Noble Emblem

The White Bear Mercenary Group is one of the most famous mercenary groups in Songfeng City. It has more than 50 professionals, plus related staff, the entire mercenary group has more than 100 people. In the whole world, it can There are not many mercenary groups that maintain such a scale, so the White Bear Mercenary Group is quite famous in the mercenary world.

Duke is a squad leader of the White Bear Mercenary Group. Today, he led his team to patrol Beichen Forest as usual, because a few years ago, their mercenary group signed a contract with Lord Songfeng City. According to the contract, within fifty years, all materials produced on the land in Beichen Forest will be owned by the White Bear Mercenary Group.

On the surface, there is nothing in Beichen Forest, but core members of the mercenary group like Duke know that there is a relic from the ancient times buried under the soil of Beichen Forest. There are no traps in the ruins, but there are many powerful monsters living and wandering inside. These monsters are different from the common monsters on the surface. Not only can they see in the dark, but they also have fast movement speeds, and Amazing sense of hearing and smell.

The White Bear Mercenary Group organized several people to explore the ruins. The powerful monsters in the ruins caused the mercenary group to suffer heavy losses. Fortunately, they found several abandoned magic tools from ancient times in the upper periphery of the ruins. Although they have been It couldn't be used, but it was sold to the Blue Magic Tower and exchanged for a lot of gold coins, which saved a lot of losses.

Things on the periphery are already so valuable. If you go deeper and explore the entire ruins, you will definitely find more and more valuable ancient relics. Therefore, the upper echelons of the White Bear Mercenary Group now regard Beichen Forest as It is forbidden to allow other professional mercenaries or explorers to come and go at will. Of course, those nobles who like to go here for outings are not included. These wealthy families generally don't investigate things like ruins. They usually come to hunt and look for some excitement.

The White Bear Mercenary Group is in contact with powerful and trustworthy professionals. As long as the personnel are fully assembled, they are ready to explore the ruins again in the near future. But before that, we must do a good job in protecting the ruins and not let outsiders take the lead.

During today's routine inspection, they found someone sneaking into Beichen Forest, but they didn't notice it. Although no trace of them has been found yet, the traces on the ground cannot be faked.

The person responsible for tracking and detecting clues is a thin man. Generally speaking, scouts are all thin men. Firstly, they are agile and agile. Secondly, because their bodies are petite, they can easily hide themselves from other people's sight.

The thin man's name is Locke. He is a middle-aged man who likes to wear a cuckold, because according to his experience, when he wears a cuckold and lurks in the grass and woods, the chance of others discovering him will be very low.

Locke squatted down, touched the ashes on the ground, then walked around, and then he opened his small triangular eyes. Said to Duke: "One fire point, seven tents. The footprints are six light and one middle. Ordinary people cannot do this level. They are obviously professionals. They went to the woods here. In addition, according to the remains here Judging from the smell and animal bones, they are very particular about what they eat. There is a lot of flavor. This is not the style that mercenaries or adventurers should have. I personally think they are nobles. After all, there are many professionals among the nobles. .”

Duke nodded and glanced at the woods over there. Then he said: "Since they are nobles, we will ignore them. We will continue to patrol as planned."

After speaking, Duke took his five men and left the grassland and headed elsewhere.

Liang Lidong and others hid in the woods, watched each other leave, and then came out.

"Bai has laid a trap." Catalina looked into the distance, and then she smiled and said: "But this is good, so as to avoid trouble. I didn't know where this place was at first, but after seeing these people, I knew that this was probably the north. Chen Lin, I have also heard of the reputation of the White Bear in the mercenary community. The stupid bear in front of their clothes or leather armor is well known in the mercenary community."

Liang Lidong frowned: "I heard you say that the White Bear Mercenary Group has a special relationship with Beichen Forest?"

"Well, although they concealed the information very well, they sold a few magic devices not long ago, so the mercenary group suspected that the White Bear mercenary group had found a special relic in the North Morning Forest, that's why they were so nervous This place is patrolled from time to time."

After a pause, Catalina continued: "There are many smart people in the mercenary world. Other forces have quietly sneaked into Beichen Forest several times, but they found nothing, so many forces ignored the matter. , and only paid the minimum attention to the actions of the White Bear Mercenary Group here in Beichen Forest."

Liang Lidong's expression became even worse. The entrance to the ruins was difficult to find. It was hidden in the woods, and you had to dig several meters into the ground to find it. In the game, they found the place with the help of the game system. If other people wanted to find the entrance to the ruins without any guidance, they would have to be lucky enough to type the wrong number. .

But now that more than three hundred years have passed, someone accidentally discovered the entrance. It doesn't seem to be such a strange thing.

"Your Excellency Beta, our mission will not conflict with the White Bear Mercenary Group, right?" Catalina looked at Liang Lidong and asked.

Liang Lidong looked at the other party and asked: "If I say it is indeed the case, what do you think?"

"This means that the danger of the mission will be greatly increased, and we will have to cause unnecessary trouble with the White Bear Mercenary Group afterwards." Catalina said with a businesslike look: "Therefore, we must increase the mission commission, double Price! The extra gold coins must be divided equally among the members of this mission."

"OK, no problem."

Liang Lidong readily agreed. On the surface, it seemed very unkind for Katarina to increase the commission in the middle of the mission, but in fact Liang Lidong knew very well that Katarina was already very generous, and the original exploration mission might actually end up with another force. If a conflict arises, the difficulty of the task will inevitably increase significantly. Catalina's official appearance of increasing the commission is actually just an excuse to silence her five subordinates' dissatisfaction.

After all, with money, everything is easier to handle, and even dissatisfaction will be reduced a lot.

After the matter was settled, everyone continued to move forward. Because the terrain had hardly changed, Liang Lidong took them to the top of a hill with a familiar path.

