After Ryan said these words, he turned around and left, leaving Maia in the courtyard, while Maia stood there blankly. He suddenly felt at a loss. In his previous experience, everything seemed to be gone. It went well. Although he was an orphan since he was a child, he was adopted by his adoptive father. Although he was upright by nature and offended many people, no one cared about him because of his adoptive father's identity.
Although no mercenary group was willing to hire him due to his overflowing sympathy, he met Catherine. After joining the goddess team, Maia ignorantly started his journey to the competitive competition, and during the battle Basically, it was a near miss. Looking back now, as long as Catherine is still on the court, it is impossible for the opponent to win. It's just that in the previous battles, Catherine did not make a clear move.
In this way, when Maia still didn't know what was going on, he inexplicably became the champion of the Royal Athletic Competition and began to enjoy unique benefits. Even when the orcs launched the Battle of the Imperial City, Maia did not come to the battlefield in person. , he stayed in the safest rear as Catherine's entourage until mankind won,
Unexpectedly, all of this was ruthlessly shattered today. A priest from the Double Ax Mercenary Group easily restrained Maiya to death, making him unable to play any role. Fortunately, the strength of the Lane Mercenary Group Far surpassing the Double Ax Mercenary Group, but Allendo could completely suppress nearly a hundred opponents with just one move. Otherwise, if the two sides were evenly matched, Ryan's side would definitely be in chaos because of Maia's negligence.
"Maybe I really shouldn't become a pastor." Maia thought blankly: "Actually, if I think about it carefully, I don't like spreading the voice of God at all. The reason why I became a pastor is entirely because My adoptive father nurtured me, and as an orphan who has been living in the church since I was a few years old, I probably have no other choice."
"But what do I want to do?" Maiya asked himself: "I envy other people's glory in front of others, and I want to get rid of the shadow that I was unable to do when I was young, but is all this really correct?"
For a moment, Maiya suddenly felt at a loss. He had been learning the teachings of the gods since he was a child. He recited many chapters praising the gods of light in a young voice, and naturally became a priest. Now, the thought in Maiya's mind Everything that was taken for granted was crushed into the soil by the ruthless reality.
Ryan no longer paid attention to Maia, because Maia's own heart knot must be solved by himself, just like after Ryan dealt with the thief Scar and his gang, it was his first murder, and his heart was full of helplessness and hesitation, although Flanner guided him, but in the end he had to rely on himself to completely get through that hurdle.
Ryan sat on his bed. He was about to take off his coat and rest, but when he saw the bed opposite him, Flanner, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly sat up.
"Hey, you haven't rested yet."
"Haha, Ryan, how do you feel about exercising the responsibilities of the group leader?"
"The responsibilities of the leader." Ryan didn't understand what Flanner meant and repeated subconsciously,
"As the leader of the Ryan Mercenary Group, Ryan, what you just said to Maiya is exactly what a leader should do."
"Ah, Flanner, actually I didn't think much about it at all. I just had something to do with Maia. When I saw that he was worried, I enlightened him, just like you enlightened me."
"Haha, it doesn't matter. Anyway, your result is completely correct, so it doesn't matter the process." Flanner seemed to be very satisfied with what Ryan said to Maiya just now. He said slowly: "Actually, you are not satisfied with what happened today. You handled several things very well. Haven't you noticed that you are becoming more and more like the leader of the group? You just snorted slightly and scared the unruly Colin and Thomas into that. But only the best leader has the majesty."
"Oh." Ryan took off his magician robe and shoes, lay on the bed and said, "Actually, they are probably so afraid of me because of my performance in the Thunder God Fortress and the Imperial Capital, but I always feel that Colin and Thomas regarded me as their backer, I remember that when we were at Thunder God Fortress, they were always causing trouble."
"Isn't this bad? As a team leader, if you can't even protect your teammates, then there is no prestige at all."
"Well, that's what I say, but those two guys will deliberately appear in front of me every time they provoke a difficult opponent, and I can't just sit back and watch them suffer. Basically, as long as it's not because of their brutal If they are unreasonable, I will definitely help them. After all, they are my subordinates. General Orlando also said that for his subordinates, he must treat his subordinates with both kindness and power. When others provoke them, he must support them. If he wants to punish them, he can only punish them. Let’s do it from the start, after all, it’s just our internal matter.”
"Yes." Flanner lightly clapped his hands and continued: "You did a good job today, and you didn't take action personally like before, but left it to Allendo and the others to handle. At the beginning, I thought you would take action personally. I know that you care about the people around you, especially when someone dares to tease Farasi in front of you. When we were in the Thunder God Fortress, I remember those guys were felled by your magic. I had to lie down for two whole months."
