Chapter 376: Mercenary (1)
Translator: 549690339
Ruien realized that Zhao Hai had been distancing himself from her for the past few days. Although she didn’t know why, she was quite happy. To be honest, she really didn’t want to have any relationship with Zhao Hai. He was too scary.
Zhao Hai was a little surprised. It had been seven days since they were last attacked outside the hundred battle fortress. However, they had not encountered any attacks in the past seven days. This was beyond his expectations.
Of course, he didn’t know that the castellan of the hundred Wars fortress had already committed suicide because of him. The power in the hundred Wars fortress was facing a chance to reshuffle, and all the people in the Roson Empire who had the ability to fight for the position were watching it closely. They had no time to care about him at all.
The hundred war fortress’s Lord actually didn’t have much power. Although there were some civilians living in the hundred war fortress, it was a military fortress, after all, so there weren’t many civilians. Moreover, the Lord only had the power to mobilize troops during wartime. He didn’t have much power during peacetime.
But then again, the hundred battle fortress was also a lucrative position. It was a stronghold of the Roson Empire, and merchants passed by every day. Just the tax alone was a lot, and adding on the tributes from the bandits, it was a lot. So, although the Lord of the hundred battle fortress changed every five years, the first change would always attract a crazy fight from the nobles.
However, this situation couldn’t last for long. After all, the hundred war fortress was one of the Empire’s fortresses, and defense was of great importance. As such, a new city Lord had already been appointed.
The suicide of the hundred battle fortress’s city Lord was considered an unexpected situation. Otherwise, the position of the city Lord would not have remained vacant for so long.
Now that the incident was over, Duke Ryan, who had been implicated, naturally hated Zhao Hai. The previous governor, who had been through a hundred battles, was not Duke Ryan’s direct subordinate, but he had a good relationship with him. In the end, he had been forced to his death by Zhao Hai. Not only did Duke Ryan not get any benefits, but he had also suffered a great loss. Furthermore, he had fallen into the hands of the Sheila family. How could Duke Ryan accept this? he was already thinking of ways to deal with Zhao Hai.
Although Zhao Hai didn’t know that Duke Ryan was preparing to deal with him, he didn’t let his guard down. He was very clear about the consequences of offending a powerful Guild in the Rosen Empire. Although it wasn’t as serious as offending the southern King in the Arkas Empire, it was almost the same.
The reason Zhao Hai had been traveling at such a slow pace for the past few days was to find out more about Grand Duke Ryan. He might have actually found out about him. Grand Duke Ryan was indeed very powerful in the Rosen Empire.
Although he had been conferred the title of an Archduke, he was not in his own Duchy for many years. Instead, he worked in Carson City because he was a trusted aide of the current king of the Roson Empire and the Empire’s Finance Minister. It could be said that he had a high position and power. It was also because of this that he had the right to go against the Sheila family.
Zhao Hai became even more careful after knowing the situation. He knew that he would not have a good time in the future if he provoked such a person.
On the eighth day, they went to a small city called Liit to rest. Zhao Hai tried not to rest in big cities these days because he knew that people like Duke Ryan would definitely reach into those big cities. If they rested in big cities, it would be more dangerous. It was better to rest in a small city. Even if something happened, they could rush out and not make too much noise.
It was impossible to find hotel Sheila in such a small town. Therefore, Zhao Hai and the others found a hotel named ciri to stay in for the night.
This hotel could only be considered as a medium-sized hotel in the city. It was not the largest, but the service was good. It looked clean, so Zhao Hai and the others chose this place.
In the eyes of Laura and the others, a hotel like this was considered a low-grade hotel. Although Zhao Hai and the others had booked the best rooms in the entire hotel, those rooms were still incomparable to the rooms in Sheila’s hotel. At most, they were considered clean, but the facilities inside were far worse.
However, this wasn’t important to Zhao Hai. They were going to rest in the space at night, so he didn’t care about the room.
Although Ryan felt that the room was too bad, he didn’t dare to say anything. After guessing Zhao Hai’s identity, Ryan didn’t want to do anything funny anymore. He was afraid of offending Zhao Hai.
When Zhao Hai and the others arrived at the hotel, it was already quite late. After settling down in the room, they went to the hotel’s restaurant.
The restaurant of this hotel was also very simple. It was on the first floor of the hotel, but the area was not small. It was enough to accommodate nearly a hundred people for a meal.
As soon as Zhao Hai and the others entered the restaurant, the noisy restaurant became quiet. Many mercenaries stayed in a mid-tier hotel like this. Not only did they stay here, but they could also receive missions in this hotel, so the business of this hotel was very good.
