You call this a shield?

Hodge frowned.

"Hey, close your suspicious eyes. For the sake of these things, I won't lie to you. After all, we really got nothing, and we are leaving here soon."

"Maybe others will want to go in and try their luck, but I will tell you an exclusive secret."

"You said."

Hodge squatted down next to the bearded man, and Tabetha squatted down with him.

The three together are like playing marbles on the ground.

"There is an old hunter named Colin, he can be said to be the only character in the village who can be regarded as a defensive force, and we found unfinished bloodstains and some graves at the gate of the village. Of course, Most of all, I saw in that hunter's yard a large, long hatchet with rough writing on it."

"Is that the bandit leader's weapon mentioned in the recruitment announcement?"

"If nothing unexpected happened, everything would have ended yesterday."

"But..." Hodge showed a somewhat tangled look: "Then you mean to say that those bandits went to that small village and were killed?"

"uh-huh."

"By a hunter?"

"That's not it."

Have something inside?Hodge motioned for the bearded man to continue.

"The hunter named Colin told us that a professional was originally planning to live in seclusion with them, and then those bandits provoked him, and then..."

"Hey~"

The bearded man made a gesture of blowing his fingers, as if blowing away a hair.

This sounds reasonable, although it is not necessary, but Hodge still asked with a little curiosity: "What does that professional look like?"

"Who knows, the hunter told us that the place where the professional lives has been locked, and he himself traveled far away, just yesterday."

"To be honest, I actually wonder if that old guy is talking nonsense. After all, why do professionals live in... Hey, where are you going? Don't listen?"

The other side was still shouting and shoving, while Hodge and Tabetha had returned to their tents.

"Brother, haven't we finished listening yet?"

"No, did you hear that detail?"

"What details?"

Tabetha was puzzled.

It should be said that Hodge deserves to have 10 points in intelligence. He grabbed Tabetha's shoulder and shook it: "The guy we stopped this afternoon."

"You mean the troubled nobleman who rejected our kindness?"

"Trouble?"

Hodge shook his head again and again: "You heard what you said just now, the bandits were wiped out yesterday, and it's unreasonable for nobles to appear in such a place, isn't it?"

"Whether it's a businessman or an aristocrat, they won't sneak into Qinggu without incident!"

Looking at Hodge's flickering eyes, Tabetha also had some understanding.

"Wait, you mean, that guy is that professional?"

"Why not? The timing is just right. The professional set off the next day after eliminating the bandits, while the mercenary set off from the big mill in the morning and now comes back from that village. One way instead of going back and forth The time is actually about the same.”

"But, since one is coming and the other is going, why didn't they meet on the way?"

Tabetha offered a different opinion.

"Maybe it's a different route? It's bypassed in the middle." Hodge scratched his chin: "You think, the mercenaries have to take a slight detour to go to the bandit's original station first, don't they?"

"So, is it really possible that he is a professional?"

Having said this, Tabetha began to recall in her mind the appearance when she met Sheld in the afternoon, the somewhat scruffy hairstyle and beard became unruly, the somewhat old clothes became frugal, and the somewhat hateful smile became Free and easy...

It can only be said that the first impression is like a layer of filter. After changing a filter, everything seems reasonable and acceptable.

"Okay!" Tabesa grabbed Hodge's forehead and arm, and said with a little excitement: "Let's go and recruit him to join our mercenary group!"

Volume 13 A New Beginning: Chapter 13 Chapter [-] The Two People Who Came to the Door

My wayward sister!Whether the other party is completely sure that it is a professional will not be said. After all, everything is speculation, but the possibility is very high.You don't really think that a professional would be insane to join a two-man mercenary squad of novices, do you?

Unless you tell him who we are, that's more likely.

These words have been repeated in my heart several times, but after all, Hodge did not say them out.

Because he knew that when Tabetha was in high spirits, no matter what her father said, she would not be able to calm her down.

