Chapter XXII

After some explanation, Ed finally cleared his suspicions, and everyone knew who he was.

Seeing that the trick couldn't be done, Qili was still looking at him angrily, Di Liya patted her back gently and inclusively, this Lori looked smaller than Di Liya, and it was easy to win everyone's sympathy.

Andre gave Ed a look that I understand, this kid has been redefined by Andre since he was unclear in Ameraburg and Charlotte, and it seems that it is possible to eat tofu when they meet!

After some laughter, the four of them finally made a decision, Andre will take the newly subdued mercenaries to protect the civilians and leave, Qili provided a poison as a means of control, which should ensure that the other party will not turn against each other in the process.

Andrei took the poison and the antidote, and it was his own decision as to how to use it.

With the help of Kiri, Ed and Deria will track down another larger group of mercenaries, waiting for an opportunity to find a way to rescue the captured civilians, and turn back to join André within five days, whether they succeed or not.

Qili urged to go on the road immediately, Di Liya was concerned about the captured civilians and agreed, Ed saw the little Lori's eyes and naturally nodded again and again, after practicing spiritual energy, his spirit has been in a semi-cultivation state in the carving, and the need for sleep has been greatly reduced.

Bidding farewell to Andre, Ed and the others found out the route of the planned retreat from the mercenary and tracked it down overnight.

Andre is confident not to mention it for the time being, Ed and his party spent most of the night hurrying, they left the road and passed directly through the woods, only rested for a short time in the second half of the night, and continued to set off as soon as it was dawn, Di Liya had a firm goal in his heart, willing to endure the pain of running, Ed, as the only man, naturally did not stop, but took the salute of the three people, and completed the vigil alone, basically without resting.

Qili claims to be a ranger who walks in and out of the woods like the wind, and is the most relaxed of the three.

The next day, they found traces of a large group of people passing on the road, and there were some corpses of civilians who had died from their injuries on the side of the road.

They used to lead their horses through the woods, but now they can finally let go of their speed and gallop on the road.

This chase lasted for most of the day, and finally caught up with the enemy's team before sunset, Qili saw the opponent's convoy from a distance, and let her companion dismount before the enemy found out, and the three of them sneaked up on the convoy from the side.

Fortunately, the team was making a fire at this time, and a few undisciplined scouts were patrolling the left and right of the camp, their eyes looking at the cauldron of boiling meat, and they did not notice the three people who came from behind.

Ed followed Qili and slowly approached the camp with a low body, and with the help of the setting sun, he found that a group of prisoner carts were placed in the center of the camp, and many male civilians were densely imprisoned inside, and they did not have the strength to scream out after many days of hunger, otherwise Ed and they would have discovered this team a long time ago.

Looking at it, the number of mercenaries is probably less than three hundred, which is much less than the number of people they got from the captives before, maybe the disappeared mercenaries are also like those who were killed by Ed and them before, leaving the team to collect more civilians who are hiding, but no matter what, the number of enemies in front of them is not something that the three of them can break through head-on.

Although it is basically impossible for there to be psionic beings in the mercenary group, there is no warning for the engraving. But Ed is self-aware, he can suppress the number of black iron level warriors below a hundred, and it takes a little more effort to stimulate a few spiritual energy, but if there are too many people, he will not be sure to control it, and the other party still has a large number of slaves in his hands, and he can ignore their lives, but Di Liya can't sit idly by, and then things will be in trouble.

After scouting, the three of them retreated to think about the long term, and the camp was still full of noise, and the mercenaries were looking forward to a life of drinking after selling their slaves, not knowing that they had been targeted by the evil star.

Previously, the trio had relied on Andre to come up with some strategies to choose, but now that Qili had taken his place, the quirky little guy did not disappoint, and in a short time he conceived a bold plan in his mind.

"What? Let Ed take the two of us directly into the camp and give it to the chief?"

"Of course it's not that simple, let this thief-eyed guy pretend to be a mercenary who was eliminated by us, and just say that he will offer two captured beauties to this big chief, make a deal or something, let's put on makeup and go directly to assassinate the leader, I'm very good at this, absolutely no problem!" Little Lori patted her small chest proudly, trying to persuade her newfound companion to agree to this bold adventure.

Ed didn't have the time to correct Qili's description of himself, thought for a while and nodded: "If we can successfully behead them, and then we quietly release the prisoners, it should be fruitful to create chaos in the dark night, but ......"

Ed looked at Di Liya, what he didn't finish referring to was that it was likely to produce a relatively large sacrifice, after all, although most of those civilians were strong men, it was doubtful how much combat power they could exert after being starved for two or three days, and it was impossible to provide them with a lot of weapons and equipment at that time, and they would inevitably suffer a big loss against the mercenaries, and no matter how fast they killed, they would not be able to take care of everything, and there would inevitably be casualties.

