Just a magical girl who picks up trash

The duty of the Guardians (Patroons) is to destroy silver and protect thousands of planes from being invaded and accidents. At the same time, Tianyu City, as the focus of all this, naturally needs its own army to protect itself... The Xumagia Legion is certainly good, but it is a high-end power system that is specially used to deal with high-end events like this one.

The reason for establishing the Tianyu Army was, on the one hand, to prevent Honggu and others from "eating for free" in Tianyu City, and on the other hand, to better integrate into this world. As local residents, external exchanges would obviously be more convenient for them.

Besides, Tianyu City... also needs its own scavengers to explore these ruins that still have unlimited potential!

"We will equip you with the best equipment other than Rangers, the most advanced weapons, and the best training and daily necessities. While significantly improving your strength, we will also assign you tasks in the form of 'employment'. Simply put, if you agree, you will still be a scavenger, but you will be a scavenger belonging to Tianyu City... in other words, a mercenary!"

Simply put, it means switching from being a scavenger in the Scavenger Alliance to being a scavenger (mercenary) here. After briefly explaining the characteristics of this position, Tian Ling paused and added:

"Of course, just like the Scavengers' Alliance, we won't impose any mandatory management on you. Even if there are missions, they will only be handed out to you. It's up to you whether to accept them or not!"

Anyway, Tianyu City is not so poor that it cannot support an army. The purpose of recruiting them is to ensure that the families of the patrollers and guardians have the qualifications to live in Tianyu City openly. So as for the strength... To be frank, Tianling really doesn't look down on it!

To be honest, any one of our rangers could be enough to defeat a thousand of you!

Of course, these words were obviously hurtful, so Tian Ling just thought about it in her mind. After she finished speaking, she saw Zhao Tian lowered his head and fell into deep thought. Tian Ling did not disturb him too much. After taking another look at Xia Yu who was still undergoing "treatment", she moved her fingertips and a piece of paper flashing with white light slowly flew out from the light curtain and landed in front of Zhao Tian.

"This is a contract... Of course, it's different from the one Xia Yu signed. It's just a very simple contract. You can take a look at it first. If you agree, just sign it!"

This is certainly not a ranger contract or something, but just a written contract. As long as Zhao Tian signs it, he will undoubtedly be a non-staff member of Tianyu City in the future, and will also be able to obtain multi-faceted assistance from Tianyu City.

They don’t have much else in Tianyu City... There are countless things like physical enhancement (various knight potions), magic awakening (magic devices, crystals), armor weapons (belts, systems), etc., so even if you are really an ordinary person... you can become a strong man in minutes!

After saying this, Tian Ling left without disturbing anyone too much. After all, she still had a lot of things to deal with, and it was a break from her busy schedule that she could find time to come here. If she went back, she would probably have to endure Zeya's resentful gaze for a long time. As for whether Zhao Tian would agree to the contract... in Tian Ling's opinion, there was no suspense at all.

"Ding~~The contract has come into effect, please confirm!"

As expected, just as Tian Ling was leaving the hospital, accompanied by a sudden electronic sound in his ears, Tian Ling nodded in satisfaction, casually opened the light curtain and said:

"Confirm the contractor's authority, assign him to work under Uncle Gu, and allocate equipment, props, and other supplies based on his genetic characteristics and power system. Grant him free entry and exit to Tianyu City and residency..."

Commands were issued one after another in an orderly manner, as if they had been prepared long ago. After a moment of silence, the light curtain responded immediately:

"Understood, in progress..."

144. Xia Yu's Past

Xia Yu had a dream... Well, it wasn't so much a dream as it was a memory of his past!

She is a cat, a cat among the orcs.

The Orcs live in the great forests extending out from the Demon Realm. They are arguably the only race that managed to survive the Mirror Destruction Day, which was a near-destructive natural disaster. Because of their strong constitution and the fact that they exist in an area that belongs to the 'depths' of the world at that time, the disaster of the Mirror Destruction Day did not sweep there, which allowed them to survive safely there.

The orcs have innate advantages over humans. Their advantage used to be their physical bodies, but they did not know how to use magic. Therefore, in the world where both technology and magic were prevalent at that time, they were at a disadvantage everywhere. However, after the Mirror Destruction Day, a magical thing happened!

It is not known whether it was supernatural power or magical power that began to flow in their bodies that were affected by the Mirror Destroying Sun. Although it was not much, it was undoubtedly a great help to the orcs, and it also made them have more powerful strength!

