Returning from the abyss

Chapter 376 Mercenary Leader
The impression given by the pavilion can easily become synonymous with elites and nobles. However, when Lu Ning knew that the timid young man Chadley and the irritable red-haired Naim were also from the pavilion, this impression was immediately shattered. .

The inner room is a large triangular meeting hall. When Lu Ning walked in, she found that it had been deliberately decorated. There were twelve flags hanging on the three walls, each of which depicted different emblems. She took a little care to remember it. Then found a seat and sat down.

Chelun County sat opposite Lu Ning, put the ritual sword horizontally in front of him, crossed his fingers, and looked at Lu Ning seriously.

"Time is tight, so we won't talk about extra topics. We now have a one-star and a two-star task that can be assigned to you, which will save you a lot of time. We will use this in exchange for your help .”

"I didn't expect you to speak so bluntly."

"I skipped unnecessary mutual probing and worthless trust tests." Cheron County said calmly, "Those so-called social means are just a waste of time, and there is no need for that kind of thing between equal strengths. Please directly Going to the part of negotiating conditions."

"In other words, you don't worry about any problems with us, right? That's okay, the mission with a total of three stars is just better than nothing for us, and I don't accept this condition." Lu Ning replied.

"please say."

"From Naim's previous words, I heard that you guys know something about this garden, or the background of this 'game'. I want to know that part of the information, and you can find things like tasks yourself." Lu Ning He stated his conditions.

Cheron County thought for two seconds, and then said: "This part of information is of no practical help to escape today. Are you sure you want to use this as an exchange? Our demand is that you provide flank support in the battle with the mercenaries. It's not an easy thing."

"Whether it is useful or not is up to me. You tell me the information, I will provide support, and the deal will be fair." Lu Ning said.

"Okay, then let me tell you part of it first, and when the support is completed, I will tell any of you the rest." Cheron County nodded, took the sword from the table, and twisted it slightly with one hand Jian Jian said, "First of all, you are people from the streets and alleys, so you probably don't know your position in the main brain."

"It shouldn't be high."

"From the point of view of the mastermind, the residents of the other four regions have their own names. The alleys are 'bait', the streets are 'bricks and stones', the city walls are 'guards', and the pavilions are 'shells'." The deep voice began to say, "In essence, no matter where it is, there is no difference to the mastermind, it is just layer after layer of defense to deal with attacks in the suburbs. If it can be called a difference, then That is, the residents within the city walls will be treated as human beings, not consumables. In this garden, everyone is given 'human rights'."

"Then we still have to thank them for being worthy?" Maoyou couldn't help but said.

Cheron County looked up at him: "The groundless pride is just a waste of your and my time, the mercenaries are coming back soon."

"I won't interrupt anymore, please continue." Lu Ning raised her hand to signal Maoyou, and then nodded to Chelun County.

"The pavilion can be said to be the inner layer of defense. All the people here have received elite education, and some outstanding people can also learn a little about some secrets related to the mastermind. The Four Seasons Garden is part of the countless projects of the mastermind. Dr. Rawls has the qualifications to be fully responsible. Simply put, this is an experimental site. Rawls will regularly apply for some approvals and recruit people from various backgrounds from the outside to enter this experiment. As for the things to be tested, there are actually many things. I have no way of knowing the specifics.”

Having said this, Chelun County let go of the tip of the sword with his fingers, and the edge of the sword bounced, shaking a sword flower in the air.

"The second half of the content will be told to you after we successfully complete the ambush, how about it?"

Lu Ning thought over what Cheron County said over and over in her mind, trying to parse out more information from it, and nodded at the same time.

"If the information you come up with later is more useful, I agree to the deal."

"Very good... Now, I want you to go and ambush behind this 'Polaris' house. We will attack the mercenaries first and take some advantage from them. After that, Samuana will try to lure some people over, and the rest Depends on how you play."

"Cheron County, they are back." Samuana reminded at the right time.

"Perfect, start to act."

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After walking out of the elevator, Nimorphos was not in a hurry to return to the familiar stronghold, but stood in the passage leading to the courtyard and began to lose consciousness.

