"You mean... we are being targeted by the Dagger Brotherhood?" Fatty swallowed hard, "You can't be mistaken, right?"
Lucio squatted down and tore off the sleeves of the corpse. He saw a tattoo of two daggers on the shoulder, which was gradually fading away. Soon, the corpse burned under a strange force and gradually turned into ashes.
No bones are left.
"Yes, he should be a member of the Dagger Brotherhood." Lucio's expression looked a little solemn, and he glanced at Chen Rui as a reminder.
The Dagger Brotherhood is a well-known assassin organization with influence in several countries. It is said that as long as they can afford the price, even the king can become their target.
The killers of the Dagger Brotherhood are not only extremely powerful, but also ruthless. Even if they are captured, they will not leave any survivors alive, just like this self-incinerated corpse. After the mission fails, they will send out killers again to intensify their revenge. However,
If it fails three times in a row, the mission will be deemed to have exceeded the expected cost and will be automatically abandoned, and the target will generally not be attacked again.
This is a tradition blocked by the dark forces of mankind. Although I don’t remember what era it was left over, even the largest assassin and thieves organization today, the "Stalker Guild", is strictly following this tradition, let alone the Dagger Brotherhood.
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After confirming that the enemy was the Dagger Brotherhood and not the Holy Feather Mercenary Group, Fatty suddenly became frightened, replaced by intense fear: "Who! Actually spent a lot of money to hire the Dagger Brotherhood to deal with us! No! We want to
Return to Gudan Town immediately..."
The fat man had only said half a sentence when he suddenly remembered that since the other party was the Dagger Brotherhood, he would still be unable to escape the murderous hand even if he went back. The level of the church in Garden City is higher than that of Gudan Town, and there are also bright knights stationed there, so going there is a way to survive.
, immediately changed his words: "Captain Ina. Please protect us to go to Garden City. I will pay double... no, ten times the reward! I will also be responsible for all the losses you have suffered, including the two dead people."
Brother’s Pension.”
According to the rules, employers generally only need to pay commissions in accordance with the employment agreement. They do not care about the loss of mercenaries or casualties during the mission. Although Fatty loves money, he is not stupid. If he loses his life, no amount of money will matter.
Useless.
If a mercenary abandons the mission midway, in addition to not getting the commission, he will also need to pay liquidated damages, and his reputation will be greatly reduced. But if Ina really abandons the mission, then Iron Shield will only lose money and reputation. Fatty and the like
What people lose is their life. The fat man has been in the position of the head of the Gudan Town Church for many years. Naturally, he has some tricks and knows the truth that "there must be a brave man under a heavy reward". So he immediately endured the pain and proposed doubling the salary and taking responsibility.
Compensation issue.
Ina pondered for a moment, looked at the mercenaries, and said, "Don't worry, Pastor. Our Iron Shield Mercenary Group values credibility the most. Since we have accepted this mission, we will go all out to complete it."
"Great! As expected of the Iron Shield Mercenary Group!" Fatty breathed a sigh of relief: "I keep my word. I will pay ten times the salary and compensation immediately after arriving at Garden City."
Ina nodded. She 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 female leader took a deep look at him and said: "It is generally impossible for assassins of the Dagger Brotherhood to be captured alive. I don't know how you captured this assassin. But I am sure of it.
Yes, regardless of whether the assassin's original target was you or not, you will become one of the key 'care' targets of the Dagger Brotherhood during the rest of this journey."
"Oh, I just went through a fierce battle and 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 around and walked towards the tent, Lucio hurriedly followed
Go up.
Ina looked at Chen Rui's back and snorted coldly, then asked the bearded man lying on the ground: "Silva, how are you doing?"
"You can't die." The bearded man reluctantly raised his body and showed a smile: "Speaking of which, that special antidote is really miraculous. Even the poison that cannot be removed by the dispersion technique has been cleared away, leaving only a few flesh wounds.
, not in the way."
Although the bearded man said it lightly, Ina could see that this was definitely more than just a "little" flesh wound. Fortunately, the poison was removed and there was no danger to his life. He only needed to rest for a few days to recover, but his combat effectiveness was certain in the short term.
It will be a big discount.
"This Richard is indeed not simple," Ina said with a thoughtful look, "I'm afraid his strength is still beyond our expectations. Maybe he can really escape the three assassinations of the Dagger Brotherhood."
"No matter how powerful you are, you can't compare to... By the way, Captain, did you agree to that fat man to continue accepting the protection mission this time because of the deputy captain..."
Ina looked around and lowered her voice and said: "Before we left Gudan Town, I happened to receive a magical message from him from Rice Town, saying that the mission in Stam City had been completed and we were on our way back.
I left a message for him at the hotel, and he should come over to join us after he returns to Gudan Town, which will probably only take two or three days."
