Chapter 19: The Survivors

When the lush woods began to become low, the bushes increased significantly, and even the traces of human trampling could be faintly seen, the light became more and more abundant, and there was even a slight cool breeze blowing on the face, suddenly a panicked chirp of birds, fluttering towards the air, a figure brushed aside the vegetation in front of him, looked left and right for a while, and then rushed out of the bushes, and when he confirmed that the path under his feet was often walked, the figure stretched out his hand, put it in his mouth, and then whistled.

Following the path she had walked, one after another scolding figures came to the path, and finally a strong figure came out with a large cloth bag on his back and under the supervision of several people.

"Commander, everyone has arrived, follow this road, and you will be able to get out of the Hongdao Mountain Range in half a day. A sturdy man shook off the leaves on his body, and said with a little excitement on his face, it is a great luck for them not to have encountered demons along the way in the past few days, and as for those demonic beasts encountered, it is not so important.

"Be careful, don't let your guard down, don't die at the last step. In the face of the excitement of his own members, Barrow was cautious, there was an extra scratch on his face, which was left when he fought with the demonic beast, fortunately, the injury was not deep, and the wound began to heal, it is estimated that it will not be long after the scab falls off, it will be no big problem, to be able to say these words, naturally because of the injury that should not have occurred this time, he was able to escape under the claws of the demon clan, but because of this, he was careless, and was taken advantage of by the ordinary demonic beast, and he saw that he was going to get out of the Hongdao Mountain Range, plus he took the demon captive, naturally everything had to be careful and vigilant to avoid unnecessary casualties。

Especially the demons!

After waiting for a while, another group of mercenaries came out of the bushes, and the two mercenary groups joined together and set up camp on the spot, and after a short half a day, the three mercenary groups were finally completely defeated, and at dawn, they once again sent thieves to reconnoiter the situation, and the rest of the people had a good rest.

The sky was getting dark, but Barrow and the others led the mercenaries to take advantage of the afterglow of the sunset to run forward for five or six miles, and then set up camp again.

"Barrow, do you think they will be able to escape?" Kaxiu asked with a worried face, while Barrow, who was asked, shook his head uncertainly and said, "This is not good, after all, we still know too little about the demons. The other two nodded in agreement, this trip to the Hongdao Mountains can be said to be a hundred turns, making people's hearts palpitate, and now they can rely on nothing, so everything after that can only be fought for by themselves, and in order to send the captured succubus in the demon clan to the holy capital as soon as possible, Barrow and the other two regiment commanders finally decided to let the thieves sent out to reconnoiter leave with the succubus, and they are leading the main force to distract the attention of possible enemies, for which there are three teams marching back and forth, and the reason for marching in the evening。

The three men prayed to themselves until daybreak, and soon they followed the trail of the thieves and caught up with them, and the night's march was unhindered, and the thieves who had been sent out were all safely united, and the people breathed a sigh of relief, and then the group hurried north, and they heard a great deal of news.

And it's not good news.

"Are you saying that apart from us, no mercenary group has ever come out of the Hongdao Mountain Range?" Annie looked at the soldier in front of her with some surprise, and even had some doubts after hearing these words, but the soldier said with a solemn face: "That's true, you are the first wave of mercenary teams we have seen, and the others who came out of the Hongdao Mountain Range are basically either seriously injured or crazy, and I don't know what happened to them in the Hongdao Mountain Range, but anyway, you can come back, congratulations!"

Anne nodded and watched the soldier leave, and returned to the other two regiment commanders to tell the news they had found, Barrow and Kaxiu were also shocked, you must know that although they are a large mercenary group, but in terms of personal force, their cultivation is not very high, and there are many mercenary groups that have taken over the task at the same time, and they are as good as a cloud, and they naturally don't believe it when they hear this news, but the soldiers of North Wind City will not lie, that is to say, those mercenaries who entered the Hongdao Mountain Range have encountered the attack of the demons, and they have also suffered heavy casualties, except for proving the strength of the demons, no other news has been obtained。

"Didn't the Firmament Mercenary Group come back?" Kaxiu said with a gloomy expression, and Anne shook her shoulders in response: "There are many mercenary groups that have entered the Hongdao Mountain Range in the future, but none of them have come back, but surprisingly, the demons have not come out, and I don't know what the demons have planned.

"Anyway, we came back alive. Barrow sighed, the Firmament Mercenary Group is a very famous mercenary group on the mainland, and there are strong people in it, even if Ka Xiu is in it, it can only be regarded as medium, so when he heard that the Sky Mercenary Group also entered the Hongdao Mountain Range but did not come out, Ka Xiu also felt a little surprised.

