The Arrival

When Gillian arrived at the gates of Snow Bear City with the Goddess of Ocean Currents's party, it caused a huge commotion.

The guards at the city gate rushed to the gate immediately and lowered it; all that was left was to ring the alarm bell.

But the captain of the guard stopped him, knowing that a procession of Goddess of Ocean Currents would be coming.

If the guard actually rings the alarm bell, it will be a huge embarrassment.

Although he knew that the group below was mostly a group of followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, the captain of the guard did not open the city gate immediately, but hurriedly sent someone to inform the lord.

The captain breathed a sigh of relief when the lord and his knights arrived.

The news that a procession of Goddess of Ocean Currents had arrived outside the gate spread throughout the entire Snow Bear City.

Upon hearing this news, the Mercenary teams that had entered Snow Bear City and were hired by the city lord of White Dragon Port also came to the city gate.

Patrick frowned as he looked at the tightly closed city gates. The area around the gates was now filled with Mercenary, all familiar faces from White Dragon Port.

"How come so many people have been hired by that city lord? Just how many people has he hired?"

It could be said that the number of Mercenary squads gathering at the city gate exceeded his expectations.

"They've practically hired every Mercenary team in White Dragon Port and the surrounding area!" He just roughly counted over a hundred people, which made his scalp tingle.

This was different from what he had expected when he came. He thought that although this item was important, it was only important, and the city lord of White Dragon Port would hire some skilled people to track it down, rather than hiring almost all the Mercenary.

"Hey, Patrick!" Patrick turned around and saw a familiar face.

Liam opened his big mouth and raised his hands, shouting at him.

"Liam, even you're here? Weren't you working at sea? Why are you here too?"

Parkerrick frowned and said in surprise:

"The city lord gave us brothers a large sum of money, ending our sea mission, and told us to come here first to help him track down that thing."

His words made Parkerrick's brows furrow tightly, like a pretzel.

His innate intuition and years of experience Mercenary told him that there was definitely something wrong here, and that the item was not simply something that the city lord of White Dragon Port valued.

He felt that this matter involved many forces on the continent, and could even be considered a small-scale war.

The followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents are not in Port City, but have come to this desolate place in the Northern Territory, coupled with an unusually large number of Mercenary...

"What do you think that water ghost's follower is doing here?" Liam asked jokingly, without giving it much thought.

"I think they're also after that item that the city lord of White Dragon Port lost, but not for the reward; they're after the item itself."

Liam scratched his head and said:

"Huh? For that thing, we can even snatch it from those water ghosts? I heard they've brought quite a few of them."

"Perhaps?"

Patrick was no longer concerned with whether he could get his hands on the item; his only concern now was how to extricate himself from the situation without getting into trouble.

He knew why these Mercenary were gathered here: because they all knew the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

The Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents seems to have arose around the same time as White Dragon Port. According to his father, his great-grandfather's generation saw followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents sailing on the sea.

The followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents have always been active in various Port City. Although they do not have their own port, almost all ports accept the followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

Because His followers can accelerate ships, ride ocean currents, speed up their journeys on the high seas, and reduce the probability of attacks from sea Magic Creature...

These factors led to the welcoming of devotees of the Goddess of Ocean Currents to various ports, especially in an era of increasingly frequent Ocean trade.

Parkerrick snapped out of his reverie; he needed to focus on the task at hand, not on the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents.

He took a deep breath and said to Liam:

"Liam, things are getting a bit messy. I'll talk to you later... Our two teams need to team up first."

Liam also understood the meaning behind Parkerrick's words. He had been through many dangerous incidents with Parkerrick and naturally trusted him.

"Okay, do those followers of the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents have any questions?"

By this time, Liam no longer referred to the believers as 'water ghosts'.

"The problem isn't with the followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents, but with the situation today."

Liam sensed the unease in Pakrick's words and became tense as well, glancing frequently at the closed city gates.

Just then, with the sound of a mechanical chain moving, the city gate opened upwards.

Patrick's heart nearly leaped into his throat the moment he saw the Goddess of Ocean Currents team.

Even some members of the Mercenary group recognized that this group was different, causing them to waver.

"One bishop and so many Priest!!"

Parkerrick murmured the scene he had witnessed, which far exceeded his imagination and sent chills down his spine.

Before he saw the city gates fall, he imagined that there were about a dozen followers of the Goddess of Ocean Currents outside Snow Bear City, all of them First Order Profession, competing with them, the Mercenary, by relying on these elites.

However, the number of people who came far exceeded his expectations: a second-tier bishop, nearly fifty Priest, and more than twenty First Order warriors.

This caused a bead of cold sweat to appear on his forehead, and he trembled all over. He felt that these people from the Church of the Goddess of Ocean Currents were not there to compete with them for that thing, but rather to fight them.

He knew that this team's fighting strength now far exceeded the combined strength of all their Mercenary; it was safe to say that their Mercenary had absolutely no chance.

This team is determined to get their hands on the item lost by the city lord of White Dragon Port, and these Mercenary have no chance to get involved.

If Patrick had previously harbored a sliver of hope that he might be able to get a share of the ten thousand Gold Coin, he had now completely abandoned that hope.

Pakrick swallowed hard, beginning to think about the contract he had signed with the city lord.

"According to the contract, the Mercenary must do everything in their power to find that item. After bringing it back, the Mercenary will receive a gift of 10,000 Gold Coin from the other side. We guarantee that the Mercenary will receive this 10,000 Gold Coin."

"Even if the Mercenary don't find the item, they still have to pay a fee of seven Gold Coin."

"Those who violate the above regulations will be abhorred by all spirits."

He signed a punitive contract with the city lord. If either party violated the contract, they would be punished according to the contract. This was a contract the city lord specifically signed to ensure that his belongings would not be embezzled by these Mercenary.

Meanwhile, the Mercenary didn't quite trust that the city lord would actually hand over 10,000 Gold Coin, but with the contract binding them, the city lord's actions would naturally seem much more credible.