When Yuren and the others walked through the woods, they soon spotted people fighting not far away. They were dressed in leather armor and held swords made of bronze, each dressed differently but with a clear resemblance—each carrying an ornament of cyan feathers on his chest, which shimmered in the light of the moon and fire.

"It's the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment. ”

You Lian didn't need to look too much, and immediately confirmed the identity of the group of mercenaries in front of him.

The Blue Feather Mercenary Group is one of the famous mercenary teams on the mainland, their power spans the entire Nathan Plain, and even the orc city in the southwest can see these guys, the Blue Feather Mercenary Group keeps its promises, and its reputation on the continent has always been very good, although their number is only five thousand, far less than some other mercenary groups with a larger scale, but its strength should not be underestimated. This is not only because the Blue Feather Mercenary Group has a "Green Feather Council" composed of three high-level swordsmen and three high-level mages, but also because of the sense of honor and enterprising spirit that they burst out in battle, which often makes other mercenaries stunned. Although it is said that the mercenaries live with money to work and exchange their lives for money, if the situation is really beyond their tolerance, these mercenaries will immediately and wisely turn around and choose a more relaxed way of action. However, this style of work does not work in the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment, no matter how dangerous their mission is, these mercenaries with Blue Feather will rarely choose to give up and escape, and even their brief retreat is only to prepare for the upcoming counterattack. In the eyes of many mercenaries, this behavior is stupid, and they even privately rumor that the guys in the Blue Feather Mercenary Group don't look like mercenaries at all, but more like soldiers.

This is not a compliment for the mercenaries. Because the mercenaries have always thought that they are much freer than the soldiers, they do not need to die for a piece of military order, nor will they be sacrificed because of the wrong orders issued by the commander, they have the ability to choose, they have the opportunity to choose, they also have the right to choose, this is exactly where the mercenaries look down on the soldiers, in their opinion, the soldiers are just puppets pulling strings, and there is no personal value at all.

A bunch of lackeys.

Although the approach of the Blue Feather Mercenary Group is somewhat unusual among the mercenaries, this does not hinder their expansion, in fact, even if some mercenaries look down on the Blue Feather Mercenary Group, they will be intimidated by the strength of the other party, and dare not provoke in person, and similar complaints are only spread in private, of course they don't understand why the Blue Feather Mercenary Group uses such a strange way of fighting, let alone why so many people still join them. And almost no one knows that the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment has been following an ancient oath.

And now, what appeared in front of Yulian and them was a small detachment of the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment.

There are a total of ten people in this squad, and it can be seen from the formation in front of them that these mercenaries are all experienced in a hundred battles, on the periphery, four tall shield warriors hold a heavy wooden shield that is one person high, forming a human wall to protect their companions inside, and in the gap between these four wooden shields, there are two swordsmen and archers attacking from them, driving away the enemies surrounding them, and on the innermost side is a young mage who is sweating profusely and shivering, judging from his gray mage robe, he is still just a mage apprentice, and he is sweating profusely to maintain a light spell to provide light for his companions。 Although I knew that in this dark forest, the dazzling brilliance was likely to provoke some powerful creatures, but it was better than being sent to death unknowingly in the dark. Beside the mage, there stood a tall old man in red leather armor, who looked like he was the captain of the entire mercenary team, because at this moment he was pressing the hilt of his sword with his hand, looking around vigilantly, and at the same time constantly giving orders.

Mage apprentices, eight low-level swordsmen and archers, plus a mid-level swordsman, such a small team is not particularly good, but it can be regarded as a relatively powerful existence. But unfortunately, what they are facing at this moment is obviously not an ordinary enemy.

Six wild wolves were surrounding everyone at the moment, roaring and probing, attacking. If it was an ordinary wild wolf, then there was no need to make these mercenaries so nervous, after all, they were all experienced adventurers, and there was no problem in dealing with just four wild wolves. But the massive and exaggerated bodies of these wild wolves, the faint blue light emitted from their eyes, and their rapid speed, have proved that they are aliens.