For Barrow's words, the two of them empathized, after the rectification of the North Wind City, the three major mercenary groups remained one, and then continued to go north, along the way heard more news about the Hongdao Mountain Range of the mainland, according to rumors, even the god-level powerhouses also fell in the Hongdao Mountain Range, and the strength and forbearance of the demon clan caused a lot of panic.

It wasn't until they arrived in the Holy Capital that the three mercenary group leaders breathed a sigh of relief, and they didn't dare to delay the time, so they went to the mercenary group to deliver the task first, but in the mercenary hall, it was not the people of the mercenary association who greeted them, but the imperial army.

"Are you the survivors who came back from the Hongdao Mountain Range?" said an officer-like leader, feeling the solemn atmosphere around him, the three regiment commanders were stunned and a little inexplicable.

"Someone! The leader waved his hand, and a soldier came to the front of the three with a small square box, seeing that the three people did not react, the leader seemed to be relieved, and then waved his hand to remove the surrounding vigilant soldiers, and said apologetically: "Sorry three, please understand, the mercenary association can not withstand the third disaster." ”

After saying that, the leader apologized to the three mercenary group leaders, and the three mercenary group leaders finally paid attention to the details that they did not pay attention to when they entered the hall, the mottled stone wall was originally extremely smooth, but now it is pitted, and there are purple-black traces on it, and there are very few mercenaries in the mercenary hall, but there are many people who help with bandages and gauze, looking at their relaxed looks, the three group leaders are even more confused.

At this time, the leader gave the answer, just before the three mercenary groups came back, the holy capital had already suffered two demon conspiracy plots, the same survivors who came back from the Hongdao Mountain Range, and the same was to the mercenary hall to deliver the task, after all, this is the task issued by the empire, and the people who can come back alive are naturally in the spotlight, but the tragedy happened, after the mercenaries who delivered the mission entered the mercenary hall, from the regiment commander to the regiment members, all of them blew themselves up in laughter, and the people around them couldn't dodge, and there were countless casualties, not to mention, the same is true for the second wave of mercenaries, but they completed the delivery under surveillance, and caused another self-explosion before going out, the first time it affected the mercenaries, and the second time it was the innocent people at the door.

After that, no mercenaries came back, and this third wave naturally caused alarm, but fortunately, the second wave of mercenaries was controlled by two at the beginning, and less than a day after it was sent to the imperial city, there was an object that was sent to the mercenary association, that is, the square box, the square box was directly welded to death with black iron, and it was reinforced with magic locks outside, obviously the empire was also afraid of this thing, so there were multiple restrictions, as for what was in it, it was passed on more.

"If so, then we should be loaded, otherwise we will also become carriers of explosions. After hearing this, Kaxiu immediately smiled bitterly, they were frightened all the way, but they didn't expect that it would still be the same when they arrived at the destination, but the practice of leading the troops was understandable, after all, it was their duty.

"Lord Ghost Ugly said, if there is no reaction, it proves that you are normal, look at your establishment is relatively intact, but what are the adventures in the Hongdao Mountain Range?" The face of the leader was a little curious, and the three mercenary group leaders who were questioned were stunned for a moment, and then Barrow said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid you don't believe it, the one who saved us was the Cataclysmic Necromancer...... Excellency. ”

"What?" The leader was dumbfounded after hearing this, his surprised shout attracted the side eyes of the people around him, the name of the calamity necromancer did not dare to say it casually, and the three mercenary groups could say it, I am afraid it was true, the previous battle of the Holy Mountain Cataclysmic necromancer's rebuke made the Holy Capital not a single sacrifice appear until now, and at this time, it was said by the leaders of the three mercenary groups, this necromancer who can destroy the country at will actually appeared in the Hongdao Mountain Range, not only saved three mercenary groups, but also directly captured a demon clan, so the news is shocking enough anywhere。

Realizing his gaffe, the leader immediately summoned his subordinate soldiers to the palace to report the news, and the soldiers ran away, while the leader looked at the big boxes behind the mercenaries and looked at their pace, but shook his head slightly and said: "You have hidden it well, you have worked hard." ”

"My lord, I want to ask, is it true that none of the people from the Firmament Mercenary Group have returned?" Ka Xiu still seemed to be not too reluctant to ask this mercenary group, and the leader said after thinking for a while: " I am working with the Mercenary Association, specially responsible for collecting and greeting your imperial soldiers, from the information we currently have, it seems that if the Sky Mercenary Group does not die in battle, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape the fate of being controlled, this exploration, the loss is very large, more than a hundred mercenary groups have entered, but at present, only the three of you mercenary groups can successfully return to the Holy Capital, you are considered this preliminary battle...... Survivor. ”