
Apart from the Cave Wolves Charge Army Corps, no other mercenary corps realized that they would not face a rank eight high-tier magical beast, but a true rank twelve ferocious beast, either, the Peak of the Mythological Beast.
These people were secretly absorbed by the gifts and items the Phoenix would obtain in this mission. They don't know, what's going to happen soon is a real nightmare.
Thousands of people had continued the journey early the next morning.
On the tenth day of the journey, the original ease and joy in the hearts of the people were all erased in this long journey. Except for the masters, none of them knew where they were headed. As they aimlessly moved forward, their hearts had long been overwhelmed by confusion and uncertainty.
Several mercenary corps heads had discussed together and ended up asking the employer about the purpose of this trip, as leaving aimlessly kept these mercenaries in low spirits.
Unfortunately, the main leader did not give a response as he had stated before their departure that the purpose of this trip would be kept secret, and this was to shut the mouths of some of these mercenary heads.
The Mercenary rules were extremely strict, if the conditions of the task had been agreed upon, then no matter what circumstances, they had no room to retreat. Otherwise, if they were to clash with the current employer, not only would the reputation of their own mercenary corps be damaged, even the commission for this task would be lost. They had been traveling for ten days now, if they returned after these ten days without getting anything, how could they reconcile.
Thus, a very strange atmosphere appeared throughout the team. Everyone shut their mouths and continued to be in a daze as they watched the eternal and unchanging daylight.
Of course, these people did not include the members of the Cave Wolves Paying Army Corps. It was because they already knew from Du Lang's mouth that the purpose of this trip was Mount Ku Luo. The day after departure, these people had already started preparing to enter Mount Ku Luo.
During the night break, the members of the Cave Wolves Pay Army Corps always used a bit of time to train each other, which made him completely incomprehensible to the other mercenaries who were on their way to exhaustion.
Why did this group of people act as if their lives depended on it? Although their target was a high-level magical beast, they had thousands of people in the team. There were also at least twenty or thirty Senior professions, and over hundreds of mid-level professions. Even if it was a rank eight magical beast, their strength could still compete with it.
Along this journey, if they did not ride horses, they were in a hurried carriage. Along the way, the journey was very bumpy, so their bodies felt like they were falling apart. But this group of people actually still have the energy to train after camp.
Is this animal crowd still human?
This approach of the Cave Wolves Pay Army Corps had attracted the attention of other mercenary heads and masters.
The heads of the other mercenary corps felt that their own mercenaries were not comparable to the members of the Cave Wolves Paying Army Corps. During this trip, the Cave Wolves Pay Army Corps actually did not relax but continued to train. It just makes them embarrassed.
Wouldn't this make the employer hate their mercenary group for being so weak?
Why so evil? You are obviously already very strong, yet you are still desperately working hard. What makes our mercenary corps group?
Every other mercenary corps chief felt like he was losing face, so they immediately ordered their mercenaries to take action after their break with the posture of "we are actually very diligent".
The days passed, and finally on the twelfth day after their departure, many mercenary corps heads finally realized where their destination was.
In front of them, they could see the boundless wilderness, on the dry ground were speckled cracks where the occasional hot air came out from within.
Thousands of people stopped their steps in front of this remote place. Other than Du Lang, all the heads of the mercenary corps immediately felt their hearts leap down the throat upon seeing this piece of barren land.
Main Leader: Surprised fool, look at us now at Mount Ku Luo.
Head of mercenary corps: (╬ ⁇ ) ⁇ ︵┻┻
Unfortunately, how did the physical strength of these mercenaries compare to the strength of the Cave Wolves mercenaries?
Riding all day made them exhausted, and with great difficulty, they finally managed to rest for a short period of time. However, unexpectedly, their heads urged them to practice. This decisiveness was too hard to bear, it was unbearable. In just a day, each of these mercenaries, who had undergone stern training, lowered their heads in despair.
Inside the carriage, their entire bodies felt extremely tired and helpless. Everyone felt like they were dead. Should they keep practicing, right !? If they did not practice, at least during the day, they would have enough energy. But if they practiced, their little break time would be knocked out of them, and they would not be able to keep watch. In front of the listless mercenary group, the heads had no choice but to stop all activities and were forced to give up their comparative mentality between their own mercenaries and the Cave Wolves mercenaries.
Cave Wolves mercenaries were better off not torturing themselves to the point of being unrecognizable, even before they were beaten by them when the time came. Although there were many large and small mercenary corps in the Black City, but because of the location the Black City was not a truly prosperous place, and the area was not very large, either, so the strength of the mercenary corps in general was not that great.
So much so that if the most prosperous cities in the Long Xuan Empire casually took out a medium-sized mercenary corps, a few seconds would be enough to defeat all of them. The only exception to this was the one considered an elite, the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps. All the performance and abilities of the mercenary corps were caught by the employer's gaze.
