"You mean...... We're being targeted by the Brotherhood of Daggers?" the fat man swallowed hard, "You can't be mistaken, can you?"

Lucio crouched down and tore open the sleeve of the corpse, only to see that there was a tattoo of two daggers on his shoulder, which was fading, and soon the corpse burned under a strange liliang, gradually turning to ashes, and there were no bones left.

"That's right, it should be a member of the Brotherhood of Dagger. Lucio's expression was a little solemn, and he glanced at Chen Rui promptly.

The Brotherhood of Daggers, a well-known assassin organization with shili in several countries, is said to be a target for even kings if they can afford it.

The killers of the Brotherhood of Daggers are not only highly powerful, but also ruthless, and even if they are captured, they will not leave any living mouth, just like this self-incinerated corpse. After a mission fails, they will send another killer to retaliate, but if they fail three times in a row, the mission will be considered to be more than the expected cost and will not be attacked again.

It's a tradition that humans secretly thwart, and although I don't remember what era it is, even the Stalker Guild, the largest organization of assassins and thieves today, is strictly following this tradition, let alone the Dagger Brotherhood.

After confirming that the enemy was the Dagger Brotherhood and not the Holy Feather Mercenary Regiment, the fat man suddenly froze, and instead was strongly afraid: "Who is it! Actually spent a lot of money to hire the Dagger Brotherhood to deal with us! No, we have to return to Gudan Town immediately......

The fat man only said half a sentence, and suddenly remembered that since the other party was a dagger brotherhood, then even if he went back, he would not be able to escape the poisonous hands. The level of the church in Garden City is higher than that of Gudan Town, and there are Knights of Light stationed there, so going there is a way to survive. Immediately changed his words: "Captain Ina, please be sure to protect us as we go to Garden City, and I will pay double ...... No, ten times the pay! I will also be responsible for all the losses you have suffered, including the pensions of the two brothers who died. ”

According to the rules, employers generally only need to pay commissions according to the employment agreement, and do not care about the loss or casualties of mercenaries during the mission. Fat people love money though. But it's not stupid, if you don't even have a small life, no amount of money is useless.

If a mercenary abandons a mission in the middle of the mission, he will not get any commission. There will also be liquidated damages, and the reputation will be greatly reduced, but if Ina does give up the mission, then Iron Shield will only lose money and prestige. Fat people, these people lost their lives. The fat man has been sitting firmly in the position of the head of the church in Gudan Town for many years, so he naturally has some means. Knowing the truth that "there must be a brave man under the heavy reward", he immediately endured the pain and raised the issue of doubling the salary and being responsible for compensation.

Ina pondered slightly, looked at the mercenaries, and said, "Don't worry, Lord Pastor, our Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment has the most important reputation. Since I have taken on this mission, I will definitely do my best to complete it. ”

"Great! It's worthy of the Iron Shield Mercenary Group!" The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "I mean what I say." Ten times the salary and compensation, and when I arrive at Garden City, I will pay it immediately. ”

Ina nodded, and began to rearrange the defenses, ordering the mercenaries to retrieve their mounts and arrange for the wounded to rest.

When passing by Chen Rui's side, the female head of the group took a deep look at him. He spoke, "The Assassin of the Brotherhood of Daggers is unlikely to be captured alive, and I don't know how you managed to capture this assassin. But I know for sure. Regardless of whether the original Assassin's target was you, you will be one of the Dagger Brotherhood's key 'care' for the rest of the journey. ”

"Oh, I just had a terrible fight, and I need to go back to my tent and rest for a while. Chen Rui shrugged casually, as if he didn't understand the current bad situation, turned around and walked towards the tent, and Lucio on the side hurriedly followed.

Ina looked at Chen Rui's back and snorted coldly, and asked the bearded man lying on the ground on the side, "Silva, how is it?"

"Can't die. The bearded man barely raised his body and smiled: "Having said that, that special antidote is really miraculous, and the poison that can't even be removed by the dispersal technique has been swept away, and all that is left is a little flesh wound, which is not in the way." ”

Although the bearded man said it easily, Ina could see that this was definitely not just a "little" flesh wound, but fortunately, the poison was lifted, there was no worry about his life, and he only needed to recuperate for a few days to recover, but his combat effectiveness would definitely be greatly reduced in the short term.

"This Richard is indeed not simple," Ina looked thoughtful, "I'm afraid his strength is still above our expectations, and maybe he can really escape the three assassinations of the Dagger Brotherhood." ”

"No matter how powerful it is, it can't compare to ...... By the way, regimental commander, did you agree to the fat man to continue accepting the protection mission this time, is it because the deputy regiment commander ......?"

Ina looked around and said in a low voice, "Before we left Gudan Town, I happened to receive a magic message from him from Rice Town, saying that the mission in Stanham City had been completed and was on the way back. I left him a message at the hotel that he should come and join us when he returns to Gudan Town, and it will probably take two or three days. ”

The bearded man looked surprised: "Great! If he can come over, even the Dagger Brotherhood won't be afraid!"

