Summoning the Holy Sword

The rain stopped in the middle of the night, which allowed mercenaries to continue their journey in the clear air and bright sunshine early in the morning. The refreshing morning made everyone feel better, at least no longer as low as it was under the dark clouds like yesterday. After breakfast, the mercenaries packed up and went on the road.

The girl who happened to meet yesterday was not far behind them at the moment, following everyone. At this moment, she had put on her original clothes, and pushed her flock to the back with a wooden staff. After the girl woke up, she asked Rhodes to find out that she was indeed a resident of Gaoya Village, but the specific situation was unknown. It is difficult for girls to speak because of the mask. Communicating only by nodding or shaking your head is obviously not able to conduct complex conversations. So in the end Rhode decided to take the girl back to Gaoya Village, and by the way ask what was going on.

The girl who has been hungry for a whole day has no strength. If Li Jie had added some strength to her through the Holy Art, I am afraid that the girl can't stand even now. But even so, she still politely and persistently refused the other mercenaries' kind help, and instead gritted her teeth and held a wooden staff to drive the flock. I have to say that it seems that she is very handy in doing this. At least, driven by the girl, these sheep are very obedient to follow her.

After being on the road, the topic of mercenaries has not left the girl. After all, although these people have participated in many adventures, they have never seen such a strange thing.

"What a poor child, why are you treated like this?"

"Can it be cursed? I heard that some people treat those cursed like this."

"Don't be kidding, wouldn't Miss Li Jie feel the curse? She said it was just sick."

"Is there a wound on my face? That's why I covered it deliberately? I've seen it in the city. After a lady got a fire injury on her face, she wrapped her face in cloth all day and refused to see anyone ..."

"That's just covering it up. It's not that you can't even drink water or eat. Didn't you see the collar and chain around the girl's neck? This is obviously someone who deliberately tortured her."

"But who would do this? The average person wouldn't be so cruel ..."

"You all say ordinary people, can Gao Ya's residues be counted among ordinary people?"

Upon hearing the companion's response, one mercenary gave a rather disdainful answer, and the other mercenaries ended the topic in a timely manner.

Frankly, they really do n’t want to go to Gaoya Village. In fact, the attitude of Shana and Old Walker also represents the attitude of these mercenaries-if possible, they would rather want those people to die in the hands of the undead. Not willing to come here to help them drive away the undead, after all, these guys have a bad reputation, and now almost everyone in the Rhodes mercenary group except Marin has been angry with them, which makes these mercenaries very uncomfortable.

In many people's eyes, the people in Gaoya Village are a group of remnants who don't want anything for money. Their reputation has spread a long time ago. Since then, almost no mercenaries have been willing to serve them. But this group of people can be said to be shameless. They even come to the mercenary association's door, crying and begging for help from the mercenaries. At the same time, all of them are in tears. . And when the mercenaries relented to help them complete, these guys immediately turned their faces and turned them out of the village.

Facing such a situation, the mercenaries were angry and hate, but there was no way. Because there is a guy in Gaoya Village who acts as the captain of the nearby area. Once the mercenaries and the villagers have any disputes, they will immediately sue. Although mercenaries are impulsive in surname, what they can do can be regarded as "serious business", and it is not their choice to be arrested by the defense team. To kill someone for a moment and then go to the old forest in the mountains to be a robber. It's okay to think about it. It's a fool to do it.

And this time they are still willing to follow Rhodes. On the one hand, Clause represents the rich reward given by Deep Stone City. Just half of the deposit paid in advance allows those mercenaries to get a dozen gold coins each. Since this is the official money giving, there is no possible surname for the account, and they don't mind showing their "professional ethics"-as long as the money is given, they are good guests.

Of course, on the other hand, they are very curious about how Rhodes will deal with the residents of Gaoya Village. Although they have not been with Rhodes for a long time, these mercenaries already have a good understanding of Rhodes , Calm, cruel and quite unrelenting, since he can open a killing ring directly at the mercenary guild for a joke, then no one can guarantee that when he sees the group of residues in Gaoya Village, the head of the group Able to maintain his good temper-but in fact for most mercenaries, they never seem to have seen this young man with a cold face when he has a good temper.

Because of this, it can be said that in this group of people, half of the motivation to support their actions comes from Rhode's attitude, and the other half comes from generous rewards. As for the targets being rescued, they did not go to their hearts at all.

From this we can imagine how bad the reputation of the people in Gaoya Village among the mercenaries.

"Mr. Rhodes, that child looks really pathetic ..."

Walking next to Rhode, Li Jie looked back and worried from time to time and looked at the girl who was following them strenuously. Although everyone had slowed down in order to cooperate with her, most of them were adults. Coming naturally soon. Although the girl tried hard to follow, but she was still young, and she had not eaten before, and she had not much energy. The mountain road leading to Gaoya Village was twisting and winding, so it was not easy to walk. So the girl was always panting, but even so, she never expressed the intention to borrow someone else's hand. Li Jie tried to help her several times, but she was rejected by the girl.

"It's a very strong child, but ... it's too hard for her."

