The Flamingo mercenaries were already served, and when the archer Gridan woke up from his stupor, the group began to move.

Ark and the others had already done their preliminary investigation, and their destination was Echo Valley, northwest of Gwent Forest.

"Taniguchi was guarded by members of the Dark Brotherhood at the beginning, and more than a hundred meters inside, there was a cave, according to the information we received, Werther hid in it most of the time, and there were also many guards in the cave, and they were all elite members of the Brotherhood, and their combat effectiveness was very strong."

Along the way, Ark whispered about what he had discovered.

"Do you know how many of them there are?" Link asked.

"There are at least 60 people in the valley, it's not very clear in the cave, but the number will not be less than 30. There are only four of us, and it is unlikely that we will attack, our original plan was that we would ambush and wait at Taniguchi, and Werther is the leader of the Dark Brotherhood, and he is a busy man, so he can't keep shrinking into the cave and not coming out. When he came out, we intercepted him halfway. Ark said.

"Come on, it's useless. We've been in ambush for two weeks. Gridan spread his hands with a helpless expression.

Link didn't quite understand, and looked at Lucy, who had the strongest expression ability among the three: "Sister, what's going on?" ”

Lucy spoke about Barabala, and as soon as the phone was over, Link had a clear understanding of what had happened.

It turned out that the Flamingo mercenary team had been operating in the north, but after the Greenstone incident, Ark, as the captain, felt that the north was no longer safe, and they were very likely to encounter the regular army of the dark elves.

This matter was too fatal, so a few people discussed it and moved to the south.

More than 20 days ago, they arrived at Gwent Forest, received a bounty from the River Valley Town Hall, and after investigating all the way, they found out the basic situation, and finally set up an ambush in Echo Valley.

As a result, this ambush lasted for two weeks, and I didn't even see the shadow of Werther.

The wand in Link's hand lightly tapped his forehead, thought about it seriously, and soon had a general idea: "Witt can't hide all the time, but he hasn't appeared, either, he is not in the valley at all, or, there is another exit from the valley." ”

"No way, he must be in the valley, that's his lair! We caught a couple of peripheral members of the Dark Brotherhood, and each of them said so. Ark rejects Link's first hypothesis.

"There's only a second possibility." Link spread his hands: "I've heard that cunning rabbits dig a lot of holes in their nests, and a person as cunning as Witt shouldn't trap himself in the valley." If you guessed correctly, the other exit is in the cave in the valley. ”

In fact, in the Past Life game, the cave in the Valley of Echoes is a copy called the 'Silent Mine'. The passages inside the cave are intricate, like a labyrinth, and there are at least three exits, and many players will get lost when they enter the dungeon for the first time, and they have been going around in it for most of the day, but they haven't found Werther.

Because of this, this copy is also known as the Labyrinth of Silence.

Now that this is the real world, it is estimated that the situation in the cave will only get more complicated.

Link's statement is very reasonable, the mercenaries are all convinced, Lucy frowned and said: "The other exits are used by Witt to save his life, they must be very hidden, not core members, they must not know, this is impossible to find." ”

"This damn turtle is as timid as a mouse!" Gridan the archer shook the arrow in his hand with hatred, and the thought of himself being a foolish stalk at the mouth of the valley for two weeks, eating and drinking every day, made his teeth itch.

Ark looked at Link, "What can you do?" ”

He had already used honorifics for Link, firstly because of the opponent's strength, and secondly because of the opponent's mind.

Link already had a belly case, and he smiled, "Let's storm it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the three mercenaries all stared at him, Ark frowned, Gridan looked confused, if it wasn't for the previous loss, it was estimated that the cynical words would be out at this time, and Lucy smiled bitterly: "Link, there are only four of us." The other side is thirty times more numerous than ours. ”

Link smiled, and instead of answering right away, he distributed his free points first.

He now has 105 free points.

According to the exchange rules of free points, 1 free point can be exchanged for 10 points of magic energy limit, but now he is in a state of magic weakness, so the effect is temporarily reduced by 90%, and 1 free point can be exchanged for 1 point of magic energy limit, although it is less, but it can't withstand his more free points.

