Chapter 22: Nataya
The Iron Wolf Mercenaries did not join the New Monarch War, and they would not be hired for the lure of money because of their special purpose. However, when the Dimensional Conquerors arrived, as a member of Igu, Asila led the Iron Wolf to join the defense.
When the ancient capital fell, Asila was also killed in battle, and she was replaced by the original Iron Wolf Deputy Commander Nataya.
This Nataya is not an arcane mage, on the contrary, she is born from the Silent Sanctuary, the archimate's greatest enemy, the two major assassin organizations alongside the Shadow Clan.
The history of the Sanctuary of Silence is very relevant, dating back to the early days of the mystics.
From the very beginning, the Holy See of Light was very wary of this group of abandoners, so in addition to the Knights of the Temple of Light, it also secretly cultivated an assassin organization, that is, the Silent Temple. The main task of the Sanctuary of Silence is to monitor the mystical mages' every move, and if they do something against the gods, they will immediately assassinate them.
I have to say that in fact, the Silent Temple has done a lot of good things, and many necromancers and demonic wizards who are willing to fall have died at the hands of the Silent Temple.
Nataya was sent by the Silent Temple to spy on Asila and her Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment, but she was soon impressed by the Iron Wolf's purpose and voluntarily left the Silent Temple to join the Iron Wolf Mercenary Regiment.
By the time she took over as the Iron Wolf Leader, she had progressed from an assassin to a third-order demon tracker, challenging legendary masters several times with a pair of short crossbows called Kill and Calamity.
Many players are paying close attention to Nataya, not just because of her strength, but because they believe that once Nataya progresses to the rumored legendary professional Witcher, information about the next expansion Undertree Demon will appear.
In front of her, Nataya was wearing a tight leather wallet, a short knife and dagger at her waist, and a short crossbow hanging from her back. Jin Cheng roughly judged that she should not have entered the third order yet, but was just a silent assassin of the second order.
"Special mission?" Kaneshiro pondered Nataya's words for a moment and thought strangely, "Why do the traces of the demons under the tree appear repeatedly?" Wait a minute...... That black wolf! ”
"Don't worry, Ms. Nataya." Clarence put on an absolutely perfect smile that would drive all women crazy, "I'm going to help Iron Wolf with this task!" ”
However, it is clear that Nataya is not interested in Clarence's set, but looks at Ella, and seems to regard Ella as Harry's commander.
Ella was at a loss for a moment, and quietly pulled Jin Cheng's sleeve.
Jin Cheng was happy in his heart, it seems that the relationship between Clarence and Iron Wolf is not close.
"Dear Lady Nataya, I don't know if you came here this time because of a ......" Kaneshiro said halfway, glanced at Ella, and cast a reassuring look, "Black giant wolf?" ”
Ella's face changed immediately.
But the eyes of everyone in the iron wolf lit up, and Nataya quickly walked in front of Jin Cheng and said urgently: "What news do you know!" ”
"What black wolf?" Clarence's face darkened, sensing a hint of unease.
The team returning from the Endless Sea has suffered heavy injuries, and the news of Ella's brother's death cannot be hidden. But the news about the black giant wolf was that after Jin Cheng realized that it was related to the demon at the bottom of the tree, he gave a gag order to the soldiers.
"No matter what the news is, it's not appropriate to talk about it here, right?" Jin Cheng soothed Ella with his eyes, pointed to the merchant ship and said, "Let's go up and talk, don't embarrass Commander Harry." ”
Ignoring Clarence's hard looks, even though Nata Adam followed Jincheng and Ai ** onto the merchant ship and entered the mercenary cabin, she sent mages and mercenaries to guard the door, prohibiting everyone from approaching, including Clarence.
At the suggestion of Jin Cheng, Nataya first explained her purpose: "I have some old friends in the Temple of Silence, and one of them has been in charge of monitoring the traces of the legendary mage Joshuel. ”
"Of course, because of the special environment of the Endless Sea, he can only stay and wander outside the Endless Sea."
"Not long ago, he found the traces of a giant black wolf, and the breath of despair and hatred on that giant black wolf was suffocating."