The expansion of power obviously also prompted the ambitions of the orcs. After the destruction of the mirror, the development of mankind attracted the attention of the orcs. When they thought this was an opportunity, many orc tribes had the idea of ​​counterattacking humans and invading the continent... and then they failed without exception!

Well, that's right, the orcs who were born in Weijie died first. Although the orcs are physically strong and have initially possessed Moli (superpowers), how should I put it... their strong bodies obviously cannot withstand powerful magic. And no matter it is superpowers or magic, because the orcs themselves are not very smart or have never used it, this thing in their hands is completely... a tank bought a magic outfit, which is completely useless!

Therefore, the orcs' invasion of the "dominated continent" undoubtedly ended in failure as soon as they rushed out of the forest and attempted to occupy the Demon Realm at that time, and then they returned to the forest in disgrace.

But this obviously does not mean that the orcs are weak. On the contrary, the appearance of the orcs at that time undoubtedly brought a huge shock to the Demon Realm at that time.

Once the powerful body got close to them, it would be absolutely catastrophic for the two magicians at that time. In addition, although the orcs had not yet mastered the power in their bodies, it was only a matter of time before they would be able to master it as time went by. Therefore, such a race undoubtedly attracted attention from many parties.

In addition to their own strength, certain characteristics of the orcs are also gradually discovered by humans. For example, if humans can also possess the power in their bodies, there are also some charming races among the orcs, such as fox people, rabbit people, cat women, etc., all of which will arouse a lot of male hormones without exception.

It was also because of this that no one knew when it started, but the human trafficking industry, which is so detested by everyone, has extended its claws towards the orcs.

With high-tech equipment and those hard-to-defend-against superpowers, the actions of the human traffickers undoubtedly brought disaster to the Orcs. In the end, the Orcs even had to ask for support from their former enemy, the Demon Realm, because of the heavy losses.

Orcs are part of the Demon Realm after all. If the human traffickers are from the Demon Realm, then... well, it can't be counted. Not to mention that those guys are from the outside world. The human traffickers in some technological cities capture orcs mainly to study their body forms, which is obviously not something the Demon Realm can allow. Therefore, with the intervention of the Demon Realm, the actions of the human traffickers have obviously been somewhat restrained.

Of course, it is obviously impossible to just contain and eliminate it!

Xia Yu was born in such an era. She is a cat girl and also the princess of the cat clan. She was destined to become the leader of the cat tribe and was like a princess from birth.

However, her luck was really bad. In a tribal conflict with the tiger tribe, her parents died in battle. From then on, the cat tribe became the foil of the tiger tribe. Although she still maintained her status as a princess, she was just a vase-like figure to the tiger tribe.

Of course, if it were just this, it would be fine. For orcs, the law of the jungle is the basic law. The cat tribe is no match for the tiger tribe, and it is natural for them to be conquered by them. Although she is unwilling to accept this, she will not do anything about it.

However, what really made her angry was not the oppression of the cat tribe by the tiger tribe, but... the betrayal within the tribe!

That's right, no race or tribe is short of such disgusting and vicious resources as traitors, and the cat tribe is no exception. In order to please the tiger tribe... or more precisely, to please the Demon Realm, they secretly contacted certain nobles in the Demon Realm, in order to gain their support and become a nominal "king" among the cat tribe. They sold her out without hesitation and wanted to give her to the other party as a slave.

Xia Yu would naturally not agree to such an outcome. After all, even though the cat tribe had become a vassal of the tiger tribe, and even though she had long since become a vase queen in name only, at least her dignity as a cat tribe and a queen was still there. Xia Yu would rather die than agree to being a slave girl.

But what if you don’t agree?

Xia Yu was eventually betrayed... After all, she was just a weak queen, and because of her young age, Xia Yu's talent could not be effectively developed even in a short period of time.

She was sold to the Demon Realm, but she was not handed over to those disgusting nobles in the Demon Realm to do things worse than humans and animals as she had imagined. Perhaps they felt that it was too dangerous to keep her in the Demon Realm and she might be counterattacked at any time, so the group of traitors finally decided to sell her to the Technology City.

If the orcs were sold to the Demon Realm, the result would undoubtedly be that they would become slaves or servants. However, if they were sold to a technological city, there would undoubtedly be another outcome: becoming experimental subjects to be dissected on a test bench!

