The two mercenaries jumped in fright and hurriedly dodged. Their bodies emitted a faint yellow fighting aura in an attempt to block the wind blade attack. However, their strength was far from enough for them to be arrogant. The wind blade that Oliveira shot accurately hit the shoulder of the mercenary who had just spoken. With a thud, the mercenary staggered from the huge impact and almost fell, but the armor on his shoulder had already been broken. Oliveira did not want to kill anyone. His control of magic was very precise. The energy he used was just enough to cut open the armor without hurting the skin. However, it still scared the mercenary so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
The two mercenaries were enraged by the attack. Without thinking carefully, they both pulled out their broadswords from their backs, threw their bags to the side and rushed forward.
Oliveira did not care about them. He cast a speed spell on himself and his body floated backwards. As he chanted a spell in a low voice, he used a green wind blade to slash at the other party. He was very careful with his attacks. The energy of the wind blade was just enough to break through the opponent's fighting aura and cut the skin, but not enough to cause irreparable damage.
"F * ck, I'll cut you to death. Ouch, my hair." "Ah, my leg." Under Oliveira's teasing, the two mercenaries were riddled with scars and looked battered and exhausted in just a short while. They looked battered and exhausted, but they did not even touch the hem of Oliveira's clothes. At this moment, a figure flashed and Dumb landed next to Oliveira. A white light suddenly shone and immediately shook the two mercenaries away. They fell to the side and could not get up. As the scars on their bodies rubbed against the ground, the two of them immediately cried out in pain and groaned continuously.
It turned out that Dumb and the other two had been under the tree watching Oliveira go to buy pears and get entangled with the two mercenaries. Dumb was afraid that something would happen to Oliveira, and also afraid that he would get into some unnecessary trouble, so he came over to take a look. "Villa, what's going on? Why did you fight with them? "
Oliveira snorted and said, "These two bastards are really too arrogant. They bought pears from other people but didn't pay. I said a few words to them, but they still scolded me. Naturally, I have to punish them."
Dumby smiled faintly and said, "Why bother arguing with them? Take the pear and go back first, I'll help you deal with it. "As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards the two mercenaries. The two mercenaries were jolted awake by Dumb's fall. They clearly knew that the person who kept emitting the green light was a magician. With their level, how could they not be afraid of a magician? Seeing Dumb walking over, one of the mercenaries shouted, "What, what do you want?" The two of them endured the pain and struggled to get up from the ground. They took a few steps back and kept a certain distance from Dumb.
Dumb said indifferently, "It's only right to pay when you buy something. You can leave after paying for the pear." His eyes shone with light.
Under his incomparably powerful aura, the two mercenaries suddenly trembled. They didn't even have the slightest thought of resisting. One of them took out two silver coins and threw them at Dumb. He said with hatred, "Brat, remember this. We, the Moon Scar Mercenary Group, will not let this go." With that, he pulled his companion and turned around to leave.
Hearing the three words "Moon Scar Mercenary Group", Dumb's body shook. The figures of the Moon Scar and Yue Ji clearly appeared in his mind. His heart warmed, and he floated up like lightning. With one jump, he blocked the two mercenaries. His eyes were shining as he stared at the mercenary who had just spoken. He hurriedly asked, "What did you say? Are you members of the Moon Scar Mercenary Group? "
When the mercenary saw Dumb suddenly appear, he was shocked. But after hearing his question, he thought that he was afraid of the strength of his mercenary group. He immediately said proudly, "That's right, we are members of the Moon Scar Mercenary Group. What? Now you know that you're afraid? What were you doing before? You should know that our Moon Scar Mercenary Group is a special rank mercenary group. If you offend us, don't even think about staying in the Red Mongol. "
What a happy thing it is to meet an old friend in a foreign land! Hearing the news of the Moon Scar Mercenary Group made Dumb's heart overjoyed. He didn't care about the other party's threatening words. He hurriedly said, "Is the leader of your mercenary group Brother Moon Scar? Is he doing well?"
