This group of five people are the five young wizards of the Forgiveness Hunting Team.

Unlike participating in campus hunting competitions or winter hunting held by schools, hunting teams performing missions designated by the alliance need to conceal their true identities to a certain extent to avoid being entangled by black wizards or retaliation afterwards, causing troubles other than missions.

Zheng Qing fell in love with these cat face masks at a glance in the dazzling mask warehouse of the Three-pronged Sword.

Because it is standard equipment, these masks look similar, they are all black with white background, a small three-pronged sword badge is branded on the cheek, and they are matched with cloaks and robes that have the same function. Bystanders can't tell if they are real just from their appearance. identity.

As for why they appeared in this slightly remote tavern, that is another story.

Before officially starting the mission, Zheng Qing imagined hunting down black wizards in his mind, just like hunting those magical creatures in the silent forest-the fortune teller confirms the direction, the hunter searches for the target, the safari keeps vigilant, the main hunter and another assistant Hunters are always ready to strike.

But after actually starting the task, he realized that the two things had completely different processes.

First of all, all members of the hunting team need to be on alert at all times. Because during the hunt, in addition to their mission goals, there are too many enemies with three-pronged swords who are willing to block these cat-faced wizards, including but not limited to old witches who point these young hunters astray, fanatic Cultists who just want to hug them to commit suicide, and dead bugs that show up in coffee mugs every now and then.

As for the last category, Fatty Xin, who has suffered from delusions of persecution, insisted that it was the low-level enemies of the Three-pronged Sword who were laying down Gu, but Zheng Qing suspected that it was because the shop they went to was too 'old-fashioned' and retained many ancient wizards. living habit.

Secondly, the black wizards pursued by the hunting team are not like the scourges and ogres in the silent forest. They have a strong sense of territory and their range of activities is limited. Dark wizards can run, and run very fast. In just one week of hunting, the five young men of the Forgiveness Hunting Team have crossed three continents, entered seven Four Seasons Workshops, and had brief contact with more than a dozen wizarding organizations of various sizes.

To be honest, this process is indeed very informative, the only downside is that I am a little tired, Zheng Qing can't remember the last time he slept soundly for four hours.

Finally, and most importantly, their pursuit of the Dark Wizard is not like hunting alone in the hunting grounds. Every hunting team that performs a mission can get abundant logistical supplies from Trident Sword, ubiquitous personnel cooperation and round-the-clock intelligence support.

like now.

The Excuse Hunting Team appeared in this small bar in Newcastle, in the northeast of England, because they received new information from the rear that there were traces of the suspected target person using black magic in this area.

Jingle Bell.

The lingering sound of wind chimes at the door sounds like a bird.

Zheng Qing's weary gaze swept across this small bar, and no surprise, he saw many expressions of awe and anxiety. Seeing these expressions at the beginning of the task, the young public finance student still had a sense of pride, and subconsciously maintained the "reservedness" that belonged to the three-pronged sword.

But after repeated stumbles, he was gradually able to read some hidden malice from those expressions of awe and anxiety.

Those malicious masters don't necessarily really want to do something to the alliance. Most of them just want to challenge the authority and see how the 'big shots' from the alliance look embarrassing.

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

The sound of the boots of the three-pronged sword hunters stepping on the wooden floor can be clearly heard, and Zheng Qing already has a rough understanding of the whole bar from a distance of a few meters—this bar is probably not young, and there are stickers on the walls around the bar. It was full of outdated Beta Town Posts, many of which had turned a dark yellow color due to wax stains, and many of the portraits in the illustrations turned their backs, protesting their terrible situation with the back of their heads.

Speaking of wax oil, this bar still uses old-fashioned magic candles from hundreds of years ago. The oil smoke is thick and the light is dim. It hangs on the lamp stand in mid-air and burns slowly. In the huge room, there is not even a group of fireflies. .

Following the footsteps of the cat-faced wizards, the crowd gathered in front of the bar silently parted a long and narrow passage. Inexplicably, a picture of Moses crossing the Red Sea appeared in Zheng Qing’s mind—there is a picture in the museum of the First University. The oil painting describing that scene is just like that moment at this moment.

"welcome!"

The owner of the bar came from behind the bar to say hello in a slightly cramped and exaggerated way: "Several distinguished guests, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Five 'Brown' Pales, and as for the food..."

The fat wizard among the cat-faced wizards ordered in a mechanical and monotonous voice, and at the same time half-jokingly asked: "Is there anything else you can eat here besides fried fish and chips?"

Although because of the cat face mask~lightnovelpub.net~ his voice is not very pleasant, and his lively tone has been greatly weakened, it is very obvious that he is joking. The originally depressing atmosphere in the bar suddenly relaxed a lot with this joke, and a few echoing laughter could be heard faintly in the crowd.

"Old Larry's clam chowder and slow-cooked dragon meat!"

The tall and fat wizard in the crowd recommended with a loud voice: "Not far from this shop, the dragon meat for old Larry's stew is directly purchased from old Iger's house, and it couldn't be fresher!"

Zheng Qing tilted his head slightly, and sighed heavily from the bottom of his heart.

He was quite speechless when he heard a certain keyword mentioned in the intelligence just after he came to Newcastle. Originally, he wanted to drink some wine with everyone in the store, eat some local specialties, and take a break for a while.

Similar to him, the moods of several other hunters became less rosy.

There are wizards in the room, and everyone has a very keen sense of Qi. In a short time, the guests all felt the low air pressure surrounding the cat-faced wizard. The tall and fat wizard who was trying to show his favor didn't know what he did wrong. What, there was a bit of uneasiness in the astonished expression, and a few clever guys had already touched the door, planning to slip away quietly.

Then they immediately discovered that the bar door had been locked.

"Speak quietly and think about it!"

Before the chaos broke out, Xiao Xiao opened the book and threw out a large-scale calming spell, and at the same time explained in an indifferent voice: "Alliance missions, hunting down black wizards, everyone, don't be nervous... There will be no chaos without chaos." There will be accidental injury. Being accidentally injured by us is not covered by most insurance reimbursements.”

Like the fat man, he told a joke.

It's just that his joke is rather cold.

In the whole bar, no one could laugh.