The Villain Saint is my secondary account

Ella and the two knights got on the carriage and slowly went down the mountain along the wide man-made mountain road, returning to Liancheng Bridge.

The reason why she went back to North City was because something happened to Ye Xiao.

The camera returns to the chaotic Adventurer's Guild Hall in the North City, where a group of armored mercenaries rush in through the gate.

"Who's the leader among you?" This group of people came with weapons in hand and they were aggressive. The leading mercenary captain walked into the lobby on gravel and wood chips. His eyes swept over the adventurers who were lying on the ground and wailing, and finally his gaze was fixed on Ye Xiao who was standing at the front desk with his arms folded and an indifferent look on his face.

"I'm the president. What? The mercenaries here want to get involved in the adventurers' affairs?" Seeing his good brother being targeted by the other party, Li Cheng, with blood on his forehead, immediately stood in front of Ye Xiao and waved his hand to let Freya and Gratia stand behind.

"Heh," the mercenary captain raised his lips slightly when he saw the stranger in front of him being so tough, "You seem to be confused about the situation in the North City. I wonder who has the final say here."

Ye Xiao looked at the wolf head pattern engraved on the mercenary captain's breastplate and found it very familiar - the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group.

These people are a mercenary group on the surface, but in fact they are a gang that controls the area in the north city near Liancheng Bridge.

The Maltz family is the ruling family in Storm Harbor, but as the largest port city in Loren, Storm Harbor is too large in size and the interests flowing within it are too large.

Even nobles from other fiefdoms and even foreign countries and races would find it difficult not to consider reaching out to this city overflowing with gold to get a piece of the pie.

Chapter 21 New Old Friends

But it is naturally impossible to intervene openly. On the one hand, the profits that regular caravans that can communicate openly can gain through legitimate means are too little. On the other hand, some face must be given to the Maltz family, the actual controlling family of the fiefdom.

As a result, proxy gangs disguised as various forces came into being here.

On the surface, they are all unknown things like the Iron Blood Mercenary Group, the Fisherman's Guild, the Orc Engineering Academic Exchange Association and so on, but in fact, the forces involved behind them are extremely complicated.

As for the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group, Ye Xiao, who had experienced it in his previous life, knew very well that the supporting force behind it was Wind Chaser Castle.

This is not surprising. Even the Maltz family has actions in this area that they do not want to be known - smuggling goods that are not allowed by the empire or the temple, engaging in slave trade that may damage the family's reputation, or seizing treasures that they do not want to be taken by the royal family, and so on.

These things have huge benefits, but it is not convenient to carry them out in the name of a noble family.

Therefore, Ye Xiao patted Li Cheng on the shoulder to signal him to be cautious, but he was using the system to send a message to Li Cheng in his heart without saying anything.

[Midnight Snack: These people are from the Maltz family. Stay calm and wait for support.]

[The Saint's Dog 2: No wonder he's so arrogant, he turns out to be a horse in a noble's skin.]

[The Saint's Dog 2: But who is the support you are talking about? ]

Ye Xiao was about to reply when he saw a man from the mercenary group come out, his voice sounding a little surprised: "Li Cheng, Ye Xiao!?"

Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw the other person's face under the helmet, his eyes widened, "Haoming?"

Yes, this is another one of Ye Xiao’s old friends.

Although Li Cheng is the closest one, Ye Xiao had been in contact with quite a few friends who had agreed to go online together before the great journey. Unfortunately, the world is too vast, and a group of people are scattered randomly, so it is a rare opportunity to meet one of them.

Storm Harbor was the place where Ye Xiao made his fortune in his previous life. Although he thought that he might meet some friends who might appear here again, he did not expect to meet them in the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group.

"Captain, these two are my old friends. I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here." The mercenary called Haoming immediately pulled the leading captain to smooth things over.