Xia Yu obviously didn't want either result, but she obviously couldn't do anything due to her lack of strength, so she could only pretend to be captured by the other party, but in fact she was secretly accumulating strength.

Then, when she was being escorted to the technology city to be sold, she used her wind ability to attract the attack of strange beasts in the ruins. However, what Xia Yu never expected was that she learned a shocking truth from the mouths of the traitors who escorted her.

She also has a younger sister, a twin sister with the same father and mother... Xia Miao? !

(Finally getting to the point. Hmm... That's right, the Orcs are the key to the next step of the Tianyu Army!)

145. Past 2

As the only daughter of the previous king of the cat tribe, she never even knew that she had a younger sister. After all, when she was about ten years old, her parents died in the battle with the tiger tribe, and she became the king of the cat tribe at that time. She has been living a life like a vase ever since.

What's more important is that according to the person who kidnapped her, her sister... the girl named Xia Miao is her twin. That is to say, although she is her sister in name, she was actually born with her.

So the question is... If she really is his twin sister, then why has Xia Yu never heard of her or even knows of her existence?

It's very simple, because even her parents didn't know about this matter, because when she and her sister were just born, the baby named Xia Miao was quietly taken away and taken away from the delivery room.

It was obvious that no one knew about the birth of the twins except the doctor who was in charge of the delivery. Even Xia Yu's mother, who was in a state of "hazy painless delivery", did not know about it. Naturally, Xia Yu, who had just been born, was even less aware of it.

As a result, this matter was kept secret for a full ten years, and the newborn baby Xia Miao was secretly taken away without anyone knowing. The person who did this was none other than the one who had already had ulterior motives at the time. The person who betrayed the cat clan was also the current king of the cat clan: her uncle!

As for the other party's purpose of taking Xia Miao away, it was very simple. He originally wanted to raise Xia Miao secretly, and then find a way to train the other party into his own "puppet" and then let him go back after he grew up. Of course, it was not for the purpose of recognizing his ancestors or something. In fact, it was to let the other party find a way to kill Xia Yu and replace him.

After all, they are twins, and in Xia Zhaoyan's opinion, they must have absolute similarities. In the future, he only needs to operate secretly to let her ascend the throne perfectly, and he will naturally take charge of the entire cat clan!

Wishes are beautiful, but reality is often full of changes!

It was initially because he discovered that Xia Miao's black ears and tail were almost completely opposite to Xia Yu's. Such an obvious iconic difference would obviously lead to the failure of his plan. Because of this, there was no doubt that Xia Zhaoyan's original expectation for Xia Miao suddenly turned into deep anger.

Then, before he could think of a way to solve Xia Miao's hair color and other problems, another accident happened: the tiger tribe attacked the cat tribe, Xia Yu's parents died tragically on the battlefield, and Xia Yu became the new king of the cat tribe.

At that time, Xia Zhaoyan thought it should have been an opportunity, but what could he do even if he became king?

The cat tribe was already weak, and was being targeted by the tiger tribe. Even if they changed the king, it would be the same as having no king at all. Sooner or later, they would be destroyed. Xia Zhaoyan just wanted to be the king, but he didn't want to be the only one left in the cat tribe.

So in this situation, he immediately came up with another different idea... Since the tiger tribe has set its sights on the cat tribe, then instead of being destroyed by the other side, it is better to surrender to the cat tribe first. As long as they can survive under the protection of the tiger tribe, then the cat tribe will obviously not only be safe but can even go further.

With this idea in mind, Xia Zhaoyan betrayed Xia Yu without hesitation to show his sincerity and consolidate his identity. He was ready to send her to the Demon Realm as a slave to show his sincerity. On the one hand, he could help the Tiger Clan rise and fall, and on the other hand, he could get the support of the Demon Realm. Why not do it?

At the same time, precisely because of this, Xia Miao, who was originally detained in his hands, naturally became useless. Not only that, in order to prevent the other party's identity from being discovered, he even thought about killing Xia Miao directly.

However, just before he could take action, Xia Zhaoyan suddenly had another idea!

He is a smart man, a ruthless man, and an ambitious man. Even though he is now using Xia Yu to temporarily be subordinate to the Tiger Clan, it is obvious that this cannot satisfy what Xia Zhaoyan wants. Even with the support of the Magic Realm Mage Tower, he obviously still feels that it is not enough. Therefore, Xia Zhaoyan immediately contacted the technological city in the ruins through the outgoing magicians of the Mage Tower.

