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The knock on the door of "Dangdang" knocked on the door of the temporary residence of the adventure group. It is said to be a temporary station, but it is actually a vacant two-story house borrowed by Dora of the mercenary group for the four of them alone. Because the location is relatively remote, it definitely meets Vivian and Lina's needs for quiet. In the evening of the next day, Dora knocked on the door of the house with all the other thirty-seven members.

The door opened, and Dora outside the door was immediately startled, and Lina couldn't see joy or anger on her delicate face, so she looked at her with empty eyes with an expressionless face.

"Li...... Na?" Dora called tentatively.

Lina nodded expressionlessly.

"You...... Nothing happened, I didn't do anything wrong. Dora blinked vigorously and asked innocently.

Lina shook her head expressionlessly.

Dora really didn't know what to do, and stood at the door very awkwardly, Lina stared at her blankly, and after half a minute she gave way to the door, pointed to the interior of the house, and turned her head to walk into the room.

"What's wrong with her?" led a group of people into the first floor of the house, and saw that there were about ten chairs in the center of the living room on the first floor, and there was a pile of seat cushions on one side, and Pannis sat on one of the chairs, while Vivien and Catherine were nowhere to be seen. Seeing Pannis, Dora seemed to see a savior, and couldn't wait to ask: "Why did it suddenly become like this?"

"It's okay, don't worry about her, it'll be fine after a while. Pannis shrugged indifferently: "Intermittent confusion of thought, for short, insane." ”

Lina sat aside at this time, and still didn't say anything when she heard Pannis's evaluation, but just stared at him with empty eyes, until the forehead that looked at Pannis began to break out in a cold sweat.

"Okay, I see. Dora sighed helplessly: "Let's find a place to sit first, by the way, what about Catherine and Vivien?"

"Upstairs. Lina's voice didn't rise or fall at all, and it was completely untouched.

"Upstairs?" Dora asked, confused, "What are they doing upstairs?"

"Sleep. Lina's answer was simple and concise.

"Well, it's Dora. Vivien poked her head out of the stairs, wearing a nightgown with several big cat motifs, rubbing her sleepy eyes and walking down the stairs in a daze: "It's so early." ”

"Early?" Dora felt that her brain was no longer enough, and looked at the sunset outside the window: "It's evening, it's not early." ”

"We thought you would come at night. Vivien covered her mouth and yawned, jumped on a long chaise longue and lay down: "I'm so sleepy, I really want to sleep again." ”

"Come with me and tell Catherine to come down. Pannis said to Dora, "She's so tired that she just said to lie down for a while and fall asleep." ”

"Didn't you get a break last night?" asked Dora.

Most of the more than 20 days she was in a car, and last night she was not at ease, so she rearranged the adventure equipment, and it was already midnight after tidying up. Pannis replied, "Today he dragged me out for a long time and bought some supplies." I couldn't hold it just now, and I slept for about an hour and a half. It's okay, let's go and call it, it should have eased up. ”

Walking down the dimly lit staircase, Pannis led Dora to the closed door of a room on the second floor. Pannis knocked lightly on the door, but there was no response in the door, frowning, he knocked a few more times, and there was still no response in the room.

"Nothing will happen. Dora asked, a little worried.

"No, it won't. Pannis shook his head and said, "The breathing is very even, it should just be too heavy to sleep." ”

"What then?" Dora asked helplessly, "Did you hit the door?"

"No, I have a trick. Pannis grinned, put his hand in his pocket and pulled it a few times, and mysteriously clenched his fist to hide what he had pulled out in his palm.

"What is this? Dora asked, curiously.

"Shhhh Pannis put his free hand up in front of his mouth and slowly opened his clenched fist. In the palm of his hand, lying quietly were two shiny gold coins: "Secret weapon." ”

Without waiting for Dora to ask anything more, Pannis flicked his thumb, and a gold coin flew vertically into the air, and when the gold coin fell, Pannis ejected another gold coin with the same action, and the two gold coins collided in the air with a crisp crashing sound. Under the collision, the first one flew again along the same path, and the second one accelerated down and returned to the palm of the hand. Pannisy repeated the ejection motion, and the two coins collided in the air, and the sound of the collision continued to sound.

When the two gold coins collided for the fifth time in a short period of time, the door of the gold coin's house suddenly opened quickly, and a figure rushed out of the door at an unclear speed, and his right hand stretched out like lightning, holding the two gold coins that had just completed the impact process and had not yet separated in the palm of his hand. It was Catherine who rushed out, not covered in armor, but wearing a long pale blue dress, her hair unkempt from her sleeping position, her eyes still closed, her movements slightly stiff, and she was clearly still asleep.

"Is this okay?" Dora opened her mouth wide and watched Catherine's movements in disbelief, feeling that the perfect image of her senior sister in her mind was completely shattered.

"The body's instinctive reactions don't stop because of sleep, such as breathing. Pannis's serious nonsense: "And this is her second instinct." ”

"I think you're dead. Vivien's voice sounded from under the stairs, "I'll tell my eldest sister what I just said as a joke." ”

"I was wrong, don't. Pannis neatly admits his mistake.

