Chapter 160: Re-examining the Knight's Body
Beran, who was squatting beside this pile of corpses, was frowning at this time, and his face was not very good, and he pulled out a half-broken feathered arrow from the thigh of a scavenging wolf.
Holding this half of the feather arrow, Beron thought for a long time, and finally broke the silence and said: "Boss, from these details, it can be roughly judged that the other party has an assassin who is extremely good at concealment, but the strength of the three beheaded people today is almost the weakest in the team, so I don't know if this assassin is deliberately hiding his strength or for some purpose to confuse us." β
The silence was finally broken by B. Braun's words, and after Crick snorted coldly at the silent mercenaries around him, he walked quickly to B. Braun's side, with a calm face and a gloomy face, "What else can you see besides these?"
"In addition to this assassin, there is at least one very cunning archer, boss, look at this ......"
As he spoke, Crick had already taken the broken arrow from B. Braun's hand and looked at it thoughtfully.
After a few breaths of silence, B. Braun continued: "Today's attack on us by these scavenging wolves is definitely not an accident, if I guess correctly, it must have been deliberately attracted by this archer. β
"Assassins, archers?......"
Creek kept repeating it, looking at the way he frowned, as if he had thought of something, but he was in a trance, and he couldn't remember the details.
Listening to Crick's whisper, B. Lang also stood up and whispered in Crick's ear: "Boss, the other party's assassins chose to cut off their heads twice, it must be to create a lot of blood, so as to facilitate the archers to lure the scavenging wolves to us, their purpose must be to create chaos for us, and then take the opportunity to attack us, if I guess correctly, the other party must be a mercenary team that is not as strong as us as a whole, but has an enmity with us." β
"Oh, who the hell could it be? Such a combination is all too common in mercenary fortresses, come, B. Braun, can you see what else can be seen from this broken arrow?"
B. Braun shook his head at Creek, and said helplessly: "No, this kind of feather arrows can be seen everywhere in the mercenary fortress, and even our Tomahawk mercenary regiment is equipped with a lot of such feather arrows......"
This feather arrow, which is a dozen copper coins each, is a very popular commodity in mercenary fortresses, and almost every mercenary who can use a bow and arrow will buy a pot to carry with him.
BΓ©rang's tone paused, and suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly crouched down again, drew a short knife from his waist, and drew a few strokes on the corpse of the scavenging wolf that drew the arrow.
After a moment, BΓ©ran motioned to Creek to squat down, pointed at the place where he had just been separated with a short knife and said, "Boss, it can be seen from the depth and location of this arrow wound that this archer has a very good grasp of the strength of this arrow. β
"What does that mean?"
Creek asked, frowning and a little impatient.
He was about to lose his patience, but he still had to force himself in front of B. Braun.
"Boss, listen to me, this archer's arrow can only hurt the muscles, and the pain caused by an injury like this is enough to provoke the scavenging wolf and lose his mind, otherwise how could some intelligent scavenging wolf rashly attack us in the face of so many of us?"
"B. Braun, did you just say no?"
Crick was really impatient, and his brow was about to twist into a pimple.
As saying, Crick stood up, snapped the half of the arrow with a click of his fingers, and threw it to the ground.
Seeing this, B. Braun hurriedly stood up and continued: "Boss, this shows that the archers who attacked us are very familiar with the habits of these magical beasts, and his strength is probably close to the high-level realm, such archers are very popular in mercenary fortresses, and they will almost all be recruited by large mercenary groups for their own use, but those large mercenary groups, if they really want to deal with us, they will not use such methods at all, I think if you guess correctly, the person who does it to us is likely to be ......"
"Who is it?"
Crick asked impatiently.
When he spoke, Crick couldn't help but raise his voice a little because of some emotional excitement, and his words also attracted the attention of the other mercenaries around him.
Seeing this, Crick immediately glared at the other mercenaries and said to them: "Give me what to do, hurry up and be on guard around, do you want to do this again?
After finishing speaking, the mercenaries who gathered around and didn't know what to do hurriedly left as if they had been amnestied.
Seeing that the mercenaries around him had already walked away, Crick whispered in B. Braun's ear and asked, "B. B. Braun, have you guessed who it is?"
"I guessed it roughly, but they escaped by luck that time, and then in the mercenary fortress, they all acted like they were nothing, and they never heard of us hacking them, but how could they have the courage to dare to come to us for trouble now?"
"You mean the three of them, yes, there was an assassin and an archer among them, but ......"
"Boss, I can't figure it out, do they have anything to rely on?"
B. Braun folded his hands in his arms, squinted his eyes and bowed his head in thought.
Seeing this, Crick didn't say anything more, just frowned and waited patiently.
