chapter56

Lub opened the map, and frowned imperceptibly at the location of the Stone of Light marked on the map with the location of the actual terrain - the five of them had arrived at the corresponding location on the map, but there was no Stone of Light there.

"This dim town is covered in snow and there is no clear direction, so we are going on the wrong track," Takales said. ”

"No," said Lub, "thieves never go the wrong way. ”

The class of thieves requires a high level of memorization and discernment, as they need to accurately locate their targets and carry out actions in cities or labyrinthine forests with intricate roads. A person who can obtain a thief's qualification must have a high sensitivity to topographic maps, let alone an outstanding thief like Lubu?

"So you mean someone took the Stone of Light before we did?" ”

Xia Zuo said, "Could it be that it was buried by snow?" ”

"Not necessarily," said Tacales, "dig and see." ”

As he spoke, Takales went into battle and dug a hole with his sword qi, and Filsi laughed and grabbed his own leader, causing the snow beast to flown its wings, and then a tornado raged on the snow surface, stirring up the snow slag everywhere, and in less than a minute, the snow field was empty, revealing the brownish-yellow earth covered with snow.

"The Stone of Light is really gone," said Tacales. ”

Filsie said, "Someone took the Stone of Light before us. ”

Xia Zuo asked, "Could it be someone from the gathering team?" ”

"No," said Filsie, "the gathering team's stronghold in Darktown is Mary's Inn, but there are only a few of us in the hotel. ”

The Stone of Light is missing, which is puzzling.

Dusky Town is a small town that can be seen from the end of the town when the weather is bright, the population is also small, every household knows each other, and the outsiders in the town are also the collection team at the end of the year, if there are other people coming, it will definitely spread the news. But the only news from the town recently is that a few handsome mercenaries have arrived, which means that no one else has come to Darktown except for Takales and his party.

Tacales asked Philsi, "Could it be that some monster took the Stone of Light?" ”

Filsey said, "It's not been in all these years that a monster has stolen the Stone of Light. ”

Xia Zuo said, "Didn't you say that the number of demonic beasts in Dark Town has increased? Could it be this reason. ”

Filsi said: "There are several kinds of magical beasts that like glowing objects, and I can't confirm them. He bent down and said to Ulila, "Ulila, can you get your skeleton army to scout around?" ”

Ulila said, "Okay. ”

Ullilah shook her wand, and a squad of skeletons was quickly formed, and under Ulila's orders, the skeletons all scattered and walked in the snow.

The skeleton corps went for half an hour, but the result was nothing, there were no Light Stones in the surrounding area, and there were no magical beasts, but the more there was nothing, the more strange it was everywhere.

The people of the White Lion Mercenary Group had no choice for a while, so they had to go back to the hotel first.

The proprietress Mary saw that Takales and his party had returned with a feather, and said, "I told you not to look for the Stone of Light, the monster that guards the Stone of Light is very ferocious." ”

Filsi asked, "Have you ever seen that monster?" ”

Mary said, "I have heard of it all when I have seen it, and it is said that the monster is pitch black, and looks like a mouse, and one is the size of a man, and there are several of them hovering in the Stone of Light." ”

Filsey said, "Thank you. ”

Filsey beckoned to the other four and motioned for them to come around.

Filsi opened his summoning book, and after reciting a spell, the blank page on the summoning book showed the illustrated beast of the beast, and he pointed to one of them and said, "According to the description of the proprietress, the monster guarding the stone of light is the Night Mouse. ”

Night rats are second-level magical beasts, which are not common in the Star Luo Continent, they usually hide in the dark, but they yearn for light. Anything that glows will attract them and make them pour out of their nests.

Takales said, "Isn't it the snow beast that likes light?" I thought the monster near the Stone of Light was the Snow Beast. ”

Filsie said, "The Snow Beast is a solitary beast, and since there is a Snow Beast in Dusk Town, there will be no second. ”

Lubu said, "Your snow beast left the Stone of Light because the Night Rats took his place?"

Filsey said: "Yes, the level of the Night Mouse is the same as that of the Snow Beast, in terms of individual combat ability, the Snow Beast is above the Night Rat, but the Night Mouse that lives in groups is very difficult to entangle." ”

Night rats are covered with poisonous gas, and anyone who is injured by a night rat, even if it is only a small cut or a broken skin, will be infected with deadly poison. This means that it should not be allowed to get close to the Night Rat in a fight, as the danger will be greatly increased, which will be detrimental to melee classes such as knights and assassins.

The number of night rats living in groups is basically greater than ten and less than twenty, one second-level demonic beast is difficult enough to deal with, and ten or twenty is a disaster!

"The five of us have almost zero chance of fighting the Night Rats," Filsey said. He analyzed, "The regimental commander and Lubu are both close combat, and your strength is weakened by half when facing the Night Rat, and the rest is me, Xia Zuo and Ulila, and it is almost delusional for this team to snatch the Light Stone from the Night Rat's hands and retreat with all their bodies." ”

"But when Amon and the others come," said Takalais, "where shall we go to find the Night Rats when they come?" ”

"If the Night Rats stay in Darktown, I can lure them out," Filsey said. He took Takales' hand and said, "Commander, I understand your feelings about wanting to upgrade the level of the mercenary group, but we can't risk our lives, the most important thing in a mercenary group is his members, what do you say?" ”

Takales would always be persuaded by Filsi, and he nodded and said, "Okay, let's wait for Amun." After all, no more important task is his companion.