Most of these mercenaries were rough men. They drank big mouthfuls of wine and ate big chunks of meat. In their eyes, it was the most enjoyable. In addition, they had nothing to do at night, so the mercenaries would eat and drink in the restaurant of the hotel before going to sleep.
Zhao Hai’s group was dressed in royal attire, especially Zhao Hai’s. His clothes reminded people of the rich and powerful. It was completely different from the style of this hotel. No rich and powerful person would stay in a hotel where mercenaries were seen.
Therefore, the moment Zhao Hai and his group entered the hotel, the mercenaries stopped talking and stared at them. They were especially envious of Laura and the other two.
Zhao Hai took a look at the mercenaries and sat them down. He ordered a lot of dishes and asked the hotel staff to prepare them. At this time, the mercenaries started to drink again, and the restaurant became lively.
However, Zhao Hai felt that the mercenaries were looking at them, which made him feel uneasy. At that moment, a drunk mercenary stood up and walked unsteadily to the table. He reached out to touch the veil on Laura’s face and said, ” “Little beauty, why are you covering your face? let me see, what’s so good about following that pretty boy? why don’t you follow me?”
How could Laura let him touch her? she moved her body to the side. However, she didn’t expect that the mercenary’s movements weren’t slow. Although she dodged the first time, the second time came immediately.
How could Xu Wanying, who was sitting on the side, let the mercenary succeed? he pulled out the axe that he always carried with him and chopped at the mercenary’s hand.
The mercenary quickly dodged the axe, but fell to the ground and shouted, ” &Quot; murder, murder, a noble murder. &Quot; After he shouted, all the servants in the restaurant immediately stood up and drew their weapons, surrounding Zhao Hai and the others.
When Zhao Hai saw this, he knew that these people were not ordinary mercenaries. They had come prepared, and they had come specifically for him.
Zhao Hai sat there and looked at the mercenaries surrounding him. He said coldly, ” &Quot; they’re all Level 6 and Level 7 experts. How come I didn’t know there were so many experts in the mercenary group? ”
Xu Wanying and Shunyi also realized that something was wrong. They didn’t feel anything when the mercenaries were sitting there, but now that they had surrounded them, they also realized that something was wrong. There were nearly a hundred mercenaries in the entire restaurant, and they were all at the 6th and 7th-tier, with no one below the 5th-tier. This was too unusual.
Xu Wanying immediately stood by Zhao Hai’s side. Laura and the others also stood by Zhao Hai’s side. The mercenary who had fallen stood up and shouted at Zhao Hai, ” “Fine, even if you’re nobles, you can’t kill people as you please. Fortunately, Grandpa dodged quickly, otherwise, this arm would be here. Pretty boy, you have to give Grandpa an explanation.”
Zhao Hai raised his head and looked at the man. &Quot; “You spent so much effort and set up such a big trap, and it’s over with just an explanation? What kind of explanation do you want?”
Zhao Hai then turned to look at Shunyi,”Shunyi, go and see if Her Highness Princess ruien has eaten.”
Hearing Zhao Hai’s words, the mercenaries ‘expressions changed. They didn’t expect Zhao Hai to be so meticulous. He even thought of this.
Just as Zhao Hai had thought, the mercenaries ‘goal was to do two things at the same time. They would stall Zhao Hai and his men while the other group would deal with Ryan and his men. In their eyes, as long as they took down Ryan and his men, Zhao Hai would be able to do whatever he wanted.
However, they didn’t expect Zhao Hai to react the moment they started moving. He immediately sent Shunyi to ruien’s place. The mercenaries could only hope that their companions had already succeeded.
However, they still wanted to buy some time for their companions. The mercenary who was leading them just now saw that Shunyi was about to leave and immediately said, ” “Brothers, we can’t let them escape. We need them to give us an explanation. After that, take out your weapons and attack Zhao Hai.
The mercenary’s weapons were two short axes, which were the most suitable weapons for attacking in a small place like the restaurant. However, as soon as he moved, Shunyi threw a hidden weapon at him. Xu Wanying’s body moved, and he created dozens of clones, surrounding Zhao Hai and the others.
For the two of them, Zhao Hai’s safety was the most important. Ruian’s safety? Did it have anything to do with them?
Zhao Hai sat there quietly, looking at the mercenaries. He was communicating with Cai in his mind. He wanted to let Cai see how ruien was doing.
However, the news he received shocked him. Ryan and the others were already in the hands of those mercenaries. His guards had been killed. Only Ryan, Ji Li, and the two maids were left behind. The methods used were very ruthless. Seeing this, Zhao Hai’s expression could not help but freeze. It seemed that this group of people was not simple. They were ruthless and would do anything to achieve their goals. Such people were not easy to deal with.