Quadruple split

Three minutes later

East of Savage Highlands, [Loya] tribe, outside the open-air arena

"Hello, I am the person in charge of the seventh large base of the Archaeological Association in Savage Highlands, Peshi Clark Scheller, one of the initiators of this commission."

Unlike the previous azure robe with a strong academic atmosphere and a huge emblem of the Archaeological Association painted on the back, Ms. Peshi's outfit today is quite cool. She is wearing goggles that cover most of her face like a mask, and a leather robe with a lot of pockets, 60% of which are stuffed with various sophisticated devices. The inner clothes are a snow-linen short shirt, tight trousers and short boots that are convenient for movement. She also carries a multifunctional container that looks like a mountaineering bag on her back. Although her tone is gentle, she extends her right hand to Gu Xiaole very friendly: "Although it is the face of Ye Ge Xiaomei, I still want to thank you I am so happy to come here to help."

"You are so polite, sister. I am Gu Xiaole, just call me Xiaole."

Gu Xiaole shook hands with Pei Xi with a smile, and the curve of her mouth was full of friendliness and kindness: "I am also a colleague of our [Archaeologists Association] in 'over there'. This time, in addition to helping Xiao Gezi, I mainly want to broaden my horizons. Hey, if nothing else, I feel that my trip is not in vain for your outfit."

Largo, who was standing behind because he was too tall, finally interrupted and asked curiously: "Yes, why...why is your outfit like..."

"Advanced armed archaeologist suit."

Pei Xi let go of Gu Xiaole's hand, raised her head slightly and nodded to Largo: "And it is a new model produced last year. Whether it is appearance or consumables and supplies, it has been greatly improved compared to the previous generation. In addition, this windbreaker Although it looks thin, the lining is made of very expensive 'Golden Snow Silk'. Not only is it very protective, but it also has two additional enchantment areas on the inside. The enchantments on mine are heat insulation and protection. "

Largo was stunned at first, then smiled bitterly and said, "It's powerful, but I'm more curious about why you have this special equipment. From what I've observed, this should be the kind of ration that only senior armed archaeologists can apply for, right?"

"It's a long story."

Peshi glanced at Largo and said lightly, "After leaving [Loya], I had an extremely bad and long time because of some unexpected accidents. It was also during that time that I realized that degrees and certificates cannot solve all problems. In fact, they can't even solve most problems, so after repeated consideration, I spent a short time taking a [Level II Martial Arts] exam. Armed Archaeologist Certificate], and later became a senior in a few years because of his outstanding performance in many tasks. "

"Huh! ?"

Largo, who had a comprehensive understanding of the [Archaeologists Association] and knew very well what the title of 'Armed Archaeologist' was, was stunned at the time, looking up and down with disbelief on his face. Although he was dressed like that, his strength was only that of an apprentice thief... or a ranger, whoever it was, anyway, he was a childhood sweetheart with no strength at all: "Really? !"

To be honest, it's no wonder that Largo showed such an inexperienced expression. After all, in his impression, those armed archaeologists who were considered heretics in the [Archaeologists Association] were completely different species from serious academic experts like Peshi. Just as ordinary people couldn't imagine that a 140-centimeter-tall soft and cute loli would take out an M2 Browning machine gun (※M2 Machine Gun, a large-caliber heavy machine gun that can effectively target light vehicles and ships) from under her skirt, Largo couldn't imagine that Peshi would have a Class II Armed Archaeologist Certificate.

So what kind of existence are armed archaeologists?

In a nutshell, they are domestic thugs!

As we all know, the [Archaeologists Association] has never been an organization that excels in combat power. For a long time, although its scale has grown to a considerable extent, it has spread across the entire continent and has a certain degree of influence in various fields, but in terms of the "hard power" that is also the most important for an organization...even a neutral organization, they are really a bit inferior.

It is precisely because of this that the Archaeologists Association has always maintained a very good relationship with organizations such as the Mercenary Union and the Adventurer Union. After all, there is never a lack of various crises in the field of "archaeology", and no matter what form of research is wanted, ensuring the safety of researchers is the most important.

