dark moon

Chapter 2 is here
Surrounded by mountains on three sides and lush with trees on one side, thousands of miners and masons have lived here for generations. This is Shiyan Town, a border town of the Kola Kingdom.

The folk customs in the town are simple, and most of the residents are familiar faces. However, the townspeople will not feel that there is a lack of new ideas, because even in such a small town with inconvenient transportation, there are not a few outsiders coming and going.

Every autumn, after the monsters enter the hunting season, large mercenary groups hired to guard the town; mercenary squads to protect the caravans and transport teams; lone mercenaries to escort travelers; and those who go in and out of sparsely populated places in search of wealth The explorers are used to seeing unfamiliar faces coming and going, and the townspeople are already used to it.

Therefore, today no one will notice that a few golden-rank lone mercenaries that ordinary people will never see in their lifetime come and go, and no one will believe that last night, they put their arms around their shoulders and sang with wine. The strange priest who sold some messy Darkmoon holy water to others while drunk, and just opened the bottle cap to drink when no one bought it, was the leader of this group of lone mercenaries.

"Bang, bang, bang," the shields and armor collided, making a rhythmic sound that was boring and monotonous, inducing people to fall asleep.

The sun shines through the sparse leaves, casting colorful shadows on the footless ground of dead leaves. From the depths of the dense forest, there are constant rustling sounds, but there is no trace of any living thing.

"Gurgling, gurgling", someone poured the ale into his mouth in big gulps. In the dense forest in early autumn, it was still so sultry. Putting yourself in the metal can-like armor was simply a kind of torture.

"Bastard, bastard, I hate summer, no, I hate autumn, I hate the forest, I hate the leaves, I hate the bugs, ah! God damn bugs."

"Oh, my lord Offregan bless, despicable sun god Sul, if you don't cool down, I will go to believe in Diana, the lady of the silver moon."

The short and sturdy dwarf walked in the forest, sweat turning into mist from the gaps in his armor, carrying a huge battle ax on his shoulders, and countless complaints spewed out from his mouth covered by a shaggy beard. Like a non-stop fountain.

No one paid attention to him, no one spoke to him from beginning to end.

The green-haired elf mage, who was completely covered in robes and could not see his figure, with only two ears exposed, and the red-haired necromancer, who had a fiery figure and wanted to expose his whole body, followed the dwarf like shadows on the left and right. It was as if the two of them didn't hear the thunderous complaints at all, and their attention was always focused on the woods on their respective sides.

Shuuer, who was dressed in a black holy robe and with a silver hammer hanging on his waist, was behind the two female mages. Although he kept walking, he always looked down at the rough map in his hand, and kept adding a few strokes on it, letting it go. Sweat flowed down his hair and into his eyes without even wiping them.

The elegant and shy female swordsman wearing glasses followed behind with a big sword in both hands. The expression on her face was still timid. She habitually hid herself behind Xiuer and kept looking at Xiuer's back. However, , but her ears were always trembling slightly. As long as a tree or plant moved, no sound could escape her ears.

"Damn, damn, damn the boss, how dare you not sell me all the ale. I'm going to demolish their tavern, ah ah, I don't have enough wine."

"Oh, you beast, even the leaves bully me. Why do you want to get into my boots? Tell me why!"

The marching team was still in dead silence. Of course, this was after automatically ignoring the dwarf's complaints. Everyone had long been accustomed to treating this idiot as nothing. Everyone knew this truth: If you ignore him, you will lose.

"Ahead, [-]:[-]." Without even raising an eyelid, Shuer suddenly gave a brief reminder in a very soft voice. There was no command target, no specific action, just the simplest direction.

The next moment, the sound of the air being torn suddenly resounded in the quiet forest. A small flying ax turned into an invisible shadow, spinning and disappearing into a bush on the right front of the team. If there were any bystanders, , I'm afraid I only had time to see the last moment when the shadow disappeared into the bushes, and it was difficult to even see where it flew out from.

Flying out almost at the same time as the flying axe, was the sturdy figure of the dwarf. The battle ax in his hand made a whistling sound as the wind rushed into the bushes with the man and the axe. The ax arrived even earlier than the sound of the wind.With the slight sound of muscle tearing, a strong bloody smell began to spread around, but there was not even a dying scream coming out in time.

"Isn't it an intelligent creature?" Xiu Er still didn't look away, and kept pressing the tip of the pen on the map, moving with his steps, and asked without raising his head.

No one would blame Shuer for his indifference. In a dangerous wilderness, facing a group of combat professionals on alert, they were still lurking in the dark. Their malice had even triggered the perceived hostility of the priests. Even if they were really human beings, they would still be lurking in the dark. Even if you die a hundred times, it will not be unjust.

