"This is your room. Two people have a room, isn't it pretty good?"

Chavez leaned against the door frame with one hand and said with a smile at us, "We are now in a three-story building next to the headquarters."

What we were assigned was a very spacious room, at least looking very spacious, with two wooden beds made of dark black wood inside. The bed was a set of a bit worn but clean bedding.

An equally worn dirty wooden table stood firmly against the wall, and the Grey Squirrel was quite generous, at least this was not the only furniture in the room.

In addition to this wooden table, there is also a kitchenette and a bathroom in the room. In many places in Valenlia, this configuration can meet some small hotels.

"You can buy food in the cafeteria or make it yourself, just like what you see, in the kitchen in the room, of course, you have to bring your own ingredients, and you have to be careful of fire."

"Put your luggage here, and remember to clean up your new home," Chavez hunched his waist slightly and patted Hickrad and me on the shoulders respectively. "When you finish your work, come to the headquarters to find me. I have a job to share with you."

He said this, then straightened his back, his expression became serious, and he hurriedly walked back along the way he came.

"So this is our new home?" Hickrad looked at the decoration of the room with some disgust. "Nine Holy Spirits are here. If I hadn't been to pacify the civil war in Cabofis as soon as possible, I wouldn't have..."

"Say a few words, Saren," I whispered him, "Don't mention our true identities casually."

"Ah, I almost forgot! You are the boss, you have the final say."

Hickrad waved his hand, which was a sign of his retreat. I smiled and did not continue to blame him.

We simply cleaned the room (actually there was nothing to clean), threw the package that was used for disguise, but actually empty to the bed, locked the door, and walked out of the three-story building with the key in hand.

"Hey! Here, my good guy!" As soon as we walked out of the gate of this small building, Chavez, who was far away, found us. He called us loudly and waved at us constantly, as if he was afraid that we would not find him.

As he said before, he stopped in the small square in front of the headquarters entrance, and in front of him were a large number of members of the Grey Squirrel Gang waiting to take on the job.

Chavez waved at us with a smile, Hickrad and I looked at each other, and then walked to Chavez as fast as possible.

"Haha, it looks like you've already sorted out your new home," Chavez said with a smile, rubbing his hands, "I hope this environment will satisfy you."

"Oh, of course," I nodded, "we are satisfied, sir, what can I do?"

"Today is the first day you join the Grey Squirrel Gang. In our Grey Squirrel Gang, newcomers must undergo training so that you can become capable members of the gang in the future."

"Generally speaking, newcomers have to choose one between night patrol and night watchtower, and you guys"

He rubbed his chin and looked like a scholar who was studying the problem. His serious and funny look made me laugh a little, "You are all magicians. From this perspective, it is not suitable for you to patrol or keep watch. You are the treasures here!"

"It's good," Chavez looked at us, "you will be treated with the hunters who can shoot archery. Tonight, you will be responsible for monitoring our territory from high places, and don't let the big-headed soldiers who are still fighting go to the wrong place."

After saying this, he raised his head and looked at the scorching sun above his head, laughing out loud, "Okay, okay," he said happily, "It seems that you still have some waiting. Smart people should take this opportunity to start acting, find the old man to find out the news and find information about the warring forces, so that your night will not be so difficult."

"Brother Saren, Brother Serifi," Chavez wrote and painted on a piece of paper for a long time, and finally looked up at us again, "I will write your names on it. Tonight at 10 o'clock, you will set out from here, where you step on, so it's better not to be late."

"I get it, brothers Chavez."

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After getting what I was going to do tonight from Chavez, Hickrad and I went back to the room, and there were rumbling sounds of cannons not far away. The sound came from afar, and the remaining energy in the shock wave hit the glass, causing the window to creak with an unknown creaking sound.

Listening to the whimpering wind, my head, which was already a little confused due to the continuous rotation, quickly woke up, and became much more energetic, especially when I saw the shaking windows, the energy of this cannon was so great!

I guess those shells had already landed on the unlucky imperial army who was hiding somewhere with the sound of cannons.

Time passed minute by minute, and night soon came with the long sound of horns, which was a signal of retreating.

I stood in front of the window and watched Stran's army retreat again from my feet with disappointment. Their appearance was extremely miserable, but their morale was still high. I don't know what happened on the battlefield today, but I guess it must be a fierce battle. Obviously, Stran's army suffered another defeat.

"Serifie, are you there?" Hickrad's voice rang out from outside the door, and the door also rang out loud.

I hurriedly opened the door for him, and a brand new Hickrad appeared in front of me.

He changed his clothes, his body became ragged everywhere, and many places were filled with patches.

Outside his ragged clothes was a bad-quality iron armor. Rather than armor, the iron vest was completely exposed.

I walked over and reached out to knock on his armor. The echo gave me the answer I wanted to know was not a good armor, but it was enough to block the stick and blunt sword.

"Time is up," he greeted me, "Let's go."

I nodded, walked out of the door with him, walked down the stairs, and went straight to the door of the headquarters.

"Very good, gentlemen," Chavez was already waiting here, and when he saw us coming, he smiled with satisfaction, "You are indeed trustworthy friends, now, go do your work."

"But first," Chavez raised a finger and pointed at me, "You have to pick something, Serifi, just like your good friend Saren."

