During the journey, Hao Ren learned that the young girl, who seemed to be traveling alone, was called Becky. In her own words, she was a freelance mercenary.
Freelance mercenaries were a kind of armed profession that traveled all over the world. They seemed to be a very common group of people in this world. They had their own organization, but the structure was loose and could hardly be called an armed group. They were active among the people and took on all kinds of jobs according to their own ability. Although Becky did not say much to a stranger, Hao Ren guessed that this group of people should dabble in everything from killing and robbing to finding cats for old ladies. It all depended on what the employer paid them to do.
This sounded like an incredible profession. Hao Ren could not figure out how this group of people appeared in reality, and he could not understand why the authorities of various countries would allow such a group to exist among the people. However, Becky appeared in front of him alive and well. He could only admit that it was a fact. Perhaps there was a special social structure in this world that made the existence of freelance mercenaries possible. Anyway, this group of people who sounded like they were very powerful were indeed active all over the world.
"Don't look down on me just because I'm young. I'm a Level 2 mercenary after all. I came out to make a living at the age of 14." Becky was a carefree girl. She was probably very confident in her strength, and this profession had given her a talkative attitude. After confirming that Hao Ren was not a threat, she became talkative. "I'm familiar with 80% of the places in Holletta. I've even been to the Empire. Do you believe that I crossed the prairie alone? Ha, this time I came to the prairie just for a small mission. I didn't expect to find a very interesting guy … Say, your name is Hao Ren? This name still sounds weird to me. It doesn't sound like a name from Holletta. "
During the two-hour walk with Becky, Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat every fifteen minutes. He realized that he was really an honest person. He was not very good at lying within two meters of others (it was much easier to lie over the phone or in other situations where they were not face-to-face). Every time he talked to Becky, he was on tenterhooks. He was afraid that he would expose himself as a suspicious person, and the girl would stab him with a sword. She might not stab him to death, but the free tour guide that he finally met would be gone. It would not be so easy to find a local to ask for information next time. So now he only listened and did not speak, pretending to be a researcher who indulged in academics all day long. This way, even if he made a mistake, he could fool her by saying that he was not good at communication. The less he spoke, the less he would make mistakes. This was the truth.
"My name belongs to a minority..." Hao Ren laughed dryly while trying to remember the bits and pieces of information that Becky revealed in the conversation. Now he knew that Lamberg Town, which he was going to, was a border town in the southern part of the prairie. Lamberg Town belonged to the Kingdom of Holletta, which was also Becky's hometown. He also knew that there was another new empire on the northern side of the prairie called the Hognar Empire, but Becky knew very little about it. Because the two countries were too far apart to fight each other, they were currently winking at each other from afar, trying to show internationally that they were a peace-loving country of gentlemen. But at the same time, they had defeated all the small countries around them, so the credibility of this long-distance winking was not very high.
These were all the information that Becky leaked along the way. Hao Ren was very curious about how this girl could talk so much. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that she did not know. But then he thought about it and remembered that there was Lily at home who was more familiar with people than Becky. When Lily took the bus with him to her new home, they talked about the price of local food and the American Civil War. The husky was obviously a better bullshitter...
"Say, where are you from?" Becky tilted her head slightly and asked, "I've seen a lot of sorcerers. Even the most unconventional ones have to wear a hot robe all day long to show their elegance. You look more like a commoner on a vacation. Do all the sorcerers in your world dress like this?" "That's right.
Hao Ren said that he was really on a vacation. He had promised an even more brainless female superior to him that he would travel to a primitive planet more than 800 light years away. He was blown by the sea breeze for half the night and then fell into The Plane of Dreams from a height of 10 stories. It was like a vacation with his life on the line. But when he really said it, he just smiled and said, "This is my personal hobby. You wouldn't know where I come from even if I told you. I'm actually from the Empire. "
Becky had just said that she did not know much about the country on the other side of the prairie. So, it was the smartest thing to say that he was from the Empire. Strictly speaking, the words "from the Empire" were not nonsense. The Xiling Empire was also an empire...
"Wow, from the Empire to the prairie?" Becky almost fell off the horse. "How many crystals did you throw at the teleportation circle? I don't think you're a nobleman... Did you go bankrupt just to experience landing on the prairie with your face? "
Hao Ren said, "... I don't know. I fell in a daze. My mind is confused now. Don't ask too much..."
"See, I told you that your brain was damaged, but you didn't believe me." Becky shook her head. "Anyway, I'm responsible for sending you to the border, and then you figure out how to get back. Tsk, I'm really a little worried about how you're going to get back. This place is across the prairie from the Hognar Empire. The only thing you have on you is a flying music box that can be sold for money. And now it's mine. "
Hao Ren could not help but feel a little apologetic: the music box was destined to fool the girl, but looking at the expectant expression on her face, he felt a little sorry in advance.
Just as Hao Ren was guessing how long it would take to see the border town, Becky suddenly pulled the reins and stopped the horse. Then, she pulled Hao Ren off the horse and said, "Wait a minute, there's a situation."
Before Hao Ren could understand what was going on, he was pulled off the horse by the strong girl. She pressed his neck and laid on the leeward side of a small hill. He moved his head vigorously and asked, "What's wrong?"
"The wolves... are fighting for territory," Becky lowered her voice and used some kind of gesture to make her horse retreat to the side sensibly. "Let's see, maybe we can take advantage of it... Ah, will you be a burden?"
Hao Ren poked his head out and stretched his neck to take a look. Sure enough, he saw two packs of black giant wolves fighting in the distance. They were the kind of powerful beasts that were unique to the Plane of Dreams.
If this situation happened in front of ordinary people, perhaps anyone would try to find a way to avoid it. But this Becky girl beside him saw the two packs of wolves fighting, and she actually stopped in excitement, ready to "take advantage of it"?!
Hao Ren did not know how strong the humans in this world could be, but he had met a funny wolf king on the grassland once, and roughly understood the combat strength of humans and wolves. He knew that ordinary people were simply food in front of these giant wolves. So, if this Becky girl was not crazy, there was only one problem: this was a weird world where the power gap between ordinary people and combat professionals was huge.
This setting was getting stranger and stranger.
"One... Two... Three... Many... Many, many, many," Becky counted the number of enemies. "Well, wait for them to fight to the end and then suddenly attack, should be able to settle it. Wolves fight for territory, they will fight to the death before they give up. Hehe, this time we're rich, the bone plates on them are treasures. Hey, you really won't become a burden, right? "
Hao Ren really wanted to plant his head in the grass. The girl next to him seemed to always have a tendency to be a little paranoid about subtle things. She was the kind of person who talked to herself and did not care about others' explanations. She still insisted that when Hao Ren fell down, there was something wrong with his head. But Hao Ren did not have time to explain too much to her, because his eyes were suddenly attracted by the two groups of black wolves fighting.
The two groups of black wolves had not completely reached the peak of the melee, it was just the cannon fodder of both sides fighting. A large number of wolves were still wandering around the edge of the concave and did not join the battle. Among those wandering wolves, there was a black wolf with a broken bone plate in its waist, several black wolves were grinning, revealing a mouthful of bad teeth, and there was an exceptionally large alpha wolf that looked very familiar.
He had met an acquaintance... Oh no, a familiar wolf! Wasn't it just that group of clowns?
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