"Cricket Valley" is the cute nickname given to this forest by the innocent children of the village, and every time the wind blows through this dense forest, it will sound like the sound of crickets, whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, it has the taste of summer. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a secluded corner of the forest, a young man dressed as a mercenary and a girl in reddish-brown leather armor lay prone on her stomach. At this time, it was the time of dusk and sunset, and the dark golden light of the setting sun dyed the grass around the two of them into the color of an ear of wheat, and this color somehow matched the color of the girl's leather armor and her hair. But unfortunately, he doesn't have the leisure right now.

“...... Are you talking about a tactic that lies at the door of the bandit camp and looks at the scenery?"

"Don't be in a hurry~ This princess has naturally thought of a perfect strategy, but she must first observe the general situation of the enemy before implementing it and grasp the latest information, right?

"It's to know yourself and your opponent, and win all battles......"

"It seems that this is what I said, no matter what, in short, this place was specially chosen by this princess, if it were you, could you find a second place in this forest that can be so close to the enemy camp?"

Alicia is not exaggerating at all, the two of them are currently lying on the high ground 300 meters away from the gate of the cottage, if it is on flat ground, this distance is undoubtedly looking for death, but there is a hill that rises from the flat ground here, the height is about 200 meters, and both of them are lying on their stomachs carefully in a posture of rubbing their noses against the ground, so as not to arouse the alarm over there.

"No matter what, we are all under the noses of the enemy, fortunately the grass around is relatively dense, but if the bandits on the enemy's watchtower have better eyesight, I don't need to say that it is natural to see at a glance, should you say that you are bold or unplanned?"

"Whether it's bold or unplanned, can you speak a little quieter? Now we can only hear our voices except the sound of the wind, and if the enemy's hearing is a little better, we won't be able to expose our target soon?"

"Anyway, you'd better have enemies all blind or deaf, right? Really, the only thing that can make mercenaries lose their lives is money, although sometimes you can use other things to offset it, but you have no identity, and you have no figure, so I can only be considered unlucky to meet you. ”

"Why are you so wordy, mercenary, don't you know that you should keep your mouth shut and obey your employer's orders when you are on a mission?"

“...... I am a mercenary, not a slave. ”

"So mercenaries should be so wordy?"

"I'm not verbose, I'm protesting. ”

"Oh~~? Are you resentful of my smart employer?"

"Dissatisfied...... I don't dare to have it, I just hope you can reveal a little bit of your amazing tactics to me. ”

"No, I can't. ”

“...... I went back. As he spoke, Daron shifted back to retreat, but Alicia hurriedly grabbed his armor and didn't let him go.

"Come back!"

"I don't think you have any water in your stomach at all, and tactics don't exist at all, right?"

"There's no water in my stomach, I just went to let it go. ”

"That's not what I mean!"

"I know, I know, don't be impatient, the time has not come, I'll let you see it later!"

"Timing?"

Daron paid attention to the sky, and realized that the sun was almost sinking beyond the horizon, and the night was coming.

"Oh~~ So you're waiting for the night. ”

Glancing at the girl's confident face, Daron regained a little confidence and moved his body back to Alicia's side.

"But it's too dangerous to wait until night, in case there are wandering monsters......

"Those who do big things are not informal. In short, you first analyze the enemy situation, as a mercenary, you should have a lot of experience, tell me your opinion. ”

"So you still want me to help you analyze it......" Daron said, reluctantly turning his gaze in the direction of the bandit camp.

Opposite is the gate of the bandits' lair. In front of the two wooden pillars carved with totems on the left and right of the door, two guarded soldiers stood on each. The top of the two pillars has the head of some kind of bird of prey, the left one has a tiger's head, and the one on the right appears to be a Chimera. Extending from either side of the pillar were two rows of wooden fences, the tops of which were sharpened and stretched out to the sky domineeringly, enclosing the whole cottage, which seemed to be their walls. Looking along the "city wall", ladder towers were built in positions with good views, and a straw hut was placed at the top, which was supposed to be used as a guard tower. On each watchtower, an archer is assigned. One by one, they lazily paced back and forth in the limited space of the watchtower, and from time to time they made a few bad jokes with the people on the watchtower who approached, but although they all looked at ease, these were obviously not properly trained, and at most they only felt the feeling of the thief who drew the bow when hunting and scattering the wilderness, and he must not be able to shoot the battle-experienced Daron. Thinking so, Daron couldn't help but chuckle, drawing a slanted scorn from the girl. Looking inside from the gate, there are white tents, the corners of which are fixed with wooden stakes, and the technique is very simple, or rather untechnical. At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, and the fire stands erected in front of the tent were lit one by one, and two fires were lit at the gate. Having finished his observations, Daron began to tell Alicia his summary.

"Well, from the layout of the enemy, it can be seen in general......"

"Well, it's time!"

"Huh?"

Just as Daron was about to give Alicia a reference, she suddenly said something inexplicable, and before Daron could figure out what she meant, Alicia swished to her feet.

"Are you crazy?

