“You’re saying that someone has put up a bounty for this ‘Mu Bao Hua’ person?”
The moment that Lin Fan heard this, he immediately knitted his brows and turned his attention to this conversation.
The ones that were having this conversation was a group of mercenaries who were sitting there enjoying their drinks. It was a group made up of three men and one woman.
The man who had spoken earlier was a lanky man with daggers who looked like a rogue. He looked at the man in full armour who seemed to be the leader of their group.
The man in full armour gave a nod before saying, “It’s not a small one either. I’ve heard that they are offering at least a thousand spirit stones for even a single clue about this ‘Mu Bao Hua’.”
When the armoured man said this, the eyes of all the mercenaries lit up.
This group of mercenaries were only D Ranked Mercenaries, so a thousand spirit stones was an astronomical amount for them.
If they were able to obtain this amount, then there would be no need for them to work anymore. Even if it was split evenly among them, that would still be an amount that they couldn’t finish spending their entire life.
So of course, they couldn’t help being excited.
Especially since they knew that…
The rogue asked again, “Boss, you wouldn’t be telling us this unless…you already had a clue about this ‘Mu Bao Hua’, right?”
When the armoured man heard this, he revealed a wide smile before giving a snap and putting his hand in a checkmark that he put at his chin. In this pose that showed absolute confidence, he said, “That’s right, my dear friend! Of course I already have information about this ‘Mu Bao Hua’. How about it? Don’t you think that your boss is amazing?”
The other members of this mercenary group all revealed bitter smiles when they heard this.
But they were all familiar with each other since it wasn’t their first day together.
They knew that this boss of theirs had an ego and they all knew how to stroke it, especially the only female member.
She came forward with her hands together and she rubbed her cheek against his chest as she said, “Boss, you really are amazing! We don’t know what we would do without you!”
When he heard this, the armoured man’s lips cracked into a wide smile and he raised his head up. If it was possible, his nose definitely would have grown at this moment to show his arrogance and smugness.
After enjoying this feeling a bit, the armoured man calmed down and said with a grin, “Not only do I have information about this ‘Mu Bao Hua’, I might even have her location.”
When they heard this, all of them couldn’t help revealing shocked gasps.
The rogue then said, “Boss, do you really mean it?”
The armoured man gave a nod with a wide grin before saying, “Of course!”
But then the rogue couldn’t help finding it strange as he said, “Boss, if you really knew where she was, then wouldn’t you have already reported this? After all, the thousand spirit stones are just for a single clue about where she was.”
When he heard this, the armoured man revealed a bitter smile.
Seeing this, they all knew that there was more to this story than he was telling them.
The armoured man could see the way that they were all looking at him, so he had no choice but to tell them the truth.
“I already tried reporting this, but they said that it was just a rumour, so they wouldn’t accept it as a clue. Unless I’m able to give them more concrete proof, they won’t accept this.” The armoured man said with the same bitter smile.
When his companions heard this, they all revealed bitter smiles as well.
However, that didn’t last long since they finally understood why their boss had brought it up.
The rogue said, “So you want us to go to that place and confirm the rumour, right?”
The armoured man gave a nod in response to this before waiting for their reaction.
The mercenaries looked at each other before all of them turned back to look at the armoured man with smiles on their faces.
The rogue spoke for them all as he said, “You brought us such an easy job, what else is there to say? Wouldn’t we be considered ungrateful if we were to complain about such easy money?”
When the armoured man heard this, he revealed a grateful look and thanked all of them.
It was clear that the relationship between this group was quite good.
Once they had settled on this, the rogue asked the armoured man, “So boss, where is this ‘Mu Bao Hua’ right now?”
The armoured man didn’t answer right away as he sat up a bit so that he could look around their table. After making sure that no one was listening in on them, he leaned in and waved his hand at the rest of them to come in closer.
They went along with it and came in closer before the armoured man finally said, “You should know about the Flower Oasis outside of the city right? It was rumoured that this ‘Mu Bao Hua’ was spotted there not that long ago.”
