The sun is sinking in the west, and night is gradually covering the land.

Winter hadn't yet officially arrived, but the cold air of Black Rock had made the people who lived here shrink up, and the leaves had begun to coat themselves with hoarfrost at the coldest of nights.

Sitting in the middle of the hotel, Ronan took the last bite of bread, swallowed it, and sighed lightly.

He wiped his fingers clean and stood up.

"Came here early in the morning on horseback, everyone is tired from the day, and we will rest early tonight. Also, you didn't hear my orders, don't bother with outside affairs. ”

He commanded the guards who had finished their dinner beside him.

"Yes!" White and the others straightened their upper bodies and replied in unison.

......

At the same time, in a tavern in another area.

After a long wait.

Xie Man, who was the leader of the Red Wolf Mercenary Regiment, was sitting on the stool in the center, looking at the principals of the major mercenary groups gathered around him.

"Yo, our Master Sherman Pex is back? Didn't you go to the Pex family's castle and be a dog for that little girl? What's the matter, I didn't lick people comfortably, and I was kicked back? ”

It was a fierce-looking man with a scar carved on his face who spoke, and he couldn't help but sneer as he didn't sit down for long.

Due to their bad reputations, the mercenaries were regarded by the nobles as wild dogs who were even lower than the commoners, and the nobles of Blackstone never hid their dislike and disdain for them.

And as the Black Death spread, the army was short of manpower to control the city, and the nobles of Black Rock City divided them into separate districts.

Mercenaries are only allowed to operate in the designated area, not to go to other places, and will be executed if they are discovered!

The bad attitude led to the hostility of the mercenaries, although they were pressed by the powerful knightly strength of the Pex family, they did not dare to resist on the surface, but behind the scenes, there were naturally all kinds of foul words and curses,

As the most powerful leader of the mercenaries, Sherman suddenly ran to join the nobles, and his betrayal undoubtedly caused the anger of all the mercenaries.

Now that the other party suddenly summons them, Scarman guesses that Sherman may want to recruit them on behalf of the Pexes.

In this case, he was sure that Xie Man would not dare to do anything to himself, so he could only lick his face and be scolded by him.

Just before he could continue, the corners of Xie Man's mouth in front of him grinned, and he held down his head and slammed it on the table, blood splattered everywhere.

"Damn, are you crazy! What's the matter, you want to kill us all for the nobles? The other mercenaries were startled by his actions and glared at him angrily.

"I'll give you one warning, and I'll screw your head off next time." Sherman said coldly to the man with the scar who was pressed under his hand.

Then he stood up and looked down at the others.

"Do you think I really want to join the Pex? Willing to be the dog of those bastard aristocrats? Wrong, big mistake! ”

Sherman shouted at them, his expression hideous.

"I'm here to find out the truth of the nobility for you! Do you really want to move on with your current life? Did you spend several lives on the frozen ground and then get a dozen silver coins from the merchant? Or do you want to do things in a low voice in the city, and you have to be scolded and humiliated to leave before you get paid? ”

Listening to his words, the mercenaries' expressions became even more ugly, and they glared at Sherman as their scars were revealed.

Without an explanation, even the most powerful mercenary wouldn't be able to get out of here.

"I'll tell you the answer, I'll cut off their heads with my sword! Then put the gold on them in your own pocket, because that's mine! ”

Hearing his answer, the other mercenaries' expressions softened, but they still frowned in confusion.

"What the hell do you mean?"

"I went inside the Pex family and got the exact news that the viscount and his son, the hateful Silver Knight, have turned against each other, and even the family knights are dead and wounded, and they can't control us at all!"

His words sent an uproar through the crowd, and the mercenaries looked at him in disbelief.

Sherman began to recount in detail what he had seen inside the castle.

The rich and real emotional entanglement, and the immersive father-son drama made the mercenaries' questioning eyes change.

"Got it! Tonight is our chance, this city will be at our disposal, with the current situation, the other nobles of the kingdom are simply unable to govern the situation here, and countless gold is waiting for us! ”

Xie Man's passionate words and the beautiful vision he described made the mercenaries' faces turn red with excitement.

"Well said! Walk! Kill them all! Gold, jewelry, women, all will be ours when the time comes! ”

He looked out the window at the already dark sky and thought to himself that it had been done.

The area designated for mercenaries in Blackstone City made it easier for him to do things, and there were now more than a thousand mercenaries gathered here.

Once the crowd gathers and goes violent, even they can't control themselves and will go on a killing spree with everyone else around them.

Sherman led the principals of these mercenary groups out of the tavern, and was about to take the lead in making a move to reassure them completely.

But then, a quartz tube fell from the sky and hit the ground.

The shell shattered, and the light gray liquid inside quickly evaporated and rose up, spreading out in all directions.

"What's that?"

A mercenary looked up at the sky and wondered where it had fallen, when he suddenly felt a dizziness in his head, and everything around him began to blur.

He tried to control himself and stand on his feet, but the feeling of powerlessness in his whole body overwhelmed him, and he eventually collapsed to the ground unconscious.

It's not just him!

After the first mercenary fell, it was like dominoes, and the mercenaries around him began to hold their foreheads uncontrollably, and finally lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

[Soul Loss Elixir Lv1: An anesthetic with extremely volatile and diffuse properties, which will make inhaled ordinary creatures coma for a few hours to a few days]

Ronan, who was leaning against the wall, shook the quartz tube in his hand with amazement in his eyes.

After inhalation, the effect of the drug will take effect within five to ten seconds, and the scope of this diffusion and volatilization is not small.

The crows flying in the sky allowed Ronan to take in the situation below.

In less than twenty seconds, with the tavern as the center, it spread out within a radius of five hundred meters, and all the living creatures inside lost consciousness.

Ronan smashed a total of five Soul Loss Potions to ensure that all the mercenaries in the area could be knocked unconscious.

Oh, not all, but there's also one who stays awake.

He lifted the mask from his face.

His face was completely obscured by a large, hideous beak mask, and a black plague costume made of thick waxed linen enveloped his body.

Black Death? Ronan remembered the other people's fear of doctors dressed like this, and he smiled and shook his head.

At least this time, the bird's beak doctor should be a decent image.

In the dark night, there were no insects or birds, only a deep dead silence, and he walked out slowly.