The group of people who came in front of them were wearing the armor of the Praetorian Guards of the Dark Flame Family, and the leader was someone I knew. My nerves relaxed.

Even if it's the same style, but each family's standard armor will have some differences in the parts that don't affect the armor's own protective ability, and the weapon shield will also have vague marks in inconspicuous places, like me, only the cloak and boots are family items, and everything else is from outside, even among the players. Speaking of which, at that time, I threw the Adamantite Sword, Adamantite Shield, and Mithril Shirt given by my mother to the player shop to dispose of, and later heard Yichen complain that it took a lot of effort to remove the family mark on it, but I couldn't help but clear it, otherwise it might cause trouble to use or sell the items with the family mark at will.

Walking in front of this group of family guards is none other than my old acquaintance, His Excellency Ayton Darkflame Battle Commander, whom I least want to see in my family.

They were all murderous, and the weapons they held in their hands and their bodies were stained with blood. It seems that the enemy who invaded before is finished......

His Excellency Ayton's sharp eyes swept over me, but he unexpectedly ignored me and walked past me...... I thought he would make it difficult for him to see me, for example, if he said something that even the soldiers couldn't stop. I don't think he'll let me go because I'm covered in blood. If the Dark Elf NPC has compassion, Rose is the goddess of mercy!

So Ayton must have more important things to do to take care of me.

Sure enough, standing on the balcony, Ayton pulled out a piece of heated metal from his large belt bag. He hoisted the thing three times with a complex gesture, sending three bright signals into the family compound in the dark vision of the dark elves.

…… Nothing has changed, and the soldiers of our family are still at a disadvantage, surrounded and suppressed by enemy soldiers.

I saw Ayton's surprised expression from the side, and then he gritted his teeth viciously, and his face turned hideous.

"Damn it! I knew mercenaries were completely untrustworthy! He roared and raised the heated metal again, swinging it twice in a different gesture.

Spells and arrows shoot out from the exits of each stalagmite pillar and land within range of the enemy, making the momentum of the arrogant enemy visibly weakened. A team of family soldiers was killed from the stalagmite pillar that should have been empty.

The menacing and outnumbered new forces threw the enemy's encirclement into disarray, and when they finally stabilized, a short, shrill whistle sounded......

I was stunned by the sight that followed, as the outermost enemy soldiers suddenly turned to attack their companions, outnumbering about a quarter of the total number of enemy soldiers!

Ayton said as if relieved: "Hmph~ Sure enough, we will fulfill the agreement only when we see the strength of our family!" ”

"What's going on?" I can't help but call out this question.

Ayton proudly said a dark elf saying, "Who knows better than a goddess?" Perhaps because he was in a good mood, he saw my unknown appearance and explained: "The master mother received the oracle of the great Rose God Queen during the sacrifice, and knew that the 10th-ranked Round Spider family was going to launch an attack on our Dark Flame Family, so she bought the gem mercenary group hired by the Round Spider family in advance, and agreed that they would cooperate with us and fight back at a critical moment!" ”

…… Gem mercenary group? Then Yichen and they may also be over there. I looked over to the family compound.

Sure enough, the uniforms of the soldiers who suddenly came back to help us and attacked their original companions were indeed a little different, probably the mercenaries of the Gem Mercenary Group. The soldiers of the Round Spider Family, who originally surrounded the soldiers of the Dark Flame Family, were first broken by the new forces of the Dark Flame Family, and then cut off the back road by the mercenaries who had been deliberately staying on the periphery to preserve their strength, and now they have become the encircled side.

But...... I asked Ayton again: "The mercenary group should have been hired by the Round Spider family first, won't breaking the contract to help us affect their credibility?" ”

Ayton looked at me disdainfully, "What contract?" It's just a verbal deal about money. Moreover, what credibility do those hyenas have. The mistress agreed to pay 10 times the price of the hired money offered by the round spider family! ”

Belch...... I'm speechless.

Indeed, I'm using my experience during the open beta to measure the current situation, for mercenaries on the surface, they have to sign a contract with their employer when they take over a mission, and if they violate the contract, it will seriously affect their reputation, and even lead to a situation where they are hired without an employer. However, this is a dark area, and the rules are completely different from the surface.

Moreover, I think that as long as the round spider family fails this time, it will inevitably become the side of the extinction clan, and no one will survive. According to the iron law of the dark elves: what cannot be proven is that it never happened. Therefore, the family that was destroyed will be considered to have never appeared at all, even if the mercenary group violates the agreement, but the family that has been agreed has perished, then it should also be considered that there is no such agreement at all, because the other party of the agreement will be considered to have never existed at all, so there is no problem affecting credibility...... Woo~ What a weird logic!

No, since Ayton said that mercenaries have no credibility at all, but whether it is the Round Spider Family or our Dark Flame Family, they still have to deal with them, so it has nothing to do with credibility. By the way, Yichen seems to have said that the Gem Mercenary Group is the only mercenary organization in Demon Blade City, and in the early stage of the game, it has the combat power of NPCs comparable to a medium-sized family, and now there should be many players joining, so it is more powerful. The Round Spider Family is ranked after the Dark Flame Family, and I am afraid that we have not swallowed our strength in one bite, so we can only use the third force, and we have to deal with opponents who strengthen their strength with the help of mercenaries, and buying their mercenaries is the most effective way to weaken the other party and strengthen ourselves. It all depends on strength!

The battle gradually stopped, and the enemy soldiers, who saw that there was no hope of victory, understood the fate they were about to accept, and naturally lost the hope of resisting to the end. Rather than just laying down their arms and surrendering, the more clever civilian soldiers voluntarily joined our side and attacked their former companions who were not clever enough, and the ones who were attacked naturally became smarter. Dark Elf NPCs are not fools who stick to their creed. Only the nobles will continue to resist to the end in despair, because even if they surrender, they will not have a chance to live, and they will probably only be sacrificed or tortured to death. And at this time, the guys who continue to resist naturally give the betrayed soldiers the best chance to prove themselves.

Satisfied as we watched the situation turn around before us, Ayton smiled and said, "Our priests will be busy, and the mutinous soldiers will be tortured by the priests to ensure their sincerity. ”