"You mean...we're being targeted by the Brotherhood of Daggers?" Fatty swallowed hard, "You can't make a mistake, can you?"
Lucio squatted down and tore off the sleeve of the corpse, only to see a tattoo of two daggers on his shoulder, which was gradually fading away. Soon, the corpse burned under a strange force and gradually turned into ashes. There are no bones left.
"That's right, it should be a member of the Dagger Brotherhood." Lucio looked a little dignified, and gave Chen Rui a reminder.
The Brotherhood of the Dagger, this is a well-known assassin organization with influence spread across several countries. It is said that as long as they can pay the price, even the king can become their target.
The killers of the Dagger Brotherhood are not only powerful, but also ruthless. Even if they are captured, they will not leave any survivors, just like this self-burning corpse. After the mission fails, they will send killers to retaliate even more vigorously. However, if they fail three times in a row, the mission will be deemed to exceed the expected cost and automatically give up, and generally they will not attack the target again.
This is a tradition of the human dark force organization. Although I don’t remember when it was left over, even today’s largest assassin and thieves organization "Stalker Union" is strictly following this tradition, let alone the Dagger Brotherhood up.
After confirming that the enemy is the Dagger Brotherhood and not the Holy Feather Mercenary Group, Fatty immediately faltered, replaced by intense fear: "Who is it! They hired the Dagger Brotherhood at a huge price to deal with us! No way! We have to Immediately return to Gudan Town... "
The fat man had only spoken half a sentence, and suddenly remembered that since the other party was the Brotherhood of Daggers, he would still be unable to escape the murderous hand even if he went back. The level of the church in Garton City is higher than that of Gudan Town, and there are Bright Knights stationed there. Going there is a way out, so he immediately changed his words: "Leader Ina, please protect us to go to Garton City, I will pay double... No, ten times the reward! I will also be responsible for all the losses you have suffered, including the pensions of the two brothers who died."
According to the rules, the employer generally only needs to pay the commission according to the employment agreement, and does not care about the loss or casualties of the mercenaries during the mission. Although Fatty loves money, he is not stupid. If he loses his life, no amount of money is useless.
If the mercenary gives up the mission halfway, besides not getting the commission, he also needs to pay liquidated damages, and his reputation will be greatly reduced. But if Yi Na really gives up the mission, then Iron Shield will only lose money and reputation. What a person loses is his life. Fatty has held the position of head of the church in Gudan Town for many years, so he naturally has some means. He knows the truth that "with great rewards, there must be a brave man", so he immediately endured the heartache and raised the issue of doubling his salary and being responsible for compensation.
Ina pondered for a while, looked at the mercenaries, and said, "Don't worry, my lord pastor, our Iron Shield mercenary group values credibility the most. Now that we have accepted this mission, we will definitely do our best to complete it."
"Great! As expected of the Iron Shield Mercenary Corps!" Fatty breathed a sigh of relief: "I keep my word, and I will pay ten times the salary and compensation immediately after arriving in Garden City."
Yi Na nodded, began to rearrange the defense, ordered the mercenaries to retrieve their mounts, and arranged for the wounded to rest.
When passing by Chen Rui, the head of the female team took a deep look at him and said, "It is generally impossible for an assassin from the Dagger Brotherhood to be captured alive. I don't know how you captured this assassin. But I can be sure." Yes, regardless of whether the original target of the assassin was you or not, you will become one of the key 'care' objects of the Brotherhood of the Dagger during the next part of the journey."
"Oh, I went through a fierce battle just now, and I need to go back to the tent to rest for a while." Chen Rui shrugged nonchalantly, as if he didn't understand the current bad situation, turned and walked towards the tent, while Lucio hurriedly followed up.
Looking at Chen Rui's back, Yi Na snorted coldly, and asked the bearded man lying on the ground beside him, "Silva, how are you?"
"I can't die." The bearded man barely raised his body, showing a smile: "Speaking of which, the special antidote is really effective. The poison that can't be dispelled even by the dispel technique has been wiped out, and the rest is a little bit of flesh and blood. , no problem."
Although the bearded man said it easily, Yi Na could tell that it was definitely not just a "little" flesh injury. Fortunately, the poison was removed, and there was no danger of life. It only needed a few days of recuperation to recover, but the combat effectiveness in the short term would be certain. Will be greatly discounted.
"This Li Cha is really not simple," Yi Na showed a thoughtful look, "I'm afraid his strength is still higher than we expected, and maybe he can escape the three assassinations of the Brotherhood of Daggers."
"No matter how powerful it is, it can't compare to... By the way, leader, you promised that fat man to continue to accept the protection mission this time, is it because the deputy leader..."
Yi Na looked around and said in a low voice: "Before we left Gudan Town, I just received a magical message from him from Rice Town, saying that the mission in Stam City has been completed and is on the way back. I left him a message at the hotel, and he should come over to join us when he returns to Gudan Town, probably within two or three days."
