Duan tugged Xuanyue, pulled her behind him, attracted the murderous intent of the four skeletons to him, looked at the blood skeleton and said: "The leaders of the skeleton mercenary group, what happened between us before, I don't want to make any further comments. I think you all understand who is right and who is wrong. Chairman Mulatz said just now that what we have to face now is the bandits not far ahead, not our own internal strife. If you want to take revenge in the future , although you just came to us. But now, I don’t want any more conflicts, President Mu, you can start to talk about the plan.” Dui exuded a faint power, and the invisible pressure made the Four Skulls’ hearts tremble , The scenes that happened in the forest before kept flashing in their minds, and the murderous intent in their hearts gradually faded.
Muraz tried his best to calm down his mood, forced a smile, and said: "Several heads, everyone calm down, the caravan has not been here for a long time, if it is not because of the spice delivery this time, we will also I won't take risks here, but the spices we brought this time are very important to the Chamber of Commerce, so we must not make any mistakes, which the Chamber of Commerce cannot afford to lose. We are not responsible for any changes in the Tianjin Mountain Range in recent years. It's very clear, but I once heard a friend say that there are more bandits in the Tianjin Mountains than before, and there are more powerful bandit leaders. Therefore, we must not be careless. Captain, you see, how should we arrange it?"
Bloody Skull pondered and said: "I also heard that there have been some changes here in the Tianjin Mountains, but since we have come, we can no longer back down, so let's set off tomorrow morning, guarded by heavy cavalry infantry and light cavalry At the front and rear ends, the archers are in the middle, and I will lead the commando team to be ready to respond at any time, and if there is a master on the other side, our commando team will be responsible for cleaning up."
Muraz nodded, looked at Duan and Xuanyue, and said, "Do those two have any opinions?"
Duan thought for a while and said: "We have no objections, and we are not very familiar with such large-scale operations. My brother is a light magician, and his auxiliary magic and recovery magic are very good. He should support everyone. The best choice. As for me, I will be responsible for cleaning up the more difficult enemies with the leader of the Blood Skull."
As soon as Duan said that Xuanyue was a magician of the light system, the four skulls remembered that Xuanyue treated them for their serious injuries that day, and the atmosphere in the tent suddenly became more harmonious. How far can we take care of? Our mercenary regiment is mainly light cavalry and archers who are more likely to be injured."
Xuanyue thought for a while, and said: "My magic can probably cover a radius of one thousand meters. But the recovery technique with a large area cannot be used for a long time, because the effect will be weaker if the range is large, and too serious injury Or disabled, I can't help it, so it's up to you guys to be careful."
"Ah! A radius of one thousand meters?" The four skeletons exclaimed at the same time. Although they don't know much about magicians, they have never heard of any magician who can control such a large area.
Xuan Yue didn't seem to hear the surprise in the other party's heart, and said: "I haven't tried the control range of 1,000 meters, but there should be no problem, but you also know that magic can't last too long, and the magic power is always limited. Therefore, you must clean up the enemies as soon as possible."
Bloody Skull said: "You can rest assured that the members of our Skeleton Mercenary Corps are all very powerful and have undergone long-term cooperative training. Unless the opponent's strength is beyond imagination, they will definitely be able to wipe out the enemy in a short time. "
Dumb said: "Brother, can't you also release fire magic? If the opponent's attack is too strong, you can also help us attack." He was naturally referring to the energy of the blood of the phoenix.
Xuan Yue shook her head, and said: "Fire magic is too overbearing. If one is not good, it will burn the whole mountain. Brother, you have also seen that the Tianjin Mountains in the distance are lush and lush. Don't you think Do you want me to destroy the environment here? You should try not to use it as much as possible. If it doesn’t work, just ask Shengxie to come out to play, it will be very happy.” Xuanyue couldn’t help laughing when she mentioned Shengxie .
Dumb looked at the four members of the skeleton mercenary group, and said indifferently: "It will depend on the situation at that time, maybe none of our arrangements will have any effect?"
