Start with Island Lord

Deep in the Tianzhu Mountains, there is a valley with an unknown snow mountain.

There is thick snow in the valley, and snowflakes as big as cotton wool are floating in the sky. The cold wind in the valley keeps blowing, like the mocking voice of the mountain god.

‘Whoa~ whoa~ whoa~’

In an extremely harsh environment, a team of people braved the wind and snow and moved forward slowly.

There were a total of five people in the team, all wearing thick leather jackets to keep out the cold, carrying a rattan basket containing supplies, and thick wooden boards specially tied to their feet for stepping on the snow.

Despite being well prepared, the altitude of the valley was simply too high.

It was obviously full of wind and snow, but the air was still dry and cold, the air pressure was also very low, and the road was steep and difficult to walk, so a group of people were panting as they walked, and their faces were turned into a terrible purple-black color.

"Captain, there seems to be a cave in front of you. Can you rest for a while?"

The leading man saw the cave, then turned to look at the team members behind him. He felt that everyone was about to reach their physical limit, so he nodded in agreement.

"Then let's rest for a while."

The cave is not deep, but it is still sheltered from the wind.

One of them took out charcoal and flint, and after struggling for a while, he finally lit up the charcoal fire, while the other person immediately put the iron pot filled with snow on it.

During the break, a red-haired player complained somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Captain, this place is still far away from the Glorious Empire. Do we need to be so careful?"

The captain took off his leather hat and shook off the snow on the hat. What was revealed under the hat was a purple-red face full of knife-cut wrinkles.

"We are doing life-threatening work, and we can never be too careful."

He put the hat back on his head, took out a pipe, filled it with shredded tobacco skillfully, put it on the fire, lit it, and took a nice puff.

‘Huh~~~’

In the blue smoke, the middle-aged captain once again made a deep voice.

"I reiterate, we are not mercenaries, but herb collectors in the snowy mountains!"

"Before the final move, no magic power or any magic weapon is allowed."

"At the level of magic, we must achieve absolute invisibility!"

As he spoke, he looked at the team members: "We are taking on a big job this time. The consequences of failure will be death on the spot, and even the soul will be completely dissipated."

"But if we succeed, then we will completely make a name for ourselves in this multi-dimensional world. From now on, it will not be us who choose the business, but us who will choose the business."

This is very clear, but obviously the team members have many ideas of their own.

"Captain, the Lord of Truth not only hired us, it is said that he hired fifteen teams, with hundreds of people."

"In my opinion, he is basically using us as a death squad."

"Yes, I don't think we need to work so hard. If we have a chance, we'll do it. If we don't, we'll leave."

The middle-aged man 'Baz Baz~' took a breath of smoke and sighed: "Hey~~ you young people have no pursuit at all."

"But complaints are complaints, and you still have to listen to me. Otherwise, quit my team as soon as possible to avoid holding me back later."

Seeing him say this, the young team members immediately fell silent.

As legendary mercenaries who make big deals across dimensions, they still have brains.

If you want to do great things, you need not only force, but also experience.

The middle-aged man in front of me is not simple.

His nickname is ‘Black Eel’, and he has a legendary level of 11.

It is said that he also carries an extremely powerful legendary magic weapon, and it is the function of this magic weapon that gives him stable legendary power.

In addition, he has personally participated in many missions that shocked various planes, and played a major role in them. In the end, he successfully received rewards and made a dignified exit.

The team members were still very convinced of his ability, so after a few complaints, no one said much.

The snow cave became quiet, leaving only the beeping sound of the burning charcoal fire.

After a while, the water was hot, and each person shared a bowl and began to drink.

After drinking hot water, your body will feel much warmer and your resentment will dissipate a lot.

At first, the red-haired team member asked: "Captain, what is the origin of this natural emperor? How can he provoke a powerful god to spend so much effort to deal with him?"

Black Eel took a puff of cigarette: "He is an extremely powerful mage emperor, a madman, and a ruthless person."

"The demons who died in his hands. I mean the real demons, not the demon minions. There are four of them. The strongest one reaches Legend 6."

Another gray-haired team member smiled disapprovingly: "He is the emperor and holds an army. What's so great about killing a few low-level demons? Isn't it all the skill of his soldiers?"

"Then you are wrong."

Black Eel smiled and said: "As far as I know, every time he fights against the devil, he always charges forward and faces the devil directly."

As soon as these words came out, the team members couldn't help but take a breath of the cold air of the snow-capped mountains.

The red-haired team member who asked the question before grinned.

"Then this guy is really cruel and crazy. There are so many soldiers who don't need it, but he wants to do it himself."

Another black-haired team member said: "Having said that, this shows that this emperor has great confidence in his own military power and will not like to be a coward like most emperors."

"It's a good thing for this mission."

Black Eel nodded: "That's true, but we must not underestimate the target because of this."

