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An awkward atmosphere permeated the team.
There were more than 20 people when we set out, but now, including the three undercover agents who escaped, more than half of them have been reduced. Although the act of hunting itself has certain dangers, and if a natural disaster such as a flash flood occurs suddenly, even the most capable people will die if they are unlucky, but ten people were lost in one operation. After that, as a team The leader, Geronimo, revealed the fact that he colluded with the Bati business group to embezzle the goods. Obviously, no matter how broad-minded a person is, there is no way to forgive all this directly.
A feeling of alienation began to pervade the team. Everyone, including the two blue-brand mercenaries and young mercenaries such as Euphemio and Federo, deliberately kept a distance from the team leader who was having an affair with a foreign enemy. The distrust of the leader even began to extend to the old Juan next to him, and they all seemed to be wondering whether the old hunting expert with a goatee and narrow eyes was also with Geronimo.
At this moment, the team is still quite far away from the town. Although there is no need to go on a hunting mission, who knows what kind of crisis they will encounter in this wilderness. In any case, if there are signs of division, then It will inevitably make the already difficult return journey even more dangerous - but if there is no light in the east and light in the west, you have lost trust in your leader and employer. As the savior of everyone else, if Henry and Mira are not there At this moment, everyone is afraid that they have become souls killed by the sword. The respect brought by gratitude is mixed with other emotions. Naturally, the two people, one big and one small, who were originally inconspicuous, have become part of the team at this moment. The most important role.
The Sage and the First Maid of Luoan are both free mercenaries. In other words, they are in the same situation as the other two blue mercenaries and even novice mercenaries like Euphemio and Federo. and the second point is that the two men performed outstandingly when facing the Batty Business Group before, decisively and directly killing and injuring a bunch of thugs from the Batty Business Group, including Christo. It also proves that they cannot be on opposite sides.
Having a profound understanding of the atmosphere and signs in the team at this moment, our Mr. Sage naturally has no intention of letting this continue. Through some cooperation and conversation, he and Mira, who now gained the respect of others, finally managed to make the atmosphere peaceful again. Although the embarrassment and indifference still existed, at least everyone acquiesced before returning to the town. The fact of existing as a complete team.
If you want to survive in the wild, you must cooperate with other people. It is very difficult to survive alone. It's okay to be near a civilized area. Even if they only temporarily leave the team to hunt when they enter the deep mountains, hunters like Lao Juan and Federo will still go together. The unknown is always scary. Although humans who are good at summarizing and preserving knowledge have learned a lot about animals and plants, this is still a pitifully small amount compared to the total number of life in the vast unexplored wilderness. number.
Even for dragons, which are so huge that you can spot them from far away, humans are only familiar with a few species whose living environment is closer to humans, and which are relatively large in number. There are many large omnivorous heterosaurs like the target of this failed hunting mission, the Ayasiosaurus. Some hunters who don't know much about them think that they only look similar in skin color, body size and some limbs. The other different snake dragons are also called Aya snake dragons. It would be a difficult task to completely determine the categories of all these creatures. And the southern lords who only care about peeling their skins to sell them for money, naturally There will be no such leisurely elegance.
But one code leads to another, although the previous collision and stampede of a young female snake dragon caused a large amount of material damage and the death of four personnel. Among the creatures that exist in these rich tropical rainforests in the south, it can still be considered a docile one.
Snake dragons cause no more than a hundred human casualties every year. Since they live on both sides of the Black Iron River Basin deep in the jungle, most of the people killed by them are those who have evil intentions and want to enter the territory to steal dragon eggs or hunt young individuals. They will be killed. In contrast, the wolf lizards and a large number of other carnivores that choose to attack lone humans are the real culprits responsible for the disappearance of a large number of humans every year.
But despite this, just like the old proverb "Danger is always hidden where you can't see", these medium to large carnivorous creatures with equally ferocious looks and ferocious temperaments are still not in this vast and mysterious tropical rain forest. The most dangerous existence to mankind.
Spiders, scorpions, centipedes, snakes and even frogs.
Compared with the huge wolf lizards, these creatures are very small and have no courage at all. During hundreds of millions of years of evolution, they have evolved powerful venom for self-protection or hunting. Although the venomous fangs of most spiders are not capable of biting through Human skin, but once some particularly poisonous individuals fall on you and are frightened, they open their fangs and pierce into the flesh, releasing a lethal dose of venom——
The rapid onset of poison can transport you to another world before you can receive any effective medical treatment.