The bearded man showed a look of surprise: "Great! If he can come here, even the Brotherhood of Daggers don't have to be afraid!"
Yi Na's voice became lower: "Originally, he didn't come here on purpose to meet up this time, but to go to a place through Garden City, which happened to be on the way with our mission. This matter is related to his private secret, so I don't want to ask more , I didn’t tell everyone. Now that the enemy is the Brotherhood of Daggers, the matter of the deputy head should not be disclosed, so as not to attract the attention of the Brotherhood of Daggers. I will leave a special mark for help along the way, as long as it can block Three attacks from the Brotherhood of the Dagger, this level is considered to be passed."
"Understood." The bearded man nodded and lay down again.
The night passed without another attack. The next day the team continued on the road. Some mercenary mounts were not recovered, so they rode together. The speed of everyone was not very fast. Be careful along the way, two days have passed, and nothing unusual has happened. Most of the members of the Iron Shield Mercenary Corps recovered from their injuries, but they did not dare to relax their vigilance at all.
It is autumn in the ground world now, the sun is not dazzling, but it is easy to be accompanied by fatigue. In the bumping of the carriage, the fat man's eyelids began to bump, and he couldn't help dozing off.
Before the pastor could sleep for a long time, he was awakened by violent shocks and screams. The fat man's originally relaxed nerves immediately tensed up. He opened the curtain and saw huge boulders the size of millstones rolling down from the mountain beside him. At this time, the mounts seemed to be frightened by some special force, and ran around uncontrollably. In desperation, the mercenaries had no choice but to abandon their horses, and a few desperate mounts rushed towards the range of the boulder, and were immediately smashed into a pulp.
"The road behind has been blocked, hurry up! My lord pastor! Get off your horse! Let's run to the woods over there!"
The horses pulling the carriage had been beheaded by the mercenaries because they lost control. The fat man jumped out of the carriage in a hurry, and under the protection of the mercenaries, he quickly fled towards the woods on the side. He was panicked and didn't notice that "Li Cha" was gone again. up.
After all the people managed to avoid the boulder and escape into the woods, the sun in the sky suddenly dimmed.
It's not that there are dark clouds, but that this forest is shrouded by a special force, and even the sun is covered with a layer of haze.
Everyone could only hear the shrill howls ringing in their ears. There seemed to be countless hands dragging in the woods, and the speed was involuntarily filled. The gusts of sinister wind seemed to go deep into the bone marrow, making everyone feel a sense of urgency. The feeling of bone-chilling cold, the layers of mist in the woods seemed to turn into ghosts that wanted to die, floating around, both will and strength were weakened to the bottom in this terrifying environment.
"This is the breath of darkness! Damn assassins, how dare you use this kind of power that blasphemes the light!" The fat man is a priest after all, enduring the fear in his heart, tremblingly raised the long staff in his hand, and chanted with the two monks Recited the mantra, "Dispel! Humble darkness!"
A cloud of white light appeared, floated in the air, and spread out. Under the illumination of the white light, the mist turned into light smoke and dissipated. At the same time, the strangeness on everyone seemed to have weakened a little.
At this time, the wind was blowing, and the white light was quickly swallowed by the haze that filled the entire forest. The fat man used it several times in a row, but it had little effect. on the ground. The strength of the other two monks was weaker than Fatty's, and soon they would no longer be able to use the dispel technique.
The light in the woods is getting darker and darker, the mercenaries seem to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to use their strength, even the magician's magic can't work, all kinds of negative emotions come one after another, fear, weakness, slowness...
Chen Rui looked curiously at the two men in black robes in the woods who joined forces to exert dark power—there are dark magicians in the ground world
With his eyesight, it can be seen naturally that the strength of these two men is at the beginning of the Great Demon King level. There is a special magic circle in this woods, which can amplify the power of darkness and create corresponding illusions. The Rolling Stone just now The purpose should be to force everyone into the woods, so as to catch them all in one go.
"Hmph! Didn't you say that there is an enemy who may be a division? He also killed Tucker, why are they all weak ants!" A man said disdainfully.
"Taker is just an incompetent person, but those intelligence personnel should be damned! Even this kind of enemy has to go to great lengths to alert us. It's a shame!"
"Since we're here, let's slowly torture these ants to death first!"
Chen Rui was about to deal with the two men, but suddenly his eyes moved, and he turned his head to look in another direction. He could feel that a person was rushing towards this side, and his strength seemed...not weak.
accomplice? Chen Rui's thoughts moved slightly, and he put down his hands again. Anyway, Fatty and the others are not in danger at this time. When the man's accomplices arrive, they will be dealt with together.
The people who rushed over were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had already arrived at the magic circle in the woods, and rushed straight towards the two men. Only then did the two men in black robes come to their senses. Qi Qi was taken aback when he heard a firm man's voice resounding through the woods: "Morning light is extinct!"
To Chen Rui's surprise, the voice was somewhat familiar. At the same time, a strange feeling came into his heart—the sense of the object of the spiritual link!