Tacales' idea was that when the fifty or so men led by Monhama arrived, they would besiege the Night Rats, and so many of them, none of them were weak chickens, and they would have consumed enough to kill those Night Rats. Two days later, news came from outside the town of Dusky that an avalanche had occurred on a mountain, and the road to the town was blocked by snow, snow and boulders rolling down the hillside, and the group of people in Monhama were blocked outside.

Xia Zuo leaned on the table and muttered, "We're finished." ”

Filsi tapped Xia Zuo on the head with a fork and said, "Don't say anything discouraged. He asked Takales instead, "Commander, how many days is our mandate?" ”

"Thirty days, eight days for us to come to Dusk, five days for the blizzard to pass, two more days for us to stay, fifteen days for now, and eight days for the return," said Takales, "and after deducting the eight days for the return, we have only seven days left. ”

"Can't wait," Filsey said, "I asked Mary and she said there would be a second blizzard soon. He tapped the end of his fork on the table at regular intervals and said, "The snow beast can fly, and the snow beast and I will pick up Monhama and Monroe, and we need Monhama's fighting power and Monroe's medical skills." ”

Tacales asked, "What about the others?" ”

Filsi said: "I can only let them wait outside, the snow beast is not capable of getting so many people in, and we are all small groups on missions, and there are not many partners with new people, and the tacit understanding is insufficient, but it is easy to make trouble." ”

Tacales said, "Okay, you go and pick up Amon and Monroe today, and we'll make a plan and implement it tomorrow." ”

Filsie said, "Yes. ”

Monhama was so angry that when he saw that he was about to reach his destination, the mountain collapsed, and he mobilized his group to move the stones, but the stones could not be moved, because the stones kept rolling down from the top of the mountain. Fortunately, they were all lucky, and none of them were injured, otherwise Monhama would have been angry.

Monhama complained to Monroe: "I haven't been on a mission with Taka for a while, and I finally had a chance to do this again!" ”

Monroe said: "You and Captain Takares have a deputy commander and a full commander, and one must be left in charge of the overall situation in the regiment." ”

"But we will be mercenaries just so that we can fight side by side!" Hey, there's only one road to this dim town, and now we can't get into it. ”

Monroe said: "Not only can't we get in, but they can't get out either, so we have to find a way." ”

Monhama and Monroe couldn't come up with any creative ideas, and finally returned to carrying the stones by hand, so they moved from early morning to noon, and the members of the group were tired enough. At this moment, Filsie descended from the sky, and he turned against the light, and everything from his clothes to his mount was snow-white, almost merging with the ice and snow.

Captain Monthama whistled and said, "Yo, Filsie, is this your new Warcraft?" It's handsome! ”

Filsey said, "Well, this is the Snow Beast, I'll tell you about it later." He named Monhama and Monroe, asked them to follow him, and said to the mercenaries who remained, "Brothers, this promotion mission is related to the future development of our mercenary group, and it is also related to whether you will be looked down upon or looked down upon by others when you report your name in the future, so we must work together for our common future!" Now, please keep this path and don't let anyone or monster enter Darktown, and on the other hand, I hope you can deal with this damn roadblock quickly and make peace with us. He clenched his fists, raised them high, and said in an oath-like tone, "Victory is ours!" ”

Filsie's words were so exciting that everyone chimed in: "The victory is ours!" ”

Filsey was not a sensationalist, but sensationalism was necessary at this point.

A group of people followed Monthama from Heman City to the border town of Dusk Town, all thinking about showing their skills in this mission, one is to earn a watch in front of the regiment commander, and the other is to establish their prestige in the mercenary group, but they have come all the way, but they have not even been able to enter Dark Town, and this sense of disparity will make many people resentful. Filsey's sensationalism was intended to divert the attention of the group, instilling in them the idea that "even though we are doing different tasks with the regimental commander, we are still fighting with the regimental commander", and conveying to them the importance of collective honor, inspiring their fighting spirit and ambition, and strengthening the cohesion of the team. It has to be said that Filsey's sensationalism was just right.

The snow beast flew back to the inn with the three men on his back, and gasped for breath, and Filsi touched the tip of the snow beast's round nose as a comfort.

Filsi said, "Amon, it's time for you to lose weight, Modori says you're too heavy." ”

Monthama patted his overly thick chest and said, "I'm not heavy, I'm strong!" ”

Takales opened the door of the inn for the three of them, and said, "Amon, you are getting too strong, how can you propose to Kitty when you go back to Yorktown, you are almost the size of three Kitty, and Uncle Toby will definitely dislike you." ”

Monthama remembered the petite girl who was waiting for her in Yorktown, looked at her hill-like figure again, and said, "Oops, I'm going to lose weight." Okay, aside, what's the mission of the Stone of Light? ”

Takales spread his hands and said, "We're in big trouble. ”

The author has something to say: thanks to the mines of the leader [gyla]! =3=。