When dawn fell, the mercenaries reluctantly crawled out of their tattered tents, slowly packed their clothes and weapons and started a new day's work. Everything seemed no different from yesterday, except
The chefs discovered that a tent containing food seemed to have been eaten by a group of people and that a member of the group had been secretly beaten during the night.
Of course, in this kind of profession where blood is drawn from the edge of a knife, it is normal to have some grudges. It is not unheard of to secretly beat up an enemy at night. This matter was just brushed aside without causing any waves.
"Ah... I'm so exhausted. Fortunately, I'm going to the place soon. I must find a girl to have fun by then."
"You're the only one looking for a girl? Go look for an old sow, hahahaha."
Volibear was still sitting in the cage, watching the mercenaries around him walking back and forth, loading some odds and ends into the truck, and talking nonsense.
Last night, after Volibear had eaten and drank enough, he quietly slipped back into his cage and used great force to twist the distorted cage back to its original shape, as if nothing had happened.
He was still sitting in the cage pretending to be powerless. In the eyes of the mercenaries, this "goods" was no different from yesterday. He just stayed in the cage harmlessly.
This is Volibear's plan. He doesn't know the destination of this group of people, so he can just stay in the convoy and let them send him there. When he gets there, he will find out the location and then find a way to escape and seek the Giant Chamber of Commerce.
With support, the unlucky ones will no longer be as simple as such a small mercenary group. His purpose is to wipe out the entire underground auction house!
Doing this is of course extremely risky. First of all, Volibear has no idea what will happen after being sent to the auction house, whether there is still a chance to escape, whether there will be masters inside, the structure of the auction house, etc.
Everything is unknown.
But since this plan is to be implemented, Volibear has no chance of winning. First of all, the person escorting it clearly knows that the bear man has been hypnotized and will not be able to move freely for five days, and he has already broken free early.
Hypnotic bondage.
Secondly, there is that huge force. No one believes that such a bearman who has not eaten for several days and has been drugged can break open the special steel cage with his bare hands. He will definitely be neglected like last night, so it seems that Volibear is being
Trapped in a cage, he is actually free, which provides him with a lot of room for action.
You must pay the price, this is Volibear's idea. It dare not say that it hates evil, but it will never tolerate the evil under its nose.
"Guys, let's hit the road. If we go fast, we can sleep in Trenwell's guest room tonight. There's big fish and meat to eat and drink. Of course, if you still have a few bucks in your pocket, pretty girl
There will be too!"
"Oh oh oh! A treat from the leader! A treat from the leader!"
In a short while, the mercenaries who traveled frequently were ready to travel. Under the leadership of the group leader, the entire convoy began to operate like a not very precise machine.
"Boy, can you not cover me with this piece of cloth? Anyway, you see, I can't do anything."
The cage truck carrying Volibear also mixed in with the convoy and started to move forward. At this time, someone walked over with a large piece of black cloth that covered the cage yesterday and wanted to use the black cloth to cover the cage truck. Wally
Bell quickly turned his huge bear face towards him, trying to discuss with whom to discuss.
"This is not okay, you know, you are not someone who can see the light, hehe."
You can't see the light of day... Volibear took a sip inwardly, how could a three-good bear like him, who was born well, not see the light of day?
In the end, someone still took a black cloth and covered his cage truck tightly, because escorting half-humans is indeed a very conspicuous matter, so this is also a necessary project for them.
Forget it, it’s better to seek help from others than to ask for yourself, what nonsense are you talking to these little minions?
Volibear, who was squatting in the cage car, let out a long sigh, secretly stretched out his giant claws, and used his sharp nails to cut a small hole in an inconspicuous corner of the black cloth. He couldn't bear to be there all day long.
The place where the weather used to be suffocating is now much better.
"I am a confused little bear~~~~~~~~~~~but I am walking in the field of hope~~~~~~~~~~~
Accompanied by Volibear's unknown song, the convoy slowly moved towards the destination. As for whether what was waiting for them was a delicious beauty or something else... then no.
That’s easy to say.
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Trenwell is a city located on the border of the Blazing Empire, and it is also a very well-known city. Although it is far away from the center of the country, it is very prosperous because it is located on the transportation artery connecting several surrounding countries, especially the location.
The Emerald Federation and Fenghua Republic, which are on the right side of the Blazing Empire, use this as their main trade channel to the Blazing Empire.
Over the years, Trenwell has continued to receive development opportunities due to its unique geographical factors. It has gradually developed from an unknown border town and has become one of the largest cities in the Blazing Empire.
It is this key geographical environment.
