The next day, early in the morning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The sun had just risen over the mountain, and it was shrouded in a bright red glow, shining through the cracks in the clouds, like countless dragons spitting golden waterfalls.

The mercenaries were walking on the forest path leading to the village of Tamnu, and the forest on both sides of the road was so dense that no matter which way they looked, they could not see how deep the forest was.

It is a primeval forest with few bushes and is full of towering thousand-year-old trees.

The branches of the trees are intertwined, and the flourishing branches and leaves that stretch out like green clouds cover the blue sky.

Some of the towering trees have aerial roots from their trunks and branches that penetrate into the ground and gradually thicken to become pillar roots that support the canopy, forming a peculiar landscape of a single tree forest.

Some aerial roots are entangled in other trees, growing thicker and thicker, longer and wider, and finally connected to strangle the attached trees, forming a unique strangulation phenomenon.

"Hey, my brother," Tea said, stinking forward with the new young mercenary. "Did you sleep well last night?"

When the mercenaries around him heard the lewd voice of the horse thief, they all distanced themselves from him in good spirits, and glanced at the young man who had just joined the group with sympathetic eyes.

But Merck, who was too pretentious, did not notice the gaze of her companions around her. "Yes," Merck asked politely, with a slight nod. "What about you?"

Mo Mo Cha immediately showed a bitter face, and said listlessly: "For the safety of everyone, I haven't slept all night!"

"Brother, what I discussed with you last night," Mo Cha said tentatively. "Look ......"

"What's the matter?"

After seeing that the other party was pretending to be confused, Mo Mocha directly made it clear to the other party. "Borrowing money!"

"Oh!" Merck hesitated for a moment, then responded. "The mercenary who was with you said I wouldn't lend you money, and he said—"

Mo Tea's brows tightened suddenly, and before the other party finished speaking, he asked a little angrily, "What else did he say?"

"—let me give you some dried salted fish to satisfy your cravings!" Merck continued.

"Dried salted fish?" "Damn Wiggins, it's a good thing to spoil me." Mo Cha cursed in his heart. "No, no, brother," he said, shaking his head with a sad face. "I don't like salted dried fish, I just need gold. ”

"Can you tell me what you need gold for you?"

What else can be done is nothing more than to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. But Mo Cha knew that he couldn't tell the truth to the other party, and he had to make up a lie to fool this young man.

After thinking for a moment, she lied, "I fell in love with a girl and wanted to buy her a gift." ”

"Don't lend him a word. Manid came out of nowhere. "Mo Cha, I have already deducted your salary for this month, and I will pay back all the money you owe to your brothers. ”

Borrowing money from friends and loved ones is often a matter of no choice.

How to improve the success rate of borrowing money is a very skillful thing, and Mo Mo Tea has practiced this skill to the point of perfection.

Mo Cha would often brag to Manid about his experience in borrowing money during chatting.

He summed up a few points: first, be thick-skinned, second, have a good reason, secondly, think about why and how much to borrow before borrowing, and finally, agree on a date for repayment.

The last piece of tea was never delivered, which is why everyone didn't like him.

The dinars of their companions were bought with their lives, in other words, the tea had borrowed their lives, but he had no intention of returning them.

"Can you tell me who it is?" asked Merck curiously. "Is that the pretty girl from last night?"

"Young man, if I tell you, can you keep it a secret for me?" Mo Cha continued, seeing that the other man nodded. "Yes, her name is Jamila!"

When Jamila first joined the team, Mo Cha had this idea for the beautiful Jamila.

But after a period of getting along, he gave up completely. The girl thinks of a man as a handsome knight, not a lewd-looking horse thief.

Suddenly, a cold chill passed over his face.

The sound of "Zheng" was nailed to the tree trunk on the side, and it turned out to be an arrow, and the tail of the arrow was shaking non-stop, which showed that the power of this arrow was extremely great.

Mo Cha and Merck were stunned for a long time, and a few arrow shadows were in front of them, whistling.

Mo Cha only feels like he can't hide from it, and he is going to die in this damn place inexplicably today.

Mo Cha felt that time passed very slowly, forcing himself to think crankily, but he couldn't move his footsteps and couldn't dodge this fatal arrow......

Suddenly, a figure flashed out, and threw him from his horse to the ground, dodging the deadly arrow.

Merck and Mo Cha rolled around on the ground a few times before stumbling up from the ground.

Seeing the movement ahead, the whole team stopped and warned the wind and grass in the woods.

After a while, mercenaries such as Alleyne, Wiggins, and Karadus rode after him.

"Are you alright?" asked Ellen as he turned over and dismounted. "What just happened?"

Immediately after, Wiggins and Karadus also rolled over and dismounted, blocked their shields in front of them, and walked vigilantly to the side of Mocha and Merck.

"A few arrows shot out of the woods. Merck responded, then patted the dirt off her body.

And Mo Mocha, who was still a little frightened, made a bold guess: "Commander, could it be that the gang of bandits heard some wind last night and ambushed us in the woods overnight to attack us?"

"No way, if it were bandits, they wouldn't be stupid enough to expose their tracks for the sake of the two mercenaries for the sake of the shooter. Merck objected and voiced her opinion. "The arrows didn't look like they were coming at us, but they were passing right in front of us. ”

Alleyne looked at the strange young man in front of him and asked, "How come I've never seen you?" mercenary, report your name!"

"Boss," Mocha said as she spoke. "His name is Merck, and he's a mercenary we recruited in the tavern last night. ”

Alleyne then agreed, "The young man's analysis is very reasonable, if there are bandits hiding in the woods and ambushing, they will not be able to shoot only a few arrows at us. ”

Then Alleyne commanded, "Tea, Wiggins, you two go into the woods and check the situation." ”

"Why me again?" said Tea, stretching his shoehorn face, and muttered quietly with his head down.

"Captain, can I go with me?" said young Merck confidently. "I'm familiar with the woods in this area, and I can tell where the arrows came from. ”

When Mo Cha heard this, he seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and hurriedly suggested to his boss: "Just let him go with us, there are many people, so there is a good care!"

Alleyne knew in his heart that the horse thief wanted the rest of his party to follow him, so that he would not be in danger.

"Alright, you come along!" Alleyne told Wiggins. "Keep an eye on our new companions and signal if there's danger!"

"Don't worry, boss!" Wiggins assured him.

Wiggins, Mocha, and Merck entered the woods to inquire about the situation, and the rest of the mercenaries waited outside the woods.

The Swadia soldiers who were in charge of 'guarding' them were also aware of the unusual situation in the woods, but they did nothing.