"Since we have decided to take on this job, let's prepare what we need for our trip today, and see you at the gates of Nice City tomorrow morning."

After weighing the pros and cons, the boys unanimously decided to take on a job that could be fraught with danger. As the captain, Guise is also making final arrangements.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow." Angel put her hat on and took Lil's cloak in her hand, "Let's go back, Lil."

"Okay." Lil nodded, and left the private room with Angis.

"See you tomorrow, then." Pallas pretended to be handsome and made a farewell gesture and left the private room.

Guise was the only one left in the whole room, and he was not in a hurry to leave, but looked at the remaining half bottle of wine, poured himself a glass, and took a big sip.

"It seems that I caused trouble for my companions." After the other three left, Guise's face also became a little ugly, more precisely, he should have fallen into self-blame.

He didn't know when he was targeted by these magicians, but he had reached this point, and his companions didn't seem to blame him at all. Guise had no choice but to put in more effort in this so-called work in order to repay the trust of his peers.

At this moment, the door of the private room was opened again.

"Is that you?" Guise recognized the man in front of him, he was the one who knocked on Guise's door a few days ago and entrusted this "job" to Guise.

"My chief wants me to add one more thing to you. When you reach central Sepion, he will send a map of the western region suspected of being infested with blood shadow worms, and you will only need to look for it in that area. Once found, catch a live Blood Shadow Worm and bring it to the small village on the border between Central and West.

With that, the person in front of Guise's eyes disappeared in an instant.

"It seems that this trip is a bit more auspicious......" Guise sighed helplessly, picked up the wine bottle on the table, and drank the rest of the wine inside.

After drinking and wiping his mouth, he left the tavern.

"Guest, walk slowly." The tavernkeeper watched Guise's departure and sent him off politely.

But just after Gise also left the tavern, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on the face of the "tavernkeeper". He walked over to the chest at his feet and opened it, revealing the corpse of the real tavernkeeper in its entirety. It was precisely because there was also a magic weapon in the box that shielded perception that the smell of the corpse was not smelled by the four of Gise.

"Everything is going according to plan......" The "Tavernkeeper" looked at the corpse of the real Tavernkeeper, as if everything was under control. Then, he threw out a fire with one hand and burned the corpse in front of him.

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"You seem to have something on your mind, Lil." After coming out of the tavern, Angis and Lil walked down the deserted street together.

The cold wind whistled from time to time, making Angis can't help but wrap her clothes tighter.

Angel and Lil's home is only less than two hundred meters apart, and the two women in the foursome naturally have a closer relationship, after all, it is not only when the team gathers every day, but even when they go out.

Although the four of them were underground mercenary workers, that was only the identity of the four of them when they gathered together to act, and they were no different from ordinary residents of eastern Sepion on weekdays. It's not just them, it's almost all underground mercenary workers.

Although there is competition between underground employees, as long as they don't meet as identities in the underground world, even if there is a small friction with each other, they won't fight hard even if they meet on weekdays, and many people have a good relationship in their daily lives. Not affecting the identity and actions of the underground world is one of the unwritten rules of underground mercenary workers.

"This job ......" Liel always felt that the unknown of this job was too dangerous, but considering that if she refused, Guise might encounter misfortune, so she had to take the job.

"The boat is naturally straight to the bridge, maybe it is not as we thought." Aegis saw Lil's thoughts, patted the other party on the shoulder and comforted, "There's nothing we can't solve, can we?"

"Let's hope." Lil replied lightly.

The two soon walked to the door of Anjith's house, and Liel waved goodbye to Anjith and walked in the direction of her own house.

"Actually, you're also tempted, after all, the reward this time is enough for you to completely quit this business and live a peaceful life completely." Looking at Lil's departing back, Aegis's face showed a hint of solemnity.

Lil's home was a very ordinary one-room room, she had no neighbors, and even the low-rise building she lived in didn't have many residents.

Lil's original identity was a wandering killer who came to Nice City to escape after a mission, and her colleagues met her current companions. This room was bought for Lil by her companions when she first joined the team, and on the other hand, it was also to allow Lil to better integrate with them. In order to repay her companions for their help, Lil puts in a great deal of effort in every operation of the team.

"Mom, Dad, I'm back." The first thing Lil does when she returns home is to go to her parents' tablet to report her safety.

