Chapter 211: Target, Spine Temple.
Relying on the improvement of Shululu, Mars's team finally defeated the Dryad Jungle, which was populated by plant monsters, and retrieved the Book of Twilight that had been left behind.
Because Nia was working on the potion at this time, Amy and Vader were also busy researching the airship. The trivial affairs of the mercenary group ultimately fell to Sitana.
Later that evening, Todd's team, who had gone to explore the perimeter of the temple, returned to camp with the Book of Dawn. Back at the camp, Todd didn't report to Nia in the first place, but stopped a mercenary who was walking around the camp.
"Hey, over there. Which team is back now, has Nia-sama's team returned? There was a clear misdemeanor in his tone, and Todd questioned the mercenary.
The group had been together for a long time, and the mercenary was clearly aware of Todd's habits. With a vague scorn, the mercenary told the truth what he knew. Todd was followed by a dozen mercenaries, and there was no need for him to contradict the other party over this trivial matter.
"You're saying all the teams are back now?" After listening to the mercenary's description, Todd was obviously a little surprised. At the beginning, the old captain of the mercenary team entered the temple with several masters in the team to explore, but the final result was that there was no news, and it was obvious that this temple was not as safe as it seemed.
Todd's original plan was to return to the camp in time for the second or third, but he never expected that the three teams that went to explore the interior would be able to complete the task so quickly. This means that the strength of the other three teams has far surpassed his own side, and in the previous great increase in combat power, no one in his team has managed to break through.
Thinking of this, Todd's mood clearly began to become irritable. Ignoring the mercenary, Todd made his way to the back of the camp, to Nia's quarters. Apparently the easiest team returns at the end, Todd feels like he has to explain it to Nia to be at ease.
"Don't go over there. Captain Nia is refining medicine behind closed doors, and the camp is now managed by Captain Niah's friend Stana. Mistress Stana's words, you should be in ...... by now" Seeing Todd walking towards the back of the camp, the mercenary kindly reminded.
"Then you didn't say it earlier." Turning around angrily, Todd grabbed the mercenary's clothes and picked him up. This mercenary is just a thief in charge of detection, and his strength cannot be compared with Todd, and for a while, the mercenary can't break free.
After a heavy breath, Todd let go of his hand and let the mercenary slide to the ground.
Realizing that his grip was gone, the mercenary quickly jumped backwards, and when he reached a safe distance, he relaxed a little and staggered away.
Glancing lightly at the mercenaries who were moving away, Todd strode towards his quarters.
"Chief, we've just returned to the camp, why don't we report to that Stara first?" Chasing after him, one of Todd's subordinates asked Todd.
Turning his head, Todd glared at the mercenary fiercely: "Stupid! We are only following that fourth-order powerhouse Nia, not this little girl who is only a second-order. Nia is not here, and I am the leader of this team. ”
It wasn't until the next morning that Starna learned from the other mercenaries that Todd's team had returned. For this matter, she just smiled lightly and suppressed it.
Previously, because Nia had taken care of most of the things, the mercenaries only thought that Stara was a somewhat silly magician. However, after taking over the affairs of the mercenary group, Sitana showed management skills that amazed the mercenaries.
When Nia first made a temporary appointment to Sitana, some of the mercenaries objected, but over the next three days, a series of arrangements made by Sitana silence the mercenaries who were waiting to see the joke.
There was only one thought left in the minds of these people: not only was Captain Nia strong, but none of her teammates were easy.
Vader and Amy must have a deep knack for magic props, as evidenced by the fact that they were around several airships all day, and occasionally removed a bunch of parts from them.
As for Sitana, the series of arrangements in the past three days is enough to prove her strength. However, some sharp-eyed mercenaries could sense that Starna's style of dealing with events in the camp was so different from what she looked like.
On the third day, at Nya's request, Sitana opened the door to Nia's alchemy workshop.
Behind the door was a chaotic scene, with the remains of unknown beasts piling up around the test bench. On the right side of the bench was a sink for the slag of the experiment, which had been filled with a dismal green liquid that had an ominous aura.
"Nia, how are you?" Hesitating, Sitana finally asked.
It was only at this moment that Nia finally turned slowly from her back to the gate.
After seeing Nia's face, Sitana was surprised again. At this time, Nya's expression was haggard, and her eyes had turned red from not resting for a long time. If it weren't clear that the person standing in front of her was Nia, Starna would even wonder if Nia was possessed by Amy, who had fallen into the state of a research maniac.
"Hey~" With a long sigh, Nia said dejectedly, "It seems that I still underestimated the difficulty of making intermediate strength potions, and I haven't reached that level yet." ”
After hastily tidying up the test table, Nia walked in the direction of Sitana.
"It's been hard for you to do things outside during this time, has anything happened?"
"Leave that alone, Nia, you might as well take a rest." Stara said worriedly.
"It's okay. I'll rest later, and tell me about the camp during this time. With a haha, Nia changed the subject again.
"Ah...... It's still comfortable in the sun outside. Stretching her body, which had become a little stiff from the experiment, Nia said pleasantly. Leaning against the wall, Nia began to listen quietly to Stana's story.
"You mean that Todd, I left it on purpose." When she heard about Todd, Nia spoke slowly.
"Huh? Why. "Sitana had only thought that this was Nia and hadn't managed it before, but she didn't expect that this was actually Nia's intention.
"Gabby was the leader of this gangster team before I eliminated it, and after I solved it, the snakes were leaderless, and if they were left alone, these poisonous snakes would only lead to damage the other teams, so I pulled Todd to the top. Although Todd is a violent person and his quality is not high, he bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard. Rest assured, as long as I'm here, he and his subordinates won't do anything. ”
Since nothing had happened during the three days, Sitana was quick to repeat it. Afterwards, the two chatted casually for a while. Soon, half an hour passed.
Stretching hard, Nya straightened up. Stretching out her arm, Nia reluctantly patted Sitana on the shoulder and said, "Sitana, please come back tomorrow and call me." I wasn't able to craft a mid-level strength potion, but I still have to make at least some recovery potions before the final battle. Don't worry, just making a recovery potion won't cost me much of my mind."
She snorted dissatisfiedly, but in the end, Stara agreed to Nya's request.
The next day, when Nia walked out of the alchemy workshop, she had already had hundreds of bottles of "Master HP Elixir" on her body, although these life potions completely emptied the materials that Nia had collected in the past year, but its effect was also obvious. In terms of quantity, these potions are enough for each mercenary participating in the battle to be able to get more than five bottles. When used correctly, each bottle of these potions can save a life.
On the other hand, Amy and Vader have also completed some modifications to the airship. After the transformation, the speed of the airship to shoot bullets is 30% faster than before, and the throwing of Molotov cocktails has changed from only one to three. In general, after the modification, the attack ability of the airship is at least fifty percent higher than before.
On this day, the mercenaries once again received a notice of gathering. And after distributing supplies, they walked out of the camp in droves.
Target, the GBL Cult Spine Temple, Rost's hideout.