Mercenaries and Adventurers

The Anvina knight laughed and fell back into the black smoke that blocked his sight. The thief, whose right arm was cut off by the giant ax, gritted his teeth tightly and looked at his arm when he finally fell.

His right arm is strong and slender, and his slender and strong fingers show that he has a good background.

It should have been a pair of elegant hands that manipulated paintbrushes or musical instruments, but now after so many years, it was probably familiar with lock picks and daggers.

The right hand that was spinning away was still holding the undead bone dagger tightly, and it quickly stiffened because it was separated from the body. Thief Yisi's shoulder was still spurting out small streams of blood, but the blood on the section of his arm was strangely half-solidified into a dark, suspicious substance.

"Sure enough, I won't get any good results from using such an evil weapon, right?"

He thought so.

Then, he fell heavily into the gang's inner courtyard in darkness.

The instinct brought by long-term training allowed him to magically land on his legs first when he landed, even though he had been severely injured while he was in the air.

After all, he was not a knight with inhuman strength. Although he landed with his feet first, and he even bent his legs to absorb the impact of the landing, his knees still hit the ground heavily.

Groaning in pain, Thief Yisi rolled forward, not only to reduce the impact of landing by rolling, but also because the knight's attacks followed one after another.

Rub—boom!

It is common for knights to fall from a high place, so as soon as the Anvina knight landed, he immediately spun and threw towards the place where the sound of the thief who landed almost at the same time was heard.

The rotating giant ax scratched the stones on the ground and drew a shallow ditch. It quickly flew forward for several meters, and then flew back again at the knight's call.

Shot empty.

The knight knew very well that he had missed something just now.

"Cunning fellow, accept your death!" Knight Anvina took a deep breath and immediately smelled the blood of the opponent with his extraordinary sense of smell. Even though there were many casualties around him, he still smelled it from all kinds of blood. The taste of that honorless guy's blood.

Don't ask, it's just a man's intuition.

The opponent did not collapse after being hit hard. After falling to the ground and rolling to avoid his axe, he immediately moved in one direction.

The knight raised his stride and gave chase.

"Don't even think about running away! Go to hell!"

The two chased each other and fled. Logically speaking, it is impossible for a thief without inhuman strength to surpass the knight in terms of mobility. However, after all, the black smoke around him that obstructed his vision has not dissipated, and the thief is not stupidly heading straight towards the target. Run.

The thief Yi Si dodged left and right and moved in a zigzag pattern, changing directions back and forth, making the tall and heavy Anvina Knight unable to increase his speed due to the weight of his body.

"There are still a few steps to go, and the well in the corner of the house will be there."

The thief tried his best to dodge the rotating giant ax coming from behind. After taking the viper night vision potion, he could barely see the well sandwiched between the two houses.

The seemingly inconspicuous well is actually an emergency entrance to and from the underground lair.

However, this hidden entrance has not been used since it was built. If he had no other better way, he would not choose this place.

It was easier to enter the underground lair from the house where his bedroom was, but where he landed there was a nasty stupid bear knight sandwiched in the middle. There is no choice but to choose this nearest and most unexpected entrance and exit.

When he was about to enter the well, there was another fatal roaring sound behind him. The thief Yisi gritted his teeth and fought hard. He stopped turning, gathered strength in his legs, and jumped straight towards the well.

He shrunk and spun in the air, dodging the giant ax that was swinging diagonally from behind. Then he unfolded his body and threw his head and feet into the entrance of the well.

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"Where have you gone? Huh? Come out?"

The Knight of Anvina could not see the existence of the well, so after the thief entered the well, he could no longer smell the other person's blood.

He threw the giant ax with both hands towards the place where the opponent last disappeared. Apart from the sound of rocks being shattered, there was nothing else.

"Disappeared? Damn it, where did you go!"

The knight was angry, but it was no use. The guy ran away.

Stomping his feet heavily, the knight finally vented his anger and then continued to command the surrounding men.

"I am Anwena, boys, please give me a shout and let me know where you are!" the knight said loudly.

The soldiers, who had been silent until now to disturb the knight's fight with the gang boss thief, heard the call and immediately responded.

"Sir, we are in the front room."

"Lord Knight Anvina, I am Lubis from Kendall. My people and I are controlling the captured Yisi Bladehead gang in the house on the west side. There are many captives. Please send someone to assist." Lubis also responded immediately, and because of the activity of Keir and Zambirus, he defeated many gang thugs and captured them.

Then, Pawei's voice rang from the house on the east side, which was the house where the thieves came out before: "Lord Knight Anvina, I also occupied this house with my men, knocked down and captured several Gang manpower.”

Knight Anvina nodded with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, his nephew took the initiative to capture an enemy's house in the black smoke that made him unable to see. He did not lag behind the outsiders and did a good job.

But then the knight frowned: "Fron! Furlong? Where did you die?"