After thinking about it, Link directly added 75 free points to the upper limit of magic energy, so his upper limit of magic energy became 99.1, plus he also carried a bottle of low-level magic energy potion, he could get 100 points of magic energy in a short time, and a bottle of drinking it could replenish his magic energy, so the number of magic energy he could control today was 198 points.

His glass bead magic, one energy consumption is 1 point, he can launch 198 glass beads, plus there are three helpers, one glass bead against a robber, it is not difficult, and with some auxiliary magic and tactics, it is not difficult to storm the valley.

Of course, Link didn't add this point purely for this temporary mission, but he really needed to do it.

Think about it, a level 4 fire explosion spell costs 320 points of magic energy, and his magic energy ceiling is only 241 points, a fire explosion can't be released, now 75 points have been added, and when the magic weakening effect passes, he will have 991 points of magic energy, and then he will definitely have more free points, which can be used to buy level 4, or even level 5 magic, and can be used directly, and will not be left dry because the magic energy ceiling is insufficient.

Even if he doesn't have enough free points, he still has a fire blast technique.

Besides, it's not a matter of saving free points, and it's still a bit dangerous to storm Echo Valley, if it's finished because of the lack of magic energy, and there are still free points that haven't been used up by then, then fuck it.

Now, he has 30 free points left, which are used to deal with the unexpected.

These points adding process all happened in Link's mind, and it was completed in an instant, and then, Link smiled and said, "Of course it's impossible to rely on the three of you, but with me, it won't be a problem." ”

“”

The three of them looked at each other, and this was too hurtful to their self-esteem, but when they thought of the strength that the other party had shown before, the three of them had nothing to say, this young magician had just used the fire bomb technique before, who knows if he can do other magic? Maybe it's possible.

But that's a little crazy.

Seeing that the three of them were still hesitating, Link waved his wand and urged: "It's not early, decide early, I only have one life, it's impossible to send me to death, you say?" “

This seems to make a lot of sense.

Ark reacted, believing that such a young man with terrifying spell-casting abilities would never joke with him, so he asked, "So what exactly should we do?" ”

Link already had a plan in mind, and he first purchased a magic: a real double.

Real stand-ins

Level 1 Earth Elemental Magic

Effects: Creates a magical apparition that emits footsteps, speaks, and smells, and is virtually indistinguishable from a real person.

(Note: It can't swim, and don't let it get caught in the rain if you don't want to get exposed.) ）

This magic doesn't have much effect on magicians, but it tricks the bandit gangsters who don't know magic.

After preparing the magic, Link began to lay out his tactics as he walked.

The members of the Flamingo mercenary team listened and listened, their eyes getting brighter and brighter, and finally, when Link used the real double magic to successfully replicate an indistinguishable Ark, the three mercenaries had no doubt about Link

Just as Link and the others were finishing rushing to Echo Valley, in the Silent Mine, Werther was receiving a special guest, this guest was wearing a hooded cloak, gloves on his hands, and no skin was exposed, and the only thing that could reveal some information was a sapphire wand in his hand.

On the table in front of the two of them, there was a money bag and a crystal that emitted a purple-black light, and because of this gem, although there were many candles lit in the cave, it still showed an indescribable sense of gloom.

"Werther, the money bag is full of the finest gems, worth more than 500 gold coins, this is the reward. All you need to do is find a way to give this crystal to some magician at the East Valley School of Magic, a magician who is interested in dark arts. ”

"Understood, sir." Werther stared at the money bag tightly, his eyes were full of greed, he was a big hobby in his life was to make money, and when he earned it, he saved it, and every time he saved money, he felt great satisfaction.

In fact, if someone can give the full price, he doesn't even mind selling his loved ones, hehe.

"Don't let me down, and don't let the master down!" The black-robed man's voice was hoarse, like a bellows, and if Link was here, he could immediately hear that the man had changed his voice with magic.

"I'm going to do my best." Werther was half-on his knees in a gesture of loyalty, and by the time he looked up, the black-robed man had disappeared, just as suddenly as he had appeared.

Werther was in awe and adoration: "What a terrible method." ”

He took the money pouch on the table and opened it, and the jewels in it shone brightly in the light of the candlelight.

"Tsk, opals, sapphires, fire diamonds, it's beautiful. 500 gold coins for a mission, which is really generous. Werther looked at each gem and was satisfied.