I looked at Saren on the side with some hesitation, "I don't think I need to use these weapons. I am a magician."

"You will need it," Chavez responded with a smile, with a strong sense of irresistible replies in the seemingly polite response, "When you meet those damn soldiers, this thing can save your life."

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Five minutes later, I put on a piece of equally ragged armor and climbed to the top of a building with eleven stories high under the guidance of Chavez.

As for Hickrad, he was sent to another tall building three hundred meters to my right.

"Good luck, Serifi," Chavez waved at me as a greeting, and then walked down the stairs after taking me to the top floor.

I quickly walked to the edge of the rooftop, then slowly squatted down and sat on the hard floor.

Looking down from the height of the eleventh floor, everything entered my eyes.

I stretched out my left hand with some emotion, and my fingers that were originally pinched into a fist were completely loosened, just like petals in bud, and the things hidden in it also appeared on the water.

It was a small red flame, representing the purest flame power in this world.

The weather in Capofez today was particularly good. I stood at the top of the building and never felt that the sky was so clear.

The twinkling stars finally unveiled the crystal veil of the past, and shone with their own light wantonly. They guarded the huge moon like guards.

The moon reflects a soft orange-yellow light, which sprinkles on the earth, adding a unique color to the city that has fallen into tranquility.

I looked at the moon and began to recall everything I had experienced during this period. No one, even I, could have predicted what would happen next before choosing to leave Valenlia without hesitation.

After so long I had been to Stran, all kinds of troubles came to me, so I quickly deviated from the scheduled track. The holy sword was still lying quietly.

Things have developed to this point today, even I can only smile at the shrine of the Goddess of Destiny and sighed, "This is all the arrangement of destiny."

"When this is over, I will set off again," I said to myself in my heart. "Those hatreds have been delayed for a long time, those vampires and Strad have been free for a long time, and things have to be back on track."

"Besides," I put my hand in my heart, "I don't have much time, at least I have to leave time to hunt the vampire Count."

Thinking this out, I narrowed my eyes and pinched my fists at the moon, "It seems that time does not allow me to eat up the slums bit by bit. Maybe we need an agent."

"In the end, we will still be on the risk," I sighed. "The people from the Grey Squirrel Gang are good to me. I really don't want to abandon them and look for other gangs, but this is the fastest way."

But things always differ from people’s ideas. Often, when you make a plan, reality overturns your plans. This is what we call fucking life.

A small team carrying kerosene lamps kept trekking from afar along the cobblestone road.

Although they deliberately disguised their lanterns and covered most of the lanterns, the oozing light still attracted my attention.

I suddenly became energetic and stood up from the rooftop. These guys didn't look like they were their own people.

More importantly, if I guess correctly, it should be the territory of the Viper Gang.

I hurriedly took out the telescope hanging around my neck, "Let me take a look."

What caught my eye was the pure black military uniform, which was so rigid and rigorous that it was like a mechanical movement. The two combined together had only one answer: soldiers of the Imperial Legion.

There were eight soldiers in the Imperial Legion, all of them holding guns and following the other five.

The five people gathered together, and the leader was carrying an oil lamp in his hand.

With the help of light, the group of people walked through the streets and soon approached the distance that I could see them clearly without a telescope.

"Sure enough," I snorted coldly, "these damn mice have formed an alliance with the local gang, but I just don't know which gang it is."

For the next time, I was staring at them carefully. If I only suspected that someone would lead them at the beginning, then what I saw next would be very sure that they were not just leading the way.

More than once I saw that small team of soldiers enter a seemingly dead end alley, but in the end, they always find a new path.

No one can do this except for the Viper Snake Gang who already has mastered this place.

Fortunately, their only goal seems to be to deploy to a certain location through this secret path of the Viper Gang, which I guess is a location that is convenient for sniping the enemy.

Their target was not the territory of the Grey Squirrel, which made me feel relieved. In the short term, I will no longer want to participate in any siege or defensive battles.

"Say good night, you guys are raising them, it's best to let you taste the smell of mortars." I watched the people from the Viper Gang follow the Imperial soldiers to approach a three-story brick building, and curse hard in my heart.

After I completely relaxed, I realized that the line of fire in my hand had turned into a javelin. If the pressure was getting higher just now, the javelin might have been out of hand now.

In a dangerous atmosphere, the night of duty was over quickly and Hickrad and I got together again.

"How is it?" Hickrad asked in a low voice.

I was stunned for a while, then I smiled bitterly and revealed to Hickrad: "This kind of work is too slow. We are wasting our time. We must find a better solution."

"Just as I thought, maybe we should go to the territory of the Snake Gang?"

"No," I shook my head seriously, rejected Hickrad's proposal, and told him what I had encountered before.

"So that's it," Chikra couldn't sit still, "we have to make a choice as soon as possible, what do you guys say, man?"

"This is not a problem. We can stay here first, so that Rana's troops are not coming in so quickly," I said in a low voice, "but I dare not find those beggars now. Who knows if they will also be partners of the Imperial Army."

"Oh," Hickrad sighed heavily, "I think we'd better have a good relationship with the people from the Grey Squirrel first and try to win them over to us."

"I agree."
Chapter completed!