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The Sunset Wasteland is located between the Southern Continent and the Middle Earth Continent, which was originally part of the Southern Continent, but since the sudden collapse of the Northern Shadow Dynasty, which had ruled the Southern Regions for thousands of years, the entire Sunset Wasteland has been gradually separated from the Southern Regions under the intervention of several other continents.

However, since the various forces could not agree on the ownership of this area, they had to sign a "Sunset Convention", which forcibly designated the area as a neutral zone and clearly stipulated that the armies of either side were not allowed to set foot in it.

As a result, there was a power vacuum in the Sunset Wasteland, and soon, bandit gangs of all sizes sprung up and began to plunder passing caravans.

Although the damaged chambers of commerce reacted immediately, greatly increasing the number of caravan guards while constantly asking for help from various forces, due to the existence of the "Sunset Convention" and the fact that all parties have their own plans, the chambers of commerce's demands have never been effectively responded, and in the end they can only watch those bandit gangs become more and more rampant.

Today, the once thriving trade routes of the Sunset Wasteland are all on the verge of extinction.

Bloody Night Wasteland

Early autumn, at midnight, southwest of the Sunset Heath, Sigmars Plateau.

In a wasteland shrouded in the breath of death, Ralney held a half-moon-shaped beast bone scimitar in his hand, looked at the dozen corpses lying on the ground around him through the dark moonlight, spat out a mouthful of bloody spit, and then walked towards the 'thin bamboo pole' half-kneeling on the ground not far away.

The 'thin bamboo pole' clutched his chest, and just tried to struggle to stand up, but immediately pulled the wound on his chest, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth, and then he fell to the ground.

Ralney walked up to the 'Thin Bamboo Pole' and said with a cruel smile: "Fool, even if you dare to do a bounty task with such a little ability, the current mercenaries are really getting more and more wasteful." ”

'Thin Bamboo Pole' lay on the ground while coughing up blood, and said hatefully: "You damn bandit, don't be complacent yet, let me tell you the truth, this time you have caused big trouble, the caravan you plundered before is the official caravan of the Southern Regions Bain Kingdom, for which the Bain Kingdom did not hesitate to spend a lot of money, and issued a 'big hunting order' through the Southern Regions Mercenary Guild, and now in this wasteland, there are hundreds of mercenary teams searching for your traces, and you can't escape." ”

Ralney couldn't help frowning when he heard this, "I see, I said that you waste-like mercenaries are like crazy, running over to death in waves, hum, 'Great Hunt Order', it seems that this time the Bane Kingdom is really bloody!" Then, he looked back at a hilly area in the distance, although it was a little far away, and it was dark night, but he could still vaguely hear the sound of shouting and killing from there, and from time to time he could see faint light clusters flickering with Yuan Force fluctuations.

Ralney sighed softly, it's over, since the Mercenary Guild has issued a 'Great Hunt Order', there will be countless mercenaries who will continue to hunt them down, and although this Sunset Wasteland is big, I am afraid that there will be no place for them anymore.

The 'thin bamboo pole' on the ground saw that Ralney was a little distracted looking into the distance, and hurriedly took out a dagger from behind him, he knew that this guy in front of him was a small leader in the group of robbers in the distance, and he was very skilled, just now he besieged this guy with more than a dozen companions, but instead of succeeding, he used a scimitar to kill his companions one by one. And with the consistent style of the robbers, this guy will never let go of himself, since it is difficult to escape death, it is better to take the risk and fight at the end.

The Thin Bamboo Pole endured the pain in his chest and leaped up from the ground, stabbing the dagger in his hand at Ralney's throat with hatred.

It's a pity that before the 'thin bamboo pole' rushed closer, Larni had already raised the beast bone scimitar in his hand, and then waved it lightly, emitting a sharp knife aura, and then the red light flashed, and the head of the thin bamboo pole suddenly rose to the sky, and his headless corpse rushed forward with a dagger for a short distance before falling to the ground with a "poof".

After the skull of the 'thin bamboo pole' rolled to the ground, Ralney turned around, snorted contemptuously, and then turned and walked to the dozen corpses behind him, and picked up a half-man-tall animal skin bag from the ground.

