The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.
Orton, who has witnessed the kingdom's corruption step by step, certainly understands what the guards mean.
Orton calmly took out a bag of copper coins, which were the trophies of the captured robbers, and stuffed them into the hands of the guards.
The guard's wrist was slightly raised, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He didn't see how the money bag disappeared, so he just heard him say: "Everyone, wait a moment, I'll go inside to report it."
Orton nodded, and Nita couldn't help but complain to Noelle. She had never encountered such a situation in the Elf Kingdom.
The study room of the Marquis Mansion had already been transformed into the command room of the Eastern Front battlefield.
The woman sitting in the main seat has long wine-red hair, and the tiredness on her face cannot hide her heroic appearance.
"We can't seal the city now! At least let the kingdom keep up with the follow-up supplies, otherwise once we are surrounded by the Demon King's army, we won't be able to hold on for long." A staff member shouted.
"Not sealing the city?" Another person said: "The Demon King's army may arrive outside the city at any time. Those monsters don't need to rest and can attack the city directly! It's impossible to wait for food and grass supplies. It's already rainy on the eastern front, and the roads It's extremely muddy, making it even more difficult to send supplies here."
"Alas~" Another person shook his head, "If the last supply had not been delivered on time, our defense line would not have had time to repair, and we would not have been torn apart by the Demon King's army and become the target of public criticism."
The woman listened to the quarrels among the staff and felt extremely irritable. At this moment, the housekeeper walked quickly to her side with an envelope.
"Sir, there is an adventurer at the door asking to see you with your letter of entrustment."
The woman glanced at the letter and shook her head secretly. When the war situation got a little worse, she sent the letter, hoping that this powerful team of adventurers, who could destroy the remnants of the Demon King's army, would escort her family away from this place of trouble, but she didn't expect the other party. While she was not in the capital, while the letters were circulating, she had already entrusted another adventure team to send her family away.
"They arrived late, the commission has been picked up by another team."
"Then I'll reject them." The housekeeper said without thinking. Even if the Marquis broke the contract first, she didn't think it was a big deal.
The woman paused and said: "This team of adventurers still has some strength. Please explain the reason, pay the commission fee, and let them leave."
The butler nodded and left immediately.
At the main entrance of the Marquis Mansion, a guard ran out in a hurry. The envelope in his hand had disappeared, and the smile on his face became more sincere. "Everyone, please go to the living room to rest for a while. Someone will come to entertain you later."
When the guard led the way, Orton's hand sank, and the bag of copper coins came back on its own. When he looked at the guard again, his face became more flattering.
Living room.
After the servant poured a few cups of tea, before Noelle and others' chairs were warm, a tall woman walked out with an apologetic smile on her pretty face.
"Adventurers of the Lion Fang Team, welcome to the Marquis Mansion. I am the housekeeper of the Marquis." The woman glanced at everyone, and without waiting for anyone to reply, she added: "I'm very sorry, the battle on the front line is tight. The Marquis is anxious and has been unable to wait for you for a long time, so he has sent another team to send his family members away."
Noelle and the others looked at each other in confusion. Only Serena looked confused and aggrieved, allowing the woman to see through the little priest's mind at a glance.
"The Marquis is busy with official duties, so I have to accept you all on my behalf." The woman took out a bag of gold coins from her arms and quietly placed them on the small table beside Orton, "This is the bounty entrusted this time, please accept it. "
Orton first looked at Nita, but saw Nita roll her eyes in an extremely secretive manner, indicating that she would not interfere with this matter. Then he looked at Noelle. The girl's pretty face had no expression, but she did not look towards her.
Look here.
Orton stood up and said: "It's because we acted too slowly. This bounty is unnecessary."
"How can that be done?" the woman said: "We broke the contract first. Please accept it. It is really our fault that you are still trapped in this eastern city because of your trip in vain. I hope to make peace between us."
This cooperation has a good foundation."
In this way, the Lion Wolf Fang Team did not complete any commissions, but collected the full commissioned bounty from the Marquis's Mansion.
After walking out of the Marquis Mansion, Nita sighed on the side and said as if she meant something: "I feel that we have been holding back little Noelle. Although there is a bounty this time, there is no commission record. It is a waste of time."
That said, it was a waste of time."
"Don't say that," Noelle waved his hand, "None of us expected that this would be the case, right?"
After experiencing a series of events, the little priest Sharina had a tired look on her little face. She glanced at the gloomy sky and whispered: "Then what should we do now? We can't get out of the city. Let's go find that person.
Mr. Knight?"
"It's better not to trouble others." Noelle said: "It's better to find a hotel in the city to rest for a while, and then go out to find out some information."
Nita clapped her hands and was the first to support, "Okay, I listen to Noelle! But next time, I will definitely not accept any missions related to the nobles of the kingdom. Every one of their missions is quite a scam.
"
Noelle saw that even Orton, the most stable person around him, was nodding, which meant that he was not feeling well either.
The group of people walked on the deserted street until they knocked on the door of the third hotel and finally got a response.
The closed door slowly opened a small crack, and an old man with gray hair and a stooped figure could be seen faintly.
"What's wrong with you?" The old man was particularly vigilant.
Nita said speechlessly: "Isn't this a hotel? We must be staying here."
The old man glanced to the side and saw that three of the four people were girls, and one of them was a priest. He reluctantly felt relieved, opened the door, and motioned for everyone to come in.
"Let's make an agreement first. You can stay in the vacant rooms upstairs for free, but you have to get everything by yourself. There is no food in the store, and there won't be anyone to wait on you." The old man closed the door.
, put his hands behind his back and walked towards the back room.
"Hey, boss." Nita stopped the old man, "Is there water?"
"I'm not the boss," the old man corrected: "The boss has taken his people away a long time ago. I'm old and I'm just guarding the store here and I don't have any water. I told you to figure everything out by yourself. Don't bother me if you have nothing to do."
, don’t come if you have anything to do!”
Just when everyone in the Lion and Wolf Fang team was overwhelmed by this eccentric old man, news about the riot at the city gate had already reached the Marquis Mansion.
"Oh?" Hearing that someone killed the troll with a sword, Marquis Odzi perked up and looked down at the knight kneeling down to report the situation, "I never expected that at this time, such a powerful person would arrive in the East.
Wire."
This is one of the few good news these days.
"What does he look like? Where is he? Are there any arrangements?"
"Sir, the one who killed the troll with one sword was a white porcelain-level adventurer girl. Her identity was suspected to be fake. She was about fifteen or sixteen years old. She wore a gorgeous but weird half knight armor and used a mithril sword.
Following two silver-level adventurers, respectively."
The knight replied one by one, but the housekeeper standing behind the Marquis had a strange look on her face. Why did the more she listened to the knight's description, the more her appearance overlapped with that of the girl she had just seen?
Thanks to: ‘He Sir’, ‘Nine-tailed Yanhu’, ‘Yan Ling’, ‘King of Bronze and Yin’ for their rewards!