The leaders of the three mercenary groups had a bitter look on their faces, which was even more ugly than eating the yellow lotus, although the leaders of the two knights didn't say anything, but their faces were also not good-looking, it was not a trivial matter to start a war with the elves, not to mention that this was still on the territory of the elves.

Exewin didn't need to look closely to know what they were thinking, fear and hesitation naturally didn't need to be said, but this matter couldn't be told to them in advance, otherwise these people might have shirked it a long time ago. Now Exewin naturally can't let these people back down, whether it is coercion or inducement, in short, she wants to let these people have no way out.

"Three, let's put aside the contract, as long as you can lead your men to fight with all your heart, the spoils afterwards will naturally not lose your benefits. Do you know how much money Thruway has looted over the years, at least enough to feed a few of your mercenary groups for a few years. ”

As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and as soon as Exsewin's words came out, the faces of the leaders of the three mercenary groups slowly softened, and a look of greed appeared in their eyes.

Seeing that the lure was effective, Exewin stepped up his efforts and said: "In addition to these possessions of Thruwe, there are more good things in the elves, you don't want to think about it, any one of the elven things is not valuable, you can only take a few elven bows and sell them, at least they are worth tens of thousands of gold coins." ”

As soon as he said this, not only the eyes of the three mercenary leaders lit up, but even the two knight leaders were a little eager to try. Now the Will Knight, who was at odds with Exeven, rubbed his hands together and said excitedly, "I won't say anything else, but can the captured elves be handed over to us to deal with?"

Exevin glanced at Will with disdain, and immediately guessed what was going on in his mind. Exewin sneered in his heart: "This guy is really cowardly, but it's okay, now as long as they are willing to contribute, what does it matter if they promise them, I'm afraid they won't have their lives to enjoy it!"

Exewin looked embarrassed, hesitated for a long time before saying: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to handle, the earl is not easy to explain......"

As soon as Exewin's words were finished, Will's face sank, and Exewin looked down on this knight even more in his heart, but there was no sign of it on her face. Exewin was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, but I can't leave it all to you, I'll have to answer the Earl's side too." ”

Will laughed lewdly, knowing that he had agreed with Exeven's words.

While a few people were discussing, the more Savin next to him listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, wasn't he going to exterminate the thieves, why did he turn it into dealing with elves? Sawin suddenly had a feeling of being deceived, and Exewin didn't seem to tell him the whole truth.

At this time, Axevin saw that everyone no longer had any objections to the war with the elves, so he began to turn the topic to how to fight, Savin really had no experience in this regard, and he only knew a little about what everyone said, but there were some things he could still understand, that is, Axevin decided to send people into the mountains to search for the traces of the thieves first.

I heard Exewin say: "The difficulty in defeating the thieves in one fell swoop is to accurately grasp their location, as long as we find the right place, they will definitely not be our opponents in a head-to-head confrontation, so the top priority is to find the thieves' lair first, so I plan to send a few teams into the mountains to investigate first." ”

As soon as it came to reconnoitring in the mountains, the two knights immediately said: "I'm sorry, reconnaissance and stealth are not our specialty, and we can only work hard for others." ”

When the leaders of the three mercenary groups heard this, they immediately rolled their eyes, and cursed each other's relatives and friends in their hearts, isn't this clearly pushing the most dangerous thing on the head of the mercenary group? Everyone knows that going into the mountains to reconnoiter is the most dangerous, and these knights are pushing cleanly, but their status is higher than their own, and the lives of the mercenary groups are worthless.

Exewin also knew that this kind of thing could not be counted on by these knights, even if they were willing to go, she would not worry about leaving it to them, let these masters do reconnaissance, and it would be very likely that they would be caught by surprise. After discussing for a long time, Exewin finally decided to select a few people who were good at stealth and reconnaissance from among the mercenaries, and she personally led the team into the mountains to investigate.

The meeting lasted until midnight, during which Samin almost fell asleep several times, and if it hadn't been for Exewin's constant reminders in secret, he might have snored during the meeting, which would have been a big shame. The group got up and were about to leave the tent when Exewin said to Savan, "Savan, please stay." ”

Savin nodded and sat down again, and the others walked out of the tent looking back with malicious eyes, as if they had some secret.

