"Legion scout, dark elf." Ryan and others were a little surprised after hearing the news. From the beginning, everyone used to think that Najim and the others had encountered a large number of kobold troops like themselves, but they never thought that the other party had encountered them. Scouts in the Dark Elf Legion, but although this was unexpected by Ryan and the others, it was also reasonable. After all, the only one who was truly qualified to lead the army into battle was Boyadinas, a strong player in the Dark Elf realm. This Under such circumstances, it is quite normal to mobilize some vassals to join the war.
"Since you are the scouts of the regular Dark Elf Legion, what is the comparison in strength between the two of you and what is the final result?" Ryan thought for a while and felt that it would be better to understand the combat effectiveness of the Dark Elf Legion first, so he asked the question again.
"We have four legendary strong men here. The others are between ordinary high-level and ordinary advanced. The opponents are all ordinary advanced thieves." Najim replied: "They ambush us, and the first wave of arrows rained down. They took away a dozen of our companions. Although we fought back hard, their armor was so good. They were all mithril mail. Except for a few of us legendary powerhouses, no one else could do anything to them. harm."
"Although I don't want to admit it, I think even if they don't use sneak attacks and 100 people fight 30 of us, we will still lose, but they will just pay the price of dozens more casualties." Najim's eyes showed With an expression of envy and resentment, he said bitterly: "The equipment of these guys is really good. Their weapons are all scimitars made of mithril, and their bodies are also equipped with magic mithril mail. If they all The legion is all equipped like this, I’m afraid we in Hirag City... "
Ryan briefly recalled the scene yesterday when he had a fierce battle with the Djinn Chamber of Commerce. There were so many legendary strongmen on the other side, but the one who really possessed the mithril armor with excellent defensive power seemed to be only the guard captain Solaufen. The other mercenaries were top If you can get a better weapon, as for basically wearing what you wear, I'm afraid you'll lose to the opponent just by equipping yourself with it.
"Are you reluctant to spend money, or are you unable to buy it for some reason?" Ryan thought for a while and asked Solaufen,
Solaufen gave a bitter smile and replied: "We are mercenaries. How can we buy military-style armor? The suit I am wearing was given by Kelano... as a gift." Ryan saw Solaufen mention After Kelano's name, his tone was a little strange. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately guessed that this woman must have a very close relationship with the Rakshasa demon. Otherwise, how could he give her such a good armor, but it belonged to the other party? Ryan didn't bother to ask about private matters.
Thorofen paused, and seeing that Ryan didn't show any expression, he continued: "Basically, the price of a set of mithril full-body armor is quite high, so various chambers of commerce are more willing to use it for smuggling. As for individual mercenaries, If you are not very strong or have no backers, wearing this kind of armor is basically like preparing it for others, stabbing you to death in the back, dumping the body in a secluded corner and burying it, no one can find it."
Ryan nodded, and he asked a few more questions. Seeing that Najim really couldn't know too much about the overall situation, he winked at Astarot and Ghalib. These two knew The companions in the dark elf language each carried a fainted dark elf, took them aside to wake them up, and began to interrogate them. Faras slightly changed the magic barrier so that everyone would not interfere with each other and avoid Najim. Conspiracy with his companions,
A few minutes later, Ghalib and the others turned around and made a few gestures towards Ryan, indicating that they could not ask anything. After verifying with each other, there were no flaws in what Najim said and should be true. , seeing Ryan start to ponder, Najim, who was lying on the ground, was very anxious. He knew that after the other party finished asking questions, he would probably not be left alive, so he said hurriedly: "I am a legendary strongman. I can speak four languages. I used to I have also been a slave and can do anything. As long as you don’t kill me, I am willing to be your slave.”
Ryan was a little hesitant at first. He was not a murderous person, otherwise there would be no need to dwell. He could just kill him and leave. Now hearing Najim lying on the ground say this, it also aroused Ryan's curiosity. He asked: "You were a slave."
"Yes." Seeing Ryan asking this question, Najim knew that his life might lie in the next few sentences. If he could impress Ryan, then he might still survive. Otherwise, most of the things waiting for him and his companions would be... That is, after silencing the mouth, the body was abandoned.
Najim replied cautiously: "My family failed in a battle before, and a large number of people were killed. I was still very young at that time, and I was quite handsome, so I was sold as a slave. I will go I have traveled to many planes and done various things, so I have learned several languages. You don’t have to worry about the contract between me and the Fortune Chamber of Commerce. We are paid according to the tasks. There will be no trouble in leaving voluntarily now. This kind of thing is common in Bireg, and there won’t be any problems.”
