"Bang—"
The monster's corpse fell heavily to the ground, waking everyone up.
The leader of the Golden Lion Mercenary Group couldn't believe it. He stared at the corpse of the monster with wide eyes, then looked at Muri who was sitting quietly on the other side.
Suddenly he gasped.
Killed a monster all by himself! Killed a monster all by himself in such a short time!
What kind of fighting power is this? Even the leaders of those big mercenary groups dare not say that they can achieve this level, but he just casually recruited such a person into the group as a temporary mercenary?! He even deducted his gold coins.
Is he still asleep
The people who were trampled by the monsters groaned, and the others slowly began to come back to their senses and clean up the battlefield.
Even with a humanoid weapon like Muri, who killed the monster, their losses were still heavy. Several people were trampled to death by the monster in the chaos, and several were seriously injured and probably would not survive. The mercenary group of more than 30 people lost more than half of their members in one go, which directly led to a depressing atmosphere when they stopped to rest.
Some people approached Murray to talk to him, but were driven away by his silent attitude.
The only thing to be thankful for is that many things on the monster can be sold at high prices after being stripped off, which makes up for the losses.
Although it was Murri who killed the animal, the captain thought that he and others were also helping, and since they were all from the same mercenary group, it was normal for them to share the hunted items.
He walked up to Muri with a smile that was even more enthusiastic and amiable than usual, "Muri, when we sell the items on this monster in Pudalla, I'll give you some gold coins. What do you think?"
"You know, we have lost many companions now. We may have to keep on traveling. It is not a good idea to stay in the cities below. These small cities cannot be sold for a good price in the near future. I know that we were able to kill this monster thanks to you. I will definitely not treat you unfairly. Don't worry."
Anyway, when the time comes, he will use his connections to make some money, and after the gold passes through his hands, he will be able to make some profit.
Murray listened to him in silence and nodded.
The head of the group was immediately relieved when he saw this. He had just witnessed Murray's ability and had some concerns in his heart, but when he saw how naive and gullible Murray was, greed took over.
He knew a little about Muri's origins. It was said that he was a remnant of the polar region who had lived there since childhood and had not had contact with many people. So not only did he dare to lie to him, he even thought about how to better use this little guy to make more gold coins.
It is rare to meet such a good fighter. If they can find a way to subdue him, maybe their Golden Lion Mercenary Group can become a big mercenary group in the future!
Having such a beautiful dream, the team leader left with satisfaction.
Meili in the cage listened to their conversation... Listening to the leader talking to himself, she couldn't help but rub her skirt.
She had been in this mercenary group for half a month and found that although Muri was very powerful, his treatment was not as good as those of the two men who often stopped working and sneaked over to try to see her.
The captain's words just now should be to test Muri. As long as he shows some power of killing monsters and bandits to threaten him, the captain will promise him more tangible benefits, or directly invite him to become the deputy leader of the mercenary group. It should have been like this.
But Murray didn't react at all. With this indifferent attitude, it seemed that the team leader was going to take advantage of him.
Meili, who has been managing her own life for more than ten years and is used to reading people's faces, thought to herself. Did Muri see the leader's intention? He must have seen it. Maybe it's because he is too strong and doesn't care about these things.
Forget it, she doesn’t know what to do in the future, so how can she care about their affairs
She lay back in the cage, looking at the blood dripping from Muri's blood-stained cloak through the cracks, and recalled the scene of him killing the monster just now.
It’s so amazing, in a different way from her mother, Mrs. Peg.
I really hope that one day she can become a powerful person and take control of her own life.
The carriage jolted and swayed, and set off again.
They were unlucky. Not long after they encountered the monster, they passed through a wild forest. This wild forest was not too dangerous a few months ago, but recently, a large bandit group came.
A group of bandits came here chasing a magical beast, intending to capture the lone armored beast alive, and then sell it at a high price to the bored nobles in the big city for use in beast fighting shows.
They chased for so long, but were intercepted by a small mercenary group that suddenly appeared.
The few bandits who were responsible for gathering information and monitoring the monsters were unable to see the scene where the Golden Lion Mercenaries killed the monsters. When they arrived, the mercenaries were already decomposing the monsters' bodies.
They hurried back to report the news.
That large bandit group had at least a hundred people, and because they had killed many people and had eaten people before, they were more ferocious than ordinary mercenary groups. They had always been the ones who robbed people, so they would never tolerate others robbing the things they had set.
Without saying a word, hundreds of people rushed out and headed straight for the mercenary group that only had more than 20 people left.
"Hurry up and go to the city below to rest. Don't dawdle!" The leader of the Golden Lion Mercenary Group rode his horse in front, urging from time to time.
They were carrying the corpses of monsters, and the strong smell of blood would attract wild beasts. With so many dead, they would be easy targets for robbers, so they would inevitably be more vigilant.
The rule of hunting in the wilderness is that the hunter and the hunted may switch positions at any time.
