Surrounded by mountains on three sides and wooded on one side, thousands of miners and stonemasons lived here, and this is Shiyan Town, a border town in the Kingdom of Kola.

The townspeople are simple and most of the people who live there are familiar faces, but the townspeople do not feel that there is a lack of novelty, because even in such a small town with difficult transportation, there are not a few outsiders who come and go.

The townsfolk are accustomed to seeing the faces of the townspeople who are hired to guard the town every autumn when the beasts enter the hunting season, the mercenary squads that protect the caravans and transports, the lone mercenaries who escort travelers, and the explorers who go in and out of sparsely populated lands in search of wealth.

Therefore, no one will notice today that a few gold-level lone mercenaries who have never been seen by ordinary people in their lives have come and gone, and no one will believe that the strange priest who simply opened the bottle cap and drank it when no one bought it was the leader of this group of lone mercenaries.

"Bang dang, bang dang", the shield and the armor collide, making a rhythmic sound, boring and monotonous, leading people to sleep.

The sunlight casts colorful shadows on the footless ground through the sparse leaves, and in the depths of the dense bushes, there is a constant sound of rustling, but there is no sign of the creature.

"Gooo

"Bastard, bastard, I hate summer, no, I hate autumn, I hate forests, I hate leaves, I hate bugs, ah! damn bugs. ”

"Oh, my lord Ofregan bless, vile sun god Thor, if you don't cool down any longer, I'll go and believe in Diana, the lady of the Silvermoon. ”

The short, stout dwarf walked through the woods, sweat pouring from the cracks in his armor and mist, carrying a huge battle axe on his shoulder, and countless complaints spurted from his mouth covered by his unkempt beard, almost like a fountain that never stopped.

No one paid attention to him, and no one accosted him from beginning to end.

The blue-haired elven mage, who was covered in his robes and couldn't see his figure, only had two ears exposed, and the red-haired necromancer, who was so hot that he wanted to expose his whole body, followed behind the dwarf like a shadow on the left and right, and the two of them were as if they didn't hear the thunderous whining at all, and their attention was always focused on the woods on their respective sides.

Dressed in a black holy robe, Shur with a silver mace hanging from his waist fell behind the two female mages, although he kept under his feet, he always looked down at the crude map in his hand, and kept adding a few strokes to it, letting the sweat flow down his hair into his eyes, and he didn't even wipe it.

The shy female swordsman with glasses and a handsome swordsman followed at the end with a two-handed sword behind her back, the expression on her face was still timid, and she habitually hid herself behind Shuer, her eyes kept looking at Shuer's back, but her ears were always trembling slightly, as long as a grass or tree moved, the sound could not escape her ears.

"Damn, damn it, damn boss, you dare not sell me all the ale, I'm going to demolish their tavern, ahhhh ”

"Oh, brute, even the leaves bully me, why do you want to get into my boots, tell me why!"

The marching procession was still deadly silent, of course, after automatically ignoring the dwarves' complaints, everyone had long been accustomed to treating this idiot as air, and everyone knew the truth: he would lose if he ignored him.

"Ahead, seven five. He didn't even pick his eyelids, but Shul suddenly gave a brief hint in a very soft voice, no target, no specific action, just the simplest direction.

The next moment, the sound of the air being torn suddenly sounded in the quiet forest, and a small throwing axe turned into an illegible shadow, spinning and submerging into a bush in front of the right side of the team.

Flying out almost simultaneously with the axe was the dwarf's sturdy figure, the battle axe in his hand made a whistling sound of the wind, and even the man with the axe rushed into the bushes, and the axe arrived even earlier than the wind. With a slight muscle tearing sound, a thick bloody aura began to diffuse in all directions, but even a near-death scream could be heard.

"It's not a sapient being. Shul still didn't look away, the tip of his pen kept pressing on the map, moving with the pace of movement, and asked without raising his head.

No one will blame Shul for his indifference, in the dangerous wilderness, in the face of a group of vigilant combat professionals, still ambushed in the shadows, the malice has even triggered the perceived hostility of the clergy, even if it is really a person, it is not unjust to kill a hundred times.

"It's not. With a clangling footstep, the dwarf wiped the blood from his tomahawk out of the bushes, touched his beard and replied, "A bushlynx only, medium-sized, do you want to deal with it?"

