I came back to my senses and turned around. He was still wearing a red magic robe. The old mage I met when I entered the city was walking towards me. Swordsman Mark was closely following behind him. They all looked relaxed, as if they were really here to drink in a bar. However, I knew that even if they didn't come here specifically to look for me, they probably didn't come here to drink.
"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Mr. Mage. I haven't thanked you properly for bringing me into the city last time.”I said with a smile. I cursed myself for being so easily distracted these few days. When I was a special agent, I would never be careless at any time. Could it be that the one year of peace on Dragon Island had exhausted my vigilance?
" It was nothing," the old mage said with a smile." Besides, it was just a silver coin. You don't have to worry about it." Let me introduce myself first. I am Yorkse. William, this is my guard, Ma Ke. William."
I smiled and nodded at the swordsman as a form of greeting."I am Long Gutian. You are the head of the William family, the Grand Duke Yorkse who is about to surpass a magus?”Although I had just arrived in this small city, I happened to have information about Grand Duke Yorkse on the map I bought. He was the owner of this territory and the father of the City Lord of this small city. He was a high-level magus whose strength was close to that of a Warlock Saint.
"I am indeed the head of the William family. However, the rumor that I am about to surpass a magus is just a random rumor.”Duke Yorkse smiled bitterly and said," I'm also looking forward to becoming a Warlock Saint. Unfortunately, I've never been able to make a breakthrough. I've only touched on the basics until now. You, on the other hand, are able to become a Great Swordsman at such a young age. It's only a matter of time before you become a Sword Saint.”
"I didn't expect that just teaching an ignorant person a lesson would cause such a stir.”I shook my head in distress.
"Hehe, little brother, if you have strength, why hide it? Young people should be in high spirits! I still have to thank you for selling those top-grade materials to our equipment store!”
"I just don't like trouble. I originally wanted to sell those materials for some money. Since the price in your shop is suitable, I naturally sold them. There was no need to thank him for something that was consensual.”I said calmly.
Duke Yorkse saw that I had always been very cold, so he didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point."Since little brother has accepted the mercenary mission to protect the city, I wonder if you're willing to join the experts of the city lord's mansion to deal with that magical beast that might be a holy beast?”
I knew that this was a disguised invitation to join the William family. I shook my head and said,"I've always been a loner. Even if I'm with your experts, I don't think I'll be of much use. Moreover, with a mage like you and a grand swordmaster like Ma Ke, the city lord's mansion will have many experts. If there's a need, I'll meet up with them.”
"Since you don't want to be with an old man like me, then we can only do this," Duke Yorkse said regretfully. However, since you are a member of Kalenga, are you willing to contribute to the country?”
It seemed like he still wasn't willing to give up and was willing to contribute to the country. This was a very legitimate reason. If this was my original world, I would have agreed to his request with just this sentence. Unfortunately, I didn't belong to Kalenga or any country here. I explained helplessly," The reason I wrote Kallen's name on the form is because I'm here. I'm actually not a member of Kallen's. So, there's no need to mention anything about contributing to the country.”
Duke Yorkse was quite open-minded. He knew that he couldn't force me, so he temporarily gave up on recruiting me. He immediately shifted his interest to my nationality and asked curiously,""Then which country are you from?"
I knew that I would have to face this problem sooner or later. I thought about how small countries on the continent would occasionally be annexed by large countries, so I pretended to sigh and said with a sad expression,"The old country can't bear to look back. It has long been destroyed in the flames of war.”
Duke Yorkse saw my sad expression. Furthermore, wars happened frequently on the continent, and such things were not rare, so he didn't ask any further. I knew that I had finally dealt with him and heaved a sigh of relief. After all, he had helped me out. I really couldn't treat him coldly. Coincidentally, I also wanted to know more about this magical beast that had accidentally come to this area. As the lord, he should be the one who knew the most about the situation. I naturally couldn't let go of such a good opportunity. I immediately asked him about the magical beast.
"This is a very strange magical beast. According to the information that our scouts have observed in the air (most scouts ride magical beasts that can fly to scout), it might not be a pure water-type magical beast. At that time, it even used a level-9 light spell to kill many scouts. Fortunately, one of the scouts was slightly behind, so he was lucky enough to escape. However, that was also why he was unable to see the appearance of the magical beast clearly.”
