Chapter 268
Chapter 268: A pleasant surprise
Trunks drank all night, holding his face and crying loudly nonstop with bloodshot eyes. Han Shuo wanted to console him, but nothing he did worked. Trunks seemed to forget everything else as he wallowed in his inextricable agony.
That night, Han Shuo took out three of the remaining five Rebirth Pills and handed them to Odysseus, Gordon, and Aphrodite to reform their bodies. The other two pills were for Trunks and Emily.
At noon the next day, Han Shuo left the Soul Destroyer mercenary band and traveled to the Valley of Sunshine by himself.
The merchants inside the Valley of Sunshine weren’t affected after last night’s battle outside. They woke up early, busy as usual and simply not knowing about the happenings of last night.
When Han Shuo reached the fence, the soldiers from the Cairo mercenary band immediately recognized him and respectfully welcomed him. Looking around carefully, Han Shuo discovered that there wasn’t much change to the merchants in the Valley of Sunshine. However the number of Cairo mercenary band soldiers was much higher than usual. They frequency at which they appeared on the street was very high.
Everyone from the Cairo mercenary band nodded respectfully towards Han Shuo along the way upon seeing him. Evidently, they all knew of the aid he had given them last night.
Han Shuo bought a great deal of precious herbs from the old orc’s family shop last time in the Valley of Sunshine. This time, he made straight for the orc’s shop.
The shop owner immediately recognized Han Shuo upon his appearance. He’d been lying down sluggishly inside when he stood up abruptly and enthusiastically welcomed Han Shuo, chattering away, “Long time no see, haha! Do you see anything good this time?”
Sweeping a few glances around, a hint of delighted surprise flashed across Han Shuo’s eyes. He hastily picked a dozen herbs and placed them in front of the orc, laughing heartily, “I want all of these. You can calculate the price.”
She took two blades of Extreme Frost Grass, then glared at Han Shuo and answered, “After Emily completed her mission with me, she should have return to the Empire’s Ossen City. To think that the person that Emily greatly respects is actually this petty. I really don’t understand why she values you so much!”
“This has nothing to do with you!” Han Shuo chuckled. He felt quite secure after knowing about Emily’s location and that he was going to return to Ossen City soon. Emily would take the initiative to find him once she knew. He could then use the Rebirth Pill to help her.
“You there! Don’t move, or don’t blame us for being rude!” Suddenly, ten mercenaries from the Cairo band surrounded the old orc’s shop, pointing their crossbows at the three in Cecilia’s group.
“What is this? Is this how the Cairo mercenary band treats us merchants?” Cecilia asked, her expression angry as she coldly looked at the leader.
“We always treat merchants nicely, but you people didn’t enter normally. Otherwise we would have your records. Come with us!” At this point, a mercenary stared unceremoniously at Cecilia and said coldly.
It seemed Cecilia’s group of three hadn’t come in through the fence, but had used another way instead. The Cairo mercenary band might not have found out if this had been normal times. However, after the fiasco last night, the Cairo mercenaries were on high alert. They were all extremely cautious, so no wonder they had discovered the abnormal happenings.
“Mister Bryan, please be careful with these people!” The leading mercenary’s attitude towards Han Shuo compared to his attitude towards Cecilia, was as different as the heavens and earth. His tone was sincere, his manner respectful, and even a touch ingratiating.
“Mister Bryan, when our chief knew you’d arrived at the Valley of Sunshine, he immediately wanted to meet you. If you wait for just a moment, the chief himself will come to see you regarding last night’s agreement after he handles the matters within the valley. We will fulfill the promised amount of gold, so please wait just a bit!” Another mercenary bowed respectfully to Han Shuo and said in a humble tone.
What is this? Cecilia looked at Han Shuo suspiciously. She secretly thought, Han Shuo is only a Dark Mantle envoy, while the other person is the violent lunatic Laureton. Why is he treating Han Shuo so kindly? This is truly confusing! Laureton is notoriously arrogant and hard to please, but is so unexpectedly respectful towards this fellow? Weird, really too weird!
“Hey, we’re together, you must’ve been mistaken!” Cecilia suddenly came up with an idea. She abruptly walked up to Han Shuo with a charming smile, patting his shoulder as if their relationship was very intimate!
Han Shuo was dumbfounded. He glanced at her with a cold face and was about to open his mouth to say something when he heard Cecilia whisper, “We are carrying out a mission. As a fellow member of the Dark Mantle, if you have the guts to not help me, I’ll definitely report to that old fellow Candide when I return!”
“Hehe, we are together indeed!” Cecilia and Han Shuo stood side by side as he suddenly relaxed.
“Mhm, they are my friends, so I guarantee that they won’t do anything detrimental to your mercenary band’s interest. I’ll wait for your people to meet me at the shop. If your chief comes, I’ll let him know about this!” Han Shuo smiled and nodded at the mercenaries, then put his arm around Cecilia’s waist with naughty intentions. His actions screamed of an ambiguous relationship due to this act.
Cecilia’s small waist was plump and firm. The thin dress couldn’t hide its amazing elasticity. Han Shuo couldn’t help but secretly praise as he held it. This young woman didn’t only have a beautiful face, even her body was truly tempting.
“So it’s like that!” The mercenaries suddenly realized and spoke apologetically to Cecilia, “Our apologies, we didn’t know of your relationship with Mister Bryan, we’ve been rude!”
“Let’s go, there is no problem in this area. Let’s go inspect the other areas. Do not let any suspicious characters slip through our fingers!” After bowing respectfully to Han Shuo, the leader loudly shouted a command and led the group of mercenaries to leave in a blink of an eye.