The mercenary was slightly stunned. He looked up and down at Dumb, who was dressed in a red magician's robe. He asked doubtfully, "You think our leader?" His heart trembled. Magicians were a profession that was second only to the clergy on the continent. They had a very respectable position on the continent. Furthermore, the other party knew the leader. He couldn't afford to offend him. Although he was used to being arrogant, he wasn't stupid. He still knew the severity of the situation. His expression changed, and the arrogance from before faded a lot. He waited for Dumb's answer.
"Of course I know him. Back then, I even went on a mission with Brother Moon Scar. Where is he now? Tell me quickly. I must go and see him. "
The mercenary smiled embarrassedly and said, "So you're a friend of our leader! That was a misunderstanding. Leader is fine now. He's in the headquarters. May I ask, which mercenary group are you from? "
Dumb said, "I'm the vice leader of the Heaven's Evil Mercenary Group. Is your headquarters far from here? Bring me to see Brother Moon Scar. We haven't seen each other for a long time. "
The mercenary was shocked when he heard Dumb say he was the vice leader of the Heaven's Evil Mercenary Group. He cried out involuntarily, "What? You're from the Heaven's Evil Mercenary Group? That's great. Our leader once gave the order that no matter who met the members of the Heaven's Evil Mercenary Group, they must be invited to our group. So you really are a friend of our leader! "All his doubts disappeared, and the mercenary looked at Dumb in surprise.
At this moment, Xuanyue saw that Dumb hadn't turned around for a long time. She walked over while eating the pears that Oliveira had bought. "Big Brother, why is it so troublesome?
It's just two mercenaries. Quickly send them over to eat pears. This crystal pear is really not bad. " As she spoke, she had already walked to Dumb's side. She looked at the two mercenaries up and down, revealing a trace of disdain.
Dumb said to Xuanyue excitedly, "Brother, do you remember Brother Moon Scar that Yue mentioned to you before? They are members of the Moon Scar Mercenary Group! I want to see Brother Moon Scar and the others. I haven't seen them for a few years. I don't know how they've changed. Hearing Dumb mention the Moon Scar Mercenary Group, Xuanyue's beautiful eyes couldn't help but light up. Moon Scar and the others were the first people she knew after sneaking out of the Holy Hall and entering the mainland, apart from Dumb. Now that she heard about them, she immediately revealed the same excited expression as Dumb. "Great! I also want to see them. "
Dumb said to the mercenary, "If that's the case, please bring us there. I think Brother Moon Scar will be very happy to see us. "
The mercenary said respectfully, "Since you are a friend of the leader, of course it's not a problem to bring you there." Speaking up to here, he paused and looked at the other mercenary. With some difficulty, he said, "But, but can you not tell the leader about what just happened? I'm afraid the leader will blame us." He lowered his head in shame, his dark face slightly purple.
Dumb smiled and said, "I'm not a person who talks big. But you should change your bad habit of not paying when you buy things. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot in the future. It's also not good for the Moon Scar Mercenary Group's reputation. " The two mercenaries were immediately overjoyed and quickly said, "No, no, we won't do it again."
Dumb said, "That's for the best. Let's go. Let's rest under the shade for a while and then continue on our way. "After saying that, he used the silver coins that the mercenaries had just given him to pay for the pears and returned to the tree with them. Xuanyue casually used a low-level light recovery spell and healed the mercenaries' injuries. Seeing that Dumb brought the two mercenaries back, Oliveira couldn't help but ask curiously, "Boss, why did you bring these two guys back? Just teaching them a lesson is enough. "
Dumb picked up a pear and took a bite. The sweet juice immediately made his dry throat feel better. He smiled and said, "They are the subordinates of a friend of mine. I plan to meet that friend, so I'll have to trouble them to lead the way. Although what happened just now was their fault, they promised me that they will change in the future. Come, let me introduce you. This is the Wind Magic Shooter, Brother Oliveira, and this is the Fire Magic Shooter, Brother Kino.