After a long time, B. Braun raised his head and said to himself thoughtfully: "Some time ago, there was a new first-level mercenary in the mercenary fortress, and in the death dueling arena, he killed Bolg with a background...... But the forces behind Polg didn't move at all, and during that time, Quiles and they happened to have a close relationship with that kid......"
"B. Braun, you mean that first-class mercenary?"
B. Braun ignored Crick's question, he still said to himself: "If that new first-class mercenary has any unusual background, then he will not choose Quells's unruly mercenary team......
Just when B. Braun was a little puzzled, Crick finally couldn't help but interrupt: "No matter how much, if they dare to come again......"
"Boss, no matter what Quiles they rely on, we have to be careful, we have to find a way to lure them out, otherwise, even if we succeed in finding the Scarlet Dog, we won't be able to snipe them with peace of mind. β
"Okay, listen to you, but how are we going to lure them out?"
Crick asked, somewhat puzzled.
In terms of force, Crick is also at the top of some large mercenary groups, but when it comes to using his brain, he is a scumbag.
At this moment, a grim smile appeared on the corner of B. Braun's mouth, and then he approached Creek and whispered in his ear: "On this mission, most of the mercenaries we have gathered are used by us as cannon fodder, so since the other party wants to make trouble for us, then we will arrange some bait for them, I don't believe that they will not leak anything." β
"That'...... Will they be fooled?"
"I don't know, they're all cannon fodder anyway, and they're used wherever they are used, and now it's important to use them to solve the trouble in front of you first. β
"Okay, then you can arrange it, as long as you lure them out, I don't believe in my strength, plus so many people, I won't be able to clean them up. β
Crick clenched his fists and said viciously.
Just as B. Braun was about to arrange the bait, B. Braun suddenly thought of something again, and hurriedly turned back to Crick and said, "Boss, be vigilant tonight, although we have already disposed of these corpses, but there is such a strong smell of blood here, I am sure that it will attract any magical beasts." β
"Well, don't worry, just arrange more people to keep watch tonight. β
"Okay, then I'll arrange it, but boss, you have to cheer up, the strongest in the team is you, and the others can't be relied on at all. β
Early the next morning, the mute who had been assigned to spy on the Tomahawk mercenary group quietly came back.
He said to the few people who were already ready to go: "They have strengthened their vigilance, I'm afraid if we do it again, it won't be as easy as yesterday." β
After the mute finished speaking, he walked up to Quiles' side and took the food that Quiles handed him.
Seeing that the mute was a little wolfing, Lance glanced at it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, since they have strengthened their vigilance, we can just follow from afar, I want to see how long they can hold on like this!"
While Lance was speaking, Dilancer also spoke, "Why don't I go and harass me from a distance?"
"No, such a big bait, the movement they made in the Goles Mountains, there should be a lot of demonic beasts that will harass them, and there are many of them, and they must be faster than us to find clues. β
"Okay, leave the tracking to me, I'm more familiar with the jungle environment, and I'm better at dealing with situations than dumb. β
"Hmm. β
Dilansel answered, and handed some things that were not very necessary directly to Quiles, and he simply brought some dry food and his own weapons, and quickly disappeared into the jungle.
After Dilancer left, Lance said to the others, "Let's go and see the corpses of the Red Cross Light Knights, and see if we can find some useful information from them." β
With that, Lance and the others walked towards the place where the Tomahawk mercenary group found the Red Cross lightly armed knight.
After arriving at their destination, Mute and Quiles consciously became vigilant in the vicinity.
Lance, Lilith, and Lukka walked directly to the already badly decomposed corpse.
As soon as she got closer, Lilith covered her mouth with her hand and said with a frown, "I...... I'll just wait for you here, it smells disgusting!"
"Okay, you help us keep an eye out for undead around, be careful, and Lukka and I will take a look. β
After Lance had explained a few words to Lilith, he and Lukka walked straight to the decomposing corpse.
Lance looked at the six very badly decomposed corpses, and his heart was in a trance for a while.
It's like going back to Erin's Forest more than two years ago.
The situation at that time was very similar to now, and it was also the corpse of the Red Cross light knight, but now Lance is no longer the fledgling rookie he was at the beginning.
After calming down, Lance found a long branch from the side, and then rummaged through the pile of corpses with all his breath.
Seeing Lance's inexplicable action, Luca, who was standing on the side, was a little puzzled.
He wanted to ask, but in the end he didn't ask, just stood aside and watched.
After a few moments, Lance picked out some of the equipment on the corpse that was vaguely recognizable, and piled it aside.
In a short time, there was a lot of leather armor, helmets, weapons, and shields.
After doing this, Lance tossed aside the branch stained with rotting corpse fluid, and then found a shorter stick to rummage through the pile of equipment.