The Orlando Mountains Sacred Sword Peak towers into the sky, covering it with snow more than halfway up the mountain, and the peak is even more ethereal above the clouds.

Legend has it that the secret of the battle between gods and demons is still hidden on the peak of the ice, but no one has been able to climb to the top to get a glimpse of it.

The Holy Sword Peak is towering and difficult to climb, and the Sauron Gorge in front of the peak is even more sad.

The canyon is always shrouded in a gray mist that persists all year round, and the cliffs on both sides are as smooth as knives and axes, and a large river rushes down against one side of the cliff, which is the Donne River that crosses the Sauron Gorge. The canyon is overgrown with grass and rocks, and broken armor, blades, and dry bones are scattered among the grass and rocks, and this place was once an ancient battlefield.

It is said that many years ago, there were mercenaries and explorers who came to the canyon to hunt for treasures, but after 10,000 years, even the divine armor and spirit soldiers of the year have long been washed by time and have no spirituality, and they are not even as good as the scrap copper and rotten iron on the street. There are very few people who actually find treasures in the canyon, but there are many people who go missing in the canyon and go crazy after going out of the canyon. It is precisely because of the strangeness of the canyon that gradually the Sauron Gorge has become a forgotten and inaccessible place of the world.

On this day, a team of mercenaries broke through the fog at the mouth of the valley and slowly walked into the rarely visited Sauron Gorge.

Naturally, the one who appeared in the canyon was the "Blue Enchantress" mercenary group.

Keynes had wanted to escort things to the canyon alone, but no one in the entire mercenary group was willing to leave.

"Trust is the life of a mercenary!" is the oath that every mercenary of the Blue Enchantress keeps.

A mercenary shouted, "If we are not allowed to go with us just because of danger, this is a distrust of our brothers, and we are no longer worthy of being the mercenaries of the Blue Enchantress!"

Keynes smiled with relief, knowing that he couldn't get rid of these mercenaries. For the sake of faith, even if he dies, what does it matter? He experienced it once back then, and today it is just another time!

The mercenary group still set off according to the original plan, but took a very remote route.

Although there is no road in the Orlando Mountains, after generations of hunters and mercenaries have explored and tried, they have also found a more suitable route for travel. But it was this route that also gave the enemy in the shadows the opportunity to lure the monsters into ambushing the mercenary group.

In order to prevent the enemy from setting a trap on the road again, Angus led the mercenary group on a rarely visited route. The route took twice as long as it took to get around the mouth of the valley in a circle around the outer reaches of the Sauron Gorge.

Although it took twice as much time and distance, the mercenary group did not encounter any accidents along the way.

Keynes, Adeline, and Angus led the team to the front, and the mercenaries behind them wound their crossbows and unsheathed their knives, and everyone was ready for battle, and even Arthur took out three sharp arrows and put them on the bowstring.

The fog in the Sauron Gorge was thick, and it was only a few dozen meters into the valley that I couldn't see the valley mouth clearly.

Keynes waved his hand, and the whole team stopped, "The commission we accepted was to escort the mission items to Taniguchi, and we waited here for the pick-up. ”

"I don't think we'll ever be able to wait for someone to pick up the goods. A slender figure slowly stepped out of the fog of the canyon.

Appearing in front of everyone was the elf Iraya, who ran to the front of the group at some point and stepped into the valley first.

Ilaya was also carrying a man in her hand, a white and chubby man. The man's head drooped weakly, and his golden robe, which had been unusually gorgeous, was stained with dried blood.

"Dead?" Angus was surprised.

"He was dead when I found him, pierced through the heart, and he had been dead for a long time judging by the corpse. Iraya laid the man in his hand flat on the ground.

"He's the one we're waiting for?"

"The body had been moved, and nothing had been left on it except the clothes. ”

Angus crouched down and began to examine the corpse, exclaiming as he went: "Boss, it's so weird, he's neither a warrior nor a magician. If he's just a businessman, how did he get here alone?"

Keynes remained silent the whole time. I thought that most of the mystery would be solved when I saw the client, but I didn't expect that the connecting consignor was also killed.

"How people die has nothing to do with our entrusted mission, since the receiver is dead, the mission is over, and we will withdraw now. "Keynes made a decision that surprised everyone.

Curiosity kills the cat, the whole mission is strange from beginning to end, and strictly following the mercenary guidelines can ensure maximum safety.

"What about this corpse?" asked Angus.

"Bring it, and always give an explanation to the mercenary union. ”

No one doubted Captain Keynes's decision, and the mercenary group began to slowly retreat towards Taniguchi.

"What a pity, isn't Captain Keynes going to wait any longer?" a dry, hoarse voice suddenly came from the fog of the canyon.

The whole team stopped in place for an instant, Keynes did not speak, his hand gently grasped the hilt of the sword behind his back, and his eyes were fixed on the direction from which the voice came.

The fog rolled, and a thin man in a black leotard stepped out of the torn mist. A black leatherskin mask completely obscured the man's face, revealing only a pair of eyes that sparkled with a grim gaze.

Keynes and Ilaya looked at each other, and he saw shock in the elf's eyes. Ilaya entered the canyon one step ahead of the mercenary group, and had already searched the periphery of the valley mouth, and this person was able to hide the perception of the elves, and his strength must be far above Ilaya.

"Who are you?" asked Keynes in a cold voice.

"No comment. The voice of the reply was equally cold.

"What do you want? Maybe we can help, as a mercenary group, we can accept any commission. Keynes slowed his tone slightly.

"Personally, I really appreciate the quality that Captain Keynes has shown along the way, but unfortunately we were also entrusted with the task. ”

Keynes sighed softly, everything was irretrievable.

The words of the man in black have actually explained his identity, and Keynes encountered a professional killer organization this time.

From the way he killed with a sword, to the man's black outfit that refused to show himself, to the posture of standing with only one side of his body facing him, Keynes had vaguely guessed the origin of the man.

There are no conditions to talk about with the killers, they are just cold tools in the hands of others.

"All evacuate the canyon!" When Keynes gave the order to retreat, his body jumped forward, and a sharp sword aura slashed towards the man in black.

"Since you're here, don't even think about leaving. The man in black let out a sneer.

One after another, black figures rushed out of the mist and pounced on the mercenaries of the mercenary group......