These beasts mutated by Mana's stimulation are obviously not so easy to deal with, although the strength of the Blue Feather Mercenary Group is not weak, even in this case, they can still launch a counterattack calmly, but their attacks are ineffective in the face of the xenomorphs, Yulian saw the arrows of the two archers hit the wild wolves that were rushing towards them, and then those wild wolves wailed and fell backwards to the ground, but soon they shook their bodies and looked up again, at this moment their fur was as hard as steel, and those arrows obviously did not have the ability to shoot through steel, so they were unsurprisingly bouncedAt this moment, the speed of the wild wolf also increased suddenly, at the moment when their two companions attracted each other's attention, a wild wolf that had been wandering around the periphery suddenly turned around, turned into a lightning bolt and crashed into the wooden shield in front of him, and by this sudden attack, the shield warrior was obviously a little caught off guard, the huge impact force made him roar, and his body shook, but soon, this strong warrior stabilized his body again, he gritted his teeth and stabilized his shield, so that the defensive line did not collapse because of this sudden attack, but his arm that had been completely bent in the direction that should not have been announced had already declared that the entire defense line had become strong and strong, I'm afraid that even if he relies on the heavy wooden shield in front of him, he will not be able to resist the next attack. The wolves were clearly aware of this, and they abandoned their wandering tactics and began to concentrate on a little attack, while the two archers desperately shot at the block, and the swordsmen swung their sharp swords, apparently unable to delay them any longer.

After mutating, these beasts have evolved more than just their bodies.

"Your Excellency?"

Judy turned to Yuren, and the red light in his helmet lit up, as if to ask, as if to confirm.

"Kill them. ”

Yulian waved his hand and made a gesture. His goal was clear.

"Leave this group of mercenaries behind and kill the beasts. It's like a pre-dinner dessert, whoever grabs it. ”

"Understood. ”

As soon as Judy's words fell, the Soul Warriors reacted immediately, raising their swords and rushing out of the bushes as fast as they could—after all, there were only six wolves, but there were ten Soul Warriors.

And seeing the appearance of these ghost warriors, the mercenaries were all stunned, they subconsciously looked at these black-armored warriors who came out of the forest, and their eyes did not have the happiness of the rest of their lives, but were full of strong vigilance - it is no wonder, after all, no matter how frivolous the appearance of the spirit warriors is, it can never be said to be an amiable type, who knows who these eccentric guys are?

Soldiers, bandits, mercenaries?

And when the ghost warriors appeared, the wolves also reacted, they quickly withdrew from the encirclement, vigilantly watching this group of new enemies, unlike humans, the wolves' keen intuition has made them feel the soul power of these spirit warriors, the breath of the undead made them extremely uncomfortable, so the wolves immediately gave up on the group of mercenaries who were not threatening at all, and instead focused on this group of uninvited guests who had just appeared. Although these wild wolves don't know any tactical thinking, their years of hunting experience still make them find that these newcomers are scattered and not as troublesome as the previous group of "barrels", and for this kind of "lonely" prey, the wild wolves will naturally not be polite.

With a howl, the wolves moved and pounced on the black-armored warriors in front of them, and at the same time, the spirits also moved.

The mercenaries stood dumbfounded, and before they could tear off their defenses, they saw the wolves turn into black shadows and pounce on the black-armored warriors, and then, a flower in front of their eyes, and then a piercing scream resounded throughout the forest. And when the mercenaries saw what was happening in front of them again, they couldn't help but froze.

The fierce wolf that was still fangs and claws just now had been completely pierced by the huge two-handed sword in the hands of the black-armored warrior, and they let out a helpless scream, and then their originally huge bodies immediately dried up like a deflated ball. Then, these strange black-armored warriors swung their greatswords, and with their movements, the wolves that had been pierced by the greatsword were thrown away like rags and discarded aside.

All this in front of him made everyone in the mercenary group stunned, especially the old man in red leather armor, who showed a light of disbelief, because he clearly saw that at this moment, the big swords held by those wandering warriors were burning with red flames, wrapped in cold and white frost, entangled with fierce thunder and lightning, and even a cyan fog that looked looming and circling, although these forms were not the same, but at the moment they only represented one thing!

The power of the caste!!