The red-haired team member asked: "Captain, you said he is a very powerful mage, what specific magical achievements does he have?"

Black Eel used his pipe to point at the legendary magic weapon on the players present.

"The most common auxiliary magic weapon currently used to advance to legend, the legendary crystal magic weapon, was actually invented and promoted by this natural emperor."

"Hey, wasn't it done by Nahuat?"

"No. Nahuatl was obtained from this plane. Of course, the Nahuatl people have always claimed that they developed it themselves, but the quality of the legendary crystal cannot be deceived."

"The fact is that the best legendary crystal at present is in this plane, and it is most likely in the Natural Empire."

The emergence of legendary crystals has increased the number of mortal legendary powerhouses in the multi-dimensional world by at least a thousand times, and it is still increasing.

This greatly improved the status of mortals, and the gods and demons of the void, who originally regarded mortals as ants, gradually began to have discussions with mortals.

The red-haired team member looked at his legendary crystal staff: "In that case, I have to thank His Majesty the Emperor."

Black Eel smiled nonchalantly: "Who says it's not the case?"

The gray-haired team member chuckled: "What's there to be thankful for? We worked hard to get this staff, and he didn't give it to us."

After saying that, he looked at Black Eel: "Captain, it has been six years since the legendary crystal appeared. So the legendary power of His Majesty the Emperor should be quite extraordinary, right?"

Black Eel nodded: "Obviously."

"To what extent do you think it's reached?"

"To be able to make Dritan so cautious, the intensity is at least equal to him, or even exceeds it. But it shouldn't be too much, otherwise Dritan's character would give up the assassination directly."

"That's about the soul strength of Legend 13."

"That's right."

These words made the legendary mercenaries present frown subconsciously.

The red-haired mercenary chewed the dry food cake hard and said bitterly: "See, Dritan is just using us as a suicide squad."

The average strength of their team is Legend 5. They have many powerful spells at hand, and they are considered top-notch powerhouses among mortal legends. For those small-scale mortal kingdoms, they can be easily subverted.

But this time the opponent not only has a legendary level of 13, he is also the emperor of a large empire, and the legendary spells he masters are absolutely amazing.

Not to mention that he is protected by countless generals and soldiers.

It felt like this assassination operation was simply life-threatening.

The gray-haired team member chuckled again: "The Suicide Squad is just the Suicide Squad. We earn the money we desperately need. Besides, the remuneration given by Dritan is quite generous."

Black Eel nodded in agreement: "Lorken is right. Leslie, your mentality is wrong."

The red-haired player shrugged: "Okay, okay, I admit my mistake."

After he finished speaking, he smiled again and said: "Captain, you just missed something."

"I heard that this natural emperor is still a wanderer."

Black Eel smiled: "I can't be considered a vagabond. I can only say that he is at the normal level of an emperor, or even a little lower."

He knocked on his pipe and refilled it with tobacco: "This emperor is very young, he is estimated to be less than 30 this year."

"His throne as emperor was not given by his ancestors, but he fought for it himself."

"If it were me, with such great achievements when I was young, I would probably have tens of thousands of women."

He then looked at the team members present and saw that everyone had a mocking look on their faces. He shrugged: "Don't laugh either. If you have this ability, I'm afraid you'll be a lot better than me."

"Except Lily, of course. She doesn't have the same fun stuff as us men."

Before he finished speaking, a dissatisfied female voice came from the innermost part of the cave: "You black eel, it's just a joke, what are you doing to me?"

He sounded like he was probably less than thirty years old, but considering the blessing of legendary power, his real age was at least a hundred years old.

In fact, everyone present is actually quite young, with the average age estimated to be around 110.

To a mortal, this is an age worth looking up to, but to a legendary powerhouse, it is still very young.

Black Eel laughed: "I apologize to you, Ms. Lily, it was me who talked too much."

His attitude towards Lily is much more important than that of other team members, and it is not because of her status as a woman.

In fact, there is not much distinction between men and women in the eyes of the legendary strong man.

His emphasis comes from the other party's ability, because the other party is a soul hunter and is proficient in a very powerful and rare soul hunting technique.

The strength of mortals lies in spells and magic weapons, but the soul is weak.

The soul hunting technique is to use secret methods to capture the opponent's soul from the body and deal with it from a distance of dozens of kilometers.

As a result, no matter how noble your earthly status, no matter how powerful your spells and magical weapons are, they become just decorations.

Therefore, this Lily is the core figure of this assassination mission.

Lily was a silent person. Seeing that the black cat had given in to her, she nodded and continued to look down at a spell book with a black cover.

A group of legendary mercenaries were resting in the cave, waiting for the wind and snow to stop, and everyone had basically recovered their strength.

Captain Black Eel put out his pipe, stood up and said.

“Let’s continue on our way while the weather is nice!”