002 Small Town Bloodbath
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The conflict inevitably broke out, after a night of hard fighting, in the terrifying arrow rain attack of the snow elves and the raid of the crazy animals, almost all the remaining mercenaries and the slave catchers under the caliph were injured, and there were nearly 200 seriously injured, most of them were mercenaries with a few grades of equipment that were poor.
The remaining hundred or so mercenary groups have no more than three priests, after all, priests and magicians are very difficult for most mercenary teams to recruit, and even if they are recruited, the cost is not something they can easily afford, so they prefer to use relatively inexpensive healing potions and bandages.
During the battle, the mercenary team had almost depleted the healing potions, so they had to ask the caravan for some help, but how could the self-absorbed and selfish merchants do what they wanted?
The two sides quarreled fiercely, and if it weren't for the large number of people who were afraid of each other, the mercenaries whose partners' lives were threatened would have almost started to go up and rob! For mercenaries who have lived a bloody life with knives, each partner is a brother who has lived and died together, and it is impossible to watch them die of their injuries!
The leader of the Caliphate's caravans was a bald warrior nearly two meters tall, a forty-second level brave, and the 'strongest man' in the entire ranks, wielding a long whip in his hand, scattering the mercenaries with anger in their eyes like cattle.
Some mercenaries with a little strength angrily helped their injured partners to leave the caravan, but more mercenaries chose to stay in order to make ends meet.
Before these seriously injured mercenaries left, according to Han Feng's instructions, Leske unknowingly stuffed several bottles of healing potions and dozens of gold coins into the bags of the departing people. For the other mercenaries who remained, Ryan also found time to treat them.
What makes Han Feng depressed is that since Sister Rabbit entered the seventh-dimensional space, she has been constantly absorbing the merits in the belt of fate, and not only has the twelfth rune plate never been opened for so long, but even the ninth, tenth, and eleventh rune plates have also dimmed, and at this rate for a while, Han Feng's hard-earned merits will all be exhausted, no matter how Han Feng persuades him, Sister Rabbit just doesn't move, and he has no choice but to give up.
At that time, in order to reduce the commission of the mercenaries, the C-level task of transporting elven slaves was deliberately downgraded to D-level, and at this time, there was a problem, and the loss of those snow elf girls, the caliph could only swallow the bitter water in his stomach, who let them not be in the list of goods when the task was issued?
In the next ten days of the journey, the merchant's greed for life and fear of death was infinitely magnified after an attack, and the commissions of the more than fifty mercenaries who remained were all doubled, but the workload also increased a lot. All the mercenaries are assigned four guards every night to patrol and guard constantly.
I don't know if it was to save the plundered clansmen, or to marvel at the strong man who could cut off all the weapons without knowing it, the snow elves did not reappear, but encountered several waves of gargoyles and snowmen attacking.
After more than 20 days of journey, the Hero Invincible Mercenary Group has become the leader of these mercenaries, and the head of the regiment, Han Feng, is not only quite comfortable with the fat merchant Caliph, but also treats many mercenaries without saying anything. Although his level can only be regarded as above average, but every time he encounters danger, he will not hesitate to rush to the front, although the crappy archery has less than half of the hit rate, but he can always kill the enemy who threatens the mercenary's life in time, so everyone affectionately calls him 'Lightning Arrow Ranger'.
The ugly female mercenaries in his mercenary group were also very popular with the mercenaries, and the Scarface female warrior sat under a giant black wolf (who knows?). Almost every day, you can bring back a lot of prey, and with Han Feng's wonderful barbecue skills, everyone is feasting. That chubby fat girl is definitely a pistachio-like existence, and she always makes everyone laugh with some interesting things from time to time, and it doesn't seem dull along the way.
After a long and boring journey, the caravan finally arrived at this town called Lyra, which was also the last supply station before reaching the city of the sky, and it could be regarded as a medium-sized town in terms of size, with a permanent population of about 30,000, and the rest were mercenaries, caravans, and adventurers.
'Timely fun' is the most widely circulated phrase in the mercenary world, this kind of life of swords and swords, no one knows if they can see the sun tomorrow, when they arrive in the town, they all rush to the wine shop and some men's favorite places to have fun.
Several female mercenaries in the other mercenary teams came to Han Feng with their proud figures, ready to invite him to spend the night together, but they were tragically blasted open by a group of vinegar jars, and Leske and Ryan followed with a grin, and what happened after that is unknown.
As soon as Hag wanted to make an excuse to slip away, he was frozen by Olis's murderous eyes, so he had to follow Han Feng and the others obediently to the hotel, which was not a big hotel in the first place, and had been contracted by the wealthy Harifa, and Han Feng, as an employee he admired very much, was allocated six rooms.
The other dozen or so hotels in the town were already overcrowded, leaving the other mercenaries camping or finding their own way. What's even more strange is that I don't know why the doors and windows of the first floor of these hotels are thickened with rough wooden planks for several layers.