I'm Dumb, and this is my brother Xuanri. Oh yes, I still don't know your names. "
When the mercenary who had been talking to Dumb heard that Oliveira was a Magic Shooter, his knees softened and he almost fell to the ground. What was a Magic Shooter? Even the leader wouldn't dare to offend them! "I'm Big Lin, and this is my brother, Lin Er. We are both third-level mercenaries in the group. Sir Mage, I didn't mean to scold you just now. It's all my fault for having such a foul mouth. "
Oliveira snorted and didn't say anything. She continued to eat her pear.
Dumby smiled faintly and said, "You guys don't have to be too restrained. Since what happened just now is already over, the Vera brothers won't argue with you guys anymore. Let's talk about the Moon Scar Mercenary Group. It's been a few years, how's the development of the Moon Scar Mercenary Band? " As soon as he heard Dumby ask about the Moon Scar Mercenary Group, Lin Da became emotional. He told Dumby everything he knew, spittle flying everywhere. It turned out that after Moon Scar Mercenary Band parted ways with Dumb and Xuanyue in the Elven Forest, they returned to Red Mongol. They used the two top-grade magic crystals they obtained to complete the mission for their Moon Scar Mercenary Band and Dumb and Xuanyue's Heaven's Evil Mercenary Band. The quality of the two top-grade magic crystals was excellent, and they were taken by a Master-level Alchemist. He also gave them 500,000 gold coins as a reward.
Moon Scar Mercenary Band was a man with a big heart. With 500,000 gold coins, he expanded the special-class mercenary band. Relying on the resounding reputation of the special rank mercenary group, they had recruited over a thousand members in a very short period of time. These members had been continuously trained by him, Yue Ji, Miao Fei, and Wan Li, and they had achieved great results in a short period of time, greatly increasing the strength of the mercenary group. Moon Scar Mercenary Band knew that the weakness of a mercenary band was the lack of experts. Therefore, he only took on missions that were level 1 and below. Relying on their numbers, they didn't make any mistakes in the past few years. This caused the Moon Scar Mercenary Band to become more and more famous. Now, they had close to 3,000 members, becoming the second largest mercenary band in Red Mongol after the Red Nightmare Mercenary Band. In the mercenary world, they were rated as the fastest growing mercenary band along with the Skeleton Mercenary Band.
Dumb said in surprise, "Big Brother Moon Scar is really amazing! In just three years, you've achieved such results. Our Heaven's Evil Mercenary Band only has two people. "
Xuanyue smiled and said, "I really want to see how far they've developed. Big Lin, where is your headquarters? Is it in Red Nightmare City? "
Big Lin shook his head and said, "There's only one mercenary band in Red Nightmare City, and that's the continent's number one Red Nightmare Mercenary Band. They don't allow other mercenary bands to be stationed there unless one day, a mercenary band surpasses them in strength and replaces them as the continent's number one mercenary band. For this goal, several special rank mercenary bands are working hard in secret. Our headquarters is located in Valuo City, not far from Red Nightmare City. Although the city is a little small, we're the only mercenary band there. Even the city lord is very respectful to our captain. This time, we left the headquarters to carry out a small delivery mission. We've just returned and we met you guys here. What a coincidence. The captain will be very happy to see you. "
Oliveira said sarcastically, "That's right! I'll curse the moment I see you here. " He still couldn't get over how Big Lin had insulted his mother. He had a very bad impression of this despicable person.
Lin Da was speechless, and Dumby helped him out. "It's all in the past, so let's forget about it. Alright, we've rested enough. Let's go. Let's go to Valuo City and see big brother Moon Scar first. " The group of six set off. Because Oliveira had gone a little overboard in teasing Kino, she took the initiative to use a small whirlwind to help him drive away the heat. Along the way, Kino's anger subsided.
Along the way, Big Lin and Second Lin were extremely cautious, deeply afraid that they would incur the displeasure of Dumb and the others if they went the wrong way. They knew that the people in front of them were people they couldn't afford to offend. Not to mention that they were the captain's friends, just their strength was enough to make them feel cold!
