Looking at the retreating crowd, Xiao Wenyuan stood rooted to the ground in a daze. Looking at his trembling hands, he knew that this was not fear or fear, but excitement. He did not understand why he was excited. He had just killed quite a number of people. Was he that cold-blooded? It was his first time killing someone, but he didn't feel any psychological burden at all. He even felt extremely excited and even wanted to kill for a while more. He didn't know, so he could only return to the time when he entered Emptiness.
"Boss, look over there." Old White interrupted his thoughts and looked at the place that Old White was pointing at. It was a grade-6 black magician that he and Old White had just killed together.
Old White carried Xiao Wenyuan over and took a Space Ring from the finger of the corpse. Xiao Wenyuan took it and looked inside. It was a one-cubic-meter Space Ring. There were tens of thousands of gold coins and a magic bank card with 200,000 yuan. He did not expect this unlucky mage to be so rich. An ordinary family of three only needed three gold coins a month to live a good life. One could imagine that this guy's identity was not simple.
He searched through the ring for a while. Other than an intermediate fire magic book that was somewhat useful, he had no use for the other broken equipment. He took them out and threw them on the ground because he saw that the mercenaries wanted everything when they were cleaning up the battlefield. He heard that this was also a benefit for mercenaries. The employer usually did not want these.
He searched again and found a ring with simple patterns. He also found something related to the mage's identity. It was a family badge. It was a diamond-shaped badge with four knight swords engraved on it. Xiao Wenyuan couldn't understand it. When he saw Old Hardy walking over, he put the ring on his left index finger. It was quite suitable, and the style was to his liking. At the same time, Old White went up to him.
"Brother Wen Yuan, your strength is not bad. Oh, you even have a Divine White-fronted Tiger.”Old Hardy was smiling happily, but Xiao Wenyuan knew that this old man could hide very well. If he hadn't seen him casting a high-level spell, he would have thought that he was just an old butler. Even Xiao Wenyuan couldn't sense his strength at all. It was obvious how strong he was.
"Old man, are you looking down on me? Why don't we practice!" Lao Bai also felt the strength of this old man, but his mouth was not forgiving. Anyway, he definitely could not afford to fight.
"Then forget it. My old bones can't take it.”Old Hardy was still happy.
"Senior is really hiding his strength!" Xiao Wenyuan smiled.
Old Hardy was still happy when he didn't answer. However, when he took the badge from Xiao Wenyuan, he became serious. He was a little disappointed but more angry.
Xiao Wenyuan was a little confused, but when he saw the picture of four knight swords on the collar of Old Hardy's robe, he understood that it was probably a power struggle in some noble family.
"Young man, be careful." Old Hardy calmed himself down, glanced at Xiao Wenyuan, and walked back to the carriage.
Xiao Wenyuan frowned. It seemed that he had gone a little overboard just now. Originally, the other party had some advantage in charging forward, but Xiao Wenyuan, this freak mage, had rushed into their formation and messed it up, causing the other party to return in defeat. It seemed that they were very likely to bear a grudge against them.
At this time, the mercenaries had also finished cleaning up the battlefield. The two mercenary group leaders came to Xiao Wenyuan. They were about 40 years old and had tanned skin." Brother, it was all thanks to you."”After saying that, he handed Xiao Wenyuan a money bag.
"You deserve this spoils of war.”Seeing Xiao Wenyuan take the money bag, the burly man said," Let me introduce myself. I am the leader of the Giant Bear Mercenary Group, Cliff, a Level Six Advanced Shield Warrior. He is the leader of the Long Sword Mercenary Group, Lea, a Level Six Intermediate Sword Warrior.”
"Hello, my name is Xiao Wenyuan, a sixth rank advanced black magician.”Xiao Wenyuan smiled and nodded, indicating that it was good. He threw the money bag into his private space. Although it was not much, it was better than nothing.
Hearing Xiao Wenyuan's self-introduction, the two regiment commanders were shocked. Although they couldn't see Xiao Wenyuan's face, he sounded like he was in his twenties. They didn't expect him to be a level six expert. However, what really surprised them was Xiao Wenyuan's actions.
"I didn't expect Brother Xiao to not only have extraordinary talent, but also be a very rich person. He even has a top-grade interspatial ring.”Lea exclaimed in admiration.
"Is an interspatial ring very valuable?" Xiao Wenyuan expressed his confusion, because when he saw Autumn Leaf and Winter Leaf each have an interspatial ring, he had thought that this would be a little better than the ones sold on the street.
"..." Lea and Cliff looked at each other with a bitter smile. It seemed like this young master was from a noble family and had come out as a mercenary to gain experience.