"He relayed this to me, and our men quickly tracked down the demonic aura, and we found that he was going all the way south, very fast, and it didn't take long for him to lose his whereabouts."
"And according to the information we gathered, before that black giant wolf appeared, Count Prohai's team happened to enter the Endless Sea, and was seriously injured!"
"Joshuel has always befriended the descendants of King Ador, and the Emperor of Light will not attack humans. I can't think of anyone other than this black wolf who could have injured Count Prohey's team so badly. ”
"So we speculate that the target of that black giant wolf may be Prohai, and it just so happened that the Puluo Chamber of Commerce released a mercenary task in the ancient capital, so we stopped by to Prohai."
Nataya looked at Ella, and she knew from the sad expression on Ella's face that her guess should be right.
"Miss Ella, you did meet the black wolf, didn't you?"
"It killed my brother!" Ella cried out, tears rolling down her face, "Lady Nataya, can you find any trace of it?" ”
"I'm willing to pay any price, as long as you can kill it to avenge my brother!"
Nataya sighed and said, "The Undertree Demon has always been our enemy, and we will not let any of the demons live in Igu. ”
"However, we only speculate that it will come to the Prosea, and there is no definite information."
"Lady Nataya, if it's really in the Prosea, can you track it?" Kaneshiro asked.
"Nope." Nataya shook her head, "It's completely hidden aura, and any demon tracking spell has lost its effect. ”
"Only this one can help us discover it." Nataya pulled out a finger-long knife from her waist, "When approaching the demon at the bottom of the tree, it sends out unique signals. ”
"That's it?" Jin Cheng asked with a frown, the hatred of the demon at the bottom of the tree is indelible, it is obvious that Count Prosea has become one of its hatreds, and Ella's situation is somewhat dangerous.
"This is an instrument of an ancient religion, and our ancestors eradicated this cult that believed in Bolton and obtained the method of making this instrument." Nataya laughed, "Sometimes to deal with demons, you still have to use demonic methods. ”
"We have a lot of these knives, and when our members are scattered in the city of Ador, whoever finds the trace of the demon can gather all the members to besiege it as soon as possible."
"A lot?" Jin Cheng took the blade of ancient religion and rubbed it, and there was a piercing coldness on the knife, "Then, I think we have found a way to cooperate." ”
After a while, several people disembarked from the merchant ship again, and Commander Harry was still on the shore, he had already made up his mind that as long as the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group did not disarm, they would never be allowed to set foot on the land of Ador.
Clarence, who was frowning and going back and forth, saw that Nataya appeared again, and immediately stepped forward, and said with a spring breeze on his face: "Ms. Nataya, in order for your mission to go smoothly, why don't you go ashore at the next port?" ”
"No, cousin Clarence." Ella glanced at her cousin with a cold face and said to Harry, "Commander Harry, Lady Nataya has promised me that she will disarm all the members of the regiment. ”
"In order to ensure that the Iron Wolf Mercenary Group will not cause trouble in Ador, until they leave, Lady Nataya will stay in the Earl's Mansion and will not leave for half a step."
"What!" Clarence couldn't believe it, how did Ella convince Nataya? Or is it the mystic mage of unknown origin? Clarence's gaze at Kaneshiro had become fearful.
Harry was surprised by this result, but he quickly ordered the soldiers to come forward and take away the equipment that the mage mercenaries had taken off, as well as the equipment and supplies they had brought with them.
At Ella's behest, these items will be transported to the Earl's Court for safekeeping. A pitch-black chest was also handed over to Harry, and dozens of ancient religious blades would be distributed, one carried by soldiers on every street.
"Thank you for your support of my duties." Commander Harry bowed to Ella with a complicated look on his face, and turned away.
Nataya gave several orders, and the mage mercenaries were broken into pieces and scattered into the city of Ador.
Clarence looked at Nataya who left with Ella with resentment, he spent a lot of means, or because of chance to hire this powerful mercenary group, he thought that this would be his greatest help, but he didn't think that he had just come back, and he was recovered by Ella without moving.
"It must be that mysticist's trick!" Clarence looked at Jin Cheng's back, and there was a murderous intent in his eyes.