Delia obviously understood this, she thought about it, in the absence of reinforcements, this seemed to be the only way, and they were also pressed for time, looking at the map and walking forward, they were about to reach the ferry controlled by the Ingir people, where the slaves would be loaded onto cargo ships and sail to the major mines of Ingier mainland.

"That's it, when the time comes, Ed, you don't have to worry about us, do your best to control the situation. Delia said to Ed.

"Okay, you have to pay attention to your safety. As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Kirly.

"Don't worry, with me, I won't let anyone hurt Big Sister Delia!"

Delia smiled and touched Qili's head, then looked at the lit camp, the hazy figures projected ghostly figures in the light of the fire, "The benevolent god will not sit idly by and watch his lamb be slaughtered, the power of guardianship is actually hidden in everyone's heart, what we have to do is to guide the right path!" her eyes were full of determination.

Ed listened to this, and seemed to think about something.

As the night grew darker, Qili turned out the small bag she was carrying, and there were all kinds of poisons and cosmetic potions in the bottles and jars, and the little girl was very interested in making a real yàn on Ed, and after a while, the handsome young man really turned into a dog-headed military advisor with thief eyebrows and rat eyes.

Ed saw that Delia was holding back a smile and knew that he must have been deliberately tricked by Qili again, but as long as the mission was successful, he didn't care much about his appearance or anything.

Later, Delia and Qili also changed their clothes, their conspicuous weapons were hidden close to their bodies, their appearance was covered with dirt and leaves, revealing only a little of their original beauty, and then a few shabby clothes, two beautiful country women appeared.

There is still a lot of risk in this plan, but none of these three people are cowards, and they may be able to do it alone!

Ed escorted the two of them from the avenue to the camp gate openly, and several guards chatting and farting at the door soon spotted them, "Stop, who is it?"

Ed dismounted, took a lot of time to explain that he was from another mercenary group, and was ordered by the boss to bring two captured beauties to make a deal with the leader, and finally succeeded in getting the doorman to agree to lead the way to the leader.

All the way into the camp, this group of mercenaries looked very scattered, it is estimated that they are used to acting against the civilians, since the Roland Kingdom abandoned this unimportant area, no one has come to interfere with their atrocities, and for a long time, these guys called mercenaries are actually robbers, and no one pays attention to them except for the master Ingill's army.

Delia stumbled along with her cane, stumbling as she stumbled, her fair skin illuminated by the firelight causing the howl of a group of wolves around her.

In fact, there have been contacts between several mercenary groups in this vicinity, and there have been several small disputes in order to compete for interests, and this kind of cooperation between each other also occurs from time to time, as a gift, the two women will generally turn around in the hands of each small boss according to their status after being enjoyed by the leader, and the end of being played is extremely tragic.

They made their way through the prison cart and entered the chief's tent, which was already the center of the camp, and after being informed, Ed saw the leader who was drinking and eating meat, a burly man with a full mouth and beard, and a heavy axe that must have been a murder weapon in the hands of the giant.

"Which mercenary group are you from, and what is your boss's request?" the leader tore off a piece of meat and said incoherently, his eyes already looking up and down several times for the two "tributes", but he didn't bother to look at Ed.

He is the largest group of mercenaries in the vicinity, counting the total number of people who have just been sent out to hunt slaves, the total number of people in the team has exceeded 500 people, and the rest of the small mercenary groups have to beg for food in his mouth, but the most profitable mine slave trade is still in his hands, and others are only allowed to catch women, children and thin men, and they cannot be sold for a price.

"Report to the big chief, the boss of my family said, catch two beauties, first offer them to you to enjoy, wait for you to use up and then say, if you are not satisfied, I am not allowed to sign up, if you are satisfied, we will talk about cooperation." Ed knew that he was not a spy, so he said too much and made a mistake, so he hurriedly reported the manuscript in his heart.

"Hahaha!" the leader burst out laughing, and the oily thug wiped his body casually, "Okay, even if you boss know each other, come on, little beauty, come over and let Daddy hurt you!" he waved his hand to Ed, and he couldn't wait to catch the petite Qili.

According to the plan, after seeing the leader, Qili became the commander of the operation, but in the face of the leader's intentions, she did not have the slightest sign of moving, "Bang la", a piece of cloth around Lori's waist was torn off, revealing a white and silky waist.

Ed on the side didn't receive the signal so he had to hold back, but his fists were clenched and white, he couldn't sit back and watch the atrocities happen to his partner, the life and death of hundreds of ordinary people outside was less important in his heart than one thousandth of a companion.