"Sahain......" Exewin was interrupted by Sawin as soon as he spoke, and Sawin asked angrily, "What's the matter with attacking the elves?

Exewin replied, "I just want to tell you about this, although our mission this time is to exterminate the bandits, but in fact, it is impossible to exterminate the bandits without destroying this elven tribe together." ”

Sawin was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Exewin smiled bitterly: "Actually, this is not the first time that the Earl has sent people to exterminate this gang of thieves, but every time they are surrounded by the army, they run to the territory of the elves, which makes the previous actions useless every time, so this time the elven tribe must be eliminated together." ”

Sawin thought for a moment and said, "Then you don't have to destroy the elves, don't you let them help the thieves?"

Exewin said: "You think too simply, the elves are not unaware of the actions of these thieves, but every time they shield the thieves, it can only mean that this elven tribe has reached some kind of agreement with the thieves, so that this group of elves and thieves are already accomplices." ”

Savin also had a point in hearing what Exewin said, but he still said with some concern: "But...... Aren't you afraid that other elves will have an opinion of you? After all, you are also an elf. ”

Exewin said with a frosty face, "Would they do such a thing if I were still a member of the elven race?"

"This ......" Savin found himself at a loss for a moment what to say, but he always felt that it did not seem appropriate for Exewin to do so.

"By the way, can that oriental girl next to you lend me a use?" Exevin didn't care what Savin was thinking, she continued: "I've carefully observed her skills, she should be a stealth master, let her go into the mountains with me to investigate." ”

Sawan didn't have any objection to this, there was no doubt about Naros's skills, and there was probably no one in the entire team who was better at stealth than her. "That's fine, I'll tell her when I get back. Samhain readily agreed.

Early in the morning, as soon as it was dawn, two teams of twenty people quietly left the camp and quietly walked towards the mountains and forests outside the town of Vic. The leader of the team is naturally Exewin, and the importance of this reconnaissance mission is no less than the battle itself, and she can't put her mind at ease if she doesn't go out in person.

Luckily, Savin had sent her so that at least someone could take half of the blame off her, and Axivin had carefully observed Narros, a girl who was quite skilled, and with her leading another team, if not to find the enemy's lair, at least she wouldn't do anything to startle the snake.

After entering the mountains and forests, Exewin and Naros's super skills played a huge role, although the others were also good people, but compared to the two of them, they were not half a little worse. With the skill of the two of them, there is no need to detour in many places, no matter how steep the cliff is, both of them can easily climb up the cliff, and then lower the rope from it, so that the whole team can travel a lot faster.

By noon, the procession had already crossed two mountain ridges, and it would be impossible for an ordinary person to walk for a whole day. Everyone climbed a small hill and rested while discussing their next move.

Exewin took out the map and spread it on the ground, then pointed to the map and said: "Now our location is probably here, and beyond that is where the rivers meet, I suspect that Thruwe's lair is upstream of these two rivers, but this map is not very accurate, and the specific situation can only be investigated by ourselves." ”

Narros didn't have to wait for Exewin to explain what she was going to do next, she pointed to a river on the map and said to Exewin, "I'll take a team this way." Exewin nodded secretly, this girl is really smart, and she saves herself a lot of trouble.

"Okay, I'll take the team down another river. "But we must say beforehand," said Exewin, "that in three days' time, whether or not the enemy is found, we must return to meet here, where the two rivers meet." As he spoke, Exewin pointed his finger at the map.

"Understood. Narros nodded.

The group ate something and rested for a while, and soon left Xiaogang and hurried all the way to the place where the river confluence. As we go deeper, the road under our feet becomes more and more difficult to walk, and no one has set foot on it for a long time, and the ground is full of rotten leaves, which can easily trap people, so everyone walks with extra caution. If it was just Exewin and Narros, they would have chosen to move up the tree, which would have been much more brisk, but the others had not.

When the shadows on the ground shrank into a ball, the group finally reached the place where the two rivers converged, and the sound of the rushing water could be heard in the distance through the dense forest.

Exsewin and Narros glanced at each other, and both knew it was time to go their separate ways. Axevin patted Naros on the shoulder and said, "Be careful, don't expose your actions." ”

Narros nodded, then looked back at her team and said, "Come with me, let's go to the left." ”

(End of chapter)