Two days later, under the lead of the Lin brothers, the group finally arrived at the headquarters of Moon Scar Mercenary Band in Valuo City. From the outside, the size of the city was similar to the cities Dumb had visited when he left the Xibo Tribe. When they were still a distance away from the city gates, the Lin brothers suddenly stopped and looked around suspiciously as if they were looking for something.
Dumb walked to Big Lin's side and said, "Brother Lin, what's wrong? Is there something wrong? Let's enter the city. " Since the Lin brothers had been very respectful to him for the past two days, his initial bad impression of them had decreased a lot. Only Oliveira still had a lukewarm attitude towards them.
Big Lin frowned and said, "Usually, there are many brothers in the band outside the city. At the very least, there would be a few standing guard outside the city. Why is there not a single person today? Strange."
Dumb smiled and said, "Maybe Moon Scar Mercenary Band is on vacation. There are more than three thousand people in your band, there shouldn't be any problems. Let's enter the city first."
Big Lin nodded and led the group to the west gate of Valuo City together with Lin Second. The city gate was wide open and the drawbridge was on both sides of the moat. Perhaps because Valuo was inland from the Red Mongol, there were only a dozen or so soldiers guarding the city gate. There was an endless stream of people passing by, but no one went to check.
At this point, even Dumb felt strange. Ever since he entered the Red Mongol, this was the first time he didn't see any mercenaries at the entrance of a city. He couldn't help but ask Big Lin, "There really isn't a single mercenary!"
Big Lin's face showed an anxious expression and said, "Vice captain Dumb, I'll go ask. This is too strange. Usually, there will be one mercenary in every ten people entering the city. "
Dumb nodded and Big Lin quickly ran to the soldiers guarding the city gate and talked to one of them in a low voice. After a while, he came back with a pale face and said in a low voice, "Something big has happened." Dumb could clearly feel his intense heartbeat. Looking at his slightly trembling body, he frowned and said, "What? Could it be that Moon Scar Mercenary Band … "
Big Lin shook his head and said, "It's not the captain, but the entire mercenary band. Someone wants to invade our territory. This is too scary for us. "
Xuanyue said, "What is going on? Tell me clearly. What do you mean someone wants to invade your territory? "
Big Lin wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and said, "It's like this. Just now, I went to ask the soldiers guarding the city why no mercenaries entered the city. He told me that Moon Scar Mercenary Band is forbidden from leaving the headquarters. The mercenaries from other mercenary groups are afraid of getting into trouble and have left the city. Two days ago, a group of mercenaries came to Valuo City. They publicly told the captain that they want our Moon Scar Mercenary Band to leave Valuo City within three days and give up the territory to them. Otherwise, three days later, which is tomorrow, we will settle it with mercenaries outside Valuo City. Whoever wins can stay here. That's really enough! As for which mercenary group it is, I'm afraid only Moon Scar Mercenary Band knows. "
Xuanyue laughed and said, "I thought it was something big. So it was a mercenary group that came to provoke us! Isn't this easy to deal with? Just defeat them.
Brother Dumb, we really came at the right time! Last time in Andis City, we encountered two Sorcerers Guild's competition. This time, we encountered a mercenary group's fight. Interesting, we can help Brother Moon Scar. "
Big Lin smiled bitterly and said, "It's not as easy as you think. There is a rule in the Red Mongol mercenary world. As long as a mercenary group has more than a thousand people, they can choose any city they want to be stationed in and make it their headquarters. As long as they promise to help defend the city, the Red Mongol officials will not interfere. In other words, as long as your mercenary group is strong enough, you can occupy a city alone, or even dominate a region. Your authority is not inferior to the officials, and you can even enjoy no more than 5% of the city's taxes. It is because of this encouraging policy that the Red Mongol has become a mercenary paradise. However, under certain circumstances, the mercenary group stationed in the city will be threatened. The threat that is enough to affect the entire mercenary group is the challenge from other mercenary groups. The level of the challenger must be lower than the challenged. As long as they follow the rules set by the Mercenary Union, once they win, not only can they take over the other party's station, they can also accept the other party's mercenary group's title. The original garrison will be demoted by two ranks. With our current situation, if the other party surpasses Varuo City, we will be demoted to a second rank mercenary group. I'm afraid there will be no chance of a comeback! It was precisely because the battle between the mercenary groups could break out at any moment that no other mercenaries were willing to get involved. This is bad, this is really bad. Will we be able to survive this? "His pale face showed that he had lost his wits. It was obvious that he was extremely worried.