For his own safety, he kept urging everyone to speed up. When they reached the next city, he could first deal with some of the worthless items on the monsters, and then hire some temporary mercenaries to ensure safety on the road.
It’s a pity that misfortune struck again in such a short distance.
The vibration of horse hooves, accompanied by strange screams, is a sign of the arrival of bandits. Those who dare to display such a display so arrogantly are usually large bandit groups.
When the leader of the Golden Lion Mercenary Group heard this, his face turned black, and he was even more desperate than when he encountered the monster just now. If he encountered a monster, he would have a chance to escape, but if he encountered a large-scale robber group, there would be basically no way to survive.
But aren't there any large-scale bandit groups on this road? How come we have encountered all of them today when we haven't seen them for several years
In a moment, their convoy was surrounded.
The bandits that surrounded them were different from the savage bandits they had killed on the road before. They rode on horses and wore armor made of various animal skins and bones. Their weapons gleamed brightly and were better than the ones they used.
The leader of the mercenary group used the corner of his eye to look for Muri's position in the team. His mind was spinning wildly, and he smiled kindly, "Everyone, we are a mercenary group delivering goods to the Boulder City Auction House..."
Generally speaking, those large auction houses and the wilderness bandits have some business dealings, and everyone is tacitly aware of each other and won't do anything too ugly.
The leader wanted to test whether this group of bandits would give face to the Boulder City Auction House.
"Hmph, auction house." The bandits snorted and laughed twice, their tone contemptuous.
They were bandits who loved to turn their backs on people. Even if they had cooperated with someone in the past, they would still rob them if they provoked them. As long as they killed them cleanly and no one knew about it, it would be fine. Besides, the Boulder City Auction House was nothing.
The leader didn't say much. He raised his long sword and the bandits roared and dispersed the mercenary team that had just suffered casualties.
I knew that none of these greedy and damned wild dogs were good! The leader of the mercenary group cursed in his heart and took up his weapon to resist.
The enemy had several times more people than them, and any resistance would be a desperate struggle. Thinking of his goods and the mercenary group he had managed to gather, his heart was bleeding, and he shouted, "Muri, come here quickly!"
Although he couldn't defeat these bandits, maybe the powerful Muri could help him escape from the encirclement of the bandits.
Murray stood on the frame of the car, grabbed a robber's knife with one hand, snatched the knife in his hand holding the blade, threw it and caught it, and stabbed forward, killing the robber.
He used the same action with his other hand to grab a knife and slashed it horizontally. The force instantly cut the three robbers in half.
The rest of the men had just come into contact with the bandits, and he had already killed four of them.
The horses pulling the carts were frightened and ran forward. The convoy was in chaos. They all wanted to break out of the encirclement, but most of the people were killed by the robbers who rushed up. Only Murri stood in front of the cart. All the robbers swarming around him were thrown away by him, some of them were knocked away intact, and some were thrown away in pieces.
Noticing the battle situation here, the bandit leader who was riding a horse and watching leisurely outside the battle circle at first narrowed his eyes, took out his heavy and long spear, suddenly raised his arm, and threw it at Muri with a tremendous force.
He had used this trick to kill many enemies, and no one had ever escaped from his heavy gun.
The ears under the skull mask moved. Hearing the sound of breaking air, Muri raised his hand with five fingers spread out, and caught the heavy gun that was coming at him with great force without moving. He turned his wrist and used it as his own weapon, swinging it around - more than a dozen robbers were hit by the heavy gun, their sternums broken, and fell to the ground.
He was so ferocious when he attacked that all the robbers who approached him could not survive more than five seconds. The other smart men saw that their boss's heavy rifle could not subdue this strange man with one shot, and they retreated in horror, allowing his car to rush to the front of the team smoothly.
The leader of the mercenary group was overjoyed. Seeing that Muri was about to come over, he kicked his legs, jumped off his horse and tried to jump onto Muri's car.
"Puff--" He felt himself flying out, and his body became very light. Too light, he looked down in some surprise, and it turned out that only half of his body flew out, while the other half was still firmly sitting on the horse.
The upper half of his body fell heavily on the car, and the captain's eyes were wide open as he looked out through the gap in the black cloth.
Murray looked down and saw the captain's body still twitching, and paused for a moment. But it was only a moment, and the bandit leader who had killed the captain rushed over with a knife.
"Where did you come from, kid? You killed so many of my people. You are so arrogant! You are really looking for death!"
He chopped off the horse's head with a knife, and the cart stopped moving and overturned in an instant.
The two knives in his hands were chopped apart by the leader's big knife. Murray threw away the dagger and stabbed the heads of two robbers who wanted to launch a sneak attack. With one hand, he grabbed the chrome-silver cage on the car that was about to overturn and lifted it up.
The black cloth had already been removed during the battle, and the bandits then discovered that there was a woman in the black cage. The bandit leader was also stunned.
The chrome silver was hard and heavy. The big cage looked light in Murri's hand, but it actually hit the mounted bandit leader heavily, knocking him off his horse in a mess.