"Boss?" Hofinger called softly behind him. "Shouldn't we go back?"

"Hofinger, how many people do we have now?"

"Sixteen, leader, the looting has reaped some benefits, and also caused some personnel losses. Of course, if those..."

"They are not qualified to be mercenaries." Nemorphes curled his lips dangerously, "Those I didn't ask don't need to answer me."

"Yes."

"In addition, our guests seem to be ready for the welcome ceremony. The streets can't be looked down upon by people in the pavilions, show your spirit."

He flicked the sword, leaving an arc-shaped trace on the snow.

"It should be time for a small test."

The mercenaries immediately dispersed, pulled out their weapons one after another, and went around to Polaris' house.Nimorphes raised his hand to grab it, and pointed a crossbow straight ahead.

"Excellent props."

The crossbow shot out, drawing a parabola and falling in the distance.

"But not there, I thought the people in the pavilion would be at least a little proud."

Nimorphes crossed the knight's sword to the side, and there was a crisp impact sound. After colliding with another sword that suddenly appeared in the air, the two took a step back.

Only one head and one arm appeared in the air in Cheron County, and they were completely invisible in other places. That was the effect of the invisibility cloak.Still smiling, Nimorphes threw the hand crossbow, and it disappeared in the air.

"Don't know a name?"

"unnecessary."

The moment Cheron County answered, he rushed up again. His swordsmanship was obviously well-trained, and his body posture was completely hidden under the invisibility cloak, making it impossible to judge the pace and angle of attack.Nemorpheus glanced down, even though there were no footprints left on the snow, the effect of the cloak was complete invisibility.

He swung his sword upwards and pointed at Cheron County's head, but Cherron County lowered his head for an instant, and his head disappeared into the air, leaving only one arm still outside. occasion.Nimorphes quickly jumped back to avoid the sword, but that arm also retracted immediately, and Cheron County became invisible again.

At the same time, a roar came from ahead.

Hofinger's weapons were two gourd hammers, and his fighting style was fierce and fierce, but he happened to collide with Naim.Naim saw that the two hammers didn't swing the knife, but punched them directly in the face, and collided with Hofinger's hammer, splashing sparks from the big canopy.Nam actually had a pair of gloves in his hand, which was not an ordinary standard weapon either, and not only did he fight fiercely, but he also greeted Hofinger's relatives and friends in his mouth, and instantly provoked the opponent's anger. anger.

"The bastard is mine!"

"What do you think you are, you bastard?"

The few remaining mercenaries were about to turn back to support Nemorphes, but their throats were almost slit by the throwing knife thrown from the corner.

"Ah, next time I won't aim at such a small target. If my heart is crooked, I can let out some blood." Samuana chuckled and turned around from behind the wall. It was easy to go up, "If there are only six, it can just divide and solve you."

The four mercenaries immediately raised their hands and set up their hand crossbows. Seeing this, Samuana smiled even more happily.

"Fight me with a ranged weapon?"

She raised her hands, and the flying knives instantly shot at the four mercenaries from different angles. At the same time, the crossbow strings sounded, and the arrows shot at Samuana's left and right sides.

A crossbow bolt was shot down in mid-air by the flying knife, and then there were four breaking sounds. The crossbow strings of the four mercenaries were all cut by the flying knife. One of them took two steps back and covered his abdomen with his hand. He was caught by the extra flying knife. He hit the abdomen. In fact, the knife was originally aimed at the heart as Samuana said, thanks to him taking a step back.

On the other hand, at Samuana's side, she squatted slightly for the remaining three crossbow bolts, and grabbed all the crossbow bolts in her hands with a sweep of both hands.

It was only then that the mercenaries noticed that she was wearing a pair of deerskin gloves, not only to keep warm in such an environment, but also a very suitable equipment for concealed weapons.

"Oh...as expected of a pavilion."

Seeing that his side was obviously in an unfavorable situation, Nimorphos didn't waver on his expression, and continued to block the sword attacks from around him casually.