Han Feng and Deris walked into the room hand in hand, this is a room on the second floor near the staircase, walk in the door and open the window casually, facing the street, all kinds of stalls are placed until the end of the street, when Han Feng is relish the hawkeye technique, browsing the small goods on the stall without leaving home, Delise's surprised voice sounded, "Husband, you see there seem to be a lot of people around the bulletin board over there!" ”
Following the direction of her finger, Han Feng saw hundreds of people surrounding the door of a building in the distance, among which there were many fellow mercenaries, and the noisy noise and discussion came back from afar. Eagle Eye couldn't get through the crowd at all, and driven by curiosity, the two left the hotel and squeezed into the crowd.
The bulletin board reads in bright red letters, "Recently, there have been a large number of missing people in the town at night, as well as the murder of guards, adventurers, and mercenaries, in order to arrest the suspect, a curfew will be imposed from now on, and no one in the town is allowed to leave until the murderer is confirmed, and the offender will be punished as a suspect --- the 15th Garrison of the Seventh Garrison Division of the Bracada Warlock Dynasty." There were also two bloody heads hanging from the side of the billboard, and from the chatter, it was revealed that these two men were just merchants trying to sneak out of town.
"Wouldn't it? Waste time here again? My wife is still at home waiting for me to go back! A footman muttered quietly beside him.
The one-eyed mercenary next to him said depressedly: "It's not a fart!" Lao Tzu has been trapped here for more than ten days, and he hasn't seen a shadow of them caught. ”
Han Feng watched the announcement with great interest while listening to everyone's discussions, saying everything, some said that these murderers were vampires who came and went without a trace, some said that it was an evil necromancer, some said that it was a super demonic beast in the nearby mountains, and some swore that it was a group of female ghosts...
"It's a little interesting..."Han Feng's experience has increased a lot along the way, but he has not really fought for a long time, he felt a little excitement, and took Deris by the hand to a tavern near the billboard.
The town is now in a typical state of being allowed to enter and not leave, and almost all the adventurers and mercenaries who have nothing to do choose to drink to kill their sorrows, Han Feng and the two found an empty seat and sat down, asked for two glasses of pine nut wine, and listened to the chatter of everyone in the tavern while drinking.
A certain philosopher once said that 'the tavern is the fastest place to get information', and sure enough, in less than half an hour, Han Feng summed up three very valuable clues: "First, the townspeople who are killed every time are either garrison members or dignitaries in the town, there are almost no ordinary villagers, and the missing ones are just the opposite, they are all civilians, most of them are young and beautiful girls, merchants with thousands of dollars in money, and some mercenaries who are not weak; Second, someone had vaguely heard the groans of a woman in pain coming from the walls of the mayor's mansion; Thirdly, the killings and disappearances occurred just after the new mayor and the head of the garrison took office..."
Secretly swept over the several guards who were drinking in the tavern with the Vision of God, Han Feng was surprised to find that each of them had more than ten level warriors, if they could kill them without being discovered, the minimum strength should be above forty, it is said that those adventurers who are not weak are all about forty levels, killing them will not cause anyone to be alert, and for more than half a month, even a strong person in more than seventy levels will be difficult to do!
Han Feng threw ten gold coins in front of the bartender, and said boldly: "I invite every brave mercenary here to have a drink!" Cheers and thanks rang out in the tavern, and he walked over to a drunken half-elf mercenary in the corner of the tavern with two glasses, two of the three valuable pieces of information he had just spoken.
Handing over a glass of wine, Han Feng sat opposite him and said with a smile: "I'm very interested in the things in your mouth, can you go into more detail?" ”
The half-elf raised his head and said with drunken eyes, "No problem, but..."
Han Feng casually put five gold coins on the table, "If what you say satisfies me, these gold coins are yours!" At the end of the hour, the elf got five gold coins as he wished, and Han Feng returned to the hotel with Delis with a gloomy face.
Leske and Ryan have returned to the room with a spring breeze, and Hag is boasting about the battle just now, listening to Haag's beast blood boiling, and the other girls are hiding in the room to take a bath, there are many people in the journey of almost a month, and they can't take a bath at all, how can they easily let go of the hot water hotel when they finally come to the hot water hotel?
Seeing that everyone was busy with their own business, Han Feng stepped up to the third floor and told the caliph what he heard and his guesses, he was so shocked that he almost didn't exclaim, and hurriedly ordered to go down and recall all the mercenaries and slave catchers who had gone out to hang out to the hotel. The mercenaries were all arranged to guard the carriage in the backyard of the hotel, and the entourage of ten slave catchers of more than 30 levels was placed on the roof of the hotel to be responsible for security work.
When they climbed to the roof of the fourth floor of the hotel, they found that there were several tents on the roofs of more than a dozen other hotels and several wealthy families, and some people who were not weak patrolled there, this discovery made the caliph believe Han Feng's inference even more, and took out a small bag of gold coins from his arms and handed it to Han Feng as a reward.
Han Feng smiled and took the money bag, and returned to his room after thanking him, Delis had already gathered everyone in the room early, Han Feng casually arranged a soundproof magic circle, and then said with a smile: "I have very unfortunate news to tell you, I am afraid that our training journey will encounter the first severe test this time!" ”
"Old Five, it's not that exaggerated, right? With our current level, there aren't many people who can really threaten us, right? Leske said disapprerovingly, apparently still basking in the happiness of not long ago.
