Chapter 295 Give the Emperor a Big Gift!

The sword energy that cut off the head of the sturdy alien came from the little swordsman on Zheng Yu's shoulder.

It was about half the size of a palm.

Kanmu and other aliens in the bar could see the figure of the little swordsman. A toy-sized thing could cut off the head of an alien in an instant. Who would dare to mess with this kind of "skeleton equipment"?

Originally, their hostile attitude towards Zheng Yu came from the skeleton equipment they carried.

After all, there was no skeleton equipment on Zheng Yu's body.

Among the aliens, being equipped with a piece of skeleton equipment means that you can walk sideways.

It was the skeleton equipment that gave them confidence, and in the end, it was the skeleton equipment that caused the sturdy alien to lose his life.

"No one answered me?"

Zheng Yu asked again.

Although Zheng Yu's tone was very gentle, the drunkards of the aliens sitting there were already sweating profusely.

"No one will tell me?"

"Then..."

Before Zheng Yu could finish his threat, the boy named Kanmu said directly: "Don't embarrass them, they really don't know."

"Don't know?"

Zheng Yu looked at Kanmu, a boy with rough skin, with a smile, "When I asked to meet the bar owner, their attitude didn't seem like they didn't know."

Kanmu took two deep breaths, trying to eliminate the fear of his head rolling just now, suppressed his emotions and said to Zheng Yu: "I can take you to find the former owner of the bar, don't embarrass them."

"..."

Kanmu added, "Even if you kill them all, you won't get an answer. I'm the only one here who knows about the bar owner."

"Lead the way."

Zheng Yu chose to believe Kanmu.

After Kanmu took Zheng Yu and Mark out of the back door of the bar, the tense atmosphere in the bar slowly disappeared.

A group of foreign drunkards lowered their heads and drank, celebrating their survival.

...

Following Kanmu, Zheng Yu found the place where the former bar owner died. According to Kanmu, the bar owner was killed by Captain Sand City.

That is the skeleton warrior named Diji who came to Zheng Yu that day.

This is why when Zheng Yu asked about the boss's situation, he either remained silent or stopped Zheng Yu from asking.

Because Diji is a subordinate of the city lord Haidson.

In this place thousands of kilometers away from the empire, Haidson is the most powerful person here, so... if Haidson sent someone to kill the bar owner and asked them not to say anything about the bar owner.

Then the reaction of the group of drunkards before was reasonable.

They dared not provoke Zheng Yu, who could kill a strong alien with one knife, let alone Haidson.

Obviously, Haidson should have discovered the bar owner's mercenary identity.

For the empire, what they hate most is the mercenary group like pests.

The bar owner Kanmu was buried in the back mountain. He died about a year ago. His body had already rotted and there was no clue at all.

Kanmu was the adopted child of the bar owner.

When Kanmu was 4 years old, he was adopted by the bar owner, so only Kanmu dared to risk his life to collect the boss's body.

"So, he has been in Sand City for at least a dozen years."

"Does he have any relics?"

Zheng Yu asked.

Seeing Kanmu hesitate, Zheng Yu said: "Your adoptive father and I are best friends. This time I came to Sand City to find him."

"If he died, he must have left relics."

"I don't want it."

"I just want to see if he has any words for me."

I don't know if Kanmu believed it or not. After thinking for a long time, Kanmu finally took Zheng Yu to a very small house.

Kanmu handed a black iron box to Zheng Yu.

"The boss had locked it in the safe when he was alive. When Captain Diji killed the boss that day, I took it out of the safe in advance and hid it."

"If the boss has any relics, I guess it should be this."

After speaking, Kanmu stared at the box in Zheng Yu's hand, his eyes full of curiosity.

Zheng Yu asked, "Can't you open it?"

"Well, this thing seems very delicate, I don't want to destroy it."

"Can you open it?"

Kanmu looked at Zheng Yu expectantly.

Zheng Yu nodded, "This is what I want."

When he received the box, Zheng Yu saw the prompt popped up by the system.

[You have received the mercenary black box. You can use your own mercenary number to open the black box and receive the tasks inside. ]

Sure enough...

This is the task marked on the map.

There are three tasks in total.

The first one is an F-level task, [Take "Kanmu" away from Sand City], and the publisher is the bar owner.

