Chapter 311 - A Magic Power Competition? (1/2)

Seeing the woman, the leading mercenary roared, “Wretched vampire, just give it up! We don’t have the Black Bones anymore! You’ll never know where they are!”

The woman walked forward gracefully and stood five meters away from the mercenary.

Then she smiled. “Vampire? Only humble human beings dare to call us that. Even the elves have to treat us with respect. Who do you think you are?”

The mercenary was soaked with water, which made him highly uncomfortable.

The rainwater was flowing into his eyes, but he dared not wipe them, fearing that the vampire would attack suddenly.

“Haha. Vampires are vampires. You are a dark creature, however n.o.ble you pretend to be. Just walk in the daylight if you think you’re capable of it!”

The woman in black was not angry. She simply went on with her alluring, mature voice: “It’s fine. I can walk in daylight when I become a Legend. But you should be more concerned about yourself right now. Bring out the Black Bones, and I can spare half of you.”

“Let me repeat, we don’t have the Black Bones!” The leading mercenary was anxious, but he still roared at the woman. “You can get nothing by killing us. Besides, we’re not so easy to kill.”

The woman laid her fingers on her fiery lips and laughed so hard, she shook. “You’re not easy to kill? I would like to have a try!”

Though they were under the threat of death, the mercenaries felt l.u.s.tful when they heard her laughter.

They were even more frightened.

When the woman appeared, the dozen black humanoid creatures fell quiet, but they were getting aggressive again as she laughed.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere was full of tension.

The black humanoid creatures crept forward and pressed on.

“Let me say it again. Hand me the Black Bones, and I can spare half of you.” The woman glanced at the mercenaries.

Someone was immediately tempted. After all, it seemed that they couldn’t get away from this, and the instinct for survival was strong in most people.

One of the mercenaries shouted, “My lady, I don’t know about the Black Bones, but I know that Simba hid something. I caught him meeting someone we didn’t know in the mercenary guild two days earlier.”

The leading mercenary turned around and looked at his companion in disbelief. “Korotia, how can you…”

The woman in black rolled her eyes, which were emitting a faint red glow. Her voice was not loud, but she interrupted the leading mercenary and said, “Okay, you can go now.”

The mercenary named Korotia slowly retreated, holding his weapon.

Those hideous humanoid creatures opened a gap for him to pa.s.s through.

Korotia slowly moved backward while holding his weapon, and when he thought he was at a safe distance, he turned around and ran.

Very soon, his back disappeared into the hazy rain.

Almost everybody, including Roland who was monitoring the battle with the three magic spiders, thought that the woman would attack Korotia when he turned around and fled, or that she would deploy the creepy sharp-toothed humanoid creatures to hunt him down.

But after they waited a while, she really didn’t do anything.

“Okay, I’ve already set one of you free…” Noticing everybody’s strange expressions, the woman chuckled and said, “You think I would go back on my word?”

She glanced at all the mercenaries in disdain. “Don’t compare vampires to pitiful human beings. Lies are expected for you, but not for the vampires.”

Everybody was silent.

The woman grinned and said, “Now, who else is going to provide intelligence for me? I’ll let them go too.”

Now that Korotia had set an example for them, almost everybody lost their steadfastness.

Quite a few mercenaries quickly stepped away from their leader.

The leading mercenary looked at them and roared, “I paid a fortune for your service! How can you abandon me at such a crucial moment?”

“Sorry.” One of the mercenaries wiped the rainwater on his face and said calmly, “But I don’t think gold coins are as important as my life.”

“But if you fail a quest from the mercenary guild…”

“I can’t receive another quest in the next two years.” The mercenary slowly retreated and said when he was a dozen meters from the leader, “I can afford the wait.”

His face twisted, the leading mercenary declared, “I really shouldn’t have hired you to protect me.”

“I really shouldn’t have worked as your guard! Look at how many of my brothers have been killed!” the defecting mercenary roared. “You stupid coward, you told me that there might be minor problems. But vampires are involved and you’re telling me that that’s a minor problem?”

The woman in black smiled c.o.c.kily now that they were fighting. In the darkness, her glimmering red eyes were like wind in the moonlight.

After cursing his leader, the mercenary turned around and said to the woman, “I don’t know anything about the Black Bones, but we split up three hours ago, and a team went southeast.”

“Got it.” The woman in black nodded. “You can take three men away with you.”