With Exewin's order, the large army began to march into the valley, the knights holding swords and shields, the mercenary regiment armed with swords and axes, and hundreds of people marching cautiously in several columns. Before entering the enchantment, many people still had doubts in their hearts that the thieves' lair was hidden here, after all, all they could see with their eyes was the lush mountains, and if they didn't see it with their own eyes, it would be difficult for anyone to accept this fact at once.

When the team passed through the invisible barrier, everyone was immediately shocked by the scene in front of them, it turned out that there was really a village behind the barrier, and they saw that there were sparkling fires in the middle of the valley, and they could recognize this as the enemy's lair at a glance without looking closely.

Exewin led the group down the hill slowly, trying not to make a sound, a not too long journey took twice as long as usual, and when the team finally stepped on the flat ground, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the enemy did not notice, the operation was half the success.

At this time, the quality of the knights began to manifest themselves, and without Exewin's orders, they very skillfully discharged the battle formation, a small phalanx. The mercenary group was a little chaotic, and if it weren't for the constant urging of several mercenary leaders, I am afraid it would have taken more time for them to complete the formation arrangement. Seeing that everyone was ready, Exewin waved his hand and gave the order to fight. The team trotted forward in formation, and under the cover of night, gradually approached the village where the thieves lived.

Exewin walked in front with a bow and arrow, the elf's eyesight was far better than that of a human, she saw a few patrolling minions on the edge of the village at a glance, only to see her bow and arrow as she moved forward while aiming at the enemy's sentry, "whoosh", the sharp arrow pierced the night sky and accurately nailed into the forehead of a sentry, and before she could even scream, she fell to the ground.

There was no pause in Exewin's hand, and the "whoosh...... arrows hit the target accurately in succession, and in the process she kept moving quickly, running to the edge of the village in one breath.

Exewin hid behind a row of wooden fences, and then carefully looked around, everything was calm, and there was a faint sound of speech in the distance, and it seemed that the enemy was not aware of the impending battle.

Exewin made a gesture to the large army behind him, signaling to move on, and everyone saw that they could finally let go completely, only to hear the knights shout first, and the whole phalanx began to speed up. Naturally, the mercenary group was not far behind, and shouted excitedly while speeding up, which was much louder than the knights.

The thieves woke up in their sleep with a sudden thunderous shout in the quiet of the night, but most of them did not know what was happening, and in confusion they got up from their beds, opened the door and went outside to see what was happening. Immediately, they saw a nightmare scene, a group of warriors who appeared out of nowhere, brandishing swords in their hands, pounced like wolves, and many of them were slashed to the ground by the merciless swords without even reacting.

"Ahh

The conquest of the thieves began to encounter some sporadic resistance, but with an overwhelming numerical advantage, several thieves were quickly killed. As the team went deeper into the village, the formation of the team began to be chaotic, except for the knights who always maintained the formation, the mercenaries began to become confused, some of the mercenaries rose up, kicked open the door of the house, and directly rushed into the house to hack the thieves who had not yet come to their senses to death.

The large army was like a bamboo, slashing along the road in the village, once there were thieves resisting, they immediately rushed up and cut the other party into pulp, many thieves either hid in the house and did not dare to show their faces, or jumped out of the window and over the wall to escape, the attack of the expeditionary army was unexpectedly smooth.

At this time, some mercenaries saw that the thieves were so vulnerable, and they couldn't help but start to move, and some of the slippery people saw the opportunity to drill into the better-looking house, and immediately began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to find belongings. Some people were lucky, not only found a lot of coins, but even found pearls, precious stones, etc., where could the red-eyed people still hold back their greed, so one by one began to move.

As soon as someone starts to act on their own, others will soon follow suit, and more and more mercenaries begin to turn their attention to rushing into the house and killing the thieves before they have time to react. Exewin was very anxious when she saw this situation, and she shouted at the mercenaries who acted without permission, while looking for a few mercenary leaders in the chaos, and these mercenary leaders could only restrain them at such a time.

Exewin managed to find a few mercenary leaders, and then ordered them to quickly regroup their team, and there would be no real combat effectiveness in such a chaotic situation.

It's not that several leaders don't understand this truth, but these mercenaries are usually negligent, and where it is so easy to integrate immediately. However, they could not fail to carry out Exeven's orders, and several mercenary leaders immediately split up to organize their own teams.

"Damn, don't rush to get things, hurry up and return to the team!"

"Hell, Logo, you idiot! Get back in the line!"