The old man only felt a burst of dizziness, the power of the caste can be said to be the first goal of all swordsmen, after they awaken their own power of the caste, they can tap their soul power through it, and finally become a high-level swordsman, as well as become a knight. In fact, awakening the power of the caste is a symbol of a mid-level and high-level swordsman, and it is also a prerequisite for breaking through barriers and becoming a high-level swordsman.

But even so, the power of the caste still has a lot of limitations and characteristics, especially for humans, in fact, most of the mid-level and upper-level swordsmen, even if they awaken the power of the caste, are generally related to the power of their body, such as speed, protection, strengthening, recovery and other elements. As for the natural elements, there are very few swordsmen who can awaken, and first, awakening these elements requires the swordsman to have a good affinity for Manna and nature, and such people are generally more suitable for mages than warriors. Therefore, there are very few swordsmen who can awaken the power of the elemental caste. And now, in front of himself, there are actually a whole ten?

You must know that compared to the awakening of those physical elements, the power of the natural elemental caste is more powerful and unpredictable, because the swordsman who holds this caste is not fighting alone, he can even indulge the power of nature to help himself, which is far beyond the scope of human resistance.

Of course, the old mercenaries will not know that in the era when Judy and the others were born, becoming a mage was much more demanding than now, although all of them had the power to become a mage, but they did not have the power to become a ** master, so in that era, even if they learned spells to become mages, it would not be of much help, so these girls would choose to become swordsmen and use another method to realize their ideals and aspirations.

The danger is lifted.

The geist warriors fiddled with their swords, put away their caste powers, and put them back into their sheaths, killing the wolves, and those who had obtained their soul power were looking triumphant, while the poor children who didn't get the "dessert" because they were late were obviously disappointed and dissatisfied, and they were standing by and complaining to each other, obviously dissatisfied with the fact that the number of enemies was too small.

Luckily, though, there are still ten mercenaries here. Their numbers are just right.

"This can't be done, you've already eaten it once just now, even if you make a move this time, it should be us!"

"Oh, a little girl is a little girl, what Your Excellency said just now is very clear, whoever grabs it is the one who counts, are you going to deny it now? Strength, you have to rely on strength. ”

"Humph.................."

Naturally, the mercenaries couldn't hear the spirits using their spirits to communicate, but they all felt a chill in their backs—as if something quite bad had happened.

"Thank you for your help. ”

The old mercenary walked out of the crowd and saluted to the wandering soul warriors, the other party did not gather in formation, but still stood next to him in twos and threes, as if there was no hostility towards his group, but the old mercenary also knew very well that with the strength of the other party, even if they fought separately, I am afraid that they could not be resisted by ordinary mercenaries. Even the mid-level and level-level themselves were not sure that they would be able to escape the giant swords in the hands of these black-armored warriors, let alone those companions whose strength was only low-level and upper-rank. So, the old mercenary didn't think much about it, and quickly stepped forward to express his gratitude. After all, if you don't hit the smiling person, you have already thanked you, and the other party is always embarrassed to do it again. It's just that I don't know, what is the origin of these guys, ten mid-level and high-ranking swordsmen who have cultivated the power of the elemental caste, in terms of the intelligence network here of the Blue Feather Mercenary Group, it is impossible to have no news at all, where did these guys come from?

"We are members of the Blue Feather Mercenary Group, may I ask who you are........."

Just as the old mercenary reported the names of himself and others, suddenly, a young man's voice appeared.

"Blue Feathers, what are the mercenaries doing in the Twilight Forest?"

With these words, the people of the mercenary group saw a young man walking out of the forest, he was not wearing the kind of leather armor that adventurers often wear, but wearing aristocratic clothing, a pitch-black long sword was slung behind his waist, his dark hair and eyes flashed a trace of inexplicable figure, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, revealing an elegant smile.

Who is this guy?

The old mercenary was stunned for a moment, looking at the other party's dress like a nobleman, but why would a nobleman go so far to the wilderness? Although he had some doubts in his heart, the old mercenary still quickly answered Yu Lian's question.

"We are the fifth squad of the Blue Feather Mercenary Regiment, and we received a commission from them in the Green Village, saying that there are some difficult beasts in the Twilight Forest, and they want us to investigate and destroy them. That's why we're here, I don't know if you're ................"

