Chapter 229 The King of Mercenaries
Although Mirsin City is a neutral city, its majesty and scale are no less than any city in the dungeon. It is majestic and sturdy, and each building is made of huge rocks. Although it is not decorated too much, it looks simple and heavy, giving people a feeling of imperfection.
The reason why this city is called Mithril City is not because it is built by Mithril, or there is a continuous export of Mithril here. In fact, the ore of Mithril is also a rare metal on the mainland and has many uses, not just for weapons and equipment. It is a rare and good material for some jewelry or magical instruments.
Since the mitril silver mine is only produced in the dark underground, it is difficult to discover the mitril silver mines that have not been specially smelted. Therefore, only the underground dwarfs, who are naturally highly affinity for ores, can be discovered and mined. At the same time, the technology of smelting and forging mitril silver is only mastered by the underground dwarfs. Moreover, its excavation and mining are difficult to achieve and yields are not high. Therefore, mitril silver is called a metal that is more precious than gold. People's preference for mitril silver products has exceeded that of jewelry, gold or ordinary sterling silver products, so a mitril silver product is hard to buy and hard to find.
In fact, for the underground dwarfs, they have a deep relationship with the Misin. They cherish every piece of Misin very much, just like treasures. In addition to their own needs and trading with foreign caravans, the underground dwarfs will not easily sell Misin or give it to others.
Although the underground dwarfs are not wary, have a friendly and lively personality, and love peace, they dispel foreign races, but this is not all, because they sometimes maintain some trade with some races, such as humans, elves and crypts, but the frequency of trade is very small.
From afar, the guards guarding the city gate discovered Cheng Ran and others, and then sounded the trumpet of triumph. In fact, the underground dwarfs regarded exploration veins as important as defending their homes. Whoever could find more veins and collect more ores would also be favored and respected by people when they returned to the city, and was even called a hero. This is fully reflected in the honorary exploration captain Mien, which shows that he has a high prestige in the Mithril City.
"Captain Meyen and his exploration team are back!" A soldier guarding the city gate stopped blowing the horn and shouted loudly. The other soldiers then stomped their feet in an orderly manner, stood straight, saluting the honorary captain with respect, and watching the team enter the city.
When these guards guarding the city gate saw Cheng Ran, a foreigner, their eyes were full of repulsion and confusion. However, when they deliberately showed the light of the mercenary badge, the eyes of these guards changed to respect and worship.
Walking on the stone road in the city, Cheng Ran found that there were always some men and women walking on the streets, looking at themselves like aliens. Whenever they encountered this situation, Cheng Ran grinned and pointed at the badge on his armor to let the other party see it. Then the eyes of these people became respect and worship.
This made Chengran puzzled. Since he did not participate in mercenaries in his previous life, the role of mercenary badges was only seen from the experiences of players on the forums. Unexpectedly, when these underground dwarfs saw the mercenary badges, their cold attitude immediately became warm. I don’t know why the underground dwarfs admired and respected the profession of mercenaries so much. Because they knew very little about the history of underground dwarfs, Chengran threw this question to Maien who was walking by.
After hearing this, Maine smiled and said, "Dear Mr. Colonel, since it was your first time to come to Mithril City, it is human nature to have this doubt. I wonder if you have ever heard of Fernandez, the king of mercenaries on the continent. A long time ago, Mithril City was attacked by the evil spirit army. In order to resist these troops from hell, our ancestors were almost completely damaged. It happened that the great mercenary king Fernandez, led his mercenary group to pass by here and helped our ancestors repel the evil spirit army, thus saving our underground dwarf clan. Since then, our people have worshipped mercenaries very much to remember this mercenary king who had saved us."
After listening to Maien's explanation, Cheng Ran realized that there was an indissoluble bond between the underground dwarfs and the mercenaries. As the entire mercenary world on the mainland, Fernandez has always been a legend among mercenaries. According to mainland chronicles, this legendary figure was once born in a remote village on the border of the Human Empire. When he was young, there were always mercenaries staying or passing by in the small village where he lived, which may be due to the environment. Since then, he has vowed to become a mercenary.
