Volume 1 Chapter 10 Part4 (1/2)
Last chapter recap: Aofeng and Li Qing, the envoy from Radiance Church, make a wager on who hunts the most magic beasts.
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Chapter Four – Switch, Start
Three in the morning was the darkest time of night before dawn.
Two small mercenary squads that were dressed in light armor sneaked out of the mercenary camp in the darkness. These people were dressed in black clothing with their entire faces covered and only their eyes exposed. The squad dragged two boxes that were about half a story high as they hurriedly ran out.
Using the tall gra.s.ses as cover, the group softly sneaked to the rear of the camps of the large mercenary camps. According to the layout, the west was the combined camps of Crimson Forge and Wolf Pack. The east was Flying Aspara Mercenary Company's camp, and the other small mercenary companies were between the two major camps.
Yesterday night, Crimson Forge, Wolf Pace and Flying Aspara Mercenary Companies gathered their scattered troops to the two sides of the gates to avoid chaos when the time came. This was a grand bet concerning two sacred beasts.
“Elder Luo Xi, let us split up here to act. We will go to Crimson Forge, and you will go to the camp at our rear. If we can cause a large number of people from Crimson Forge and Wolf Pack to be killed, your status in Flying Aspara Mercenary Company will become more solidified,” a deep male voice said. This was the young captain of Flying Aspara Mercenary Company, Ba Tuke.
Elder Luo Xi, dressed in yellow robes, nodded with a serious expression. “Young Master, we will not have any problems on our end. This old man will personally keep watch. I believe that not even a fly can fly in. But you have to be careful on your end. The scent of the giant dragon excrement and Sidian Pollen is unique. Do not let any get out. If they learn of this prematurely, we will have wasted all of our efforts ,and will be pursued relentlessly by Crimson Forge and Wolf Pack. Tomorrow, during the siege, we will send people to burn the boxes. Just a little fire will spread the scent, and then it will be too late even if they discover this.”
Because they were afraid people would discover their actions, Ba Erbo didn't want to even delay one minute. He said, “No problem, Elder, we're going … …”
When he said this, noise suddenly sounded in the nearby gra.s.ses!
Someone was there!
This shock was a significant one. The minds of Ba Erbo and the rest of the group blanked. Their hairs stood on end as though they had been shocked by electricity. Anyone who found someone stumbling onto their conspiracy would feel some fear.
Elder Luo Xi was the fastest to react. He shouted with a dark expression, “Who! Come out!” Before he finished, the old man dashed forward. That person seemed to want to flee but could not match the speed of a spirit magister. They didn't manage a few steps when the old person's withered fingers accurately grabbed onto a collar. That person made an “ah” sound and then fell to the ground surrounded by a group of males dressed in black.
“Hm, Young Captain, it's a woman!”
Ba Erbo and Elder Luo Xi stilled when they heard this. Seeing that it was a harmless-looking woman rather than Rong Luo and the other experts, they sighed in relief.
“This probably is a straggler from a small adventurer group. Tsk tsk, pretty.” A black-clothed male that was close looked over and sighed in amazement.
Ba Erbo heard this and also looked over. His eyes immediately lit up.
The young female was clothed in a tight robe. She was beautiful, with jade-like skin that could be seen clearly even in the night, a pair of deep eyes that were bright and glittering. Her features seemed to be flawless as though they had been carved by an artist. The tight clothes emphasized the female's demonically seductive figure. The leather short dress stopped just below the thigh. A pair of snowy-white legs were exposed. The group of males almost turned into wolves. If they didn't have something important they had to complete, they would be fighting to be first.
Too beautiful! There was such a beautiful woman in this world!
Hot blood rushed into Ba Erbo's head. He almost embarra.s.singly had a nosebleed. He had seen many beauties before but he felt at this moment that he had seen nothing before. All of the beautiful women he had seen before added up together could not compare to her. The most beautiful of the City of Neversetting Sun, Sisli, wasn't even worthy of holding her shoes! The Empress that was called the most beautiful of the Kaya Empire might not be as soul-shakingly beautiful as her!
“I … … I didn't hear anything, I don't know anything. You … … don't kill me!” The beautiful young female seemed to have received a great shock and seemed fearful. She shrunk back pitifully until she was between the two large wood boxes before she seemed to feel slightly safe and stopped moving.
Looking at the female trembling, even the wolves didn't dare to press her and moved back a few steps. They formed a large circle as though frightening this person was a great sin.
“Beautiful Miss, do not be afraid.” Facing such a beauty, Ba Erbo's voice unconsciously gentled. He smiled. “Do not worry, we are not bad people, but there are some things that we cannot have leaked out. We will not do anything to you but the magic beast siege today is extremely dangerous. Stay for a while in our Flying Aspara Mercenary Company. After today pa.s.ses, we will release you. Maybe we can go somewhere to have a meal together later.”
Ba Erbo could be considered young and handsome. He tried to be gentlemanly and managed to achieve some of the presence. The anxious young female gradually calmed down but her eyes still flashed with wariness and uncertainty.
“Who are you? Why are you roaming about at this time?' The old and experienced Elder Luo Xi had a slight feeling that something was wrong. This woman was too strange. A beautiful appearance was a powerful weapon on its own. Also, this person came to such a remote corner in the middle of the night and coincidentally saw them. Was this really a coincidence?
Elder Luo Xi felt that there was something wrong the more he thought about it. His eyes sharpened as he stared at the young female.
“Ah! Wolf! There's a wolf!” The young female did not answer Elder Luo Xi and showed fear again as she pointed with a trembling finger to the sky behind the group and exclaimed softly.
“What? Wolf?” Everyone, including Elder Luo Xi, was astounded. When the word wolf was mentioned, the first thing they thought of was “Zhui Yun's” sacred beast Four-Winged Silver Wolf. They immediately turned their heads to look. As expected, they saw a Four-Winged Silver Wolf flying idly through the air nearby as though it was patrolling.
“It really is Zhui Yun's silver wofl! F**k, please do not come over!”
Ba Erbo and the others felt as though they were sitting on needles. Their hearts were in their throats and they had no attention to spare for behind them. All of their attention was focused on the silver wolf on the horizon. They didn't see that, behind them, the hint of ridicule in the eyes of the “beautiful and harmless” young female behind them.
The young female moved rapidly. Her hands slapped onto the two enormous boxes next to her. She quickly used the two spatial rings she wore on each hand to put away the two boxes. Then she crossed her hands and released the boxes. The entire process was lightning fast and soundless. Because these two large wooden boxes came from the same business, and Ba Erbo was afraid of attracting attention, the two wooden boxes were exactly the same. If they were mixed up, no one would be able to tell which was which.
After doing this, the young female stepped softly and then disappeared where she was.