It's been a while since I left the secret base of the Demon Hunter Mercenary Group, and I don't know how Hised and how they're doing. This time, Old Heated gave us the task of first going to Giant Bear Town to find out the situation, and by the way, to investigate why the undead suddenly appeared in Bohip Town. The leader of our three-person squad is Nataya, and Frant and I have to listen to her.

In the past few days, we have gained a certain understanding of the situation after the empire was attacked by the black dragon through various means.

It's summer, but the temperatures in the northern provinces are much cooler. All three of us donned brownish-gray hooded capes and disguised ourselves as passing travelers.

We didn't want to make a fuss, so we kept a low profile along the way, but there were some things we couldn't decide, such as meeting the group of people in front of us who wanted to take advantage of the fire.

In the wilderness not far from Giant Bear, a bandof bandits targeted the three of us, and they saw us as lambs to the slaughter.

The three of us were about to arrive at Giant Bear, but two men with axes suddenly appeared from behind the trees at the intersection, one of whom had a scar on his right eye.

"Friend, do you want to get to Giant Bear Town safely?" said a man

"What do you have to say to them, tell them to take out the money, or you will kill them, and when you look at this dress, you are stinky Delmans, and Lao Tzu hates them the most. Another rugged man with a scar on his eye said impatiently

Frant was a little angry, he didn't want to take this group of scum seriously. Nataya motioned to Frante not to act rashly.

"Hello brothers, this is 20 silver dragon coins, please let us go a way. Nataya said politely, and took out a pocket with a silver coin for the man

"Just a little money, what about you sending beggars?" Scar was unstinning, but he changed his mind after seeing Nataya's face

"Hehe, little girl, if you stay with your brother for one night, I'll let you live. A lewd smile appeared on the scarred man's face

I was upset to hear this, and this group of people really treated us like lambs to the slaughter.

I put my hand on the hilt of my sword at my waist, ready to draw my sword and fight at any moment, but Nataya gave me a gesture and I had to give up.

"This brother really looks up to me, but what is behind you first?" Nataya suddenly pretended to be surprised

Scar Man didn't think much of it and looked back, but he couldn't look at it anymore.

Within a few moments of Scar's turn, Nataya had unleashed a powerful flame blast magic that burned Scar Man to ashes

Before the other man could react, his head was cut off by the sword I drew my sword.

Dare to be the enemy of professional mercenaries, this is the end!

What we didn't expect was that three cold arrows suddenly shot out of the forest, and Frante quickly blocked two of them for us with the shield behind him.

But there was another branch whistling towards my right arm, and with a "poof" sound, my right arm was hung with color.

Luckily the arrow only grazed my skin, but unfortunately it was a poisoned arrow, and the wound quickly blackened.

"Are you alright?" said Nataya, anxious at the sight of the wound

By this time, Frante had already found the robber hiding in the woods with cold arrows by instinct, he killed two and ran away, and he found the antidote in one of the corpses.

I felt weak, cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and my limbs were numb, and I collapsed into Nataya's arms.

"Hold on a little longer, and you'll be fine. Nataya said to me, not with that coldness, but with a maternal tenderness.

No wonder mothers are the greatest people, they can even do anything for their children.

"Here it is, here it is, I've found the antidote. After Frant was quick enough to deal with the men, he ran back quickly.

Nataya hurriedly opened the antidote and sprinkled it on my wound, and slowly I felt no longer cold all over my body, but some sensation again.

I often wonder what happens if I have a poison that stains blood and kills, or if there is no antidote to this poison, or if the antidote comes too late?

But there are no ifs in this world, I am who I am, and I am lucky to survive again.

When I opened my eyes and saw Nataya, I still didn't want to get up like this, I really wanted to lie in her arms for a little longer.

"Ahem, it's almost time for us to hit the road, mercenaries don't die so easily. Frante said unnaturally

Nataya helped me up, and I glared at Frank, who seemed to deliberately avoid it.

In this way, the three of us came to the destination of this trip - Giant Bear Town.

As soon as we arrived in town, we came across a lively event, and the three of us decided to go up and have a look.

"Burn him, burn him, long live the Northern Alliance!" said the townspeople, holding torches, in the small square of the town

This frenzied crowd surrounded the center of the small square, and we couldn't see what was going on inside.

"Long live Northland! Long live the Northern Alliance! Long live General Gravell!" the mood of the people seemed to be very excited

We squeezed into the crowd and finally saw what was going on.

A burning table was erected in the center of the square, on which four people were tied. One was a nobleman, one was a prostitute, one was a robber, and the last one looked like an imperial knight.

Standing on the stage was a tall, bald Norsland, dressed in standard iron armor, who should be the rumored Northern Coalition soldier, and he began to speak to the people in the audience.

"Brothers, comrades-in-arms, the nobles oppressed us, the robbers attacked us, the prostitutes squeezed us, the knights helped to abuse and oppress us, and now, the Norslands will belong to us Norslands!" the bald man shouted

"Long live Northland! Long live the Northern Coalition Army!" shouted the crowd again, waving torches in their hands

The bald man motioned for his Northern Coalition soldiers to pour oil on the four men, and the first one threw torches on the four men and left the stake.

The people also threw torches at the four people, and the fire instantly burned all over the four people.

Wails of pain, miserable screams, excited smiles on the faces of the people.

Not long after, there were only four charred skeletons left on the stake, and a scorching smell made people unable to open their eyes.

But even so, the hearts of the people were extremely happy.

"Long live Northland! Long live the Northern Alliance! Long live General Gravell!" the crowd cheered again

The three of us witnessed this madness and knew that the situation in the north was not a rumor.

At that moment, the three of us turned around and wanted to leave, but the bald man with a group of Northern Coalition soldiers stood in front of us.

We didn't know if the other party was friend or foe, and we were a little overwhelmed for a while, but we were prepared for the worst......