"What's wrong?"
Old Winesage sent mentally when he sensed the surprised ripples of mental energy in Lin Yuyang's mind.
"A shadow man actually needs the protection of mercenaries. This is simply a legend!”
Lin Yuyang replied.
"Shadowman? What is it?"
Winesage clearly didn't know what a Shadowman was. After all, he had been underground for three million years, and Shadowmen weren't that old.
Sensing that Winesage didn't know, Lin Yuyang was secretly delighted.
"Hahaha, I finally encountered something that this old man doesn't understand! I've been taught a lesson by you every day. This time, it's my turn to guide you!”
"Hurry up and tell me!"
Winesage sent back in an unpleasant tone when he sensed the change in Lin Yuyang's mental energy.
Hearing Winesage's anger, Lin Yuyang could only suppress his excitement. He then began to mentally explain to Winesage what had happened to the mercenary organization.
All the mercenaries were managed by the Mercenary Association. These mercenaries received their income from the Mercenary Association, and the Mercenary Association was the middleman between the mercenaries and the employers. They took a percentage of the profits and provided guarantees for the employers.
Once a problem arose with the mission, the Mercenary Association would send experts to investigate. If a powerful attack caused the mission to fail, the Mercenary Association would only need to pay the employer a commission. However, if it was the responsibility of the mercenary, the Mercenary Association would need to compensate the employer accordingly. This was a very large and mature mercenary system in the Utuo Continent.
However, these were the standards of ordinary mercenaries. They basically carried out missions with more than ten people, and their income varied according to the difficulty of the mission.
However, within the Mercenary Association, there was another powerful and famous organization called the Shadow Guild.
The people in the shadow group were not called mercenaries, but shadow people.
In terms of strength, it was not something that ordinary mercenaries could compare to. After all, mercenaries were basically small figures at the level of Martial Guards. This was because when they reached the level of Martial Masters, they could join the royal team or become city guards. That was a higher income than mercenaries, and it was much safer.
Mercenary missions were basically the dirtiest, most tiring, and least profitable missions. They could only be handed over to the Martial Guards, so the highest level in the mercenary group was usually Level Six or Seven Martial Guards. Even Level Eight Martial Guards were rare.
However, the Shadowmen were different. The lowest stage of the Shadowmen was the Supreme Realm, which was an existence that was one stage stronger than the Martial Monarch Realm. This was because the missions they accepted were the most dangerous and cruel individual missions.
Some were to kill an enemy, some were to go to the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts to obtain a treasure, and some were even to go to the Savage Wildland to obtain something important. In short, the difficulty of each mission was extremely dangerous.
Even though Shadowmen were powerful, there were countless Shadowmen who had sacrificed themselves in missions. Some missions could only be completed after seven or eight Shadowmen had died, and some missions were even left in the Mercenary Association's Shadow Group for thousands of years. The number of Shadowmen who had died in this mission was even more uncountable.
However, because of this, the income of the Shadowmen was extremely high. The commission they received from each mission was enough for the entire town to live comfortably for decades or centuries.
Most actors were free, and once they were recognized, they would be given a lifetime contract.
Unlike mercenaries, they were not assigned by the Shadow Crew. The Shadow Creatures did not need to accept missions from the Mercenary Association. They would only come to receive missions when they wanted to do them. Otherwise, the Shadow Crew would not be able to command these Shadow Creatures.
Shadowmen had a total of ten stars, ranging from one star to nine stars. Each skull represented one star, but the highest level did not have ten stars because the highest level badge only had a white crescent moon. These people were called shadow demons.
There weren't many Shadow Fiends in the entire Wutuo Continent, and they were practically legendary.
Shadowmen would rather use their star-class to prove their strength than to use the traditional stages and levels of martial Qi. Because every Shadowman was not a simple person. They either had special abilities, divine weapons, or extremely rich combat experience. Therefore, every one of them had the strength to jump levels to fight. Some could even jump three or four levels to fight. This was not something that ordinary martial artists could do.
Therefore, the star level of the shadow man was far more intimidating and proud than the level of the martial qi stage.
"Interesting!"
After listening to Lin Yuyang's introduction, Winesage sent mentally with interest,
"That old kid in this team should be a second grade Revered Martial Artist. This shadow group is indeed interesting!”
"Second Grade Revered Martial Artist? What child? But why would he need so many martial guards to protect him? Strange!"
Lin Yuyang sent mentally to Winesage.
"Indeed! If one Revered Martial Artist couldn't block an attack, it would be useless even if a thousand Martial Guards came over! The people of your era really know how to play!”
Winesage sent jokingly.
Lin Yuyang rolled his eyes at Winesage's words. This old man's words were truly…interesting!
Lin Yuyang could only describe Winesage's behavior in this way.
"Alright, stop rolling your eyes. There's definitely something fishy about this. Let's go and take a look.”
Winesage sent mentally to Lin Yuyang, his interest piqued.