“Hmm?” It seemed that Haoming was someone who had a say in this team. The mercenary captain immediately changed his arrogant expression and patted Ye Xiao and Li Cheng on the shoulders with one hand, “Okay, okay, hahahaha, since they are Haoming’s friends, they are also our friends!”

But this development was beyond Ye Xiao's expectations. He originally wanted to wait for Ella to bring the gang stationed here from Duke Haiweil's family to come to the rescue - after all, defeating these mercenaries was not a problem. The difficult problem was how to prevent the problem from getting out of hand and give the Qi Yao Association a place to stay here.

When he took action, he had actually already made plans to save the situation and introduce the Duke's forces, but now the situation is a bit wrong.

But since things have come to this, Ye Xiao can't just pass it over with a punch and make the matter worse. He and Li Cheng put on smiles and started chatting awkwardly with the leading mercenary captain.

"Since we are all friends, why don't you come to our regiment's base and sit down and chat together."

[The Saint's Dog 2: Brother Ye, what's going on? The Saint told us that she would come to see us at night, so these people just pushed him away, right? It would be better not to let them know about the Saint's affairs? ]

[Night Snack: We entered the city with the Holy Church convoy, so we can't hide it. These guys must have known the news a long time ago and came to test our purpose and even the Holy Church. Promise them and see what happens. There is also Haoming, so we can talk.]

[The Saint's Dog 2: What if the Saint comes at night and can't find us?]

[Snack: It's okay, I'll leave a message for Ella, don't worry]

Although Li Cheng didn't know how Ye Xiao left the message, since Ye Xiao said so, he naturally felt relieved. He hugged the mercenary captain as if they were old friends at first sight: "Alright, hahahaha, big brother mercenary, it seems that my brother is also in good hands with you!"

To be honest, Ye Xiao just couldn't do the thing of glaring at someone and about to fight one second, and then talking to them like brothers the next.

He felt that this kind of thing really required some talent, and even if he tried to imitate, it was difficult for him to sound "familiar" when speaking - he had quite a few friends but his personality was actually a bit eccentric.

But Li Cheng did this as easily as drinking water. After chatting with the mercenary captain for a few words, the two of them could hug each other and laugh.

Ye Xiao called other members of the Qi Yao Society and asked Freya to treat everyone's wounds.

"Hmm, it stinks." The little maid surrounded by a group of mercenaries looked unhappy. Ye Xiao hurriedly used his staff to summon water to wash his hands, then walked to Grettia and patted her shoulder to comfort her.

For everyone's safety, this little guy's emotions must be taken care of.

"Ye Xiao, long time no see." Because Li Cheng was chatting with the mercenary captain, Hao Ming came over and shook hands with Ye Xiao. "To be honest, if it weren't for you, I might have been buried in the grove outside the city when I first came here."

Ye Xiao pondered for a moment, wondering if this was referring to the simple strategy he sent before the time travel. "Good thing, hahaha, as long as it's useful, we're all friends, right? ID: midnight snack, midnight snack."

"Okay, I've sent the request. Hey, I feel like I've seen your nickname somewhere before."

"What a coincidence, this might be the tacit understanding between brothers."

[“The Spring and Summer That Never Wasted Reincarnation” requests to add you as a friend]

……Wait.

this name?

"Hey bro, your handshake is a little too strong."

"You..." Ye Xiao's mouth twitched slightly, "... have you been browsing forums frequently recently?"

"Why are you talking about this all of a sudden?" Haoming rubbed his red hands, confused. "I don't browse it very often, but there's a lot of important information on it, so I check it out from time to time."

"Nothing." Ye Xiao patted the other person's shoulder. "Sorry, maybe because my skills are mainly for strength, sometimes I can't control it well."

Forget it. After all, there are some things that we don’t know the inside story of, and we can’t just blame others. Such misunderstandings can probably be cleared up through mutual understanding in the future.

"Oh, so it seems you're taking the warrior route?"

"That's it."

