Act 63 Eco

"Let me ask clearly, these adventurers arrived here a week ago. No, to be precise, they should be said to be mercenaries." Antitina replied unhurriedly.

Brando looked at her in surprise.

The girl found a trace of satisfaction in this surprise, "Sir Knight, are you surprised that a seclusion-free noble daughter has the ability to handle these things?" She turned around and asked.

"I'm just curious about where you learned your negotiation skills. You know this is the reason for the Highland Knights' experience. Indeed, it's impressive enough for a young lady who doesn't leave home to talk in front of others." Brando He patted little Roman on the shoulder to prevent the young businessman from getting too absorbed in looking at the cultural scenery and wandering too far.

Unexpectedly, Roman came over to comfort him. She said, "Brando, don't worry, I won't get lost." For a moment, Brando had nothing to say.

He could only stare at Roman with an embarrassed expression, wondering what kind of structure in this little brain could make her thinking so different from ordinary people.

Fortunately, Antitina rescued him in time. "Social skills are the instinct of rich ladies like us, Lord Knight." She said modestly, but there was something in her words, and it was not difficult to hear her secret happiness.

Brando was stunned and laughed dumbly: "Not every rich lady can put down her status and deal with the country people." He was right. In Eruin, the mountain people are in the eyes of some people who claim to be noble. He was indeed a vulgar country bumpkin - even those lords who were born in the mountains could not necessarily get along with the great lords in the northern part of the empire.

For example, in history, the two important ministers of the Ansem Eleven era, Grand Duke Hernans and Duke Longblade, ridiculed each other in court all year round, which even gave Emperor Ansem a headache.

"Because I'm different from them. I'm just a poor lady, sir."

Brando laughed and shook his head.

"These mercenaries came to Chablis at this time, presumably because of the bandits in the forest. Local areas in Erouin often raise their own money to hire mercenaries to exterminate bandits that are entrenched near villages and towns and affect people's daily life. This has formed It's a common practice." He walked along the stone-paved streets of Chablis and brought the topic back to the topic: "In densely populated areas, most of the people who pay to hire these mercenaries are the local security forces or militia. And in remote areas, a village pools all its money to pay for it."

Antitina was stunned. She almost never saw these descriptions in books: "Is there such a thing?"

"It was the same with Butchi in the past, and Roman also paid for it." Roman enthusiastically poked his head out from the narrow roadside, staring at the criss-crossing streets below, without looking back.

"Only where there is a garrison, the garrison is used to dealing with local bandits personally. Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the royal family to place hope in their 'new army'. Indeed, the garrison represents a brand-new power of Eruin , I just don’t know if this force has the chance to develop and grow.”

"What's more, those who have grown up can only use it for one generation." Brando raised his head and said profoundly.

Antitina lowered her head and began to think about some things again.

It was at this time that Brando and the other three heard a loud shout from behind: "Stop!" The three were startled and turned around, only to find that the scolding was not directed at them. . They first saw a hurried young man rushing away from the crowd and running past them. However, before he could run a few steps away, he was stopped by two people dressed as mercenaries in front of him.

The two mercenaries drew their swords, blocked the young man's way, and shouted: "Eco, where do you want to run? You bastard, have you forgotten the rules of our mercenary group?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look around anxiously, only to find that there were mercenaries wearing leather armor and drawing bright long swords surrounding them on each side. In fact, Brando happened to be on the edge of the encirclement at this moment, but no one noticed him, and he was happy about it. He pulled Roman back a step to avoid getting involved in this inexplicable fight.

"Capo, what do you want to do?" The young man named Eco stopped and took a breath after finding that all escape routes were blocked. He immediately took out the dagger from the scabbard with one hand, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked nervously.

"You know what you did." A mercenary in a gray shirt walked out of the crowd and looked at him coldly: "Otherwise, why did you make an ill-intentioned choice and escape today? What did you do when you joined the mercenary group? Have you forgotten what you swore? The captain and everyone treat you like a brother, but why did you betray us?"

The young man was startled for a moment, with a look of struggle on his face: "Kabo, I didn't betray you."

