"It's strange that this Wheat Ears Town is also close to Yorktown."

"How could a large number of snake people suddenly appear."

A dirt road.

Seven or eight mercenaries with weapons in hand talked as they walked forward.

They were all mercenaries from Yorktown.

Today, suddenly there's an investigative mission in the city to hire them.

And they went in groups.

Although there was no contact before.

But there is little danger in this investigative mission.

The rewards are not bad either.

Plus the distance is not far.

Several people took advantage of their free time to go to Wheat Ears Town to investigate.

The one who had just opened his mouth was a bald man with an iron rod in his hand named John.

He turned out to be a farmer, but when his lord was defeated, he found an opportunity to escape and become a mercenary.

There are no particularly outstanding combat skills.

But the power is good.

At the same time, he is also the head of several people.

Because compared to him.

The rest of the mercenaries were all rookies.

Several people heard John's words.

Someone said indifferently.

"Who knows."

"But the reward of three silver coins per person is quite generous."

"After completing this task, it is time to go back to the tavern and talk to the lady-in-waiting."

A teenager in chain mail said.

This is a wandering knight.

That is, some small lords have too many sons.

After the death of the lord, the eldest son inherited the title.

The rest buy a set of weapons and become wandering knights.

Most of the wandering knights eventually joined the mercenaries.

Because I have been training since I was a child, I have mastered good combat skills.

So it's not bad in mercenaries.

Also because of the bad habits of the previous aristocracy.

All the money they earn is spent on women themselves.

This boy named Tad was like that.

A veteran of the flowers, and at the same time has good combat skills.

And because of this.

In his opinion, there was no danger in this mission.

So unusually optimistic.

Just wait for the task to end, take the money and leave.

But compared to his optimism.

A few mercenaries were wary.

They are mercenaries of a team.

Belong to those who are assigned to do the task.

Compared to the scattered people in the mercenaries.

These large mercenary groups are often hired by City Lords.

to perform some relatively dangerous missions.

At the same time, they also know more information than the scattered mercenaries.

"Don't be careless."

"I've heard that the pay this time is much higher than the average investigative mission."

"It's because snake people have appeared near Yorktown recently."

"They often raid the surrounding farms."

"Several waves of knights have been sent to investigate in the city."

"All have lost news."

"Rumor has it that the snake people who came out this time are from the Twilight Forest."

The young man who opened his mouth was armed with two swords.

While talking about information, he kept patrolling around.

"What, the snake people of the Twilight Forest."

"No, aren't the snake people there a large tribe?"

"The Snake Man Tribe isn't that close to us."

"Compared to us, the snake tribe should be closer to Middle-earth."

"If you want to make trouble, you should go to Middle-earth."

"How did you come all the way over the mountains and mountains to appear around our Yorktown?"

A mercenary with a longbow behind his back said.

"Who knows."

"Maybe that's what we're investigating."

While a few people were talking.

Soon arrived at a farm full of ears of wheat.

Outside the farm, there is a wooden sign.

There are a few words written on it.

"This is it."

"Richard, go in and have a look."

"Be careful."

"Maybe we're late."

"The snake people have already broken through here."

"Okay."

The boy named Richard was the one with the bow and arrow on his back.

He is agile and quick to weave through the paths of Wheat Ears Town.

As the middle-aged man John of several people saw.

I couldn't help but sigh.

"I was on my master's farm back then, and I was faster than him."

"Not now, it's old."

At a time when John was feeling sorry for himself.

Suddenly.

Richard in front of him stopped.

Then he raised his hands.

Then he looked behind him.

This abrupt scene.

The remaining mercenaries were stunned.

Those newbies don't know what to do for a while.

But John, as an old mercenary, immediately shouted.

"Take up arms and get ready for battle!"

But the next second.

Voices came from behind them.

"You'd better not move!"

The voice is calm and devoid of any emotion.

But a riding sword appeared in front of them at this time.

This bright blade is more impactful than anything else.

John swallowed.

Then he said.

"We are mercenaries from Yorktown."

"I'm here just to investigate the snake people, and nothing else~"

Don't wait for John to finish.

A cold snort came from behind him.

"Take them away, just like the villagers, and hold them all up."

"Herald Guardian Knight."

"Seal off the entrance to the town that has been around."

"Yes, Your Excellency."

"What about the snake man?"

"We've caught a lot of snake people here too, what are they going to do?"

"Kill them all!"

"The head hangs outside the village."

"Tell everyone that this is already our territory."

The Guardian Knight at the head waved his hand.

"Yes."

"Wait!"

"Send someone to inform Your Excellency the Lord."

"All the strongholds south of the Twilight Forest have been taken."

"The bordering site is Yorktown, in the north of the Kingdom of the Union of Commerce."

"With the other three directions, the area around the Twilight Forest has been taken by us."

"Yes!"

John was taken away.

The words of the knight just now were still echoing in his mind.

"Take the south side of the Twilight Forest."

"Who are they?"

"What's the purpose."

"What the hell are these people talking about, Lord Lord?"

"Oh my God!"

"They don't know what they're talking about?"

"The Twilight Forest spans three countries."

"How could they all take it!"

"Even if you take it."

"This is a joint attack from the Kingdom of the Commercial Alliance, the Bretton Empire, and the Orc Empire, one of the top ten in Middle-earth."

"Crazy, crazy!"

Twilight Forest.

Within the snake tribe.

"Your Excellency."

"The leader of the snake tribe has already confessed."

"They are a branch of the snake people family in the Orc Empire."

"This twilight forest was originally a buffer between the three countries."

"Occupied by the snake people, it is purely their insatiable greed."

"Now they still think that we are the mercenary legions of the Mercantile Alliance Kingdom and the Bretton Empire."

"Trying to buy us off with gold."

Within the tribe.

Christian said quickly.

Fang Yuan nodded slightly.

"I didn't expect to go straight into the forest after I came in."

"Christian, in the three countries around this twilight forest."

"Is there a top 10 in Middle-earth?"

Christian shook his head.

"The soldiers sent out are still scouting."

"I don't know the specific information at this time."

At this time, Lilith also said.

"In the middle of the subgod era, it also spanned tens of thousands of years."

"There's a lot of terrain in it."

"Not to mention the country."

"We have to wait for Aria and them to send back information."

"But Your Excellency."

"Every secret realm will have a mission."

"What is our mission in this secret realm?"

These words reminded Fang Yuan.

He opened the Lord's Seal to look at it.

Look up after a moment.

Said in surprise.

"Help a prince get back to the kingdom!"

"It's still a gold-level mission!"

"The rewards are good, too."

"In addition to all kinds of points."

"And a mount of golden quality."

"A mutated goat with demonic blood!" (End of chapter)