When I turn back into a man [Western Fantasy]

Tong Zhan listened with pricked ears.

I muttered to myself, the flowers and plants growing in such a harsh environment must not be so easy to pick.

Sure enough, after Lawson finished talking about the mission objectives, the mercenaries immediately started discussing.

"Ice Crystal Flower, isn't that the top alchemy material?"

"That thing is not easy to pick. I thought I was here to catch storm beasts."

"It's easy to pick, so there will be no price or no market. How many times have you seen ice crystal flowers at auctions? Basically, they were bought by those nobles or famous alchemists."

"But isn't this the task scope of the Magic Association..."

Oh yes.

All the mercenaries came to their senses, this task seems a bit wrong?

Although the mercenary union has many tasks similar to this kind of material collection, they are also categorized.

The task of collecting materials like Ice Crystal Flower basically would not appear in the mercenary union, but should be in the reward task of the Magic Association.

After all, the profession has a specialization.

Few magicians join the mercenary union, and even if there are, they are generally not strong enough.

And some tasks that are difficult for mercenaries will be much easier with the ability of magicians.

For example, Ice Crystal Flower, which grows in an environment full of magic elements, and the Warcraft that guards it is also good at magic.

So such tasks were naturally transferred from the Mercenary Union to the Magic Association.

Lawson said: "The customer registered with the mercenary union as an ordinary A-level mission, but he changed the mission content with us in private."

The mercenaries suddenly realized: it turned out to be a loophole.

But they immediately became suspicious again, "No, it's obviously placed in the Magic Association, this task will be completed faster, why did you come to us?"

"Could it be that the commission given to us is lower than that of the Magic Association?"

No way, the head of the team doesn't seem like someone who will suffer.

Lawson calmly said, "The other party's asking price is ten times the market price, and the chamber of commerce only draws one percent."

Mercenaries: ...

Taking back the previous words, this is a big guy who is not short of money.

But they were still puzzled.

Ten times the market price, the Magic Association guarantees that it will be collected within a day.

After all, those powerful magicians have more or less stock in their hands, and there is no need to bother with the chamber of commerce and the mercenary group.

"Maybe he didn't want to be known to be buying this material," Oster said.

Luo Sen's heart moved when he heard his words.

Ten ice crystal flowers is no small number.

And the Magic Association issued a reward task, and it was necessary to have a real-name identity.

This kind of top-level material mission is too easy to be noticed by others. Only by secretly issuing anonymous missions to the mercenary group through the Chamber of Commerce will it not attract anyone's attention.

So the mercenaries speculated about the identity of the client who released the mission.

Tong Zhan listened with gusto when he was suddenly poked on the shoulder.

He turned his head to see Jackie staring at him.

Tong Zhan:?

Jernick pointed to his cloak, "Didn't you want this cloak?"

He remembered clearly that at that time, the child clearly refused to let Lawson buy him cold-proof clothes, but they wrapped them tightly around his body. Without thinking about it, he knew that Lawson must have bought it later.

Jernick pursed his lips, clearly spending Rosen's brother's money happily, but still pretending.

hypocritical child.

He found a new reason for not liking Tong Zhan.

Tong Zhan thought that Jenik asked this question because he heard him say that he was not afraid of the cold before, so he replied embarrassingly: "Well... this ice field is a bit different from what I imagined."

He vowed to emphasize: "But except for the Kebonok Ice Field, my cold resistance is first-class and strong."

?

Jackie was a little confused.

No, why did he suddenly jump to the question of his ability to resist cold?

Mocelin came over with a pile of clothes in her hands, saw the two of them chatting, and asked with a smile, "What are you talking about?"

Jernick immediately turned his face away: "It's nothing."

Mocelin was used to her younger brother's awkward appearance from time to time, she smiled helplessly, and then said to Tong Zhan, "Little Tongtong, follow me to the back and change your clothes."

Tong Zhan asked suspiciously, "What clothes?"

Mocelin picked up a small coat and showed him: "The leader bought it for you, a complete set. The cloak is good at keeping warm but it's not convenient for activities. I'll take you to change it."

Ok?

Tong Zhan's eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, Lawson prepared clothes for him.

He got up in a hurry, and happily went to change his clothes, but when he looked up, he saw Jennick staring at him.

Thinking that this little brother rarely took the initiative to talk to him today, Tong Zhan gave him a big smile in a friendly manner: "I'll leave first."

After speaking, he followed Moceline to the cave.

Hearing that Lawson had specially prepared clothes for Tong Zhan, Jennik, who had originally turned his head away, couldn't help turning back.

In the end, he met Tong Zhan's unreserved smile.

He was stunned.

The little girl in front of her smiled crookedly with big eyes, the corners of her mouth were full of sweetness, and her long and curled eyelashes flickered, she was so innocent and cute that no one could refuse.

Jernick: ...kinda...cute...

He lowered his head abruptly, feeling his face was hot, and couldn't help shaking his head vigorously.

Damn, that must be the kid's usual trick.

Jennik immediately warned himself not to be deceived by the child's appearance.