But although Trenwell is prosperous, its prosperity also has an extremely bad side hidden under normal development, because far away from the center of power of the Blazing Flame, Trunwell has always been a gray area far away from the sky and the emperor.
So of course, there are countless underground transactions and all kinds of extremely cruel terrorist activities here.
Of course, on the surface, Trenwell is peaceful, and ordinary traders passing by can pass or trade freely here only by paying an acceptable amount, but at night, hidden in the darkness is a pool of water.
A bottomless quagmire.
Although the contemporary Emperor of the Blazing Empire, Flame Emperor Falas, has carried out many reforms and even suppressed Trenwell with force many times, and in the end even almost put the most elite Heavenly Dragon Knights in the empire to stay here for a long time, it seems that it is not very useful.
Obviously, this place is still full of all kinds of semi-black business and underground activities. Through bribery, bribery, intimidation and other means, this group of underground forces has indeed planted many informants in Trenwell's government agencies, so that
They can continue to make their dirty money here with peace of mind.
The ability of an underground activist to make the army unable to do anything is of course very simple. In addition to the sky high and the emperor being far away, there is also a sufficiently hard backstage. It is so hard that even the emperor who holds the highest power in a country cannot easily
Pull it out.
This is Trenwell, a city that is both heaven and hell, and this is where Volibear is about to arrive. Here, he will encounter crises and opportunities he has never imagined.
"This city...is a bit strange."
After a whole day's journey, the motorcade with Volibear finally entered the city of Trenwell as night fell. Although Volibear had been sitting in the cage quite leisurely, there were many
The mercenaries, who had been walking all day on their own feet, were as tired as dogs and almost lay on the ground and stuck out their tongues.
Because he had cut a gap in the black cloth covering the cage car before, Volibear secretly observed the situation outside all the way, especially when the mercenaries shouted: "We're here! Trenwell! Woman!
", he did not blink an eye and kept observing the surrounding environment from the moment he entered the city gate, in order to increase the possibility of his subsequent escape journey.
However, the situation in this city... can be said to be completely beyond Volibear's expectations. How should I put it... it feels a bit too relaxed.
That's right, it's relaxing. From the moment they entered the city, a strange atmosphere enveloped the surrounding group of mercenaries. Before they arrived at Trenwell, their expressions were obviously much more vigilant. It's no wonder, after all,
What they were escorting was a large amount of illegal goods that could not be eaten if found out. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for anyone to relax. This was a job where the head was tied to the crotch, and no one dared to relax.
But since entering this city, the expressions of the mercenaries have become completely relaxed, as if they don't have to worry about anything at all, as if a thief has come to his home, even if he has stolen goods, he doesn't have to worry.
According to regulations, the Blazing Empire stipulates that the gates of every major city must undergo strict inspections, and large convoys in particular must present customs clearance documents from various places before they can be released. However, when this group of convoys full of illegal goods entered the city gate, Wally
Bell just vaguely saw through the gap that the leader of the mercenary group took out a small sign from his chest and gave it to the guard to take a look. Such a large amount of goods entered the city at will without any interrogation.
"It seems like there are a lot of doorways in this city... Now we're in trouble."
Volibear sat in the carriage, silently looking at the streets he was walking along. Although it had already entered the evening, the streets lit up by the ore energy lamps erected on both sides of the road still looked very prosperous, with an endless stream of people coming and going.
Various hawking sounds came and went, and the citizens seemed to be very satisfied with their lives, and did not appear to be oppressed by any forces at all.
But the more these streets are without any abnormalities, the more they highlight the weirdness of this city.
If you think about it for a while, you will know that such a city where fleets transporting illegal auction items can come and go without any hindrance can be a model city with strict law enforcement? There must be a lot of tricks here.
If it is not a city with very good law enforcement, and this city is so prosperous, the people are so rich, and the order is not very chaotic, then there is only one reason. This place is controlled by a powerful force other than the law. This force
It has even become so big that there is no need to exploit ordinary people to gain profits.
Judging from the situation when entering the door, unfortunately, this powerful force seems to be probably what Volibear is about to face. This is almost the worst situation he can imagine, and it is about to be auctioned.
If the underground auction house with this pile of auction items is really related to the underground world of this city, then it will be very difficult to seek help from any legitimate forces in this city.
Even under the worst conditions, he may have to fight alone, which is almost impossible to win. Although he has become a lot stronger after the fusion of two souls, but can he fight with a real master?
, Volibear has absolutely no idea about this.
"If I had known earlier, I'd better not have been so enthusiastic. I'm probably going to be in big trouble now..."