Things went against my wishes. Fernandez, who was determined to become a mercenary, had to follow his father's last wish and joined the Imperial Barracks and became an Imperial soldier. Here, Fernandez received hard training that ordinary people could not bear. Not only did he train his martial arts and arm his mind, but more valuable was to create a hard temperament. Later, in a battle with a barbaric tribe, the human army was defeated. In order to cover his comrades' retreat, Fernandez was seriously injured and rescued by an old hunter nearby when he was unconscious.
Later, he raised his body in the old hunter's home. In order to repay the other party's life-saving grace, Fernandez often worked for the hunter's family, but gradually won the heart of the old hunter's beautiful daughter and held a wedding. However, the good times did not last long. During the day when Fernandez went out, his family was attacked by inexplicable evil spirits and monsters. The old hunter and his newlywed wife were brutally killed.
Although Fernandez was extremely sad, he was not defeated. He vowed to kill all the evil spirits and avenge his dead relatives. From then on, he joined a small mercenary group. In this small mercenary group, Fernandel achieved many outstanding achievements and completed many impossible tasks. As a result, the small mercenary group became more and more famous, and more people came to Fernandez. Gradually, Fernandez became the leader of the mercenary group, and the mercenary group grew stronger and stronger under his leadership. He led his mercenary group to fight against the evil spirits, creating one legend after another, and became famous throughout the continent, and was eventually respected as the "king of mercenary."
In Fernandez's mercenary group, there are mercenaries from different races from various places. Most of them have lost their relatives, been rejected by the same kind of race, or liked the carefree and displaced life of mercenaries, or searched for excitement in this profession that walks on the blade all day long. Only in Fernandez's mercenary group has no restrictions on race and hatred. Every member of the mercenary group is a good brother and a good comrade. It is also because of Fernandez, many people who have been lost on the road of life finally found their own direction.
To quote the words of Fernandez, the mercenary king, is: "There is no distinction between racial beliefs in this world, it is just because of the barrier in people's minds."
When the underground dwarfs always mention this mercenary king, they will involuntarily add the word "great" in front of them, and at the same time they will also show a proud look on their faces without any concealment. In fact, it is not an exaggeration to describe this legendary mercenary king as great. In those terrible years filled with evil spirits, when all the troops were greatly injured, only Fernandez's mercenary group still stood firmly on the continent, fighting against the evil spirit legion and causing the evil spirit legion to suffer heavy damage.
As the saying goes, current affairs make heroes. Fernandez stood up in the deep fear of frequent tramplings, turmoil, miserable creatures, and uneasy. Therefore, his legendary deeds have been talked about by the mainland, and will never rise. They will often become good stories in people's mouths. Such people are real heroes.
Whether in the real world or in the virtual world, heroism has always been pursued by people. However, in today's real life, heroism is hard to appear in people's sight again. People can only regard it as a beautiful vision or a fairy tale in their hearts, or in the form of movies or TV. However, in this virtual world, heroism is everywhere, and if you like it, you can fully display it.
So when Cheng Ran came to this city, heard the name of the mercenary king and recalled this history carefully, he was deeply infected. After all, the creation of an old legend cannot be copied, and he can only create a new legend with new things. Thinking of this, even Cheng Ran couldn't help but feel excited, and seemed to have a desire to move. However, Cheng Ran didn't think he would become a hero in everyone's mind. All he wanted was to make up for the regrets of his previous life in this life. As long as he worked hard, it would be enough.
Since Maine was going to go to the main city to report today's results to the leader, Chengran was not ready to follow the other party, so before leaving, the honorary exploration captain smiled and said, "Dear mercenary, your performance has won the respect of the people of Mirsin City. In you, I seem to have seen the figure of the great mercenary king, the stone god is above. What a pleasure. For everything you have done for us, please accept my sincere gratitude!"
Chapter completed!