Chapter 528： Guest and Mercenary

"Oh? What's the order of Your Excellency Keqing?"

Putting down the oily roasted shank of lamb in his hands, Old Walter thought about it. His greasy lips and long gray beard were soaked with steam, and they were clean again.

As a fourth-order eight-star great magician who has used water magic with perfection, it is naturally easy to clean himself.

The other two old great magicians next to him also put down the food in their hands, and began to pick up the white magic mouth cloth and wipe it back and forth on their hands.

It is worth mentioning that this kind of magic mouth cloth can only be used as a daily necessities by the noble class.

Although it does not look significantly different from ordinary napkins, it has been attached with a cleaning spell, which can completely wipe the oil from the hands and mouths, which is quite magical.

At the same time, Lei Xiao noticed.

Judging from the satisfied expressions on the red faces of the three old magicians, it was obvious that they were all very satisfied with these delicacies.

"To tell the truth from Master Walter, this time, in addition to wanting to see the style of the Dragon Teeth Mercenary Corps, Her Royal Highness has a small commission. I hope Master Walter will not refuse."

Nodding slightly, Lei Xiao waved to Gale, who was on the side, and temporarily removed the band and dancers from the banquet hall, while smiling.

"Oh? It's an honor for our Dragontooth Mercenary Corps to be entrusted by Her Royal Highness."

Hearing the sound, Old Walter's wrinkled old face did not show any waves, and he also responded with a faint smile.

Regarding this point, the old magician had already anticipated it.

Although the guest in front of him was very well entertained, it was obviously impossible for Her Royal Highness to invite these mercenaries to come here.

Immediately afterwards, a look of doubt appeared on Old Walter's old face.

At present, Her Royal Highness is surrounded by powerful people like clouds. In addition to the monstrous fifth-order powerhouse and the two kingdom generals, there are also two fourth-order powerhouses and a big stomach queen powerhouse of unknown strength.

Moreover, Her Royal Highness, the princess herself, has already reached the fourth rank. Such strength is undoubtedly extremely terrifying.

With such a formidable team, why hire them as mercenaries who take people's money and help them eliminate disasters?

Immediately, Old Walter seemed to realize something, and he stroked his gray beard and added with a smile: "However, the first rule of my Dragontooth mercenary group is to never participate in power disputes between powerful and powerful people. Your Excellency, please forgive me."

After speaking, old Walter's heart throbbed again.

Just as I thought just now, there are so many powerful people beside Her Royal Highness the princess. Once they annoy this member of the royal family and the unfathomable young guest in front of them, I am afraid that they will not be able to eat and leave.

Thinking of this, the smile on Old Walter's face suddenly became a little unnatural.

"Master Walter has been thinking too much. Her Royal Highness and I will naturally not be **** others."

Seeing at a glance what the old magician was thinking, Lei Xiao continued to keep a faint smile and said, "This mission has nothing to do with power disputes, but a very simple guardian mission."

"So it turns out, what our mercenaries are best at is guardian-type tasks."

Hearing the sound, Old Walter breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a fresh look on his face: "I don't know what the specific task is?"

"Standing at the mountain fortress."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao shook the goblet in his hand and said bluntly.

"War mission?!"

After listening to Lei Xiao's simple words, not only the old Walter himself, but also the other two old magicians and other mercenary powerhouses beside him were shocked.

You know, apart from the power struggle, war missions are the missions with the highest mortality rate for mercenaries, none of them!

Moreover, it is the mountain fortress in the border area that is already in danger!

"Your Excellency Keqing, you are a bit of a tough man."

After a while, the wrinkled old magician Walter tried his best to squeeze out an ugly smile and said, "Don't hide it from your Excellency, the old man already knows something about the current situation of the mountain fortress."

After considering the words, old Walter continued: "At this stage, under the pressure of the eight legions of the Holy Night Army, the 30,000 defenders of my Lengyan Mountain Fortress and the other two small fortresses, although Extremely brave and did not flinch, but it has reached a precarious point.

