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Chapter 49 Guess the process but not the end(1/2)

Walking through the mist in the morning, Su Wen rushed towards the agreed place.

The rain in the sky was very small, and the slight raindrops only made him feel slightly moist.

Considering that there may be no time during the day, Su Wen still plans to see what the daily tasks given to him today are. If they conflict with the itinerary or cannot complete it himself, it is better to cancel it as soon as possible.

“Daily Mission.”

He recited silently.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully receiving the daily task. Today's daily task is "complete the first mercenary mission in his life in an unusual identity, which can be chosen by the host by himself." Task level: Medium, task reward: 300 redemption points, 1 point of mental toughness. Task supplement: The host can choose from special identities: 'shemale', 'pseudo-woman', and 'help'."

After reading the task content, Su Wen said expressionlessly without thinking: "Cancel the task."

“Are you sure you want to cancel your daily mission?”

"Sure."

"Ding! The mission has been cancelled, and the host cannot receive the daily mission again within today."

Su Wen then breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was often forced to complete the abnormal tasks by the system, he even doubted whether his integrity no longer exists. But no matter what, he still had a bottom line. If this task was placed in a place like Trides City, he might have considered it, but since he had arrived in Hongfeng Town, he would not do it even if there was a high reward.

By the way, Su Wen also canceled the side mission that was about to expire, called "The Secret Chapter in the Tomb". Although twice the redemption points were deducted, it was much better than deducting five times the timeout.

...

When Su Wen arrived at the entrance of Hongfeng Town, the sky was getting brighter, neither early nor late, and it was only a few minutes away from 7 o'clock.

From afar, Su Wen saw the figure of Herangimir waiting with a scepter.

At this moment, he was quietly looking at a pocket watch, his old body was very tall, and behind him was the huge noble carriage. Two tall horses were sniffing at the front of the carriage, and the coachman leaned against the side of the carriage and was drowsy.

There were few people in the mouth of Hongfeng Town in the early morning, so Hrangimir quickly noticed Su Wen approaching.

"You are very punctual and have made more preparations than I thought." Seeing Su Wen, who was fully armed, the capable old man nodded with satisfaction, and the wrinkles on his face slightly relaxed. "I was even wondering if you would break the appointment just now. Now it seems that choosing you is the right decision. Please accept my apology."

Su Wen smiled and waved his hand, signaling Hrangimir not to mind.

Since private tasks require a deposit in advance, although very few mercenaries will run away with the deposit, it does not mean that similar situations have never happened. Especially for newly registered mercenaries like Su Wen, even if they have extraordinary strength proved, they don’t need to worry: even if they have a reputation in Hongfeng Town, at most, they can change their places and make a comeback and start again.

Of course, if you do such a thing for just ten gold coins, probably no one with a normal IQ will consider it.

"Now, you can tell me the detailed task situation, so I can make arrangements as soon as possible."

Su Wen asked.

"sure."

As he said that, Hrangimir invited Su Wen to the seat in the front row of the carriage, but did not let him enter the carriage. Su Wen clearly felt that there was someone in the carriage, which should be the "his own lady" he mentioned yesterday.

"The destination of our trip is Summer Manor, 80 kilometers northwest of the Ronalland Plain. We will choose the nearest road to travel, so if the villains who threaten my lady want to intercept it, the only way is to catch up from behind." Hrangimir signaled the driver to pick up the horses, and the huge and gorgeous carriage quickly drove. "If I expected it was good, we are likely to be in surveillance now. There are several relatively remote areas in the middle of the road. At that time, please ask you to cheer up enough, and it is best not to let those murderers approach."

After saying that, Hrangimir's eyes remained on the heavy crossbow behind Su Wen.

"I don't want anyone to be hurt or even die. Of course, if you have no choice, please perform your duties as a mercenary and be able to perform at will while ensuring our safety."

He said heavily.

Su Wen nodded. From Hrangimir's description, he understood that if an enemy would appear, it would definitely not be single, but not too many, and it would not be very strong - otherwise he should go to the mercenary group to help, rather than just letting himself, a "good-looking" silver-level mercenary to protect him. However, for the first mercenary mission, Su Wen decided to do it cleanly.