Hearing Flanner talk about Faras, Ryan felt sweet in his heart. The taste of Faras's kiss just now still lingers in Ryan's teeth. It is a taste called happiness.
"Don't think I'm verbose, Ryan." Flanner said: "Although there are only a few people in the group now, this mercenary group will eventually grow and grow. With more people, there will be more things to do, and you can't do it all yourself. Deal with it, so as the leader, you must learn to train your subordinates and let the right people do the right things in the right positions."
"I understand, thank you for reminding me, Flanna."
"Don't be so polite. That's what you asked us to do. As the leader of the group, you should set an example."
"Okay, then what do you think we should do next? Once this incident comes out today, it will be very difficult for us to keep a low profile. Maybe someone will investigate our background clearly tomorrow. What should we do with this mission? .”
"Ryan, I always feel that this mission may not be as simple as Luke said. There must be something else in it, but we don't know it yet. I suggest you continue to wait. Anyway, our mercenary group is free. Those registered in Heaven are qualified to receive missions in Seawind City, and it is normal to fight with other mercenary groups. Although we defeated our opponents directly, it was because of our strength. The first law of the jungle is' The weak prey on the strong. If we are not strong enough and lose to our opponent, can we escape unscathed? I'm afraid the end will be even worse."
Ryan nodded, but did not speak. After experiencing two large-scale battles in the Thunder God Fortress and the Imperial Capital, especially after Ryan's hands were stained with the blood of nearly 10,000 orc warriors, for a battle with other mercenaries Ryan naturally doesn't take it to heart about trivial matters such as group conflicts. What Franco, the deputy leader of the Gale Wind Mercenary Group, said today also impressed Ryan. In fact, he has always done this. ,
While Ryan and Flanner were chatting slowly, Susan, who was barely able to move after devouring a mercenary from the Double Ax Mercenary Group, slowly floated outside Seawind City.
It was in its prime when it left Seawind City, so it could naturally turn its whole body into black mist and leave the city without disturbing others. But now Susan can't even recover from her injuries, let alone turn into black mist. , Susan herself didn’t know why she wanted to return to Seawind City, but when it saw the few Seawind City soldiers guarding the city gate, it immediately determined its goal: to swallow enough souls and regain its strength as soon as possible.
Sea Breeze City is a very famous port city on the entire continent. It almost undertakes more than 80% of the goods shipped from the north to the south of the mainland. During the busiest time, the caravans traveling to and from Sea Breeze City do not matter day or night, so Sea Breeze City is in The city gates will not be closed at night, and of course there will definitely be necessary security guards.
What Susan saw was the garrison in Seawind City. This is a city directly under the imperial capital and one of the important hubs connecting the imperial capital to the south. Therefore, the quality of the soldiers here is quite good. They have basically undergone rigorous training and have good combat effectiveness. After the Imperial Capital and Thunder God Fortress, it ranks third in the empire.
However, since Seawind City has not experienced a war for hundreds of years, even the undead army that swept across the continent was unable to bring killings to Seawind City, so the vigilance here is not as good as before. It is already early morning, and the guard city The soldiers at the gate also felt exhausted. Although they did not dare to disperse in a swarm, they divided themselves into two groups. One group sneaked into a private house not far from the city gate to sleep, while the remaining people waited listlessly for replacement. Gang,
The sound of wheels rolling across the stone road came from the darkness in the distance. This cheered up the dozen soldiers who were still at the city gate. One of them, dressed as a leader, said: "This sound is not quiet. It seems there must be a lot of vehicles, I bet their carriages are an odd number, who can follow them."
"Twenty silver coins, I bet on an even number." Another soldier shouted: "I don't believe you win every time."
"Haha, I'm here too. I'll give you 50 silver coins." The third soldier walked over slowly and said, "Anyway, the tax for a carriage entering the city is 10 silver coins. As long as we don't tell them, how will the higher ups know that there will be a carriage tonight?" The carriage is entering the city, and with the money, we can have a good night."
"Oh, you're the only one who talks a lot of nonsense. Which side are you talking about?"
"Even numbers, I say, move faster and don't wake up the sleeping people over there, otherwise you have to give them half. That would be a big disadvantage for us. We are the ones who stay up late."
"I know, I know." The leader said impatiently. At this time, he had already seen the convoy slowly approaching in the distance with the help of the firelight at the city gate.