Pale Emblem

Chapter 158 Orc Messenger

  Rabbits and foxes have more than one den, let alone the home of an adventurer who has accumulated a large fortune?

When Red Lion Bartom was alive, he used the town of Jinsha as a retreat for adventurers.

Doctor Cole also followed Bartom's previous plan and went to Jinsha Town for refuge when he encountered difficulties. And Jinsha Town did not break its promise and they did provide very good shelter for Doctor Cole who was in trouble.

Of course, Veltok didn't know the inside story.

What Cole couldn't understand was why Max, as a former party involved, would worry that Jinsha Town was unreliable?

"You know, right? The army of Luoye City is everywhere trying to capture people from the Adventurer's House. We dare not show up in public. We can only ask Carol to bring you to me if you get to Jinsha Town."

Dr. Cole looked at Maddie with a reproachful expression and asked, "Why are you doubting them when you are fine?"

Maddie rolled her eyes. If Christine hadn't reminded them, they would have rushed into Jinsha Town and put their fate in the hands of others.

This is not to say that Carol of Jinsha Town has bad intentions to annex the Adventurer's House, but if they go directly to Carol, it means exposing their identities, and exposing their identities will inevitably lead to the loss of some initiative.

Simply put, Carol can help them selflessly or betray them secretly, and it all depends on her own ideas how and when to do it.

They cannot afford the risks involved, so they have to act in secret.

"People's thoughts change. You know that the army of Fallen Leaf City is arresting our people, but how do you know what Carol is thinking?" Maddie asked back.

Doctor Cole wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Victor: "We have limited time, so let's not have these meaningless arguments."

"First of all, Jinsha Town is close to the battlefield and it's not safe here. It's true that Carol took the risk to take you in. But if she allows you to leave Jinsha Town at any time, we will believe that she is a true friend."

"Secondly, we are going to Huiyin Town to rescue our imprisoned companions. You can stay in Jinsha Town temporarily, but you must be prepared to evacuate, and you must not let the people in Jinsha Town know in advance."

"Finally, if I find the chance, I will kill that bastard Clark! Even if it's to avoid bringing trouble to Sands Town, you can't tell Carol anything about us."

As he spoke, Victor made a gesture to silence Cole, who was becoming increasingly anxious, and stopped him from persuading him. He then took out a document and a small bottle of life distortion potion from his bag and gently placed them on the table.

"We now have a plantation in a very remote place, nominally under the jurisdiction of Eagle's Nest. I can guarantee that it is not a plantation arranged in advance by Red Lion Bartom, and no one knows its exact location except me. Therefore, that plantation is very safe and can be used as our retreat."

Cole and his three maids all stared at the small bottle of life-distortion potion and ignored the property documents of the plantation.

"Viltok... I knew that this strange potion must be obtained by you. Only you understand my weakness... Haha, can you believe it? The potion is actually alive! It represents a great revolution, a revolution in esoteric pharmacology!" Cole tightly grasped the small bottle filled with potion, his expression becoming more and more excited.

At this time, Christine said lightly: "Keep quiet."

Cole was stunned. Up to now, he and his private slave girls were still under the influence of natural charm. With their willpower, it would probably take several hours for them to return to normal. Before that, Christine could give them some simple orders that were not too excessive.

Christine's order for them to keep quiet did not threaten their personal safety or harm their interests. They only regarded the order as a necessary reminder and would follow it subconsciously.

"Yes, I was too excited just now." Cole looked at Christine with grateful eyes and nodded to thank her, obviously trying to please her.

He turned to Victor and asked, "Do you have any more of this potion? If you have more, I think I can mix a new secret medicine that may help John and the others grow healthy limbs again."

"What happened to John and the others?" Maddie asked with concern.

Cole said solemnly, "That day, we fled separately from you. The next morning, orcs and barbarians caught up with my team. We fought with the pursuers in the snow. John killed three orc fighters alone, and he was also besieged by barbarians and lost his left leg and right arm. After John fell, we could no longer stop the enemy's attack. More than 20 young instructors died or were disabled. When it seemed that everyone was about to die, a shadow lurker suddenly rushed from behind and bit the orcs and barbarians."

"We quickly fled the scene during the chaos, and then I gave the injured some simple treatment, and then I took the remaining 18 people to Jinsha Town."

"At that time, the shop assistant Pilu and his crew had already arrived at Jinsha Town in advance. They were not injured and helped me collect a dozen barbarian slave girls. But nine of our group died on the way, and seven of them became disabled."

John is a mixed-race boy who serves as the chief instructor at the training camp in Braun Town. He has no awakening expertise, but he has mastered the Heart of Mirror. The female warriors of the Hemer tribe fought with him to become his life sacrifice partner. It can be seen that the potential and talent of Instructor John are favored by the female warriors of the Hemer tribe.