The mercenary named Kabo looked at him carefully, sighed, and shook his head: "Come back with us, and we will naturally believe you."

But the young man shook his head decisively: "No, Kab, please don't ask. I said, we can't go to Balogan Forest..." He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "Please believe me once, believe me. , I won’t harm you. Think about it before, how could I betray you and betray everyone——"

"That's enough, Eco!" The mercenary showed a sad expression. He interrupted the young man and said: "No matter what, you must go back with us and return to the captain. If you have anything to say, go back to the camp, captain. Naturally, I will listen to your explanation. Eco, please listen to my advice. The leader raised you up, and when you leave here, you abandon him and your previous companions." He pointed at himself and others: " See, these are your comrades, what are you going to do?"

The young man hesitated, but finally took a step back: "Stop talking, Cab. This time I know very well that I am right. I will not go back with you. And I will stop you from going to that place." , I don’t know what to say to you..."

He looked around and found that other mercenaries were getting closer and closer to him. He couldn't help but plead: "Cabo, for the sake of our relationship, let me go. You believe me, I will never let you I regret it, I swear.”

"Brando?" Roman saw this scene from the side and couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

"Sir?" Antitina also turned her head.

Faced with such a situation, the two ladies both asked the only person they could rely on at the moment if they wanted to leave temporarily. But Brando shook his head. He looked at the young man thoughtfully.

On the other side, Kabo saw the young man's determination and knew that talking more would be useless. He took a step back and gestured to his own people. The mercenaries immediately pounced on him from all directions, blocking every escape route for the young man named Eco.

In fact, Brando was immediately taken aback as soon as these mercenaries took action. He immediately discovered that these seemingly ordinary mercenaries were not weak hands. Several of them were as skilled as Leto, which meant they were at least in the middle of the Black Iron ranks. Although most of the mercenaries walking outside are really famous and have this strength, Brando is still a little surprised to see so many outstanding mercenaries in a small place like Chablis.

Not only Brando, Antitina also noticed this. She originally wanted to say something, but she calmed down and carefully observed the scene in front of her.

Although she is just a frail noble daughter, she is more knowledgeable than country girls like Roman and Freya.

But what surprised Brando more was obviously the young man.

Surrounded by seven or eight mercenaries with mid-range Black Iron strength, he calmly lowered his center of gravity, then rushed forward and grabbed the sword in the hand of a mercenary - the young man's movements were so fast that even Brando He almost didn't see it clearly. He only saw that with a flick of his hand, the mercenary was thrown over his shoulder and fell to the ground.

Then he leaned to the left, and the other mercenary was immediately knocked away. The direction is impartial, exactly where Brando, Roman, and Antitina are standing.

Brando was stunned - the force of this collision was unbearable for ordinary people, and the young man at least had silver-level strength. Seeing that he seemed to be two or three years younger than him, Brando couldn't help but sigh. This was indeed before the troubled times. Monsters appeared one after another. The first little guy he saw when he came to this world - —Little Phyllis is gifted in her own right. And the Brayson, Essen, Freya and Viscount Test that we met later are all talented people.

In general history, there are only a few such people in a generation. But he saw several places in a row just from Butch to Braggs. This must be said that in the war-torn years after Warnd, it seemed that there was indeed some destiny. factor.

Of course, he is not slow when it comes to thinking about things. A burst of power caught the mercenary who bumped into him, and then supported him. After doing all this, Brando almost couldn't bear the strength and took a step back. He couldn't help but say that it was so powerful. This collision might not be a big deal for the black iron mercenary himself, but if he hit some passerby, he would probably be seriously injured even if he didn't die.

However, he thought to himself that if he still had the Thorn of Light in his hand, this might not be the result.

But this young man is really reckless, he thought.

The mercenary who was knocked to pieces finally regained his breath. He looked back and gave Brando a surprised look. He probably didn't expect that a random passerby on the street would have the strength of a black iron mid-range player, but he was startled for a moment before he thought that he should say thank you.

"…Thank you, sir."

Brando shook his head and interrupted him, his eyes still falling on the small 'battlefield'. (To be continued, if you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters, support the author, and support genuine reading!)