Chapter 278 Mercenaries of Moses Port
“This game is getting less and less interesting.”
In the commercial district of Moses Port, on a bustling and noisy street, a ghost squatted on the curb by the roadside, looking at the passers-by with resentful eyes and sighed.
"Huh? Are you going to AFK?" The companion next to him looked at him with a sharp gaze, "If you want to A, sell your ring to me, otherwise the equipment will depreciate in a year or so."
"Damn it, I won't sell it even if I die!" The player who spoke first immediately held tightly to the precious ring tied around his neck with a strong thin wire, "I want to kill you, but you don't even ask why, and you just stare at my equipment? Are you still human?"
"Come on, you said you wanted to A last time when you failed to join Yao Ge's elite group. You also said you wanted to A when you came late to Qing Yue's mission group. You even wanted to A when you failed to get a spot in Ying Jie's boss group." The companion said unceremoniously, "What's the matter this time? Are you tired because you lost the exorcist mission? Or are you embarrassed because you lost in a sparring match?"
"Uh..." The player who spoke first was embarrassed, and then became angry, "Damn it, I didn't lose the competition, okay? Everyone knows that Xiaotang likes to play rogue and use her ultimate skill right away. I stopped fighting her a long time ago!"
His companions were all shocked: "Oh my god, you, a mage, actually lost to Xiaotang and a warrior in a sparring match? Hurry up and attack, you have completely embarrassed the mage player!"
"I told you I didn't lose!"
"Stay away from me you disgraceful loser!"
Two undead who were squatting on the roadside suddenly started fighting. Their fighting was very unruly, almost like a quarrel between children, which made several mercenaries who were watching them in the tavern across the street twitch their lips.
"What are these two undeads doing?" The bearded mercenary sitting by the window looked at his companions strangely.
The two companions of the bearded mercenary looked at each other and shook their heads slightly.
The three mercenaries spotted the two undead who had separated from their companions in the church district an hour ago. They saw with their own eyes that the two undead wandered around the commercial district for more than half an hour, and then ran to the street to stare blankly. During the process, they tried to communicate with a passing orc hired worker, but gave up after gesticulating for a long time without getting a response.
Just as they were confused by the logic of the undead's behavior, which didn't seem too abnormal but was not normal in any way , two undead who had been sitting on the curb for more than ten minutes suddenly stood up and walked across the road in a leisurely stroll like ordinary people, heading towards the tavern that the mercenaries were following.
The expressions of the three mercenaries changed slightly, but they showed no signs of abnormality on the surface. They still sat in their booths facing the street windows, looking relaxed.
The two undead came to the sidewalk on this side of the road, walked to the window where the mercenaries were sitting, put their bone claws on the window frame less than 20 centimeters away from the bearded mercenary's shoulder, and looked into the tavern...
The mercenaries were very reluctant to attract the attention of the two undead, so they had to turn their attention to the two undead outside the window - pretending to ignore them when they were this close would seem too deliberate.
Fortunately, in the eyes of the undead, the reactions of the three mercenaries were similar to those of other guests in the tavern. They did not notice anything unusual. They just pointed inside the tavern for a while and then walked away, sitting on the curb again to chat.
The three bearded men couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief when they changed from watching the two undead from across the street to watching the backs of their heads from across a two-meter-wide sidewalk...
Half a month ago, when the Tarantan ghost first appeared on the street in the commercial district, passers-by fled and street businesses hurriedly closed their doors and windows.
Now, half a month later, people no longer make a fuss about the appearance of the undead. Even if there are undead squatting on the roadside and refusing to leave, the fruit stalls and shoe repair stalls nearby are still operating normally, and passers-by will not even look at the two undead for a second glance. At most, they will slightly avoid them when they get close.
The fundamental reason for this phenomenon... is that after half a month of contact, people have become familiar with the behavior of these Tarantan undead.
They do have a terrifying appearance and are somewhat aggressive, but they will not attack people at will or rob property at will. They will even give way to the elderly and children when walking on crowded streets.
To the people of Moses Harbor, who have a strong ability to accept things and can remain calm even when mercenaries parade through the streets with magical beasts, the threat posed by these Tarantan undead is less than that posed by drunkards or large dogs without leashes. In addition, local newspapers have published reports of the undead's great achievements in handling exorcist missions, so it is not so difficult for the locals to accept the existence of these undead.
The strong nerves and almost unrejecting acceptance of the people of Moses Port allowed players to integrate into the environment of Moses Port faster than in Innadri City, but for mercenaries, this was not a good thing...
Especially after the news that even the Public Security Department had begun to entrust these undead to handle cases spread, the mercenaries active in Moses Port instinctively felt that their jobs were facing severe challenges.
Mercenaries are not very willing to undertake missions entrusted by the church, because the church will only subcontract to mercenaries dangerous incidents that the night watchmen cannot handle or that are foreseeable to result in heavy casualties.