John has no expertise in awakening, that's because he refused to use Dr. Cole's secret awakening medicine and wanted to take a different path from professionals as a hybrid.

In fact, this was not just John's idea. The high-level career paths were monopolized by the noble families, and the low-level and mid-level professionals in the Adventurer's House were resentful and also fantasized about other promotion paths. John, who was raised in the Adventurer's House, was influenced by this sentiment and was unwilling to stop at the fourth-level career. He was determined to break out of a new path.

Bartom, Cole and others had high expectations for John's practice and gave him various kinds of support. John's real hope came from the source blood secret method provided by Victor.

Because of this relationship, John has always maintained a good personal relationship with Victor.

Among so many mixed-race people, Victor values ​​John the most and thinks he is worth investing in.

John is now a cripple with missing limbs, but that is not a problem. Alchemical Serpent Tension can repair missing limbs, but there is no need to share such a great favor with others. Victor plans to find an opportunity to personally help John and others heal their disabilities, without telling Doctor Cole in advance.

"I emphasize again, Jinsha Town is not safe! You have to think about Carol and don't tell her about our meeting... Let's keep in touch for the next two days."

Victor led the way out, and when he and Christine approached the door, his figure suddenly disappeared, as mysteriously as when he came.

McGrady was the last one to fall behind. Before entering Todlin's invisible field, he turned to the stunned Cole and said, "Hey, old man, now that you've seen our abilities, you have to believe that what Victor just said was not a joke... To be honest, we had an adventure. I'll tell you about it when the time is right."

With the invisibility ability of the alchemist, Victor came and went without a trace and had a secret meeting with Dr. Cole to put his mind at ease and stop being suspicious, without alerting the people in Jinsha Town.

In the subsequent contacts, it was clear that there were a total of 40 mixed-race survivors in Jinsha Town, including 15 training camp instructors, all of whom were young professionals in their twenties; and 25 shop assistants working at the Adventurer's Home Inn, including Piru, a shop assistant Victor was familiar with. They were all underage, but because of their good talents, they were picked out at a young age and trained as the third generation core members of the Adventurer's Home. The rest were Cole and his private female slaves, and a dozen or so barbarian female slaves in the alchemy workshop.

With so many people, including several disabled people, Victor couldn't think of a way to help them evacuate. At present, he could only let them stay in Jinsha Town and see how the situation develops before considering how to help them escape from danger.

However, from a utilitarian point of view, these talents are the greatest wealth of the Adventurer's House, and their value is far higher than those half-blood awakeners who are suffering in Echo Town.

Therefore, most people tried their best to persuade Victor to make arrangements for the survivors here first. In the end, after discussion, Victor and everyone decided to let Maddie stay in Jinsha Town. The old scout had rich experience in escaping in the wild and his ability to adapt to changes was also outstanding. He could plan a plan for Cole and others to evacuate Jinsha Town.

Victor asked Stephanie and the transparent Todlin to stay and assist Maddie. The role of the alchemist Todlin was self-evident. As for Stephanie, it was useless for her to go to Echo Town. It would be safer to stay in Sands Town. Besides, this little girl was very smart and it would be good for her to help her teacher.

Then, Christine came forward as the deputy leader of the adventure group and went to negotiate with Mrs. Carol, telling her that the Thunderstorm Adventure Group was about to go to Echo Town to take on missions and make money, and asked her to help write a letter of introduction.

The natural charm of the vampire did have some effect. Mrs. Carol had a good impression of Christine. After collecting the 20 gold towers as a fee, she readily agreed and wrote a letter of introduction to the person in charge of the Adventurer's Guild on the front line.

With the letter of introduction issued by the wife of the mayor of Jinsha Town, the Thunderstorm Adventure Group can openly enter Echo Town without having to show those forged documents.

Two days later, Victor and his group left Jinsha Town. Maddie, Stephanie and Toddlin stayed, but they moved to a smaller house with a cheaper rent.

Before an adventure group carries out a dangerous war mission, they always leave one or two people behind to be in charge of liaison and follow-up, to prevent the group members' pensions from being embezzled by outsiders.

This is a common practice among adventurers and will not arouse suspicion from others.

Hansen, an adventurer from Shadow of the Crow, "happened" to be on his way to Echo Town to do some business, and asked to go with Victor and the others to avoid getting into danger while traveling alone. This was also a common practice among adventurers.

The location of Jinsha Town is indeed remote. Assuming that Godore Fortress is the center, Echo Town is equivalent to her left guard, and Ironhelm Town is her right guard. Jinsha Town is built on a ridge 50 kilometers to the right of Ironhelm Town. She really has no way to join the Godore Fortress defense system, so naturally there will be no legion soldiers patrolling the road.