It seemed that this magical beast might even have the light attribute! Even an Intermediate Holy Beast might not be able to use a 9th Rank Light Spell if it wasn't of the Light Element. I was extremely tempted to hear this. If he could give Anna a light-attribute holy beast magic core, she would be very happy! I secretly made a decision. However, based on the energy I can sense, if it really is a Sacred Beast, I'm afraid that the entire city's people won't be able to see it.
After that, I chatted with him endlessly. Although he had always been vaguely probing my background, I was also a secret agent, so I naturally handled it well. Instead, I talked to him about wine. Of course, I didn't know what kind of good wine there was in this world, so I could only say that I had tasted all kinds of good wine on Earth. However, I understood the many good wines in this world from this. For example, the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit Wine of the Elves, the Meat Wine of the Beastmen Royalty, and the Dwarf Holy Wine brewed by the Dwarf Race from the spring water of the earth. Of course, the Human Race also had many fine wines, but they were not as rare as these wines.
We spent the entire afternoon chatting. Although the bar was a little noisy, it didn't affect us much. Duke Yorkse used a simple mute spell to completely isolate the sound. Mark had been listening quietly all this while, and he had done his job as a guard. It was not until the sky was almost dark that he said to Duke Yorkse,"Master, it's getting late. You have to return to the residence.”
Seeing Duke Yorkse's reluctant expression, although I knew that he definitely knew my address for the next two days, I still told him that it was my newly bought manor. It could be considered as calming his heart! Duke Yorkse, who knew that I had already bought a manor in the city, was very happy. Under Ma Ke's urging, he bid farewell to me and left.
I quickly paid the bill and came out. He didn't give up testing me the entire afternoon, so I was always careful. After half a day, even my Xiantian realm true qi couldn't take it. However, when I thought about how he was so kind as a grand duke and how he was so eager for talent, and how the residents of this small city were living and working in peace and contentment, and how there weren't any incidents of bullying others, I had a good impression of him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the patience to waste so much time with him. Fortunately, I didn't tell the old duke that Roger had volunteered to be my servant. Otherwise, I was afraid that he would waste another night with me against two master swordsmen.
When I returned to the manor, I called Roger out from the arena and asked him about the current situation in Kalenga. It turned out that in recent years, Kallen had been provoked by Kate, the neighboring country. Kallen was a small country with only three provinces and had always been a vassal state of the Guchass Empire. Kate, on the other hand, was a medium-sized country with more than ten provinces. Naturally, its national strength was much stronger than Kallen. In the past, the two countries had always lived in harmony. However, three years ago, the old king of Kate died of illness. The new king was ambitious and wanted to develop Kate into the sixth empire. Therefore, he directly targeted Kalenga. Although Kate didn't dare to send troops to attack Kalenga directly because of the interference of the Guchass Empire, he had been secretly making small moves. Recently, many places in Duke Yorkse's territory had been attacked by bandits disguised by Kate's army. Every time they surrounded and attacked, they would run away when there were more people. If there were fewer people, they might not be their match. They had returned empty-handed several times. That was why Duke Yorkse was eager to find experts to join him and expand the strength of the army in his territory. Now that they had encountered this batch of Magical Beasts attacking the city, it could be said that it was adding insult to injury.
After learning about the old duke's predicament, I had the intention of finding trouble with the " bandits ". If these " bandits " were too vicious, I wouldn't mind destroying them. But of course, after dealing with the magical beasts attacking the city, he could take a look around the old duke's territory before leaving the city. It was not a troublesome thing.
Having made up my mind, I naturally meditated for another night. Roger had been neglecting sleep and food to the point of insanity. He knew that there would be a big battle tomorrow, but he refused to sleep. He only thought about how to practice that footwork. However, the wondrous footwork was not so easy to learn. He could only barely take four steps. In the end, I impatiently pressed his sleeping acupoint and threw him onto the bed.
The next day, I went to the harbor near the beach early in the morning to take a look. Although it was called a harbor, the number of ships that could accommodate it was actually very limited. In my opinion, there weren't even any ships with a ton. At most, they could only wander around the nearby sea area and fish. If they wanted to go out to sea, they would simply be courting death. I walked around the beach again, trying to find a place where I could kill the magic beast without being discovered. However, I realized that there was nothing I could use. It seemed that it was almost impossible to kill the magic beast near the sea without being seen by others. Of course, I didn't want to be seen by others. If people found out that I had killed the holy beast, there would be more than one or two old dukes looking for me. After looking around and finding nothing, I secretly decided to act according to the situation. If I really couldn't do it, I wouldn't care so much. It seemed that it wasn't easy to obtain a suitable holy beast monster core.