Judging where you should go and where you shouldn't go is not about being overly nervous but about being cautious. In the forests of the southern border, there is a small species of viper. This snake and all its relatives are the absolute best among snakes. The most dangerous existence. The first reaction of most venomous snakes when encountering humans is not to attack but to intimidate. The rattlesnakes in the grassland will tremble their tails and make a "rustling" sound, while the cobras in the desert will stand upright with their upper bodies spread out and spread their skin folds in an attempt to show off. His body became even larger.
These poisonous creatures that are feared by humans and most people talk about them with disgrace are just animals. The nature of most poisonous creatures is destined that they will not choose to attack actively when encountering animals larger than themselves - only Vipers, only vipers exist. Whether it is in the tropics like the South and Thoradin or in the temperate zones like Avenella, all vipers will be indifferent when you step into their territory. Attack suddenly and with warning.
As the saying goes, every bite makes you wise. In the long history of mankind, many people have died in the mouths of these poisonous snakes. The descendants who grew up from the pain naturally summarized their habits - they like to stay in the water. Bian, likes to stay under the dense leaves and debris in the forest.
Understand their habits and tendencies, and try to avoid them if you can't afford to offend them. Humans have taken such measures against many dangerous creatures - and of course this includes the ones that local people have always used as harbingers of climate change. The existence of tiny creatures like upland locusts.
Mira had already seen the power of leech in the swamps of Lidela Wetland area, but it was different from the aquatic leech that existed in the water. Dry leech, a species unique to the tropics, often destroyed its body. Attached to the branches of shrubs and small trees - when not sucking blood, their skinny brown appearance is difficult to distinguish from the branches, and a human or other creature that accidentally sneaks towards this side will naturally be Inevitably, I also suffered a baptism.
We took the shortcut back to the city and took the more rugged and narrow mountain road. Although the time was shortened a lot, the bushes and branches growing on both sides also brushed against everyone's bodies from time to time, and one inadvertently walked through a certain section of the road. At that time, several young mercenaries suddenly had long locusts attached to their bodies. Realizing that those young men from the southern border who were to stay in the future would naturally have to scramble for a while to tear them off. It was a shame that they took different paths when they came here, otherwise their undisciplined behavior would have caused them to fall earlier. He made a fool of himself.
The suction cup is very tight. If you pull it hard, even if the locust body pulls off the suction cup and the suction cup remains in the skin, it will cause inflammation and pain in the wound. Fortunately, the experienced Juan and the others could not have been unprepared for this. The old mercenary dug out a bottle of spirits from the remaining supplies, and with a little smear on it, he successfully made the leech fall down on its own initiative.
Euphemio was furious and stamped his feet frantically, trying to crush these tough soft-bodied creatures, while Old Juan on the other side found two twigs and picked them up one by one. It happened that the whole group was doing the same at this moment. After stopping to rest, he directly poured some water into another small pot and put some wine in it, then rinsed the locusts, as if he planned to cook them and eat them.
"Evil--" Euphemio hid in the other direction. Old Juan shook his head and sighed, while Jeronimo, who was silently carrying a giant sword, came over and sat down next to him. . The novice mercenaries opened the big pot on the other side and began to cook relatively normal food. Several days had passed since the conflict with the Batty Merchant Group. At this moment, they were no longer close to the town. It's too far away. If you walk for half a day, you should be able to reach a hunting area in the countryside with signs of human activity.
The remaining dry food and bacon that had been carefully preserved until now could finally be taken out and eaten. The leech was squirming and rolling in the small pot, and Old Juan got up and went to check a dead man from the Badi Merchant Group. The two snake dragon eggs covered in moist soil were found in the leather bag carried by the incoming war horse, and he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh again.
"Are you afraid that the survival rate is not high?" Henry, who at some point broke off a piece of palm core nearby, reached out and threw half of it to him. Then he glanced at Geronimo next to him, broke off another piece and threw it away.
"Yes... After all, the snake dragon is a social animal, and the method of incubation... We all know that the snake dragon leaves after laying eggs and allows them to grow on their own, but we don't know whether it is environmental factors or something, using the same method So far, no one has succeeded." The mercenary captain took half of the palm core blankly and looked at Henry for a while, who in his opinion did not get along well with him, and as Old Juan said this, he He covered the leather bag back, and then carefully checked the position below for fear that the snake dragon egg would crack and break during the vibration.
"No matter what, it will be good to be back." He sighed for the third time, then raised his head and glanced around. This sentence made everyone around him feel the same. This long hunting trip was full of disasters. Now that I can safely approach the town, I want to go back home or the hotel where I live to enjoy the civilized world and say goodbye to this damn wilderness. They couldn't help but feel at ease.