"No wonder, hahaha, I'm a mage, and my physique can't be compared with yours." Haoming said, feeling a little confused. The old friend who was somewhat enthusiastic just now seemed to have a sudden subtle change in his attitude.

But Ye Xiao was also interrupting him, so he was not sure whether this was true or not.

The group of people left the messy Adventure Guild in a seemingly "harmonious" manner and slowly walked towards the bridge, until they reached the base of the Grey Wolf Mercenaries.

Chapter 22 Gray Wolf Station

As the sun set, Ye Xiao and others also welcomed their first sunset in Storm Harbor.

The Grey Wolf Mercenary Group's base is considered luxurious even in the upper city on the cliff of the northern city. There is a three-story mansion and a vast training ground on the land next to the western bridge, which is very impressive.

As night fell, the night watchman lit the oil lamp, and the noisy sound of toasting and drinking gradually rang out on the first floor of the residence.

In the bright hall, members of the Qiyao Club and the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group were toasting each other. Who could have guessed that the two groups were so tense just minutes ago?

Ye Xiao pretended to be unwell and did not join the drinking party. He sat in the corner of the long table with Grettia and Freya.

Unlike the carnival among their own people, the two girls did not like this kind of occasion where they had to pretend and were actually very uncomfortable.

After all, don’t look at how happily Li Cheng and the mercenary captain who was surrounded by beauties not far away seemed to be drinking. In fact, neither of them was very drunk at all, but was taking the opportunity to ask each other questions.

“Hahahaha, Brother Li Cheng and his gang of brothers all look very skilled. They can call the wind and rain when they come to our small seaport!” “Brother Wolf, you’re too kind. Everyone knows that you’re a hidden dragon and crouching tiger. You’re just trying to make a living for your brothers. Otherwise, how dare you come to bother you big guys? Hahaha!” “Hahahaha, I really feel like I’ve drunk too much. This fish looks like it has two tails…”

But to my ears, it really is just this kind of meaningless communication.

In fact, Ye Xiao initially considered letting the two girls stay in the guild hall first, but the little maid insisted on following them, and it was not convenient to leave Freya alone in the guild hall, so he simply brought them all over.

While thinking, Ye Xiao saw Haoming coming over with a wooden cup in one hand and placing it in front of Ye Xiao.

"Is it okay to drink grapefruit juice?"

"It's a relief that you can find grapefruit juice in the mercenary group." Ye Xiao picked up the cup and took a sip.

"Look at that table. There are quite a few girls in the mercenary group, hahaha. We can't just drink." Haoming waved his hand at Grettia and Freya. "But we stinky men are really not very interesting. Maybe you two beauties will feel more comfortable chatting with them?"

This statement seemed to be an invitation to the maid and Freya on behalf of the other table, but in fact it was a hint that Ye Xiao and his friends had something to talk about in private.

Freya, the former flower of the high mountain of the temple, didn't quite understand the twists and turns of these troubles, but Gratia, who was familiar with the characteristics of the human race, understood them very well. She curled her soft face, took Freya's hand and stood up.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to." Ye Xiao took the opportunity to touch the little maid's head with a smile, "You don't have to take care of my face so much."

Gretia slapped Ye Xiao's hand away and tidied her fluffy hair. "Hmph, it's good that you know. You have to go shopping with me later."

"Okay, okay, deal done." Ye Xiao gave a thumbs up.

"Omitted." The little maid stuck out her tongue and made a face, then pulled Freya to another table where most of the people were female mercenaries.

"What's the matter, buddy?" Ye Xiao smiled and then looked at Haoming.

"I envy you. You've got so much luck in this world." Haoming nodded to the little maid and Freya in the distance. "From the looks and temperament of those two girls, I know they're definitely not adventurers. I'm afraid they joined the team just for you."

"Oh." Ye Xiao waved his hand. That's why people tend to talk less when they experience too much. It's because there are some things they really don't know how to say. If they keep holding it in, they will naturally become a riddle man.

