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"Senior sister, you are an adventure group." Dora looked at the other three people: "Are you going to Karatomir this time to enter the Shining Forest?"

"What? Do you think it's dangerous to enter the forest in this season?" Catherine frowned and asked in confusion.

"That's not." Dora shook her head: "A monster, it's not intelligent enough, and does not have the fighting spirit like a smart creature. It's entirely based on * battles. The golden-level professions can at least be one-on-three against the golden-level monsters. You guys can cooperate and deal with more than a dozen. What I'm worried about isn't the monsters."

"Are there any other problems in the forest?" Catherine was stunned when she heard Dora's words, and immediately understood Dora's implication.

"Well, there are some problems recently." Dora revealed with the information that can be said: "Recently, the headquarters took on a medium-sized mission to clear a group of thieves that are centered on the Flash Forest. This group of thieves is engaged in population trade."

"Slave trader?" Lina frowned in disgust, drew a square on her chest, and prayed in a low voice.

"It's not slave trade, thanks to the elves, thanks to the 214th Day War a thousand two hundred years ago." Dora muttered in a low voice: "If the elves hadn't erased most of the great human noble families that supported the slave trade, the abolition movement would not have been so easy to succeed."

"If it's not slave trade, then what do they do in population trade?" Catherine asked strangely.

"I don't know." Dora shook her head and said, "We caught some peripheral members, but they don't know who the buyer is or what the purpose is."

"We met an evil god sacrifice last month," said Catherine. "Can they be that group of people?"

"No, there will always be traces of corpses for the evil god's sacrifice. But the humans who are trafficking in these people..." Dora pondered for a moment: "It's completely gone, no one, no corpse, it's completely gone, and no one knows what happened to them, so someone commissioned a task in the guild for a high reward to track down the traces of this group of people. Although the client is anonymous, I guess it's a lord near Neville, or simply the current speaker of Neville."

After the split of the Neville Empire, twelve dukes and fourteen marquis were formed. These twenty-six territories together formed the Neville Federation. The Federation did not have a king. The aristocratic parliament was formed by agents sent to the capital to form a noble parliament to handle state affairs. The parliament elected a speaker every three years. The speaker was elected by the twenty-six lords, and the term of office could not exceed nine years. Therefore, the title of this speaker was called.

"Then have you tracked down their traces?" Catherine suddenly realized: "You mean, they are hiding in the forest?"

"Yeah, this is what the captives said," Dora said, "But the captives are all members of the periphery, and they are not sure where they are in the forest."

"They can actually stay in the forest." Catherine was a little surprised: "It's amazing."

"It's not difficult," Dora explained simply: "They have less than a thousand people. In the eyes of the monsters, they are a group of people, including four gold-level professions and some silver-level professions. If the monsters in the flash forest are a strong group, as long as they don't go too deep to provoke the legendary monsters in the center, they will find a larger cave to station them. There should be no big problems with daily safety, at most some low-level minions will die."

"Well, this makes sense." Catherine nodded: "It turns out that she can get along with the monster like this. I heard it for the first time."

"I just changed defense this time and only found out after I was stationed here." Dora said: "So, now you go into the forest and it will be very troublesome if you meet this group of people."

"Thank you, Dora," said Catherine. "We'll be careful."

"Senior sister, you don't understand what I mean." Dora hesitated for a moment, stepped forward a few steps, held Catherine's arm with her right hand, looked straight into Catherine's eyes, and said in a very pleading tone: "Senior sister, help me."

Catherine looked at Dora calmly, and her eyes began to slowly move downwards, from Dora's face, to her neck, to her shoulder, to her left arm, and finally to her left hand pressed on her chest. The corner of her mouth twitched and said, "Hehe, hehe, my dear junior, I haven't taught you the principles of being a human being for a long time."

"This, this, this, this, this, this is an accident, this is a habitual movement, I did it unintentionally." Dora also looked at her hand in surprise, and explained with a dry smile while retreating: "Senior sister, believe me, I really didn't mean it."

"You guys." Catherine pulled her long hair helplessly, shook her head and sighed: "I really want to beat you up."

Dora smiled silly with her eyes floating in the air: "Senior sister, I'm sorry, but I really ask you guys to help me."

"What are you going to help you?" Catherine asked, "Will you clear the thieves together?"

"Yes." Dora nodded affirmatively: "It is the season when monsters are invading. The team's personnel are scattered in various villages on the border. They can only draw forty silver-level members into the forest. Of course, even if it is not this season, it is impossible to send too many people to enter. If there are too many people entering, it is easy to attract large-scale monster attacks, and they will eventually be destroyed. So, the current situation is that I want to take forty silver-level members to clear nearly a thousand enemies, and there are four golden levels and more than thirty silver-level members in the enemy."

"It seems, a bit exaggerated." Catherine curled her lips.

