"Damn, that elf chick is so pretty! If I give Lao Tzu a night's fun, I'll be happy to live ten years less!"

"Tut-tut... It's worthy of an elf, that little waist, that little face, those bitches in Kig Town are really 108,000 miles away from her!"

"Don't just think about it, it's not for nothing, as long as the head of the regiment he..."

"Hey, I won't be soft again... As soon as I said this, I remembered that in the mercenary group we destroyed last time, the little girl that the head of the regiment gave us was very tender... Gee. ”

"It's a pity that I didn't survive one night and died, what a disappointment!"

In the evening, in a clearing about four kilometers from Elsa's village, the sound of lively conversation echoed around the campfire.

There are five such bonfires, each surrounded by tents - the camp of the "Blood Shield Mercenary Regiment" has been set up here for three days, and since entering the Silent Forest, their leader has set the "base camp" here. Unlike those small mercenary groups that wandered around in the forest, this large mercenary group of more than fifty people was rich in supplies, and the bags containing food alone could be piled up into a small mountain, and they were obviously prepared to stay here for a long time.

The mercenaries chatted loudly with ale, but it was quiet in front of the campfire in the middle of the camp. Tender venison was roasted above the charcoal fire, but only Kevin, the mercenary leader, sat around the campfire.

Unlike the noisy and pompous appearance of his subordinates, Kevin gives people a very gloomy feeling. He carried two swords at his waist, his muscles were strong, he was about thirty years old, and his eyes were always squinted, making it impossible to see what kind of emotions were behind those eyes.

When the venison was roasted and removed, the deputy head of the regiment happened to come over to report the news about today's conflict with the wood elves, Kevin cut the venison with a knife, listened quietly for a while, and said casually: "When it gets dark, send someone to explore the wood elf village, explore their combat effectiveness, and don't kill too many people." ”

"Lord Kevin, then our mission..."

In an ordinary mercenary group, the deputy head and the head of the group don't use honorific titles at all, but at this time, the deputy head of the group seems to be too respectful to Kevin.

"This doesn't conflict with the mission," Kevin glanced lazily at the deputy head of the regiment who was standing next to him, and continued to chew the venison, "It's not a small price to kill that 'big guy'." But if those Wood Elves are suitable, wouldn't it be better to throw this troublesome matter to them to solve? If we are lucky, we will gain more than what we want, the price of Wood Elf slaves on the black market... I think you all know. ”

Kevin's words were light-hearted, but in just a few words, the fate of Elsa's village was almost decided, and there was no guilt or regret at all... After the deputy head of the regiment wrote it down, he continued: "Wait and reveal this plan to the people below, with the wood elf slaves as the hope, these guys can work harder." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

The deputy head of the regiment had to admire Kevin's ability to grasp people's hearts, and after nodding his head, he reported in a low voice about the progress of the main task.

Kevin listened quietly, chewing unhurriedly, and when the deputy head finished speaking, he replied: "Is it possible to have three places? Then send someone to investigate one by one." Keep in mind, though, that there must be at least thirty people in the camp at all times. If that guy is alarmed, the movement will definitely be not small, refuse to pose more, and his eyes will be bright. ”

The deputy head of the regiment bowed down respectfully, and then wiped the fine sweat on his forehead - although Kevin spoke slowly and logically, and seemed harmless to humans and animals, he had seen the side of this regiment leader that could be called a thunder volcano, and he knew what kind of force was standing behind this regiment leader, so he did not dare to delay for a moment when he left the area of the bonfire, and quickly arranged for the team to prepare to explore the wood elves.

Kevin, on the other hand, in front of the campfire, was still calm, finished eating the venison, thought about it, took out a thick parchment letter from his pocket, looked at the handwriting and patterns on it by the light of the fire, and said to himself: "If Gallup hadn't died, why would it be so bothering?"

"Heh-Akasha still has the guts to defect? Who doesn't know how good this girl's figure is? ”

His eyes fell on the last few lines of the letter, and Kevin's playful expression gradually dissipated, but it was a rare hint of solemnity-

"Something like this is needed... In this way, the sacrificial ceremony should have been advanced. ”

As night fell, in the middle of the line between the base camp of the "Blood Shield Mercenary Regiment" and Elsa Village, Roddy, who was alone in the bonfire, was frowning and raising his hand in front of him to look at the [task bar].

After leaving Hollier City, Roddy first entered Kieg Town, and after confirming that there were no casualties in the town, he modified the [Ice Crystal Thorn] left by Magda, and recrafted the [Frost Iron Bracer].

The so-called modification is actually much easier for Roddy than making a new bow - just make the blades thinner and narrower in width, and the original terrifying weight of the strong bow will reduce the requirements for use.

Of course, this method also has disadvantages, one is "irreversible", that is, after polishing, the bow can never return to the previous item level, and the other is that the "transformation" process is not just anyone can do, and the slightest carelessness will end up scrapping the entire bow.

However, this is not a problem for Roddy, now that the [Ice Crystal Thorn] has been reduced to the level that he can use, and the [Frost Iron Bracer] has also replaced the original [Stalker Bracer], after these two pieces of equipment are updated, his combat power has directly crossed a level.

I have to say that the physics profession does "eat" equipment, after directly changing from the green bow to the epic bow, the flat fire damage has increased by nearly three times, not to mention, the arrow speed is even faster by several points - but these improvements are not enough for him to deal with Magda and Ansardine, Roddy's plan is very simple: complete the [Advanced Career Mission] and obtain the full [Demon Hunter] professional skill before the arrival of December, open the talent tree, and get the maximum improvement, and then think about dealing with Magda.

But he never expected that when he found Elsa Village according to the prompts of the [Taskbar], he would get such a "welcome"...