What he can do is to make this matter go to failure or success, instead of turning into a bad thing that kills people.Professionals will only be afraid of more powerful professionals, some outlaw professionals, and killing nobles because of some extreme things is nothing new.

……

When Sheld rubbed his eyes, yawned, and opened the window to feel the morning...ah no, the first rays of sunshine at noon, he couldn't help but sigh:

"It's cool to have a mattress!"

Below is the fluff of some kind of animal, but the smell is a bit strange. I don't know what kind of strange perfume the owner here sprayed on the bed for what purpose. The smell is not very suitable.

But, no matter what, it was much better than the wooden bed in Qinggu Village.

Colin had offered to add hay to his bed, but Sheard had refused, so there was no soft mattress, and it wasn't Colin's fault, because Colin didn't have either.

The entire Qinggu Village is full of hay, as you ask how to survive the winter?This place is basically close to winter. The climate here determines that winter will not be too cold, and everyone can bear it.

After rubbing his growling stomach, Sheld was ready to go downstairs for dinner, um... the boss here is very kind in business, 10 copper coins can stay until the next night, if you have to sleep for another night pay.

After all, I don't know how to change the mattress, let alone change the sheets, and there is no hotel attendant from the previous life to tidy it up, so...

"Good guy, it turns out that wearing that kind of perfume is to cover up the smell!"

Sheld was slow-witted, and when he thought of how many people had slept on the sheets, he suddenly felt an inexplicable itching all over his body.

"I'll take a shower later..."

Pushing open the door of the room, Sheard bumped into two "zombies" with bloodshot eyes.

He quickly touched the pocket with one hand, pinched a stone, and only put his hand down after seeing who was coming.

No red light, be safe!

Sheld looked at Hodge and Tabetha, the two panda-eyed mercenaries who had met yesterday, and asked a little bit dumbfounded, "What's the matter? I didn't hire you yesterday, did I?"

Based on the lack of red light, Shield didn't feel that these two were here to trouble him.

Just as Tabetha was about to make a move, Hodge next to her elbowed her chest, bent down and coughed.Hodge then pulled out a professional smirk seen on the face of an insurance salesman in a previous life.

"Sir, let's meet again. Let's get to know each other again. I'm Hodge and she's Taibetha. We are a brother and sister mercenary squad. fencing……"

"I'm also... ahem... good at horsemanship..."

Tabetha coughed dryly and said with difficulty.

How heavy is the kid's elbow?Sheld looked at Tabertha's chest... um, ahem, not for any impolite purpose, but just thought that Hodge might make the not-so-big Tabertha even worse.

"so?"

Sheld didn't quite understand what the two of them were going to introduce themselves for a while, but then he thought, maybe this pair of brothers and sisters are here to try their luck again, after all, it's not easy to catch a big fish.

However, Sheld originally guessed that these two are noble children from Baishi Port, who came out to play around. Is it necessary to work so hard for such an order?

"I should have made it clear yesterday that there is no need for mercenaries?"

Sheld tried emphatically.

"No! Sir, I think meeting you yesterday is a kind of fate. We hit it off, right?"

Is it right?Can't tell?Sheld gave Hodge a weird look, and took a half step back. This guy can't be gay, right?

He suddenly thought of where he had seen it before, "male favorite", such things as being manly, are quite common in the aristocratic class.

Looking at the map panel again, the white dots of these two people have been turned into green dots—huh?Two people?

Sheld glanced at Tabetha who also expressed his affection for him, feeling indescribably strange.Hodge's hard elbow just now seemed to be gradually becoming reasonable.

Seeing that Sheard didn't make a sound, Hodge continued: "You said you're going to Baishi Port? We can go together, not hired, we can be a companion on the journey, I like to meet new friends, and so is Tabetha, right? ? Tebetha!"

"exactly!"

Tabetha is beside the chicken pecking at the rice.

If it weren't for the flustered green punctuation representing the two, Sheld would have thought that the two were plotting something wrong, otherwise he wouldn't be so considerate.