The mercenaries on this side are busy regrouping the team, and the thieves on the other side have already understood what is going on, the Thruway thieves group can develop to such a large scale, not only because of the large number of people, the leader of this gang of thieves, Thruway himself is a highly capable person, coupled with the loyalty of several of his right-hand men, this has formed a strong core team of this gang of thieves, after nearly ten years of development, this gang of thieves has become a force in the northwest of Lin Kai Kingdom.

Just now, the mercenaries killed only some low-level minions and the families of these thieves, which is really not a real combat power, and at this time, after the initial shock, the core of the thief group has gathered and began to organize the thieves to fight back. A few mercenaries had just killed a few minions, and when they saw that there were a lot of things in the house, they were greedy and forgot that the battle was far from over.

At this time, several thieves rushed in, and several mercenaries did not pay attention to these thieves at all, and one of the mercenaries slashed at one of the thieves with a knife. The thief was scrawny, but his body was extremely flexible, and he dodged the long knife in a flash, and then went around the back of the mercenary, who raised his arm and elbowed him backwards, and the thief dodged as soon as he lowered his head, followed by an uppercut to the mercenary's waist.

The mercenary's body was crooked in pain, and the thief took advantage of the situation to strangle the mercenary's neck, and at the same time, the dagger in the other hand pierced the mercenary's heart, and the whole process was completed in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that this thief was so powerful, the other mercenaries threw down the things in their hands and waved their swords and pounced, and several thieves were not vegetarians, and they also came up with swords, and the two groups immediately scuffled together. As soon as the mercenaries exchanged hands, they found that this group of thieves was far from being comparable to those thieves just now, not only were they agile, but also their martial arts were exquisite, and in less than a moment, the mercenaries were cut to the ground one after another, and blood was splashed all over the room, looking extremely bloody.

The thieves began to fight back under the leadership of Thurwey and other leaders, and more and more mercenaries were killed and wounded, only to find out that these thieves were definitely not as vulnerable as they imagined, and the number of thieves was already greatly greater than the conquest team, once they were scattered everywhere, it was easy for the thieves to defeat each of them with the advantage of numbers.

The mercenaries who came to their senses finally thought of the team, and they didn't dare to covet money anymore, so they fled in panic in the direction of the large army one by one. Several mercenary leaders shouted loudly to their subordinates, but saw that almost all the mercenaries who fled were wounded, and some of the slower runners were killed by the thieves.

The others also turned pale with fright when they saw such a tragic situation, and only then did everyone understand the importance of the team, and these tough thieves were definitely not something that could be defeated casually.

Exewin kept ordering the regrouping of the team, and at the same time pulled the bowstring in his hand and kept shooting, many of the thieves who pounced on her fell to the ground and died under her fierce archery, and the other thieves were so frightened to see her so powerful, and hid in the distance and shouted for their companions to help.

At this time, the thieves' counterattack also began to calm down, and the mercenary team finally regrouped, and several leaders roughly counted the number of people, and actually lost thirty or forty people, accounting for almost one-tenth of the total number, this loss far exceeded their expectations. Seeing that the expeditionary army had been reorganized, the thieves also began to reorganize their ranks and surround them.

After all, this is the territory of the thieves, and they know far more about the terrain than outsiders, some thieves climb up the roof to shoot arrows at the expeditionary army, and many more thieves throw stones and bricks at the crowd from the rooftop, and for a time the stones and arrows suppress the crowd so that they can't raise their heads, and the situation of the expeditionary army looks extremely embarrassing.

Exewin hurriedly ordered the men to raise their shields to protect themselves, and the knights were more well-trained in this regard, and they quickly formed a wall with their shields, keeping the arrows and stones thrown at them. The mercenaries also did the same, raising their shields to parry, but the mercenaries' shields were of different sizes and did not cooperate neatly, and some people were still knocked down by arrows or hit by stones, and screams rang out from time to time.

When the thieves saw that they had the upper hand, they let out strange screams and mocks, as if those who had come to demand them were caged birds, and they were free to tease them as they pleased. Exevin used the gap in her shield to shoot arrows outward, and every time her bowstring rang, a thief screamed and fell to the ground. This situation was not what she expected, she thought that even if she couldn't kill all the thieves in one fell swoop, at least she could force them to run away, but who would have thought that her side would be surrounded.

Suddenly, the thieves stopped scolding, and the whole scene fell silent, and everyone was a little curious for a moment, and they all looked out through the gap between the shields.

I saw a torch on a roof, and several figures appeared on the roof under the light of the fire. One of them shouted, "Foolish fellows, I don't care who sent you, I'm going to tell you that you're all going to die here today, and I'm going to kill you all!"

(End of chapter)