Chapter 26: The Sheep and the Wolves and the Herdsmen

Although the corridor of the underground palace cannot be said to be narrow, it cannot be considered too wide, slightly convex to both sides, and it should be slightly crowded after the Maqifa and his party are stopped.

Although it is not so much that it is not shoulder to shoulder, it is certain that some large movements are inconvenient, but thanks to Miles's blood vine, it greatly saves space, after all, it is difficult for the person who has fallen to grab a place with the person who is still standing.

Not only was the lich not as angry as the butler expected, but even quite calm, and even the vines that were still showing their presence did not react to the approaching mercenaries under Custer's men, this strange performance Macifa didn't feel anything, but Wairutan behind him frowned.

The ranger looked around, his eyes flickering slightly, and then gently pulled down the sleeve of his sister beside him, and pulled her back slowly without a trace, Nila blinked, and then realized that not only Wairutaan, but even Zrola slowed down, and gradually distanced himself from Custer and the others.

The fire and wine mercenaries who were strangled by the blood-colored vines rarely finished their corpses, their limbs were broken into pieces and scattered on the ground, and the blood that still retained their temperature flowed on the ground, only the former colleagues of the mercenaries who were undead finally cared about the past, and the corpses could still retain their human form, just when Custer and the others gradually approached the lich apprentice, Miles, who had been silent, finally moved.

"Human beings, really not trustworthy."

As he spoke, he held the bone staff and knocked on the ground, and the vines that had stopped in place and swayed gently were like hounds that had sprinkled joy, and they were thrown out at once, and they were straight towards Custer's companions, but they were blocked one by one by the people who had been on guard, but it was also equivalent to being stumped by the rapidly growing vines, and they could not directly launch a surprise attack on the lich.

However, Custer basically has a white-level upper position, that is, it is equivalent to a good player second only to Roger in the fire wine, and he has one more gear, plus he is well-trained and well-equipped, and he has maintained the situation in a few back and forth, and he is no longer in a hurry.

"Hey, I'm talking about you"

Hearing the hoarse voice of the Lich Apprentice, Maqifa, who had always maintained a gentlemanly demeanor, forgot about it, Zrola only pouted, and only Wairutan shouted

"What does it mean that human beings are not trustworthy, human beings are not worthy, then the undead transformed by human beings will do."

The corners of Macifa's mouth twitched, and he smiled lightly, and couldn't help but feel a little pity for this hired so-called "mercenary star" in his heart, because it was difficult to get the capital to climb up because of his civilian background, he finally became famous by fighting for his life, and he looked like a person, but what was revealed in his words and deeds was still an earthy taste that could not be changed, but it was the Zrola who was knocked out by him, and Maqifa glanced at the swordsman who hugged his arms and sneered, and nodded secretly in his heart, and he should be more obedient when he was wooed.

Nila tugged at Wairutan's clothes, as if to find it a bit embarrassing for her brother to argue about such a useless topic, except for Miles, who looked up as if sensing something, and looked at Wairutan, who was still noisy like an annoying wild bird, but didn't do anything more.

Then the situation fell into an eerie silence, and even Wairutan felt the atmosphere and closed his mouth in a huff, only the soft sound of the blade slashing against the tough vines, ah, Macifa turned his head and won the gloomy gaze of Demps, and the tenacious commander, who had clearly put down his futile resistance in despair, could still show the eyes of such a fierce beast that had been cornered by the hunters.

Macchifa couldn't help but feel a trace of regret, he was still very optimistic about this regimental commander, if he hadn't chosen Huojiu as the executor of this mission, he would also want to recruit Demps back as the outer guard of the mansion, which was already quite a good position for a mercenary, if he could break through the red bronze with the support of the family, it would not be impossible for him to be the head of the guard.

As for the silver, Ma Qifa didn't even think about it, what are you kidding, the entire Hestia family only has three silver ranks, and the one who has broken through in the past ten years is only the thirty-four-year-old eldest son of the head of the family, Young Master Ziwick, who is still lucky to succeed under the inclination of a large number of resources within the family and the young master's own superb talent, not to mention that the young master still spent three years on the battlefield known as the "meat grinder" before finding an opportunity to break through.

The road of silver, is it so easy to find, the red and platinum tricolor grading has been known since the signing of the ancient covenant, including Erik, including the Seventeen Nations Alliance, including the entire Anlundale continent, if you have the heart, you will find that all the forces are constantly setting up legendary figures, to publicize and advocate their legendary deeds, this is not only to make their own reputation, but also to encourage people to continue to climb up, but how many people know the number of people who break through silver and silver break through gold every year.

Although he did not follow this path of power, as the heir of the Lazika family, a servant family that had served the Hestia family for more than ten generations, those secrets that ordinary people could not have heard in their lifetime were just common knowledge that Maqifa had been accustomed to hearing since childhood, and he knew better than those who had already made a name for themselves, and knew better how difficult they were next.