"It cannot be denied that the people educated by the elites are indeed excellent. The skills honed by people like us who are born in wild ways are still not as good as your refined and summarized experience. Class determines the gap, and the gap is inevitable."

The next time he blocked the attack, he suddenly took a step back, opened his left hand and pressed forward.

"But the gap can be made up."

A thick, two-meter-high tower shield suddenly appeared in the air, and the hidden Cheron County suddenly stopped, but Nimopheus pushed hard, and the tower shield was directly facing his direction Press down!

Dodging this shield is easy, there is not enough time to retreat, just dodge left and right. However, Cheron County instantly realized that what Nimopheus wanted was a gambling mentality. His counterattack must be to attack from left to right, and he would definitely Choose a side to dodge.

I have always held the sword in my right hand, but based on this information, how would the opponent choose?

Countless thoughts turned in his mind in an instant, and Cheron County finally dodged to the right, which is the side where he used his dominant hand to fight back.

At the same time, he also saw the sword edge of Nemorphes behind the shield.

The sword lights staggered, and a trace of red appeared in the middle.Nimorphes swung his hand sideways to retract the tower shield, pointing the tip of the sword down to the ground, letting blood drip from it.

"how?"

Cheron County's expression remained unchanged. He looked at the shallow wound on his arm and the invisibility cloak that had been torn open.

"I seem to have lost a bit of mentality since I was hiding in the invisibility cloak and sneak attacking."

He took off the hat of the invisibility cloak, and opened the front button again, releasing most of the invisibility of his body.

"But it doesn't matter. Now that you know that you are changing to a portable pocket, things will be easier to handle. My friend will take care of your subordinates. We still have a long time to slowly compete in swordsmanship."

At this time, the three of Lu Ning, who were squatting in the dead corner formed by the two corners of the "North Star", still did not move.

Chadley was not included in the battle plan, it is not known whether there were other arrangements or what.Lu Ning just stayed here in accordance with the agreement with Cheron County, waiting for Samuana to lead her over.

Ping Na held a flashlight-like prop tightly in her hand, which was the phantom projection lamp.Under Lu Ning's order, Ping Na immediately exchanged this, and let Lu Ning know the specific purpose of this lamp.

[Phantom Projector Lamp: The price is Samsung.

The volume is equivalent to the size of an ordinary flashlight, and the method of use is the same as that of a flashlight.It can project a three-dimensional image whose length, width, and height do not exceed three meters according to the description in the user's mind, and its authenticity will be affected by the level of detail in the user's mind.The image is movable according to the subjective consciousness, but there is no collision, and it does not have the function of sound.Just turn it off and on again to project a new image, and the battery life is two hours.This item cannot be recycled. 】

Lu Ning spent all her time waiting for Samuana to bring her over. She didn't care about the situation ahead, she just wanted to gain some benefits in this chaos, and it didn't hurt to use a little tricks for this.

A throwing knife was thrown into the snow here, it was a signal from Samuana, Lu Ning glanced at Ping Na, which made her look more nervous, but she still clenched the projection in her hand lamp.

Samuana ran into this blind spot after a few seconds, and Pina immediately turned on the projection light when she saw her, the light flashed, and another Samuana appeared immediately, separated from Samuana and started running in a different direction .

The mercenaries didn't even realize the method of acting as a substitute at this moment, because Ping Na didn't have any problems with the details because it copied an illusion directly on the person, and the mercenaries immediately chased the illusion in a straight line, Only one person was more alert and turned his head to take a look as he passed the wall.

"That starts with you."

Lu Ning pointed at the person who had turned her head. She had already seen the person opening his mouth, but this person probably thought that as long as he yelled, his companion would immediately turn back to support him.

Crossbow arrows shot out from her cuffs. Lu Ning, a weapon commonly used by mercenaries, now has a pair. The distance between the two sides is actually no more than five meters. It is difficult to react to such a sudden attack—especially when you can’t open your mouth and shout at the same time when.

That moment of confusion was enough to kill.

The mercenary who turned back didn't make any sound until he died, and even because he ran last, his teammates didn't realize his death.

(End of this chapter)