In this extremely unfavorable situation, even if we accept the entrustment of Her Royal Highness, we are unable to change the overall situation! "

"Yes, yes, on the surface, the number of the enemy and us is three to eight. If it is converted into a combat power ratio, it must be at least three to twelve. In this case, even if I wait to join, it is a drop in the bucket! "

Master Phil, who was wearing a red magic robe beside him, also frowned and followed suit.

Hearing this, the other mercenary powerhouses also nodded quickly.

You must know that the battlefield is different from the duels and small-scale battles between the strong.

Even a state-level fifth-rank powerhouse who can fight against ten thousand and has a monstrous strength, facing a well-trained legion-scale first-rank soldier, will always run out of energy until the moment of exhaustion.

Therefore, compared to the strong individual such as the stronger.

On the battlefield, the real test is the strategy and layout of a general or a decision maker.

Only by using every hole card in your hand on the blade, or lowering the opponent's morale, or annihilating the opponent's strength, until the opponent is dealt a heavy blow that is enough to break the muscles and bones, is the key to victory. .

To sum up, these mercenaries, who are better at small-scale team battles, do play a very limited role in large-scale battlefields.

What's more, judging from the news we have received so far, we are still in a very passive position.

For a time, the mercenaries who had realized this, shook their heads and sighed, and their faces couldn't help but have a sullen look on their faces.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lei Xiao, with a calm expression, had an expected expression.

Needless to say, the good news of this morning's battle from night to day had obviously not reached the ears of these mercenaries.

"When I left the mountain fortress, I already told Bai Lao to spread the good news of this battle as soon as possible through the magic stations around the world.

As for the main content, it was because of the appearance of Ariel, the fifth princess of Cold Flame, that the defenders defeated the invading Holy Night Army and wiped out most of the enemies. "

Thinking of this in his mind, Lei Xiao continued to think: "In this way, while improving Ariel's reputation and appeal, it will naturally facilitate my next series of actions."

"All in all, according to Bert and Ju Bai's estimates, even if the speed at which these mercenaries receive news is a little slower than the official one, it should be about the same. If that's the case, then let me tell them first. "

Thinking of this, Lei Xiao first took a sip of the astringent and sweet wine, and then said leisurely: "Everyone, you probably haven't gotten the latest news on the frontier battlefield, right?"

"The latest news on the frontier battlefield?"

Hearing the sound, Old Walter first habitually glanced at the other two old magicians, and then said suspiciously: "I also invite Your Excellency to make it clear."

"Just in the early hours of this morning, before dawn, the eight legions of the Holy Night Army rushed out and launched a fierce attack on the mountain fortress and the two surrounding small fortresses."

Shaking lightly with one third of the rose champagne left in his hand, Lei Xiao smiled lightly.

"what?!"

As soon as Lei Xiao said this, he immediately caused an uproar in the mercenary team.

You must know that the commander of the other party, the famous general of the Holy Night Kingdom, the Red Devil, is cautious in nature but likes to secretly make ultimate moves, and never fights uncertain battles.

From this, it can be seen that the 30,000 Leng Yan troops stationed there are obviously less fortunate.

Realizing this, including the three old magicians, all the mercenaries shook their heads and sighed.

However, after just a moment, old Walter and the other three became puzzled again.

Now that the matter has come to this point, why did this young guest minister bring up the entrustment of stationing the mountain fortress?

"Three masters, presumably in your hearts, you must be very doubtful now."

After draining the wine in the cup, Lei Xiao picked up the glass bottle on the dinner plate next to him and slowly poured it to himself, while continuing: "Now I will solve the puzzles in your hearts."

Putting down the glass wine bottle, Lei Xiao raised the wine glass again, made a clinking motion to the three of them, and smiled: "To tell you the truth, that is the final result of this fortress offensive and defensive battle, it is the saint who came to commit the crime. The Ye Army was defeated and ended, and at the cost of 8,000 casualties, I Leng Yan wiped out at least five legions of the opponent!"

