Lord of War

  The footsteps are very urgent.

   and clear.

   Xiao En and others looked out the door, only to see a man in a tuxedo walking in quickly. His face is a little flustered, his forehead is full of sweat, and his hair is sticking to his face. The whole person looks very embarrassed. He has maintained the grace and etiquette in his movements as much as possible, but his face is dirty. There is really no way around chaos—or, at this moment, in the entire city of Loveland, I'm afraid that no one can maintain this grace and calmness.

  "Excuse me, who is the leader of the team?" As soon as the young man walked into the hotel's door, he immediately asked.

  His voice is full of eagerness.

   "I am, what's the matter?" Sean said.

"Hello, I'm Sir Paro's butler, and the Sir would like to invite you to the City Lord's Mansion." The man who claimed to be the butler stood in front of Sean. His attitude seemed very respectful and he tried his best. Keep his voice steady, but the eagerness in his eyes is obvious.

  After seeing the food on the table of Xiao En and others, the housekeeper added politely: "I hope you can spare some time to go."

Sean’s face showed a bit of confusion and curiosity. If the Sir Paro didn’t like him leading the team into the city, he would definitely intercept them when they appeared, instead of waiting until now to send someone over to find him. . So finding your own answer at this time is naturally not related to your team's entry into the city, presumably there should be something to help yourself, and I am afraid it is still a big task.

  At least, there are requirements for the number of teams.

  "A commission?" Sean asked tentatively.

   "Yes." The housekeeper seemed to have regarded Sean as a mercenary group, so he nodded and admitted.

"You go with Cecilia and Fred, and Anno and I will lead the others to stay here." William saw the gaze cast by Sean, so he said, "Anyway, we won't Negotiations, it’s useless if you go, so you might as well leave it to professionals like you to handle it."

   So nodded, without saying anything, and left the hotel with the housekeeper and walked towards the city lord’s mansion.

The City Lord’s Mansion is located on West Street in Loveland City, but it is far from the other houses on West Street because it is neither luxurious nor large. It looks like a building with three buildings. The independent courtyards with high floors and front and rear gardens seem unusually incompatible with the luxurious mansions on West Street. If it weren't for a clear sign hanging outside the wall of this house with the words "City Lord's Mansion" written on it, no matter who passed by would only subconsciously ignore this house.

When Xiao En entered the city, he saw that many parts of the city were actually being re-planned, and even some houses in residential areas were demolished and rebuilt. Even the luxury houses on West Street seem to have been renovated and rebuilt. Tendency, because Sean did see that many scaffolding had been built, and many people were busy. But this city lord's mansion alone seemed to have no intention of making such changes, and not to mention the workers, even the servants did not see it.

  The door was opened because the young housekeeper took out a bunch of keys from his body and opened it himself.

  Sean couldn’t help thinking, how poor is this city lord named Paro?

  The door was opened, and Xiao En noticed a window on the third floor of the house near the left. There were traces of curtains shaking. It was obvious that someone was standing there just now and watching something. At this moment, Sean's heart is indeed full of questions, but he knows that even if he asks, the butler of the city lord's mansion in front of him can't tell us any useful information. It's better to wait until he sees Sir Paro. .

  It’s just that this process is faster than Sean imagined.

  When the housekeeper opened the door, an old man walked down from the second floor with a cane. When he saw this old man who was only about 1.6 meters tall and not much taller than a dwarf, the housekeeper quickly stepped aside, so that Sean and others behind him could see the old man more clearly. .

"I am Paro. As you can see, the lord of this city of Loveland." The old man was obviously also a little impatient. His voice was a little hoarse. This will only happen after a fierce argument, but compared to his hoarse voice, his single-handedness is even more impressive: "I want to entrust you with one thing, but unfortunately, I don’t have any more. The funds can be used as remuneration."

  Sir Parrot’s impatience and straightforwardness made Sean a little bit favorable. However, he likes this stuff and cannot be used as money. Although he still has a huge amount of millions of dollars on his body, the money is not much at all when strictly calculated, so if there is a chance to make money, he will of course not let it go. However, no matter how small the mosquito meat is, it is also meat.

  However, what really attracted Sean’s attention was the word “delegation”.

For him, the two words    mean experience value and an increase in strength. Since Tindes led, although there have been many small battles, his experience value has never increased. At this moment, hearing that he finally has a commission, Sean's mood has certainly become very wonderful. However, whether it is to follow the player's thinking or the identity of the mercenary group or the head of the mercenary group, the reward must be sufficient.