Muraz smiled and said, "Yes! With the strength of your two mercenary groups, I don't think those bandits would dare to attack us. It would be best if they didn't show up. The most important thing is that everything is safe."
Fengkulu suddenly said: "President, I need to trouble you. Although the road in the middle of the Tianjing Mountains is relatively wide, thieves usually attack from both sides. Please ask the caravan workers to cut more trees here." Some trees are made into wooden shields for our heavy cavalry infantry, which will be very beneficial to resist attacks from both sides."
Mulatz said happily: "It's still the head of the wind who is thoughtful, okay, let's do it like this, I will go right away." After finishing speaking, he turned and left the tent. Fengkuu said to the crowd: "I'll help President Mu arrange the size of the wooden shield." After speaking, he followed out.
Duan and Xuan Yue also stood up, and the atmosphere in the tent became awkward again, the two sides looked at each other and neither was willing to speak first. In the end, Dumb broke the silence. He stretched out his hand towards the blood skeleton and said, "Leader, I hope we can cooperate successfully this time and escort the caravan to the destination safely. Let's talk about the matter between us later."
The other party is so magnanimous, so the Blood Skull is naturally not too stingy. He held Ah-Dai's hand and said, "Okay, let's get over our business first, and this mission is the most important thing." Very strong, but it is undeniable that the other party does have great strength. Such an unimaginable ability at such an age makes Blood Skull secretly admire.
"Then let's take our leave first." After finishing speaking, Ah-Dai nodded at the three skulls, then turned around and walked out of the tent with Xuanyue.
Seeing their leaving backs, Blood Skull sighed and said, "It seems that the magician is right, maybe we will never be able to surpass them."
Iron Skull said: "That's right! If that magician had done his best when we started that day, we may not have the chance to use the world's inaction. Brother, after this mission is over, I think we should go back to the master. Where is his old man, please ask him to give us some advice. Your Fire Nightmare Dou Qi can almost learn swordsmanship from your master."
The blood skull nodded, and said seriously: "No matter what happens tomorrow, you must forget the previous personal grudges, and you must not affect the reputation of our skeleton mercenary group because of your own personal grudges. It is important for us to keep the caravan. That's the most important thing. Alright, everyone, let's adjust your breath. Just now I suddenly had a feeling of trepidation. This kind of ominous premonition indicates that the road in the Tianjin Mountains will be very difficult this time. We must proceed with caution. "
Outside Mim City, a white figure galloped towards the east. This man was over twenty years old, with an anxious expression on his handsome face, and a three-foot long sword on his back. His movement was extremely fast. Babuyi, the youngest judge of light in the Holy See, has been away from the Holy See for some days. He came out a few days later than Xuan Yue, and he has not found Xuanyue's trace. After finally hearing that there was a miracle in Meme City, I rushed here to ask, and got the news from the mouth of the priest. He knew that Xuanyue and Ah-Dai had met again, and he couldn't help feeling extremely anxious. If he let them get along, he might find it more difficult to chase Xuanyue. The only thing that comforted him was that Xuanyue was dressed in men's clothing. I haven't recognized that dumb yet. In order to win the heart of his beloved, after receiving the news, he immediately pursued to the east with his own judgment.
Tianjin Peak, the main peak of the Tianjin Mountains.
