"Todak, you should know a little bit about our situation in the past few months.

Although the Dragon's Horn is disbanded, our strength has been restored.

Now we control the trade of several in-demand commodities and earn more per month than before.

There are more than 500 mercenaries under us, so you shouldn't worry too much about working with us. Donn said.

"If I cooperate with you, what will happen to my people?" asked Todak.

"We can let them move into the Horn Forest, we have opened up a lot of farmland, and we have established a farmstead, and if you join us, this farmstead and the farmland that has been cultivated nearby can be handed over to the dwarves. Don replied.

"You've carved out farmland in the Horn Forest?" Todak said in disbelief.

"We are wanted in the Emerald City, and of course we want to run the Horn Forest as a territory. Don replied.

"What will you do if Corbert sends the city guards into the Horn Forest to encircle and suppress it?" asked Colbert.

"The vast Horn Forest, how many soldiers can Corbett send. Unless he comes in person, the power in our hands may not be afraid of the city defenses. Don said confidently.

"What are you going to do if Corbert gets his hands dirty?" asked Todak in detail about the safety of the clan.

"Even if we're not opponents, there's a way to hide.

We've carved out a trail around Loya Canyon, and Rednor is in charge of the secret camp on the side of the Red Dragon Forest.

If he's here, we don't necessarily need you to join us. Don replied.

Although Todak had opened a shop, the income from the shop was not enough to feed two hundred dwarves.

Recently, Todak has been thinking about his own way back, and when he has no choice but to defect to the city defense army, he is controlled by Coubert.

Dwarves are creatures that are wary of strangers, let alone ambitious people like Coubert.

They have a strong sense of justice, which is why Todak dares to rebel against Allen.

If it weren't for the end of the mountain, Todak would not have been willing to join the city defense army at all.

Now Don pointed out another way, although it was not safe to defect to the city defenses, but it would be freer.

Dwarves have a natural desire for freedom, do not like to be controlled, and have courage and stubbornness in their personalities.

So with a second way out, Todak made a decision in almost no time.

Todak handed over the shop to another dwarven professional, and then arranged for the people to leave the city as quickly as possible.

After two days of preparation, the Todak people scattered out of the Emerald City and entered the Oxhorn Forest.

After the people left the city, Todak sold the shop to a viscount of the Emerald City at a low price.

Then he left the Emerald City without hesitation.

With the addition of Todak, a powerful meat shield, Don and their strength quickly increased by three points.

In the past few days, using the private money in Marianda's hands, Don has also purchased some spell-casting items, and by the way, he has taken down an enchanted weapon with 20 gold coins.

This is an enchanted dagger that can increase or decrease the effect of sharpness by 3 and armor piercing by 2, making it a very good short weapon, most suitable for thieves, assassins and other professionals.

This enchanted weapon was directly handed over to Richard by Tang En, who was already a fifth-level assassin, and with the enchanted equipment in his hand, his strength would soon be greatly improved.

Two days after the Bazel brothers entered the Horn Forest, Don and the others were ready to do so.

This time they entered the depths of the Horn Forest, so Don and they had fewer people, except for Bruce, Celtic, the mage trio, Todak, Jack, John, and Richard, only fifty elite mercenaries were carried.

In addition to Brand guarding the supply depot and Rednor guarding Torlo, the responsibility of guarding the camp was entrusted to the two professionals, Tedri and Engil.

Ngil was a native of Todak, and although he was over forty years old, he was still a non-adult child for a long-lived dwarf, and his IQ was only as good as that of a fourteen-fourteen-year-old human child.

Engil is already a second-level warrior, and for a dwarf, he is already a very talented warrior.

Because of Donn's clearance, the beasts near the camp have long been emptied, and they can only hunt a hundred miles away.

As for the demonic beasts in the Oxhorn Forest, they are rarely found near the camp.

Because Marianda couldn't see the sun, Don and the others had to prepare a light sedan chair, covered with opaque black cloth on all sides, and hid Marianda in the sedan chair, and there were eight people just taking turns carrying the sedan chair.

In order to take care of Marianda, Don and his team are unusual, basically only operating at night, and camping during the day to rest.

Because of this, they had a fairly smooth journey and did not encounter any enemies.

The sun had already set in the west, and now it was almost winter, and it was already very cold in the forest, so Don and the others wore thick leather coats and lit torches to prepare for action.

"Several bodies were found in front, including Charlie from the Lionheart Mercenary Regiment. Bruce, who was scouting in front, walked over and whispered.

"Let's go, go ahead and have a look. As the sun set, Marianda also came out of the palanquin and said.

The group took a few steps forward and came to several corpses.

The corpses had been killed by heavy weapons, and their bodies had been unrecognizable by blunt objects, and only Charlie's head was recognizable.

"What do you think?" asked Marianda, turning to Donn.

"Judging by the corpse spots, the time of death was no more than an hour.

Judging from the traces of the scene, the hands-on time is also relatively short.

Killing Charlie in a very short period of time with heavy weapons looks like the Bazel brothers. Don thought for a moment and said.

"It's not certain if it's the Bazel brothers, there are such masters in the city defense army and the Ice and Snow Church, and there is only one person who makes a move. The dwarf Todak said cautiously.

Tang En let out a long sigh and said, "No matter who it is, let's bury people first! Being a mercenary is a trade of licking blood with a knife, people are dead, don't let wild beasts defile their souls." ”

Looking at the dead Charlie, everyone has a kind of sadness in their hearts.

Especially for Celtic, this psychology is even more serious.

It was from Charlie's mouth that they learned the news of Frost Grass and had this big operation.

Today Charlie died in a no-man's corner, maybe tomorrow it will be their turn.

Today Charlie and they still have to collect the corpses, and maybe tomorrow they will die, and there may not be anyone to collect the corpses for them.

The crowd rushed up, and soon dug the tomb and buried the bodies of Charlie and others in the tomb.

Celtic also carved a simple tombstone for Charlie and inscribed Charlie's name on the tombstone.