The only ones who still frowned were probably Euphemio and Geronimo, the two culprits who caused all this disaster.
Although he likes to make jokes, the young green-brand mercenary is not an idiot who doesn't understand the sins he has committed. He just habitually wants to play tricks to get through as he did in the past. After experiencing a life-and-death crisis again a few days ago, this is finally the case. I understood some truth, so I lowered my head, as if reflecting on my own mistakes.
"I'm back, but there's no way to survive." A self-deprecating smile appeared on Geronimo's hard-lined face. A strong, strong, and leading mercenary like him would be under his command. It was extremely rare to show such a weak expression in front of him, but in the face of public criticism, the only face he could save was that even if he tried not to look good to others and continued to show dignity, it still could not change the predicament in front of him.
Therefore, as if a jar had been broken, the mercenary team leader relaxed, looked up at the sky, and suddenly let out a decadent sigh.
Old Juan next to him was silent. He used a twig to stir the scalded and curled up locusts in the small pot. Then he looked at Henry and paused for a while before speaking slowly: "This matter is not over yet."
He said this: "If you want to blame, you should also blame the enemies of the Batty Chamber of Commerce. The Mercenary Guild has turned a blind eye to these guys for too long. If they continue to be rampant like this, what kind of life can normal people have?" Pass."
Old Juan said, and his words were echoed by the two blue mercenaries and the novices. Although these two free mercenaries named Enrique and Fernando were not as good as Henry and Mira, they were still They were considered good players. With the help of their armor, although they were in a terrible state in the previous battle, they only suffered some minor injuries. After a few days of recovery, they were basically fine.
"Let's go back to the group together. I will speak for you. This trip has cost so many people. Now we have to deal with the Badi business group and we need every ounce of strength." Old Juan said this , his tone was very sincere, and he didn't want to play with Geronimo at all. The tall and strong mercenary team leader was stunned for a moment, then nodded slightly gratefully to Old Juan, but finally lowered his head and sighed.
"Even if you speak for me, so what? You are just a hunting expert..." He sighed, and Old Juan next to him stopped and looked at the sage again for some reason - after The hunter shrugged with a calm expression, while the old hunting expert shook his head and sighed, then tapped the wooden stick on the edge of the small pot to shake off the water, then put it aside and turned towards his A war horse walked away.
"Have you ever thought about it? A second-tier team that trains newcomers, led by a squad leader who has already had contact with Bati's business group, is sending an old and frail guy like me, isn't it? I'm here to monitor you and see if there are any undercover agents among the newbies who have mixed up with the mercenary group." "Uh-" Everyone, including several newbies and Geronimo, looked at them blankly. He, and Old Juan glanced at Henry next to him again, and then lowered his head to look at something he took out from his horseback leather bag: "Some people have guessed it a long time ago..."
"Really, can't there be a few smarter people in my mercenary group?" He said, and then slowly raised the object in his hand: "If the words of a hunting expert are not enough to make people If you feel at ease, how about this."
"Deputy, deputy captain badge..." Jeronimo stared blankly with his big eyes, and Old Juan - as if he was infected by Henry - shrugged and continued: " My real name is Juan V. Felix, one of the deputy leaders of the Lucky 1 Mercenary Group..."
"The current leader of the regiment, Eugene V. Felix, is my son. Do you think this is important enough?" the old mercenary said, and the group of survivors, including Geronimo, The five mercenaries of the mercenary group quickly knelt down on one knee and faced their immediate superiors with an extremely respectful attitude.
"Oh...get up, everyone." Old Juan sighed, and then put back the mercenary group's badge.
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Time passed slowly. After another day passed, Henry and his group finally returned to the town where they started from, scarred and bruised. Naturally, the border guards of a large mercenary group like Lucky were quite familiar with them. Seeing their loss like this After returning home in disgrace, the soldier guarding the gate was so frightened that he ran behind him, trying to find an officer from above to receive him, or someone like a doctor to quickly provide them with all the support they needed.
After showing off the emblem of the deputy leader of the mercenary group, Old Juan, as a respectable person, naturally had to explain it to them in detail. He deliberately downplayed the mistakes committed by his team members, and instead began to sternly condemn the existence of the robbers from Bati's business group, and described a large number of details in the battle, with the intention of not telling the whole truth to impress the people listening next to him. It felt like they were so scarred because of the encounter with those bandits.
The calculations and the art of speech involved were naturally not something that a mere team leader like Geronimo could understand. In short, a long period of time passed and various things happened. By the evening of the day when he returned to town, The group of talents were finally able to separate and go to their respective resting places to rest.