The Tianjin Peak is about 3,000 meters high, surrounded by clouds and mist. It is the highest peak in the entire Tianjing Mountain Range. The bandit's headquarters is on the peak. The bandits here have a history of several decades, and the leaders have changed one group after another. For their own interests, various forces continue to attack each other and compete for control of the Tianjin Mountains. This situation lasted until three It ended years ago. Three years ago, a group of warriors covered in black robes including their faces suddenly appeared in the Tianjin Mountains. The number of black-robed warriors was not many, there were only thirty or so of them, all of them were tall and strong. The bandits didn't pay much attention to them after they first entered the mountain range. , It took less than ten days to sweep all the bandit camps in the Tianjin Mountains. Six of the twenty-seven camps, large and small, were completely wiped out. The remaining twenty-one camps surrendered. In the end, almost all the bosses of the camp died at the hands of these black-clothed men, and their poisonous methods aroused deep fear in all the bandits. A total of more than 4,000 bandits were completely controlled by these thirty or so people. Since the banditry in the Tianjin Mountains was unified, all passing merchants have never been able to pass through smoothly. Although the income of the bandits has greatly increased, most of them have been taken away by those mysterious black-clothed warriors.
Inside the Gathering Hall on the top of Tianjin Peak.
There are more than a hundred bandit leaders from various camps gathered here, and the bandits in the Tianjin Mountains are completely controlled by the black-clothed warriors through these people. They all looked respectfully at the man in black sitting on the main seat in the center, waiting for his order.
The man in black's voice was cold and devoid of any human emotion, and he said lightly: "I think you should be very clear why I recruited you here. Not far from the foot of the mountain, a group of fat sheep is coming. It is said that they are from the Tianjin Empire Members of the Standing Chamber of Commerce Alliance. The Standing Chamber of Commerce Alliance has always been famous for producing precious spices and jewelry. The goods they carried this time must be priceless. This time, we only promise success and never fail. No matter how much we pay, we must take this As long as you succeed in grabbing the batch of goods, I will naturally reward you. Do all the villages have any opinions?"
A thin middle-aged man said: "Chief village chief, I'm afraid this caravan will not be so easy to intercept! They hired skeleton mercenaries. We have dealt with skeleton mercenaries before. They are very powerful , the martial skills of the blood, wind, iron, and ice skeletons headed by them are very powerful, and we lost thousands of people that time, which caused a great loss in the strength of each cottage. I think this matter should be considered carefully before we talk about it."
The man in black snorted coldly, and said: "Skeleton mercenary group? What can a small mercenary group do? I am desperate. Every village will start preparing for rolling stones tonight, ready to intercept the caravan. You guys Don't worry, with me and my brothers here, the four little skeletons of the skeleton mercenary group are like four ants, I can crush them to death with just one finger."
The leaders of the various villages are still a little hesitant. After all, they have all suffered a big loss from the skeleton mercenary group. Now, under the "chief village master", they are trembling every day, and no one wants to let the strength of their subordinates be affected. damage. The man in black stood up abruptly, his height was two meters away. He stretched out his hand, which was also wrapped in black cloth, and slapped the table hard, angrily said: "Hurry up. If the caravan If you run away, I will replace all of you, and your family members will not be spared. Have you all forgotten my methods?"
The leaders of the various villages couldn't help shivering, and took orders one after another.
Watching his subordinates leave, the chief village master's eyes showed a gleam of coldness, and four men in black came out from the shadow behind him, one of them walked up to the chief village master, and said, "Lord Green King, the skeleton servant I’ve heard about the Corps before, and if we confront them head-on, we’re afraid we’ll lose a lot! Why do you want those things? Are those spices and jewels really important to us?”
The head of the village sneered: "Of course it is very important. According to the news from within the organization, the caravan from the Stan Emperor Alliance this time has goods worth tens of millions of gold coins. The organization is in need of funds to purchase... So, We have to rob this batch of goods, and then sell them to the Yajin tribe through the relationship of the organization, so that we can make a lot of money. I think the leader will be very happy. As for the skeleton I know better than you the strength of the mercenary group. Those four skeletons are really powerful. Let the bandits here rush up and use them as cannon fodder. They have almost exhausted the skeleton mercenary group, if we dispatch again, no one can stop us."
"Yes, Lord Green King is wise, I will let the brothers prepare. A few days ago, another forty green men were sent by the church. With our current strength, we should be able to achieve the effect you said. At that time, as long as We just kill those weak humans. It’s been a long time since we did anything, and I really want to feel the smell of human blood now.” The blood-devouring light flashed from the eyes of the black-clothed warrior.
