rune hunter

Chapter 26 Mad Dog and Killing Order

"Hurry up, hurry up, go back and pack up your equipment, a new killing order has been issued over the square!"

When he was about to walk back, he suddenly heard such a sentence, and El raised his head curiously, and saw a group of mercenaries hurriedly passing by him, walking towards the inner city.As they yelled along the way, more mercenaries appeared in the roadside taverns, all of them with excited expressions on their faces.

"Brother, what happened?"

El casually grabbed a mercenary passing by and asked with a smile.The man waved his hand impatiently, and pointed to the front: "Didn't you hear that it was an order to kill the white lion? Go and see for yourself."

"That's something like a reward, isn't there any blind bandit near Istaren?" El took the opportunity to walk with him and asked tentatively.

"You don't even know this? Are you new here?" The mercenary stared at the young man with two arrows on his back in surprise. His eyes lit up when he saw the white-feathered ebony arrows, and his manner of speaking improved a lot.

As an important military town and a bustling commercial center, Istaren has a great demand for mercenaries.The generosity of the White Lion family has attracted many mercenaries from other places, including many masters.

"Yes, yes, it's the first time I've come here to work with the boss." El pointed to the logo of the chamber of commerce on his clothes, indicating that he was not a mercenary: "Brother, what do you call it? What is this killing order? Why? So many people rushing to go?"

Seeing that he was not in the same company, the mercenary finally relaxed. He laughed and said, "You can just call me Wright. It's no wonder you don't know, little brother. The order to kill the white lion doesn't happen every year."

"The White Lion family is a group of war lunatics. They have killed all dangerous creatures within two hundred miles of this land. But you also know that there are always some weird creatures in the forest outside the city. Stuff... I remember what was the last time? Some idiot dug up a nest of ooze monsters out of the mine, and they multiplied all over the place in a matter of days."

"The white lion knight masters disdain to deal with such small things, but this kind of trouble has to be dealt with, so they issued a killing order, which is now, and we mercenaries are responsible."

The mercenary Wright, who let go of his guard, was eloquent as soon as he opened his mouth.

"How many ooze monsters to kill? How much is that thing worth?" El curled his lips. He could sell the skin and meat by catching a rabbit. The whole body of inexplicable creatures like ooze monsters has no value at all.

"Who said it was for making money?" Wright had your vulgar expression on his face, and he patted the silver-white armguard on his arm.

"Did you see this? These are military supplies! The killing orders are not issued with gold coins, but military merits! As long as you have accumulated enough military merits, you can go to the White Lion's logistics office to exchange for genuine military supplies! This is what I did last time. Good thing I got, this baby saved my life twice."

"Can you use the military achievements accumulated from cutting ooze monsters to exchange for military supplies?" El gasped and almost cried.This is the disadvantage of not being familiar with the place of life. If I knew that there was such a good thing, who would spend that wrong money.

While talking, the two of them had already walked down a street, and their eyes suddenly opened up.This is the Victory Square outside the gate of the inner city of Istaren. It is said that [-] elite knights of the White Lion Legion were inspected here. It can be imagined that it occupies a large area.But now the square is also full of mercenaries and civilians watching the excitement.

Al stood on the edge of the square, unable to see what was ahead even if he stood on tiptoe.Just when he was about to use the rune, Wright patted him on the shoulder, signaling him to be calm.

After a while, the crowd in front gradually quieted down, only to hear the ringing of the opening bell, and the gate of the inner city slowly opened, as if some important person appeared from it.

"Aha! Yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh—"""

Suddenly, a hoarse, disgusting laughter, like a cat's paw scratching a wooden board, spread throughout the square. This ugly sound was full of penetrating power, and El, who wanted to cover his ears, couldn't help crying. Goosebumps all over.

"Oh, hell, this bastard!" Wright raised his middle finger and cursed in a low voice, seeing El's uncomfortable expression, he gloated again.

"It seems that this is your first time in Istaron. Remember, this guy is 'Mad Dog' Shet who is in charge of Istaron's security force. There is also 'Wolfdog' Anderson who is in charge of the city defense force, and the monitoring force The 'Hound' Pross, these three people control all the troops in Istaren except the Knights, and are called the 'Three-headed Dogs of the Gatekeeper'. They are the real big men."