After Lei Xiao finished speaking, all the mercenaries were silent, and time seemed to stop.

Only the trio of foodies in the corner are still silently cooking.

At this moment, the hearts of the mercenaries are already filled with countless question marks.

Judging from the previous information, we only have one main army and two non-brand army. Due to the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, the morale is still quite low.

On the other hand, the other party has three main armies and five miscellaneous armies, and their morale is in full swing.

In the case of such a huge disparity in the strength of the enemy and us, we actually destroyed the opponent's five legions with only 8,000 battle losses? ! What's more, the coach of the opponent, or the famous Red Devils of Holy Night?

This is simply Arabian Nights!

For a time, a pair of obscure and complicated eyes cast towards Lei Xiao one after another.

Could this guest be crazy? How can you say such unrealistic words? Could it be to trick me into signing an employment contract?

After exchanging one with the other two old magicians again, a reluctant smile appeared on the old face of old Walter and said, "Your Excellency Keqing, stop joking..."

Speaking of this, Old Walter was stunned, as if he realized something.

I saw his slightly cloudy old eyes moving, first glanced at Ariel who was still eating gracefully not far away, and then glanced at the knotweed that had been wandering behind Lei Xiao.

This is unbelievable: "Your Excellency Keqing, at that time, were you and the princess on the frontier battlefield?!"

"Deputy head, what are you thinking?"

Hearing this, the impatient fire magician Old Phil blew his gray beard and couldn't help but say, "Even with the help of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Your Excellency Keqing and Your Excellency Tiger Cane, it is impossible to achieve such a great deal. Victory, after all, the strength of the enemy and us is too disparity."

"Yes, such a great victory can definitely be recorded in the annals of Leng Yan's history. I am afraid that even many famous generals in the history of Leng Yan cannot do it."

On the other side, the earth magician old Swell, whose gray eyebrows were about to be twisted together, also echoed: "Even if a legion is divided to contain the fifth-order powerhouse, the opponent still has an overwhelming advantage. , what's more, the old Red Devil must have a hole card that can completely change the situation of the battle."

Hearing the sound, the other mercenaries also nodded.

"What do you mean, the guest of this princess is talking about it?"

At this time, I saw Ariel moving lightly, walking to Lei Xiao's side, Dai Mei frowned slightly: "This princess has already said that my guest is the plenipotentiary representative of me. If you say this, Are you also questioning this princess?"

"His Royal Highness is serious, and I have no intention of waiting."

Hearing the sound, the three old magicians and the mercenaries hurriedly bowed again and repeatedly rejected them.

For this royal family member from the Leng Yan royal family, they naturally maintained a considerable degree of awe.

What's more, by the side of Princess Leng Yan, there is an unfathomable young guest and a fifth-order powerhouse.

"His Royal Highness, it's good to leave it here. After all, Master Walter and others don't know us very well. It is normal to have doubts."

With a slight smile, Lei Xiao opened his mouth carefully.

Undoubtedly, in the face of these mercenaries who work hard for money and are not familiar with each other, what Lei Xiao needs to do is naturally a combination of grace and power.

And singing a red face with Ariel and a white face with a drink is undoubtedly the best choice.

"Then leave it to you."

With a light snort Ariel flicked her head, not knowing when she had put on the small crown, and walked away leisurely.

"Thank you, Your Excellency Ke Qing, for helping me wait for the relief."

As soon as Ariel left, the three old magicians approached Lei Xiao and thanked them.

However, even though they looked rather low, the old eyes of the three of them clearly still flickered with vague suspicion.

The other mercenary powerhouses also looked distrustful. While eating the food on the table in front of them, they pricked up their ears and kept an eye on the development of things.

"You're welcome, a toast to all of you."

Noticing this, Lei Xiao did not continue the topic just now, but began to sip the fine wine in his cup.

After a while, I saw that Walter suddenly made the action of covering his ears, apparently carrying out magical communication.

Immediately afterwards, a touch of inconceivable flooded his old cheeks, and then he blurted out: "What? Are you telling the old man again?!"