Ina's voice lowered: "Originally, he didn't come to rendezvous this time, but to go to a place through Garden City, and it happened to be on the way to our mission, and this matter was related to his private secret, so I didn't want to ask too much, and I didn't tell you." Now that the enemy is the Dagger Brotherhood, the matter of the deputy head cannot be revealed, so as not to attract the attention of the Dagger Brotherhood, as long as it can block the three attacks of the Dagger Brotherhood, this level will be considered passed. ”

"Understood. The bearded man nodded and lay down again.

The night passed without further attacks. The next day, the team continued on the road, and some of the mercenary mounts were not recovered, so they rode in two, and the speed of the group was not very fast. Along the way, two days passed, and nothing unusual happened. Most of the members of the Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment had recovered from their injuries, but they did not dare to let their guard down at all.

Now the ground shijie is autumn, the sun is not dazzling, but it is easy to be tired, in the bumps of the carriage, the fat man's eyelids began to bump, and he couldn't help but take a nap.

Before the priest could sleep, he was woken up by violent concussions and screams, and the fat man's nerves, which had been relaxed, immediately tensed, and when he opened the curtain, he saw that huge boulders with large grinding discs on the side of the mountain were rolling down, and at this time the mounts seemed to be frightened by some kind of special liliang, and ran wildly in all directions uncontrollably. The mercenaries had no choice but to abandon their horses, and a few horses that did not know whether they were alive or dead rushed to the range of the boulder, and were immediately smashed into pulp.

"The road behind is blocked, quick, Lord Reverend, get off your horse, let's run into the woods over there!"

The horse pulling the carriage had been killed by the mercenaries because it was out of control, and the fat man hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, and quickly fled towards the woods on the side under the protection of the mercenaries.

Everyone managed to avoid the boulder and escape into the woods, and the sun in the sky suddenly darkened.

It's not that there are dark clouds, but that the woods are shrouded in a special kind of liliang, and even the sunlight is clouded with a haze.

Everyone only heard a terrible wail in their ears, there seemed to be countless hands in the woods constantly dragging and dragging them, and the speed involuntarily let go down, and the yin wind seemed to go deep into the bone marrow, making everyone's heart have a cold feeling to the bone, and the layers of mist in the woods seemed to turn into a ghost seeking life, floating around, both the will and liliang were weakened to the trough in this terrifying environment.

"This is the breath of darkness! Damn assassins, how dare you cast such a desecrating liliang!" The fat man was a priest after all, and with the fear in his heart, he trembled and raised the staff in his hand, and recited the incantation with the two monks, "Disperse the humble darkness!"

A cloud of white light appeared, floating in the air, and spreading, and those mist dissipated into light smoke under the illumination of the white light, and at the same time, the strangeness of the people seemed to weaken a little.

At this time, the wind was blowing, and the white light was soon swallowed up by the haze that filled the entire forest, and the fat man used it several times in a row, but it had little effect, but his own mental power was too depleted, his footing was unstable, and he fell to the ground. The other two monks were weaker than the fat man, and soon they could no longer perform the dispelling technique.

The light in the woods became darker and darker, and the mercenaries seemed to be stuck in a quagmire, unable to use their strength, even the magician's magic could not work, and all kinds of negative emotions came one after another, fear, weakness, and sluggishness......

Chen Rui looked at the two black-robed men in the woods who joined forces to cast a dark liliang with some curiosity - there are also dark magicians on the ground?

With his eyesight, he could naturally see that the strength of these two men was at the beginning of the Great Demon King level, and a special magic array was laid in this forest, which could increase the darkness of Liliang, and the purpose of the Rolling Stone just now should be to force everyone into the woods, so as to catch them all.

"Hmph, didn't you say that there was an enemy who might be a division, and he killed Tucker, who was all weak ants!" said a man disdainfully.

"Tucker is just an incompetent person, but those intelligence officers should be damned! It's a shame that this kind of guy has to go to such trouble to alarm us!"

"Since you're here, let's slowly torture these ants to death first!"

Chen Rui was about to take action to deal with the two men, his eyes moved, and he turned his head to look in the other direction, he could feel that there was a person hurrying towards this side, and his strength seemed to be ...... Not weak yet.

Accomplice? Chen Rui's heart moved slightly, and his hand was put down again, anyway, the fat man was not in danger of his life at this time, and when the man's accomplice arrived, it was just right to solve it together.

The speed of the people who came was very fast, and in the blink of an eye, they had already come to the magic array of the woods, and the two black-robed men reacted at this time, and they were all taken aback, and they heard a firm man's voice resounding through the woods: "Morning light extinction!"

To Chen Rui's surprise, this voice was actually a little familiar!