Chapter 190: Demon Hunt!


    The airship slowly docked above the airship dock tower.


    Han Ming and his party slowly walked out of the airship exit, standing on the winding staircase that descended, looking down at the legendary city.


    "Damn it!! This Black Cloud City is not only a holy land for mercenaries, but also a holy land for every man! It''s a place every man must visit in his lifetime!! As soon as I got here, I felt my blood boiling!"


    Quik looked at the majestic city below, filled with heroic spirit.


    Han Ming also observed that although Black Cloud City was only a medium-sized city, its momentum was more majestic than any other city he had seen. Compared to those ordinary cities, Black Cloud City had a more rugged aura. The entire city had no buildings with even a hint of artistic flavor.


    What it had were simple and grand buildings. The people walking on the streets were all fierce and unruly, almost none without scars on their bodies. And there were very few women.


    The group strolled through Black Cloud City.


    The oncoming crowd was tall and rugged, with rough and unrestrained manners, full of a carefree and unrestrained aura. Some even exuded a murderous aura forged in countless battles.


    Not to mention Quik, even Han Ming felt stirred at this moment.


    Han Ming''s group stood out as they walked on the road.


    Han Ming was thin and pale-skinned.


    Quik was tall and strong as an ox.


    Sorrow Sparrow was tall and graceful.


    Sarsoor always wore a black cloak, making it hard to see his appearance.


    And Gamory kept his eyes closed.


    The biggest difference between them and the pedestrians around was that not a single scratch from swords or knives could be seen on these five people.


    Because those who could hurt them were simply too few.


    Among them, Quik was probably the weakest in strength, but this kid''s brute force was also astonishing. He could turn the three matches of the Three Kingdoms League upside down with just his strength alone, showing his terrifying strength. He was only slightly inferior to the others.


    Han Ming, who was used to being alone, felt a surge of warmth with these four top experts by his side.


    These four people had come together to defend their hometown. It could be said that no matter how incompatible their personalities were, as long as no one betrayed humanity, this group was unbreakable and no cracks could appear.


    Boom!!


    A huge wooden door by the street was smashed, and a burly man was thrown out from the door, falling heavily to the ground.


    The burly man spat out a mouthful of blood and cursed, "Damn it!! Let''s go again! I won''t admit defeat!"


    Saying this, he got up and charged back in.


    The pedestrians on the street didn''t even bother to take a second look. Apparently, such brawls were the most common in Black Cloud City.


    Han Ming smiled and stopped a passerby, asking kindly, "Excuse me, where is the Mercenary Guild?"


    That person looked down on Han Ming disdainfully and said, "With your pretty boy looks, you want to enter the Mercenary Guild? Go home and drink your milk!"


    Quik only admired two people in his life. One was Gamory, who had given him a chance, and the other was Han Ming, a magician who was willing to be defeated by his physical strength. Moreover, Han Ming was a super mage expert. Even Sorrow Sparrow, a third-level fire-type warlock, had been defeated by Han Ming. In terms of strength, Han Ming suppressed him, Quik. In terms of magic, Han Ming suppressed Sorrow Sparrow. In Quik''s eyes, Han Ming, this thin and pale-skinned kid, was his idol. Idols must not be defiled.


    "You bastard!"


    Seeing that person insult Han Ming, Quik couldn''t stand it anymore and stepped forward, grabbing the man almost as tall as him and throwing him out.


    The man rolled dozens of meters on the street before finally stopping.


    "Hmph! Now you should know how powerful we are!" Quik rubbed his hands back and forth, not knowing why, but as soon as he came to Black Cloud City, he felt itchy hands and wanted to find someone to spar with.


    Usually, in such situations, the person thrown out by Quik would have fled in fear, but what place is this? This is Black Cloud City.


    "Brothers! Kill those five bastards for me!!"


    That man, covered in scratches and bleeding profusely, didn''t care at all and pointed at Han Ming''s group, shouting loudly.


    A large group of bare-chested mercenaries rushed out from the nearby tavern.


