In a secluded spot not far from Glen Canyon, Li Huailin's party of four and the NPC Gavin stared at the scene in front of them in shock.
This was the stronghold of Gavin's bandit group. Although this place was quite secluded, with Gavin leading the way, there shouldn't be any problems. However, the strange thing was that there weren't any sentries along the way.
As an internal member of the bandit group, Gavin naturally knew the locations of the most frequently used sentries in the stronghold. Originally, he wanted to find a way to avoid them, but after carefully making his way here, he discovered that no sentries were on duty at all. This was simply too strange. After Gavin explained the matter to Li Huailin, Li Huailin also felt that something was amiss. He immediately sped up and rushed over, only to see such a scene.
The entire stronghold was now littered with corpses. All sorts of NPC bandits were dead. Li Huailin casually counted more than 200 corpses, and this didn't include the ones inside the houses. In short, at a glance, not a single person was left standing. All of them were dead on the ground.
"What's going on? Did someone get it before us?" Millennium Immutable asked.
"I knew that an AA-rank hidden map wouldn't be as simple as attacking a bandit stronghold," Li Huailin said. Li Huailin said, "It was probably snatched away by some other powerful force, and then we snatched it back."
"Yeah." Millennium Immutable nodded. "I think so too, but the problem is that we don't know who snatched it away."
"According to the plot, we should be able to find someone alive by now." Just as Li Huailin finished speaking, Ge Wen, who was beside him, suddenly rushed out, and the rest of them immediately followed.
Gavin rushed all the way to the corpse at the very front, then directly lifted a person from the ground and shouted, "Banner, Banner, wake up! Hang in there!"
As Gavin shook the heavily injured person, Banner actually woke up. Hurriedly, Li Huailin waved his hand and said to the two Clerics, "Come, Healers, keep up. This is the guy."
"Second Leader, you … how are you still alive?" After receiving several treatments, Banner recovered a little and was able to speak. "They … didn't they say that they killed you after you defected?"
"I betrayed?" Ge Wen was taken aback. "When did I betray? Utter nonsense! Let's not talk about this first. What's going on? "
"We … we were attacked," Banner said weakly.
"Attack? By whom? The government army? Wait, why would the government army be here? Could it be the Church? The batch of goods we had last time? "Gwen seemed to have become much more clear-headed and immediately asked.
"Yes... A few... people came... and suddenly asked us if we had seen anything from the Church. The First Master said a few words to them and they immediately attacked us, and then..." Banner did not finish his sentence, but what happened after that was basically what he had imagined.
"Which side?" Li Huailin walked to Banner's side and asked. The other party was also aiming for the Church's holy relic, but it was unlikely that they were sent by the Church. After all, the Pope had handed this matter over to him, so it was impossible for him to send someone else.
"I … I don't know …" Banner shook his head.
"What's the use of you? I thought you were going to say something useful." Li Huailin facepalmed. "Then, what do you know?"
"They … they just left not long ago," Banner said.
"Oh, that's good news. Does that mean we can catch up now? Which direction did they go? "Li Huailin asked.
"This way …" Banner pointed in a direction and said, "They haven't gotten what they want because the First Master has hidden it in our treasure room. The treasure room isn't here, so the First Master led them to look for it. I don't know where the treasure room is, but I saw them heading this way …"
"I know!" Gavin said. "Banner, rest for a while. I'll go find out who killed my brother."
"Let's go. It looks like it's this way," Li Huailin said.
"Wait …" Banner suddenly said, "There's something else …"
"Can you say it all at once?" Li Huailin said.
"Yes … the other party is an adventurer …" Banner stuttered.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
"Wait, adventurer means the other party is a player?" Millennium asked immediately.
"That's right. Adventurer is how NPCs refer to players …" Li Huailin was slightly shocked. He had expected this to happen, but he hadn't expected players to be the ones to steal the loot. Could it be that this AA-rank Hidden Quest wasn't a one-to-one quest, but a competition between two parties, just like the Heirloom Quest? It seemed that the other party was progressing faster than them.
"This is incredible." Millennium looked at the corpses on the ground and said, "These bandits are between Level 50 to 60, and there are at least 300 of them …"
"How many of them are there?" Li Huailin asked Banner.
