Chapter 08: The Temptation Begins
In the lush mountains, a small convoy is struggling to move forward.
There were no roads in the mountains, mercenaries and hunters could barely walk through the roads, and it became extremely difficult for fully loaded trucks to cross the mountains.
The wagons pulled by the two musk oxen walked very slowly, and were often forced to stop, requiring the escort mercenaries to clear the way, pit pits and carts to move on. Arthur and the others took seven days to pick up the goods at the mine, but it took twice as long to get the four truckloads out.
The Blue Enchantress was not as free and casual as they came, and the way back had to be highly vigilant at all times, because from the moment they picked up the goods, they became the target of some people. In the Orlando Mountains, the same kind is more terrifying than Warcraft.
It is necessary to push the cart to open the way, and to be vigilant at all times, at this time Joan and the Ten Princesses, the new mercenaries began to appreciate the hard work of the mercenary profession, and the leisure on weekdays and the large pieces of wine and meat in the bar were exchanged for the danger of death and the hardship of sleeping in the open during the mission.
In this world, there is no occupation that is easy to engage in in order to make ends meet.
Under a leeward hillside, the mercenary group set up a simple camp. Arthur sprinkled snakes and insects around the perimeter of the camp, set up simple warning devices, the mercenaries set up simple tents, and four animal carts were placed in the center of the camp.
With these simple arrangements, the mercenaries of the Blue Enchantress began to gradually become proficient.
Dinner was simply boiled in a large pot of broth, and the dough brought with me was dealt with. Campfires are extinguished as soon as the soup is cooked, and flames are an unusually obvious target at night, attracting potential enemies and powerful beasts.
There was no usual joke and fighting, everyone after dinner consciously rested, and everyone was assigned the task of taking turns to be on duty at night, and it was necessary to ensure that there was enough energy at that time, and danger in the mountains at night could come at any time.
Arthur and Arya took the initiative to take the first shift with two mercenaries. Arthur found a bush to hide in more than fifty meters away from the camp, threw himself on a mat and lay down, patrolling the surroundings with a wary eye.
The temperature in the mountains was exceptionally cold at night, and Arya soon felt cold, and unconsciously leaned her body towards Arthur to find a warm place.
Arthur glanced sideways at Arya and gently took her in his arms, but his eyes were still vigilant looking at the periphery, and the two snuggled quietly together.
Cool nights, silent mountains and forests, young lovers, life should be so beautiful!
But good times are always short-lived, and the intimate time between lovers is interrupted by the figures creeping closer.
Arthur, who was ruined, gradually revealed his murderous anger, he had expected that this mission would never be so simple, but he also did not expect the other party to be so anxious, and he was ready to start on the first night they received the goods.
In the darkness, there were twenty or thirty figures slowly approaching the camp from the front and back at the same time, and they only wanted to launch a surprise attack when they got closer.
Arthur found that these people, though numerous, were just ordinary bandits. If it is really a powerful bandit or assassin organization, it will first send a powerful warrior who is good at stealth assassination to find out the guards on the periphery of the mercenary group and kill them, instead of a group of people like this rashly rushing to pounce.
After the bandits took a dozen steps forward, Arthur gave Alya a signal, and Arya shot a third-level "bright ball of light" into the crowd.
The dazzling light that suddenly lit up in the dark night emitted a dazzling white light, and the light pierced the nearby bandits from opening their eyes at all.
Arthur's arrows flew out immediately after the ball of light, and the arrows wrapped in vindictive spirit were fired in succession, one by one on the bandit who was protecting his eyes with his hands, and the screams rang out one after another in the dark night.
"Spotted, rush in, kill them all!" shouted from among the bandits.
None of the mercenaries of the Blue Enchantress were really asleep, and when the ball of light outside the camp lit up, they woke up instantly, grabbed the weapons around them and rushed out of the camp, and collided with the bandits who were about to rush to the camp.
The first to attack was still the side of the attacked mercenary group, Alani and the Ten Princesses were armed with bows and arrows, and the two women fired two bows in quick succession, and the bandits fell one after another before they could pounce.
Especially the elf girl Eleni, she was specially selected by the elf elder Therlanyi to replace the elf queen, don't look at her small and delicate figure, but her real combat power is comparable to the high-level elf warrior of the human war school. Her ten fingers beat dexterously on the bowstring, and long arrows flew out like beads, the rate of fire was more than twice as fast as that of the ten princesses, and the elves' archery skills have always been flawless, and the arrows hit the vital point.
Joan followed Eleanne and the Ten Princesses, and with the help of the Flying Ring, he rose into the air and shot a large burst of fireballs into the crowd of bandits, which exploded and knocked over two or three bandits around the landing spot at the same time.
The firepower output of the three ranged attackers of the Blue Enchantrin Mercenary Regiment was as fierce as that of a team of elven archers or dwarven musketeers, and none of the bandits could break through the camp gate even a single step.
Huey and Toruń each led four mercenaries to pounce on the bandits who rushed up on either side, and they rushed up, and as soon as they fought, the bandits turned and ran.
The difference in strength between the two sides is too big, and Huey and Toruń are too violent. Huey, who was already a seventh-level martial artist, rushed forward and was an afterimage, the big gun waved, only to see the shadow of the gun flashing, and one by one the bandits fell backwards and flew out. In Tolen's hand was wielding a crescent moon battle axe that he had made himself, the blade of the axe alone was the size of a wheel, and after infusing the fighting energy, he cut out a series of axe blades that were long and long, and slashed at these bandits who were generally only two or three levels of strength.
The bandits rushed up not to fight but to die, so they turned and ran away in fright. Huey and Toruń led the hunt behind, and they didn't intend to let go.
Arthur was worried that the other party was in ambush, and after chasing them out for a hundred meters, he called the two back.
Obviously it was a sneak attack launched by the bandits, but the mercenaries of the blue enchantress were unscathed, but left nearly thirty corpses behind by the other party, and also captured three captives who were wounded by arrows and did not run away.
Spence didn't make a move at all during the whole process, and Arthur had an agreement with him before, as a warrior, he was now the hole card of the mercenary group, and he would never need to make a move until life and death were at stake.
Arthur interrogated the three captives overnight, and it was easy to dig up all the information.
They are a hundred-strong bandit gang in the area, usually raiding small mercenary groups, hunting parties, and caravans. This time, someone took the initiative to reveal to them the information about the Blue Enchantress's itinerary and the escorted goods, and they didn't expect to pick up the bargain but they bumped into the iron plate. As for who revealed the information, they were not in a position to know.
Joan said a little proudly beside him: "With this lesson, no one will dare to fight our idea in the future, right?"
Arthur sneered, "I'm afraid this time is just a temptation, and bigger trouble is still to come!"