For that incompetent mercenary corps, the main leader and his people showed great contempt to them. Such a gathering place of trash, they were actually very shameless to claim themselves as a medium-sized mercenary corps. The days passed, and finally on the twelfth day after their departure, many mercenary heads finally realized where they were headed.
In front of them, they could see the boundless wilderness, and on the dry ground were speckled cracks where the occasional hot air came out from within. Thousands of people stopped their steps in front of this remote place. Other than Du Lang, all of the mercenary heads immediately felt their hearts jump down to the throat upon seeing this piece of land.
They looked in horror at that remote place. And the only shady area, with the tall mountains and countless green vegetation all over the mountain, had covered everyone's view. This seemingly ordinary piece of mountain had become a nightmare within the minds of these mercenary heads.
Mount Ku Luo! Their destination was actually Mount Ku Luo! Legend has it that countless mercenary corps have classified Mount Ku Luo as one of the three main forbidden areas of Long Xuan Empire! At this moment, all the faces of the head turned deathly pale.
As for the rumors regarding Mount Ku Luo, they already knew it by heart. This place, which had allowed countless elite mercenaries to die as they fled, was actually their goal.
"Are you kidding me! ? Don't tell me the Phoenix's nest is on Mount Ku Luo?” The mercenary head could no longer hold back the shock in his heart and headed straight for the main leader in front of them. His eyes were wide open, and his tone was full of disbelief.
The main leader glanced at the noisy mercenary head, his eyes emitting a hint of disdain. “Mount Ku Luo is a restricted area for mercenaries. I, your father, won't go in there just to have trouble!” The other head directly showed his point of view.
They come here to make money, but they should be able to spend money for life! Mount Ku Luo was extremely dangerous, and this had been etched into the hearts of every mercenary. Not only was this mountain filled with magical beasts, but it was hidden in every corner as well as that opportunistic demon.
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This was truly the most terrifying place in the hearts of the people, a bit of abandonment and they would be reduced as food for magical beasts and demons.
Making them enter the demon land like that, they were completely unwilling.
Shen Yanxiao frowned as she looked at the fierce reaction of this group of mercenary heads. Their panic and retreating actions compared to Du Lang's previous response, were completely unbearable to look at.
They were all heads of medium-sized mercenary corps, but facing a forbidden area like Mount Ku Luo, even though there was little concern, Du Lang still held to the mercenary principle. Not only did he not retreat, instead, the first thing he did was to let all of his mercenaries prepare for the challenge.
On the other hand, these heads, who were in the same position as Du Lang, upon seeing Mount Ku Luo, they did not think of coordinating their mercenaries, either, or do their best to complete the task, but they directly want to get their people out of this terrible place.
Although the intentional concealment of the employer was rather ominous, when the crowd heard the rich gifts and traces of the Phoenix, the, they didn't care much anymore about the employer's concealment and just thought it was a good thing like a cake falling from the sky.
In a recent analysis, the previous employers had shown that the mission was dangerous. Otherwise, they wouldn't have employed all the mid-sized mercenary corps in the entire Black City. The concealment of the destination had also been agreed upon by all of them since the early hours of the morning. They are the ones who have been blinded by greed, and only see immediate gain, who do not expect that this lucrative gain is a hidden danger.
Du Lang and the other heads had very different reactions, which made Shenyin admire him even more.
With such courage and thought, he was afraid that he could become more than just the head of a medium-sized mercenary corps.
Shen Yanxiao silently touched her chin. He got another layer of understanding of Du Lang's nature, and this layer gave rise to the idea in his mind.
If Du Lang and the Cave Wolf Mercenary Corps valued integrity greatly, making friends with them would be worth it.
No one knew better than him how terrifying the danger they would face. Other than ferocious magical beasts and cunning demons, they would still have to face a Phoenix that had reached the level of a Mythological Beast!
Although the Cave Wolf Mercenary Corps was quite brave, but in any case, their strength was still too weak. In front of a Mythological Beast, their existence was basically like an ant. Other than the seven wolves, he was afraid that no one else would be able to withstand the Phoenix's blow, let alone be able to retreat with the entire body intact.
These past few days, he had been living together with the Cave Wolf Mercenary Corps. Although those mercenaries were very unhappy about how Du Lang brought such obstacles, they did not really make things difficult for him. Instead, after a few days of familiarity, some of these mercenaries over 20 years old had treated him as a younger brother. Although some would still be impolite and immediately turn their backs on him.
Although there were Du Lang's orders to follow, this group of mercenaries also had its own factors. They were a bunch of unyielding heroes, so even though they were dissatisfied with boring looks, their adult minds were unwilling to bully a child. Although Shen Yanxiao's existence was a little awkward, their mentality remained smooth.
