Chapter 37

Even the newly hatched magical beast cubs are different from ordinary animals. The young eagle trapped in the magic cage has bright eyes and stands very steadily. After the mucus on its body is blown dry, its small black feathers grow neatly and cover all the flesh-colored parts.

The little guy hatched from the shell after being stolen out by hunters who sent the male and female eagles away. He had never seen his parents and didn't know that he was an orphan eagle. He happily took the piece of meat that was handed to him and ate it.

Jeff and his crew had already laughed at Winster's group for being unlucky, but they just happened to run into them today. But in other words, they were lucky. They had just wanted to find a few people to ward off disaster, but they happened to run into guys they didn't like!

If Winster and the others were killed or injured, Jeff and the others would not feel guilty at all. If the eggshell was discovered and suspected of their own group, what would happen? How could they say that those things were thrown by them? Maybe they were there earlier!

Jeff and his men are completely unjustified. When they were young and weak, they couldn't get any high-paying commissions. They even became robbers. So what's the big deal about using others to take the blame?

It was already late at night, and only one person was left in the group to keep watch, while the others had already gone to bed.

On the top of the hill above the cave, Barton sat on the ground, teasing the young eagle with shredded meat in a good mood, imagining how much money he could get from sending it to the auction house, and then he looked up from time to time to see if there was any danger approaching.

As experienced hunters, Hansen and his companions knew that the other side would definitely have people on guard at night, so in order to prevent them from escaping in advance, they tried to act covertly.

Elphis and his group did not search randomly. Instead, the wood mage communicated with the plants and trees along the way. After confirming the enemy's trace, they went directly along a certain road.

"There's an old cave on the mountainside ahead. It's a pretty comfortable and secluded spot. We'll go grab the place later."

"Fuck, they ran quite far while we were dragging the monsters!"

It is impossible for the night watchmen to take care of all directions in the densely wooded forest, especially to guard against people. However, few hunter groups would guard against sneak attacks by their peers. Those responsible for the night watch are all paying attention to whether there are any monsters approaching.

And Warcraft never tries to hide their movements, so it's easy to notice them.

When Barton saw a group of people approaching the hill, he was not very nervous. He hung the cage containing the eagle on a high branch, stepped on a few small trees growing on the mountain wall, and returned to the cave. "Don't sleep anymore. Hansen and the others are here."

We were all light sleepers, and the undisguised footsteps of our companions had already woken us up early.

Jeff went to the cave entrance and looked down. The group of people had already walked to the foot of the mountain. It was obviously too late to leave now, but he was not afraid if he really ran into them.

"It's you, Hansen."

"I didn't expect that we'd like to find the same place to rest tonight. Why don't we all squeeze in? It's more fun with more people."

At the foot of the mountain, several people had slightly confused expressions. Jeff and his group acted as if nothing had happened, and seemed to be unaware of the situation. Did they have a misunderstanding before?

The people standing at the entrance of the cave were not as relaxed as they looked. There was not a single casualty in Hansen's group, including the employer... Was it because they were too strong, or did the male and female magic eagles not look for them at all?

The two parties were not familiar with each other and were just being polite. Unexpectedly, Hansen and the others actually stepped into the cave, and the small place suddenly seemed crowded.

Alison looked at someone with a sharp gaze, "I didn't see you by the stream. Did you take another route with the Wind Rider Eagle cub?"

The man looked puzzled. "What is the Wind-riding Eagle? I was just peeing not far from you guys, and the boss and the others came looking for me very quickly. I didn't have time to say hello to you guys."

He lies fluently, but his acting skills are not that good, and his body language is bound to have some flaws under nervousness.

The contents of the small cave were clearly visible. Elphis did not see any monster cubs, and it was impossible for a living thing to be put into the space ring...

The young man said calmly and gently, "Alison, go communicate with this mountain to see if there are any monsters nearby and check for hidden dangers. We should rest."

Jeff's expression changed slightly, and he pulled up the corners of his mouth and smiled stiffly: "We have already checked it out. It's quite safe here. And there are so many of us, so there's nothing to be afraid of."

Several people escorted Alison out to find the cubs, and three people followed Jeff.

