They sat down outside the soup shop where there were few people, the frozen tree was covered with colorful lights, the New Year's mascot of the strong star, the giant Pom was playing with a group of mercenaries on the ice, and the mercenaries rushed forward and grabbed The huge fluffy Pom's hair was attached to it and it was dragged on the ice, and there were many mercenaries riding on the big Pom's head and yelling.
Azeroth's opening remarks this time are: "The winter of the star is very good."
Opal nodded, and Raymond said, "Will you retire on another planet after you leave office?"
Azeroth said, "No, I don't think I'll leave my homeworld until I die."
The boss brought up the soup cups, and each person had a cup of hot beef and shrimp soup, seasoned with purple kombu, and the taste was very good. Azeroth said again: "I read the report of the female Luo Xing."
Opal said, "Next time you just have to summon us."
Azeroth shook his head and said, "The office is obviously a formal occasion. Unless a decisive consultation is made, I am usually reluctant to summon people there and tell us your actual situation, including some details."
Raymond took out the mercenary diary and made a brief report to Azeroth again. Most of the content has been reported to the union headquarters. Presumably Azeroth has also read it, and only selected some content that was not recorded in the diary to report. .
Azeroth was silent after listening to it. After a long time, Opal broke the silence and said: "At that time, the Nuluo space station blocked the long-wave communication, we couldn't contact the labor union for arbitration, and the spacecraft was abandoned..."
Azeroth said: "Even in anticipation of the consequent consequences, the union cannot issue an order to terminate the mandate."
Raymond: "Knowing that after we rescue the congressman, Luo Xing will join the Dark Alliance, and the mission cannot be terminated?"
Azeroth said: "Yes, according to Article 17 of the mercenary code, as long as there is no violation of the safety of the fierce star, it must be completed carefully, which is a manifestation of the spirit of freedom."
Opal said: "But you won't take any action? The Dark Alliance is our enemy."
Azeroth said: "It was a war, child. I think female Luoxing would prefer to rely on Lie Xing compared to the Dark Alliance. There is no doubt about it, but the problem is that Lie Xing has no corresponding strength to protect them now. The alliance also lacks effective sanctions, and the only hope is to make the planet under our feet stronger."
Opal and Raymond did not speak, Azeroth said: "Although Cororin is our enemy, I still admire this opponent to a certain extent. Joining the dark alliance may be a good choice for female Luoxing. ."
"Diplomacy is always like this. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies. Ellie's decision makes it easier for them to fall victim to the rivalry between the two factions of the Empire and the Republic. In all fairness, Cororin is still very good to his allies. of."
"But Nuo's mother doesn't welcome him," Opal said.
Azeroth said: "So I believe that he will not completely control the female Luoxing. The interstellar general campaign against the Dark Star Alliance may come sooner than we thought."
Opal took a sip of the soup and suddenly understood what Azeroth was thinking. Lie Xing had killed countless comrades in the guard battle, but as a mercenary, isn't life just for fighting
Blood and hard work, honor and sacrifice, as long as unarmed civilians are not massacred, interstellar warfare has never had a good or evil stand.
Azeroth took out a box and said, "Where did you go after the war? It's an honor for me to honor the two of you, and thank you for everything you've done for your home planet in the battle for the fierce star."
Inside the box were two Medals of Honor. Opal and Raymond hurriedly got up and asked Azeroth to pin the medals to their trench coat chests.
After sitting down again, Azeroth said: "Your promotion speed is too fast, this is not a good thing, maybe you need more accumulation in the future, don't take the battle lightly."
Opal and Raymond agreed, and Raymond said, "May I ask a question? How long did it take you to get to the S rank?"
"When I was young, I rose step by step like you did," Azeroth said.
Opal didn't know what Azeroth wanted to say, and replied: "Oh, it's just luck. Now the promotion is close to 20 million points, and we have to wait for another battle."
Raymond said casually: "I don't want to always fight."
Azeroth sighed and said, "I have been to many planets, and I have made many irreversible mistakes in my life. Now that I think about it, being an ordinary mercenary may be more suitable for me, because I am not an honest and Responsible man. I am ashamed of being the mercenary king."