"Senior Winesage, do you think I don't want to? However, with this little ability of mine, a Supreme Realm expert can kill me with just a spit!”
Lin Yuyang helplessly transmitted his voice.
"Do you think they didn't notice you? Those Martial Guards might not have, but that Martial Honor must have discovered you long ago. It's precisely because you're so weak that he can't be bothered with you!”
Winesage said rudely.
Lin Yuyang almost died of anger from Winesage's words.
This damn old man, can't he speak without sarcasm?
It was simply suffocating.
However, Lin Yuyang knew that Winesage was right. A second grade Revered Martial Artist would have noticed him long ago. As for why he was ignoring him, it was obvious that he didn't care about Lin Yuyang at all.
Why should he care about a small ant that could be killed by spitting?
The mercenaries were also baffled by this mission. They were just a dozen Grade 3 or 4 Martial Guards, yet they were protecting a shadow man with the strength of a Martial Honor?
The mercenary captain couldn't understand what was going on. As he walked, he asked the old man respectfully,"
"Milord, what are we going to do?”
The mercenaries behind him also looked at the old man curiously. They obviously didn't know what the mission was. From the Mercenary Association's assignment, it should be an escort mission. Of course, they followed their past experience and protected the target in the center. However, the person in the center was a shadow person. Why would they need their protection?
Moreover, the aura of power emitted from the shadow man's body really made them feel a little afraid.
This person could slaughter a large number of magical beasts in the surroundings with a flip of his hand!
The mercenaries thought nervously.
Hearing the mercenary captain's question, the old man was clearly unhappy. This was the third time the small guard had asked this question since they entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He was obviously unwilling to answer. He indifferently glanced at the mercenary captain and coldly said,
"Ask less and walk more! If you keep nagging, I'll slap you to death!"
"Yes, sir!"
The mercenary captain replied respectfully like a little bug, not daring to say anything else!
This was the first time the shadow man spoke to them since he received the mission, but this sentence almost scared him to death.
However, when he thought about it, he felt a little proud. This was a shadow man, and a shadow man actually spoke to a small martial guard like him. He would have a lot to brag about when he went back.
Lin Yuyang slowly followed from afar. When he saw the appearance of the mercenary team leader, he could not help but want to laugh.
Although the mercenaries were nervous, they were at ease when facing a client with the strength of a shadow. With such a Buddha here, they did not believe that any bandits or magical beasts would dare to attack them, so they did not think that there would be any danger.
Just as the mercenaries had expected, a Revered Martial Artist emitted a powerful aura. The surrounding magical beasts all turned around and ran after sensing the aura. After all, the Magical Beast Mountain Range had only been formed recently, and the level of the magical beasts was generally not high.
Three million years ago, this place was still near a big city. Although the city had sunk more than a thousand meters underground for some reason, this place was definitely not a gathering place for magical beasts at least three million years ago.
From the disappearance of the city to the formation of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and finally the arrival of the magical beasts, many years had passed. Therefore, the magical beasts here were mostly of the second or third rank. The fourth rank magical beasts were considered kings. As for the rulers of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, there were definitely no more than three fifth rank magical beasts. However, even if there were fifth rank magical beasts, such as Xiaosi, she was only at the Martial Master level. How could she dare to provoke a Martial Honor?
The difference in strength was not just in terms of level.
There were two stages!
With the aura of a Supreme Realm expert, Lin Yuyang felt much more comfortable. There were simply no obstacles along the way.
Four days had passed, and they should have already traveled a few hundred miles.
From the Magical Beast Mountain Range near Wako Town, they walked into another Magical Beast Mountain Range. However, the journey seemed to be especially long. Before they reached the end, Lin Yuyang's initial curiosity quickly turned into boredom. Not only Lin Yuyang, but the mercenaries were also a little unorganized. They were so tired that they looked as if they were about to fall asleep on the ground. Their formation had long been broken.
The only one who wasn't tired was the grayish-bearded second-level Revered Martial Artist, One-star Shadowman.
Because only he knew what to do.
After walking for more than a day, the shadow finally stopped and said,"
"Take a rest, you fifteen pieces of trash. You're already so tired after just a few days of traveling. Hmph!”
A few mercenaries lay on the ground exhausted. When they heard the shadow man's words, they could not help but feel bitter.
"You're a Revered Martial Artist, and we're just small Martial Guards. How can we compare to you?”
The mercenaries discussed for a while and then stopped talking. After all, they were so tired that they were about to die. They lay on the ground for less than ten seconds and all of them shouted like thunder.
These mercenaries were asleep, but Lin Yuyang was almost scared to death!
"Fifteen pieces of trash?"
Lin Yuyang counted the number of mercenaries. There were a total of 14 people. If he included the shadow man, he would probably only be able to make up 15 people. But how could they call him trash?
This old man wasn't scolding him…
He was scolding Lin Yuyang.
Oh my god, he had been discovered long ago!
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