Li Huailin followed Gast, and the two of them walked out together. As they walked, Gast began to introduce the place. "Actually, I just remembered. A few days ago, I heard from a friend, Jared, that they're going back to the City of Blessing. I heard that you're going back too, hero, so I was thinking of asking them to bring you back."
"Oh, I see." Li Huailin nodded. "That's fine too."
"It's here. Jared and the others are staying here temporarily," Gast said as they walked to the entrance of a hotel called the Snow Sea.
Walking into the hotel, Li Huailin looked around. It was a fairly large hotel, but of course, it couldn't compare to the hotels in the main city. If the entire hotel had to be described in one word, it would be "old." Everything was really old. Even the wooden chairs had turned black from being used for so long.
Like the other hotels, the first floor of the Snow Sea Hotel was also a bar. Of course, to keep warm, everyone sat around the fireplace and drank. Just as Ghast entered the room, he saw a familiar face and walked over.
"Jared!" Gast patted a fat NPC who was drinking wine by the fireplace and greeted him with a hint of joy in his voice.
"Gast!" The fat man, who was Jared, turned around and saw Gast. He looked very happy. He stood up and opened his arms. The two of them hugged each other. "Are you free to come here during the day? Great, we're about to depart. I originally wanted to say goodbye to you, but there's no need now. Let's have a drink together."
"You're still working? You're really …" Although Gast said that, he still took the glass that Jared handed over. "Come, let's have a drink first."
"Cheers." Jared and Gast's glasses clinked, and then they both downed their drinks at the same time.
"Jared, are you guys leaving today?" After a toast, Gast started talking business.
"Yeah, we have to leave today," Jared said.
"I see. That's great, old friend. Actually, I have something to ask of you today. It's just in time for your farewell party," Gast said.
"Oh?" Jared nodded. Then, he looked at Li Huailin, who was beside Gast. He guessed that the help was related to this person.
Sure enough, Gast pulled Li Huailin and introduced him to Jared. "This warrior is Ruolin with a big heart. I owe him a lot, and now he's in trouble, so I have to help him."
Then Gast introduced to Li Huailin, "Warrior, this chubby guy is called Jared, an old friend of mine. He works for the Dean Chamber of Commerce and is mainly responsible for doing business in Blessed City and the North."
"Hello." Li Huailin shook hands with Jared.
"It's like this. This warrior wants to go back to Blessed City, but he can't use the teleportation portal yet. I just remembered you mentioned yesterday that your Chamber of Commerce's team will be going back to Blessed City in a few days. I was wondering if I could do you a favor and take this warrior back with you," Garst said to Jared.
"Oh, it's a small matter. No problem." Jared agreed immediately. Then, he said to Li Huailin, "Brother, since you are Gast's benefactor, you are also my guest. I will arrange for you to go back."
"Okay, thanks." Li Huailin nodded.
"Hehe, I knew you would help." Gast patted Jared's shoulder and asked, "Didn't you say you would leave in a few days? Why are you in such a hurry today?"
"It's all because of the bandits," Jared complained. Jared complained, "I've just received the news that Count Balian is really going to send troops to encircle the Horse Gang. So I think we'd better leave first. If military control is really imposed, we won't be able to leave the city even if we want to. Let's go back now."
"It seems like Lord Ballion is really angry this time." Gast nodded. "Then you should go back soon. I think there's going to be a war here."
"You have to be careful too. Don't let anything happen. I don't want to see you the next time I come here," Jared said with a smile.
"D * mn, why are you cursing me for no reason?" Gast laughed. "How powerful do you think the bandits are? Do you think they can take down York Moke City? Do you think something will happen to me in the city?"
"That's true." Jared nodded. "Alright, after this glass of wine, we are leaving. You are still working, right? Go back early. Don't worry, I will take care of your benefactor."
"Alright, I wish you a safe journey. I won't see you off," Gast said as he raised his glass.
"You make it sound like you're here to see me off," Jared said with a smile. "Alright, alright. Drink up and go."
"Cheh …" Gast patted Jared, then turned to Li Huailin and said, "Hero, you can go back with Jared's team. I'm going back to work."
"Oh, alright. Thank you too." Li Huailin was a little embarrassed. He patted Gast's shoulder and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a good person."
"You're welcome. I can't repay your kindness. It's great that I was able to help you," Gast said.
"Alright, see you later."
After saying goodbye to Gast, Li Huailin sat by the fire for a while. After a while, another NPC walked in from the entrance of the hotel and said to Jared, "Captain, it's ready. We can go now."
"Okay." Jared nodded, then stood up and raised his glass. "Everyone, finish this glass and get ready to go. Haven't you had enough of this horrible weather? Anyway, I've had enough. The sooner we leave, the sooner we can return to the City of God, the sooner we can hug our wives and sleep!"
"Hahahahaha." Laughter came from the hotel.
"Let's go, warrior," Jared said to Li Huailin.
Shi Feng followed Jared out of the hotel. There were already more than a dozen carriages parked in front of the hotel. The first few were for people, while the last few were for goods. As it was snowing lightly, the goods were all covered with linen cloth. Li Huailin didn't know what they were.
Beside the carriages stood a team of soldiers. There were less than 20 of them, and they all wore metal armor. Each of them had a horse by their side. Judging from the aura of this team, they should be a more formal team. They didn't look like ordinary mercenaries.
"I don't have any extra carriages. You can take my carriage, warrior. Since I'm the only one in the carriage, there's plenty of space." Jared pointed at the largest carriage as soon as they got out of the door.
"Oh, okay." Li Huailin nodded and boarded the carriage.
"Let's go!" Jared said, waving his hand when he saw that everyone was present.
"Get on the horses!" The leader of the team shouted. Then, the team neatly mounted their horses. No matter how one looked at it, they must have trained for a long time to have such an effect.
"What's wrong?" Jared saw Li Huailin looking at the team of soldiers, so he asked, "That's the guard of the chamber of commerce. Is there a problem?"
"Judging from their movements, they seem to be a formal army …" Li Huailin said.
"They are a formal army," Jared said.
"What's so strange about it?"
"Formal soldiers are also doing part-time jobs now?" Li Huailin asked.
"Oh, hehe, I understand what you mean."
Jared smiled. "Yes, usually the guards of the chamber of commerce are mercenaries, but we are from the Dean chamber of commerce. You haven't heard of us, right?"
"Yes." Li Huailin nodded. He really hadn't heard of them before.
"The person above us is Marquis Filmus, so the guards of the chamber of commerce are all soldiers." Jared said, "On the surface, it's to let soldiers join the guard of the chamber of commerce after they retire and give them a living. In fact, it's directly transferring people from the army, then forcing them to retire and join the guard of the chamber of commerce."
"This Marquis Filmus is so arrogant," Li Huailin said. "This is no different from directly transferring the army. Is no one going to do anything about it?"
"Who dares to do anything about it?" Jared said with a smile. "It's already very public, but I don't see anyone doing anything about it."
"I see." Li Huailin nodded. "Alright, I'm fine."
"Sit tight. The road might not be easy at the beginning, but it will get better after we leave Udessa province," Jared said.
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