When they heard this, they couldn’t help revealing a bit of a disappointed look.
After all, this was indeed just a rumour that couldn’t be confirmed. Even if they were to go to the oasis and check, it would be very unlikely that they would be able to find a trace of this ‘Mu Bao Hua’.
They had thought that it was a job that would get them easy money, but it seemed that there was no such thing as easy money in this world.
Seeing the looks on their faces, the armoured man couldn’t help feeling a bit annoyed since he knew what they were thinking.
He glared at them and said, “Do you really think that would be it? Do you really think that I would gather you all here just to tell you this?”
The mercenaries looked at each other before the rogue said, “Boss, it’s not that we’re looking down on you…but you do have a habit of getting excited over nothing.”
The armoured man slapped the rogue on the back of the head when he heard this. Of course, it was more of a playful slap than a real slap.
The rogue was the youngest member and the one that could go tit for tat with the armoured man, which was they had let him speak for them. If it was anyone else, they might have been really slapped on the back of the head.
After slapping him on the back of the head, the armoured man said, “Do you really think that someone as important as me would move for some random rumour? Of course there’s more.”
The others nodded when they heard this, but there was still a trace of doubt in their eyes.
The armoured man gave a proud snort, but he still said, “I have a cousin who lives at the Flower Oasis and he saw the one called ‘Mu Bao Hua’.”
When they heard this, they revealed surprised looks. It was clear that they hadn’t expected the armoured man to actually have more information for them.
But then they all revealed disappointed looks as the rogue said, “But boss, even if your cousin saw that person, that doesn’t mean anything. After all, there’s no way that they would stay there knowing that everyone is after them.”
The armoured man raised a hand and wagged his finger as he said, “Che, che, che, you shouldn’t come to a judgement that quickly.”
The others all looked at him with a strange look as they waited for him to explain.
Seeing that he had their attention again, the armoured man said with a smile, “My cousin doesn’t just live over at the Flower Oasis, he also runs an inn there. Who do you think is currently staying at that inn?”
They revealed confused looks at first, but then they all had looks of understanding that appeared on their faces that also had a trace of shock. They looked at the armoured man with looks of disbelief after that.
The rogue slowly said, “Boss, you can’t mean that…”
He left his words unfinished, but the meaning behind them was clear.
Hearing this, the armoured man gave a nod and said, “That’s right, she’s staying there right now, so I’m certain that she’s still there.”
When they heard this, they couldn’t help thinking of another question that the rogue asked, “But boss, if your cousin knows where she is, why wouldn’t he just report it himself?”
The armoured man revealed a serious look and said, “If they suddenly show up and catch her, who do you think she will blame for exposing her?”
When they heard this, they once again revealed looks of understanding.
That was why the cousin had informed their boss, he wanted to create an alibi.
So the rogue asked, “So your cousin also wants a cut of the reward?”
The armoured man gave a nod.
The rest of them all quickly agreed to this since after all, if it wasn’t for the armoured man’s cousin, then they wouldn’t even be able to find this jackpot.
Seeing that they were all in agreement, the armoured man said with a smile, “So, should we head off tomorrow?”𝑶𝐯𝓁xt.𝗰𝚘𝚖
The others all revealed confused looks when they heard this before the rogue asked, “Why don’t we just head out today? We could get there tonight.”
The armoured man slapped him on the back of the head again before saying, “We have to celebrate first.”
When they heard this, they all revealed bitter smiles.
But it didn’t take them long to relax and enjoy the drinks that their boss had bought them.
After all, they assumed that they were about to make some easy money, so they were all filled with joy at this moment.
Before long, they had all become drunk and were no longer as reserved as before. The armoured man was even so drunk that he started buying beers for the people around them and there was a loud commotion that began as everyone got drunk.
After all, no one would refuse a generous man who wanted to buy them a drink.
But what no one noticed was that there were mosquitoes who were watching everything happen.
As for the person who controlled those mosquitoes…once he saw that they were getting drunk, he decided to stop watching them and turned his attention back to his own table.
He needed to decompress everything that he had just heard.