But Alicia remained upright. She is not afraid of danger, should she be described in such words at this time? Ah, is it better to "water in the brain"...... Although Daron was a beat slower, he still jumped up and picked up Alicia's head and pressed it on the grass. However, there was already movement on the watchtower in the distance. The sentry seemed to notice some incongruous shadows shaking on the opposite hill, and shouted something downward. After that, the light of a pile of torches began to move towards where Alicia was.

"Hee-hee, I've been discovered~" Alicia pretended to knock her head and stuck out her tongue to make a grimace.

"Hee-hee... Of course you'll be discovered!!Is this part of your tactics?!"

"YES~But what follows is the essence of Princess Ben's tactics~"

“...... Are you going to let me rush over and kill him?"

"Although this proposal is also very attractive, there is still a certain gap from the magic tricks of this princess, this warrior, please look over there!"

As she spoke, Alicia's hand pointed to the depths of the forest.

But with this slender little hand, Daron saw nothing.

"Huh, what are you looking at?"

Daron leaned forward, but found nothing. At that moment, Alicia's blonde hair hung down to her ears, and Alicia's cheeks were only inches away from the side of Daron's face, and at this distance, Alicia's breathing was clearly audible, and the breath of a girl was sprinkled on her face. Darlon's body froze, when has it been, does this girl really think anything about me?

After that, Alicia spoke.

"The battle of this princess, its name is ---- lure. Bait. War. Technique~"

Alicia's words were accompanied by aromas, word by word like sweet **, but by the time Daron discovered the toxicity of this **, it was already too late.

"Eh, bait, what ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, Daron only felt that the world was spinning in front of him, and there was no time more than now for him to hate the existence of gravity. Flying sand and rocks all the way, and causing a lot of saplings that had just pulled out their buds, were the heads and stones considered to be hard to match? In short, while Daron sympathized with himself, he did not forget to pity the innocent plants and trees. Why are you so sober? Ah...... Because for the first time, there was a strong intent to kill someone. After about half a short cigarette of earth, Daron finally touched the flat ground, and his body crackled into a puff of smoke, so heavy that he wondered if it was time to think about losing weight, and the starry light not far away indicated that the crisis was coming, but the pain in his body made it impossible for him to get up in a short time.

"Hey, something seems to be rolling down!"

"It's so loud, it can't be a lost bear, right?"

"Idiot! It's not a drunken bear, and you can't roll down the hill if you get lost, right?"

"Anyway, it can't be from the village, it's a forbidden place for them within a radius of five kilometers. ”

"Maybe it's a drunken drunkard, right?"

"It would be nice if a girl came down, I haven't been close to a woman for a long time~"

"Haha, don't worry, if you want to, wouldn't it be nice to go to the village and grab one?"

"Just that broken village, I think it's more realistic for us to move to another hill as soon as possible. ”

"Don't make any noise! It may be an enemy, get me a weapon!"

The sound of the conversation was getting closer, and it seemed that the bandits were already close at hand. Daron rolled over and stood up, glaring resentfully at the smug-looking blonde girl on the top of the hill. But the girl just stuck out her tongue and made a mischievous grimace.

"Come on, Dad~Dad~"

The girl swayed sharply, and then disappeared to the other side of the hill.

"If I really accept this bastard daughter, see if I don't have to cry her father and call her mother!"

Talon patted the dust off his body, and at this point, the scouting bandit finally saw the true body of the object rolling down the hill. All of them, with torches in one hand and weapons in the other, lined up in an arc and nervously approached Talon.

Behind him was a mound wall, and at this time Talon was already surrounded. But Daron was still slapping the dust on his body with a calm face, and his mouth was still in pieces, "That girl, I won't be able to spare her if I touch her again!"

At this time, the setting sun finally sank below the horizon, and in order to control Talon's position, the bandits slowly narrowed the encirclement while shining a torch in front of him, dozens of torches reflected a corner of the forest in red, Daron smiled slightly, and untied the noose that bound the giant sword behind him.

"Well~ it's dark~ it's not good. ”

"What does a man underestimate there?!" shouted one of the bandits.

"Ah~ rude and rude, I mean, you are so unlucky, you have met three strong enemies at once. ”

"Huh?" the bandit was confused and dismissive.

"One," Daron casually raised a finger and pointed to the sky, "the night that makes the eyes uneasy." ”

“......”

"Two," Daron said lazily, turning his finger 90 degrees and pointing at the bandits, "a torch that is not easy to use." ”

The atmosphere among the "......" bandits has shaken slightly.

"Three...... Hehe," Talon suddenly raised his heavy giant sword, rolled up a wisp of dust, and leaned on his shoulder, "Uncle Ben!"

The momentum brought by this casual action and the ensuing aura frightened all the surrounding bandits to take a step back, and they looked at each other one by one, not knowing how capable this guy in front of him was with a big mouth.

"Well, it's been a long time since I've exercised anyway, so I'll spend some time with you little minions before I go to find that ghost girl. But......" Daron took a step, bent down, took a stance, and grinned, "the only time I can serve you is the moment before the branch hits the ground. As soon as he finished speaking, a branch of a tree not far behind Talon to the right was slashed by a dagger he had thrown at some point, and it began to fall with a creaking and creaking.