Lil was originally from the Southern Continent, and when she was only seven years old, her entire village was slaughtered by the master of the city-state there, and her own parents were killed in the massacre.

But it was during that massacre that young Lil awakened to her abilities and used the hunting knife she carried with her to successfully kill the soldiers of the slaughtering village, and began a wandering life.

Later, after experiencing some events, Lil is forced to become a wandering killer due to the pressure of survival, and constantly trains herself to become stronger.

But there are too many people to offend as a wandering killer, and even though Liel never stops in the same place for long, the enemy always seems to be looking for her. In order to avoid being pursued, Lil has killed many people. It wasn't until she finally realized that she had no way to escape after completing a mission, and when she was cornered, Lil resolutely jumped into the sea and miraculously survived, drifting down the ocean current to the east of Sepion.

"Tomorrow, I'm leaving, it's a dangerous job, and I don't know if I'll ever get back. But please bless me.'"

Liel folded her hands over her parents' tablets and muttered to herself, as if she were talking to her parents. But Lil also knew that she would never see even the corpses of her parents again.

"Mom, Dad, you know what? What have happened to me over the years......

The sky was getting darker, and Lil didn't know how much she had said in front of her parents' tablet, as if a strong man would always explain what had happened before leaving, and Lil told her parents about everything that had happened in the past few years since she came to the east of Sepion.

Lil didn't know why she was talking so much alone, and she seemed to subconsciously think that after this work, there was a good chance that she wouldn't be able to come back.

She wants to say everything she wants to say by tomorrow.

"My companions, all very nice people, helped me when I first came here, when I was most confused and helpless. Now, one of them is in trouble, and it is right to help him.'"

Lil said, with a wry smile, "But this may be my excuse, in fact, I am still looking forward to the end of this work, to get those payments, and to live in peace from now on."

A young girl who lost all her loved ones at the age of seven, alone, in order to survive, engaged in the most dangerous occupation, lived in fear every day, afraid that one day she would fall asleep and never wake up again. Such days, before coming to the east of Sepion, had been going on for several years.

After arriving in the eastern part of Sepion, with three reliable companions, Lil's once closed and cold heart gradually opened. Although she still has some trouble from time to time, at least Liel doesn't need to worry about where she sleeps every day, and she doesn't have to worry about food and clothing. And when he is in trouble, his companions always lend a hand.

However, unlike the other three companions, Guise, Angis and Pallas are all natives, and apart from their status as underground mercenary workers, they actually have a legitimate job on the surface. But because Lil is an outsider, she can't get a normal job at all, and the profession she has been engaged in makes her basically have no other skills other than killing.

But when Guise said that the reward for this job was a box of gold, Liel did have a momentary heartbeat. With this money, she can no longer work as an underground hired laborer, but try to do something right on her own.

After a wry smile, the girl strengthened her heart, and the expression on her face became resolute.

"Dad, Mom, I'll be back safely."

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Early the next morning, at the gates of the city of Nice.

"Are you all ready?" Keith looked at the three companions in front of him and stretched out his fist.

Pallas, Aegis and Lil looked at each other, smiled in unison, and reached out to touch Kees's fist, "You can go at any time!"

And just like that, the quartet set out on their journey.

Even though the four of them knew that it was a dangerous job, they decided to be optimistic, after all, they didn't know what would happen after that, and they were undoubtedly asking for trouble for themselves to get frustrated now.

The quartet's reputation is still relatively well-known in eastern Sepion, although there is a clear distinction between daily life and work among the underground mergers. But it is inevitable that you will meet your peers along the way, and you will still have some guesses when you see the four people gathered together.

With this in mind, Guise decided to hire a horse-drawn carriage to take himself and his companions to the eastern border of Sepion for a little money, and then switch to foot.

The carriage was fast, and the quartet set out early in the morning, and before it was afternoon, they had reached the junction of the eastern and central parts of Sepion.

Seeing the wilderness-like scenery in front of him, Guise knew that he had reached the middle of the country, where the loess and flying sands, as well as the magic crystals that could be found everywhere, were the characteristics of the central part of Sepion.

The four men got out of the carriage, and the carriage departed. Just as they were walking towards the town in front of them, another strange figure blocked their way.

"I've been waiting for a long time." The stranger in front of him suddenly exuded an ominous aura as he spoke......

(End of chapter)