Salaries and other things will be distributed through the guild later, and when leaving, because the heroic act of saving people before touched the unknown corners of the hearts of these young men who can always rely on sweet words to win the favor of women, Mira naturally also It is inevitable that he will be treated with a slightly sensational attitude by Phaedrus and Euphemio.
Fortunately, the girl had grown up more or less in her heart after this battle, and she dealt with it calmly. Euphemio stuttered uncharacteristically and Phaedrus stuttered as always in his farewell words and "I hope to see you again in the future." After expressing her feelings implicitly, she just gave the two of them a bright smile and said goodbye.
The white-haired girl and the black-haired sage who returned to the hotel naturally rested for a while to regain their strength. The long time in the wild for about a month was really exhausting, and it was great to be able to rest peacefully now. .
But after recuperating, Mira suddenly thought of something. Driven by curiosity, she got up again and asked Henry some questions she had after yesterday and today's incident.
The girl's Laman language is still at the level of simple daily communication, but through movements and a series of things she can still determine what happened specifically, and when she asked "Why did old Juan still choose to forgive Geronimo?" , he obviously did collude with the Batty business group, and even if he later stood up for the team members, he could not change the fact that he wanted to kill his companions before, so why could he be easily readmitted in this way?" This question asked Henry. After bringing it up, as expected, our almighty sage began to speak for her in that calm tone again.
"Jeronimo came up with this idea because he had been working in the Lucky Mercenary Group for many years but failed to get promoted. Although his plan had some considerations during the execution stage, it was It is full of loopholes and is obviously something that only an outsider would think of." The sage briefly recounted the specific content of his conversation with Old Juan that he had not been able to tell Mira before, and then continued.
"If it is a person who is better at playing tricks, then he will definitely not collude with the forces that he has been found to have contact with long ago, but will find another force. After all, even if the plan succeeds, what will happen afterwards? The possibility of someone being suspected and being found out is also very high." Henry said, and Mira nodded seriously: "So, this Mr. Captain, is actually just as he seems, he is an impulsive person. It’s not like he has any real brains.”
She said, and this time the sage nodded: "Yes, but no matter what, he has been in the mercenary group for a long time. If we punish him like this and remove him from the mercenary group, , an orange mercenary who knows a lot of information inside the mercenary group is wandering around without control, obviously the harm caused will be greater."
"What Juan said about taking action against the Badi business group is true, and at this critical juncture, if you drive Geronimo out, you think his first choice would be to go there with hatred. Who do you want to go to?"
"...That's true." Mira sat on the edge of the bed and said thoughtfully.
"So it's better to control him within the mercenary group. This person doesn't have any sophisticated strategies or government. He can't even hide his own plan well. In addition, so many of his subordinates died this time, it will definitely No one will follow him loyally anymore. In other words, although Old Juan forgave him, in fact, Geronimo's future will not be smooth." Henry picked up the glass cup next to him and took a sip of water. The wealthy Southern City-State Alliance, which has very few fragile items on the west coast, is a common existence. He continued: "Although he has been forgiven, and maybe he will not be punished and will be promoted to a certain extent in the future, but as a hunter The future of mercenaries ends here."
"It has a name but no real power. It uses a mercenary group as a cage for house arrest."
"But despite this, Geronimo, who made such a big mistake, was not punished. He will also shed tears of gratitude to Old Juan who facilitated all this. He will definitely not think about rebellion again." The sage drank all the water in the cup, and Mira, who had listened to all this, was silent for a while, then exhaled slowly and spoke in a not high tone.
"So scheming..." she said. Henry put down the cup and shrugged: "That guy is quite dangerous. He has a lot of knowledge and is well aware of the interpersonal relationships and human nature here."
"Like some bad sage." Mira rolled her eyes, and Henry responded with a shrug again.
"By the way, what would Euphemio be like?"
"The newcomer who is worthless will probably be kicked away. Although he has experienced some changes after experiencing two life-and-death moments, once he returns to this materialistic town, his true colors will soon be revealed again."
"After all, people are very susceptible to change." The sage looked out the window through the glass. Everything was bright. Just one town was almost as big as the richest city in Biavenella. Prosperity.
"It's so cruel, be it this place or this world." Mira turned over and hugged the soft pillow.
"That's it, little Mira." Henry stepped forward and opened the window, letting the cool night breeze blow into the room.
"That's how it is."
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Note: Felix means lucky, so the so-called Lucky Mercenary Group actually sounds like Felix Mercenary Group. If the last name is exactly the same as the Mercenary Group, everyone will naturally guess it. Different vocabulary is used here to distinguish between mercenary groups and individuals. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please visit m.read for a better reading experience.