Originally, they planned to rush back to the city as soon as they woke up to get rid of the cub, so that if Hansen and the others came to cause trouble later, they would have no evidence to prove that they had attracted the cub's parents.

But I didn't expect these guys to catch up so quickly. Did they just have a face-to-face encounter with the giant eagle without engaging in a fight? Damn, how come there weren't many dead!

Jeff waited for them to find the cubs before questioning them about the eggshells. He replied that he had thought it through - it was just a random dump, how could they say he was harming people? It was only their own bad luck, and no one was killed, so why bother?

It doesn't matter if a fight really breaks out. They can go to the guild and spread the news that Hansen's group wants to steal the Warcraft cub that they have been waiting for a month to get.

Thinking of the other party's anger because he failed to question them, Jeff and the others felt a little smug in their hearts, and a rogue expression was written on their faces.

However, Jeff did not wait for any questions.

The handsome young man with black hair and green eyes crossed his arms, glanced at the surroundings with disdain, and then raised his chin and said lazily: "Okay, all of you go away. This place is small to begin with, and there is no way we can stay here with so many smelly men squeezed in."

He took over someone else's nest with a righteous attitude and looked down on others, just like the aristocratic image that bounty hunters hate the most!

Since they were not their employers, the people around Jeff would not tolerate him. They immediately said sarcastically, "There should be a first come first served rule for occupying the space. Do you think that we are your servants and can be dismissed at will?"

Auston curled his lips in disdain. "You just want some benefits, so I'll give them to you. Take the money and get out of here. I'm in a hurry to rest."

After saying that, His Royal Highness the Prince threw...more than ten copper coins at the other party.

Jeff reflexively caught a copper coin that was about to be thrown at his face, and the other coins fell at his feet, full of insults. The scene fell into silence for a while...

“…”

"!!!" You, are, looking, for, death? !

Aston seemed to be completely unaware of the glare from the other side and yawned leisurely.

Hansen and others at the back also looked refreshed even in the midst of the murderous aura that was about to soak through the water!

I was prepared for a big fight and a violent quarrel. I knew I would be so angry that I couldn't sleep, but now the only one who was angry was the other person - cool! !

If it was the original Auston, he would argue with people with a calm appearance, but after knowing Al for a few years, he still learned some good ways of dealing with people, such as - if you reason with shameless people, you lose, and only by being more shameless than them can you cause harm!

Several big men were so angry that their veins were bulging. They were just waiting for their boss to say to start fighting. Jeff gritted his teeth and grinned: "Are you kidding?"

At this time, there was a quarrel outside the cave.

"I knew it was you guys who did it! This cub is obviously just hatched!"

"I don't know what you are talking about. This is a magical beast that we risked our lives to obtain. Give it back to us!"

"What a risk! Aren't we all just being drawn to the eggshells you dropped?"

A fight had already started outside, so the people in the cave hurried to the top of the mountain to help.

Countless green leaves were flying in the air, attacking the opponent with blade-like sharpness.

Seeing the people coming, Allison carried the cage and walked over with several teammates who were protecting her.

Jeff swung his heavy sword, dispersing the wood spirit energy that gathered around him. He looked coldly at his teammates who had arrived early. They were useless! They actually let someone take the young eagle away!

"Hansen, if you intercept other people's gains midway and the guild finds out, you will be punished." Jeff spoke slowly and solemnly, each word filled with anger and murderous intent.

A slender and beautiful hand held the cage. The blue-eyed young man curiously met the young eagle's innocent eyes. Without even giving him a glance, he spoke lightly, "It's obvious that you wanted to steal the monster eggs but failed, and were chased by two level 5 monsters. We passed by and tried to help you fight back, but you were afraid of death and ran away. Fortunately, we were lucky enough to kill two monsters and get the eggs. It can be considered a blessing in disguise."

Austin then helped: "We have the bodies of the two wind-riding eagles here, the eaglet is in our hands, and the eggshell left after it hatched is also here. Who would believe your empty words?"

Alison's brother gloated, "Yeah, you guys are the ones who get all the good stuff. You are so shameless."

Jeff: “!!!” Who is the one who is so shameless? !