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I came back to my senses and turned around. He was still wearing a red magic robe. The old mage I met when I entered the city was walking towards me. Swordsman Mark was closely following behind him. They all looked relaxed, as if they were really here to drink in a bar. However, I knew that even if they didn't come here specifically to look for me, they probably didn't come here to drink.
"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Mr. Mage. I haven't thanked you properly for bringing me into the city last time.”I said with a smile. I cursed myself for being so easily distracted these few days. When I was a special agent, I would never be careless at any time. Could it be that the one year of peace on Dragon Island had exhausted my vigilance?
" It was nothing," the old mage said with a smile." Besides, it was just a silver coin. You don't have to worry about it." Let me introduce myself first. I am Yorkse. William, this is my guard, Ma Ke. William."
I smiled and nodded at the swordsman as a form of greeting."I am Long Gutian. You are the head of the William family, the Grand Duke Yorkse who is about to surpass a magus?”Although I had just arrived in this small city, I happened to have information about Grand Duke Yorkse on the map I bought. He was the owner of this territory and the father of the City Lord of this small city. He was a high-level magus whose strength was close to that of a Warlock Saint.
"I am indeed the head of the William family. However, the rumor that I am about to surpass a magus is just a random rumor.”Duke Yorkse smiled bitterly and said," I'm also looking forward to becoming a Warlock Saint. Unfortunately, I've never been able to make a breakthrough. I've only touched on the basics until now. You, on the other hand, are able to become a Great Swordsman at such a young age. It's only a matter of time before you become a Sword Saint.”
"I didn't expect that just teaching an ignorant person a lesson would cause such a stir.”I shook my head in distress.
"Hehe, little brother, if you have strength, why hide it? Young people should be in high spirits! I still have to thank you for selling those top-grade materials to our equipment store!”
"I just don't like trouble. I originally wanted to sell those materials for some money. Since the price in your shop is suitable, I naturally sold them. There was no need to thank him for something that was consensual.”I said calmly.
Duke Yorkse saw that I had always been very cold, so he didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point."Since little brother has accepted the mercenary mission to protect the city, I wonder if you're willing to join the experts of the city lord's mansion to deal with that magical beast that might be a holy beast?”
I knew that this was a disguised invitation to join the William family. I shook my head and said,"I've always been a loner. Even if I'm with your experts, I don't think I'll be of much use. Moreover, with a mage like you and a grand swordmaster like Ma Ke, the city lord's mansion will have many experts. If there's a need, I'll meet up with them.”
"Since you don't want to be with an old man like me, then we can only do this," Duke Yorkse said regretfully. However, since you are a member of Kalenga, are you willing to contribute to the country?”
It seemed like he still wasn't willing to give up and was willing to contribute to the country. This was a very legitimate reason. If this was my original world, I would have agreed to his request with just this sentence. Unfortunately, I didn't belong to Kalenga or any country here. I explained helplessly," The reason I wrote Kallen's name on the form is because I'm here. I'm actually not a member of Kallen's. So, there's no need to mention anything about contributing to the country.”
Duke Yorkse was quite open-minded. He knew that he couldn't force me, so he temporarily gave up on recruiting me. He immediately shifted his interest to my nationality and asked curiously,""Then which country are you from?"
I knew that I would have to face this problem sooner or later. I thought about how small countries on the continent would occasionally be annexed by large countries, so I pretended to sigh and said with a sad expression,"The old country can't bear to look back. It has long been destroyed in the flames of war.”
Duke Yorkse saw my sad expression. Furthermore, wars happened frequently on the continent, and such things were not rare, so he didn't ask any further. I knew that I had finally dealt with him and heaved a sigh of relief. After all, he had helped me out. I really couldn't treat him coldly. Coincidentally, I also wanted to know more about this magical beast that had accidentally come to this area. As the lord, he should be the one who knew the most about the situation. I naturally couldn't let go of such a good opportunity. I immediately asked him about the magical beast.
"This is a very strange magical beast. According to the information that our scouts have observed in the air (most scouts ride magical beasts that can fly to scout), it might not be a pure water-type magical beast. At that time, it even used a level-9 light spell to kill many scouts. Fortunately, one of the scouts was slightly behind, so he was lucky enough to escape. However, that was also why he was unable to see the appearance of the magical beast clearly.”
It seemed that this magical beast might even have the light attribute! Even an Intermediate Holy Beast might not be able to use a 9th Rank Light Spell if it wasn't of the Light Element. I was extremely tempted to hear this. If he could give Anna a light-attribute holy beast magic core, she would be very happy! I secretly made a decision. However, based on the energy I can sense, if it really is a Sacred Beast, I'm afraid that the entire city's people won't be able to see it.
