayed by his employer shortly after Wilson's birth. Wilson's father had no nationality and was not recognized by any country. Similarly, Wilson had no nationality.

At the beginning, Wilson's father worked as a mercenary for a certain government organization. At that time, the country was still in a state of turmoil. When he hired him, the government promised that after the victory, he would be promoted to a higher position with generous rewards and a new nationality. , so the father of the poor and crazy young Wilson abandoned his original nationality and became a mercenary.

Later, the cheers of victory sounded from Wilson's father's ears. At the same time, the ideal wealth and security in Wilson's father's mind were all gone. All non-staff mercenaries not only don't have a penny, but also have to suffer from stares and spurns everywhere.

Wilson's father, who had experienced betrayal, had no choice but to accept such an ironic reality, continue his mercenary career, and live a life of no fixed place and brushing shoulders with death.

Wilson has been working as a mercenary with his father since he could remember, wandering around the world.

In the year when he met Safir, Wilson's father happened to have a relapse of an old injury and passed away.

It was also three years ago that Wilson, Safire and the group of mercenaries who earned their salaries came to this town together.

Wilson broke up with the group of people because he insisted on taking Safir with him.

On a cold night, Wilson opened his eyes and found that there was nothing beside him except Safir.The group of people took all their belongings and left the town overnight while Wilson and Safir were asleep.

"found it!"

Wilson scratched the cat's fur with his fingertips, and the glasses under the glasses flashed a glimmer of light.

Safire listened carefully, and it seemed that he really heard the cat meowing in this place where there were not many people.

Wilson is an ability user. His ability is to find the living creature within a certain range through the personal objects of the living creature. The longer the personal object stays with the living creature, the more accurate it will be. Poor mental strength is related to physical fitness.

"No wonder, it turned out to be stuck."

The two found the kitten in the abandoned building. They speculated that it might be because the cat could pass through the gap, but due to the aging of the building, the flexible little guy was stuck when the cat was shuttling.

The cat stared vigilantly at the two boys in front of it, its throat rumbling in warning.

Safir took out the snacks that Epley often fed the kitten to comfort the kitten.

The little cat calmed down, and after confirming that the person in front of him was not malicious, he licked the snack in Safier's palm.

The cat has been found, but how to rescue it?
Safir is just an ordinary child with a relatively good memory, and Wilson is also a child with little strength besides the ability to search.

"Here are the screws."

Safire observed the structure of the building and found a breakthrough.

……

"Should we send the kitten back first?" The kitten in Safier's arms trusted Safier very much. Maybe the kitten itself likes children.

Suddenly, Wilson stopped in front of the hiring board.

"Just passing by here to see what new employment papers are out."

Safir also leaned forward, looked up slightly, his eyes fell on Wilson's fingertips, and couldn't help but read the words "50 gold coins."

Then sigh, "Wow, the farmer is rich."

"Has this similar employment paper been posted before?"

Safire began to recall, then nodded, "Yes, two weeks too."

"The content inside is constantly changing." Wilson thought, "How did it start... At first, it was just written that the rats were making trouble on the farm, and they wanted to catch a few rats, and 3 copper coins. Then... …and then, maybe every few days, the content stays the same but suddenly it becomes 1 gold coin."

"Every time this farmer's employment paper is very popular, it was almost torn off shortly after it was made public. We were squeezed outside and didn't even see it. We just listened to people talking about it. This time it was raised to 50 gold coins but no one was seen. catch."

Safir was suddenly recalled, "I remembered...the ones I've met, they're on the missing list."

Wilson swallowed, and ran his fingertips across the words on the employment paper, stopping at the word 'help', "Now it has become, come and save my countryside, save me! Help!"

"He's calling for help now."

The current world is being invaded by unknown forces, and the life of everything in this world, including people, has undergone tremendous changes. Very few people who have no intention of obtaining this power become capable people, and these capable people become The only way for human beings to fight against the invasion of unknown forces, so capable people become mercenaries for high-paying commissions.

However, mercenaries are not equivalent to ability users, and a small part of mercenaries are just ordinary people.

After returning the kitten, Wilson and Safir came to a small private clinic.

Wilson seemed to be thinking about something and remained silent.

Davis is the owner of this small private clinic, and at the same time provides board and board for Wilson and Safir. The three of them are friends and mercenaries in a partnership team. However, strictly speaking, Davis is Physician.

The fate of Wilson and Davis has to be talked about from their parents.

Wilson's father had been a very good brother of Davis' father, and naturally Wilson and Davis had known each other since childhood.

Out of Davis' trust in Wilson, when he learned of Wilson's situation, he naturally and generously let Wilson and Safire live together.

Davis is different from Wilson, Davis is not a mercenary, but a doctor, but due to some special reasons, he has to work as a mercenary.

Not all the employment orders that Wilson received, Davis will join.

Davis only takes special employment orders with Wilson and Safire.

(End of this chapter)