"My name is Julien, Julien Felix. ”

Under the gaze of the mercenaries, Yulian smiled.

"I am the Lord of the Twilight Forest. ”

Suzerain?

Hearing this, all the mercenaries couldn't help but gasp, the Holy Grace is above, they didn't expect to meet a lord in this ghost place. In the impression of these mercenaries, don't those nobles all live in the castle on high ground, and send people to do everything? Why doesn't he, a lord, stay in the castle and run out to do something? But before that......... If he is really the lord of the Twilight Forest, then wouldn't it be wonderful? You know, although he and the others accepted the commission, but this is also considered to have crossed the border without permission, and this nobleman will not want to punish them.

Thinking of this, the mercenaries immediately became a little uneasy, they couldn't help but take a few steps back, although they wanted to leave immediately, but the black-armored warriors standing beside You Lian made these mercenaries have to dispel their unrealistic thoughts.

"So, my lord, may I ask if you are here, is it ...............?"

The old mercenary gritted his teeth and asked.

"As a lord, I have an obligation to inspect my territory. ”

Yulian raised his eyebrows and quickly replied.

"Also, I've heard that the neighborhood doesn't seem to be very safe lately, so I brought someone over to take a look. ”

"I see. ”

The old mercenary nodded, although it was a little strange to say that a lord personally led a team to patrol his territory, but it was not that unusual, but............ Thinking of this, the old mercenary couldn't help but look at the black-armored warriors around Youlian, who could have so many mid-level and high-ranking swordsmen, the family power of this young nobleman was definitely not weak, but how could he never have heard of it? In fact, before entering the twilight forest, the old mercenary had also specially inquired about the current situation of this land, and all he knew was the news that a young nobleman had obtained this noble fief and became its lord. Of course, the old mercenary didn't take this news to heart at that time, after all, the other party was just a young nobleman, and he and the others were going to go deep into the twilight forest, so there would be no conflict in the future.

It's just a pity that the plan didn't change quickly.

Thinking of this, the old mercenary lowered his face, he didn't plan to deal with a nobleman more.

"Thank you very much for your help, my lord. ”

The old mercenary lowered his head and said solemnly.

"Well, then, it's time for us to take our leave, it's a bit rude, but it's .........."

"Wait. ”

At this moment, Yu Lian waved his hand and motioned for the old mercenary to stop.

"You're investigating the anomalies happening in the Twilight Forest?"

"Yes, sir. ”

Hearing You Lian's inquiry, the old mercenary couldn't help but look at him with some doubts, what did this young nobleman want to do? Could it be that he wanted to ask the teacher for guilt, it didn't look like it, but the thoughts of these nobles were not something that ordinary people could guess, so in the face of You Lian, the old mercenary secretly raised his vigilance, waiting for the other party's further clarification.

"So how about that?"

As he spoke, Yulian revealed his signature, elegant and gentle charming smile.

"We've teamed up to investigate the source of the Twilight Forest anomaly, and as I'm sure you've seen, my men have a lot of combat power, but they're not familiar with the search. You're all battle-hardened mercenaries, so it shouldn't be a problem to search or something, right? Since you've also been commissioned, how about we cooperate? and......... Frankly speaking, I think it will be difficult for you to accomplish the task on your own. ”

Although Yu Lian said very vaguely, but the mercenaries have already understood what he pointed out in his words, indeed, they will not be able to parry when they encounter these mutated wolves, if they go deeper into the forest, God knows what else they will encounter, at that time, if they and others encounter trouble, it will be secondary, if the mission fails, it will discredit the Blue Feather Mercenary Group.

But working with a nobleman?

Thinking of this, the old mercenary couldn't help but look up and down at Yu Lian in front of him again. Ordinary people's impression of nobles is generally negative, and these mercenaries are naturally no exception, although this young man said so, but only God knows what the hell he is thinking in his heart.

But......... If you quit like this, it's not the style of the Blue Feather Mercenary Group.

Thinking of this, the old mercenary stretched out his hand.

"I agree. ”

Then he spoke.

(To be continued)