In the early morning, the people in the caravan got up early to pack their bags. Everyone knew that today would be the most dangerous day of the trip. As long as they can get through today's difficulties safely, the road ahead will be a broad road, and there will be no more troubles. Blocked. After a good night's rest, the members of the skeleton mercenary group were full of energy, and the group leaders who had disappeared for a few days also returned to their posts. Prepare for the enemy's sneak attack.
Duan and Xuanyue did not make a carriage today. In order to adapt at any time, they rode a tall horse together. Due to the improvement of skill, Dui's horse control skills are much more proficient than before. They only need to input the vitality into the horse. Inside the body, the horse will move forward according to his wishes.
The blood skull glanced at Dumb, and said: "Look, after passing this slope, the Tianjing Mountains are in front of you. If the bandits intend to rob the caravan, they will usually wait until the caravan goes deep into the mountains before doing it. Be vigilant at all times." The most frightening thing is that the rolling wood thunderstones falling from the sides, falling from the mountain hundreds of meters high, the impact force is very terrifying."
Xuan Yue suddenly said: "The big wooden shields you asked the caravan to make yesterday are for preventing these."
After yesterday night's hard work, almost everyone in the caravan has a shield. Ordinary workers and mercenaries all carry a small shield, and the heavy mounted infantry of the skeleton mercenary group each hold a shield that is two meters high and one meter wide. Fifth, the huge shield with a thickness of more than fifteen centimeters and a sharp cone below it, even for these well-trained warriors, it is very difficult to hold such a huge shield, but they know that this shield is the most important thing to protect their lives. Good guarantee.
The soil slope ahead was gentle, and the entire caravan gradually walked over, and a towering mountain range appeared in front of everyone. Dumb seemed to feel that he had returned to the Tiangang Mountain Range. Although the mountains in front of us are not as majestic as the Tiangang Mountains, they are still rolling. There are various plants growing on the mountains, and the mountains are surrounded by greenery.
Bloody Skull raised his hand, stopped the whole team, and shouted loudly: "Everyone rest where they are." The members of the Skeleton Mercenary Corps dispersed and surrounded them vigilantly. Mulatz got off the carriage, Walking to the side of the blood skull, he said in a low voice: "Commander, do we need to send people to the mountains to explore the way first?"
The Blood Skull shook his head and said: "There is no need to explore the way. If the other party has an ambush, our wayfinders will not be able to come back at all. Instead of losing many people, it is better to rush over in one go. President Mu, let the caravan's men The most valuable trucks are concentrated in the center, and those with lower value are placed on the front, rear and periphery. Once bandits appear, the workers in your caravan will not do anything, they will only add to the chaos. We have everything, don’t worry, the people in the mountains The road is relatively wide, and we will definitely handle it with caution.”
When he got here, Muraz couldn't help feeling a little frightened, and hurriedly agreed a few times, and went obediently. Seeing the King's Wind commanded by the Blood Skull, Duan couldn't help admiring secretly. Although his cultivation base was higher than him, he was much worse in other places.
The blood skeleton flew up and landed on a tall carriage. Looking around at the men of his mercenary group, he was lucky in his dantian, and a loud voice came from far away, "Brothers of the skeleton mercenary group, the front is our once We have been here in the Tianjin Mountains, a few years ago, thousands of bandits lost their sinful lives in our hands, but we successfully escorted the caravan at that time to the destination. Now, we once again Standing on this piece of land, not far ahead, maybe thousands of bandits are waiting for us, my warriors, are you afraid?"
The mercenaries of the skeleton mercenary group shouted in unison: "Don't be afraid, wherever the skeletons go, they are invincible."
