"Damn it! It's really you!" Redis couldn't hold back, and burst out swearing.
"Brother Redis, long time no see." Dane greeted Redis with a smile. Morneau has always been very optimistic about Dane, and in the early years, the two sides got closer. Naturally, Dane can recognize some important people under Morneau, such as Redis and Chapple.
Not only the two of them, he knew seven or eight out of ten people present. The brown-skinned wild elf sitting in the shadow of the hall is Jere, the leader of the Smir mercenary group, a level 6 hunter; the half-orc warrior in mixed iron armor sitting not far from Redis , that is Sandro, the head of the Bloodaxe Mercenary Group; and...
Dane looked at the last person, a woman who was wrapped tightly in black clothes, with a layer of gauze on top of the black clothes, a tall woman whose face was covered by a layer of black cloth. Dane was a little afraid to look at her, even though he had said 'I'm going to beat Alexandrina down' in Morneau's office just now, but he was really a little afraid of this woman. Especially when she looked at him with dazed eyes, Dane felt even more empty.
When Dane felt guilty, he would not shrink back like ordinary people. The way he used to hide his guilty conscience was to show more pride.
He greeted Redis, Chapple, and Jell loudly, but he missed Sandro and Delina. I missed Sandro because the two of them didn't deal with each other very much in the early years. When Dane couldn't beat Sandro, he once had a conflict with his bloodaxe mercenary group, and Morno later came forward to settle it. things. As for not saying hello to Delina, it was out of a certain guilty conscience.
Sandro snorted coldly, sat down heavily, picked up a cup in front of him, drank it in one gulp, and stared at Dane with slightly resentful eyes. Delina, on the other hand, kept her standing posture, her eyes never letting go of Dane.
Dane ignored Sandro, looked at Delina with concern, and looked away immediately.
"Come on, come on, Dane, come sit by my side! It's suffocating me. I was asked by them for a long time just now, but I never confessed to you. How is it? I have two drinks?"
It was Emre who activated the atmosphere. He could see that something was wrong with the atmosphere of the scene, so he quickly activated the scene.
With Emre's warm-up, and Morno's loud announcement that the banquet started, the scene finally became lively again.
During the banquet, Chapple poked Redis next to him, and said with a smirk, "Hey, Redis, didn't you say that even if Dane came, you would teach him a lesson?"
"Chapple, don't make trouble, I'll tell you!"
"What are you afraid of? You are an eleventh-level barbarian fighter. Dane heard that he was only at the seventh level a while ago. There is such a difference. Can you beat him?"
"Damn, who knows how he killed Magno? I can't even beat Magno... What a ghost! How did he do it?"
"Go and ask him."
"Why don't I go, it's too embarrassing."
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Schindler-style banquets, with big bowls of wine and big mouthfuls of meat, have always been very different from the kind of aristocratic banquets in the Western world. Generally speaking, no serious business is discussed at a banquet, and business matters should be left to talk after eating and drinking.
After everyone was full of wine and food, Morno dismissed all the irrelevant people, leaving only his important officers and the four regiment leaders including Dane in the hall.
"Everyone present here is either an old brother who has been with me for a long time, or a mercenary captain who has made a good reputation in Rotten Wolf Town. I believe that everyone has something to do with my plan for the Eastern Expedition. I heard about it, and I am willing to join. Just now, the reason why I came so late is because I have discussed with Dane for a long time about the specific action plan for our Eastern Expedition. However, this plan has not yet been revealed, but I I assure everyone that the chances of success are quite high, it just depends on whether you are willing to work hard!"
As usual, when Morneau said such a remark, the people below would definitely cheer. But today was different. After his words fell, there was silence. Those present, even if they couldn't turn their minds around, could hear two important points from Morneau's words: first, the original plan was changed; second, the changed plan was not disclosed to anyone. And these two points, no doubt, have an inevitable connection with Dane.
For Morneau's officers, this made them a little uncomfortable. In their eyes, Dane is just an outsider. Although it was reported this morning that he killed Magno in a one-on-one battle, which made him famous, no matter what, he only He is just a mercenary leader, how can He De participate in the formulation of such an important plan for the Eastern Expedition? Moreover, the plan that was made is not known to others. Doesn't it make it clear that you don't trust the people present
Compared with these officers, the mercenary chiefs are more dissatisfied.
Everyone knows Dane, which is good, and Jere has a cooperative relationship with Dane. But this kind of thing, just like what Dane showed in front of Morno before, who wants to participate in such a victory that requires life and death without knowing the specific action plan
It is normal for everyone to be dissatisfied. Due to Morno's high reputation, with his endorsement, most people can temporarily suppress this dissatisfaction.
However, there is one exception.
"General Morno, isn't this against the rules?"
The one who spoke was a half-orc warrior with dirty brown-green hair twisted into braids, wearing a mixed-weaving iron armor, and holding a giant axe—the head of the blood ax mercenary group, Sandro.
When he said this, he became the focus of the audience. In the eyes of everyone, some contain admiration-this is because they want to say the same thing but dare not say it; some have disdain and anger-what qualifications do you have to speak out? Others were gloating—something is going to happen to you.
But no matter what, now someone has come out to pick things up.
Morno frowned, looked at Sandro, and said, "You blood ax have a problem with me?"
"How dare we have any opinion on you, General Morno?" Sandro said in a muffled voice, then turned his gaze to Dane with a provocative look, "But I don't believe this guy. What is he capable of? What got him involved in the plan of action? Who knows if this guy might make some stupid mistake and send us to hell?"
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