"Brother Xiao, maybe you don't understand the market price. A one cubic meter space ring can be bought for 100,000 gold coins. Even if our Giant Bear Mercenary Group starts to save money desperately, it will still take us more than ten years to buy it.”Cliff smiled bitterly as he explained to the young master who didn't know the world. He then looked at the Divine White-fronted Tiger beside Xiao Wenyuan and was even more certain that he was the young master of a noble family.
After hearing this, Xiao Wenyuan could only awkwardly smile. However, he also thought of a problem, and that was Autumn Leaf and Dongye's identities. Usually, when he saw them stuffing things into their interspatial rings, it seemed that their interspatial rings were at least several cubic meters. It was easy to imagine how extraordinary their identities were.
"Oh right, Brother Cliff, do you know a Draconian noble with the surname Murong?”Murong was Autumn Leaf's surname, so Xiao Wenyuan asked curiously.
"Murong? There was only one family of dragonians with the surname Murong in the Xia Empire, and that was the Murong family of Shangjing, which had controlled the Xia Empire's military and political affairs for hundreds of years.”Cliff thought for a moment and said," Is Brother Xiao a customer of the Murong family?”
"No, I just know a few people." Xiao Wenyuan was a little surprised. He really hadn't expected those two girls to be from such a big family. But that was true. Dongye's words and actions were a little lawless, but there was no way he wouldn't reveal his arrogance. As for Autumn Leaf, although she was gentle and proper, she also had a noble temperament. No one would believe that they weren't nobles.
After chatting with Clive and the others for a while, he learned about the losses of their mercenary group. Although they were not crippled, they would soon be. Giant Bear had lost more than 30 people, and Longsword had suffered even more. More than 50 elites had died in the line of duty. Xiao Wenyuan could only comfort them after hearing this. As mercenaries, they were used to this kind of thing. They just sighed and went to bury their brothers.
The mercenaries, who had hastily buried their companions, also collected themselves and set off with the convoy. Xiao Wenyuan rode on Old White and chatted with Clive. He was considered to have integrated into this temporary group.
After setting up camp at night, Old Hardy invited two regiment commanders to his tent to discuss countermeasures. Of course, Xiao Wenyuan was also there. After all, his performance during the day had been recognized by everyone.
"Old Hardy, the attackers this time aren't simple. On the surface, their formation looks messy, but in fact, they're all hiding something.”In the tent, seeing that no one was making a sound, Lea spoke first," You should have something to say, right?”
There was nothing they could do about being questioned by Lea. After all, Old Hardy had only stated on the mission description that it was a C-rank mission for the nobles. Now that the attackers might be the army, Lea and the rest had to be cautious. After all, no matter how powerful the mercenaries were, they would not dare to go against the army, even if it was the army of a dukedom.
"The ones who attacked us were the private army of the Ryan family of the Taris Empire.”Old Hardy was silent for a while before he spoke.
"Old Hardy, I, the Giant Bear Mercenary Group, won't be doing this mission.”After hearing Old Hardy's words, Lea and Clive's expressions changed drastically. Clive even wanted to leave immediately.
"Our Long Sword Mercenary Group also requests to withdraw.”Lea had also expressed his stance. The Ryan family was the number one family in the Taris Empire. It would be better to commit suicide than to go against them.
"Old Hardy, give them double the commission and let them leave.”At this moment, a woman wearing a cloak walked into the tent. Her face was half-covered, so Xiao Wenyuan could not peek. However, her voice was very pleasant to hear, just a little cold.
"There's no need for the commission. We mercenaries are all about trust. If we give up halfway, we'll be breaking our promise.”Cliff was a decent person. When it came to breaking promises to others, he and Lea both looked ashamed, which made Xiao Wenyuan have a good impression of them.
"Brother Xiao, we'll meet again.”Cliff and the others bid farewell to Xiao Wenyuan and left the tent.
"Brother Wenyuan, what about you? Are you leaving too?" Old Hardy said bitterly.
"How can I leave such a fun thing?”Xiao Wenyuan didn't want to leave. Although he didn't know how strong Ryan family was, he liked the feeling of fighting. Following them would definitely be a battle. It was a little. If something really happened, he could just expose himself and hide in his private space.
"Interesting? You will die." This time, the mysterious woman spoke.
"Heh, it's fun because you'll die.”Xiao Wenyuan didn't even think about it. After saying goodbye to Old Hardy, he left the tent.
Looking at the mercenaries leaving, Xiao Wen leaned on Old White and asked," Old White, am I cold-blooded?”
"I don't think so." Lao Bai replied without thinking," It's just that my personality has changed a little these few days.”
"Changed?"
"You've become much calmer." Lao Bai laughed." I remember the first time I saw you, you actually dared to go head-on with me. I really don't know if you're brave or a reckless fool.”
