Around the road below the hillside, a large number of figures were very busy. At a glance, there were dozens of people, looking like they were setting up traps.
In such an environment.
The blue-haired man always leisurely lay on the slope, and no one dared to disturb him, or even ask him to work together.
This is the privilege of the strong!
The blue-haired man had a toothpick in his mouth as he looked at the night sky, slightly dazed, even after more than half a year.
That world-renowned battle still surfaced in his mind from time to time and was constantly replayed, although he had replayed it hundreds of times or more.
That was his first defeat since birth.
Speaking of which!
That guy actually drew with a woman?
The blue-haired man paused his toothpick-biting action, recalling the news that had come from the royal capital some time ago, with a look of displeasure on his face.
"Single-handedly slaughtering two noble families, including her own, and even being able to escape the empire with ease, is indeed a fierce and terrifying woman."
"Looks like she's a very powerful person, I really want to fight her."
The blue-haired man thought silently in his heart, originally resting his hands behind his head, he took out one arm and gently placed it on the long sword at his waist.
Speaking of which, the number of female powerhouses is indeed not many, after all, women are far inferior to men in terms of physical ability alone.
In recent years, a female adventurer team called "Blue Rose" seems to be extremely famous, and they should also be a group of relatively powerful women.
Tap—Tap—
Heavy footsteps came from not far away, and stopped beside the blue-haired man.
"You are very leisurely, Brian."
A rough and hearty voice came.
Brian Unglaus lazily raised his eyelids and looked at the brawny man with short golden hair, a beard, and arms as thick as ordinary people's thighs standing beside him.
At first glance, his hearty appearance easily makes people feel good, but in fact, he is not a good person, and can even be described as vile.
This blond brawny man is the mercenary leader of the "Death Spreading Brigade", a guy named Ficon Pahr, Brian guessed that this name was fake.
As for the real name.
Brian was not interested in knowing: "Are you sure they will take this road?"
"Of course, my friend, in fact, this is not difficult to predict."
"Even if they have magical beasts like Hellhounds as mounts, that alchemist gentleman makes a point of stopping in every village and city to sell potions."
Leader Ficon Pahr grinned, a bright smile on his face, and licked his lips:
"This has given us a lot of preparation time."
Brian sneered: "Heh."
"You're really confident, no wonder, even the Mithril-ranked adventurer team 'Rainbow', which has been famous in 'E-Rantel' for a long time, has been completely defeated. You certainly have the qualifications to be confident."
A bright light radiated from Brian's eyes, it was the excitement of a hunter seeing prey worth hunting.
Seeing Brian's interested look, the smile on Leader Ficon Pahr's face became even brighter, and he felt certain in his heart.
To be honest,
Brian, the famous genius swordsman, would actually join their mercenary group, even Leader Ficon Pahr himself felt a little unbelievable.
"Constantly selling potions, it seems that the genius alchemist is very short of money."
Brian raised the arm that was resting on the hilt of his sword again and put it behind his head, adopting a comfortable posture.
Clap! Clap!
Leader Ficon Pahr vigorously patted his tense neck, with a hint of excitement and bloodlust in his eyes: "Who knows, powerful alchemists have always been a group of people who earn money quickly and spend money quickly."
"All I know is that the other party has sold so many alchemical potions, there should be hundreds of gold coins… maybe even thousands of gold coins."
"Hahahaha, plus the bounty, it's really exciting. The knife you fancy, you'll be able to afford it after this deal."
Brian remained expressionless, nodding almost imperceptibly.
He needs to make himself stronger. In addition to exercising his physique, skills, and martial arts, weapons are also a way to enhance his strength.
Magical weapons are very expensive, but what Brian is pursuing is not simply a magical weapon.
But the weapons that are spread from the desert cities in the far south, even if they are not enchanted, have performance that surpasses ordinary magical weapons.
The price of such weapons is of course frighteningly high.
The weapon he is interested in is worth about 5,000 gold coins. Ordinary people can't earn that much money even if they work hard for a lifetime. This is completely not the wealth that can be obtained through normal means.
Therefore.
Brian joined the mercenary group with about 70 people in front of him. Compared with the messy and restrictive regulations of adventurers, mercenary groups don't have so many rules.
You can both kill people to hone your martial arts, and you can also obtain a lot of money!
"5 copper coins for an alchemical potion, the healing effect is better than a few silver coins for a recovery potion, such a cheap price and the characteristic of not being able to be stored for a long time…"
After a brief silence, Brian suddenly murmured softly:
"Heh, is it an alchemical potion specially sold to civilians? That genius alchemist seems to be a good person."
Leader Ficon Pahr was first stunned, then couldn't help but burst into laughter: "A good person? Hahahaha, we are a bunch of bad guys!"
"That's right."
Brian also let out a low laugh.
The night gradually faded.