"Don't worry, they won't get close to this carriage."

He made a promise.

As soon as he finished speaking, the front door of the carriage was slowly opened, and a girl with blond curly hair poked out half of her head.

Her appearance is considered to be of average quality, much worse than Liticia, who has racial advantages, but she is also a conspicuous type among humans, but her face seems to be surrounded by a faint cloud of sorrow, which makes her a little haggard.

"Grandpa Hera, is this the temporary helper you hired?"

"Yes, Miss, I have always had a good vision. He can help us solve the troubles on the road."

"oh."

The girl looked at Su Wen again, agreed without any objection, then retracted and closed the half-human-high small door, without saying a word to Su Wen from beginning to end.

"Heli is a little introverted, please don't care."

Maybe he felt a little embarrassed, Hrangimir smiled at Su Wen beside him.

...

The carriage was very stable. At a speed of neither fast nor slow, it took only half an hour to pass through a small village called Doppler and embark on a steeper and rugged mountain road. In the Doron Empire, the area within a 100-kilometer radius of each city was classified as the province of the city. As a relatively backward third-tier city in the empire, there were too many endless mountains in the province area, which may be one of the main reasons why Trides could not develop. Fortunately, it was in the inland of the Doron Empire, and the security level here was much better than the infamous dangerous cities on the border.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no danger in the mountains. For example, when Su Wen died the next day after entering the Brilliant Continent, wasn’t he just ran around in the wild and was robbed by robbers... Although on the main road where carriages often cross, the probability of such danger is slim.

However, after leaving Doppler Village, Su Wen gradually realized something was wrong: During the two-hour outdoor journey, there was always a small carriage following more than 100 meters slowly, always maintaining a looming distance. Most people may find it difficult to detect this detail, but for Su Wen who was alert, the carriage obviously had some purpose, either to track or wait for an opportunity.

“Someone is following us.”

Sousy didn't see surprise in his face after telling Hrangimir this inference.

"Are you talking about the gray convertible carriage? I noticed it half an hour ago. I think it is the car of the murderers." The gray-haired old man said with a solemn expression. Obviously, the problem has been discovered. "Three kilometers ahead is Rocky Town. They dare not do anything to us for the time being, but in the next 20 kilometers of mountain roads, I think they may make some moves."

Su Wen nodded. Although he had never walked this road, he had almost recorded the map of the Trides province before. Judging from the speed, direction and driving time of the carriage, the next stop was indeed Rocky Town, which was much larger than Red Maple Town.

About twenty minutes later, Su Wen saw a large town surrounded by mountains.

The building specifications of the town are no different from those of Trides, but they are more backward and older. However, when riding a carriage through the town avenue, Su Wen found that there were many orc slaves here, and they were mostly treated as hardworking to come and go on the streets with heavy objects. When passing a slightly remote and dark road, under the illumination of the warm red magic light, Su Wen saw several half-elf slaves standing on the street. They were wearing heavy makeup and kept giving charming eyes to passers-by, and some even took the initiative to stick to them to attract them into the dark gate behind them.

Su Wen certainly knew what these half-elves slaves were doing.

In fact, with the advantages of race and inferiority of identity, the prostitute industry in the human world is almost monopolized by half-elves. After all, almost all slave owners hope that their slaves can get more and more gold coins. However, Trides City cracked down on this. Under the continuous sweep of the Knights, this industry could not survive at all. Only when Su Wen was outside the city could he see such a scene.

Moreover, he believed that these half-elves who make a living by selling their bodies should be the lucky ones.

As for those more unfortunate alien slaves, their experiences will probably never be exposed to the sun. Donald is right, half-elves like Liticia are really rare in the world.

Looking at the noisy scene on the street, Su Wen felt a little upset for some reason.

The noble carriage did not stop in Rocky Town. After passing through the streets of all sizes, it drove out from the other end of the town and embarked on a long journey again. The small carriage that had been tracking for two hours had disappeared quietly and had never appeared since entering the town. But Su Wen knew that this did not mean that there was no trouble. On the contrary, the trouble might have just begun...

