Chapter 36: The Truth of the Mission

  "We're here, this is the branch base of our Whirlwind Mercenary Group......" He led Lin Chen to a corner of the town near the Setting Sun Forest and pointed ahead at a base that occupied about ten or more hectares.

  "Branch base? Indeed, the Four Great Mercenary Groups are worthy of their reputation, each having their own bases... and even branch bases...", Lin Chen nodded to himself as he looked at the branch base of the Ji Ku Feng Mercenary Group.

  "Alright, you can't go in now, just wait outside, I'll go first." With the archer leading the way to this point, Lin Chen nodded and instructed the archer before walking towards the base of the Storm Mercenary Corps.

  "Are you here to deliver a commission?" When Lin Chen walked to the entrance of the base, two junior swordsmen blocked his way and asked in unison. However, the two junior swordsmen took a serious look at Ates who was following behind him. Someone who could bring a fourth-level magical beast pet was definitely not simple.

  Although most mercenaries receive quests from the Mercenary Association, there are some difficult quests that ordinary mercenaries cannot complete. Therefore, it is common for clients to directly find a mercenary corps and reach an agreement with them.

  "I'm here to find someone, Luoba Bai Fu Chang. Just tell him that he bought medicine from me today and he'll know who I am," Lin Chen said calmly in response to the questioning of the two guards at the door, standing there without intending to enter.

  "Alright, wait a moment", nodded one of the guards and went to report. After all, someone who can bring a fourth-level magical beast is not an ordinary person, and they had also heard about Lord Ropa's trip to buy medicine today.

  Ropa Bai Fu Chang soon came out with the gatekeeper, and upon seeing Lin Chen visiting, he was first stunned, then beaming with smiles, warmly welcoming him: "So it's you who has come to visit? I'm really surprised... we just finished our transaction, and you arrived..."

  Very surprised that Lin Chen actually followed up, this hundred officials also counted as close, hurriedly welcomed Lin Chen in, while smiling and flattering: "Just now I handed over the medicine, and General Qian said that your medicine is very effective."

  "Nowhere, just so-so...", a faint shake of the head, Lin Chen's face didn't show any sign of pride, and then, not being used to beating around the bush, Lin Chen went straight to the point and said: "Actually, I came today because there is something I want to ask of you".

  "Oh? What's up? As long as I can do it, no problem at all!" Although the Hundred Men Commander was a bit surprised to hear that Lin Chen, an excellent pharmacist, had something to ask of him, he patted his chest and said with great magnanimity, "Being able to help an excellent pharmacist will definitely pay off in the future - I won't have to worry about running out of medicine again!"

  Although as the Stormwind Thieves' Guild, they also have two excellent pharmacists, however, the two excellent pharmacists are only in the headquarters and no branch can afford to have an excellent pharmacist.

  "It's like this, didn't I let you spare that archer today? His captain seems to have been wrongly imprisoned? I hope you can give me some face," Lin Chen said, looking at the hundred-man commander who was patting his chest and guaranteeing.

  "This...", The originally bold-looking centurion's face showed a look of difficulty after hearing Lin Chen's words.

  Lin Chen's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he secretly sank a bit in his heart, "What? Just a mere team captain, are you having a hard time?"

  Looking at Lin Chen's somewhat displeased frowning face, the hundred officers' faces wore a bitter smile, and apologetically said: "If it were something else, I would absolutely not hesitate to help you get it done, but that team leader, I couldn't easily agree to let him go, because he offended Commander Yue Qian, and I don't dare to release him privately either. Commander Yue Qian is directly in charge of this branch base, one of the thirteen thousand officers except for the commander and deputy commander."

  "Oh, so this matter is related to the Chiliarch after all? I didn't expect that I would find the Centurion and then directly jump to the Chiliarch's place. Lin Chen opened his mouth lightly, while secretly shaking his head. A five-star mission, indeed it's very troublesome. What seems like a simple task, unexpectedly ended up involving the Thousand Man Commander of one of the Four Great Mercenary Groups, the Galewind Mercenary Group."

  "Can you tell me what's going on?" Since the matter concerned someone like Qian Fuzhang, Lin Chen had to take it seriously. After all, he was one of the thirteen Qian Fuzhangs of the Difei Mercenary Group, and his strength was not something that needed to be mentioned.

  The centurion hesitated for a moment, weighing the pros and cons in his mind, and finally decided that it was better to get along with this excellent Abnormal. Besides, there was nothing to lose by saying so.

  "Alright, come in and sit down", after a glance around, the centurion led the way, taking Lin Chen into a room next door, closing the door behind them before explaining the whole story to him.

  It turned out that this matter occurred a week ago. The captain who was locked up still had some prestige in the base and was likely to be promoted to the position of centurion soon. However, just a week ago, the mercenary group took on a large task, killing the seventh-level magical beast Storm Lion King.

  In the task, the captain was blocking ordinary Stormwind Lions to prevent the group of lions from disturbing the centurions' mission to kill the Stormwind Lion King. However, by chance, this captain discovered that in the Stormwind Lion King's lair, there were several perfect-level equipment.

  Perfect-grade equipment goes without saying, it's absolutely something that everyone flocks to, even if it's the Thousand-Man Commander himself, he only has one perfect-grade armor. So, seeing several pieces of perfect-grade equipment, the captain immediately let a few thieves go and retrieve several pieces of perfect-grade equipment back.

  However, because of this, a tragedy occurred. No one expected that in the nest with perfect equipment, there was actually a pregnant Storm Lion, and it was even a level 6 magical beast. Several thieves who went in to take the perfect equipment were instantly killed by this enraged lion.

  Of course, the tragedy did happen, but at that time, the captain's decision was not wrong. When perfect equipment appeared, it was natural to get the equipment first and then talk about it. Moreover, no one thought that there would be a pregnant lion hiding in the nest.

  Although the responsibility for this matter lies with that captain, his decision was actually not wrong. Even if he were to be punished, it would only be a symbolic punishment, because no matter who stood in the captain's shoes, everyone would have done the same thing.

  However, the problem lies in those few thieves, among whom there is a nephew of the chiliarch. Although the captain's decision was not wrong, he lost his own nephew and watched his own nephew die miserably. The chiliarch was still furious and naturally vented all his anger on the captain, ordering him to be arrested immediately and executed by military law tomorrow.

  "Oh, so that's how it is...", Lin Chen nodded vaguely after the centurion told him what had happened, his heart also growing heavier.

  He killed his own nephew and vented his anger on the captain, in that case, it wouldn't be easy for him to get out of this himself. A five-star mission is indeed very difficult, just thinking about getting the commander to release him, he knew it was almost impossible.