The eastern sky began to reveal a dazzling golden light.
A carriage pulled by Kuro came along the road from afar and appeared in the sight of the "Death Spreading Brigade."
"They're here!"
Ficon Pahr, the troupe leader, lay on the slope, his eyes narrowed, and he spoke in a low voice.
On the side.
Brian was still lying on the slope with his eyes closed, looking as if he were asleep, but in reality, he hadn't slept all night, instead conserving his energy.
He was confident, but he wouldn't underestimate his opponent.
That genius alchemist, the green-haired magic chanting girl, and Kuro were all not simple characters.
"Everyone prepare, attack immediately once they fall into the trap."
Troupe leader Ficon Pahr quickly gave orders to his subordinates.
More than 70 mercenary troupe members all took out their weapons, their eyes revealing a fierce look.
Daytime was not suitable for attacks—that's what normal people thought, but troupe leader Ficon Pahr wanted to do the opposite.
For experienced adventurers, they would be more vigilant at night, but relax their guard during the day.
Under the expectant gaze of the mercenary troupe members, the carriage finally approached the trap they had set.
There, they had dug a deep pit, filled with sharp iron spears at the bottom, so that even if one didn't die falling down, they would still be injured.
Right under everyone's eager gazes.
Suddenly!
The carriage, which had been traveling along the road, suddenly stopped, and Kuro in front warily looked around.
This action caught the mercenary troupe members off guard.
"They were discovered?"
"How is that possible!"
"Did the trap reveal any flaws?"
"Impossible, even experienced thieves would not be able to detect the trap we set in a short time without careful observation."
"Could it be a magic that detects traps."
The mercenary troupe members opened their mouths in surprise, after all, there was indeed a powerful magic chanter in the opponent's team.
"How annoying."
Troupe leader Ficon Pahr saw that the carriage had not fallen into the trap, and a ferocious look appeared on his cheerful face.
"Take the second countermeasure!"
As the order was conveyed.
The sound of discussion stopped, and dozens of sounds of air being pierced rang out simultaneously.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Arrows shot out simultaneously from the hills on both sides, densely covering the carriage.
At this moment!
On the carriage.
"It's been so long since we've encountered attackers, I thought they wouldn't dare to attack, this time it looks like there are quite a few people."
Minori raised his hand to his forehead, seeing the large number of crossbow bolts shooting out from the small hills on both sides of the road, a hint of interest appeared in his eyes.
Since the last time they eliminated that Mithril-level adventurer squad, not to mention the assassins from "Ijaniya", even ordinary attackers had disappeared all of a sudden.
This time, encountering an attack again.
Then the strength of the attackers is at least stronger than the Mithril-level small adventurer squad.
"Plant Growth!"
The Verdant Witch's hands glowed with emerald green light.
Green vegetation grew out of the carriage in the blink of an eye, wrapping the entire carriage, and the crossbow bolts that came from all directions were shaken off when they landed on these tough plants.
On Kuro's side, relying on its flexible figure and swinging bone chains, it also easily resisted the crossbow bolt attacks.
"Kill!"
"Take them down!"
"...!!"
A large number of mercenaries holding weapons rushed out of the hills on both sides at the same time.
"Fireball!"
"Lightning Strike!"
A scorching flame and a beam of surging electric light also followed closely from both sides of the hill.
The straight lightning strike with the penetrating effect was the fastest, flying to the front of Kuro first, with the speed of lightning.
Even if Kuro noticed it, it was already impossible to avoid.
"Magic Armor!"
The Verdant Witch's steady voice sounded, and a layer of translucent magic armor appeared on Kuro's body.
Bang!
The lightning strike heavily landed, exploding on the surface of the magic armor on Kuro's body, forming an impact that knocked Kuro back a distance.
"Roar!"
Kuro roared angrily, its limbs forcefully lying on the ground to steady its figure, blue arcs of electricity overflowed from its body, and its black fur stood on end.
The attack of another "Fireball" landed on the carriage protected by the grown plants.
With a loud "Boom!"
Fire attribute attacks obviously had a restraining effect on plants, easily blasting a large hole, and the surging flames swept over.
"Damn it!"
The Verdant Witch was both surprised and angry.
This level of magic attack would naturally not pose a threat to her, what really surprised and angered her was that it affected her master.
"Ah."
Enri saw the surging flames that came into view, and even though she had gained a lot of knowledge during this period of time, she still couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise, closing her eyes in fear.
Boom!!
There was no expected pain, when Enri opened her eyes again, she found that Minori had blocked in front of her.
Whirr—
The aftershock of the heat wave formed by the flames fluttered the white priest's robe.
"A very targeted attack method."
Minori's gentle voice sounded.
Enri's originally flustered and fearful emotions relaxed again with this voice, her light brown pupils reflected a white back: "Captain…"
"Rest assured."
Minori chuckled.