However, although most mercenaries, adventurers, and even employees of gray organizations such as the Thieves Guild have performed their duties well, because the risk factor of many archaeological activities is too high, so that they often encounter situations where they are on the verge of death, there are also many second-rate people who abandon their employers and flee in crises, resulting in a large number of vicious incidents in which professionals of the Archaeologists Association are annihilated.

The worst of these was the Westmarch incident that occurred in the Moon of Light in the year 5992 of the Holy Calendar. In that incident, the Archaeologists Association lost more than three digits of core personnel in the Westmarch ruins at one time, including the son of the then president of the Archaeologists Association, Trist Nefa, the top-class explorer Terry Nefa.

The tragedy happened because the most famous legendary mercenary group on the continent at that time, the Demon Hunters, made a major mistake. In the process of protecting the professionals of the Archaeologists Association, they repeatedly ignored the warnings and acted on their own, which eventually triggered a destructive trap that could have been completely avoided. In an instant, a large number of irregular gravity flows were generated out of thin air and tore dozens of people apart.

Not only that, with the activation of the first trap, the entire ruins seemed to come alive and began to pour out the anger of its creator on the uninvited guests. It only took 20 minutes to reduce the number of Demon Hunters by more than one third under the full resistance of the Demon Hunters.

However, at this time, the deputy leader of the Demon Hunters, Aldo Azmo, who was in charge of the team, made a terrible decision, that is, to abandon the experts of the Archaeologists Association who were trying to crack these traps behind them, and led the elite of the mercenary group to "evacuate" the ruins.

The situation at that time was that members of the [Witcher] died every minute and every second, and although the members of the Archaeologists Association found a way to open a passage, they could not immediately decipher the "lock" left by the creator, so only an emergency escape passage was opened at the first time. Not only that, because this passage was opened with temporary authority, it could only be opened for fifteen minutes, and the emergency escape devices inside were all damaged.

In this case, according to the assessment of Terry Nefa, who was the leader at the time, even if they gave up the attack on the ruins immediately, normal people like them would definitely not be able to escape to the outside of the ruins by foot within fifteen minutes, so they decided to give up the means of attacking and retreating, and led their colleagues to operate the panels full of lost texts with all their strength, trying to lock the traps that were killing people crazily.

According to Terry's prediction, if the situation is as smooth as they unlocked the crappy emergency escape passage, then about ten minutes later, more than 50% of the deadly traps will be forcibly locked, and within an hour, the area will be able to temporarily return to normal.

According to Aldo's prediction, if they continue to hold on for ten minutes under this situation, the remaining survivors of the Elite Second Regiment of Demon Hunters, which he leads, will probably not exceed one-third.

In this case, it is clear that it is his own indulgence that leads to such a result. He is even more aware that he will be liquidated as long as this retreat is completed, so Aldo has evil thoughts.

For example, the emergency escape passage opened by the people of the Archaeological Association, although it is impossible to transfer those experts and scholars with poor legs and feet out when the escape device is broken, but what if it is himself? What if it is his brothers?

You know, as the most powerful mercenary group in the Innocence Continent at that time, even the Elite Second Regiment of Demon Hunters has more than ten epic masters, and the other members are all high-level peak or even half-step epic masters!

In this case, let alone the sprinters of the Ranger, Rogue, and Druid professions, even the mysterious professionals with poor physical fitness such as mages, summoners, and clergy can definitely leave the damned Weismacher ruins within fifteen minutes!

Of course, this kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable in terms of principle and morality. If the matter is exposed, it will not be as simple as being nailed to the pillar of shame, but...

Eldor, who knows very well what level the people behind him are, also knows that if it weren't for these people, those members of the Archaeological Association who are not very agile and talkative would be 100% dead!

So, although he knew by heart the principle of "accepting the escort commission, although you can give up the "goods" when necessary, but you must ensure the safety of the employer's life even if you sacrifice yourself", Eldor, who had no intention of being buried with anyone, made up his mind and told everyone the plan within a minute through a lot of hidden gestures and code words.