Blood Skull's depression for many days seemed to be expressed at this moment, and he roared: "Okay, as long as we pass the Tianjin Mountains, our mission this time will be basically successful, brothers, let us work hard together, we Not afraid of bloodshed, not afraid of sacrifice, we have the firmest belief that no one can stop our progress, raise the weapons in your hands, on our weapons, the blood of the enemy will soon be stained, only their blood can witness our victory brave."
Listening to the words of the blood skeleton, even Duan felt his blood boil, not to mention those skeleton mercenaries, all holding their spears and swords high, shouting loudly.
The Blood Skull looked at the high-spirited subordinates with satisfaction. He had achieved the desired effect. He raised his hand, and the skeleton mercenaries gradually calmed down. The Blood Skull's eyes were full of power, "Okay, now I'll start again." Arrange the formation. Two hundred heavy cavalry on each side of the caravan stand on both sides of the caravan, use your wooden shields to be ready to resist the attack on the mountain at any time. The bow and arrow brigade is in the center, as long as you see any enemy target appear, you must use you The steel arrows in your hands ended their lives. Your mission is the most important for you to cross the mountain this time. As long as you perform normally, I think we will be able to destroy any enemy who intercepts us. The light cavalry brigade is also divided into two parts, each part two Hundreds of people, before and after separation, are ready to help the heavy cavalry at any time. Brothers in the commando, you still obey my command, as long as the main force of the enemy appears, we are their death curse. After following me for several years, you also Knowing my character, anyone who blocks our progress has only one end, that is death. Alright, from now on, rest for 20 minutes, try to restore your physical strength, and then we will rush across the Tianjing Mountains in one go."
Xuan Yue whispered to Ah-Dai in a low voice: "Brother, the arrangement of this blood skeleton is quite reasonable, no wonder this skeleton mercenary group can be compared with today's status. What should we do?"
Dumb said through voice transmission: "Let's adapt to the situation, brother, I will protect you by your side, as long as you don't hurt your body, try to help them with magic. I also want to see, your sacred light magic How powerful it can be. I hope the bandits are afraid of the skeleton mercenary group and don't show up. I don't want to kill people."
Xuan Yue said: "Brother, you can't be too merciful. Killing a bad person is equivalent to saving countless good people. Which of the bandits here doesn't have a few murders! If you are attacked, you must not show mercy. Actually The bandits can't threaten us at all, no matter how strong they are, they can't stop us from joining forces. We'll do our best, and if we can't, we can run away."
Dumb shook his head, and said: "Brother, since we have accepted the task and received the deposit from others, we have to do our best. You can't have the idea of quitting halfway!"
Twenty minutes soon passed, and the mercenaries of the Skeleton Mercenary Corps exuded a murderous aura, with the aura that everyone in the world would go for it, and their aura had reached its peak.
Under the escort of the mercenary group, the caravan gradually entered the Tianjing Mountains, bypassed a small hillside, and Duan saw that there was a road about 100 meters wide in front of him, leading directly to the depths of the mountains. There are traces of chiseling and chiseling on the surrounding mountain walls, and there are obviously traces of man-made excavation. Duan couldn't help being surprised. Could it be that the road through the Tianjin Mountains was man-made
The Blood Skull rode on his black horse and looked at Dumb's surprised expression, and said calmly: "The Tianjin Mountains were indeed excavated manually, which cost countless manpower and material resources. The main reason why the Tianjin Empire opened this road was, I just hope that it will be convenient to do business with the Yajin tribe. If you don’t go here, you will have to go to the Yalian tribe. The Yalian tribe is covered with grasslands, and it is very difficult for horse-drawn carriages. But who knows that after this road is opened, It has helped the bandits in the mountains and made it easier for them to rob."
Xuan Yue closed her eyes, silently chanted the spell, and an inquiry magic was released by her. Since reaching the level of a magister, she has been able to detect everything that happened within a radius of three kilometers with this magic. The caravan traveled less than five miles, Xuan Yue suddenly opened her eyes, and whispered to the blood skeleton: " There are three people on each side of the mountain range, they should be the spies of the bandits, the one on the left is on the big tree that grows obliquely on the mountainside, and the one on the right is behind the slope not far from the foot of the mountain. Let's see how to solve it."