They have always been the ones who confuse right and wrong. I have never met someone like this who has no intention of being reasonable. I immediately became furious and started fighting!

A few years ago, the two groups could be said to be evenly matched, but Winster usually tended to take risky commissions, and he and Hansen and others were forced to improve their strength in dangerous situations. In addition, the two employers were also quite capable people, and the young nobles had a lot of good things in their hands, so Jeff and others were soon suppressed and beaten!

The angrier and more anxious the opponent became, the happier Hansen fought, mocking them for not even considering their own weight and wondering how they could possibly get the monster egg... As they spoke, Hansen and his companions looked as if they had been brainwashed by their employer's words and had almost forgotten the truth of the matter.

Jeff was nearly cut in the neck by Winster's sword several times. He accidentally met the young man's dark and calm eyes and felt creepy.

At that moment he knew that the other party really didn't mind breaking the guild's rules and killing him...

The big man snorted and gritted his teeth, "You have more people and more power, so I'll give you the monster." He has always been flexible and flexible. He couldn't win anyway, so there was no need to get himself seriously injured just to save face. He turned around and winked at his teammates, "Let's go."

However, the other party's employer did not want to let them go. "You can rob as you like and leave as you like. How can it be so easy?"

Winster suggested: "Brother, why don't you let them leave some money to buy their lives."

If his brother hadn't been there, he would have just killed the people and taken their property according to his usual attitude... But he was worried that his brother would find this too cruel, so he showed mercy just now.

Elphis narrowed his eyes, as if thinking... "Ten thousand gold coins per person? Can you give it to me?"

Auston's eyes widened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Only 10,000? Why are you so generous to such people? At least 100,000 per person!"

Everyone was shocked by the blue-eyed young lion's loud words: "..."

Elphis looked helplessly at the prince who said "Why not eat meat?" and said, "I'm afraid they are not that rich."

Patton on the other side could no longer bear it: "Don't go too far!"

Elphis had an indifferent expression on his face. "It's okay if you don't pay. It's fun to beat you up anyway."

As they said that, they chased the man and beat him up again.

Jeff and his companions drank potions to heal their external and internal injuries, but they felt pain from drinking. They could not run away. Seeing that Winster's sword had already begun to attack their hands wearing space rings, as if he was impatient to chop them off and take them for himself, Jeff hurriedly negotiated to reduce the ransom to five thousand per person.

The green-eyed young man looked disdainful and complained as he collected the money: "This is so little, it's not enough to buy a better robe."

Noticing the other party's hateful eyes, Austin imitated the arrogance of the noble children in the royal city and said, "What are you looking at? Hansen and his men are my long-term hired group in the future. If I know that you are cheating behind my back again, I will send the knights at home to hunt you down."

When he finished speaking, the young man smiled sinisterly.

All enemies: How shameless!

It was the first time that Jeff and his men failed to gain the upper hand either verbally or in terms of physical strength, and they left in disgrace.

After everyone divided the stolen money equally, the pain of having the advanced healing potion used up finally subsided, and they immediately arranged for people to take turns to keep watch and go to bed as soon as possible.

Winster was the first to keep watch. After his period was over, he woke up another person and lay down quietly on the cotton bunk next to Elphis.

He lay sideways, his dark eyes looking at An Ning's sleeping face.

Winster was thinking every day that the time for his brother to return to the royal city was approaching. What should he do? Should he stay here?

The most powerful group of priests gathered in the royal city, and a shameful person like Samuel would definitely not want to go there...

Before he could finish his thoughts, Winster's consciousness was replaced by the god he was blaming.

Samuel rarely feels mixed emotions, it's ok to scold himself...

The dark cave did not affect his vision. Samuel could see the cold white young man clearly, who was only an arm's length away. The other person looked very gentle while sleeping, which was completely different from the cold and arrogant look that seemed to piss off his enemies just now.

His gaze slowly swept across Elphis's delicate features, his black eyes were calm, more like he was examining an object to see if it had any value.

The sleeping beauty suddenly frowned, her long eyelashes trembled, and then she opened her beautiful eyes.

After all, he was in an unfamiliar environment, and it was impossible for Elphis to sleep as soundly as before. He felt a slight chill and woke up... Dimly, he remembered the scene when Brother Linton stared at him through the door on the night they first met.