There are many woods on the top of the mountain. Hiding in it and looking down the mountain, you can see a hidden tower in the small forest at the foot of the mountain. There are four crossbows on the upper floor, facing the four directions respectively, and there are vague figures on the tower.

"The entrance is near the tower." Liang Lidong said after observing for a while: "But it's not completely dark yet. Let's wait here. After all, you are all assassins, and you should be more comfortable operating at night."

Catalina nodded in agreement. As a member of the Killer Guild, she knew better how her side would perform after night.

At the same time, Duke led his team to patrol to the western periphery of Beichen Forest. He looked at the sun that was about to set, and then looked at the distant woods dyed red by the setting sun. He said: "Let's go back to where we were just now, Locke, you must find the traces of the people there, do you understand?"

At this time, his team members all looked at him in surprise.

Duke asked: "Captain, didn't you just say you should ignore those nobles?"

"Nobles?" Duke snorted coldly: "If they were nobles, how could only six people come out with them? If they were nobles, how could they avoid us? Those bastards who have eyes above their heads will definitely let us follow them. Action. Be their temporary subordinate and serve them for free."

"Captain. Since you think they are not nobles, why don't you deal with them from time to time?"

"They are hiding in the woods, and if we rush in rashly, the consequences will be disastrous. Have you not heard what Feng Lin Moru said?" Duke smiled sinisterly: "Besides, they pretend to leave, which can paralyze them. They are probably on their way now. Or they are looking for something. They will never guess that we will come back with a carbine... Staff, you go back to the mercenary group and inform the leader and ask him to bring some people to support, six Professionals. It’s a bit difficult to deal with. Others are following us. Let’s follow them first and see what they want to do?”

Time passed quickly. When the sun completely submerged under the horizon, Liang Lidong flicked his fingers and spread the fog magic. The thick fog silently enveloped everything within a radius of 385 meters, including the small building at the foot of the mountain. The small tower is located just on the edge of the thick fog.

According to the information fed back through the dense fog, there are a total of eight guardians in the tower. Because the fog-riding magic will deprive the enemy of sight and hearing, the strength of these eight guardians is not strong, and they are in chaos at this time. Catalina and others, who had been well prepared, turned into six black shadows and quickly 'swam' close to the ground to reach the tower.

Liang Lidong walked down the mountain slowly. When he reached the foot of the mountain, Catalina had already come out of the tower. She made a "mission accomplished" gesture to Lidong Lidong. All the guardians in the tower have been knocked unconscious by them, and they will never wake up within a few hours.

Liang Lidong removed the fog-riding magic, and based on his memory, he walked to a place fifty meters west of the tower, jumped up casually, then walked a few meters to the side, thrust his hands down, and went deep into the grass, and then Use all your strength to lift the wooden board carrying the lawn.

Below the wooden board is a tunnel that slopes downward, very high, about two meters. Liang Lidong jumped in first, followed by Catalina and others.

Passing through a winding circular tunnel, this tunnel is not naturally formed or artificially constructed, but a passage dug by a large ground-burrowing insect.

The ruins of the Zuze Kingdom retain the well water of the Goddess of Light, and the aura of light is very strong. Therefore, the monsters living in this underground ruins generally grow much larger than those in other places.

The two-meter-tall burrowing insect is already considered the king of insects in other places, but in this ruins, it is just an ordinary Warcraft insect. But there are too many burrowing insects, otherwise they would have to dig through more than a hundred meters of soil if they wanted to enter the ruins.

It took more than ten minutes for the seven people to go down along the passage dug by the earth-burrowing worms. Soon they reached the exit of the tunnel and were entered into a flat underground world.

Although Katarina and the others were already prepared and knew that they might arrive at an incredible ruin, seeing the scene in front of them with their own eyes still made them couldn't help but let out a sound of exclamation.

Their entrance is on a huge stone road, which is at least more than 60 meters wide. On both sides of the road are many tall, but aging and mottled high-rise buildings, and above their heads, there is a road that looks like an umbrella. A giant pale white magical barrier in the shape of a giant enchantment is running. It supports and protects the entire ruins from being covered by the soil layer above.

This magic barrier produced a weak light source, allowing everyone to barely see things about ten meters in front of them. The only person who was not affected was Liang Lidong. His Yunlong Blue Eyes talent was so practical. Now he felt more and more that he had made the right decision by choosing this talent.

Although the sight was not good, the members of the Killer Guild did not show any signs of wavering. They were originally a profession that operated in secret, so this environment made them feel even more intimate. This is why Liang Lidong looked for help from the killer union instead of the mercenary union.

"Everyone, please pay attention. If we continue to move forward, it will not be too safe. We will encounter many strange monsters. Their movements are very sensitive and their strength is very strong. But they are afraid of strong light. If it is really dangerous, you can I tore apart these magic scrolls and temporarily poured enough magic elements into them. Even ordinary people can use these magic items within three hours."

Liang Lidong handed over six flash magic scrolls.

At the same time, Duke led his team, and they quickly found him under the tracking of Skinny Locke.

Duke looked at the tower and sneered: "I knew these guys had bad intentions. They really came here for the ruins."

After a while, Locke ran out of the tower and said urgently: "Captain, all the guardians of the tower fainted. Although no one died, we can't wake them up within the time limit."

When Locke heard this, he walked to the west side of the tower and quickly found the entrance to the ruins. Although Liang Lidong and the others covered the entrance after entering, some traces were still left. Locke's expression changed greatly, and he opened the door with force. The wooden board at the entrance was opened, and looking at a series of shallow marks below, his expression became quite ugly: "They actually went in. Only three people in our mercenary group know this place. Who told them this secret?" ( To be continued...)