This little fellow is the one that our leader brought along, how could we possibly let the other mercenaries bully him!
Therefore, along the way, Shen Yanxiao received a lot of personal care from these Cave Wolves mercenaries. The younger mercenaries treated him as their own brother all day, and the older mercenaries were more straightforward in taking care of him by showing a gentle temperament, it was as if they were the elders of his original family.
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Because of such a situation, Shen Yanxiao could not help but remember her past life, her own group of partners before.
The team of thieves formed by the previous organization consisted of old and young, with Shen Yanxiao being the youngest. When he had just joined for the first time, the humiliation he had encountered did not diminish. Even so, most of them only muttered a few words, in fact, whenever he encountered danger, they would always save him immediately.
At that moment, Shen Yanxiao's strength was not the strongest, therefore she sometimes faced some difficult problems while carrying out missions. But almost at every crucial moment, teams hiding in the darkness would appear and one by one eliminate the danger.
*While it is in the present*
Vicious Wolf: Why is he just standing there and not moving? As if he's not here right now *preview SYX*
Mercenary A: We have nothing to do with it! He suddenly stopped moving.
Du Lang: Shut up now, we don't want to ruin a good flashback, do we?
Mercenary A and Vicious Wolf: Eh? Flashback?
Du Lang: AH just shut up and wait until he returns from his memory!
Because of the situation, Shen Yanxiao could not help but remember her past life and her previous group of colleagues.
The team of thieves formed by the previous organization consisted of old and young, with Shen Yanxiao being the youngest. When he had just joined for the first time, the humiliation he had encountered was no less. Even so, most of them only muttered a few words. In fact, every time he encountered danger, they would immediately save him.
Back then, Shen Yanxiao's strength was not the strongest; hence, she sometimes faced some difficult problems while on missions.
Yet almost at every crucial time, a team member hiding in the darkness would appear and one by one break the obstacles.
Shen Yanxiao then learned that even though this group of people had been trained by the organization, each of them in the team had a deep friendship with each other.
Their initial rejection of Shen Yanxiao was mainly because they could not bear to see such a young girl going on a dangerous mission.
Until Shen Yanxiao's strength surged and claimed the title of World Number One Thief, she had been forced by the organization to leave the team and take separate training. However, the memories of that moment were always on his mind.
Now, during these past ten days when he had been living together with the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps, he had actually felt a familiar feeling from before. It was as if she was the youngest little sister who wanted to be protected by the group of elders and younger brothers.
This complicated emotion really made Shen Yanxiao depressed for quite some time. Soon, they would face many dangers, but he did not know how to alert this group of honest mercenaries.
Seeing how irresistible the other mercenary corps were, Shen Yanxiao had to make up her mind. Previously, he had thought that with the influence of the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps, the other mercenary corps would coordinate with them well, and they would probably have a chance to survive.
But looking at the group of trash in front of him that was already scared silly even before the war started by just standing in front of Mount Ku Luo, the, he knew that they were not enough to fight alongside the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps. Standing beside Shen Yanxiao was a young member of the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps.
Seeing how Shen Yanxiao's brows furrowed, she whispered, Little “Huo'er, don't be afraid. If the time comes when we face a dangerous situation, the other brothers will definitely take care of you. In addition, there is Vicious Wolf by your side to protect you. So you will definitely escape here in one piece. "
That mercenary was only eighteen or nineteen years old, and his strength was only at the Primer level profession.
However, when facing the danger of Mount Ku Luo, the first thing he thought about was how to calm the younger brother he had just met. They didn't want to see this little guy at first, but this little guy didn't act like a kid at all, didn't act childish and deliberate. Instead, he had been very quiet these past few days. This made this group of mercenaries suddenly feel pity for this small and fragile thing so they started taking care of him like their juniors. It should be known that being a mercenary was a blood licking profession at the tip of a knife, and they would probably die on a mission one day.
These mercenaries were mostly without family or friends. Getting married at the age of thirty was common to them.
When they became Cave Wolves mercenaries, they had long given up the idea of family because if one day they died on a mission, wouldn't their wives end up as widows? Moreover, these mercenaries worked for eleven months of the year, and they had no time to spend with their families. Instead of involving others, they should support themselves and spend their days with their brothers and sisters.
These mercenaries could not help but feel pity and pity for this little man who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. they had long given up the idea of family because if one day they died on a mission, wouldn't their wives be widows? Moreover, these mercenaries worked for eleven months of the year, and they had no time to spend with their families.
Shen Yanxiao looked at the mercenaries who were trying to calm her down, and her mouth had a slight faint smile.
They were all clear about the dangers lurking within Mount Ku Luo, yet none of the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps retreated. At this moment, they were actually still trying to calm him down, the person who was considered a "draggler". He had experienced the same actions from his former comrades in his previous life.
