"Take a team and guard that side. Report back if there's anything!"
"Yes! Lord Priest! "
One of the Arcane Warriors replied and led his team over. In this short battle, Pan Da's team, as the ambushers, suffered almost no losses. This was because the enemies were in such a hurry that they didn't have time to retaliate against the Moon God believers.
The well-trained soldiers walked out from behind the trees and lined up in front of Pan Da with their weapons. They were obviously going to negotiate with the mercenary group in front of them.
The two Elementalists quickly formed a small team of eight and stood ten meters away from Pan Da. Although they had just fought side by side, unfamiliar mercenary groups in the forest often needed to be wary of each other. After all, it wasn't uncommon for mercenary groups to kill each other and rob each other.
After exchanging names with the other party, Pan Da went straight to the point. "My mercenary group was attacked here before, and only one person escaped. Now I'm here for revenge and to take what I want. Seeing those guys, I can confirm that they are the enemies I'm looking for. "
The Intermediate Elementalist on this side was called Louis. His equipment was obviously not ordinary. Otherwise, he would not have lasted so long under such a sudden attack. After hearing Pan Da's words, he nodded and said, "We're here for a mission. Now that we were attacked before we could complete the mission, we have to retreat. We, the Ice Fist Mercenary Group, will not forget your help. If you need gold or resources, we will agree. "
Pan Da waved his hand and did not beat around the bush. "To be honest, I want to find the enemy who killed my men. Secondly … I want to explore a ruin."
When he saw the Elementalist's expression stiffen, he knew that the other party definitely had the same goal. Logically speaking, no one would say what their team was going to do during their first meeting. Pan Da had no choice but to probe. He knew very well that with his current team, it would be very difficult to deal with those enemies just now.
Without arcane spells, the team's attack power was greatly reduced. Divine spells were more of a "support" type. They were strong in defense and recovery, but not offense. If they wanted to use their combat power, they had to have enough people.
It would be fine if there were only ten enemies, but what if there were twenty or thirty? What if they were ambushed? He definitely wouldn't be able to escape.
In order to complete the mission that Blake had given him, he immediately came up with several plans in his mind. The most suitable one was to hire this team of mercenaries with decent strength.
"I am Pan Da, a high priest of the Moon God Sect. The enemy just now was a bit strange. May I know the price to hire the Ice Fist Mercenary Band? Can we hire them now?"
To put it bluntly, the so-called "mercenaries" were people who worked for money. They didn't have any background attributes, so there was no problem of opposing each other. The vice-captain obviously couldn't make the decision. He turned around and asked the injured captain. The latter quickly replied, "Yes."
In fact, the Ice Fist Mercenary Group was one of the more powerful mercenary groups in the Kingdom of Karen. They had left the initial stage and became a collective organization with its own sphere of influence and business network. Therefore, most of the time, mercenary groups didn't go on missions for certain employers, but for missions arranged by the mercenary group's higher-ups. Their exploration this time was arranged by the leader of the mercenary group.
And the content of their mission was to find new ruins in the Silent Forest and bring back things that could be sold for money.
The concept was very vague, and there was no rule about how much loot they should bring back. Therefore, after a short consideration, the injured captain immediately expressed his willingness to be hired and gave a suitable price. The only additional requirement was that they could bring back three items from the ruins.
"If we can really find the ruins, we only need to bring back three items."
The Elementalist Louis conveyed the captain's words. In his heart, he also preferred to cooperate rather than be on guard against each other. After all, the group of enemies that they encountered just now was fierce and came and went without a trace. Only by helping each other could they increase their chances of survival.
"No problem. Let's sign the contract."
On the battlefield where the smoke and snow had yet to dissipate, Pan Da quickly signed the contract with the other party and paid 50 gold coins on the spot.
After that, it was time to clean up the battlefield and count the casualties. This mercenary group had four mercenaries who were killed in the battle just now, and there were eight wounded soldiers of varying degrees. In addition, there were 18 people who could fight, including two Elementalists.
Since the contract was signed, Pan Da immediately ordered the priests to start healing them with magic. He also personally went into battle and cast magic on the captain of this mercenary group, Dewitt.
The power from the Goddess of Moon was gentle and powerful. The wounded soldiers who received treatment almost immediately recovered. Captain Dewitt, whose armor was blown up, looked at his abdomen in disbelief. A piece of wood was inserted there before, and when it was pulled out, the blood couldn't stop. But with the help of Pan Da, there was only a shallow scar left.
"Goddess Skye, I thought only the bishop of the Holy Cathedral could do this …"
As a swordsman, Captain Dewitt sighed again and again. The Kingdom of Karen generally had a higher recognition of the "Rose Cross" religion. Pan Da smiled after hearing this, "The light of the Moon God Sterian shines on the earth. He just showed his existence before, didn't you notice it?"
"Priest Pan Da, you mean … the moon that day?"
Dewitt's eyes widened, and the people of the Ice Fist Mercenary Group around him also looked at each other. "Miracle" was very far away for people. Although the "Rose Cross" had many believers, it had been many years since the God of Light had any sense of existence on the continent. In contrast, the impact of the "Moon God Clan" was obviously more convincing.
Seeing these mercenary groups quickly believe in the "Moon God Clan", Pan Da's tense nerves finally relaxed.
After that, during the inspection of the peripheral battlefield, they found two enemy corpses. After taking off the tattered robes, everyone could recognize that they were two thin, young Wood Elves. And such a discovery made Pan Da and Dewitt fall into deep thought …
"No wonder Erza Village issued a notice not to let the caravan visit other villages. So these guys attack human beings?"
While Dewitt was puzzled, Pan Da squatted down and took out the Magic crystal that had exhausted its energy from the corpse's clenched hand …
"What did they do?"
*****
About 20 kilometers away from Pan Da and others, Natha had led this "super luxurious mercenary group" to the place where she was attacked.
When moving in the forest, Kardashian and others directly used magic power to fly instead of shapeshifting. This was because they needed to suppress their Dragons aura at all times. Otherwise, if they simply flew, the surrounding animals would be thrown away, which was obviously unnecessary.
"The smell of magic has disappeared, but the stench is still very strong."
Iskar looked around with a serious expression. Rubens and Stika, on the other hand, were like tourists. They swayed left and right, kicked the corpse fragments with their feet, or stretched out their hands to break the branches of the trees. Essien carefully cast an illusion enchantment around, so that they could not be seen from afar.
"It seems that something else has been here."
Kardashian raised her hand and all the snow on the battlefield melted, so that the clues could be seen at a glance. But after a glance, she made a judgment.
"After all, we are in the forest."
Roddy sighed because the corpses of the mercenaries in front of them had obviously been eaten by wild beasts. In the natural world, in winter, animals would not let go of any opportunity to store food. Therefore, they could see that the ground was littered with torn clothes and pieces of armor. The corpses that had their stomachs cut open basically only had the hardest bones left. The limbs, internal organs, and heads had long been picked up somewhere.
Natha looked at this tragic scene in a daze. If Nora did not find her, perhaps she would also end up in pieces in the Silent Forest …
"Natha, where did you find the fragments?"
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