"Hmm, why am I outside the room?" Catherine stood there for a while, slowly woke up, looked around blankly, and nodded to Dora: "You're all here, I'll go down now." ”

"Hey, why do I have gold coins in my hand?" Catherine just wanted to go back to the room to change clothes, and suddenly found the two gold coins in her hand, scratched her head very strangely, but immediately firmly put the gold coins into the money bag she carried: "No matter, what is in my hand must be mine, En, it must be so." ”

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"Let me tell you about it. On the first floor of the house, everyone finally arrived, and Dora clapped her hands lightly, attracting everyone's attention: "These four are members of Nelly's adventure group, they are foreign aid that I temporarily invited, and I will fight side by side with everyone for a period of time in the future, I hope everyone gets along well." ”

"They are the members of the regiment I mentioned before, they are all silver ranks, and they should have been forty people, but because of yesterday's incident, three members of the regiment were killed, and now they are thirty-seven. There are too many people, so I won't introduce them one by one, and they are divided into four squads by me, and here are a few squad leaders. Dora patted one of the unremarkable-looking women in her thirties, "This is the leader of a small team, Phantom Fox." "Phantom Fox is a relatively rare magical beast in the forest, its strength is not very high, but it is very intelligent and cunning, and will even set simple traps like humans to catch prey or protect itself, and one of its most dangerous characteristics is that it can use racial talent to create a small range of illusions, so that the prey can be attacked unconsciously.

"This is the captain of the second squad. Dora pointed to a dark, thin middle-aged man: "Red Scorpion, a mage who is good at using various drug-type toxins. ”

"Captain of the three squads. Dora pointed to the third captain, who was a stout dwarf with a beard that dragged down to his lower abdomen, and his thick beard made it difficult to tell his age: "Pickaxe, powerful shield warrior." ”

"Finally, the captain of the four squads. Dora raised her chin at the fourth captain: "Cheetah, the fastest person in the entire mercenary group. ”

"My plan is like this, each team is in a group, we are in a group of five people, with us as the center, the four of them gather behind us and fan out at a distance of 100 meters, trying to screen every suspicious location. Dora said: "The guide I asked to join us tomorrow before departure, he is the best hunter in the area, he is familiar with most of the hidden places in the forest, and with his leadership, the thieves will not escape our search." ”

"Well, that's the tactic I had in mind. Dora concluded, "But we haven't really been inside the forest, and we don't know the actual situation, do you have any opinions?"

The three girls looked at each other for a while, and then turned their eyes to Pannis, Catherine said: "Pennis, we have not experienced the large army entering the interior of the forest, you should be the most experienced, let's talk about it." ”

"Okay. Pannis's expression was a little helpless, and he said reluctantly: "Actually, if it's a search, it's not a good way for a large army to enter." ”

Dora was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

"As I said before, walking in the forest follows the laws of the forest among the monsters. "The Warcraft don't know that we're humans, and they'll see us as a small race, and a small race that crosses borders," Pannis explained. If everyone gathers together, it's okay to say, there are four golden tiers, most of the monsters dare not attack, as long as we don't stay in their territory for a long time, it's fine, but if it is scattered as you imagined, it will be more troublesome, for such a group with only silver ranks, even during the invasion of monsters, they will continue to be attacked by monsters, and the attacks of a large number of monsters will pass on our movements to the thieves group as early as possible, so that they can hide deeper. ”

"Makes sense. Dora's plan received a low evaluation, but she was not dissatisfied, and asked humbly, "What if everyone gathered together?"

"It doesn't make sense. Pannis shook his head: "If you gather together, there is no need to go so many people. Anyway, we're just looking for traces, and when we really find them, we can mobilize people from outside to exterminate them. ”

"You mean, let's downsize?" Dora asked.

"Well, my opinion is to streamline. Pannis said, "Five of us, pick four more, and count the guides, a total of ten people, that's enough." ”

Dora looked at Catherine with questions, and Catherine nodded, "He's a professional, and I suggest you listen to him." ”

Dora hesitated for a long time before reluctantly agreeing, "Then let's try as you say, but who will go in? Are the four captains the four strongest of these team members." ”

"It's not them, you don't need the strongest. Pannis said, pointing to four people: "I suggest these four." ”

"Phantom fox, gopher, shadow wolf, and night stalker?" said Dora strangely, "I don't understand, and you're not familiar with my members, why did you choose these four people?"

"I didn't pick it randomly. Pannis explained: "I've been observing since they came in, and many of these four people's small movements and habits are not obvious, and they all say that they have plenty of experience in the wilderness, and I don't mean the kind of wild survival in a team, but the experience of a very small number of people or even one person surviving in a very difficult environment, I'm right, Ms. Phantom Fox." ”

"You're right. The four Phantom Fox looked at each other for a long time, and they didn't find any habits that would make people see their own experience: "But I didn't find anything special about us." ”

"It's just a little trick. Pannis smiled and said to Dora, "So, it's not hasty at all. ”

Dora looked at Pannis, then at Catherine, and turned her eyes back and forth a few times before she gritted her teeth and agreed: "Okay, just do as you say, but according to the rules, if you fail in your mission, your adventure party will have to pay double compensation." ”

"No problem. Catherine, who instinctively ran out to catch the gold coins even in her sleep, agreed without hesitation: "I believe in Pannis's experience, so it's decided, let's set off tomorrow." ”