When the local soldier captain Furlong heard the knight's call, he was embarrassed to speak at first, but at this time he had to touch the side of the house at the back door and approach the inner courtyard from the carriage entrance to answer the knight's call.

"Sir, I'm sorry to disappoint you." Furlong awkwardly held a two-handed ax in one hand and touched the outer wall of the house on the side with the other.

"Our attack here was thwarted, and the house at the back door was actually filled with traps. Several soldiers were killed or captured, and I and others were lucky enough to escape from the traps in the house."

Although he was very embarrassed, Furlong was a veteran. He knew that this was not the time to harm his face. He was not strong enough to take the house at the back door. At this time, he had to let the Knight of Anwena come on.

Holding on or defending yourself will only delay the opportunity and time.

"Sir, I'm sorry, but please support us."

"Hmph." Knight Anvina snorted coldly, but didn't say much. Victory and defeat are common matters for military strategists. This sentence does not exist in other worlds, but the same truth is the same.

The knight just felt a little embarrassed in front of outsiders, that's all.

"Okay, you take your people and cover up from outside the house. Keep your ears open and don't let a gang member escape. Come with a few people and follow my footsteps to take down the house. Let me see them. How can you stop my soldiers!"

Upon hearing the call, four soldiers ran out of the front door of the house, carrying long knives and swords and immediately followed the knight with heavy footsteps. Even though they couldn't be seen from the surroundings, the clear and heavy footsteps of the knights guided them very well.

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"Whirring whirring."

Under the thief's mask, the thief Yisi was breathing rapidly. At this time, he was hanging upside down in the middle of the well, neither up nor down, relying entirely on his legs that were upside down and spread to support his entire body.

With only one hand left, he could not rely on one hand to hold himself up in the well.

Fortunately, the inside of the well is not very wide, and the well walls on both sides are uneven. Although it is a bit slippery, the leather pants and boots on his body have good friction.

The thief's legs are very strong, so even if this position is very uncomfortable, he can still maintain it for a long time, but his primary goal at this time is to stop the wound on his right shoulder.

He was lying down, and blood was still dripping from the wound, making the thief's face gradually turn pale.

He immediately took out the dry powder of hemostatic medicine from the small hardwood box on his waist. This dry powder of medicine mixed with a very small amount of blood-coagulated snake venom can completely block the wound as long as it touches the wound slightly, and the blood in contact with the inside of the wound will also remain. It solidifies quickly and blocks the severed blood vessels.

But the pain this thing brings to people is just as powerful as its hemostatic effect.

"Mmm, hoo, hoo, hoo."

The sound-absorbing puffy mask couldn't block the cry of pain from the corner of his mouth.

After the bleeding stopped, he took out a small bottle of medicine again, but did not use it, but put it in his mouth first.

After all, you can't swallow potions and potions when you're upside down.

Reaching out to support the slippery stone wall of the well, the thief took out a gold coin from his body and dropped it from his hand.

Plop.

The gold coin quickly fell to the bottom of the well, and just based on the time it fell into the water, the thief roughly judged his height inside the well at this time.

"We have to go down a little further." After muttering, the thief stretched out his remaining left hand and supported it on the wall of the well. He then found a way to slowly free up one leg, then lowered the freed leg, and then stepped on it.

This frees up the other leg, and then goes down and steps on it. He freed up his left hand again.

Several times, the thieves found a separate piece of wood on the stone well wall.

This is actually a wooden door.

The hidden pull tab is carved from stone so there is no need to worry about rot. After some searching, the thief found the ring he had installed himself, pulled hard, and the narrow wooden door opened into the well.

The passage inside was narrow and damp, and after opening it, the sound of frogs could be heard, which startled the thief Yi Si.

Fortunately, they were just some harmless jumping frogs.

After waving his hand to drive away the croaking jumping frog, the thief ducked into the passage.

Bang, the wooden door that was originally opened closed again. Before closing, several jumping frogs were thrown out of the passage.

Unlike Kiel who awkwardly moved forward in the narrow passage, the thief bent just right in the low passage while swinging his legs quickly to move forward.

The completely dark wooden and stone passage seemed to bring no obstacles to the thief. He moved quickly, and when he encountered a fork in the road, he chose a side without thinking. He soon pushed open the secret door at the end of the passage and came to a safe house underneath.

This safe house is located directly under the wooden bed in his bedroom. You can fall directly into it by triggering the switch on the bed.

The safe house is small and irregular in shape. It seems to be a secret space stolen from other facilities in the underground lair.

Although the space in this place is not large, it has all kinds of things. There are sharp and strong swords and daggers, treasure chests for storing important supplies and more than ten books, as well as desks and lighting tools. There is even a small stove for lighting a fire, and there seems to be food reserves in the stone jars next to it.

At this time, the thief pushed open the secret door here, but someone was already inside the house.

The man was curled up on the wooden chair in front of the desk, shivering all over. It was not cold, but the natural shivering caused by fear.

The secret door behind him was pushed open, and the little figure on the chair was startled. Just as he was about to jump up and scream, the thief took two quick steps up and covered the other person's mouth with his only remaining hand.