After waking up a little, Elphis turned sideways and noticed that Winster next to him was looking at him quietly... If there wasn't a subtle watery white light in those black eyes, he really wouldn't have seen it.

The strange feeling made him sober up a little. Elphis was silent for a moment, then he moved his upper body and moved towards Winster.

Samuel frowned, but couldn't help but move back a little, but not too obviously. He wanted to see what this brat was going to do... Then the young man came in front of him, pulled up the quilt, and covered the heads of both of them.

Samuel: “……?”

Elphis just wanted to block out the sound of their conversation so as not to disturb others, and he didn't notice that the person next to him had stiffened.

"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"…Just got back."

Unlike the other party who spoke in a whisper, Samuel did not consider whether he would disturb others. His voice was clear and low, but somewhat uncomfortable. He replied reluctantly, so the volume was not as normal as usual.

When Elphis heard the answer, he felt something was wrong... It seemed that Winster's tone was not as obedient as before? However, this thought only flashed through his mind, and he quickly reminded: "Be quiet, don't wake them up."

“…”

The intertwined auras of the two people made Samuel, who had never been so close to any living creature, very irritated.

"When the training is over, are you willing to go back to the royal city with me?"

Even if we don't consider Winster's intention to follow this kid, Samuel thought that he was bored with staying in this forest, so it would be okay to change to a new map. Besides, he also wanted to see what those followers of Ashburn were doing...

The Dark God responded vaguely.

Elphis heaved a sigh of relief. Winster suffered in his childhood, and when he grew up, he became a bounty hunter, a dangerous profession. He didn't have a peaceful life for long... With his brother protecting him, as a child, he didn't have to work hard for survival all the time. It would be better for him to do things that he should do at this age.

"There is a sword master academy in the royal city. With your skills, you will definitely get an invitation letter. Just study hard and learn skills. I can support you."

“…………” Samuel’s eyebrows twitched, and after a moment of silence, he hummed casually.

Anyway, it's Winster who goes to school, so what does it have to do with Samuel?

Elphis curved his eyebrows and praised the child with satisfaction: "Winster is so well behaved."

Samuel: “…”

The Lord Dark God, who was regarded by other gods as warlike, cold-blooded and violent, heard such praise for the first time. He felt so complicated that he was speechless. He moved his lips but did not utter a single word.

It was inevitable that he would feel suffocated if he covered himself with the quilt for a long time. Elphis finally reminded him to go to bed early, then returned to his cotton shop, closed his eyes, and soon fell asleep again.

Then Samuel also lost consciousness, and Winter took control of the body.

After receiving the new memory, Winster said: "..." He felt hatred, happiness and worry, his mood was even more complicated than Samuel's!

He hated that shameless guy for snatching away his chance to have a private chat with his brother and acting so coldly!

I'm glad that he can see his brother more often in the future.

I am troubled by...Damn Samuel, what a bastard! Who wants to be locked up in an academy! And it's a swordsman academy, not the magician academy where my brother is!

Winster's mind was in turmoil and he couldn't fall asleep at all. He only fell into a state of half-sleep and half-wakefulness when it was dawn.

We were busy until late at night yesterday, so everyone woke up late today. We leisurely packed up our things and went to the stream to wash up, light a fire and cook.

Winster rarely showed a tangled expression, and looked at his brother next to him several times but didn't say anything...

Elphis naturally noticed his obvious emotional expression, and his eyes softened when he looked at Winster, "Do you want to tell me something? Don't be nervous, I won't be angry no matter what you say."

Winster still didn't want to be disciplined by a group of strangers for a few years. He hesitated for a moment, but still spoke with a guilty conscience, "My brother told me to go to school last night..."

Elphis suddenly interrupted him with a smile: "I almost forgot. I didn't tell you last night because it was inconvenient. I will be an exchange student at the Sword Master Academy next year. I will be able to take care of you more then. So don't be shy when you get to your new environment, Winster. I will be with you."

"By the way, what did you want to say?"

Winster blinked and changed the subject decisively: "I want to ask my brother how long it will take before school starts. I'm already looking forward to it."