Five days later, the number of mercenaries recruited for this A-class expedition mission surprised everyone.

One A-level mercenary group, five B-level mercenary groups, and thirteen C-level mercenary groups, a total of nineteen mercenary groups and one hundred and forty-nine people.

It can be said that this is the largest number of mercenaries recruited in Norvi City in recent years.

After the results were announced, many mercenary groups regretted it a little, because the large number of people meant that the remuneration allocated to each mercenary group would be greatly reduced, not to mention that there was also the A-level mercenary group of Red Lion.

But if you want to quit this mission now, according to the agreement of the Mercenary Guild, the mercenaries need to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. Some people also tried to go to the mercenary guild to make trouble, but Cole personally came forward to assure the mercenaries that all C-level mercenary groups participating in this mission would get at least one double C-level evaluation, and B-level mercenary groups would get at least one B-level evaluation.

So, although somewhat reluctant, these dozen or so mercenary groups began to prepare for this mission.

The departure time is set for three days, and Weifeng plans to use this time to unravel the demonic thorns on Cole's body.

Through the practice of the past few days, Weifeng has basically mastered the use of condensation and dispersion. According to Myers, the thorn on Cole's body was created by Weifeng himself, and the removal of it would be much easier.

"Weifeng, are you sure? Why don't you practice for a few more days......?"

Just as the wind was about to start, Mino was a little uneasy, after all, Cole was now her only relative.

Cole looked lovingly at Mino, who had a somewhat evasive look in his eyes, and felt a little guilty in his heart. He reached out and gently stroked Mino's hair.

"I believe that the wind will be fine. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be careful. ”

Weifeng also opened his mouth to comfort.

"Alright then......"

The place to remove the thorns is a secret room on the second floor of the Mercenary Guild. Originally, Weifeng wanted to get rid of Cole alone, as he might be distracted if Elsa and Mino were present. But Mino repeatedly insisted on staying by Cole's side, and Weifeng had no choice but to agree.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to say anything. ”

"Elsa, come over too, I'll take care of Mino. ”

Even if Weifeng is very sure about this removal, after all, it is an operation in the spiritual sea realm, so it is better to be cautious.

"Let's get started. ”

Cole leaned over a small wooden cot, his face calm.

"Whew...... Good. ”

Wisps of white spiritual power spread out around Weifeng's body, reaching into Cole's back and limbs.

The stimulated Demon Sealing Thorn instantly flashed with a scarlet light. Cole, who was stinging in the spirit sea, couldn't help but frown.

Mino, who almost screamed in surprise, quickly covered his mouth with his hand, and his eyes were full of tears. Elsa behind her gently hugged her shoulders.

"Before the wind, fast, spread out the spiritual power. Myers in the sea of spirits urged.

As soon as Weifeng's mind moved, the white spiritual power flowed everywhere like a trickle of water, and in a short time, it was covered with the entire Sealing Demon Thorn.

"Yes, that's it, and then follow the method I taught you earlier, close those nodes. ”

Psychic skills are special skills dominated by psychic power, but there are also elemental involvement. The magic circle of the Demon Seal Thorn is actually made of elements and then injected with spiritual power after being built into an orbit. What Weifeng has to do now is to use the spiritual power of the same origin to turn off the nodes that were originally used to assimilate the host's spiritual power.

There are a total of six such nodes, and all of them must be closed in order for Cole's spiritual sea to return to normal. The closure of these six nodes requires the use of condensation on these six nodes at the same time.

"Whew...... Condensation!"

A round speck appeared on the edge of the Demon Sealing Thorn, shining violently at first, and then rapidly dimming.

It worked......

"That's it, go on!" Myers whispered.

Weifeng held his breath and continued to manipulate his spiritual power to condense, and after a burst of bright light, two more spots dimmed.

Mino and Elsa, who were standing aside, also showed joy. It can be said that most of the removal has been successful so far.

However, the next three nodes are the hardest. Weifeng must maintain these three condensations, and turn off the remaining three nodes at once, and if there is a slight relaxation, the previous efforts will be wasted.

"Myers. ”

"Understood. ”

As agreed, Myers exuded his own perception along the spiritual power that had been detected by the wind. The black smoke spread forward along the white spiritual power.

This solution was proposed by Myers. As explained to Elsa before, the current Myers is like a spiritual sea in Weifeng, and can assist Weifeng in some complex spiritual skill operations.

Soon, all three nodes were covered in a thick black.

"Seal!"

Weifeng and Myers exerted force at the same time, and the black spiritual power spun rapidly, shrinking, and then slowly dimmed.

"Did it work?" asked Mino, a little nervously whispered.

Weifeng slowly retracted his spiritual power, leaving six equidistant dark spots on the edge of the circular Demon Sealing Thorn.

"Give it a try, Mr. Cole. ”

Cole, who slowly got up, glanced at Weifeng with some gratitude, although it was not a long time to lose the perception of the elements, but for a magician of the Holy Order, not being able to perceive the elements was definitely an unbearable pain.

Cole stretched out his right hand with some nervousness and began to summon the fire elemental.

Boom!

A fist-sized bright red fireball appeared in Cole's palm, leaping up and down.

"It worked...... It worked, father!"

Minow, who couldn't help but be overjoyed, couldn't control his feelings anymore and rushed up to hug Cole.

Cole, whose eyes were already wet, caught Mino, and his broad palm kept caressing Mino's back.

"Mino......

Elsa and Weifeng smiled at each other and quietly exited the room. They knew that the estrangement between father and daughter had completely dissolved.

In a small shop on the high street, a mercenary named Swain is choosing the right protective gear for the next two days' mission.

Sven is the leader of a C-class mercenary group, and there are only five people in the mercenary group. Swain is a team leader who doesn't smile but cares about his teammates. The gratuities from the previous missions had been used to buy weapons and equipment for the team, and he didn't even have a decent set of armor himself. If it weren't for the repeated requests of the team, he would not have come to buy protective gear at this time.

"Captain, if you're like this, other mercenary groups will laugh at us. ”

Lance, the youngest member of the team, said to him.

After picking for a long time, Sven finally chose a set of low-cost fire rabbit skin armor.

If this mission goes well, we will be able to save enough for the mission evaluation needed for promotion, and the reward will be more at that time, so let's buy a better pair when the time comes.

I'm getting closer to my dream.

Swain thought.