Chapter Eighty-Six: Helpless Danger

The problem is that ideals are just ideals, and no matter how full the ideals are, we must also ask whether the reality will answer or not, and if the reality is too skinny, the ideal will become a joke or even a tragedy.

Countless tragedies in history have been caused precisely because the difference between the two cannot be distinguished.

The Celtic Road is an official road connecting the city to the city, relatively wide, safe and easy to walk, there is enough width and space to move when encountering thieves, and the defensive formation can be calmly laid out, the only disadvantage is that the distance is much farther;

James Valley, on the other hand, is quite risky, even though it looks much closer and full of powerful temptations for weary passers-by. It is a steep canyon, the mountains on both sides are high and densely forested, not only there are a variety of fierce beasts comparable to the second- and third-level soldiers, the most fatal thing is that the valley road is narrow, once someone sets up an ambush in advance, blocking the valley before and after the two ends to catch turtles in an urn, the whole group of people will become a living king, and there is no chance to escape.

The burly leader of the Black Lion Mercenary Regiment pondered for a while, then stood beside the carriage and explained to the Marquise de Ryder as patiently as possible the pros and cons of each of the two options, suggesting that it was safe to take the original plan on the Celtic road for security reasons.

However, he knows the depth does not mean that the marquise knows the depth, and his patience does not mean that the marquise is also patient, the marquise, who has always been arrogant, does not think that a lowly mercenary leader has the qualifications to bargain with himself, especially in the case of taking so many shiny Jinkern from himself, his employer is a high god, what is a reckless hero?

The Marquise could still maintain due courtesy to Pierre and other noble juniors, but she was much more rude to Kevin, she sneered and said: "Oh, I said what is the big problem, stumped the famous head Kevin, it turned out to be this." Eh, I say, Captain, do you know that our family's situation is very dangerous? If it is not dangerous, what are you going to do with so much money, and there is no place to go with so much money?"

Kevin frowned slightly, the other party's yin and yang weird tone really made him very uncomfortable, but where the duty was, dignity and orderliness, he still had to answer: "Don't dare, don't dare." Of course, I understand the current situation, and it is precisely in order to ensure the safety of my wife and all the noble sons and daughters of the palace that I suggest ......"

Before he could finish his sentence, the Marquise de Ryder interrupted him with a sneer and asked, "That's weird, Captain Kevin, since you know that we are in danger, the sooner you return to the vicinity of the royal capital, the safer it is." If you don't take a ready-made shortcut today, you have to pick a long road, and taking this long road also means resting in the wilderness for an extra night, what kind of truth is this?"

"Duty, what you say is better than what you sing, shouldn't you have made an appointment with those so-called passers-by, and are ready to collude with the inside and outside, and kill the mother and heir of our Ryder family?"

The words are extremely heart-wrenching, the bravery of Captain Kevin is only reflected in the fight, if you want to compete with the bitterness of the speech, he is the opponent of the famous mean Marquise Ryder, and as soon as he fights, he was declared defeated, so he had to be speechless and defeated, and returned to the regiment with a calm face to redraw the itinerary, and then went on the road.

The convoy came to the entrance of James's Valley, and as soon as they saw the true face of the valley, not to mention Plitander, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, even the fledgling Normer and Dawn felt that it was not a good idea to take this road, and the mercenaries who often escorted their employers in and out of danger had a strong premonition of danger, and whether they had ever walked this dangerous road or not, they were all talking to each other in private, and they were slightly noisy.

It's normal to work hard for money, no one should laugh at anyone, but dying for money is another matter entirely, if you have money and don't have a life to spend, what's the use of more money.

If the Valley of Doom that Normer and the others had walked through before was so steep and intimidating that it was daunting, this James's Valley was not far behind, and in terms of scale, it could be regarded as a few smaller valleys of Doom. I saw that the steep mountain wall was more than 100 zhang high, and the straightness was incredible, just like a normal mountain, and a certain god with great powers held a huge axe of amazing size, and slashed the axe into the center of the mountain, and slashed along the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, splitting the entire mountain in half!

The place where the giant axe slashed in the middle was the Jacobite Valley in front of everyone's eyes.

From the mouth of the valley, the valley is very narrow, and compared to the valley of Doom, where the road is flat enough to pass through the army, the rugged Jacomes's Valley is difficult to walk, and most places can accommodate at most one or two carriages moving side by side, and it is difficult to spread out and walk when the number of people is slightly larger.

And there is another strange thing in the valley, counting from the foot of the mountain, all the way up to the height of more than twenty or thirty zhang, there is not a single grass, not to mention the existence of low shrubs and tall trees, within this height range, all are patches of light brown, bare rocks, normal vegetation is from a certain invisible boundary, from the boundary, to the top of the mountain, is a lush and vibrant scene!

The strange scene in the Valley of Doom was still caused by the powerful destruction of the war, and the attack range of the city pass was used as a watershed; this James Valley was not an ancient battlefield, how could such an inexplicable situation occur? The vegetation seemed to be hiding from some terrible existence, and they all tried to escape from the ground, and the farther away the better.

Looking at such a strange and perverse phenomenon, Normer faintly became uneasy.