After leaving Rocky Town and driving less than ten kilometers on the bend mountain road, Su Wen discovered an abnormality from behind.

Looking behind him, he soon discovered that five men riding horses were approaching quickly, one of which was the one who had pulled a gray convertible carriage not long ago.

The horses were not fast, but they were obviously much faster than the carriage under Su Wen, so maybe in less than two minutes they would completely close the distance and catch up. The five men seemed to have long swords around their waists, and two of them were holding light crossbows in their hands, obviously not coming with kindness.

Hrangimir took out a small telescope from his arms, looked behind for a few glances, and then frowned with a serious look.

"It's them, these murderers who threatened the lady!"

So Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief.

He was still worried that he would encounter some fierce opponent, but it turned out to be a group of gangsters.

The reason for this judgment is that the tracking technology of these guys is completely unprofessional, and when they decide to attack, they just handed out their fists like reckless men. What he really worried about was that similar to the attacks that James brothers suffered that day, the kind of ambushing with the help of favorable terrain and then giving a fatal blow was professional and well-known, so if he put aside his position, Su Wen would appreciate them very much.

As for such a mob, it is not difficult to solve.

Su Wen pulled out the heavy crossbow behind him, then turned over and leaped, half of his body lay on the top of the carriage, and began to arrow the heavy crossbow.

"Wait a minute, do you want to kill them!"

Hrangimir asked hurriedly, he seemed to have not expected Su Wen to choose such a direct and rough approach.

"Since you're worried that they will kill you, are you still concerned about their lives?" Su Wen asked with a smile on his head, but then explained, "I just scared them so that these guys dare not catch up. The same thing, don't worry, they dare not approach this carriage."

As the words fell, Su Wen bent down and aimed at the sound of the crossbow string.

Then, pull the trigger.

"call out!"

A loud sound of breaking through the air sounded, and the crossbow arrow flew out at an extremely fast acceleration and shot towards the group of galloping horses. Su Wen could not hear the sound, but he immediately saw the effect of the crossbow arrow - the black pack horse rushed in the front, and his eyes were pierced and fell to the ground in the bursting blood. The rider on the horse was thrown forward due to the huge inertia and fell heavily on the slope-like gravel road.

Su Wen did not pause, continued to mount the arrow and shoot.

Five seconds later, the second crossbow arrow shot into the chest of another horse, and the arrow was deeply immersed in it. Before the other four riders could react to their companions' fall, the black and white thin horses also neighed violently. After continuing to run forward for a few steps, their forelimbs fell weakly to the ground.

Although Su Wen could not see the expressions of the remaining three people, judging by their urgently holding the reins of the horse and letting the horse under their crotch stop at the fastest speed, the group of murderers probably did not dare to catch up with them again.

“Is there any more trouble?”

Su Wen jumped gently from the top of the carriage, put the heavy crossbow and quiver back to its original place, and said to Helan Kimir, who was full of horror.

"No... I'm afraid there will be no more."

Hrangimir opened his mouth, holding the telescope in his hand, and the shock on his face could not calm down no matter how he shot a horse moving at a moving speed between two hundred meters. Just having such superb crossbow skills is enough to be competent in the army!

"That's good, it seems that it's not difficult to get 100 gold coins."

Su Wen was very satisfied.

The first mercenary mission is not difficult, nor is it very simple. After all, the group of murderers are wearing bright weapons and even long-range crossbows. If they are approached, they may not be able to maintain them thoroughly. In short, the difficulty of the mission is basically consistent with the reward of 100 gold coins, which is not beyond Su Wen's expectations.

“Since the trouble has been resolved—”

Hrangimir seemed to ponder for a moment, then slowly took out a small bag of gold coins and handed it to Su Wen.

"This is your reward. Get off at the next stop at Tragones Town. We should be very safe for the next journey. Let's calculate that you have completed the task ahead of time."

"Huh, that's so good?"

Su Wen was surprised.
To be continued...
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