"It turns out that you also became a slave after the collapse of your family." Ryan nodded thoughtfully. He thought of Helena, whom he bought for tens of millions of gold coins. According to her, there was a lot of conflict between the various families in the dark elves. Without conflicts, fights, conspiracies, and betrayals are simply commonplace. In other worlds, families are destroyed almost every day, and more new families rise.
When Najim heard what Ryan said, he misunderstood what Ryan meant, so Najim quickly said: "Yes, like Solaufen, I am a victim of failed family fights. In fact, there are absolutely no people outside the other world." Most of the dark elves like us who are alone do not have this tragic experience. Only those dark elf families who are qualified to build castles are ordered to open up territories in other planes."
Ryan looked at Najim and then at Solaufen, and saw a determined expression on the latter's face. Apparently Najim's words also aroused painful memories in her. Ryan rubbed his nose and was about to speak. But he heard the sound of a twisted and broken neck bone, which came from the direction guarded by the Queen of Blades at the end of the alley, so Ryan gestured towards Galib, whose strength would naturally not be affected by Farasi's magic. Affected by the world, he also heard the sound, so he understood it and walked over.
A few seconds later, Ghalib's figure reappeared in front of Ryan, and he said: "It's a drunk mercenary, and with him was a wandering warbler who has been silenced."
Ryan knew that the Queen of Blades was more bloodthirsty, so he didn't say much. Now someone came over. Ryan didn't want to cause trouble, so he made a decisive decision and said to Najim: "Okay, I will leave you alive. You and your companions will follow first." Together we will."
Najim was overjoyed. He thought it would be good if he could escape with his life. Unexpectedly, Ryan actually let go of his companions who were not legendary strong men. This made Najim feel slightly refreshed. At this time, the pressure on Najim suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared. Najim quickly got up without Ryan's instructions and gathered several of his companions. , stay aside honestly,
Ryan recited a magic spell in a deep voice, and the magic effect immediately enveloped the entire alley and surrounding buildings. After making sure that no one else passed by and no one paid special attention to this place, Ryan felt relieved. , he greeted and asked Solaufen to lead the team to continue marching. Najim and others who had just joined the team behaved very honestly, especially Najim. He knew very well that a person could firmly control his own life and death through coercion alone. , what a terrifying power it was, so he dared not go against Ryan's wishes more than anyone else. However, seeing that Ryan was not paying attention to him now, Najim restrained several companions and walked in the middle of the entire team,
After walking around for more than half an hour, Solaufen led Ryan and his party into a solid building. There was a huge sign hanging at the door, with a sharp-nosed pickaxe on it, and a very simple but The lifelike image of a kobold's head is obviously the kobold minecart that Thorofen mentioned before as a means of transportation.
After entering the door, Ryan found that the hall here was much larger than he had imagined. On the left and right sides of the hall were several huge shelves with various strange things placed on them. Ryan looked at them carefully and only recognized them. There are two things like cables and winches. As for the other things, I don’t know what they are used for. And in the direction facing Ryan and the others, there are six corridor entrances on a flat wall, which should lead to different directions. ,
Seeing a guest coming to the door, an ogre waiter walked over in a few steps and said in Rakshasa demon language: "Ten gold coins per person, fill up and leave."
This was not the first time for Thorofen to come. She waved her hand to signal the ogre to get out of the way, and then said, "We'll charter a cable car. The faster the better."
"Ah, it's a big customer." Hearing Thorofen's voice, a sharp male voice came from behind a certain shelf in the communication room. Ryan looked at it but didn't see the speaker, but when he lowered his vision After that, I still saw the man who was talking. It turned out that he was a goblin. Goblins and underground dwarfs were about the same height, but their status in the other world was completely different. Although goblin warriors have low individual combat effectiveness, they are very particular about cooperation with each other and teamwork. The goblins have extremely strong combat capabilities, and there are many enchantment masters and alchemy masters among the goblins. Their existence has undoubtedly enhanced the status of the goblin race in the eyes of other races.
The male goblin who spoke had a face full of wrinkles, looked very ugly, and his voice was shrill and harsh. However, almost all goblins looked like this. It was not that this male goblin was specifically targeting Solaufen and others. On the contrary, he He was quite familiar with Solaufen. After walking out from behind the shelf where various parts were placed, the male goblin quickly recognized Solaufen and spoke: "Solaufen, it turns out you are back. .”