Livas' four knight attendants all had low-level strength, but when they saw Xiao Chen and his men taking action, they were so scared that they dared not fight back. Someone shouted, and the four of them abandoned the two tied mercenaries and turned around to run.
Xiao Chen cast a charm spell. With his current level, he could use a single-person spell as a group spell. As he waved his hand, several invisible spiritual powers sank into the heads of the four people. The four people suddenly stopped and turned to Xiao Chen, their eyes full of admiration and worship.
"Your enemies are right next to you, destroy them." Xiao Chen said.
The four people looked at each other, their faces turned into anger and hatred. The rationality in their hearts had long disappeared, and they had become puppets manipulated by others. After Xiao Chen's words, they ignored everyone around them, as if at this moment they only had the hateful enemy in their eyes.
They all drew their swords and slashed at the people around them, each of them attacking with all their might, regardless of defense. Their crazy and life-threatening looks made the surrounding mercenaries break out in cold sweats.
A servant had half of his neck chopped off by a sword, but before he died, he thrust his sword into the other person's heart.
A servant was pierced through the abdomen by a sword, and the fighting spirit that exploded from the blade raged through his body, shattering his internal organs. However, he risked this fatal injury and directly cut off the opponent's head.
In a few breaths, three people fell dead and one was dying. The last servant covered his sword with both hands, knelt on the ground and crawled slowly towards Xiao Chen. He looked miserable and horrible, but his expression was like a puppy seeking credit in front of his master.
This scene that was beyond ordinary people's comprehension made everyone feel terrified.
"You did well, rest in peace." Xiao Chen's face looked calm, but his slightly pursed lips and gently furrowed brows revealed that he was not in a happy mood.
The servant spit out blood from his mouth, lay on the ground and died with a satisfied smile on his face.
The open space by the river was completely silent. Except for two mercenaries who were bound, blindfolded, and gagged and had no idea what was happening and were still struggling and whimpering, all the mercenaries were silent.
Even Ordaz, who was standing behind Xiao Chen, lowered his head slightly, not daring to look directly at Xiao Chen. Although he had realized how powerful Xiao Chen was before, he had never seen him actually cast a spell, and he never thought he could do it so easily. Ordaz was not completely ignorant of spiritual magic. Just now, he made several mercenaries kill each other with a wave of his hand. This was definitely not something that an ordinary spiritual mage could do. There was no mage as powerful as Xiao Chen in the entire Red Lotus Tower. If he had known that there was such a powerful mage in the Tower of China, he would never have waded into this muddy water.
Xiao Chen asked two dark elves to untie the ropes and cloth strips on the two mercenaries. When the two saw the corpses on the ground, they were so scared that they screamed loudly on the spot.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. I have always been a reasonable person, and the Tower of China is a reasonable place." Xiao Chen stood on the slope. Even though he was wearing ordinary merchant clothes, he still looked very powerful against the backdrop of several corpses. "I killed Livas and his servants here today because the Duke of Green Forest City has repeatedly attacked our territory of the Tower of China. Naturally, I will show no mercy to the direct descendants of Green Forest City and will resolutely eradicate them!
But the rest of you are different. Although you have been hired by Greenwood City, you have not caused any actual harm to us. Most people do not know what kind of people we are. You can say that you have been deceived. Unless someone is determined to work for Greenwood City, he can stand up now. I will give him a fair chance. Anyone want to come?"
Wherever Xiao Chen looked, the mercenaries shook their heads. Some of the brave ones said directly, "Master Xiao Chen is right. We were deceived by the Duke of Green Forest City."
The leader of a mercenary group said, "Sir, we are willing to withdraw from this dispute. My team can leave here now and swear never to join the war with the Chinese."
Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "If you are the owner of a house, and a group of robbers come to your place to rob, and then they find out that you are very powerful, they want to escape. Would you think these robbers are innocent? If you happen to block these robbers, will you let them go easily?"
Xiao Chen's simple analogy made the mercenary leader sweat. He asked carefully, "Sir, what do you want to do?"
"We have an old saying, 'You can escape death penalty, but you can't escape punishment while alive.' Since you followed Duke Parsa and joined this war, you will have to pay the price."
Hearing the word "price", most of the mercenaries breathed a sigh of relief. It was good to have something to negotiate. They didn't want to die inexplicably like those four unlucky guys. In order to establish the rules of the mercenary team, the four knight attendants had attacked many mercenaries. Most of the mercenaries knew that their abilities were definitely not as good as those people. If this magician could easily deal with them, he could naturally deal with them easily.
"Sir, if you have any requests, just tell me directly." said a mercenary.
"Join my side and fight against the Duke's team. This is your only chance. You are all mercenaries, fighting for money. That's fine. I will pay you the same as the Duke. Otherwise, your ending will be like theirs." After saying this, Xiao Chen raised his hand and two charm spells hit the two people who were quietly retreating at the edge of the open space. They thought that in the already dim sky, they could slowly retreat under the cover of the woods, and then escape in the night. If they reported the situation here to the Duke, they might even get a reward. However, Xiao Chen, who had night vision, stood on a high place and had already discovered them.
The two people who were under the spell immediately turned around and ran to Xiao Chen and knelt on one knee.
One of them said regretfully, "Sir, I have come to my senses. I was so stupid that I didn't understand your good intentions. Only by following your lead can we win. Otherwise, we will be defeated and killed by you."
The other cried bitterly, "I just wanted to run away. I am such a bad person. Sir, please punish me! You can punish me in any way you want!"
"Are you willing to fight the Duke now?"
"Yes." The two men said in unison. One of them pounded his chest with his fist and swore, "I will fight for you to the end. Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I will kill all the bastards under the Duke's command."
Xiao Chen turned to the others and said, "I will not allow anyone here to escape. The news here must not reach the Duke's ears. So, you either volunteer to fight with me, or be volunteered to fight for me like the two of them."
This drama became the last straw that broke the mercenaries' will.
"Sir, we are willing to follow you to fight." The leader of a mercenary group knelt on one knee, and his members also knelt on the ground. Then the second and third mercenary groups...
Xiao Chen looked at the people kneeling down in front of him and said, "You will know in the future that following our Tower of China is the wisest choice you have ever made in your life."