Chapter Ninety-Eight: Infighting and "Misses"
The review test of the Bull Mercenary Group is roughly divided into three steps: identity review, melee test and shooting test.
Among them, the identity check is just a formality, and the focus is still on melee combat and shooting. If you want to be a mercenary, force value is naturally indispensable.
And here, the melee test is far more dangerous than the shooting test. The latter hits a moving target at most, while the former has to fight against real people, so it is often inevitable to be killed and injured.
When they came to the training ground (in fact, it was the local football field, and there were stands on both sides), everyone saw a Norman strong man holding a knife to the training post, and there were sparse spectators in the stands next to him, who seemed to be mercenaries of the bull mercenary group, drinking and playing cards boringly.
"Newcomer?" The stout man turned to look at the crowd who had come in through the entrance of the football field, and smiled a slightly hideous smile - a huge scar slashed down from his left eye and cut off the bridge of his nose, opening an ugly gap in the corner of his lip, making him look like a demon crawling out of hell.
Every time he showed this terrible smile, the panicked fear of the newcomers who had never seen the world was the expression and pastime that the madman Barrow was most happy to see.
However, the newcomer in front of him just looked curiously at the scars on his face, as if they were some non-mainstream tattoos.
Barrow:..................
It was the first time he had seen such a newcomer, and he was speechless in shock for a while. Soon, feeling a little embarrassed, he squeezed out a vicious expression again, and said gloomily:
"Newcomer, are you here to sign up for death?"
"You're the examiner for the melee test?" Asker looked at him.
Judging from the intuitive feedback and spiritual perception, this "madman Barrow" seems to be a transcendent person with a Lv.10 bloodline, but he doesn't know if he has completed the law condensation ceremony.
"I'm the examiner." Barrow sneered, turned his gaze to the bull mercenary next to him, and said in the shadows, "So, this stupid calf is my opponent?" I'm afraid I won't be able to control my strength against this kind of newcomer......"
"Madman Barrow, he was introduced by old Padro!" Someone next to Asker shouted loudly, but his tone seemed to be a little inward-looking.
"Alas, it was actually introduced by our recruiting officer Old Padrow, it seems that the madman Barrow can't 'miss' this time." Barrow sneered in a weird manner, slung the knife on his shoulder, and sneered contemptuously, "Hehe, do you really think that you can scare me by taking Padro's name?" ”
His fierce and murderous gaze locked on Aske, as if he was thinking about how to kill him next.
However, this newcomer didn't look afraid, just turned his head and asked the person next to him:
"Is your bull mercenary group's test so reckless? Can you miss and kill people in the assessment process? ”
"Ahem." Someone next to him couldn't help but remind him, "The madman Barrow is an extraordinary being, an elite member of the Aragonese Raid Legion. ”
Asker sighed, and understood the other party's hint.
Since this person is a Lv.10 transcendent, that is to say, the other party is most likely carrying out some ritual tasks, such as how many humans are going to be killed, so he will use the name of assessment to kill the newcomer. After all, newcomers must sign a waiver agreement before participating in the assessment, and they don't have to worry about getting into trouble if they accidentally die in battle.
If you think about it further, since the superiors of the Bull Mercenary Group have placed the madman Barrow in this position, they must also intend to use the lives of innocent newcomers to boost the progress of his ritual mission. In other words, there is a high probability that this guy is covered by someone on top of the mercenary group.
Of course, the open recruitment of the mercenary group is a necessary way to replenish fresh blood, and if a large number of newcomers are killed by this Barrow in the assessment process, it will definitely have a bad impact on the credibility of the bull mercenary group itself.
So the upper echelons made a compromise with the old Padro, the recruiter (this old man is probably not of the same faction as the madman Barrow). If he thinks the newcomer is valuable, he beckons Barrow to let him out of the water and not kill him. In this way, just "missing" to kill a few newcomers with poor performance every day will not arouse the suspicion of the outside world.
Thinking of this, Asker smiled a little dumbly. I've really played a lot of games, and I'm still guessing the current situation by analyzing NPC tasks...... However, he didn't come here to really join the bull mercenary group, so he was not afraid to offend the other party, and further muddy the waters, so he said with a smile:
"So next, my opponent is him?"
The crowd was speechless. That's why it's said that the madman Barrow is extraordinary, why do you still want to singled him out?
"In that case, let's get started quickly." Asker didn't use the concept to arm him, he just pulled out the keel sword at his waist and stepped forward.
"Wait, you haven't signed a waiver yet......" someone shouted from behind.
However, the madman Barrow, who had been unhappy with him from the beginning, couldn't wait to draw his sword and rush over, and under the explosion of Lv.10's physical power, he approached Asker's body almost instantly, and the sword light slashed down like a waterfall!
Asker hastily raised his sword to parry. The moment the weapons clashed, the knife in the opponent's hand was broken in two, followed by a bloody light that soared into the sky.
A huge wound of flesh and blood, along with his long sword raised, spread from the madman's lower right abdomen to his left shoulder, and blood was still spilling down the sword.
Before the expression on the madman's face could change, the battered body fell backwards, falling heavily on the blood-soaked grass.
All:..................
This is...... Winner or loser? And it's still a spike?
There was a moment of silence in the arena, and someone in the stands suddenly stood up.
"Madman Barrow is dead! Go and inform His Highness Ferdinand! ”
The patrol team that brought Aske over was in a collective state of stunned silence. However, the two mercenaries next to the venue reacted, and quickly drew their swords and rushed forward, separating Asker from the madman Barrow who fell to the ground.
One of them hurriedly crouched down to check on the madman Barrow's injuries, while the other held Aske back with his sword as if he were an enemy, fearing that the "newcomer" would continue to attack Barrow.
However, Asker just hung the keel sword back on his waist and said with a smile:
"Is it time for the next round of assessments?"
"You're finished!" The bull mercenary in front of him said coldly, "You actually killed the madman Barrow!" No one will be able to save your life next, you will not be able to get out of here alive! ”
"Oh?" Aske didn't care, "He's not dead, I'm keeping my hand." ”
"Keep your hands? Everyone saw the wounds on his body! The mercenary roared fiercely.
He was about to continue with a few harsh words, when the companion behind him, who was checking on Barrow's injuries, stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and then whispered quickly:
"The wound looked long, but it wasn't deep and didn't hurt the internal organs. If the rescue is timely and no secondary infection occurs, it may be possible to save life. ”
Bull Mercenaries: ..................
"Look." Aske spread his hands, "As a professional mercenary, how can you not control your strength and accidentally kill someone?" ”
This seems to be an explanation, and it seems to mock the madman Barrow's so-called "miss" threat before it is too fake. Rao is the bull mercenary is too thick-skinned, and he can't think of how to refute it at this time, so he can only stare at him with a gaze that seems to be murderous.