Ralney opened the animal skin bag and looked at it, only to see that it was filled with a natural gem glowing with blood red light, each gem was the size of a fist, although Ralney did not know the name of this gem, but he knew that this was an important raw material for refining weapons and equipment, and the official caravan of the Bane Kingdom they plundered before, escorted all of them, and the main task of the mercenaries such as the 'Thin Bamboo Pole' was to snatch back all these red gem skin bags.

In the caravan of the Bain Kingdom, there were hundreds of animal skin bags like this, and according to the Grand Leader Lord Sagulun, the value of these goods could reach millions of gold coins, but unfortunately this thing had to be exchanged through the underground black market in the wasteland, otherwise, this thing would be of no use to them at all.

Ralney turned his head again to look at the hilly area in the distance, and now that there were no more shouts of killing, he thought that the battle over there should be over.

There are about hundreds of mercenaries in this wave, which is about the same number as the bandits of Larni, but because the two sides met suddenly, and the battle took place at night, Ralney and the others were all a little caught off guard at first, and the mercenaries were very high in order to obtain the bounty of the hunting order, so their morale was very high, and they almost defeated this gang of robbers in one fell swoop.

It's a pity that this wave of mercenaries is not from the same mercenary group, it is a temporary patchwork of several mercenary squads, and there is no unified command between them, and the main goal of the mercenaries is to recover the looted goods from the bandits, not to completely annihilate the bandits, so after the battle begins, the killing of the robbers is actually very limited.

And Ralney and the others are all outlaws, especially the bandit leader Sagulun, who not only has considerable combat power, but also shoots extremely fiercely, but the mercenaries are not willing to fight to the death with the robbers, so the situation is soon reversed. Later, in order to preserve their strength, some mercenary squads withdrew from the battlefield without authorization after obtaining a few animal skin bags full of gems, so that the robbers finally turned the tide of the battle completely under the leadership of Sagulun.

Skinny Bamboo and a dozen of his companions were among the first to flee the battlefield, only to be followed by Ralney and killed them all.

However, after Ralney got the leather bag full of gems, he didn't immediately return to join the other bandits, because he knew very well that although his side finally won the battle just now, there was a 'big hunt order' from the mercenary guild, and his people had no chance of winning at all.

What's more, the big boss Sagulun is stingy and suspicious, and he has to always guard against someone who will usurp his position, so he usually treats his subordinates very harshly. Ralney has long had the idea of leaving, and recently he has obtained a set of fire-based Yuan Force skills on his back with Sagulun, and he already has the capital to stand on his own, so there is no need to follow Sagulun all the way to the dark at this time.

After a moment's hesitation, Ralney made up his mind, and then carried the leather bag behind him, thinking in his heart how to exchange the bag of gems for gold, and then walked into the boundless darkness of the wasteland without looking back.

The first section is a mercenary who will not rob the road

In the early morning, before the mist had cleared, four heads suddenly appeared on a low mound, from small to large, and then turned their heads together and looked sneakily down a winding path below the mound.

After looking around for a while, the four heads shrank back in turn, and then a very crisp and somewhat immature voice said, "Stupid tiger, are you sure that the goal is to come this way?" ”

A rough voice responded impatiently: "You have asked eight times, my little ancestor, you can't be wrong!" I'm Ai Hu, aren't you still at ease? ”

"Then why are you so old for a long time, but you can't even see a figure?"

"How do I know that! Maybe the guy was tired of walking, and it wasn't strange to get some sleep halfway through before walking. ”

"Nonsense! When you are as heartless as you, can you still sleep in such a dangerous place? ”

The rough voice said indignantly: "Besides, it's been a few days since I came out, I want to have a good sleep, but every time I just fall asleep, I am awakened by your slap, and the most damn thing is that stupid big man, who dared to put my stinky feet under my nose while I was napping, and almost didn't smoke me to death!" ”

As soon as his words fell, there was an immediate burst of laughter.