Dumb asked, "How will the challenge be? Will it be based on the number of rounds, or will it be a group fight? What if there are casualties? "
Big Lin smiled bitterly, "Casualties are up to fate. No one will care about this kind of battle between mercenary groups. Because of the serious consequences, the mercenary world is more strict with the challengers. If it is a group fight, it is a single batch and everyone wins. Only by proving that your side is indeed much stronger than the original garrison can you win. Once you lose, you must disband your own mercenary group. It is precisely because of this that directly challenging a garrison mercenary group rarely happens. This was because as the challenger, if they didn't have absolute confidence, they wouldn't take the risk easily. This kind of direct challenge to the city of the other party was called the Rule of Absolute Victory, which meant that the challenger must win all the matches. The referee for this kind of challenge was the city lord of the challenged party's city. Originally, our mercenary group's biggest goal was to replace the Red Nightmare mercenary group's position through this challenge when we have enough strength. But we didn't expect that before we even made a move, there would already be people preparing to snatch our territory. "
Dumb smiled slightly, "Let's go. Take us to see Brother Moon Scar first. We won't just stand by and watch. Oh right, when the other party challenges us, as the garrison of the city, can we invite other mercenary groups to help? " Although the Heaven's Evil mercenary group had been established for nearly four years, Dumb still knew very little about the mercenary group's rules.
Big Lin's eyes flashed with a hint of joy, "Yes. The challenger can't invite help, but the challenged can invite friends and family within three days. The other party has clearly figured out our background. In order to carry out more missions, our mercenary group has lowered the price of the low level missions. Because of this, we have offended many other mercenary groups. Other than your Heaven's Evil mercenary group, I'm afraid no one else will be willing to help us. But with your help, we will definitely be able to smoothly pass and beat those who dare to challenge us back to their hometown. " Members of the Moon Scar mercenary group were treated very well, and they didn't need to do any dangerous missions. He didn't want to cut off his source of income just like that. Naturally, he hoped that Dumb and the others could help the Moon Scar mercenary group through some difficulties.
Dumb nodded, "As long as you allow us to help, it will be easy. Let's go, let's enter the city. "Under big brother Lin's lead, the six of them entered Varuo City. Although the size of this city wasn't large, the population was not small. The shops on both sides of the road were very prosperous. After passing through a few wide streets, the group arrived at the southern part of the city. Lin Da pointed at a large courtyard in front of them and said, "This is our headquarters. I heard that this place used to be a wealthy merchant's mansion. Later on, he sold it because he wanted to move his entire family. Back then, when the commander bought this place, he spent over 200,000 gold coins. After some consideration, he removed all the decorations. Apart from the area reserved for the Martial Arts Practice Field, everything else was built into houses. Now, the headquarters can accommodate 5,000 people. "
Dumb exclaimed, "This courtyard is really big. It's at least ten thousand square meters. Big brother Moon Scar's management of the mercenary group must be very outstanding. "
Big Lin said, "The headquarters is close to a hundred thousand square meters. On the continent, I'm afraid that other than the Red Nightmare mercenary group, no other mercenary group has such a complete headquarters."
As they spoke, the group had already arrived at the entrance of the Moon Scar mercenary group's headquarters. There were two mercenaries guarding the door. As soon as they saw the Lin brothers, they immediately smiled. The mercenary on the left said, "What, the mission is complete, right? Hm? Why did you bring so many people back? What are they doing? " These days, the Moon Scar mercenary group was in danger. Seeing Dumb and the others in magician attire, the guards immediately became nervous.