What's more, he didn't have witnessed the tragic situation of those red bronze superiors who couldn't take this step until death, and their fighting spirit was worn out day by day, and they died of decay, and it was none other than the twelfth generation head of the Lazika family, his grandfather.

The overall strength of the southern region of the Anrendale continent is lower than that of the north, although the territory of the Seventeen Nations Alliance is almost equal to all the human territories in the southern part of the entire continent, but not to mention the recognized powers such as Inruta, Dwittner, and Poruz, compared with the ordinary big kingdoms like Chenafra, although the territory area is much larger than them, but the high-end combat power is almost the same, that is, the vast mid-to-low-end combat power can overwhelm it.

However, because of the special geographical location bordering the realm of the undead, even an extremely aggressive country like Dwitner is quite friendly to the Seventeen Alliance, and the Golden Flame God Emperor even made it clear that he supports trade with the Seventeen Alliance, causing the merchants of some countries in Poruz to smuggle directly from Dwitner at the risk of hanging, and they also have the way to divert to the Southern Alliance, although the distance is far away, they can still make a lot of money.

Of course, DWitner's move is not for charity, there are not a few countries that are friendly to the Southern Alliance with the mentality of "Anyway, when the undead come over, those things are still mine", and supporting the Seventeen-Nation Alliance can not only block the guns of the undead for themselves, but also shout afterwards for the glory of mankind to "regain lost territory".

Thanks to this kind of blessing as if it were a substitute for the dead, the newly established Seventeen-Nation Alliance has shown a high degree of prosperity in just over 20 years, and this explosive prosperity has blinded the upper echelons of the countries of the Southern Alliance, who think that they can take advantage of this great opportunity to catch up with the accumulation of thousands of years of accumulation in the northern countries in one fell swoop, but they do not realize that the whole country has been eaten by moths with strange intentions under this abnormal prosperity.

Churches, smugglers, mercenaries who do everything for money, cultists looking for new sacrifices, killers, mysterious wizards, wandering criminals, spies from various countries, and even some unusual aliens have gathered into this growing maelstrom, and the League of Seventeen itself has long since been dragged from the chessboard in control of the situation to the chessboard, unaware of it, and has left them as it has ever been.

But even so, the growth of the strength of the Seventeen-Nation Alliance is still extremely slow, and in the past ten years, there are only dozens of people in each country who have broken through the silver rank, and as for the gold rank, there are only a handful, which does not mean that the people in the south are weaker than the north in terms of talent, Ma Qifa sighed, but the south has been weak for a long time, even if it has prospered for a short time, but the accumulation in all aspects is too far behind.

Therefore, adults will not hesitate to deal with these undead, thinking of this, the butler couldn't help frowning, he actually didn't agree with the adult's choice at first, the undead are not as deceitful as they seem on the outside, on the contrary, this kind of existence living in death and darkness is extremely cunning and vicious, but since the adult chose to cooperate with them temporarily, then Macifa, as a housekeeper, naturally chooses to trust the judgment of his master, believing that with the master's ability to control these cunning immortals.

However, now it seems that Macifa has set his eyes on the silent lich apprentice, only two soul fires are flickering faintly under the wide black robes, and it looks extremely thin and desolate against the background of the shrinking circle of blood vines and the approaching mercenaries, which is diametrically opposed to the grim and cold undead in the butler's impression, at least, this time it can be said to be the victory of the head of the house, Macifa thought so, although he still has a high wariness of these cold creatures in his heart, but he can't help but relax a little.

It is said that the power of death slowly erodes reason, which may also explain why most of the higher necromantic creatures often sleep, but is it true, the Macchifa mind begins to diverge, but is quickly dragged back to reality.

"That's enough."

Wairutaan, who had been observing the situation, did not see his previous frivolous appearance, and said softly with a frown

Before Zrolla on the side could ask him what he meant, the rebellious mercenary's expression had already froze, because before he could say it, the situation on the field was reversed in an instant!

Almost as soon as Wairutaan's voice was finished, the sound of a violent explosion attracted everyone's attention, and even the people who were already desperate and almost heartbroken were a little sober, it was not an explosion produced by gunpowder saltpeter, but a more dull and bloody explosion!

Flesh and blood swept through the corridor like a roaring blizzard in Venabry in October, and the crimson with a rich bloody aura instantly filled, and the well-equipped Custer and the others in front of the necromancer had long since disappeared, if you want to say it, it is not completely gone, after all, everyone wants to know that the beaches in front of the lich apprentice have not completely lost their humanity, and the unknown objects that sneered are those powerful mercenaries.

And the closer Demps and the others, although they were blocked by the blood vine circle, were still inevitably drenched in minced flesh, but fortunately, the flesh and blood that poured on them didn't seem to be much corrosive, just mixed with internal organs and hair.

The warrior, whose face was flushed from blocking part of the impact for his companion, spat out a splash of flesh that splashed into his mouth, and his eyes became even more gloomy.