After a while.
In a certain palace in the royal palace of Emerald City, Ge Luo was holding a letter with a slightly excited expression.
It's said to be a letter, but it's actually just an envelope with no content inside, but that's enough - an empty envelope can convey enough information.
Turning to look at the soldier who delivered the letter, Gro asked quickly: "When was this letter delivered?"
"Just now." The soldier replied, "Your Highness, according to your instructions, as soon as someone delivers a message to your courtyard outside the palace, it will be delivered to you immediately without any delay."
"Very good." Grotto nodded with satisfaction, then asked, "Where did the person who sent the letter send it from? Have you asked?"
"I asked, and it was delivered from the Old Oak Inn on the Boulevard."
"Old Oak Hotel?" Gro's eyes flashed. He thought for a moment and made a decision. He waved his hand and said to the soldier, "Go and call someone. Lead a team to follow me out of the palace and go to the Old Oak Hotel."
"Um, yes, His Highness the Prince!" The soldier quickly ran towards the outside of the palace. After running a few steps and thinking about something, he turned around and asked, "Um... Your Highness, how many people do you want to bring?"
"Bring as many people as you have."
"Ah, is the other party so dangerous?" The soldier was slightly startled and asked tentatively, "Then do you want to bring more crossbows?"
"What danger? This is just to look grand and formal!" Gro shouted.
"Uh." The soldier shrank his neck, then realized what he meant by Gro's mistake, and ran out quickly.
…
Boulevard.
Pedestrians were constantly coming and going on the street, and two mercenaries were walking among them, a man and a woman.
Mulla walked in front, Denise was half a step behind, and the two were talking.
"I think it's best not to bring Brother Mike into the team. Although our team has been severely reduced due to Zach and Cole's incident, it is impossible to take on the task, but the reputation of the two Mike brothers is really good. None of them are good." Denise said aloud, frowning, thinking for a moment and then added, "Not only is it bad, it can even be said to be infamous."
After hearing Denise's words, Mulla was not very angry and nodded in agreement: "Yes, their reputation is indeed bad. There are too many fights, desertions, cheating, and threatening financial sponsors. And there are too many such things. And These are nothing, the most important thing is that the two of them are addicted to alcohol and often cause big troubles."
"Then Uncle Mulla, you still want to insist on dragging the two of them along?" Denise said in confusion.
"There is no other way." Mulla sighed and said, "Our squad leader suddenly lost Zach and Cole. It is difficult to recruit qualified players in a short time. If we don't want to be unable to recruit qualified players for a long time in the future, When the mission is reached, Brother Mike is our only choice now.
In fact, it is precisely because of Brother Mike’s bad reputation that others will not compete with us. This is both a disadvantage and an advantage.
Well, I know what you're going to say, it's just that we'd rather have fewer people than join rotten people like them and get us into trouble. I have considered this. Although Brother Mike has a bad temper and bad character, there is one thing they cannot change, that is, they are short of money, otherwise they would not live in the worst house in the hotel and drink the worst wine.
Lack of money is their weakness, we just need to grasp this. As long as we promise them a high enough remuneration share, we can make them obediently listen to us. If I keep an eye on them more closely, they shouldn't cause any trouble.
We will work with them first to temporarily overcome the current difficulties, and then we can kick them out when we find the right players. They may be angry, but just throw enough money bags in front of them and they will forget about everything. "
"Uh..." After listening to Mulla's tirade, Denise shrugged and had nothing to say.
Mulla stopped at this time, looked at a hotel on the roadside, and murmured: "Old Oak Hotel? Well, Lame said, Brother Mike seems to live on the second floor of this hotel, let's go in."
"Uh, okay." Denise followed Mulla into the hotel.
…
Inside the old oak hotel, on the second floor.
Richard sat in the room, satisfied with the layout.
This is the best room in the hotel. To say it is one room, it is more accurate to say that it is a space close to two rooms combined. It is extremely spacious. Of course, this also made the room next to it extremely narrow and cramped. Therefore, the prices of adjacent rooms are very different.
A narrow, cramped room only costs 5 Emerald Kingdom copper coins to stay in for one day, while a spacious room requires one Emerald Kingdom silver coin, which is twenty times the price.
However, for this price, Richard can completely afford it, and now it seems that it has its value.
At least, the bedding in this room did not smell like the previous hotel, but had a faint smell of lavender.
Pandora pounced on it, sniffed the bedding, rolled in satisfaction, and then lay on the bed motionless, like a lazy pet cat sleeping, or... simply in a daze.
Richard didn't pay much attention to this. He opened the suitcase, took out "The Chapter of Monroe" and started reading it. On the way to Cuijin City, he thought of something related to mana and spells, and wanted to find some relevant records in the book to confirm.
At this time, it had been some time since the letter was sent, and Richard was not sure whether Gro had received it or when the other party would come to meet him. But he didn't want to waste the time before the other party came.
With this thought in mind, Richard's eyes fell on the pages of "The Chapter of Monroe" and he started reading.
But just after reading a few lines, there was a sudden noise in the next room, as if someone got up from the bed and bumped into something, and there was a "crash".
Then came the yelling and roaring, which continued for most of the day without stopping. Slowly, another voice joined in, like a symphony orchestra playing music. It seems that if there is no impact, it will continue forever.
Richard frowned slightly, thought for a moment, walked towards the wall, raised his hand and tapped the wall three times rhythmically.
"Dong dong dong!"
The force was very light, but the sound was very clear. The other party obviously heard it, and the roaring and cursing stopped abruptly.
Richard's brows widened, and he turned around to walk back to the table and continue reading "The Chapter of Monroe." However, what he didn't expect was that after a pause of just a few seconds, the sound in the next room became even more noisy. Just like the previous reminder, not only did it not have much effect in persuading, but it also angered the other party.
Richard frowned deeply.
At this time, a "dong" sound sounded next to him. Richard turned his head and looked over, and saw Pandora jumping out of bed.
Pandora looked angry, as if she had been disturbed to sleep. Walking to the wall, facing the noise in the next room, he waved his fist and hammered it. The momentum was not like beating the wall at all, but more like beating someone.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"