And the immature voice said with a "quack" smile: "That's what I let me, see if you still dare to be lazy and sleep when you are on guard, this is the punishment for you." But if you want to clean up the big fool now, I will not stop it, who let this guy walk without long eyes, and trampled on a purple orchid grass I just found, it is an extremely rare magic plant, the best material used to make nails, not only the color is gorgeous, but also does not fade, you must know that this thing needs at least ten gold coins in the market to buy, but it was trampled by this idiot, it is simply not beaten. Are you sure you can get him covered, though? ”

The hoarse voice swallowed a big mouthful of saliva "grunt", and then said stupidly: "Forget it, that guy has rough skin and thick flesh, if you don't use a weapon, even a hundred and ten punches will just tickle him, so I don't bother to do that." ”

"Humph! What nonsense, you just say that you can't beat him, it's over! ”

"Who said I couldn't beat him, but I .......!" The hoarse voice was just about to defend itself, when a lazy voice suddenly said, "Silence, the target is here." ”

Immediately after the hill there was silence.

Ralney, carrying a heavy bag of hides on his back and clutching the bone scimitar in his other hand, made his way cautiously along the dirt road beneath his feet in the sparse mist.

The surrounding wasteland was so hazy that it was impossible to see the distant scene, and Ralney was nervous, and would stop at the slightest hint of wind and grass, so he walked very slowly.

As he approached the mound, Ralney suddenly sensed a hint of danger in the breeze blowing in his face, and he immediately stopped and looked at the terrain around him vigilantly.

There was silence all around, and there was nothing but a few bare mounds.

Ralney checked for a long time and didn't find any suspicious signs, but with his keen intuition that he had cultivated over the years of licking blood on the wasteland, he still judged that there must be a strong Yuan Force ambush nearby, and there was more than one person.

So he bit it, threw away the animal skin bag on his back, held the beast bone scimitar in front of his chest, and then shouted coldly in the direction of the mound not far away: "Come out, don't hide anymore, Lao Tzu has already found you!" ”

As soon as his words fell, a childish voice said angrily: "Stupid tiger, it's all your fault, I told you to pout your ass so high, you don't listen, look, now it's been discovered, I'm really angry!" Then a petite little girl jumped out from behind the mound, and saw that her face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only two large eyes that flashed, and her head was tied with two horn braids, which were still dangling in the breeze, and looked very cute.

Immediately after that, a stout black man stood out from behind the mound, his muscles bulging, like a black iron tower, and his face was also crookedly wrapped in a black cloth, covering most of his face.

The big black man was carrying a beast bone stick taller than him in his hand, rubbing his head with his teeth grinning, and slowly walked to the little girl with pigtails and said, "My little ancestor, you are light!" Even if it is discovered, what can we do, this guy is alone, we don't need to be so careful. ”

And the little girl with pigtails glanced at him fiercely, and then waved her hand, "Okay, don't hide it, let's come out!" ”

Immediately, from behind the mound stood out two men, one tall and one short, their faces were also covered with black cloth, but for some reason, the black cloth on the faces of these two people was only a little more than two fingers wide, only covering their noses and mouths, because they could still barely see their faces, only to see that the tall and strong man had a simple face, and the short and thin one was a thief eyebrows, these two guys stood together, coupled with their dignity, it would immediately make people have a feeling of can't help laughing.

After the two of them also stood on the top of the mound, the little girl with pigtails frowned, and whispered to the back of the mound: "Hey, big lazy worm, what are you rubbing, don't come up quickly." ”

A moment later, a young man in white with a straw stick in his mouth slapped the dirt on his buttocks, and slowly climbed to the top of the mound, while muttering in a low voice: "Since the other party is alone, then you four masters are enough, why do you have to call me up!" Although extremely reluctant, the young man in white finally walked up to the four of them.

Then, five large and small figures, standing at the top of the high mound, stared at Ralney below, but no one spoke, and for a moment the atmosphere became both awkward and a little weird.

Ralney held the beast bone scimitar in his hand, frowned, carefully looked at the five people on the top of the hill, and secretly thought to himself, looking at the appearance of these five guys, could it be that they are all 'trading without capital' like himself? To say that in the Sunset Wasteland, it is very common to see a bandit squad like this cobbled together by several people, but among these people, in addition to the two tall men who are still a little bit of a companion, the little man next to them is not enough to see, and the one with pigtails, at first glance, is a minor little girl, who actually ran to this Sunset Wasteland to go to school to rob the road, and the most bizarre thing is the white-clothed young man with a straw stick in his mouth, as if he had just woken up, There is not the slightest sense of urgency at all.

These guys don't take robbery as seriously as seriously!