The orcs have always been the research subjects of scientists, and it is actually not surprising that they conduct relatively crazy human experiments. It goes without saying what the fate of the cats will be if they fall there. However, even so, as long as it can bring benefits to himself, Xia Zhaoyan still sold Xia Miao without hesitation.

It's a pity that maybe his luck ran out here or something, the magician who 'bought' Xia Miao originally planned to send several slaves including Xia Miao to the technology city, but he never expected that an accident would happen on the way. In order to protect himself, he could only give Xia Miao to others and return empty-handed.

Xia Zhaoyan was certainly furious at not being able to connect with the technology city, but he quickly changed his strategy and sent out a few more female slaves to keep the cooperation. As for Xia Miao, he was not worried... Anyway, regardless of whether she was dead or alive after being given away so casually, Xia Miao was taken away by him at birth and raised as an orphan under his secret care. Therefore, it was naturally impossible for her to know her own life experience, so there was no need to worry at all.

What really made him devote his whole heart to searching was actually Xia Yu's escape... Although she was also sold to the Science and Technology City by the Mage Tower, unlike Xia Miao who was rescued by accident, Xia Yu relied entirely on her own wisdom and strength to trick the people who escorted her. What's more, this person happened to be the magician who escorted Xia Miao in the first place. In order to save his life, the other party immediately told everyone about Xia Miao.

This matter was undoubtedly a secret among secrets at the time, but he happened to be one of the participants. After all, it was obviously impossible to secretly take the other party's daughter away from under the nose of the then tribal Elvis without the cooperation of various traitors.

And it is impossible for such a thing to happen without any clues.

146. Tianyu City, Xia Miao

He had a younger sister, a twin sister who was taken away as soon as she was born. After learning the truth, Xia Yu's hostile reaction was undoubtedly disbelief. However, in order to survive, the magician said a lot of words to prove it, and under Xia Yu's threat, he also revealed the names of many participants at the time.

In fact, these people were almost wiped out by Xia Zhaoyan after they initially participated, but Xia Yu, relying on her own talents, followed Zhao Tian for several years and took advantage of the freedom of a scavenger to travel around the country and secretly investigated one after another... After several years of continuous investigation, although the original clues had been almost cut off, she still had a small amount of information about Xia Miao.

To be honest, when she saw the blurry face of a young girl in the only photo of orphans left from the orphanage that had become a ruin and was said to have caught fire, she immediately cleared up all her doubts...that was her sister!

Absolutely right!

After confirming this, Xia Yu, who had felt that her heart had died due to the death of her family and the betrayal of her clansmen, suddenly felt like it had come back to life. She still had a sister... she still had a family. This alone was enough to make her feel that the world was full of hope. At the same time, what followed was a strong anger and hatred burning from the bottom of her heart!

Xia Zhaoyan... betrayed his own tribe, betrayed the people who had tried to sell him out. These were already irreconcilable hatreds, but who would have thought that he had done such a thing more than ten years ago... At that moment, the murderous intent in Xia Yu's heart was undoubtedly almost condensed into substance, and he wished he could rush to the Demon Forest and tear the other party into pieces immediately.

However, reason eventually stopped the surging anger in his heart. Not to mention that his current strength was not enough for revenge, the most important thing for Xia Yu at the moment was obviously not to seek revenge on Xia Zhaoyan, but to find his sister!

The world is big, and family is the most important. Even though she knew very well that she wanted to find the other person in this vast ruin, and even didn't know whether the other person was dead or alive, it was simply a fantasy. However, Xia Yu obviously had no intention of giving up.

Of course she couldn't give up, as they were her only family members... Even when she had only wanted to confirm whether the other party really existed, she would have spent several years investigating, and even risked returning to the Demon Realm several times to investigate openly and secretly. Now that she had confirmed the other party's existence, it was naturally impossible for her to give up.

But what could he do if he didn't give up? Hope wasn't something he could just give up. During the years he'd been a scavenger with Zhao Tian, ​​he'd searched constantly, only to be disappointed. He'd visited nearly every tech city and scavenger camp in the ruins, even going to the Demon Realm several times, but there was still no news.

Not only that, she didn't even have any useful information to help her find the other person... Apart from knowing that the other person was a twin and was exactly the same as her except for the black ears and tail, there was no other clue.

We have no idea whether he is tall or short, fat or thin, dead or alive, etc. This is countless times more difficult than finding a needle in a haystack!