That's right!You must not be fooled!

Tong Zhan didn't know that his friendly smile had aroused strong psychological activity in Jennike.

He followed Mocelin to the back of the cave, rejected her intention to change his clothes for him, and finished changing quickly under the cover of the mountain wall.

He put the changed skirt into a small bundle, and tied it on his chest again.

And for safety, he also wore the protective clothing that Lawson gave him under the cold clothes.

"Have you changed?" Seeing him coming out, Mocelin tapped the tip of his nose, "I've started to be shy since I was only a little old, and won't let my sister help you change your clothes."

Tong Zhan: ...

He felt that after he became familiar, people started to touch him more and more.

this is a problem.

After Tong Zhan changed his clothes, he found that Jenic had gone to the other side of the fire.

Seeing him come back, he moved his eyes aside.

Uh, why are you feeling awkward again, it was fine just now.

Tong Zhan sat down in confusion, and found that Auster was explaining the precautions for picking the ice crystal flowers later, so he hurriedly listened carefully.

"...Ice crystal beasts are rather peculiar monsters. There is a leader of the monsters in their territory, and the leader of the ice crystal beast will have a companion beast."

Oster said: "Except for the leader, ordinary ice crystal beasts are not too strong, but under the influence of companion beasts, they can be stimulated to more than ten times their own abilities."

"The leader and I have already made a plan. After arriving at the destination, the leader will lure the ice crystal beast away first, and then I will use wind magic to suppress the companion beast."

"The assassins took advantage of the time when the accompanying beasts were suppressed, sneaked into the territory stealthily to pick the ice crystal flowers. The archers were ready to interfere with the ice crystal beasts that might return as soon as they completed their task, and cover the retreat of the assassins."

"Because there is a certain connection between the ice crystal flower and the ice crystal beast, once touched, the ice crystal beast will immediately notice."

After finishing a long list of words, Oster raised two fingers.

"Pay attention to two points: first, do not cause fatal damage to the ice crystal beast. Second, only ten ice crystal flowers are allowed to be picked, and you should pay attention to the distribution. Return immediately after success, and send a withdrawal signal in time."

"and also……"

He looked at the assassins present, and his eyes flicked over Jennick.

"It takes about 15 minutes for me to suppress the companion beast. If the task cannot be completed within 15 minutes, or any unexpected situation occurs, the assassin must return immediately!"

The mercenaries said in unison: "Understood!"

Mocelin felt something was wrong and asked, "What about me?"

Rosen stood up, "You are responsible for protecting Oster. The magic power of the companion beast is very strong. During the confrontation, he cannot be distracted to protect himself, and the consumption of magic power will make him lose power in the later stage."

"Yes!"

Moceline nodded.

Tong Zhan also raised his hand: "Me and me!"

Lawson glanced at him: "Follow Moceline, don't run around, just pay attention to protect your own safety."

Tong Zhan: ...

Everyone has a task, and when you come to him, you are protecting yourself, which is boring...

"Okay, it's getting late, let's hurry up and set off to make a quick decision," Rosen said.

Without the winged wolf, the rest of the journey will have to rely on everyone's legs.

Fortunately, in the previous hour, the winged wolf had shortened the distance for them a lot.

Starting from the cave now, it would take less than an hour and a half to arrive at the nearest ice crystal beast territory in the ice field.

Lawson walked at the front of the team with Tong Zhan in his arms, Mocelin was behind, and Oster was in the middle of the team.

Once out of the cave, Oster set up a large wind shield.

The protective cover is translucent and flowing, and the wind rotates extremely fast, covering the wind and snow outside, allowing the team to move forward quickly.

Tong Zhan asked curiously, "Why didn't I see Brother Oster use magic before?"

Lawson: "The Wing Wolf moves too fast, and the protective shield needs to consume too much magic power to keep up, which will affect Oster."

It turned out to be the case.

Tong Zhan nodded, sat down obediently, and asked no other questions.

There were no accidents along the way.

After one hour, two and 10 minutes, the team successfully arrived at the territory of an ice crystal beast.

This is a place similar to a valley. After the mercenaries stepped into the territory, they found that the wind and snow here was much less than that along the way.

And the more you go in, the smaller it gets, and it almost disappears when you get to the back.

Sporadic greenery also began to emerge on the ground.

Oster took the opportunity to remove the protective cover.

They slowed down, using the large rocks and the gradually dense grass to cover them, and slowly approached.

In the distance, the ice crystal beasts moving on the grass came into everyone's sight.

"The ice crystal beast will not leave its own territory, so after you succeed, you must remember to retreat beyond that rock in time."

Oster emphasized again in a low voice, and pointed to the eye-catching huge rock on the edge of the territory.

"Yes--"

Tong Zhan had already been let down by Luo Sen, and he followed Luo Sen carefully with his eyes wide open, looking at the ice crystal beasts.

Suddenly, a strange feeling popped up in my heart.

He tilted his head, but the strange feeling disappeared again.

Tong Zhan didn't take it seriously, shook his head, and continued to observe the ice crystal beast.