After thinking about it for a while, Sheld thinks it's not impossible, after all, he himself has similar ideas, but it's more open and aboveboard to change from following to walking together.

In short, for now, not charging money is a good thing.

"Then... okay? I have to eat first and then take a bath, do you mind waiting for me?"

"Of course, sir! Come on, we'll be waiting for you at the east gate! It's near the windmill, and you can easily find it."

After all, Hodge left with Tai Beisha who stepped back three times.

Sheld shook his head, and put aside the things he didn't understand for the time being. It is more important to solve the major issues in life first.

Go to toilet, eat, bathe.

Except for going to the toilet, the latter two require money. The owner of the hot bath tavern will help to prepare, and with a little extra money, he can also help with rubbing mud. In view of the image of the other party, Sheld refused.

The experience of going to the toilet is not bad. I use some kind of clean leaves to wipe my butt. It is the size of an adult’s hand. It feels like a layer of fine fluff, and it is very tough. If you don’t look at it, Sheld almost thinks you are Wipe with a cloth.

This material looks much more comfortable than some Copley pebbles, bamboo strips, and hemp ropes seen in previous lives.It is said that the British royal family uses salmon, but I don't know if it is true.

Sheld didn't struggle in the toilet for too long. After finishing everything, he was refreshed. He spent a copper coin to ask the tavern owner to get a hair-tying rope to tie up his no longer greasy hair.

Of course, the beard has to be shaved too, but there is no such condition here.

There is a saying that this beard is paired with messy hair tied up at the end, the Asian-European face and slightly melancholy eyes, in the previous life, he could rely on his face for food.

For some reason, the mercenaries stationed here dispersed, and only a few were packing up. The big mill was obviously not as lively as yesterday, perhaps this is the norm.

Shield looked around and walked towards the windmill that Hodge had mentioned earlier.

Soon, he saw two people sitting back to back on the ground snoring loudly on the side of the road.

Seeing them sleeping so soundly, Sheld couldn't bear to wake them up. Could it be that these two squatted at their door the whole night yesterday?

"Then sleep a little longer?"

Sheld found a clean place and sat down, and began to fiddle with his skills again.

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Volume 14 A New Beginning: Chapter 14 Chapter [-] Baishi Port

The journey started from a beautiful afternoon, with Hodge's apology in my ears.

When Shield made it clear that he didn't need to care, Hodge began to use his strengths - extraordinary common people's insight and thoughtful preparation.

Anyway, Sheld has fully confirmed that the pair of brothers and sisters are nobles. When they took out their dinner, Sheld was surprised, and silently put down the green wheat cake in his hand under the kind invitation of the two.

What they brought was a combination of instant noodle seasoning packets and freeze-drying. They took out a square brick from the package and put it in a pot to cook. It quickly turned into a pot of delicious miso porridge. There are some cereal-like things, some minced meat and some strange-tasting vegetables.

"This is the product of alchemy!"

Tabetha's eyes couldn't stop being proud: "Not every mercenary can enjoy it, only the elite. You don't want to be a mercenary who suffers from hardships and sleeps, do you?"

Shield: "..."

Although, he was quite right, of course he didn't want to live in the open air, but why did he suddenly start talking about being a mercenary?

There was only one tent, and it was a bit cramped for the three of them to sleep in, so they were on watch outside in shifts, and Sheld let the brother and sister go to bed first, after all, they still didn't seem to get enough sleep.

Poking the campfire alone, Sheard opened the map panel.

The distance is not too far. After reducing the map a little bit, you can still see the location of the big mill. According to Hodge, although you have to go through Qinggu to go to Baishi Port, you don’t actually go inside Qinggu. Everyone They all choose to circle around from the outside.

"Then it's the turn of the magical use of skills."

After filling the fire with some firewood, Shield pulled a dead grass anywhere.

"A shield bestowed by God!"

"The hair of a forest goddess!"