"Calm down! Besides me, who else will come here? Calm down." The thief frowned and quickly comforted the startled subordinate.

The man was short and hugged the thief's arm tightly after reacting, but soon saw the empty right arm on the other side of the thief's body.

"Teacher! Your right hand! Right hand! Ugh--" Tears burst out of his eyes. This short thief turned out to be a thief apprentice accepted by another thief Yisi locally.

The short thief apprentice was a woman. She had never experienced what happened today before. Soldiers suddenly surrounded, fought, and killed her.

She was frightened.

Even though she, like other brothers, had learned many skills from the thief Yisi, skills were not related to experience. They, the young birds, were frightened by today's battle.

Even if some of them adapt well and some are particularly crazy, in the end they are not very capable and have no experience.

"Huh." Sighing, the thief put his hand on the apprentice's head to comfort him.

"It's okay, it's not a problem. There are ways in the guild to restore severed hands and so on." He paused: "The primary goal now is to retreat. Although I don't know what happened, the lord led the soldiers to attack fiercely, and the resistance has failed. It’s time to retreat.”

Sniffling, the young female thief apprentice asked with a choked voice: "Are you leaving Grass Rat Town?"

He nodded: "This is inevitable, but not now. We must first evacuate from the vicinity of the gang and hide elsewhere in the town for a period of time. Only after they relax their vigilance can we leave."

He glanced around the safe house and saw that some important things he had told him before had been packed away. He was relieved: "Very good, you haven't forgotten what I told you. Now put these important things on your back and start from here." Leave the gang.”

After saying that, the thief lowered his body and kicked the wooden wall under the desk. It turned out that this place that no one expected was also a secret door.

His female apprentice was also surprised, but she was surprised. Half-forced, she carried all the important items she had packed on her back and was pushed into the secret door by the thieves.

"Remember it clearly. I will only say it once. There are forks in this emergency evacuation channel. One side is life and the other is death. There are deadly traps inside. Go straight after entering. If you encounter a fork in the road, follow the left, right, left, right Choose the direction according to the rules. Remember left and right. After you go out, you will find a cellar of a resident. There are clues in the cellar recording several other safe hiding places in the town. After you go out, find one at night and sneak in. Okay, wait for me."

"Teacher! Aren't you coming? Let's go together!" The female apprentice's teeth chattered and she begged the thief Yi Si in a tone that sounded like asking for help.

But the thief shook off the caught hand: "There are still some important things that need to be taken away. Those soldiers should not have entered the underground lair yet, so those things need to be taken away in advance. In addition, other people should still be fighting, so I have to take them away." Get on board and go with them.”

After hearing that the thief wanted to find other brothers, the female apprentice agreed.

"Remember, if I don't bring anyone else to find you, you can go find a living elsewhere. Don't come back, and don't go to the Thieves Guild. You are not that material. You have the talent to make potions, so just Find a way to make a living at this.”

"Flowers should bloom in the sun and live well."

After saying that, the thief pushed the apprentice, causing the short apprentice to roll into a ball in the passage. Then he closed the wooden secret door, stood up, and overturned the heavy wooden table, completely blocking the secret door underneath. Door.

Simply finding a fine steel dagger in the safe house, the thief hung the dagger on his waist, then pushed open the secret door on the other side and entered.

He had to take away a set of scale armor that he had not yet made. It was something he bought with great difficulty after selling off the treasure he had stolen last year. He had been working on it intermittently, and it has not been finished yet.

In addition, the other five apprentices, except for one who was arranged by him to go out of town to explore the Jingshui Ranch by Jingshui Lake outside the town, the other four are here. The female apprentice with the most potential has already been arranged by him. As long as he doesn't act stupid, he is basically safe.

Of the other three, the one who was good at wielding two swords seemed to have been defeated and captured. The other one should be with the other party, but he didn't know what to do at this time. The last person is the apprentice who is very talented in mechanical engineering.

The agency's control room is underground in the back door house. The terrain is complex and safe. It should not have been breached at this time.

He had to take this apprentice away as well.

As long as there are people, a force like the Yi Si Blade Gang can be easily reestablished, much faster than when he established this gang a few years ago.

For financial problems, you can rely on his face to borrow some from other thieves in the guild. The two apprentices who can be rescued have unique technical talents, and favors and funds are not a problem.

While he was thinking, he carefully pushed open the mechanism at the end of the passage.

It was a colorfully patterned corner in the corner of the thieves training ground.

This place, even if the entire training ground was lit with lights, would still not attract anyone's attention. It was a passage and exit specially arranged by him.

But soon, the thief narrowed his eyes when he saw a light wandering in the training ground.

Someone is here.

And at such an urgent and dangerous moment, the gang thugs who know this place should not stay here.

Unaware of the hidden passage, this place is actually a dead end and not a good place to hide soldiers.

He hid in the darkness and looked at the figure holding the light indifferently.