    "You kid, you just love to cause trouble!" Han Ming cursed with a smile. But he didn''t really blame Quik. Among the group, Sorrow Sparrow and Sarsoor were usually quiet, and Gamory was even less likely to speak. With Quik around, their little group seemed a bit more lively. Moreover, Quik had helped him stand up.


    That group of mercenaries wouldn''t care whether Han Ming''s group was in the right or had any deep background. They all rushed forward.


    Here, there was no talk of background or reason, only fists. Whoever''s fists were stronger had the right.


    Just as that group of people was about to reach the few of them.


    Sorrow Sparrow raised his right hand slightly, and a sharp bird call came from his right hand first. Then a huge firebird made entirely of flames soared into the sky. At the same time, his left hand also made a whooshing sound, and a huge fire python rushed out, surrounding Han Ming''s group in the middle. Sorrow Sparrow summoned two of his beast souls right away.


    That group of mercenaries suddenly stopped, looking at the firebird circling and screeching above Han Ming''s group and the terrifying fire python, cursing, "Damn it! It''s a fire-type warlock! And there are two beast souls. We can''t win! Retreat!"


    These people were quite open-minded. Seeing Sorrow Sparrow''s strong strength, they didn''t say a word and left immediately.


    And the reaction that Han Ming had anticipated from the mercenaries, that they would run away, did not happen. That group of mercenaries acted as if nothing had happened and continued to laugh and curse as they walked back into the tavern to drink.


    The man thrown out by Quik laughed heartily, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Awesome! You guys are awesome! The Mercenary Guild, right? Walk to the end of this street, turn left, and you''ll see it." After saying that, he also walked into the tavern.


    "Hehe, this Black Cloud City is really interesting." Han Ming couldn''t help but smile when he saw the actions of those mercenaries. It seemed that the people here lived on the edge of death every day, and they were all accustomed to life and death. Hatred was almost non-existent to them. Even looking at their companions'' misfortunes indifferently wouldn''t breed resentment. Let alone some minor disputes.


    In their eyes, there was only money, women, and strong liquor. Everything else was nonsense.


    "Sorrow Sparrow! What do you mean!? I was just worried about not having a chance to practice, and you went and scared them all away!" Quik was very dissatisfied with Sorrow Sparrow''s actions.


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    "The Magic Guild is important. If you want to play, wait until we''re done with our business." Sorrow Sparrow didn''t want to argue with Quik, this brute. He retracted his beast soul and walked straight ahead.


    Quik was also a carefree person. In less than three minutes, he had forgotten about this matter. At this moment, he was looking curiously at the weapons being sold at the street stalls while walking.


    The group didn''t take long to arrive at the Mercenary Guild.


    "Damn it!!"


    Quik looked at the Mercenary Guild in front of him and was dumbfounded.


    "From a distance, I thought it was a mountain..."


    Han Ming also looked at the building in front of him in amazement.


    This was actually a huge building constructed of steel and huge stones. Its top was so high that it pierced deep into the clouds, disappearing from view. Its size was dozens of times larger than the entire area of the Three Kingdoms League competition field that Han Ming had seen.


    Standing in front of the Mercenary Guild, the group suddenly felt extremely small.


    After the brief shock, there was an unparalleled excitement.


    "Damn it! I love it!!" Quik let out a whoop and danced into the Mercenary Guild.


    "Let''s go in too." Han Ming smiled and followed.


    Once inside the Mercenary Guild, the group realized what grandeur meant.


    The dome of the hall was too high...


    Han Ming even discovered that there were countless small flying beasts circling above the hall.


    There were tens of thousands of these flying beasts, and many more were flying in and out of a huge window above the main entrance of the Mercenary Guild, with animal skin letters tied to their feet. Obviously, they were messengers conveying information to various places around the world.


    "My god... Look at this column... If you hollow it out, you could set up a fighting ring..."


    Quik''s eyes sparkled as he fondled a thick column, praising it repeatedly.


    Sorrow Sparrow and Sarsoor, obviously from noble backgrounds, felt ashamed of Quik''s behavior and quickly moved a few steps away, pretending not to know him.


    Han Ming knew that Quik grew up in the slums and hadn''t seen much of the world. In fact, compared to himself, they were all more or less the same.


    "Let''s go, we''ll handle the business first, and then you can play." Han Ming said with a smile.