Unfortunately…
In return for the unlimited warmth and support they provide to her, the entire team is eventually wiped out during the mission of the organization.
This time, could he allow himself to watch the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps suffer the same consequences?
Shen Yanxiao silently clenched her fists.
Even though she was not a good person, she valued people who were kind to her. Du Lang's original invitation did have another reason. However, the members of the Cave Wolves Pay Army Corps have been sincerely guarding him for these past few days. Each of them treated him as an ordinary little man.
In his past life, he was controlled by others, and he was powerless to resist.
In this world, he would absolutely not allow the same thing to happen before his eyes.
In some aspects, certain individuals are like wild beasts that have absolutely no moral integrity; however, they suddenly weigh the word friendship heavier than heaven. Perhaps because he took it for granted in his past life, this time made the value of his friendship higher.
Even if they had only been together for a short period of more than ten days, the Cave Wolves Mercenary Corps had shown their attention to him. So he decided not to let any of them suffer danger!
Shen Yanxiao secretly made an oath. The other mercenary corps had nothing to do with him, but he would definitely protect the Cave Wolves Paying Army Corps once they entered Mount Ku Luo!
On that side, many mercenaries were in a huge mess. Each and every mercenary head rushed in front of the main leader to question this matter about Mount Ku Luo.
The main leader's face actually looked indifferent as he looked at this group of agitated mercenary heads, and his eyes emitted a cold meaning.
“I have explained this task to all of you since the morning of departure, and you all agreed in advance. But now you're backing out? Whahuh? Is it true that the Black City mercenaries are all cowards? To actually dare accept the task, but not have the guts to complete it? Just because you see a little difficulty, so you won't lift your legs forward anymore? If many of you are so brave like this, then don't embarrass the name of the mercenaries; scram and be a farmer, ” the main leader sneered after the crowd. His every word was sharp, ruthlessly slapping the faces of these few mercenary heads.
Shen Yanxiao narrowed her eyes. What the main leader said was not wrong. All of this was agreed upon before. According to the rules of the mercenaries, one had to weigh their own strength well whether they were capable of performing the task. If they think they have the ability to do the task, then they can accept it. If they somehow find that they misjudged their abilities, they should stick to the task and get it done to the best of their ability. This is how it works.
These people actually backed out of the deal was a serious insult to the word mercenary.
But…
Shen Yanxiao sneered in her heart. The main leader is not a good person either. Although he mentioned the advantages and advantages for this task and also mentioned that his goal was Phoenix, he deliberately reduced a rank twelve Mythological Beast to a rank eight high magical beast. This four-stage difference was enough to cause the extermination of thousands of people. This guy is really merciless.
The main leader's nagging did not contain any obscene words in it, yet it still hit this group of mercenaries so hard that they felt their entire face bleed. For a while, not a single word of rebuttal was heard.
It was true that their approach damaged the reputation of the mercenaries, but it could not be blamed on all of them.
Who would have thought that his goal was Mount Ku Luo? This place is a nightmare for all mercenaries. Unless their brains were flooded with water, no one would be willing to perform such a task.
One had to say that this master had exploited the loophole, letting this group of mercenaries think that they only had to deal with rank eight Phoenixes, though, but they did not expect that the location of the Phoenix's nest would be so dangerous.
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All of the mercenary corps here were also highly ranked in the Black City. If this matter were to spread in the future, it was feared that when someone wanted to hire them back then, they would definitely consider their stain in this mission. Credibility is key for mercenaries.
However, did they really want to enter Mount Ku Luo?
The main leader seemed to be mocking them, making the scalp of these mercenaries turn black. Knowing that they were now hesitating, he immediately sneered in his heart, then said, “Although Mount Ku Luo was known as a terrible place outside, during that time, the mercenary corps, was, the one that barely escaped, only had a hundred people at all. Not having any understanding of Mount Ku Luo and underestimating the enemies, causing their end to be nearly annihilated. Yet who was unaware of the current state of affairs in Mount Ku Luo? Who would dare to underestimate the enemy? Moreover, we have over 1000 people on this team, even if the demons in Mount Ku Luo are thinking of attacking us, he said, they still have to worry about their ability to fight against our thousand troops.
From Eternal Love aka the Three Lives of the Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Flowers
Shen Yanxiao: Ah, this is very boring. When will the battle scene begin?
Shen Yanxiao: *Play with the sword*Oho, look my friends can balance the sword!
Tang Nazhi: Don't play sword, young lady! Go back to your scene and stop out of the plot!
Shen Yanxiao: It's as if you don't just appear when you're not even in this bow!
Qi Xia: *freeze Tang Nazhi*Good, forgot to tie it. Now if you excuse me. *dragging Tang Nazhi*'s body*