Han Feng put away the smile on his face and said in a deep voice: "Our people may already be considered very strong, but are you sure that you can kill a guy in his forties without arousing anyone's vigilance?" You must know that this is a high-density residential area with a population of more than 30,000, and if there is any trouble, it will inevitably alarm them, why no one knows what the murderer looks like until now? ”
"This..."Leske suddenly became speechless, Haag patted his head earnestly, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "In the future, go out less and think more about problems, or how can you be alone in the future?" ”
"This is not the most terrifying thing, if I am not mistaken, this town of Lyra has become a huge tiger's mouth, and if we don't catch the mastermind behind it, I am afraid that it will soon become a ghost town that eats people! Believe me, this is definitely not alarmist! Han Feng said in a rare serious tone.
Sophia showed a thoughtful look and frowned, "Why do you say that?" Even if it is a powerhouse of the eighty or ninety level who is doing this, the combat power of our people should be able to completely defeat them, even if the identity is leaked, there is no place to go out of the realm of the Bracada Warlock Dynasty here, what is there to be afraid of? ”
"The mayor and security captain of this town are most likely behind this incident! Of course, we can choose to report back to Lord Thor, and they will come forward to settle here, but please think about it, even this level of trial will force our strength to be fully exposed, so what should we do if we encounter a greater crisis in the future? Han Feng shook his head and rejected her proposal.
"Tonight, Sister Sophia, Jenova, Angela, Deris, and Ryan will stay in my room in a group of five, and Brother Hag, Olise, Seri, Kailin, and Adrided will stay in the next room, responsible for guarding, and if there is an appropriate opportunity, you can secretly act to ensure the safety of the lives of fellow mercenaries. Brother Leske, who is in charge of spying on the scouts to determine what kind of enemy they are, it is best to find out where they are hiding! Han Feng briefly stated his arrangement.
Little Seri said suspiciously: "Husband, aren't you with us?" ”
"I'm going to go to the manor of the mayor and the captain of the garrison tonight to investigate, and it should be no problem to protect myself with my strength, you won't believe me, right?" Han Feng blinked narrowly as he spoke, except for Angela and Adrid, who joined the team later, everyone else laughed heartily.
As the night fell, in anticipation, the sound of doors and windows closing outside the hotel was heard, and the originally bustling street suddenly became depressed, with only a twelve-man guard patrolling dutifully.
The door on the first floor of the hotel was also sealed with several thick wooden boards, and the mercenaries in the backyard were nervously gathered in a circle, and three people were sent in turn to look up at the night sky, the youngest of the mercenaries was only thirteen years old, a little guy of the dwarf clan, in order to subsidize the family, he had to carry his father's rusty war hammer as a mercenary, at this time he pious like the dwarf god Moradin praying for peace.
With the help of the holographic simulation system and the concealment of the gods, Han Feng turned over and jumped out of the hotel, and quickly moved along the edge of the building towards the mayor's manor, and in less than an hour, he came to a manor with a five-meter-high wall, and there were towering sentry towers at the four corners of the wall, which were full of four-person teams, and their eyes were vigilantly looking around.
"Damn, there's definitely a ghost! Why don't you put in place such a tight defense? Han Feng spit out the straw stick in his mouth, activated the flying thaumaturgy and stealth thaumaturgy and rose up, and unknowingly crossed the city wall.
The scene in front of him couldn't help but make Han Feng, who had seen the world, stunned for a while, all the arrangements in the courtyard seemed to be a cohesive work of art, it seemed so chic, the only thing that was incongruous was the steel puppets that could be seen everywhere in the courtyard, and they were all holding a strong ice and snow demon wolf in their hands, patrolling in their respective jurisdictions.
Flying from the air to the mayor's mansion, the woman's painful screams mixed with a burst of noise came from the house, Han Feng frowned slightly, and saw the opportunity to sneak in. The mansion was brightly lit at this time, and there were guards with indifferent expressions standing in every corner and doorway, and the level should be above forty elite guards, one by one dressed seductively, shuttling between the doors with trays.
The woman's painful cries and noises came from the banquet hall on the left, judging from the space that the magic god eye wore back, this banquet hall could be three hundred square meters in size, Han Feng took advantage of the time when the stealth thaumaturgy had not expired to quickly come to the banquet hall, hiding in a corner in the curtain, only then did he have time to take a look.
It's okay not to look at it, but at a glance, Han Feng, who suddenly saw the scene of hell in front of him, suddenly looked at it, and there were blood-red dishes on the long banquet table, and there were two girls crucified on the two main seats, and two well-dressed guys were holding the table knife in their hands to cut through their jade-like skin, and the screams were coming from them.
The fat guy on the left greedily sucked the blood from the wound with his mouth, and kept saying to the guy in the black tuxedo next to him: "Captain Roderick, this idea of yours is really good, I have eaten all the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and the long human flesh and blood are also very good!" ”
"Hehe, Mayor Gauss, as long as we can cooperate sincerely in the future, this delicacy will always be enjoyed, and perhaps our great vampire count will give you eternal life!"