Such a geographical situation is especially unfavorable to passers-by walking in the valley, the narrow valley bottom is not only difficult to walk, but it is even more difficult to toss and move in the face of ambushes, and the bare area at the foot of the mountain is not covered by vegetation, once someone is ambushed above, as long as the shooter hides behind the trees and calmly releases cold arrows at the people walking in the valley, there is a chance that he will succeed;

The side that was ambushed at the bottom was extremely passive, it was difficult to attack from the back, and the other side still had natural vegetation cover, so it could almost be said that it could only be beaten and had no power to fight back;

If the ambush side has a magician who is good at using earth spells, the situation is even worse, just release a simple blasting attack spell, you can completely block the escape path of the side in the valley, and directly close the door and fight the dog!

"Close the door, get off the gate, let the dog go!"

In the ears of the young man, there seemed to be a sound of his father's joking voice, and the funny action of the palm of one hand forming a knife and slashing forward, which was the scene when Viscount Motoo was telling a certain black history, which was vivid and interesting, but he and the morning light were so happy that he remembered it very clearly.

Knowmer's smile froze as soon as it came to his face, and according to the development of the plot, he was likely to become a member of the tragedy, an example of ridicule from others in the future, and suddenly he could not laugh anymore. He secretly calculated that if he was ambushed by an enemy of similar strength here, according to the strength he had so far, he could only protect himself desperately, at most he would break through with Dawn and Plitander, and don't expect to bring one more outsider out.

And so on, in the entire mercenary group, at most, only Kevin and Battle have a chance to survive.

First, they are all seventh-level powerhouses, and Battle has dwarven blood in his body, and he is good at mountain fighting and running, as long as the two of them are determined to leave their companions and flee for their lives, they are still expected to leave alive;

Second, the opponent's target is the family of Marquis Ryder, and it is not necessary to kill all the escorted mercenaries.

But the other mercenaries, including the "White Crane" priest, are miserable, either their own type does not belong to the combat type, or they are not strong enough and have no way to escape, and it is difficult to die in the valley.

As for the family of Marquis Ryder, unless there is a high-level powerhouse above level ten hidden in it, I am afraid that it will be cleaned up.

Kevin looked at the silent valley, and the foreboding in his heart became stronger, he swallowed hard, and he and Battle looked at each other, and they both saw a strong sense of uneasiness and strong opposition in each other's eyes.

In short, such a treacherous situation is like a monstrous giant beast opening its mouth, waiting for its prey to automatically come to the door. Unless they are brain-dead, if a normal person has the conditions to choose, no one wants to take the initiative to go in.

"How many brothers did they fold here last time?"

Kevin asked dryly.

"Thirteen died on the spot, and five of those who were seriously injured could not survive. That adds up, that's a full eighteen people. Not counting the other dozen or so disabled. ”

Battle replied, his voice equally dry, and he pointed to a pile of dirt bales on the right side of Taniguchi, adding, "According to Hurricane, all those who died in battle are buried in the cemetery on the right side of Taniguchi. I guess it's about over there. ”

"Alas. Lost more than half of their good hands at once, no wonder the kid said that their group was completely broken, and they haven't recovered until now. ”

Kevin said with a little sadness.

Battle shook his head and said helplessly: "No way, it's all fate." As a mercenary, whether you want to or not, you have to be ready to die at any time. ”

Within a radius of 100 miles, the "Wind Mercenary Group" is a mercenary organization with the same name as the "Black Lion Mercenary Group", and the relationship between the two families is good, and its leader "Wind Rush" has a deep friendship with Kevin, Battle and others. Unfortunately, half a year ago, the regiment was commissioned to escort a batch of treasures from another city to the royal capital, due to the extremely tight time, the leader "Hurricane" had to venture through the Jacobite Valley, only to encounter an ambush, although the enemy was completely annihilated after the bloody battle, the mercenary side paid a very heavy price.

If it weren't for the fact that the "Hurricane Mercenary Group" had suffered too heavy losses and would not have been able to recover from their vitality to undertake important tasks for a year and a half, from the time they were entrusted to escort the Marquise de Ryder and his party, with the good relationship between the two families, Kevin would have invited them to participate a long time ago, so why should he invite foreign aid such as Normer who had never dealt with him?

The two of them sighed in unison and stopped talking.

"Let's persuade one last time. ”

Battle, who usually appeared only in a simple and rough image, broke the silence and sighed and took the lead in proposing.

As a mercenary, he has walked this dangerous road more than once, but he has always led a team of elite people, and the task is special and the time is urgent, so he has to go into the valley hard. It's a stupid thing to drill into a large force like this, and he's never done it before.

"Good. ”

The head of the regiment nodded, his two partners have been partners for many years, and they know each other well, and when the deputy talks about this, he understands the helplessness. As a rule of thumb, convincing a brain-dead person is an almost impossible task.

This is the desolation of being a mercenary, as long as you formally accept the employer's employment, you must cooperate unconditionally according to the employer's requirements during the period, and if you casually resist and go against the employer's wishes, you will be spurned and cursed by your peers, because this will seriously affect the reputation and income of the entire industry, and then indirectly affect the quality of life of thousands of mercenary families, making the future even more difficult for a large number of mercenary families.

Because of this, knowing that according to the Marquise de Ryder's wishes, entering the James Valley might encounter accidents, Kevin also had to discuss with his employer first. If the Marquise de Ryder insisted on going her own way, he and Battle could only know that there were tigers in the mountains, and they would prefer to go to the tiger mountains.