"Even if it's not open to humans, it's not like that. ”

Roddy fiddled with the bonfire casually, feeling that he had really encountered a problem this time - he had never intended to take any tough measures against the wood elves, because they were not only related to their [Advanced Career Mission], but also involved many ways to make money, and it was not good to offend anyone to offend them.

The "Advanced Career Quest" prompt on the [Questbar] has changed from "Go to the Silent Forest" to "Someone in Elsa Village may know the secrets of these words" - obviously the clue of this quest is related to the Wood Elves, but the current situation really makes Roddy have nowhere to start...

Thinking of Brudy's old man who opened and closed his mouth about "human" and "human", Luo Di vaguely felt that someone might be asking for trouble with these wood elves, but such thoughts could only be guessed - the huge silent forest, how could he know who provoked this group of wood elves?

The meat skewers on the bonfire were grilled "squeak" and oily, and Roddy's location was only three arrows away from the wood elf's village, which sounded very close, but in fact, in the primeval forest, the vision was severely limited, and it was an exaggeration to say that it was difficult for individuals to find it at a distance of ten meters. And Roddy knew better: the warning range of Elsa Village was only about one arrow, so he was not worried about encountering bitter and vengeful wood elves at all.

But Roddy didn't know that at this time, the "Blood Shield Mercenary Group" and Elsa Village actually sent a team to test each other at the same time...

Late autumn is coming to an end, and there are many fewer insects and birds around than in summer, and the wind and chill at night are obvious. Luo Di put on a thick cloak, took the meat skewers and ate deliciously, and was pulling the [Personal Attribute Panel] to look at the theoretical attack power in boredom, but then he noticed the movement not far away, and immediately became alert.

The "environmental acumen" fighting stance allowed Roddy to quickly distinguish that the approaching footsteps from forty or fifty meters away belonged to five humans—he was just thinking about extinguishing the bonfire, but he couldn't help but think of the tough attitude of the wood elves today. He frowned slightly, then ate the last bite of the barbecue, assembled the dagger and scimitar, put the [Ice Crystal Thorn] and the quiver beside him, raised his hand and stirred the bonfire a few times, making the light brighter again, and then sat there, as if unaware of the sound in the distance.

The footsteps grew closer, and then the collective stopped, and Roddy could hear a few words of conversation, and then three of them walked towards Roddy.

"Hey, man, alone?"

The members of the Blood Shield Mercenary Regiment were no different from the bandits, and the three of them swaggered in a swaggering manner, but their hands did not leave their weapons, and their eyes were also searching everywhere, alert for possible ambushes.

Roddy turned his head and saw a few people approaching, as if he couldn't see clearly, he poked his neck and looked at him, and then asked in surprise: "Eh, I didn't expect to meet people here! Hey, where did you come from? The caravan master? Or the sergeant of the mercenary group? I also have a brother who went hunting in the afternoon, let me wait here for him, I guess I'll be back later." ”

"Sergeant" is actually a title for soldiers in the orthodox establishment, and mercenaries are considered honorific titles, Roddy bowed slightly at this time, made a flattering look, pointed to the bonfire and said: "Have you eaten it?

The mercenary who walked in front was obviously an old fritter, his eyes swept away, and he smiled disdainfully: "Don't bluff people, you are really not small, you dare to run to the Silent Whisper Forest alone? ”

Obviously, Roddy's bags and tents here are just one person, and the mercenaries with a little experience know that he is deliberately increasing the number of people so that others dare not bully him, but since he bumped into them...

The "Blood Shield Mercenary Group" is not famous in Ivotah, but it has long been notorious in the territory in the eastern part of the kingdom, and is even called a "bandit group" - "black work" such as robbing the team and destroying the mouth is really not less, but things are done cleanly, those nobles in the territory are too lazy to care, and the mayor and the like dare not care, it is because the mercenaries in the regiment are all raised by arrogance and blackness, and now seeing Luo Di, who is alone, his heart immediately has evil intentions...

"A few must be sergeants, I don't know which regiment in Kig Town?

Luo Di didn't seem to notice the cruelty in their eyes, and handed it out with a wine bag, but found that the mercenary in front of him was looking at him with a bulging chest and slanting eyes, and he didn't mean to answer at all, but continued to speak in the eastern accent: "In this way, the three of us are also hungry, but the head of the regiment above ordered us to hurry..."

"Well said!

Luo Di couldn't help nodding, reached out and took his bag, and was about to take out something, but the action was a pause, his eyes glanced at the jungle on his side, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he thought of something, and then the movements in his hand seemed to be larger, and he deliberately shook the nearly 100 silver coins in his bag with a "whoosh" sound.

When the three mercenaries heard this, their eyes lit up, and then they looked at each other a few times in unison, and nodded secretly - this is not the first time that they have done murder, and they will not hesitate at this time in the face of this opportunity to make a windfall.

"By the way, sergeants, my little brother has something I want to ask you. Luo Di handed over a large bag of jerky and bread, raised his head, and said with a harmless smile: "Do you know the nearby wood elf village?"

"Hey, then you can be regarded as asking the right person, Lao Tzu also had a fight with them in the morning, if it wasn't for that beautiful girl's arrows shooting accurately, Lao Tzu would have been arrested and sold," he couldn't hide his words, not noticing that Roddy's flattering smile had turned cold...

Grandma, it turns out that you cowards can't do my task?

I wondered if I should tie up this group of guys and throw them to Brudy, but I didn't know that this mercenary actually stretched out his hand again and said bluntly: "I've told you the word, bring five hundred gold coins!"

As soon as the words fell, the three of them drew their swords at the same time, and pointed at Luo Di in a bright and clear way - "Do you take the initiative, or do we take it?"

Roddy's eyes narrowed, the smile on his face remained unchanged, but the voice of the answer was cold...

"Then I'd better take the initiative..."