Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

At this moment, the cart slowly stopped. He stuck his head out and looked around, only to find that the cart had stopped at the edge of the volcano.

He sat up from the cart, only to find that his body was still wrapped in a quilt, which was why he didn't feel cold.

The old man couldn't help but shiver. He walked out of the car in his pajamas, only to find that another house had been built not far from the original hut. Not only that, the surrounding terrain had also changed a lot.

"What on earth is going on..." While he was stunned, a voice came from behind:

"It's been too long since you've been here. For some purposes, we need to make some changes."

Rachel walked over with a cane and said with a smile.

"Priest here? What are you going to do?!"

Looking at Rachel with her eyes closed, the old man became visibly nervous: "I knew you weren't going to hide it anymore. What is your conspiracy?"

"From now on, this is your new home." Rachel raised her hand and said to the newly built house, "You will feel a little uncomfortable after living there for a few days, but it doesn't matter, you will get used to it soon. . You may feel lonely at first, but I believe it will become lively here before long.”

"What do you mean? What is your purpose?!"

"Don't worry. Just a little something."

Rachel took a few steps forward, took out a notebook, and handed it to him: "Help us translate, that's all."

"Translation? What do you mean..." The old man pretended to be tough and grabbed the notebook. After glancing at the contents, his eyes suddenly stiffened.

"Floating Island sent spies to lurk here and try to rescue you. However, what they didn't realize was that their whereabouts had already been exposed."

Rachel said earnestly: "It doesn't matter whether you are willing to cooperate with us or not. As long as we are willing, it is not difficult to obtain information. It just takes a little longer. But if you are willing to cooperate with us, we will also give you what you want." Something—whether it’s money or freedom.”

After hearing the next few words, the old man was shocked and his unswerving attitude wavered.

Chapter 254: Hesitation

......

"It can be seen that he is very cooperative."

Mercer glanced at the houses in the distance and said calmly.

In his perception, the old man was already sitting at the desk, flipping through his notes, and painstakingly writing down line after line of cracked drafts on the paper.

Rachel turned over the document in her hand and said:

"As far as I know, he still has family members on the floating island and cannot give them up easily."

Mercer pondered for a moment and thought: "Not only him, but other scholars who are unwilling to leave are also like this, right?"

"indeed so."

Rachel nodded and said.

It has been quite a while since they arrived here. During this period, most people have adapted to the life here and have begun to forget the days of the floating island. It is also a pain to look back. In order to avoid this This kind of pain must either be satisfied or forget it.

However, most of those people are people who have no concern for the past. There are also many scholars who have family members on the floating island that they can't let go of, and they still miss them even after so long.

"If all scholars are willing to work for me, it will undoubtedly further shorten the gap between me and the floating island..." Mercer thought and had a plan in mind.

"Choose a time." Mercer turned his head and looked at Rachel: "Update the list of those scholars, down to their surnames, addresses on the floating island, and names of relatives."

"...You want it?" Rachel didn't react when she heard Mercer's words.

"Try to 'invite' their relatives." He said calmly, "But not now."

"..." Rachel was silent, then lowered her head and said: "Based on the current progress, the forces behind the spies can be roughly divided into the Sky Island Federation, the Hunter Guild, and the Ecological Research Institute. .”

"Tell me their purpose."

"The Sky Island Federation mainly investigates the scholars in the village. Their purpose is to rescue them, and they are suspected of planning to act during the annual trade; the purpose of the Hunter Guild... is you, and they mainly investigate information about you. The intelligence seems to be intended to find your weaknesses..." Rachel said in a calm tone.

"Huh." As soon as he finished speaking, Mercer sneered, narrowed his eyes and thought about something, "Continue."

"There is also the Institute of Ecology. Some of them have the same purpose as the Hunter Guild, and some are to investigate the ecological environment of the ice-veined snowfield. This time, when they boarded the spacecraft, they returned to the floating island with a few plants. .”

"Um......"

Institute of Ecology... Mercer suddenly became interested. He had heard information about them from Hami. They kept the richest database on the ground, and they were needed for any operations related to the ground. cooperation.

It can be said that the way they profit from this is by selling intelligence.

Mercer was naturally familiar with this. Recalling the behavior of the Institute of Ecology, Mercer had an idea.

"Send someone to contact the people from the Institute of Ecology, and say sideways that we are happy to cooperate with the people from the Institute of Ecology. If they also have this willingness, they must personally send a spacecraft to trade with us."

"understood."