"Five … no, only four." Banner thought for a while and said.
"Four? Like us? " Millennium was even more surprised. "Four people can deal with 300 of them? There aren't many parties like that in our Hua Xia region."
"I can do it too … but I didn't expect anyone else to be able to do it. Guess who?" Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Uh … according to what you said, I can think of someone who's as strong as you." Millennium finally understood.
"Living apart from each other?" An Ran suddenly walked up and said.
"It's interesting if it's him." Li Huailin smiled. "I just wanted to take revenge. I didn't expect to meet him in the wild."
"Is he the one who won against brother-in-law in a head-on match?" Hongyan asked while drinking water.
Although Li Huailin's performance was very poor, and he was almost out of the top 20, whether it was in the previous or the current tournament, as long as Li Huailin stood in the ring and won, there was only one person from Far Apart. Although this victory was a little unexpected, it was still a victory. With the help of the ZTE Group's paid posters, Far Apart's popularity had skyrocketed. Even Hongyan, who didn't watch professional matches, knew about it.
"Hehe …" Li Huailin facepalmed. "This is a stain on his reputation."
"The funniest thing is that he was banned for 7 matches … Hahaha." Millennium Immutable also laughed, "I've never seen a pro player like you before."
"What are you laughing at?" Li Huailin facepalmed. "We might meet Far Apart later. I don't think the others are easy to deal with. Leave Far Apart to me. You guys take care of the others."
"Well, I didn't think it would be a problem at first, but I heard that Wind Seems to be on good terms with World's Apart. The two of them have been doing quests and farming equipment together recently. If I meet World's Apart, Wind Seems to be there as well. If he's there, I'll be in trouble," Millennium Immutable said.
"What do you think we should do? How about I fight all four of them? "Li Huailin said.
"This is not an arena. We are in the wild. This is a team battle. We can cooperate." Millennium said.
"Very well. Tell me, do we have any cooperation?" Li Huailin asked.
"Uh …" Millennium looked at Anran and Hongyan, who were drinking water behind him. "Two Clerics … This team is a little …"
"Okay, okay. Let's talk about it. They will return to the city after taking the items. They are not NPCs. They will slowly transport the items back. Let's stop them first."
"That's true." Millennium said.
"Hurry up and lead the way." Li Huailin immediately said to Gavin, who was beside him.
"Okay, this way." Gavin did not hesitate and immediately ran toward the back of the mountain.
The five of them hurried forward and exited through a side door of the stronghold. After walking along the mountain road for a while, they soon arrived at the entrance of a natural cave. Gavin said as they walked, "It's inside."
Just as Li Huailin and the others were about to enter the cave, a voice came from inside. "F * ck, this quest is too troublesome. We can't even teleport this thing back. We have to walk back. Isn't this a little too far? Even with mounts, it will take us an hour to get to Tilagarr City from here. Aren't we going to die from walking?"
"This quest item will drop after death. This means that there will be people who will intercept us on the way back. If we drop the item, we will fail the quest," another voice said.
"I knew it. This is an AA-ranked Hidden Quest. How could it be so easy? It's just a few hundred Level 60 bandits and a useless mini-boss. I thought it would be over, but it seems like the main point is to intercept the storyline later," the previous voice replied.
"That's right." When Li Huailin heard this, he suddenly said, "The focus is indeed on intercepting."
"Huh?" The people inside the cave were stunned. When they looked out, they saw a few familiar faces standing at the entrance. Both sides basically knew each other.
Li Huailin looked at the other side. He had guessed correctly. The leader was indeed Heaven and Earth. Next to him were his old acquaintances, True Wind. He was Zhongxing's rookie Sharpshooter, who often came to cause trouble when he had nothing better to do, and Zhongxing's other pro player, Flash Orange.
"Eh? Why are you here? "Sharpshooter was a little curious about Li Huailin's appearance.
"Don't tell me …" The Heavenly Separation Party understood almost instantly.
"That could it be." Li Huailin said. "I was quite anxious at first, but now that I heard what you guys said, I feel much more at ease. Come, come, come. Now is the time for revenge."
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