Opal: "… "
Raymond: "… "
Opal glanced at Raymond, and Raymond glanced at him, both of them were very blank, not knowing why Azeroth mentioned this.
Azeroth was silent for a moment, and then said: "I want to entrust the two of you with a designated task, I don't know if you are interested."
Opal's eyebrows moved, and Raymond said, "Please speak."
Azeroth said: "This commission is related to your friends. It happened forty-three days ago when a mercenary group went to the M75 dark open star cluster in the Sagittarius Nebula, the center of the gravitational range of two inter-rotating neutron stars. Investigate an ancient ruin."
"I remember this." Opal said, "Is that the pendulum star?"
Raymond frowned and said, "What happened? I remember that this mission was cancelled later."
"The commission was temporarily cancelled because of the Fierce Star Guard War. After the victory of the war, another mercenary group took it and went to the mission." Azeroth said: "I checked the historical records of this commission and found that you have also accepted it. However, due to special reasons it was not possible to make the trip."
Opal: "I wanted to go at that time, but then I went to war."
Azeroth said: "So I think you may have some information about it. There are two mercenary groups missing in this area, and the trade union has sunk it to the bottom of the file."
Raymond: "Two mercenary groups?!"
Azeroth nodded and said, "The first one is the swift as fire mercenary group."
Opal: "Sid?!"
Raymond: "No wonder they can't be found, they disappeared?"
Azeroth nodded and said: "The second is the C-rank Vault of Eagles mercenary group. They took over the trade union's entrustment and went to find the missing Captain Xun, but they didn't get any return and disappeared together with them. "
"After a few more cosmic days, the planet will enter the overlapping range of the gravitational fields of the two neutron stars again, and no one will be able to enter again. It will reappear after more than seven hundred years."
Raymond said: "The commission you want to give us is to go..."
Azeroth said: "Yes, I want to entrust you to find their whereabouts, but please don't take risks. You need to collect as much information as possible for us, and use long-wave communication to transmit back to the union headquarters in time. An A-level mercenary group will be sent for you as a support force, or I will go there in person."
"I don't have much time to collect information, so is the A-level mercenary group. At present, the rating of this rescue request has been adjusted to C+, which means that only mercenary groups including B-level and below are allowed to join." Azeroth said Say.
Even without Azeroth's entrustment, Opal couldn't let Xun and Sid disappear. He and Raymond exchanged glances, and Opal said, "Go now?"
Azeroth thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Captain Raymond, can I talk to you alone?"
Raymond nodded, indicating that he should stay and take over with Azeroth, and said, "You go to overhaul the spaceship, and Wang and I will find you after handing over the entrustment."
Opal left, Azeroth took out his mercenary diary, Raymond glanced at it, and the light screen recorded very detailed information about the union.
This king's diary seems to be updated synchronously with the entire guild and all-star commission process.
"It's my portable office terminal," Azeroth said. "About the pay..."
Raymond pondered for a while, and then said: "Sid and Xun are our friends, you can just watch and pay."
Azeroth nodded and said, "Yes, I have also heard about your friendship." He pulled up the snow glasses, put them on his forehead, stared at Raymond, and said, "I'm sorry, I was originally on this mission. I should go there myself."
Raymond finally officially saw Azeroth's face face to face. This was the first official meeting between the two, and he was much older than what he looked like on the holographic scene.
"It doesn't matter." Raymond closed the diary and replied, "We will do our best. You have your own responsibilities and you can't just leave Lie Xing. I believe everyone can understand."
Azeroth kept looking at him, as if he was thinking about something, while Raymond didn't like to talk face-to-face with the strong alone. After all, he was a biological robot, and he was always on guard against his identity in his heart.
Azeroth said: "It is said that the star is prosperous, but I think this is the most dangerous period for the star in history."
The two turned their heads to look at the people on the skating rink, full of laughter and lively, Azeroth said slowly: "The Sunshine Twins, Haitang, and three S-rank mercenaries have left us. The outstanding warriors of this star are in the previous There are too many sacrifices in the war, the recruits are mixed, the Empire and the Republic are eyeing, and Cororin may attack again at any time."