Marin looked at the girl with an admiring look. Unlike Li Jie, she greatly appreciated the self-improving spirit of the girl. Although she would be very hard to say this, the girl knew it would be the case and still chose to do Instead of relying on others, it also admired Marin. And the way she paid her respect was always watching her efforts, not choosing to undermine the girl's persistence.

"And she seems to like the leader very much."

With her hands behind her back, Annie, who made a slack gesture, said with a smile, but in fact she was not wrong. In this group, if the girl cares most is Rhodes, she always secretly Looking at young people, I don't know why. Of course, this is not strange to some other people. After all, Rhodes is a man, but he has such a beautiful face of a female surname, which is always noticeable. In addition, his voice was a bit low, and he couldn't hear whether it was a man or a woman for a while, so just from this point, it was enough for many people to stare at him. And Rhodes himself clearly knew his fault, so he simply didn't say a word. Even if the girl went to see it, he didn't care about this little thing.

"I feel a dark power in the child."

Just then, the silent angel who had been following Rhodes suddenly said.

Celia was summoned by Rhodes in the morning when people weren't paying attention. Since the target they were dealing with this time was undead, the angels who were their natural enemies must not be spared. Moreover, Rhode also hopes to use this to show his status, so that those in Gaoya Village who have low dogs' eyes can learn to judge the situation and lower their attitude towards them.

For Celia's sudden appearance, the mercenaries were not surprised. After the forest battle at dusk, most of them also knew that a ghost angel was standing by their regimental side, so it was not surprising.

"Dark forces?"

Hearing this unknown word, Ma Lin frowned.

"Bloodline? Curse?"

"It's not very clear, but it seems that the child himself didn't seem to notice that he should not be awake yet."

Celia whispered, she glanced at the girl, and then quickly looked away.

"But this force is very weak and should not have any bad influence on the surroundings."

"Maybe that's why she's wearing a mask?"

Annie shook her head curiously, and frowned.

"But looking at her, Annie doesn't think she looks like someone who can do bad things."

"A lot of people are like this. It's normal to fear and alienate things they don't understand."

Marlene took the conversation and said.

"But it's a bit overkill to do this ......... but just by Miss Celia's statement, we can't confirm anything, only to wait in Gaoya Village and see what is going on."

While talking, Gao Yacun finally appeared in front of everyone.

It is a small village located on the mountainside. From the surface, it seems that it is no different from other villages. Wooden fences surround hundreds of huts, and a clear river flows from top to bottom. Flowing past, the windmill slowly turns under the action of the current, the children laughing and chasing and chasing and playing, people working in the field, a scene of prosperity and harmony.

"cut!"

Seeing this scene before, many of the mercenaries screamed dissatisfaction. Perhaps from the perspective of others, this scene made them very doubtful whether the rumors they had heard before were true. However, this is another matter for mercenaries. If it is those cruel and cunning guys, then they will recognize it because they can only blame themselves for being careless when dealing with such a guy. But the most unpleasant aspect of Gaoya Village is this. They have good relations with the defensive team, businessmen and even travelers, but they have "professional discrimination" against mercenaries, which is why many mercenaries dislike them. . Because of this, the scene of harmony now makes the mercenaries feel that these **** are hypocritical and disgusting.

"You guys, stand still!"

Soon, the mercenaries were stopped by the militiamen at the entrance of the village. They held their arms, raised their chins, and looked at the crowd with taunting eyes.

"You are ... mercenaries?"

"Yes."

Rod stepped forward and nodded slightly.

"We were commissioned by the Claus Lord to come here to expel undead. Is there any problem?"

"Why did you go early! Just come now !?"

Looking at Rhodes, the head of the militia captain shouted fiercely, and then waved the weapon in his hands.

"Do you know how troublesome these **** undead creatures are? We are really tossed! Really, it seems that the mercenaries are really a **** who asks for money, and you do n’t give you any money. Do you have no heart? Well, let me in! I said in the front, but here is the main business, do n’t you, the savage mercenaries, give me any trouble here! Otherwise ... Go to the garrison, you should know what happened. "

"Pooh!"

Hearing here, a mercenary spit coldly and saw his movement, and the militia captain immediately widened his eyes.

"Why, do you still have opinions? I tell you, if it's not troublesome this time, we won't ask for help from the Administrative Officer. You can come very well. What's your opinion? Tell you, obediently, Don't get in trouble, do your job well, and get out of the way. If you broke something or made a mess during the mission, don't blame us for an appeal from the Administrative Officer! By that time, you Don't even get it! "

After speaking in one breath, the militia captain didn't seem to notice Rhode's cold eyes. He just held the sword in his hand, walked along the line like a prisoner, and looked at the crowd carefully. And when his eyes fell on the **** the back, the militia captain's face immediately became ugly.

"You little bitch! Why did you come back now! Where did you go to be lazy!"

He roared and strode forward, and when he noticed his movements, the girl shivered subconsciously. She clung to the wooden staff in her hand and stood uneasily.

As the militia captain walked by, a hand suddenly protruded from the side and blocked in front of him.

(To be continued)