"Is it blind or stupid?" Shure hesitated for a moment, a lynx skin could sell for at least one large silver coin, seven people, and each person could get more than a small silver coin, but ...... Alas, it's better to focus on the overall situation, "don't deal with it, go on." ”

"Oh oh oh, bastard lynx, I'm sweating again, brute, are you having trouble with me? ”

Obviously, the dwarf must have misunderstood something, and Shure continued, as if he was not trying to keep complaining. But maybe he was just taking the opportunity to play, and he wasn't really mistaken, because he was back at the front of the group, resuming the original queue, and the appearance of a hostile creature didn't even stop the rest of the team for a second, and didn't make the team's speed change in any way.

"Bang bang", the armor continued to ring, the team continued to march, and the complaints continued at the same time.

However, the strange thing is that the dwarf complained from minerals to plants, from insects to gods, from the weather to the surface, but never complained about the road too far or why it hadn't arrived yet, not only him, but no one knew where the destination was, and no one knew how far he had to go, but even the two most delicate mages never expressed any opinion about walking for so long.

"Damn blood, damn flies, that's my axe, not your restaurant, bastard, bastard. ”

"And this is going to die ten thousand times......"

"Stop. With just one word, the dwarf's deafening voice was gone, and the five men stopped almost at the same time, without taking a single step.

"Whew. Shure closed his eyes, as if sensing something, was silent for a while, and suddenly put his fingers in his mouth and let out a few birdsong chirps, "Chirp, tweet." ”

"Whew", "Yo Yo".

Two different calls, one in front and one in the other.

"Chirp, tweet. Shul replied again with a bird's call.

Ten seconds later, in the canopy in front of the left of the team, a short, thin halfling emerged from the gloom like a shadow. After only staying in place for a moment, the halfling disappeared in a blink of an eye, and when it reappeared, it was already standing in the group.

Synchronized with the halfling, in the woods behind the right, with the four-hooves kicking, the black-haired forest spirit who was half-human and half-deer was playing with a throwing gun in his hand, with the fresh smell of plants on his body, and quietly walked out of the forest.

Obviously, one of the two was on guard in front of the team, and the other was lurking in the rear, and if there was a problem, they would issue an early warning to ensure the safety of the team.

With the appearance of the two scouts, the team changed at the same time.

Shure, the dwarf, and the female swordswoman all took a few steps sideways, forming a triangle, protecting the two mages and the two scouts who had just returned in the inner circle, their respective weapons already in their hands, ready to enter the battle mode.

Everyone's intention is obvious, the outer scouts are withdrawn, and the vigilance intensity will be reduced, and the internal team will naturally increase the vigilance intensity to make up for the vacancy of the withdrawn scouts.

"The rear is safe and there are no hidden dangers. Lin Jing's voice is always reminiscent of the sound of a deer, long and clear, and especially pleasant.

"The front is safe, and there are no hidden dangers for the time being. The halfling's voice was high-pitched, and like his eyes, it was always erratic.

"Very good, the alert intensity has been lowered to normal. Shul spoke, but at an imperceptible angle, he made a thumb bend downward gesture. After receiving the order, everyone showed their intention to relax their vigilance and start converging towards the inner circle, however, no one really made a move, and still stood still.

"Safe. After at least ten seconds of silence, the beautiful forest spirit withdrew her attention from her surroundings, confirming that there was no sudden sound around her because she had lifted her vigilance, and that there was no hostility that broke out because of Shuer's perceived hostility, so the two of them made a final confirmation at the same time.

"Whew. Apparently, everyone exhaled and relaxed a little.

"This is it?" The elven mage's voice was as cold as a stone without a trace of emotion, but the sense of anticipation revealed from the language could not be hidden.

"This is around the corner. Shul crouched down and spread out the map, on which a closed irregular area had been drawn with lines, "The door is in this range, and the rest is up to Sasa." ”

"Smack", the upper body is a humanoid forest spirit, the light green finger is the first point on the map Shuer to draw the edge of the range, followed by the elven mage, dwarf, halfling also put their fingers on different positions on the edge of the range, and finally the hot necromancer with long nails painted with bright red paint, on the edge of the four positions, the positions chosen by everyone are summed up, just enclosing this range from all directions, no matter where it approaches, it cannot escape the sight of one of them.

"Good. Shuer clapped his hands and said in a low voice, "Action, safety first, don't really die." ”

Everyone snorted with disdain and expressed their disdain with their downward-facing thumbs.

"Hey, a bunch of idiots. Shul pursed his lips and slapped his backhand on the thigh of the female swordsman who was hiding behind him, "Sasa, it's done." ”

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