C39 (1/2)

”When the Dragon Fruit matures, the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm will definitely appear. All of you go and block first. Once I finish harvesting the Dragon Fruit, we will immediately retreat.” Regiment Commander Locke did not reply after he finished speaking.

Although they only had the strength of the Saint Level Magic Beast, their strength was comparable to that of the Divine Beast s. In front of such a powerful Magic Beast, little soldiers like them were just going to die, let alone whether or not he could snatch the Dragon Fruit, even if he could get it, the entire Black Wolf Mercenary Regiment would be destroyed.

In the end, it was Ma Wen who stood up to bring up the atmosphere.

At this moment, a sweet fragrance suddenly drifted over.

Everyone was stunned, and in the next second, someone shouted loudly: ”Has the Dragon Fruit matured?”

Following his words, countless figures suddenly rushed towards the waterfall, their speed so fast that one could only see afterimages. Among them, there were three leaders of the Mercenary Regiment, Regiment Commander Locke was one of them, his reaction was not slow at all, and even those at the front, who thought that the Dragon Fruit was his life, and would not lose if he did not risk it.

Just as they were about to approach the place where the Dragon Fruit's scent came from, a intimidating dragon roar came from behind the waterfall. When passing through the waterfall, it was a little weak, but there was an echo from the valley, just like when the entire valley was filled with the voices of Scarlet Armored Land Dragons.

After a while, the head of the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm stuck out from behind the waterfall, causing splashes that turned into arrows that flew out in all directions. It was obvious that the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm had discovered the intruders in the valley, as an angry pressure instantly swept out, and Regiment Commander Locke and the rest who were running in front took the lead.

At this moment, someone let out a series of miserable screams.

Some people actually wanted to fish in troubled waters, so when the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's attention was attracted to the Regiment Commander Locke and the rest, they swam towards the bottom of the lake. Unexpectedly, there were Magic Beast s underneath the lake, and someone's leg was snapped off right after he entered the water.

This Devil Fish was actually different from the one they encountered when they first entered. Before, it was only a level four or five Magic Beast, but this one was at least level seven.

Before everyone could recover from their shock, a few more Devil Fish jumped out from the water. Without exception, these Devil Fish had the strength of at least a sixth or seventh stage Magic Beast.

At this point, no one dared to swim over the surface of the water. Even if they were to swim over the surface of the water, they would be attacked by a group of devil fish.

If they lost the convenient shortcut, they could only walk towards the sky. However, in the air, more than half of the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's body stuck out from behind the waterfall.

The Scarlet Shelled Earthworm's body was enormous, with only half of its body visible. From afar, it looked like it occupied more than half of the sky. If its tail were to extend outwards, no one would dare approach it.

He would not be able to pick Dragon Fruit s if he did not go near. When he saw that the Dragon Fruit s had matured, if he did not take them off in time, they would automatically fall off. After they fell off, the Dragon Fruit would fall into the lake, and there would be countless devil fish baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.

The fragrance was getting stronger and stronger. Everyone knew that the Dragon Fruit was about to fall off, so the Regiment Commander Locke who was blocked by the Scarlet Shelled Earthworm could only place their hopes on Ma Wen.

Ma Wen immediately brought his men to the lakeside. They were still a hundred meters away from the waterfall, and the surface of the lake were covered with dozens of reefs, some of them trying to get past them, but all of them were forced back into the water by the demon fish. Some of them even directly fell into the water, struggling for a while before sinking.

If it was in the past, they would definitely obey as long as the captain opened his mouth. However, since they knew that the captain didn't take their lives seriously, they didn't say anything, but their hearts were already filled with resentment and resistance.

Ma Wen was obviously aware of this point, his face darkened as he thought of his plan. If he lost the trust of his subordinates, he and the Guild Leader would become bachelors sooner or later, and would be unable to continue like this, causing Ma Wen's brain to spin quickly. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Rex and Ge Yan who were standing at the back, and he immediately had a thought of killing two birds with one stone.

”Rex, Jimmy, come over here for a while.”

Hearing Ma Wen calling them, Ge Yan suddenly had a bad idea. Seeing Rex walking towards him expressionlessly, he forced himself to walk in front of him.

”Is there something wrong with Captain Ma Wen?”

Ma Wen said amiably: ”You have been in the Black Wolf Mercenary Regiment for a while, and have yet to do anything for it. This time is the moment when you all show your abilities to the Mercenary Regiment, Black Wolf Mercenary Regiment does not raise idle people, so I have a plan.”

It must be because of them being used as bait to attract the Devilfish. Ge Yan immediately looked at Rex, discovering that he was asking for his plan with a calm expression. If it wasn't for the fact that he already knew what kind of person he was, even he would have been tricked into thinking that Rex was a good subordinate.