"Shet is very particular about people, but this broken voice is so fucking disgusting. Do you know? I heard that there was a war, this guy ran too far and lost his way, and met a cannibal in the forest Demon, he ate the ogre... and then his throat was ruined like this... of course this is a joke."

The cat-scratching sound came again, interrupting Wright's chatter.

"Yes—yes! This is the killing order you have been waiting for for a long time! Slime monster? No, no, no, next time there is such a thing, we can just find a few brats, you mangy dogs Can you have a little higher pursuit?"

"He called you mangy dogs?" Al asked in a low voice.

"Oh, he is a mad dog himself." Wright said cheerfully, without any appearance of being humiliated.The mercenaries are a group of guys who suck at the knife edge and work hard for their lives. They only believe in the supremacy of force, and they don't pay much attention to the issue of face.

The man known as "Mad Dog" Shet was still showing off his broken gong voice in front.

"Well, the goal this time is more challenging--I mean for you. A group of kobolds appeared in the southeast of Red Stone Ridge, blocking the commercial road. Yes, kobolds! Those who have Candles, little things with picks in their hands!"

"Go and kill those little mice that are running around! Last time, the five ooze monsters got a little military merit and someone scolded me. You have ten points of military merit!"

"Ho Ho!!!" The mercenaries were finally aroused with excitement, howled and slapped their chests.

El heard the gasping of the mercenaries around him suddenly becoming heavier.

"What? You ask the number of kobolds? Hell, do you think I'm going to send scouts to investigate such a funny question? I can only tell you one news. When that fat miser escapes, tell me that he The entire caravan has been robbed! That stupid pig said he saw kobolds all over the mountains!"

Kobolds everywhere?The eyes of all the mercenaries lit up. No one knows how much this news is, but just think about it, if you dare to rob a caravan, the number of kobolds must be assembled.You must know that even if this kind of cowardly creature wanted to rob a lone traveler, it would only dare to do so if it had a whole nest.

Enough kobolds means enough military exploits!And Mad Dog Shet is not a stingy guy, which means that the Eastalen Logistics and Armaments Department has a big show!Thinking of this, some people's eyes started to turn red.

"What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for your mother to deliver bread? You only have half a month! After half a month, I want to see Hongshiling as clean as a plate licked by a dog! Oh, you want to say What? Dear Master Shet, I can't kill a few kobolds in half a month? My God, what are you doing with a weapon? Why don't you go home and nurse in your mother's arms? Yeah, yeah ah--"

Amidst Mad Dog Shet's wild laughter, the aroused mercenaries shouted loudly and fell into a frenzied atmosphere.The smarter guys have already sneaked out.

The crowded crowd quickly dispersed, and El finally saw the man called "Mad Dog" Shet.It was a slovenly middle-aged man, sitting lazily on the edge of the podium, wearing a blue and white uniform of a sheriff, which was dirty as if it hadn't been washed for a long time.His hair was greasy and curled into locks, and his beard was curled up all over his face.This kind of slovenly image is not uncommon, no matter which tavern you can see similar drunks.

However, what was different from those drunks was the man's eyes. Even at a distance of hundreds of meters, El could feel the ferocity and madness hidden in the eyes that Shet occasionally glanced over.As a hunter, El was no stranger to this feeling. In the forest, he often passed by that kind of ferocious beast, but Shet gave him the feeling that it was much more dangerous than those wild beasts.This is a very scary guy!

In El's experience, usually dangerous beasts of this level have exceptionally keen intuition, and can feel the eyes of prying eyes on them.So he just took a look and then habitually averted his eyes. The image of "Mad Dog" Shet is really impressive, so there is no need to remember it deliberately.

However, because of this, El didn't notice the familiar figure in front of "Mad Dog" Shet.

"Forgive me, Master Xie Te. I want to confirm that according to the No. 20 six rules of the extermination order military merit exchange, you can exchange [-] military merits for the opportunity to meet the Lord of the White Lion. Is this rule still valid?"

"Ok?"

The soft girlish voice caused Shet to look down from the podium, and when he saw the speaker, his eyebrows twitched subconsciously.

"Hey, little girl, if your pretty face is not disfigured, I can take you in now." Xie Te smiled while rubbing his chin. "The exchange rules on the killing order haven't changed for hundreds of years, but you little girl, what are you going to use to earn military merit?"

"Thank you sir, there is always a way."

Tiana pulled up her hood, bowed slightly, and a confident smile inadvertently appeared on the corner of her mouth.

(End of this chapter)