    The group walked for more than ten minutes in the Mercenary Hall before arriving at a large counter.


    This counter was made of huge stones and looked similar to the ticket office at a train station in Han Ming''s world, except without the partitioned glass windows. Its length was nearly two thousand meters, and there were thousands of service windows.


    Such a scale shocked Han Ming again.


    "Hello, we would like to establish and register a mercenary team." Han Ming didn''t know what procedures he should follow, so he directly stated his idea.


    Behind the counter was a burly man, whose ugliness was unparalleled in Han Ming''s life.


    The ugly man grunted a few times and handed Han Ming a form and a pen.


    Han Ming held the pen and paused at the position for the name of the mercenary group on the first line.


    "What should we call ourselves?" Han Ming turned back and asked his four companions.


    "I hate thinking about this kind of thing the most. You want to establish a mercenary group, so you think of a name yourself."


    The other three also nodded in agreement. Seeing that the person handling the business was a hideous man, they all moved away.


    Han Ming thought for a moment and wrote a line of text.


    After a while, Han Ming filled in all the required places and handed it to the burly man.


    The burly man glanced at Han Ming and said, "Registration fee, one hundred gold coins."


    "What!? So much?" Han Ming was shocked. Most of Han Ming''s money had been spent in Borderland City. He spent sixty thousand gold coins to buy five thousand small water-type magic crystals and another ten thousand gold coins to buy the bead sealed with the dragon breath of an ancient dragon clan. He only had ten thousand gold coins left.


    He had spent a little of this ten thousand gold coins recently. When leaving Norad, Han Ming took out nine thousand of the remaining ten thousand gold coins and gave them to Mairon, as a donation to those displaced civilians.


    At this moment, Han Ming only had eight hundred gold coins left in his pocket. There were still five people to live on in the future...


    "Who among you brought money?" Han Ming asked awkwardly.


    The three unscrupulous guys all turned their heads away, pretending not to hear.


    "Look at that column... It''s so thick..."


    "Yeah... It''s really thick!"


    "Look at that column! It''s also so thick!!"


    "Yeah... It''s really thick..."


    Gamory simply emptied his pockets and said, "I don''t have any money."


    "Seriously? You guys are all top experts! You can''t be in such a state, can you?" Han Ming was on the verge of tears.


    "Don''t blame them. They really don''t have money. With the fall of the Mont Empire, hundreds of millions of civilians fled to the Rhein Empire. The resettlement of these civilians is a big problem. And without their hometowns, they lost their jobs and income. They don''t even have housing. I think Sorrow Sparrow and the other two must have donated all their money to the civilians like me," Sarsoor explained to Han Ming.


    Hearing this, Han Ming was stunned for a moment and then smiled.


    "Here." Han Ming took out a hundred gold coins and handed them to the burly man.


    Hearing the conversation of Han Ming''s group, the burly man straightened up his casual attitude and respectfully completed the registration process for Han Ming.


    Before Han Ming left, the burly man hurriedly whispered, "Thank you. I''m also from Mont..."


    Hearing this, Han Ming paused, smiled, and didn''t turn back.


    "So, what''s the name of our mercenary group?"


    Quik asked eagerly.


    "We are a group of people ready to sacrifice our lives to resist the demon army and protect humanity. Our goal is to drive away the invading demon soldiers and send those bastards back to their underground. So, the name of our mercenary group will be... Demon Hunt!"


    "Great! What a name! Appropriate! Powerful! It sounds so cool!"


    Quik was the first to agree.


    The other three also nodded in agreement.


    "By the way, why is the person handling the business a man? And so ugly..." Quik started gossiping again.


    Sarsoor, being well-informed, explained, "You know that this is the largest guild gathering mercenaries from three countries. How many people come here every day to handle various businesses? And Black Cloud City lacks women the most. If a beautiful woman were to receive mercenaries, those mercenaries wouldn''t be willing to leave easily. Probably many would come to chat and flirt even if they had no business. But with a relatively ugly man, it''s much better. Look, even those handling the business are in a hurry and don''t stay for long. In this way, efficiency is improved."


    Hearing this, the four of them laughed together.