"It's very exaggerated, it's like going to die." Dora said with a wry smile: "It's okay if I can't find them, but if I find them, it may not be who will clear whom."

"However, I remember that the leader of your Silver Lily Group and Captain 1 are two legends." Catherine asked in confusion: "And the leader of the third, fourth, sixth, and seventh team are all golden ranks, why don't they follow?"

"The monsters attacked." Dora looked sad: "The captain is in charge of the southernmost defense line, and the regiment commander is here. The two of them are absolutely not allowed to move. The other four Golden Level captains are all deploying defenses in the villages with the highest dangers. If they are drawn, the village will probably be destroyed and a large number of villagers are injured and killed, so it is not feasible to draw them. Now the regiment commander is considering whether to apply for a change in the mission, like other mercenary groups seeking help, but that will leave a bad record for the mercenary group. So, please help us, senior sister."

"This thieves group is so powerful that it is exaggerated." Catherine lowered her head and thought: "I have never heard of it."

"It was the result of the union of several thieves." Dora explained: "I don't know who the employer behind them is, but it is a headache to get a few thieves who have nothing to do with each other."

"Dora, I need time to think about it." Catherine thought for a while and looked at Dora sincerely: "You should know that this is a very dangerous thing. I can't agree directly. I need some time. Let's do this, and I will answer you tomorrow morning."

"Sister." Lina winked at Catherine, leaned into Catherine's ear and whispered a few words before continuing to say in normal volume: "Anyway, our task is to explore and hunt treasures. Do you want to act with them? The chances of encountering a thief group will not be much different, and the danger is the same."

"Yes, sister." Lina Vivian and Panis had just heard and got together to discuss it. At this time, Vivian also said, "So, it's okay to agree. And you forgot Lina's new skill, don't worry about the number of enemies, it's okay."

Panis didn't say anything, and lying on the table and continued to fight the mutton on the plate, which eventually caused Catherine to roll her eyes in anger. Of course, Catherine also knew that Panis was unwilling to show herself in front of outsiders. Such behavior instead indicated that he also recognized Lina and Vivian's views.

"Hu." Catherine exhaled heavily, tilted her head to look at Dora: "I'm an adventurer."

"I know." Dora blinked in confusion.

"I'm an adventurer!" Catherine's tone was aggravated and glared at Dora.

"Ah, I get it." Dora smiled, "I'll ask others to report to the Adventurers Guild to pay according to the rules."

"Very good." Catherine's eyes began to become sharp and full of oppression: "Then let's discuss the issue of reward."

"Five thousand." Dora raised five fingers: "No more."

"Are you kidding?" Catherine sneered, holding her chin with her hands, looking at Dora with cold eyes: "We have to face countless monsters, four gold professions plus more than 30 silver, and finally fight with more than a thousand people. If you want to use five thousand gold coins, you are insulting our market judgment?"

"But behind you, I and forty silver-level professions, have made great decisions." Dora did not give in and said tit-for-tat: "We can only get 40,000 gold coins in the entire mission, and we have made great decisions."

"Haha, haha, your joke is so funny." Catherine smiled to the sky: "Do you think I'm dealing with mercenaries on the first day? The intermediate tasks of the mercenary group start at least 50,000. As for the difficulty tasks like yours, and your employer's background, I don't believe that the reward is not more than 70,000."

"There is only 50,000 gold coins at most." Dora put her waist on her waist, and sparks seemed to appear in her eyes: "By counting, we are forty-one, and you four, we cannot give you too much, up to six thousand."

"Just." Catherine's eyes also seemed to have flames spewed out, and her eyes were in the air: "Can four diamonds cost the same price as forty-one stones? We put in the most effort."

"Uh, I said." Pannis asked Lina and Vivian in a low voice: "Is bargaining a compulsory course in their Knights Academy?"

"I think so." Vivian nodded whistlingly: "And it's a murderous bargain."

Lina took out a small folding fan from somewhere, half open and chuckled, watching Catherine and Dora's argument one by one.

"By the way, Lina." Vivian lay on Lina's arm and whispered: "What did you say to your elder sister secretly just now?"

"I just reminded her." Lina smiled like a graceful little fox: "Even if you find the other party, you may not really fight. At that time, if the assessment is too high, just mark the location and retreat temporarily. We have the final say whether the battle is the one that needs to be fought. Even if they retreat, they still have to thank us. And if they have a goal, it will be time to mobilize reinforcements from outside at that time."

Panis thought for a while, sat quietly to the side, trying to distance himself from Lina. Lina snorted softly, her gentle gaze swept across Panis's face, revealing a faint smile.

The dispute lasted for nearly an hour. Under the numb gaze of other mercenaries in the tavern and Panis and others, Dora and Catherine finally negotiated a commission for 15,000 gold coins.
Chapter completed!