"Yes," Raymond replied.
Azeroth said: "But I believe that one day, the planet will rise again. I am old and need to undergo Gene Corporation's survival surgery after a while."
Raymond said: "You can't give up, you are the spiritual pillar of Lie Xing."
Azeroth said: "The spiritual pillar also has an old age, and the old age does not only refer to the metabolism of the body, but the old age of the soul. This kind of old age is very scary, it will make people fall into some unnecessary thinking, and finally the whole country will be lost. Bringing them into death. Originally, I thought that the Sunshine Twins would be the next mercenary kings. They have careful thinking, and their personalities complement each other. They will surely lead Lie Xing into a new era of the universe. But unfortunately, Jamie he failed his final test, Jimison put too much trust in their telepathic abilities, and Coroline intercepted their mind-messaging and set a trap, a hard lesson."
Azeroth sighed.
Raymond didn't speak, Azeroth said: "Tell me about you. Are your parents still alive? I remember that ten weeks ago, your team was just established. If you don't mind, I want to see your servant again. Soldier's Diary."
Raymond said: "They are dead."
He handed out the mercenary journal and placed it in front of Azeroth.
Azeroth turned on the projection on the diary, and Raymond smiled: "Opal thinks A-level is too difficult to advance. It takes 18 million points to go from B to B+, and 134.4 million to B+ to A. It's simply an impossible task."
Azeroth smiled gently: "After all, the A-level has reached the top, and the S-level points are hidden. If there is no planetary defense this time, the wrench will not be able to rise to the S-level. Once promoted to become an S-level mercenary , you are no longer a simple task of accepting and completing tasks. S-level mercenaries often entrust the responsibility and mission of revitalizing the entire planet. What they have to do is no longer the current things... Your martial arts are in Where did you learn it?"
Raymond said: "I... a friend of mine taught me." He thought about it and added: "The Lyra Whirlpool Galaxy."
Azeroth nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Which planet?"
"Houndtooth Five." Raymond's voice was deep and natural.
"I used to go to that place when I was a C-rank mercenary." Azeroth said, "The Whirlpool Galaxy. Let me think about it, it is the territory of King Shagas, and teach your friends to be good at using polearms? "
Raymond nodded and narrowed his eyes. Azeroth didn't look at him and said casually, "Your weapon is very similar to mine."
Raymond said, "What about your skill? Where did you learn it?"
Azeroth pondered for a moment, and then said: "I didn't use a long-handled axe at first, a phantom man sold me a part dug out from the ancient ruins, I just started to learn to use it, and I still have no rules. If we have time, we can discuss and communicate. What does your father do?"
Raymond said: "When I was very young... my parents died. I was brought up by an old man who repaired a hover car. He is now buried in the hometown of the Croatian star."
Azeroth nodded and said, "How old were you when you left Houndstooth? Why do you want to be a mercenary?"
Raymond said: "I have no destination. I traveled in the universe on a shipping spaceship, studied, and ran out of money. Someone told me that Lie Xing could make money, so I came."
Azeroth seemed to sense that his question was too formal, and smiled casually, and Raymond noticed that Azeroth had drawn a small magnetic strip from the back cover of his diary.
"This is your record of merit." Azeroth said: "Frankly, I admire your courage. I can no longer take risks by accepting commissions. The only way to gain combat experience is these chips."
"This chip is different from the records in the mercenary diary. It records the detailed data of each battle through quantum technology. Only the battles involving the commissioned content will be recorded, and it does not involve any of your privacy at all." Azeroth "I hope you don't mind."
"No, of course I don't mind." Raymond said.
Azeroth copied the information in the magnetic strip, and handed the mercenary diary to Raymond. Raymond knew that he had to go and got up and said, "I wish you a long life."
"I wish you a long life." Azeroth said: "There are countless dark and unknown areas in the universe. As long as you have a firm belief and will, nothing is unbreakable."
Raymond and Azeroth bowed to each other, Raymond frowned, left the Frost Lake, and took a ride to the apron.