"No." With the clanging footsteps, the dwarf wiped the blood on his battle ax and walked out of the bush, stroking his beard and replied, "It's just a jungle lynx, medium-sized. Do you want to deal with it?"

"Is it blind or stupid?" Xiuer obviously hesitated for a moment. A piece of lynx skin can be sold for at least one large silver coin. Seven people can share it, and each person can get more than one small silver coin. But... well, the overall situation is the most important thing Well, "Don't deal with it, continue."

"Oh oh oh, you bastard lynx, you made me sweat again. You beast, are you trying to get in trouble with me? I'm going to kill you."

Obviously, the dwarf must have misunderstood something. When Shuuer continued, it seemed that he did not mean to let him continue to complain.But maybe he was just making excuses, and there was no real misunderstanding, because he returned to the front of the team and resumed the original queue. The appearance of a hostile creature did not even stop the others for a second. There was no change in the speed of the team.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang," the armor continued to ring, the team continued to march, and the complaints continued at the same time.

However, the strange thing is that the dwarves complained from minerals to plants, from insects to gods, from weather to planes, but never complained about the road being too far or why it hadn't arrived yet, not only him, but obviously no one No one knows where the destination is, and no one knows how far to go, but even the two most delicate mages have never expressed any opinion on walking for so long. "Damn blood, damn flies, that's my axe, not your restaurant, bastard, bastard."

"And I will die ten thousand times..."

"Stop." With just one word, the dwarf's deafening voice disappeared. The five people stopped almost at the same time, without taking another step.

"Huh." Shuer closed his eyes, as if he was sensing something. He was silent for a while, then suddenly put his fingers into his mouth and made a few bird calls, "Chirp, chirp, chirp."

"Whoops", "yoyo".

Two different calls came back one after the other.

"Chirp, chirp." Shuer responded with a bird call again.

Ten seconds later, a short and thin halfling emerged from the darkness like a shadow among the tree crowns in front of the left side of the team.Only staying in place for a moment, the halfling disappeared in the blink of an eye. When he reappeared, he was already standing in the team.

Synchronized with the halfling, in the woods to the right rear, with four hooves kicking, the black-haired forest elf, who was half human and half deer, was playing with a throwing gun in his hand. He had the fresh breath of plants on his body and quietly spun freely. Walk out of the forest.

Obviously, one of the two people was walking in front of the team to guard, and the other was lurking behind to follow. If there was a problem, an early warning would be issued to ensure the safety of the team.

With the appearance of two scouts, the team also changed at the same time.

Shuuer, the dwarf and the female swordsman all took a few steps sideways to form a triangle, protecting the two mages and the two scouts who had just returned. Their respective weapons were already raised in their hands, ready to enter the battle at any time. state.

Everyone's intention is obvious. When the outer scouts are withdrawn, the alert intensity will be reduced. The internal team will naturally increase the alert intensity to make up for the vacancy of the withdrawn scouts.

"Secure the rear, make sure there are no hidden dangers." Lin Jing's voice is always reminiscent of the roar of a deer, long, clear, and especially pleasant to the ear.

"It's safe ahead, make sure there are no hidden dangers for the time being." The halfling's voice was high-pitched, and like his eyes, they were always erratic.

"Very good, the alert level has been lowered to normal." Xiuer said, but at an imperceptible angle, he made a gesture of bending his thumb downward.After receiving the order, everyone expressed their intention to relax their vigilance and prepare to gather towards the inner circle. However, no one really made a move and stood still.

"Safe." After being silent for at least ten seconds, the beautiful forest elf withdrew her attention from the surroundings and confirmed that there were no sudden sounds due to her side canceling the alert. Shuer's magic of sensing hostility did not explode due to this. hostility, so the two made the final confirmation at the same time.

"Phew." Apparently, everyone exhaled and relaxed a little.

"Is this where it is?" The elf mage's voice was emotionless, as indifferent as a stone, but the sense of expectation revealed in the language could not be hidden at all.

"It's around here." Xiu Er squatted down and spread out the map. A closed and irregular area has been drawn with lines on the map. "The door is within this range. The rest depends on Sasha."

"Pa", the forest elf with a humanoid upper body put his light green finger on the map as the first point to draw the edge of the range. Then, the elf mage, dwarf, and halfling also put their fingers on the edge of the range. At different positions, the hot necromancer used long nails painted with bright red paint to click on four positions on the edge. The positions selected by everyone were summed up to encompass the area from all directions. No matter how close you are, you can't escape the sight of one of them.

"Very good." Shuer clapped his hands and whispered, "Action, safety first, don't really die."

Everyone sneered and pointed their thumbs down to show their disdain.

"Tch, a bunch of idiots." Xiu Er curled his lips, and slapped the thigh of the female swordsman who was hiding behind him again, "Sasa, work."

(End of this chapter)