The red and blue moonlight gradually receded, and the morning sun had not yet fully risen, and the entire city of Huaorez was shrouded in early morning mist.

A melodious camel bell rang, breaking through the early morning fog and waking up the sleeping city.

When the whole city completely woke up, when the hustle and bustle of the day reverberated in the city again, the mercenary team of the blue enchantress had long since disappeared at the end of the trade route outside the city.

The mercenary group that set off early in the morning dispatched more than 70 mercenaries this time, except for a few mercenaries who did not return from individual missions and a small number of mercenaries who stayed behind, for the blue enchantress with only a hundred people, this time it can be said that it is elite.

The entire team of mercenaries formed a loose ring and guarded the seven musk oxen in the middle of the group.

The appearance of the musk ox is somewhat similar to that of the ox, but the body is grayish-white, the head is hornless, the body is larger, the weight capacity is stronger, and it is also more suitable for trekking in mountain and forest terrain. Strictly speaking, the musk ox belongs to the first-level magic beast, but this huge guy is timid by nature, and its natal magic is also a soil attachment technique that wraps itself into a ball of mud when it encounters danger, so the musk ox is also one of the few magical beasts on the continent that can be tamed by humans.

Each musk ox carried several huge boxes on its back. In addition to the tents, food, weapons, and medicines used by the mercenary group, the box also contains the entrusted items for this mission. Only this time, except for the head of the regiment, Keynes, no one, including Adeline and other core members, knew what the employer had entrusted him, and Keynes did not allow anyone to approach the box of the three musk oxen and llamas in the middle.

According to the professional code of mercenaries, as long as Keynes does not say anything, no one will ask out of curiosity.

The mercenary profession often wanders between legal and illegal, and many employers' commissions are not visible, and old mercenaries have seen all kinds of strange commissions, and they have long been surprised by this.

The head of the group, Keynes, led the group at the head of the group, with Adeline the Magician and Tony the Thief following closely beside Keynes. Hunter Angus, as the sentinel of the mercenary group, has always kept a distance of two or three kilometers from the team, and he can warn the team in advance in case of danger. As for the elven archer Iraya, he never shows up in the team when he is on a mission, but all the mercenaries know that he is nearby and can always get timely support from him in the most dangerous times.

There is also a special existence in the entire mercenary team, that is, little Arthur, who only became an official mercenary yesterday.

Today's Arthur is wearing a brand-new standard second-level mercenary leather armor, which is a gift from Tony and Angus, the two big brothers, to Arthur last night to officially become a mercenary.

Compared with the first-level leather armor worn by Arthur back then, the second-level mercenary leather armor is more exquisite in workmanship, and the leather is also taken from the wolf skin of the second-level demonic beast Xuanfeng Ice Wolf.

Don't look at this most basic mercenary leather armor, it costs at least five gold coins on the market, and the second-level mercenary who is a small mercenary group has to save half a year's salary to be able to afford such a leather armor.

Arthur loved this leather armor even more, and he had never taken it off since he put it on last night, and the mercenary badge was pinned to a prominent position on the left chest of the leather armor. The back is also draped in a cyan cloak issued by the mercenary group, which is also a second-level piece of equipment. Mercenaries are in the field all year round, and a high-quality cloak can not only shelter from the wind and rain, but also be used as a quilt to protect against the cold when wrapped around the body at night, and can also provide certain protection as a second-level equipment.

In addition to the cloak, Arthur also carried a deep lustrous fine iron wandering bow, this bow was named for its fierce bow, the swiftness of the arrow from the string as eager as the wanderer returning home, and the back of the bow was also carved with a delicate pattern of intersecting branches, which at first glance came from the hand of the elf Iraya. This is a gift from the elves, and the bowback and bowstring are taken from the materials on the second-level Demonic Beast Dire Jiao.

But the most valuable thing about Arthur is the inconspicuous gray short-top leather boots on his feet, which Adeline gave to Arthur as a gift.

This is a real third-level equipment, and Adeline also specially asked an enchanter to imprint a magic circle of wind magic on it, which can make Arthur instantly accelerate when it is dangerous. These Level 3 Enchanted Leather Boots are worth at least 35 gold.

The value of Arthur's equipment, if he is a new mercenary in a small mercenary group, he will not be able to make up the remuneration for three or five years. Even Tony was a little jealous and threatened Arthur not to leave Keynes's side for a single step, otherwise the red-eyed mercenary might not be able to resist robbing him as a little fat sheep.

Arthur didn't bother to pay attention to Tony, this was his first mercenary mission, and he was like a newborn calf, looking at everything as if it were a novelty, and he was always busy running around the team.

In fact, Keynes did not give him any assignment, it seems that this task was to bring him to meet the market. Keynes ignored him, but Arthur diligently found something to do for himself, running to the front to help Angus explore the way, and then running to the middle of the team to see if the boxes on the musk oxen were loose, and even deliberately found Iraya's traces from the dense forest, just to give him a rare wild fruit that he picked by chance.

It is precisely because of this that Arthur has become the most popular one in the mercenary group.

Three days later, the mercenary group had entered the outskirts of the Orlando Mountains, where there were no roads, and only experienced hunters and mercenaries could find the best way through them.

From the moment they entered the mountain, all the mercenaries, including Keynes, began to be on high alert, because it was from this moment that the mission really began.

In the mountains, danger can fall from the sky at any time, and the sudden burst of demonic beasts, hordes of beasts, alien races that go out to practice, and wandering bandit gangs may bring huge losses to the mercenary group.

A crisp, rapid birdsong suddenly sounded, and without an order, the entire mercenary team stopped instantly.

Birdsong sounded one after another, one closer than the other, and one more rapid than the other, which was a warning signal unique to Angus.

Keynes's face became extremely solemn, "Prepare to fight!"

The whole mercenary team immediately moved, forty mercenaries stepped forward and stood at the front of the team, and fifteen mercenaries on the left and right guarded the two wings and the rear of the team.

Steel crossbows were quickly removed and distributed to the mercenaries, and these equipment, which were considered forbidden in the army, were only used in the most dangerous times, and were kept secret by the mercenary groups in normal times.

Keynes gently drew his greatsword behind his back, Adeline raised the magic staff in her hand, and even Arthur wound the sharp arrows of the wanderer's bow, and the battle was on the verge of breaking out......