The mercenaries are not very interested in the cases of the Public Security Bureau... Unless the case is complicated or the clues are interrupted, the Public Security Bureau will not post a reward.
The question is - are these mysterious Tarantan undead, who seem to have an IQ comparable to that of intelligent races, limited to this?
If these undead start to steal business from the mercenaries, how can ordinary mercenary groups compete with these non-human creatures who can handle even exorcist commissions extremely cleanly and efficiently?
This is a matter of great importance concerning wealth!
If it weren't for the fact that these undead always came to the city from the Crescent Manor, which was backed by the Odysseus family, and often appeared in the Church District (Night Watch Building) and the Midtown District (Public Security Building), and had close ties with the church and the local city hall, the mercenary groups in the city would have secretly organized themselves to secretly ambush these potential competitors!
The undead were too close. Even though they could sense that they could not understand the common language, the three mercenaries who were following them did not dare to be careless. They whispered in their hometown dialect:
"Have they noticed us?"
"That shouldn't be the case. When they came to the window to snoop, they didn't seem to be paying attention to us."
"I still don't understand what these two undead are doing. Boss, why don't we change our target?"
"No need. Our group is not the only one that has noticed the threat of these undead. Other groups should also start taking action." The bearded man said solemnly, "Let's first see what these two undead are doing. At least we need to know what they are doing."
The two companions nodded silently.
Behind the undead, there must be a black magician.
Mercenaries are for making money, not for fighting. Unless necessary, mercenaries are not willing to go against a high-level black magician who can summon so many undead. Although the mercenary group in the city has found out that the black magician who summoned these undead did not come to Moses Port, it is still dangerous to be targeted by a black magician.
Of course, the mercenaries' caution only applies when their own jobs are not at risk - if even their jobs are at risk, there is no question of whether to offend or not.
The three men were feeling bitter and vengeful when the two undead who were squatting on the curb in front of the tavern suddenly moved.
The two undead, who were originally as lazy as street urchins, suddenly jumped up and ran towards a passing carriage.
The driver of the carriage seemed to want to ignore the two undead, but the undead ran faster than the carriage. Even though the driver had no intention of slowing down, the two undead rushed over without any courtesy, grabbed the handle on the door and climbed into the carriage...
After boarding the moving carriage in a rather dangerous way, the two undeads skillfully took out a small paper bag, stretched out their arms and stuffed it into the coachman's pocket...it seemed that they were paying the fare.
The driver, who had probably experienced this kind of scene many times, had a look of despair on his face as he drove away with the two dead passengers.
This scene attracted many passers-by to stop and watch in wonder, and also caused a lot of annoyance to the three mercenaries who were squatting in the tavern and watching. They hurriedly paid the tip and chased after the carriage. After looking at the direction the carriage was heading, they went into the alley and ran as fast as they could.
Fortunately, these three men were quite familiar with the terrain of Moses Port. As professional mercenaries, they had good physical strength, speed and endurance. They took small paths, climbed over walls and climbed onto roofs. At least they did not lose the carriage and followed it all the way to the outside of the East City Gate.
There are three roads outside the east city gate. Two undead got off the carriage, waved goodbye to the coachman, and staggered onto the path to the south.
This path leads to Crescent Manor.
The three mercenaries standing breathlessly inside the East City Gate stared in amazement at the two undead figures disappearing into the distance.
When these undead appeared, they came from Crescent Manor, and when they left the city, they would go to Crescent Manor.
This made the three mercenaries particularly confused - so, the target they chose to follow, after separating from his accomplices, just went to the commercial street for a walk, rested for a while, and then went back? !
But there was still something the bearded mercenary didn’t understand: why would they come to the tavern window to “demonstrate”?
Thinking back to this, the bearded mercenary suddenly remembered that when the two undead were lying on the window, their four black eye sockets were all facing the direction of the counter.
The tavern's signature girl, the beautiful proprietress, was at the counter at the time...
At that time, the two undead were leaning on the window and pointing inside, and it seemed that they were pointing in the direction of the proprietress...
Before the two undead crossed the street from the other side, the proprietress had just gone to the door to change the sign for today's special drinks...
The bearded mercenary's face suddenly twisted - you undead not only know how to go shopping like living people, but also know how to look at beautiful women? !
It's just outrageous!
The Exorcist quests with rich rewards and the ability to spawn elite monsters are gone, and the Public Security Bureau quests that are refreshed as "compensation" by the system are tedious and brain-consuming, so not all players are willing to do them. Some players chose to return to Innadeli.
It is also a normal behavior for most players to take a look at the new map before going back and see if they can trigger the hidden mission by chance.
As for whether it would mislead the local mercenaries who regard the players as competitors and guard against them... the players really haven't considered this aspect...