She paused, then frowned and asked:

"Can't we communicate with them directly? I mean... why do we have to send out spaceships? There are not as many independent spacecrafts in the Ecological Research Institute as there are in the Resource Management Department. If we want to dispatch spaceships, I'm afraid there won't be so many visits."

"I don't care if they are frequent, as long as they can provoke conflicts on the floating island." Mercer said in a deep voice: "The floating island has always only sent spaceships to trade with people on the ground if it was the resource collection department. If the Institute of Ecology wants to do this, it will undoubtedly break their rules... Others on the floating island may not be aware of this purpose, but I don't care."

Even if the people at the Institute of Ecology would be wary, Mercer didn't think they would give up such a big temptation.

"Give them one-third of the ecological information for free, and they will come and get the rest themselves." He said slowly.

Mercer will not let those scholars eat and drink for free. Any information they investigate every month must be handed over. Over time, Mercer has collected a lot of ecological information here.

"I'm going to do it."

Rachel nodded, turned around and gave instructions to the lynx beside her.

"——There's one more thing." Rachel was about to leave when Mercer called her from behind: "How are those hunters?"

"They are now arranged to mine in the volcano. Their physical fitness is very strong and their efficiency has improved a lot."

"Send someone to ask them if they are interested in recommending others to come to my place. I don't mind making this place lively."

"You want this?"

"At this time when natural disasters are approaching, we need helpers, the more the better."

......

"Other hunters?" Luo Qiu turned her head, wiped her sweat and hung the towel on her shoulders, asking unexpectedly.

"Well, this is Lord Black Dragon's request." Trougher stood on Shanmao's side and translated.

"...With all due respect, although I don't know the reputation of your Ice Vein Snowfield outside, if I didn't ask for your help, no hunter would take the initiative to come to my door, right?" Luo Qiu pondered for a moment. Will say, "After all, this is the territory of the black dragon... You can't make anyone agree with the statement that 'the black dragon is not an ordinary beast'."

"We will give you reasonable remuneration and we will not treat you badly." Shanmao meowed a few times, and Tuo Ren translated.

"Hey..." Luo Qiu frowned and sighed: "This is not a question of reward or not. I have a lot of acquaintances in the guild. It shouldn't be a big problem to let them come over, but I at least need Reasons so they would consider coming here.”

The forging man hesitated for a while, then turned to look at the lynx, and the latter made a meow. The forging man immediately said to him: "Mr. Luo Qiu, this is not a matter of reason. We need the hunters to hide their whereabouts and prohibit the It shouldn’t be difficult for the Hunter Guild to discover that hunters are almost semi-detached from the floating island, right?”

"...What are you going to do?" Hearing this, Luo Qiu became alert: "I must remind you that I am not a member of your Ice Vein Snowfield."

"Then I can assure you that what we want you to do will not have any disadvantages to the floating island. If so, you can tell them that they can leave with expensive compensation at any time."

Expensive remuneration...

Hearing these words, Luo Qiu showed hesitation.

Chapter 255: Invitation

A few months later, on Floating Island No. [-], Luo Qiu stood in front of a door. After hesitating for a moment, she chose to knock on the door.

"What...who is it?"

In the room, a drunken voice sounded, and Luo Qiu said:

"...Instructor, it's me."

With a bang, the door was pushed open, and a drunken man held the door and looked at him with squinted eyes.

Then, he waved his hand: "I have taught too many apprentices, and I have no idea who you are."

"My talent is not very strong, so of course you didn't notice me." Luo Qiu smiled and raised the bag in his hand, "I heard that you retired, so I came to visit you."

"..." The big man glanced at the bottles of wine in his bag and stepped aside: "Come in."

——The big man limped into the house, opened one of the bottles, poured it into two cups, drank it, then paused and tasted the taste: "Hmm...it smells like nectar. Taste, which forest tribe on the ground brewed this bar?"

"......Roughly the same."

Luo Qiu nodded and took a sip of the wine in the glass. The sweetness in the wine spread in his mouth, with a fresh aroma of honey mixed with various fruits.

He glanced around. Everything in this dim room was messy, narrow, dirty, and there were many signs of violent beatings around it.

There was a crutch leaning on the table next to the big man, and part of his foot was also missing.

"..." After he pondered for a while, he said: "I don't know much about your experience. I heard that you were injured when you were in front of a fire dragon... and it became like this. Right?"

"Hmph." The big man snorted coldly, holding the bottle and pouring it into his mouth: "They think I'm just a hunter with rubbish talent, and this is what my retirement treatment will be."