The task reward is as high as 8,000 kro coins.

This is a very high reward for F-level tasks.

It seems that the bar owner attaches great importance to Kanmu, his adopted son.

The second task is a C-level task, [Kill "Strange Bear"], and the publisher is anonymous.

The task reward is 120,000 kro coins.

The third task is an A-level task, [Kill "Hydson"], and the publisher is Blake Antoine.

The mission reward is as high as 10 million Kro coins.

It meets the standard reward level for A-level missions.

What surprised Zheng Yu was not the number of 10 million, but the name of this person named Blake Antoine.

He is... the second prince!

"In other words, the second prince once thought of using mercenaries to kill Hydeson?"

Zheng Yu remembered that the mission Zhang Zhan was doing was also issued by the Second Prince, and it was also aimed at the business of skeleton materials.

Zheng Yu closed the black box.

And took the first F-level mission.

Then he said to Kanmu: "Pack up and follow me to the inn."

Kanmu was a little stunned.

Mark explained: "What you saw is our secret. You can choose to die here or leave here."

This is not a choice, and Kanmu has no choice.

He packed a few clothes casually, carried a leather bag, and followed Zheng Yu.

…

The third day in the Skeleton Wasteland.

Zhang Zhan took another mission from the Second Prince, but the mission seemed to have been leaked in advance. Zhang Zhan was ambushed by the imperial soldiers, but fortunately he escaped in the end.

Zong Zhixing continued to upgrade steadily, and he was promoted to a D-level mercenary on the third day.

Zheng Yu's points were still 0.

…

The fourth day in the Skeleton Wasteland.

Zheng Yu met the alien leader of Sand City, who was respected by the aliens as "Alien Bear" and was the target of the C-level mission.

Zheng Yu did not take action. He continued to look for a breakthrough in Sand City in a low-key manner.

However, the first meeting with the strange bear did not have a good impact, because Zheng Yu put all the skeleton materials in the warehouse into the inventory in front of the strange bear.

If it were not for the weight limit of the inventory, Zheng Yu might have taken them all away.

…

The seventh day in the Skeleton Wasteland.

When Zheng Yu was investigating the "strong man" hanging on the pole, he was stopped by Diji and had a dispute and fight.

Zheng Yu then realized that Mark was capable of fighting and could even fight Diji to a draw.

Because of this battle, Zheng Yu finally found the person he was looking for.

The "rebels" who had always been hiding in Sand City.

…

Zheng Yu stayed in Sand City for a full month.

Zhang Zhan and Zhuge Wuji helped collect information near the imperial capital, as well as information about the second prince.

Mark and Kanmu secretly formed a new organization in Sand City.

According to Zheng Yu, since there is no "leader" in Sand City, then create one. Kanmu is a native of Sand City, and because of the hatred of Diji killing his adoptive father, he is very suitable.

While learning advanced ideas from Zheng Yu, Mark helped Kanmu organize special activities such as "private gatherings" and "private learning".

In just one month, Sand City has begun to show the undercurrent that Zheng Yu hopes to see.

As for Heidesen... It's not that they didn't find it, but they just think that what Zheng Yu did is useless.

What can be done by gathering a group of powerless lower-level aliens without skeleton equipment?

The most important thing is that in just one month, the number of aliens that Zheng Yu can win over is very small compared to the entire Sand City.

Until Heidesen received a news that he couldn't believe.

The leader of the alien race, the alien bear, died in the factory last night.

The person who killed him... was Diji!

The death of the alien leader is not a big deal.

After all, the alien bear was just a puppet he pushed up, but the problem was that with the death of the alien bear, the aliens in Sand City launched an act he had never heard of before - a city-wide strike.

All the aliens seemed to have agreed to stop working.

The reason was to mourn the alien leader.

After a day of mourning, Hydeson endured it.

After the mourning lasted for three days, Hydeson realized that... the city was no longer under his control.

So, Hydeson decided to suppress it by force.

…

In the inn.

Zheng Yu had already received Hydeson's military action.

He smiled and said to himself: "I didn't expect that it would take so long to control a city."

"But fortunately, it was finally completed."

"It's time to give a big gift to the emperor and the second prince of the empire."

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