"You can rest assured that we will charge according to the content of the commission." Cecilia said, "If the difficulty of the commission is not particularly large, our charges will certainly not be too expensive. You can rest assured of this. "

Paro glanced at Cecilia, and did not speak. At this time, Sean quickly answered: "This is Sean, the commander of this mercenary regiment. This is Cecilia and Alf. Reid, they are both deputy heads of the team, so what they say can actually represent me."

Hearing Sean's explanation, Sir Paro nodded slightly: "Then what if you are asked to save people?... As you can see, the city of Loveland is currently under construction and expansion, so supplies are especially needed. Before, I asked my son to contact a caravan to purchase supplies. The matter was also very smooth. According to reason, I should be back today, but I couldn’t wait for my son’s return. Only this letter was received. Sent back."

Sean reached out and took the envelope. The seal on it had been uncovered. Obviously, the content of the letter had been read. However, considering that the letter was taken from Paro, then the reader must be only Paro. Sir Luo.

  The content of the letter is very clear, that is, Sir Paro’s son has been arrested and needs a ransom to redeem it.

  There is nothing else.

  Sean handed the letter to Cecilia. Cecilia browsed it and then handed it to Alfred, who also browsed it and handed it back to Sean. Sean carefully put the letter back into the envelope, handed it back to Sir Paro, and then asked: "So Lord of the City, do you want me to rescue your son?"

  "More than that." Paro said, "There is a shipment missing with my son. This shipment is very important to Loveland City now. I would like to ask you to bring this shipment back together."

"My lord, with all due respect." Xiao En's brows frowned slightly, thinking that this matter seemed a bit weird. "You can dispatch the city defense team. In terms of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of the city defense team should be much higher than ours. ."

   "This is actually the third thing I want to entrust you." Paro looked helpless.

  Seeing this kind of Palo City Lord, Sean did not speak very simply, but chose to listen quietly.

"When I received this letter, it was yesterday, and I also dispatched a guard in the first place, a full 100 light cavalry." Paro's consideration is actually quite correct. "After all, the other party Not only took my son, but also a whole team of goods, the action will definitely be slower. Moreover, the delivery position written in this letter is also not far from Lovran, so it proves that the other party must be hidden in Nearby, the search capabilities of the light cavalry should be able to get news quickly."

"But the result is completely opposite to what I expected." Sir Paro's voice became low. "According to the order, no matter what the result is, the light cavalry must come back to report last night, but there was no response until this morning. , I guess this light cavalry unit is probably..."

  There is no word in the following words, but the result is already very obvious.

  Although the light cavalry unit is mostly used for rescue and reconnaissance on the battlefield, it is still a standard level three unit. And if the opponent can completely annihilate even a third-level force, then this is enough to show that the opponent’s combat effectiveness is by no means simple, at least it will not be ordinary bandits, and it is very likely that troops from other countries have infiltrated. Attempt to cause destruction in the Principality of Lane.

  Of course, it is not ruled out that they are nobles who have personal conflicts with the lord of Danawi.

  Because of the national nature of the Principality of Lane, the wars and conflicts between the nobles, as long as the scale is not too big, and too many people are not brought into the water, the Grand Duke has always kept one eye closed. Most of the marquis of strength in the entire Principality of Ryan relied on this method of annexing other families to get up, and only a few of them, like Asuna, really rely on themselves through combat achievements and strength.

Thinking of this, Xiao En’s face was a little bit difficult: "My Lord City Lord, I am afraid that we are difficult to handle this task.... My army only has two hundred people, and it is not even a team. Regular troops."

"I also know, but now the number of defense garrisons in Loveland City is too small. After losing the light cavalry, there are fewer than 500 people left. I am worried that if I send them all out, the other party will come. Looting this town." Paro also knew that his request seemed a bit difficult, but he really couldn't help it. Who made Sean appear here so accidentally, "Otherwise, you only need to be responsible for the investigation. ! Once the other party’s hiding place is clear, I will immediately send the garrison out, so that the trouble can be completely eliminated."

   "If this is the case, then there is no problem." Sean nodded, "It's just the reward..."

  "You make a price. But it shouldn't be too high. I'm afraid I won't be able to pay, because the money in the city has been invested in construction and expansion."

   "Since this is the case, then I would like to ask Lord Santo for a favor."

   "What is busy?"

   "I'm looking for an engraver to help my friend engrave a magic pattern, so that his combat effectiveness can be improved, and our safety and efficiency will be more guaranteed."