Around seven o'clock the next morning, on the Red Sea in Africa, in the captain's exclusive lounge of the Sand Ship Dawn.
"Ha! ------" Bediwell climbed up from the bed, feeling sore muscles all over his body. No wonder, he went to bed so late last night (or should I go to bed very "early" this morning?), sleep
If there is a serious lack of time, it is natural for you to feel tired.
"Eve, is Lawrence on the ship?" Bedivere asked as soon as she changed clothes: "Help me inform him."
"Yes, Captain. Notices have been sent to relevant parties." The ship's artificial intelligence navigation system replied.
"Okay," the werewolf young man rubbed his shoulders: "It looks like this will be a long day again."
Ten minutes later, in the crew lounge of the Dawn.
"Work?" Big Lawrence blinked at Bediwell while eating French fries: "Oh, oh, boss, you are talking about the job that makes a lot of money. That one has been arranged for you, don't worry."
"What kind of job are you doing?" Bedivere sat across from the same table and grabbed a handful of French fries and stuffed them into his mouth.
"That's a job assigned by the Bounty Hunters Guild. It's not convenient to say it here." Lawrence glanced at the idle people waiting next to him. However, in fact, there were not many idle people in the lounge, only Obert and
Kate and the two little guys were watching cartoons on TV intently.
"Forget it, let's talk about this when we get to the guild." Bediwell then said, "I just hope the reward can be seen. We have to raise 100 million Egyptian coins within a week, which is a lot of pressure."
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"Don't worry, boss. The sponsor of this mission is a rich man, so the reward will naturally not be small. Relatively speaking, the risk of the mission is also very high."
"It's expected and reasonable." The werewolf youth was not moved at all.
"Then let's set off after breakfast." Lawrence said, eating French fries faster. It seemed that the purpose was not to finish breakfast as quickly as possible, but because he was afraid that the remaining French fries would be snatched up by Bediville.
"Uncle Wolf wants to go out to play?" the little tiger Obert on the side said, wagging his tail: "Bring me with you too! It's so boring to stay here!"
"You two brats are still in the grounding period, have you forgotten?" Bediwell rolled his eyes at the tiger boy: "Just stay on the boat and don't cause trouble, or I will extend your grounding period for another two weeks!"
"Hey, stingy!" Obert stuck out his tongue and said, "Aunt Eve, give me a cup of ice cream!"
"Understood, send it right away." Shachuan's artificial intelligence navigation system replied.
"You kid, you seem to have no problem staying in the boat." Bedivere said with a long face, "Eve, keep a close eye on the actions of these two naughty little ones. If they cause trouble, they will not be allowed to do anything to them in the future."
Sweets are provided."
"Yes, Captain." Eve replied again.
"Eh!" "That's too much!" Kate and Obert protested together.
At the same time, a siren was heard inside the ship, although it was short-lived.
"Captain Bedivere, the user in the medical cabin has completed his treatment." Eve said.
"Little Hal." Bediwell couldn't help but feel complicated when he thought of everything that happened last night. In any case, after the organ transplant surgery, Little Hal lay in the medical cabin all night, and he should have recovered to at least a certain extent now.
Yes. This is also a gratifying thing. He has to rush over to see the situation.
"No, let's forget it." Bedivere immediately gave up the idea and said to himself. At this time, the Palamedes and his wife had already rushed over to see their little son. It would be better not to hinder other people's family reunion.
"Let's go." The werewolf young man then said to Lawrence: "Are you going to rush over to the guild to report and take over the mission?"
"No need, I have already applied for the task for you, boss." The magician handed over a document, "The employer wants us to meet them at a designated place. It seems that a special test has been set up. Press the employer's side
It seems that you must have a practical understanding of the power of the employee before you can decide whether to hire him or not."
"That's it, it's very reasonable." Bedivere said without emotion.
"Boss, you should be angry. Even though your ranking in the guild is already high based on your strength, the other party still doesn't believe in the guild's recommendation and insists on testing you." Lawrence snorted, "This approach clearly insults the guild at the same time."
and you."
"The fact that the other party is able to do this also means that their financial power is not small, right?" Bediwell said tentatively.
"Well, that's true. Anyway, you'll understand when you get to your destination, boss." Lawrence pretended to be mysterious.
"You're just a job agency, why do you want to buy it for me?" Bedivere said with a long face.
Lawrence grinned and said nothing.
Because they used Dawn's teleportation beam to fly directly to the city outside Cairo's black market, Bediwell and Lawrence arrived at their destination almost in the blink of an eye.
"This is it?" The werewolf youth stood in a daze in front of a dilapidated house in the west of Cairo's black market. The employer must be very rich, right? However, the dilapidated concrete bungalow in front of him was not even three stories high, and it looked really inconspicuous.
