The red and blue moonlight gradually receded, the morning sun had not yet fully risen, and the entire city of Futures was shrouded in the early morning mist.
A melodious camel bell sounded, breaking through the early morning fog and waking up the sleeping city.
When the whole city woke up completely, and when the hustle and bustle of the day echoed in the city again, the mercenary team of the Blue Enchantress had already disappeared at the end of the business road outside the city.
The mercenary group that set out early in the morning dispatched more than 70 mercenaries this time. Except for some mercenaries who did not return from some tasks and a few mercenaries who stayed behind, for the Blue Demon Queen, who only has a strength of more than a hundred people, this time it can be said that all the elites are out. .
The entire mercenary team formed a loose ring guarding the seven musk oxen in the middle of the team.
The appearance of the musk ox is somewhat similar to that of a cow, but it is gray-white in color and has no horns on its head. It is larger and has a stronger load-bearing capacity and is more suitable for trekking in mountainous terrain. Strictly speaking, the musk ox is a first-level monster, but this huge guy is timid by nature. Its natal magic is also the earth-possession technique of wrapping itself into a mud ball when it encounters danger. Therefore, the musk ox is one of the few on the mainland. A magical beast that can be tamed by humans.
Each musk ox carries several huge boxes on its back. In addition to the tents, food, weapons, and medicines used daily by the mercenary group, the box also contains items commissioned for this mission. Only this time, except for the group leader Cairns, no one, including Adeline and other core members, knew what the employer had entrusted. Cairns did not allow anyone to approach the box with three musk ox camels in the middle.
Due to the professional code of mercenaries, as long as Keynes doesn't tell anyone, no one will take the initiative to ask out of curiosity.
The mercenary profession often walks the line between legality and illegality, and many of the items commissioned by employers are kept secret. Old mercenaries have seen all kinds of strange commissions, and they have long been accustomed to them.
Captain Keynes led the team at the front of the team, with the magician Adeline and the thief Tony following closely behind Keynes. Hunter Angus, as the sentinel of the mercenary group, always keeps a distance of two to three kilometers from the team. If there is danger, he can warn the team in advance from the front. As for the elf archer Ilya, he never shows up in the team when performing missions, but all mercenaries know that he is nearby and can always get timely support from him in the most dangerous times.
There is another special person in the entire mercenary team, and that is little Arthur, who just became an official mercenary yesterday.
Today, Arthur is wearing a brand new standard level 2 mercenary leather armor. This was a gift given to Arthur last night by Tony and Angus to officially become a mercenary.
Compared with the first-level leather armor that Arthur wore back then, the second-level mercenary leather armor is more exquisite in workmanship. The leather is also taken from the wolf skin of the second-level monster Xianfeng Ice Wolf. The surface of the repeatedly tanned leather is soaked with unique leather. Glossy, and the corners have been carefully processed.
Don't look at this most basic mercenary leather armor, which costs at least five gold coins on the market. A second-level mercenary in a small mercenary group would have to save half a year's salary to afford such a piece of leather armor.
Arthur loved this leather armor so much that he never took it off since he put it on last night. The mercenary badge was pinned in a prominent position on the left chest of the leather armor. There is also a cyan cloak issued by the mercenary group on his back. This cloak is also a second-level piece of equipment. Mercenaries are in the wild all year round. A high-quality cloak can not only protect them from wind and rain, but also can be used as a quilt to keep out the cold when wrapped around the body at night. It can also provide a certain degree of protection as secondary equipment.
In addition to the cloak, Arthur also carries a fine iron wanderer's bow that shines with a deep luster. This bow is named for its strong strength and the arrows that leave the string as fast as a wanderer returning home. There are also carvings on the back of the bow. The exquisite patterns of intersecting branches and vines are clearly made by the elf Ilya. This is a gift from the elves. The bow back and bow strings are taken from the materials of the second-level Warcraft Terror Dragon.
But the most valuable thing about Arthur is the pair of inconspicuous gray short leather boots on his feet, which were a gift from Adeline to Arthur.
This is a solid piece of third-level equipment. Adeline also specially found an enchanter to imprint a magic circle with the wind spell on it, which can make Arthur instantly accelerate when in danger. This pair of level 3 enchanted leather boots is worth at least 35 gold coins.
The value of Arthur's equipment, if it were a new mercenary in a small mercenary group, it would be impossible to get it together without saving for three to five years. Even Tony was a little jealous and threatened Arthur, telling him not to leave Keynes's side, otherwise some jealous mercenary might not be able to help but treat him as a little fat sheep and rob him.
Arthur was too lazy to pay attention to Tony. This was his first mercenary mission. He was like a newborn calf, seeing everything as if it was new and novel, and he was always busy running back and forth in the team.
In fact, Keynes did not arrange any tasks for him. It seemed that the task this time was to bring him to see the world. Keynes ignored him, but Arthur diligently found work for himself. Sometimes he ran to the front to help Angus explore the road, and sometimes he ran to the middle of the team to see if the boxes on the musk oxen were loose. He found out about Ilya in time, just to give him a rare wild fruit that he picked by chance.
It is precisely because of this that Arthur has become the most popular one in the mercenary group.
Three days later, the mercenary group had entered the outskirts of the Orlando Mountains. There were no roads in the mountains. Only experienced hunters and mercenaries could find the best path through the mountains.
From the moment they entered the mountain, all the mercenaries, including Keynes, became highly vigilant, because the mission really began from this moment.
In the mountains, dangers may fall from the sky at any time. The sudden emergence of warcraft, groups of wild beasts, aliens who go out for training, and wandering bandit gangs may cause huge losses to the mercenary group if they are not careful.
A clear, rapid bird song suddenly sounded, without any order, and the entire mercenary team stopped instantly.
Birdsong sounded one after another, one closer than the other, and one more urgent than the other. This was Angus's unique warning signal.
Keynes's face became extremely solemn, "Get ready to fight!"
The entire mercenary team immediately moved. Forty mercenaries stepped forward and stood at the front of the team. There were fifteen mercenaries on the left and right to protect the two wings and rear of the team.
Steel crossbows were quickly taken out and distributed to the mercenaries. This equipment, which were regarded as prohibited items in the army, were only used in the most dangerous times, and were kept secretly by the mercenary groups at ordinary times.
Keynes gently drew out the giant sword from behind, Adeline raised the magic wand in her hand, and even Arthur cocked the sharp arrow of the wanderer's bow. The battle was about to begin...