"Alright, I'm a fool." Xiao Wenyuan smiled helplessly.
In fact, Xiao Wenyuan was still a little brooding over what happened today. He always felt that he was a little perverted. Ten days ago, he was still an ordinary literary youth... cough... he could be considered a literary youth. But today, he had actually killed dozens of people. This made him feel a little unrealistic.
"Old Bai, am I really not cold-blooded?”
"I say, Boss, you're too ugly." Alright, this fellow actually understood this phrase. "I've read your novel. The main character in it is a god of death who kills the heavens and the earth. Didn't someone in your world say that he was a hero who slaughtered thousands of people? Don't be stubborn." After saying that, he even laughed, indicating that he was not interested in talking about this.
"That's true. You're right. I won't disturb your sleep then." Xiao Wenyuan smiled. That's true. Why did he have to go to such a dead end?
"Sleep? I still have to read my books. I just saw Old Zhu mourn Zhou Yu. It was exciting.”
“……”
The next day, the convoy set off as usual, but the number of people was a little small. After yesterday's battle, there were only about 30 guards left in the convoy. Xiao Wenyuan was the only individual mercenary left. After all, not everyone was as worried about death as he was.
It was almost noon when the convoy arrived at a small river with a diameter of no more than 50 meters. The bridge had been destroyed. However, the river was very shallow, and it should be no more than knee-deep. It was not difficult for the convoy to cross.
"Should we go over? Even a fool can tell that there's an ambush." Xiao Wenyuan rode on Old White and asked Old Hardy.
"Yes, this is the only way to Free City.”Old Hardy sighed. There was no other way. They had a reason to go to Free City.
Xiao Wenyuan nodded and took out Xi Gang's shield from his interspatial ring. Then, he followed the convoy and began to cross the river.
When the convoy was less than ten meters away from the bed, the riverbed suddenly became foggy. It was a very thick fog. Old Hardy had already sent people to be on guard and tried to use magic to disperse the fog, but it didn't work.
"Eight places."
Suddenly, a hair-raising sound came from the thick fog.
"Throat, spine, lungs,"
Xiao Wenyuan was dumbfounded. What was going on? Such a strong sense of déjà vu!
" The liver, the carotid artery, the subclavian artery, the kidney, and the heart. Which vitals do you want me to attack?"
As soon as the voice faded, the guards screamed. One, two…Eleven of them screamed continuously.
"You are the thirtieth." Suddenly, a voice came from behind Xiao Wenyuan. Xiao Wenyuan felt a chill in his heart and turned his shield around. After a loud bang, Xiao Wenyuan was sent flying like a cannonball. Only then did Old White react. He turned around and wanted to make a move, but he found that there was only a thick fog behind him. He roared helplessly and ran in the direction where Xiao Wenyuan had flown.
"Oh? What a tough shield. However, he still had to die.”Xiao Wenyuan had just climbed up from the water when he heard the creepy voice behind him again. He didn't have time to care about the pain in his left hand. He used Wind Steps and dodged to the side. The moment he left the spot, he heard the sound of a large knife cutting the riverbed. If he was a step late, he would have been hacked alive.
"Is this also magic? It's very strange." After withdrawing his saber, Ren Xiao muttered with interest. Similarly, Xiao Wenyuan also recognized this person. It was none other than Peach Land No Longer Beheading. After all, that idiot's attire could be recognized by anyone.
"Are you still not going to kill the Fog Enduring Ghost Man?" Xiao Wenyuan really wanted to stretch out a certain someone's feet countless times now. What kind of development was this? Do you dare to pull any more bullshit?
"Oh? There's actually someone in this world who knows my former title?”Even if he didn't slash, he would still be slightly shocked.
"Why didn't you go to the Country of Waves with Bai?”Xiao Wenyuan wanted to cry. He really wanted to cry because Meng 'er had just said that the system had given him a necessary mission.
Essential Mission 1
Kill the outsider personally. If you don't kill him, you will receive a big gift bag after completing it.
[Time: Within an hour]
[Failure: All skills will be deleted. Strength will drop by three levels.]
Seeing this, Xiao Wenyuan was speechless. It seemed that the system was behind this.
"You actually know Bai? And he knew about the Country of Waves? Are you from my world too?”He was surprised. He had been in this world for more than half a year, but this was the first time he met someone who knew him.
" No," Xiao Wenyuan replied. He calmed himself down and calculated the time for Gale Steps, considering what to do next.
"Oh! Since you know me, you can leave. My employer only wants the people in the carriage.”After saying that, he picked up the beheading saber and disappeared into the fog again.
Xiao Wenyuan also wanted to leave. Seeing how he was able to cut down those guards as if they were vegetables, he knew that he was very strong. However, for the sake of the mission, he had to go all out.
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