It looks very suspicious in a deserted area west of the black market that no one cares about.
"Welcome." Seeing Bedivere and Lawrence approaching, a big man in a black suit came up to greet him. The man looked very authentic Egyptian in appearance, and he was from the upper class. Although he was a pure white man,
His skin has a wheat color due to being exposed to the hot tropical sun all year round, but it is completely different from the black color of black people. This man is actually wearing a tight black suit in an area like Egypt where the daytime temperature is always high. Could it be that he
Not afraid of the heat? Bedivere couldn't help but murmur in her heart. Maybe the other party was just trying to endure it because of his respect for dignity.
"Are you the employer this time?" Bedivere asked curiously.
"No, I'm just the person responsible for the response." However, the big man in a black suit said, "Our employer invited about three hundred people to participate in the mission. Although they were recommended through your bounty hunter organization, all the people invited were
Mercenaries with extraordinary skills, but our employer does not plan to recruit everyone into the team for this mission. Probably only the one-tenth of the most skilled people will be retained. Our employer said
, This mission is very dangerous. People who have not passed the combat ability cannot be allowed to participate in the mission, otherwise it will only cause casualties in vain."
"Really? Your employer is really considerate." Bedivere said with a hint of irony.
"Then, gentlemen, please put on this hood." The big man in a black suit handed over a black hood. The texture of the hood is very light and breathable, but it is made of a fabric with excellent light-shielding properties.
This allows the wearer of the hood to not feel the stuffy heat caused by the hood, while also hiding his or her appearance to the maximum extent possible.
"What does this mean?" Bedivere frowned.
The big man added: "Our employer said that he will never judge a person's strength based on his appearance. Therefore, he hopes that all bounty hunters participating in this test will wear hoods to hide their identities.
Rely on your performance in the test to prove your strength. No matter what country you are a hero from, or a nameless desperado, as long as you have enough strength, you can participate in this mission."
"What, you're quite serious." Bedivere blinked, "I can understand this. Let's do it like this."
"Boss------" Lawrence winked at Bedivere and handed over the appointment document from the Hunter Guild.
"No, please keep this for yourself. It won't be too late to submit this document when you actually pass the test." The big man said.
"That is to say, for people who haven't even passed the test, your employer won't even take a look at their appointment documents." Bediwell put on the black hood, "Well, that's fair."
"This gentleman also...?" The big man in a black suit turned his eyes to Lawrence and handed the other hood to the conjurer.
"No, no, no, I'm not here to participate in your mission. I know I'm not strong enough." Lawrence hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "I'm just the introducer of my boss... Well, I'm probably an intermediary."
.If you have any tests, please continue and don’t worry about me."
"Then, sir, please wait here. No one is allowed to enter the testing site. We are sorry that we cannot let you in for a visit."
"Of course, of course." Lawrence took a step back: "Then I will wait for you to come back, boss, at the market in the black city center of Cairo? Wait in the dessert shop last time?"
"If you like it." Bedivere shrugged: "But maybe you have to wait a long time?"
"You don't need to worry about this." The big man in a black suit said again: "When all the hunters who participated in the test have arrived, the test will be completed in about an hour."
Interesting. Can you test the strength of more than 300 participants in just one hour? Bediwell smiled calmly. Let's see what medicine these people are selling.
"Well, please come this way." The big man turned around and left, motioning for Bedivere to follow.
The werewolf young man followed the big man in the black suit and walked into the unremarkable and even slightly dilapidated cement building.
The iron door behind him was also closed.
"Enter the testing venue from here." The big man in a black suit only took a few steps into the hall of the building before triggering a mechanism on the wall of the hall disguised as a wall lamp.
Rumble, rumble, rumble! ------
Amidst the sound of a series of mechanical gears turning in this hall full of mechanisms, the floor in the center of the hall also opened, revealing a stairway leading to the underground. That road leads to a very deep underground, with only two people on both sides.
The mysterious firelight emitted from the hole in the wall serves as illumination.
"Is the test site underground? Sure enough." Bediwell said.
"No, actually the test has already started." The big man said.
Countless red lasers shot out from various gaps in the stairs, and there seemed to be mechanisms controlling them. These lasers were constantly moving up, down, left, and right, making it dazzling.
"This is the initial test. Please avoid the laser traps on the stairs and reach the underground test site safely." The big man said: "Don't worry, the power of the laser cannot kill people. At most, it will only cause slight burns to the skin."
.But if you are hit by the laser, you will be disqualified immediately. If you want to participate in this mission, you must reach the destination without being hurt by the laser. Can you do it?"