Victor and his companions easily found an opportunity to get off the road, make a big detour, and arrive at the meeting place agreed upon by the cultists and the barbarians.

There is a waterfall formed by a stream falling into the valley.

Victor looked down and saw that the valley below was thickly wooded and lush, enough to hide an army.

However, the drop from the ridge to the valley bottom is at least 300 meters, and the mountain walls are steep and dangerous. Although there are thorny vines and protruding rocks for people to climb, the overall environment is high and dangerous. Soldiers with insufficient physical strength will inevitably slip and fall, and will also drag down their comrades below.

This is a natural barrier that the army cannot climb over. Only the elite among the elite can climb all the way to the top of the cliff from the bottom of the valley.

The evening wind howled, bringing with it a chill. Victor thought to himself that the Orc invaders had already scouted such a remote valley, but the half-elf general of Fallen Leaf City had not thought of sending people to monitor the cliffs around Jinsha Town. It was obvious that the Orcs were very eager to win this war.

It was not until midnight that two sturdy barbarian fighters climbed up the ridge. They were more than two meters tall, with solid muscles and strong bodies. They only wore a pair of animal bone shoulder armor to reveal their brown copper skin. There was a row of throwing axes hanging on their belts, and wooden shields and machetes were pinned on their broad backs.

At Victor's reminder, the cultist Hassan also saw the two barbarian fighters. He hurriedly used a flint to light the oil-soaked torch and waved it at the barbarian fighters in the agreed method to show his identity.

Victor and his followers also came out from the darkness, lit torches, and greeted the two barbarians openly.

The barbarian fighters were all violent barbarians with sharp intuition. They had sensed danger even when they were below, but because they had a mission, they had no choice but to climb up. Seeing a dozen half-elf professionals showing up one after another, they breathed a sigh of relief and approached Hasen with a vigilant attitude.

A barbarian warrior first took a look at Hansen's features before questioning him in fluent Alliance language: "Half-elf, you broke the agreement and didn't come here alone."

Hansen had long been Christine's puppet, but his will was twisted, while his intelligence and personality were not affected. He immediately responded: "No one told me that I had to come alone. Besides, there are more than one of you. If you get the things and then kill me to silence me, wouldn't I be stupid?"

"What do you think? Barbarian raiders..."

The barbarian fighters looked at each other. They had indeed received orders to kill each other, but in the current situation they were lucky to be able to keep their lives.

"You half-elves, you don't keep your promise. I..."

"Shut up, barbarian!"

Christine took a few steps forward, passed the cultist Hansen, and said to the woods: "Let the person who can really make the decision come out and talk to me!"

The barbarian fighters all stared at the incredibly beautiful half-elf female in amazement, completely unaware that they were under the continued influence of her natural charm.

A moment later, a rustling sound came from the darkness not far away, and a half-orc female shaman broke through the thorn bushes and walked over alone.

She held two obsidian daggers, staring at Christine with her bright red eyes, and her half-crouching posture was like a female leopard ready to pounce.

"Half-elf, breaking the agreement... I don't trust half-elves." The half-orc female shaman said in the stiff Alliance language.

Compared to the nervous half-orc female shaman, Christine was very relaxed. She put one hand on her waist, smiled slightly, and ordered the cultist Hansen: "Send the things over, and then cut off your head to show my sincerity to the guests."

Hansen nodded, and without any precautions, he strode over and handed the fortress defense map to a barbarian fighter, but the other party did not take it. So he threw the city defense map at the feet of the orc shaman.

The female shaman lowered her head and then looked up again, and suddenly found that the half-elf was holding her hair with one hand and cutting her neck with a sharp ox horn dagger with the other hand.

The cultist used so much force in this knife strike that he actually cut through his cervical vertebrae and chopped off his own head neatly.

The vampire witch controlled the puppet to commit suicide, and the puppet had no fear of death, nor did it feel much pain. However, the headless corpse grabbed its own head and fell forward, right at the position of the orc female shaman, with bright red blood still gushing out of the wound.

The scene was so horrifying that the two barbarian fighters and the orc female shaman were all terrified.

At this time, the vampire Christine was very close to them.

First collect the soul fire of the puppet Hansen, and then the vampire banshee will directly use violent charm on the barbarian fighter and the female shaman!

A few minutes later, Christine brought the three slaves she had just received to Victor's side and said as if to take credit: "Great Master, we can discuss with them now and tell them how to cooperate with your subsequent plans."

Victor rubbed his forehead and asked unhappily, "What are you doing?"

Christine could only explain: "The orcs and barbarians want the city defense map, and they also want Hansen's head before they can go back and report. So, we can only do this..."

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