After returning from Klin Island, Roger and his team became famous. Although Klin was a self-sufficient island, the islanders also traded with the outside world. Some islanders who brought goods to sell exaggerated the story of the four people arresting the cult thugs on the island to the mercenaries in the city.
(Especially emphasized the part where the four people fought against the Yellow Springs Monster. Although they did not see it, they told it vividly.)
In an instant, Hades became the brightest star in the low-level mercenary group. Just one week after returning to Kulun, the legion expanded to 30 people. Including two fourth-level swordsmen, seven third-level warriors and seventeen second-level warriors.
Although these people's combat effectiveness is not very strong, they are better than those first-level apprentices who have just started their careers. Roger looked at his mercenary group now gathered together, and he was so happy that he was laughing unintentionally.
Since it was registered not long ago, the Hades Mercenary Group is still only a D-level mercenary group with a membership limit of 30 people.
If they want to upgrade the level of the mercenary group, they must complete as many tasks as possible. Only when the accumulated task points meet the requirements can they go to the mercenary union to go through the mercenary group upgrade procedures.
In the past few days, Roger has divided the team into three teams, led by Matar, Elfa and Randy. They waited under the task list of the mercenary group to accept tasks, and competed with other mercenary groups. At the beginning, they only accepted tasks above C level according to the principle, but later they didn't care about anything else.
As long as the girl who posted the list put it up, a group of people would pounce on it like mad dogs. Therefore, recently people in Kulun City can often see a group of strong men with the Hades group emblem helping a nobleman walk his dog, helping an old lady go out to visit relatives, or looking for cats and dogs all over the city.
"Look like Lilith should be back soon." Roger was sitting in his room, drinking grape juice and muttering. He missed this naughty maid a little after not seeing her for so long.
As the number of mercenaries increased, Roger simply bought the hotel. After hiring someone to do some simple renovations, it became the headquarters of the Hades Mercenary Group. During this period of time, some familiar guests would take the initiative to come here to do tasks, saving them a lot of trouble. At least they didn't have to fight like they did a while ago.
At this time, a big man wearing leather armor and a regimental emblem ran in in a panic and shouted, "Captain, something terrible has happened!"
"What's the matter? Dole." Roger frowned. This guy is already old, but he is still so impatient.
"Captain, the people from the Marquis's Mansion are blocking our door with a large group of guards, saying they want to see you." Dole finally calmed down and continued, "The leader is a bald old man. In addition to the guards, he also brought a swordsman."
"Marquis's Mansion?" Roger asked in confusion, "What brings people from the Marquis's Mansion here? Let's go take a look."
Marquise Marino Guel is the master of Kulun. The entire city of Kulun and the surrounding villages are all fiefs granted to the Guel family by the royal family. In this area, Marquis Marino is like an emperor. Guel is an ancient family. They have guarded the city of Kulun for generations, and it has been more than 500 years.
The hereditary Marino had an elder brother, Allen, but because he was discovered by his clan members for practicing the evil book "Blood Nightmare Bible" privately, he was tied to the stake and burned to death by the old marquis as a heretic.
The new Marquis Marino was weak and sick when he was young, and he was bedridden every day after marriage. Almost all government affairs were controlled by his wife Sophia. Mrs. Guel. Everyone in the streets said that Sophia was the real master of Kulun.
Following Dole to the front door, Roger saw a group of people blocking the entrance, as if to say, "If you don't come out, I won't let you do business properly."
Although Roger was furious, he couldn't afford to offend them, so he had to greet them with a smile and said softly, "I am Roger, the leader of Hades. I wonder what the gentlemen of the Marquis's Mansion want to see me about?"
"Humph!" The bald old man didn't even look at Roger. He just blew out two puffs of foul air from his nose and said contemptuously, "Leader, you are so arrogant! You made us wait for so long."
"I wouldn't dare." Although Roger had cursed the fellow whose face stinked more than shit to his entire eighteenth generation in his mind, he still forced a smile on the surface and bowed humbly to apologize.
Seeing Roger being so polite, the old man's expression did not ease at all. He waved his hand impatiently and said loudly, "Alright, I won't say anything else to you. I am Cooper, the butler of the Marquis's Mansion. I came here to bring you a message. Madam Sophia wants to see you. After you take a bath and change your clothes, take this to the Marquis's Mansion and report. Naturally, someone will take you to see the lady."
As he spoke, Cooper stuffed a token into Roger's hand. It looked like it was made of iron and felt cold in his hand.
Watching the group of people go away, Roger was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. He looked at the iron plate in his hand and was a little confused for a moment.
"What does Madam Sophia want me to do?"
As he spoke, Roger recalled some folk legends about Lady Sophia.
Lady Sophia's original name was Sophia. Paglen was the third daughter of Marquis Paglen, a great noble in the north of the empire. She changed her surname to Guel after marrying to Guel of Kulun.
Legend has it that when Lady Sophia was in the north, she was known as the most beautiful woman and had the name of "the bright moon in the north". At the beginning, there were countless people who pursued her, from princes and nobles to heroes. There was even a great magician who used a forbidden spell to steam up a small river in order to please her.
However, Sofia was too picky and rejected all her suitors until ten years ago, when Marino, then a viscount, came to visit her. It was unknown what tricks he used to win Sofia's heart, and soon after, news of their marriage spread.
Ever since Sophia married to Kunlun, Marquis Marino's health has been getting worse. Soon, the Marquis handed over all matters to Sophia, even the reception of guests. The Marquis only showed up when meeting some important people.
Although she was a woman, Sophia's methods were no less than those of men. During her tenure in Kulun, she personally adjusted the political structure of Kulun, setting up three departments, namely the House of Representatives, the Military Department, and the Criminal Court, to share the work for it, so that it could both divide the work and check each other.
She vigorously developed commerce, supported the mercenary union, and established a large college. She turned the big city of Kulun into the largest city in the west. She acted boldly and clearly distinguished between rewards and punishments. She once did not sleep for three days and two nights to solve the problem of the slums in the southern part of the city.
She also tied the unruly people who bumped into the guards of the Marquis' Mansion to the city wall and exposed them to the sun. The most famous one was the incident three years ago.
At that time, a group of more than 50 robbers sneaked into Kulun City because they were being chased by nearby towns. They set off a riot in Kulun City, raping and killing several women in one day, killing nearly a hundred innocent people, and stealing and damaging countless financial assets.
After hearing this, Madam Sophia flew into a rage and ordered the two great swordsmen of the Marquis's Mansion to lead the Marquis's Mansion guards to arrest the bandits. After a day and night of fighting, excluding the more than 13 who were killed, a total of 37 bandits were captured alive.
At the lady's command, the guards cut off the hands and feet of the more than 37 people and threw them into a deep pit. The people of the city were allowed to throw blades, silver needles, stones and other weapons into the pit.
In less than half a day, all the robbers were dead. The blood stained the deep pit and overflowed into a pool. The pool of blood took several weeks to dry up.
From that day on, Madam Sophia gained another title - Blood Angel