Big Lin hurriedly explained, "They are all friends of the captain. They are here to see the captain. I heard that someone dared to issue a sure-win challenge to us. Is that true? "
The guards clearly had a good relationship with Big Lin. They didn't doubt his words at all. Their tense bodies relaxed. With a serious expression, they said, "Yes! The captain is worried about this matter. Right now, the city is abuzz with rumors that the mercenary group stationed here is going to be replaced. Everyone is much colder towards our mercenary group. Many of the rich merchants in Varuo City who gave missions to us before are now holding a wait-and-see attitude. What a great loss! "
Big Lin laughed, "There's no need to be afraid now. With the help of the captain's magician friends, those bastards who dare to challenge us will definitely be disbanded. Alright, I won't talk to you anymore. Let's go in first. "
Hearing Big Lin's words, the guards immediately looked at Dumb and the others in a new light. They respectfully opened the door and bowed to let them in.
There was only a small courtyard in the Moon Scar mercenary group's headquarters. Both sides were lined with houses. The buildings were very dense. Big Lin said, "At this time, the brothers should be training in the training field, so there's no one in the front yard."
Dumb and the others followed Big Lin brother through two courtyards and arrived at the center of the Moon Scar mercenary group's headquarters. Big Lin pointed at a tall house not far away and said, "The captain should be there. That's our mercenary group's meeting hall. Please wait a moment, I'll go and report first. "
After saying that, he quickly walked over. There were two mercenaries guarding the door of the meeting hall. Big Lin whispered a few words to them and then walked in. Dumb turned to Xuanyue and said, "It's been four years. I don't know if Big Brother Moon Scar still recognizes me."
Xuanyue smiled and said, "Although it's been four years, you've only grown a lot taller. That silly look of yours hasn't changed at all. How can he not recognize you?"
Dumb was stunned, "How do you know that my appearance hasn't changed? You haven't seen me from four years ago." He looked at Xuanyue in confusion, as if he had caught on to something.
Xuanyue knew that she had said something wrong and quickly covered it up, "Can't you guess if you haven't seen me before? Besides, my sister has described you to me! Her words can't be wrong. "
"Dumb, it's really you!" A shout of surprise rang out. The door of the meeting hall opened and Moon Scar, dressed in silver light armor, walked out.
Although his attire hadn't changed, he looked more experienced than four years ago. He already looked like a middle-aged man. His originally frail body was much more robust, and his face was brimming with excitement. Staring at Dumb, his body trembled slightly, and it was obvious that he was very excited.
Dumb felt a surge of hot blood rush to his heart, and his whole body gave off a feeling of trembling. Seeing Moon Scar again, his heart was constantly agitated. Moon Scar in front of him was so familiar, and he called out with great difficulty, "Big Brother Moon Scar."
Moon Scar floated in front of Dumb, grabbed his shoulder, and said emotionally, "Brother, how many years has it been since we last met? Have, have you been well? "
Dumb nodded his head forcefully, grabbed Moon Scar's shoulder, and said, "Big Brother, we haven't seen each other for almost four years. Your Moon Scar Mercenary Group has already reached such a scale. It's really not simple! "
Moon Scar's mood calmed down a bit, but his face was still full of joy. For the past two days, he had been worried about the certain victory challenge. Now that he saw Dumb, he seemed to have forgotten all his worries, and said with a smile, "Isn't this all thanks to you? If it weren't for those two top quality crystals, I wouldn't be able to achieve this even if I risked my life. Ah! That's right, where's Yue? Where is she? "
When Xu Anyue saw Moon Scar, her heart was also very excited, but also a little uneasy. She clearly knew Moon Scar's wisdom, and was afraid that he would recognize her real identity. Hearing him mention her, she quickly said, "Hello, Big Brother Moon Scar. I'm Xu Anyue's blood brother, Xu Anri. My sister has been staying in the Holy Hall to follow Lord Pope to practice magic. I've heard her mention you before. You're much more handsome than what she described. It's an honor to meet you. "
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