"Your skills should not be bad. You can use the weapon flexibly regardless of whether it is light or heavy, near or far. Logically speaking, even if you, an all-round talent, retire... they should also invite you to serve as Hunter's instructor, right?" Luo Qiu asked tentatively.

This is not a compliment. Floating Island No. [-] is the latest city to be built in the sky. Because of this, the development here is far less than that of Floating Islands No. [-] to [-]. The same is true for the training ground for cultivating hunters - although the three The floating island has now fallen.

Luo Qiu still remembers that there were several young people training together in the training ground, and the young man who was still young at that time helped them discover what they were good at and taught them the weapon skills that could help them achieve further success.

In his eyes, the big man is almost omnipotent. His understanding of various weapons and basic skills are extremely proficient. It can be said that he has created an extremely solid step for those hunters.

However, after hearing these words, the big man placed the finished wine bottle heavily on the table, exhaled a breath of alcohol, and looked at him funny: "Why do you think I am so omnipotent and know everything? Because I can do everything. No, you can’t master anything! I taught you the directions you should be good at, but I can’t find what I should be good at! This is talent. Look at the coaches at the training ground. Each weapon has different instructor targeting. In terms of teaching, everyone is better than me - yes, they are not as comprehensive as me individually, but so what? The most unpopular weapons are taught by several instructors, and those instructors are more proficient in the weapons they teach than me. , this is talent!”

The big man said, opening another bottle of wine and staring at Luo Qiu: "I should have told you that the profession of hunter requires talent more than anyone else. Genius is genius, and it is beyond the reach of ordinary people like us in our lifetime. "

After saying that, he raised his head and drank the wine - only this time, strong heat rushed into his throat. After drinking the strong wine unexpectedly, he couldn't help but put down the bottle and coughed heavily.

"Um - cough cough cough..." His face instantly turned red, he stared at the wine bottle and said in disbelief: "What kind of wine is this?"

"Guess what?"

Luo Qiu asked with a smile.

Looking at Luo Qiu in front of him, the big man was silent for a moment, and then smelled the mouth of the bottle: "...Well, is this spicy taste for training?"

"I can't hide it from you."

"This is still the same wine bottle... Where did you find it? Could it be that there is a place on the ground where the forging people and the forest people live together?" The big man rubbed his throat and took another sip. Put it down and drink it again.

Apparently this spirit suited his taste better than the previous one.

"It's not just the Forgers and Foresters, there are also orcs and humans living together there."

Luo Qiu said.

"And orcs and humans?"

Hearing this, the big man couldn't help but frowned: "Why are there so many races living together... and humans? Is Kongdao planning any plans on the ground?"

"It's not a requirement of the Floating Island." After Luo Qiu finished drinking the wine, the big man filled another bottle for him, "This is...another matter."

"What's the matter? Since you plan to reveal it to me, you won't just say this, right?" The big man waved his hand and opened another bottle of wine.

Luo Qiu was a little hesitant, but after thinking deeply, she still made up her mind, held the wine glass and started drinking, then gasped for air.

"Hu-ya, you must not let Floating Island know about this, whether it is the Hunters Guild or the Resource Management Office, right?" Luo Qiu, under the influence of alcohol, glared at the big man and asked.

"Say it." Hearing this, the big man's face darkened.

Luo Qiu looked around for a while and whispered: "Actually, I have a job on the ground. I don't know if it will make your current salary better, but I think there will be no shortage of food. It's just that there is no shortage of food on the floating island. I would like someone to take this job. The place of work and the floating island...well, the relationship is a bit stiff."

"Besides the floating island, where else are there humans? I don't understand." The big man asked with a frown.

Luo Qiu opened a bottle of wine again, her face flushed a little: "You tell me first if you are willing. If you are willing, you can come with me and live on the ground."

"..." The big man fell silent. He drank the strong wine from the bottle and said nothing in a dull tone.

Then, he looked at his thigh again. After hesitating for a long time, he raised his head and said fiercely: "At least you won't starve, right?"

"They won't treat you badly, I promise."

Luo Qiu nodded firmly, but he was not sure about the actual situation.

"Humph." The big man's face turned red. After taking a sip of wine, he stood up with his cane, "Then let's go!"

Chapter 256: Companions reunited, meow!

——On Floating Island No. [-], at the port, a shadowy strong man sat at the table of a spaceship, seemingly waiting for something.

There were also many hunters standing around, but judging from their calm aura, it was obvious that these people were not easy to mess with.