For the first time, Volibear doubted his own judgment and felt a little regretful, because the origin of this adventurous action came from his ignorance of the world and his self-confidence that he could "run at any time". In fact, it was very thoughtless in the first place.
practices.
Although his sudden increase in strength was enough to bring him a lot of confidence, in the final analysis, he was just an ordinary bear-man who had just grown up. Compared with the masters all over the world, he was nothing to mention. Even if he could
It's no use slapping a giant to death. All it takes is a master at the level of a great swordsman to stab him through the opponent without him even being able to touch it.
But it was too late to regret. Volibear, who was on the pirate ship and had already started sailing, had lost the chance to get off the ship. He could only rely on his pitiful advantages to take steps one step at a time.
After all, he was just dressed in bearskin, and eighteen years later he was a good man again! Volibear patted his head with his huge palm to cheer himself up and appease the poor guy who was dressed in bearskin.
The convoy was still moving forward, and it was estimated that it would take nearly an hour to reach the center of Trenwell before the convoy finally arrived at their destination, which was a huge and beautiful manor.
From the outside, the unattainable fence encloses a huge area. There are many roses growing on the fence, which makes it look very beautiful and luxurious. But for those who know, there are actually many hidden and open sentinels surrounding the manor.
, various protective facilities and sentries are densely packed. Rather than saying this is a manor, it is actually more like a military fortress secretly.
"We're finally here. This trip is really troublesome. Smuggling so many things out of the Emerald Federation is really troublesome."
The middle-aged man Torres, the leader of the mercenary group, wiped his sweat. Even a master who specializes in fighting, he was very tired after traveling for so many days, not to mention that there were still many things he needed to do during the journey.
With a basketful of baskets and a bunch of idiot subordinates who didn't know what to do, Torres felt that his pressure was overwhelming, and he was greatly relieved to be able to reach his destination safely.
"Hey, Captain Toris, it looks like it's been quite hard and it went well."
At the gate of the manor, the convoy stopped and was inspected. However, it was obvious that this was not the first time that the examiner and the leader of the mercenary group, Torres, had met. The two seemed very familiar with each other. It seemed that this convoy was transporting goods to the manor.
Illegal goods are no longer as simple as once or twice.
"It's a little troublesome, but it's not a big problem. The group of animals from the Emerald Federation almost blocked us at the border. Fortunately, they ran fast and didn't delay the auction."
"Hey, you know very well that if you waste an adult's time, something bad may happen. It's really easy to deal with smart people."
"Isn't it?......"
Captain Toris secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although the reward for doing something for an adult is very high, the relative risk is so great that those idiots can't even dream of it. This is really like putting their heads on their waists in the literal sense.
on the activities.
Toris was talking to the person in charge, while a dozen masked men on the other side were carefully inspecting the goods brought by the convoy. They directly removed all the black cloth covering the goods one by one.
Checking the transported items, when passing Volibear's cage, a big man's sharp eyes glanced at him, who was still pretending to be weak and sitting in the cage, which made him startled. Fortunately, the big man didn't deliberately go there.
Check, otherwise you may find that the cage has some abnormal signs of being crooked.
"There seems to be no problem, Captain Torres, please."
After a while, more than a dozen big men checked the convoy, but nothing unusual was found. The person in charge pulled the bell on one side, and the gate of the manor opened, and the convoy was released towards the wide area of the manor.
The road opened up.
This time, because the black cloth on the cage car has been completely removed, Volibear, whose field of vision has been greatly expanded, can see the situation of the manor clearly. The first thing in front of him is this huge door, which seems to be made of a large number of black gems.
It is spelled out, decorated with red sand gold stripes on the edges, and decorated with many black roses on the door, which is as gorgeous and dangerous as the door to hell.
However, more than the luxurious door itself, a pattern engraved in the middle of the door attracted Volibear's attention more.
"Black... clown?"
That's right, a clown with a strange mask is carved right in the center of this huge door. The clown is holding a diamond-encrusted scepter that represents power in his hand, and a bleeding dagger in the other hand.
, there is a weird smile on the mask, and he is wearing a strange robe, which makes him look different from ordinary clowns.
Generally speaking, clowns should be messengers who bring people joy, but for some reason, the clown pattern on this door gives people a very scary feeling and makes people shudder, even though he is so quiet.
He couldn't do anything because he was carved on the door, but Volibear felt as if there was a sharp knife hanging on his neck, and cold sweat flowed down unconsciously.
It seems that this clown is not the messenger of joy, but...the messenger of fear.