Bloody Skull was startled, and turned to overjoyed. He didn't bother to ask Xuan Yue how he did it, and immediately turned around and whispered something to his personal guards. Seven or eight guardsmen disappeared into the team, and the caravan continued to move forward slowly. After a while, those guards came back, with excited expressions on their faces, and gestured to the bloody skeleton.
The blood skull whispered to Xuanyue and said: "The spies have been eliminated, thank you brother." He knew very well that eliminating the opponent's spies is equivalent to stabbing the opponent's eyes, which is very beneficial to his own people, and then act It is much more convenient.
Under the effect of Xuanyue's inquiry magic, after the caravan traveled ten miles, a total of seven bandit spies died in the hands of the blood skull's personal guards.
As she was moving forward, Xuan Yue suddenly opened her eyes and said in a deep voice, "Don't go, there is a situation ahead."
Blood Skull raised his hand to stop the caravan. The mountain road ahead was much narrower than the one they just passed. There were high mountains on both sides. There was no sound in the woods on the mountain. It was strangely calm. Blood Skull looked at Xuan Yue, Said: "Are there any spies?"
Xuan Yue shook her head, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and said, "It's not spies. There are at least 3,000 people on the mountains on both sides. Their breathing is very fast. They should be enemies preparing to ambush us."
Blood Skull snorted coldly, and said: "These bandits are so tired of living, they actually dare to intercept us, three thousand people, hmph."
Xuanyue pondered and said: "Captain Blood Skull, how about this, I have a way to force these bandits out, you order your men to prepare to attack." In fact, with Xuanyue's current level of magic, if he fully attacks the two sides of the mountain The robbers would definitely bring them huge casualties, but after all, she came from the Holy See and had kind thoughts in her heart, and she couldn't bear to kill herself, so she came up with this proposal.
The Blood Skull was overjoyed. Although he didn't know much about magic, Xuan Yue's previous performance had made him full of confidence in this young magician. He immediately summoned the Wind Skull and asked him to transfer the bow and arrow brigade to the front of the team. The cavalry brigade and the heavy cavalry infantry brigade are ready to charge.
Xuanyue took out the angel's staff, sighed softly, and sang: "O great god of the heavens! Please lend your divine power that fills the heaven and earth to your loyal believers, wash away the evil hearts with divine light, and unleash the surging Sprinkle the holy power of God in the world, and turn it into a little bit of starlight to destroy the darkness of the world." Golden light surged from the angel's staff, and Xuan Yue slowly floated up from the horse's back, hanging at the forefront of the team, with a surging sacred aura Filling her delicate body, she slowly closed her eyes and raised the angel staff. The golden light became more and more intense. Under the amazed gaze of everyone in the caravan, Xuan Yue's body was completely enveloped by the golden light like a little sun. Dui floated under Xuanyue, his whole body filled with vindictiveness, watching the movements around him intently, ready to respond at any time.
The thieves ambushing on both sides of the mountain road naturally saw what was happening on the caravan side. Among them were many well-informed people. Someone shouted: "This is light magic, we have been discovered, archers, hurry up, Shoot that magician to death." Although Xuanyue's position is still out of reach of the rolling wood and thunder stone, it has already entered the attack range of the bandits. Xuan Yue.
How could dumb let Xuan Yue get hurt? Floating in front of Xuanyue by using the battle qi floating method that he had just learned, the light green shield of life and transformation completely protected himself and Xuanyue, and the long arrow shot in front of them, unable to pierce the solid defense at all , fell to the ground one after another. The huge shields of the hoplites showed their power. The cone-shaped bottom was deeply inserted into the ground, and the caravan personnel behind hid under the carriage one after another. The arrow attacks of the bandits did not cause any damage to the caravan except for injuring a few horses.