After that, I chatted with him endlessly. Although he had always been vaguely probing my background, I was also a secret agent, so I naturally handled it well. Instead, I talked to him about wine. Of course, I didn't know what kind of good wine there was in this world, so I could only say that I had tasted all kinds of good wine on Earth. However, I understood the many good wines in this world from this. For example, the Heavenly Fragrance Fruit Wine of the Elves, the Meat Wine of the Beastmen Royalty, and the Dwarf Holy Wine brewed by the Dwarf Race from the spring water of the earth. Of course, the Human Race also had many fine wines, but they were not as rare as these wines.
We spent the entire afternoon chatting. Although the bar was a little noisy, it didn't affect us much. Duke Yorkse used a simple mute spell to completely isolate the sound. Mark had been listening quietly all this while, and he had done his job as a guard. It was not until the sky was almost dark that he said to Duke Yorkse,"Master, it's getting late. You have to return to the residence.”
Seeing Duke Yorkse's reluctant expression, although I knew that he definitely knew my address for the next two days, I still told him that it was my newly bought manor. It could be considered as calming his heart! Duke Yorkse, who knew that I had already bought a manor in the city, was very happy. Under Ma Ke's urging, he bid farewell to me and left.
I quickly paid the bill and came out. He didn't give up testing me the entire afternoon, so I was always careful. After half a day, even my Xiantian realm true qi couldn't take it. However, when I thought about how he was so kind as a grand duke and how he was so eager for talent, and how the residents of this small city were living and working in peace and contentment, and how there weren't any incidents of bullying others, I had a good impression of him. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the patience to waste so much time with him. Fortunately, I didn't tell the old duke that Roger had volunteered to be my servant. Otherwise, I was afraid that he would waste another night with me against two master swordsmen.
When I returned to the manor, I called Roger out from the arena and asked him about the current situation in Kalenga. It turned out that in recent years, Kallen had been provoked by Kate, the neighboring country. Kallen was a small country with only three provinces and had always been a vassal state of the Guchass Empire. Kate, on the other hand, was a medium-sized country with more than ten provinces. Naturally, its national strength was much stronger than Kallen. In the past, the two countries had always lived in harmony. However, three years ago, the old king of Kate died of illness. The new king was ambitious and wanted to develop Kate into the sixth empire. Therefore, he directly targeted Kalenga. Although Kate didn't dare to send troops to attack Kalenga directly because of the interference of the Guchass Empire, he had been secretly making small moves. Recently, many places in Duke Yorkse's territory had been attacked by bandits disguised by Kate's army. Every time they surrounded and attacked, they would run away when there were more people. If there were fewer people, they might not be their match. They had returned empty-handed several times. That was why Duke Yorkse was eager to find experts to join him and expand the strength of the army in his territory. Now that they had encountered this batch of Magical Beasts attacking the city, it could be said that it was adding insult to injury.
After learning about the old duke's predicament, I had the intention of finding trouble with the " bandits ". If these " bandits " were too vicious, I wouldn't mind destroying them. But of course, after dealing with the magical beasts attacking the city, he could take a look around the old duke's territory before leaving the city. It was not a troublesome thing.
Having made up my mind, I naturally meditated for another night. Roger had been neglecting sleep and food to the point of insanity. He knew that there would be a big battle tomorrow, but he refused to sleep. He only thought about how to practice that footwork. However, the wondrous footwork was not so easy to learn. He could only barely take four steps. In the end, I impatiently pressed his sleeping acupoint and threw him onto the bed.
The next day, I went to the harbor near the beach early in the morning to take a look. Although it was called a harbor, the number of ships that could accommodate it was actually very limited. In my opinion, there weren't even any ships with a ton. At most, they could only wander around the nearby sea area and fish. If they wanted to go out to sea, they would simply be courting death. I walked around the beach again, trying to find a place where I could kill the magic beast without being discovered. However, I realized that there was nothing I could use. It seemed that it was almost impossible to kill the magic beast near the sea without being seen by others. Of course, I didn't want to be seen by others. If people found out that I had killed the holy beast, there would be more than one or two old dukes looking for me. After looking around and finding nothing, I secretly decided to act according to the situation. If I really couldn't do it, I wouldn't care so much. It seemed that it wasn't easy to obtain a suitable holy beast monster core.
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