At this time, the little girl with pigtails stabbed the big black man next to her, and said in a low voice: "Talk, what's the matter if you're so stupid?" ”

The big black man coughed, pretended to rub his nose, and at the same time covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Then what should I say?" This is the first time I've done this kind of business. It stands to reason that when the other party sees our formation, shouldn't he just run away? Do you have to talk to him a little bit? But I don't know what to say! Otherwise, you say, who made you our head! ”

The little girl shook her pigtails and said angrily: "Nonsense, who is not the first time to do this kind of business, if I knew what to say, wouldn't I have said it a long time ago!" ”

The big black man was helpless, so he had to turn his head to look at the tall man with a simple face beside him, but then he shook his head again, he knew that this guy was a stuffy gourd, and he couldn't count on it at all at this time, so he said to the short man: "Pi San'er, you come, you usually talk a lot of nonsense, now is the time to use you." ”

But the short and thin man called "Pi San'er" shrank his neck and shook his head like a rattle, "Forget it, I don't know what to say at this moment!" Come on. ”

The big black man immediately sneered: "Look, cowardice, you kid, you usually love to talk about when you have nothing to do, but if you really encounter something, you are actually a coward." ”

Pi San'er didn't want to let go: "You have the ability, then you come!" ”

The big black man just wanted to fight back, but he was kicked hard by the little girl on the leg, and yelled at the two of them: "Enough, when is this coming, I just care about bickering, and hurry up to get down to business." ”

The black man looked aggrieved, how to be beaten is always me, but at the moment there is no way to say, so I can only say to the little girl in frustration: "We don't know what to say, so we can only let 'Brother Feng'er' come." ”

So everyone turned their eyes to the young man in white standing at the back of the line.

Seeing this, the young man in white pursed his lips and said, "What? Do you still need me to do such a small thing? You can do it yourself, and then call me when it's time for a fight." After speaking, he twisted his head and didn't look at those people at all.

When the little girl with pigtails heard this, she stomped her feet angrily, and the pigtails on her head trembled even more.

At this time, when Ralney saw these guys appear, he just stood there muttering, but he didn't express his intentions for a long time, and he didn't know what the hell they were doing, so he gritted his teeth and shouted at the strange 'five' on the top of the mound: "Hey, who are you, what do you want to do?" ”

When the five people heard this, they immediately fell silent, and then, the little girl with pigtails first coughed, and then said in a childish voice: "We are mercenaries from Ravenia City, and we have come to carry out the 'Great Hunt Order' issued by the Mercenary Guild, but we don't plan to kill you, as long as you leave the animal skin bag behind you, and then you can go." ”

After saying this, the little girl didn't seem to be very satisfied, because these words didn't sound imposing, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to scare the other party, so she stepped on the big black man beside her fiercely, and said in a low voice: "Stupid tiger, you also say a few words, make a louder voice, and scare him." ”

The big black man grinned in pain, glanced at her very dissatisfied, and then raised his voice: "What, according to the rules of your robbers, when you leave, don't forget to leave all the valuable things on your body!" By the way, and the scimitar in your hand, you have to stay with you. ”

After saying that, he turned his face to the little girl and said, "Head, what do you think of what I said?" ”

The little girl said angrily: "Bastard, I'll let you scare him, what are you talking about, we are not robbers, where did you get such stinky rules!" ”

The black man said disapprerovingly: "What's the matter, anyway, we want to grab things from this guy, don't rob them for nothing, just let these robbers taste the taste of being robbed, let's also do the right thing for heaven!" ”

The little girl was so angry by the black man's crooked reasoning that she rolled her eyes, but after thinking about it, it seemed that there was some truth, so she acquiesced.

And after listening to the words of these two people, Ralney almost crooked his nose, hum! I thought it was a peer, it turned out to be a group of mercenaries who didn't know whether to live or die, this mercenary guild's 'big hunting order' is really hateful, how dare these timid mercenaries be so arrogant in the wasteland, but now it's good, any cat and dog dare to jump out. And he even learned to rob the way, and what is even more infuriating is that he also robbed his own head, which is really too deceitful.

Who else knew that these five guys were too few people, and the other mercenary teams were unwilling to cooperate with them, so in desperation, they came up with such an idea of robbing the road halfway. In fact, it is said to be a robbery, but in fact, he just wants to find an opportunity to bully a fish like him who has slipped through the net.

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