The bearded man showed surprise: "Great! If he can come here, even the Dagger Brotherhood won't be afraid!"
Ina's voice became even lower: "Originally, he didn't come here deliberately to meet up this time, but to go to a place through Garden City, which coincided with our mission. This matter is related to his private secrets, so we don't want to ask more.
, I didn’t tell everyone. Now that the enemy is the Dagger Brotherhood, the matter of the deputy leader cannot be disclosed, so as not to attract the attention of the Dagger Brotherhood. As long as we can block three attacks from the Dagger Brotherhood, this level will be considered.
It’s over.”
"Understood." The bearded man nodded and lay down again.
The night passed without any more attacks. The team continued on the road the next day. Some of the mercenary mounts were not recovered, so they only rode two people at a time. The speed of everyone was not very fast. Be careful along the way. Two days passed, and there was no one.
Something unusual happened. Most of the members of the Iron Shield Mercenary Group have recovered from their injuries, but they dare not relax their vigilance at all.
It was autumn in the world above. The sun was not dazzling, but it easily caused fatigue. During the bumps of the carriage, the fat man's eyelids began to bump and he couldn't help but doze off.
The priest had not waited long to sleep before he was awakened by violent vibrations and screams. The fat man's originally relaxed nerves immediately became tense. He opened the curtain and took a look, seeing boulders as big as millstones rolling down from the mountain next to him.
At this time, the mounts seemed to be frightened by some special power and ran around uncontrollably. The mercenaries had no choice but to abandon their horses. Several mounts that did not know whether to live or die rushed towards the range of the boulder and were immediately smashed.
Turn into meat paste.
"The road behind has been blocked, hurry! Pastor! Get off your horse! Let's run to the woods over there!"
The horse pulling the carriage had been killed by the mercenaries because it had lost control. The fat man hurriedly jumped off the carriage and fled towards the woods on the side under the protection of the mercenaries. In his panic, he did not notice that "Richard" was missing again.
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With great difficulty, everyone escaped into the woods avoiding the boulders, and the sun in the sky suddenly dimmed.
It's not that there are dark clouds, but that this forest is shrouded in a special force, and even the sunshine is cast into a haze.
Everyone only heard the shrill wails ringing in their ears. There seemed to be countless hands dragging in the woods, and the speed involuntarily increased. The dark wind seemed to penetrate deep into the bone marrow, making everyone feel a kind of feeling in their hearts.
It was a bone-chilling feeling, and the layers of mist in the woods seemed to turn into life-threatening ghosts, floating around. Both will and strength were weakened to the lowest point 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. He endured the fear in his heart, tremblingly raised the long staff in his hand, and chanted together with the two monks
He recited a mantra, "Dispel the humble darkness!"
A ball of white light appeared, floated in the air, and spread out. The mist turned into light smoke and dissipated under the illumination of the white light. At the same time, the strangeness on everyone seemed to be weakened.
At this time, the wind blew strongly, and the white light was quickly swallowed up by the haze that filled the entire forest. The fat man used it several times in succession, but the effect was minimal. On the contrary, his mental power was too much, and his footing was unstable, and he fell down.
fell to the ground. The other two monks were weaker than the fat man, and soon they would no longer be able to use the dispersion technique.
The light in the woods was getting darker and darker, and the mercenaries seemed to be stuck in a quagmire. They were unable to use their strength. Even the magician's magic could not work. All kinds of negative emotions came one after another, fear, weakness, slowness...
Chen Rui looked with some curiosity at the two black-robed men in the woods who joined forces to exert dark power - are there also dark magicians in the surface world?
With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the strength of these two men was at the beginning of the Great Demon King level. A special magic circle was laid out in this forest, which could amplify the power of darkness. The purpose of the rolling stone just now should be to kill everyone.
Force them into the woods so that they can be caught in one fell swoop.
"Hmph! Didn't you say that there was an enemy who might be a division-level enemy? He even killed Tucker. Why are they just weak ants!" A man said disdainfully.
"Tucker is just an incompetent person, but those intelligence officers deserve to die! It's a shame that a guy like this has to go to such trouble to alert us!"
"Now that we're here, let's slowly torture these ants to death first!"
Chen Rui was about to deal with the two men when his eyes suddenly moved and he turned his head to look in another direction. He could feel that there was a man rushing towards this side, and his strength seemed to be... not weak.
Accomplice? Chen Rui thought slightly and lowered his hand again. Anyway, Fatty and the others were not in danger at this time. When the man's accomplices arrived, they could deal with them together.
The people who arrived were very fast. In the blink of an eye, they had arrived in the magic circle in the woods. Only then did the two men in black robes react. They were all startled when they heard a firm man's voice echoing through the woods:
"Morning light is extinct!"
What surprised Chen Rui was that this voice actually sounded familiar!!~!
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