"How's it going in the Imperial City? Are you doing okay?"

"Just so-so."

"I heard that you came to Storm Harbor with the convoy of the Loren Cathedral?"

"You're well-informed." Ye Xiao smiled and tapped Haoming's shoulder. "Forget about those two scheming against each other over there, but you're also trying to get my words?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Haoming touched the back of his head and smiled awkwardly, "You also know that I speak more bluntly, not as sophisticated as Li Cheng. I just want to ask sincerely."

“You know what this means.”

"I heard that...the Holy Lady of Light, Ella Haiweier, was also in that convoy."

"Really? I don't know." Ye Xiao shrugged. "The highest level I could come into contact with in that caravan was those stinky-faced Templar Knights."

"Brother Ye." Haoming immediately grabbed Ye Xiao's shoulders, "I'm serious, is Ella Haiweier really in that car?"

Ye Xiao was confused at once, not knowing what the other party wanted to do. "I don't know."

You can’t blame Ye Xiao for lying on purpose, but he really couldn’t figure out the other party’s plan.

Although they are old friends, the other party is now in the Grey Wolf Mercenary Group, and his nickname is different from the one Ye Xiao knew in his previous life. It is the safest choice not to reveal the news easily.

Haoming swallowed his saliva, glanced around, and whispered stealthily, "I can help you, Brother Ye."

"What help?" Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, "I feel like I'm living a good life."

He couldn't figure out what this guy was doing, as if he was going to sell him pirated discs.

"Help you escape from Ella Haiweier!" Haoming said seriously, "Brother Ye, let me be honest with you. The Grey Wolf Mercenaries are backed by the noble Count Maltz who actually controls this place. If you join now, if she dares to touch you, you will have to face the entire Storm Harbor!"

"Let's not talk about whether the Earl will take action for small characters like us," Ye Xiao stroked his chin, "Haoming, why are you so opposed to the Holy Maiden of Light?"

"Ah?" Haoming was stunned, with a look of shock on his face. "Of course it's because that guy is an evil god?"

"No, isn't it just a rumor? You actually believe something so groundless."

"It's not just a rumor, you told me this!?"

"When did I tell you..."

As Ye Xiao was speaking, the dead memories suddenly came back to life - oh no, it seemed like he was the one who really told them.

He suddenly remembered the words he had typed on the keyboard and sent to the group one hour after his rebirth and before he traveled through time:

"Especially remember, if you encounter a woman named Ella Hayvel with silver hair and red eyes, stay as far away from her as possible. This birdman is a world-class evil god boss, so be careful."

I'm so embarrassed. No wonder my buddy has such a big prejudice against his own beautiful girl.

"Hiss, no, Haoming, it was an accident." Ye Xiao's mouth twitched as he thought about how to explain, "It's just..."

"Hey, Saint Lady, when did you come in?" Li Cheng's voice suddenly came from the other end of the table. "I thought you would meet us tomorrow morning."

Lady Saint?

Ye Xiao was stunned. He looked towards the door of the mansion and saw a silver-haired girl in a snow-white dress in the temple style pushing open the door. Her bright red pupils looked at everyone in the hall with a teasing look.

"Saint...Lady Saint!?" The mercenaries also noticed the girl who suddenly appeared and were a little surprised.

They had heard that the Temple Caravan entered the city with the Qi Yao Society, but they did not expect that the Holy Maiden of Light would come in person to find this group of adventurers.

But the most surprised was Ye Xiao. His slightly widened eyes were full of disbelief.

After confirming that the members of the Qi Yao Society did not fight with the mercenary group, Ella did not rush to Ye Xiao, but first went to find the gang contact of Hai Weier's family in Storm Harbor, intending to get some information and then come back to reunite with everyone.

So, in fact, Ella and the two Templars were still talking in their own shop several blocks away.