Chapter 214 - Battle in the Nest (End) (2/2)

A wave of euphoria swept past the entire group of mercenaries Even Marlene who had always displayed a cold expression was no exception She stood quietly by the side, gazing at the rejoicing mercenaries warmly with an unnoticeable smile on her face While Marlene hadn’t placed the so many battles with them, it was impossible not to develop any connection to them

Despite the insistence of many mercenaries to carry the devil’s corpse back ho so (Author Notes: Celia ithdrawn before the explosion and was resuh it was dead, these things once belonged to the devil which could affect one’s spirit if careless As for the fiends, even though they were small, but they were extremely resilient If any unborn fiend escaped to the surface, it would be a huge proble, the angel engulfed the h it was slightly uncoe all re traces of the devil

“Never in my lifetime would I have expected to defeat a devil,” Kavos said softly as sat on a rock, gazing up at the hole in the ceiling As a veteran mercenary, he had killed countless of people, beasts, and even monsters But a devil? Oh divines, this term wasn’t in his dictionary of ‘possible missions’ at all

“Yes, our leader is awesome,” Joey said cheekily as he squeezed over to Kavos

“Honestly, I don’t kno even to start fighting this thing Normally I would’ve just ran for my life…”

“Me too”

Kavos shcompared to the mission’s difficulty Usually, if bandits ambushed them, they would lose at least a quarter of their hting a devil Losing an entire

“Come Cheers to our wise leader”

Kavos smiled and reached out to his bottle of liquor on his waist while Joey fished out a ht Cheers to the leader! Although he forbids us to drink alcohol during a ht?” Joey laughed and said, “damn, if only leader could be softer on the inside just like his appearance… haha! I’h it’s not tiht now, a little drink should be fine eh?”

“What are both of you prattling on about?”

At this moment, Rhode’s voice sounded behind Joey’s expression froze but when he slowly turned his head around, heface

“It’s nothing, leader We were just amazed by hoell you commanded us”

“Oh…”

Rhode nodded, and then he extended his arlanced at the direction that Rhode pointed to and had chills down his spine He stared blankly at a charred fiend that was clearly dead for sory? This is for you; you can even eat it right now Try it; it’s chicken flavored Crispy too”

Joey stared at the ‘crispy chicken’ with an ashen coathered his courage to touch it The er felt the fiend, for unknown reasons, its body suddenly twitched

“Ahhh!!”

Joey withdrew his hand at lightning speed and sprang back like a spring, disappearing into the crowd

“Sorry, leader, I rong!!”

Rhode shrugged when he saw the Joey ‘running for his life’, and then he shi+fted his attention to Kavos Kavos was slightly ed to bear a smile and he slowly stood up

“I’roup of bstards are too careless; I’d worry if they create any trouble while celebrating…”

Kavos turned around and quickly left

Rhode stared at Kavos as he disappearing into the crowd then, he lowered his head and looked at the fiend on his hand Once again, he confir jokes

After this brief interlude, the mercenaries swiftly cleaned up the battlefield Frankly, there wasn’there had been contaht out Meanwhile, Celia used her holy flah there were no loot for the mercenaries, they weren’t upset one bit After all, the reh After signing the contract, the htful claim of the loot Furthermore, the fact that they defeated a devil was an absolutely , they quickly hold

After two days, the Starlight Mercenary group finally returned to the surface, and upon reaching the Mercenary association, Rhode handed the scepter to the church who had been waiting anxiously

“Thank you for your help, dear Sir” A feracefully

Draped in a full white gohich only revealed her delicate face, she carefully accepted the scepter and bowed courteously

“May the blessings of the divines be forever with you, brave warrior No es you face in the future, I hope you will be able to find your rightful path”

Rhode nodded and placed his right hand on his chest, slightly bending over

“The rapid river would eventually floards the right stream, and the storms would never deceive s May there be an everlasting order for all living things”

The sister widened her eyes with astonishentle and cordial sive my rudeness, Sir I al in front of me”

“The honor is mine, leader of order”

Rhode didn’t have to think ame, Rhode interacted with the Country of Law’s churches for most of his time, so he was extremely well-versed with their conversations and etiquette Although these few short sentences wouldn’t bring hiood ioodbye, Rhode left the Mercenary association and immediately saw Lize when he stepped out of the main entrance

“Thank you for your hard work, Mr Rhode Did everything go well?”

“Everything is good”

Rhode wasn’t surprised with Lize’s concern since she was a cleric and could be considered to belong to the church

“Where are the rest?”

“After receiving their rewards, everyone left on their own business Marlene said she wanted to buy sohold now?”

“No”

Rhode shook his head, which surprised Lize

“You head back first I’ll need to go find so he found in Barney’s bag Initially, Rhode didn’t intend to bring this broken thing back, but he realized so i They were actually involved in this?”