It is regrettable that as Eldor's direct group, its will was 100% implemented when it had already completed the stage of eliminating dissidents.

Then...

Accompanied by a sharp whistle, before the people in the Archaeologists Association could react, the mercenary group members who were originally pinned in front actually pulled away in unison, and the leader who had always been at odds with Terry even sneered and raised the corner of his mouth when he passed by him.

The result of this "betrayal" was that the experts of the Archaeologists Association accidentally activated a large number of dangerous traps. Although the second group of [Witcher] fought hard to the end, under the indiscriminate attack, the experts of the Archaeologists Association were finally annihilated first. In order to hand over the information they sorted out to the Archaeologists Association, Aldo led his people to persist for nearly half an hour under this situation, and only ordered to evacuate after all the information was collected.

The bad news is that this lie successfully deceived everyone, including the president of the Archaeologists Association who lost his beloved son.

The good news is that in the year 5997 of the Holy Calendar, five years after the [Wesmache] incident, the Archaeologists Association actually reached a cooperation with the City of Miracles, and a team of archaeologists, led by its president, Drizzt Nefa, with a size of about fifty people, once again went deep into the blocked [Wesmache] ruins under the protection of a legendary sage and more than twenty great magicians.

In the process, they found a large amount of information that had supposedly been packed up and taken out. They saw a large number of corpses that were well preserved due to the characteristics of the relics, as if they had just died, and found them in the arms of Terry Neffa. Got a phonograph crystal.

Terry’s ‘last words’ lasted for twenty minutes.

The first five minutes are everyone's last words and farewells.

The middle fourteen minutes contained the control specifications, decryption procedures, reset methods of those consoles, as well as a large amount of extremely precious information that was too late to be sorted out.

At the last minute, as if he didn't know what to say, Terry briefly talked about the [Demon Hunter] abandoning himself and others and forcibly evacuating from the emergency escape route. At the end, he said that if his father had After hearing this message, please continue to organize people to conduct in-depth exploration of [Wesmacher] as soon as possible, and put aside those trivial matters or simply forget them.

And Drizzt Neffa did indeed do this. Under the surprised gaze of the seventh seat of the Council of Truth, he put away the voice crystal, helped his son close his eyes, and immediately organized his companions to rely on him. The important conclusion of those fourteen minutes successfully gained control of more than 20% of the middle section of the ruins.

Finally, after two months, the [Wesmacher Great Ruins] was finally completely conquered by the Archaeologists Association. This achievement not only filled a historical gap of approximately two centuries in the Northeastern Continent during a certain period of history, but also We also harvested a large amount of materials that have been confirmed to be extinct. In addition, there are many exquisite alchemical props and magical occult research notes. These results once became the hottest topic in the entire Innocence Continent during that time. .

But at the very end, after everything was settled, the Archaeologists Association suddenly stated that in order to thank the City of Miracles for its help, it would add an additional 20% to the originally promised 30% reward from [Wesmacher Arch. The materials obtained from the ruins] and are willing to share all my occult research notes with the City of Miracles.

And on the night when the seventh seat of the Parliament of Truth, the creator of the mainstream magic of the Fire Element School [Flowing Flame Flying], [Flowing Fire Sage] and the Archaeologists Association completed the deal——

After a truth meeting that lasted about seventeen minutes, the [Parliament of Truth] in the City of Miracles announced to the entire continent that it would issue a particularly unpretentious name to the mercenary group [Demon Hunters], composed of all twelve members of the Council of Truth. [Fatsuit] jointly signed by all members.

The next day, while the clerks of the mercenary union were still queuing up in front of the teleportation circle, a total of 1,049 people in the mercenary group [Demon Hunters] including logistics members and external relations members died.

At noon of the same day, the owner of [Wanderer Hotel] was invited to the City of Miracles for the first time, and received 1049 soundproofing scrolls as a gift before leaving. At this point, [Wanderer Hotel] and [City of Miracles] officially started Coming and going.

On the evening of the same day, the [Archaeologists Association] openly recruited a new position - armed archaeologists.

Chapter 2385: End