Gradually, even with her unwavering faith, Xia Yu herself had to admit that although she hadn't given up, despair had already begun to grow. Years of disappointment had made her see the reality clearly: her sister... might have...

"Have you heard? It seems that Tianyu City is about to go to war!"

"Huh? When did that happen? How did you know?"

"I overheard this when I went to Tianta City to buy a gun... I heard they're already making intensive preparations!"

"Uh...but what does Tianta City's equipment preparation have to do with Tianyu City?"

"Don't you know? The ruins from before..."

The sound of discussion rang in my ears. It was the casual conversation between the mercenaries exclusive to Tianyu City who were drinking in the mercenary hall.

Even Xia Yu had obviously heard something about the ruins. It was said that Tianta City seemed to have suffered a great loss at the hands of Tianyu City. Not only that, the benefits of the ruins seemed to have been obtained by Tianyu City in the end.

Tianta City, which has always been the overlord of the ruins world and one of the three major forces, suffered a loss at the hands of a newly built city like Tianyu City. It is obvious that the other party will never swallow this kind of thing, so it is not surprising that there are speculations about war.

Xia Yu, who was walking casually by, was only here to inquire and buy equipment, and by the way, he wanted to see if there were any suitable tasks in the mercenary union here... Because the nature of mercenaries is similar to that of scavengers in a sense, some scavengers will occasionally come here to take on mercenary tasks to earn some extra money. Anyway, this is something that both forces tacitly agree on, so there will be no conflict.

The chatter in my ears continued, and before I knew it, the topic had gradually changed from the "suspected" war to the discussion about the "patrollers" in Tianyu City.

Because the patrollers are the real high-level officials of Tianyu City and the ones in power, their exposure rate is relatively high compared to that of the mysterious city lord. Not to mention that Tianyu City also organized many mercenary teams for this trip to the ruins, so everyone undoubtedly remembered those scavengers.

Of course, strength and status are secondary. The most important thing is that all the patrollers in Tianyu City... are undoubtedly top beauties.

Throughout history, beauties have always been the scarcest and most popular, and Xiao Ya and others are no exception.

With their unique looks and temperament, coupled with their powerful strength as "Masked Riders" and the powerful influence that commands every part of Tianyu City, they are like the dream lovers of almost all mercenaries without exception.

According to everyone's different hobbies, these people have even more than once issued one list after another, rankings, and so on, targeting the organization of Xiao Ya and others. It can almost be said that except for privacy, they have directly collected the information of all the rangers who have appeared.

Among those who had just happened to be on the lookout, Xia Yu had just heard of a name that froze her in place even as she had already bought her gear and was about to leave. That name was… Xia Miao?!

147. No such person

"Ms. Xiao Ya, she's a truly noble lady. It's said that she's from a prominent family in Sky City. Putting aside her upbringing, her temperament is unmatched!"

"Come on, can't you tell what the current situation of Tianyu City and Tiankong City is? I actually like our Deputy City Lord Yuyuan more. She's petite and cute, yet very domineering. It's a pity that she's a cold beauty, tsk tsk~~~"

"As expected, I still prefer Big Sister Feng Qianxue. I remember going hunting for exotic beasts with her. Her heroic figure on the battlefield was truly..."

"If you really want to say it, isn't Miss Cai Xiaolin beautiful? Or isn't she powerful? Have you forgotten who was the one who constantly treated us during the several large-scale encirclement and suppression missions?"

"Wait, weren't we discussing who's the most popular beauty? Why did we end up discussing strength?"

"What's the big deal? A true beauty has both strength and beauty. No explanation needed!"

"If that's the case, I'd actually recommend our cutest girl, Natsume-chan. She's cute and soft, like a delicate mascot, but when she fights, she can also display strength comparable to an S-class psychic. Isn't a girl who can be both soft and powerful the best?"

"Now that you mention it... it seems..."

Apparently, wanton discussions are not a strange thing in the mercenary union. In fact, Xiao Ya and others, who are the main fighting force of Tianyu City, will issue mercenary missions from time to time to go to the ruins to collect supplies. Obviously, different mercenaries have different supporters. They have even formed one "fan club" after another for this purpose, and from time to time, there will be repeated competitions because of this.

Although Xiao Ya and the others involved didn't care about this and weren't even aware of it!

Of course, these were undoubtedly not the key points for Xia Yu, and they were not even words she needed to listen to. However, in the conversation just now, she seemed to hear a... familiar name?

"..."