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() rested in Hegu Town for one night, and the team set off early the next morning.

Sherman, disguised as an old man, covered his whole body with a gray traveler's cloak, only revealing a pair of dark eyes, and led the mercenaries straight to the ancient tomb located in the hills to the north of River Valley Town.

The necromancer's body and the pool of blood had been cleaned up, and the tomb didn't even smell like a dead body, just like an empty tomb that had been abandoned for many years.

Sherman fumbled on the wall for a while, and actually opened a secret door.This is a hidden single room, and there is only one corpse. Although it has not completely rotted, it has shrunk so badly that it can no longer see its true colors.

Even at a distance, Link still gets from the corpse... no!To be precise, he felt a very faint magic spirit from the scriptures held in the hands of the corpse, which was not formed at all, only some fuzzy particles remained, which could be dissipated by the wind.

The mercenaries whispered to each other, thinking that there was treasure on this hidden corpse.But Sherman carefully picked up the scriptures. Link squinted, and could vaguely see the emblem of the Church of Dawn from the peeled-off cover.

Putting objects that symbolize the sun on the corpse is the most common burial object for inlanders. This book is nothing. When Sherman opened the scriptures, Link was surprised to find that the interior had been hollowed out, and the books placed in the square grooves Something was gone, about the size of the letter in the necromancer's space bag.

"bump!!"

The scriptures were slammed to the ground by Sherman. He walked out of the secret room sullenly, and ordered the mercenaries to continue marching northwest along the hills.

The soldier Claude, who was the temporary captain, asked the client on behalf of the others: "Going any further will be the boundary of the Pillar of the Earth."

"I paid a lot of money to call you people for a picnic." There was a clear threat in the hoarse voice.

For the sake of money, Claude finally chose to remain silent.The team went on the road again, this time not as relaxed as before, and everyone's face was more or less nervous.

"Could that empty scripture contain a holy object?" Pan En's voice was filled with unconcealable worry, "Are we going to make this trip in vain? This is the first guild I've received." What about the mission?"

Before Link could decide how to answer, Yuan Ye compared the size of the groove inside the scripture, "This shape and size... seems to be a letter?"

The two glared at him at the same time, the former felt that he was making trouble, the latter was surprised that Yuan Ye was right again.

Here it comes again... Link felt an extraordinary gaze. It was Sherman's attendant. Why did he keep staring at me?

"Hey~ He's looking at you again, you really don't know each other?" As an assassin, Pan En also felt the boy's gaze, although it was only for a few seconds, it was enough for a keen assassin.

"I can be sure that I've never seen him before, this kind of knife-like eyes...huh?" Link stopped suddenly, the adjective 'knife-like' made him understand why he felt strange and familiar to the boy up.

"Do you remember our first team mission? The old gravekeeper in the public cemetery."

"How is it possible!" Pan En subconsciously denied.

"It's not wrong, it's him." As if feeling that he was talking about himself, the young man's eyes fell on Link again, and he became more and more sure.

"Hmm..." Paine was not so sure under Link's infection.

In the magical world, a spell can completely change the appearance, voice, and even gender. If he is really that old man, what is the purpose of following Sherman?

As the team got closer and closer to the guarded place, their speed became slower and slower. The rangers and thieves were busy clearing the traps, and Link, who had sneaked in as a 'mountain man', instructed how to avoid the druid's patrol route.Under the guidance of Sherman, the team came to an abandoned wooden house covered by rocks and dead trees. There seemed to be some kind of glowing object in his cloak. Touching Sherman opened a staircase extending downward.

Claude was the first to walk down with a long sword in one hand and a lit torch in the other.The pitch-black passage has been sloping, and it is unknown how deep it has been dug. There is a smell of dust in the air, all the mercenaries are silent, no one speaks, only the sound of light or heavy footsteps echoes.

At the end of the passage was an iron door. Sherman passed Claude and groped for a while on the door. The iron door slowly opened, revealing a spacious space.The overturned tables and chairs and the broken bowls and dishes all show that there were people living here, and dark brown stains can be seen everywhere on the walls and ground, which is the color of dried blood. There are several corridors leading from the hall to the darker The unknown region extends.

In the place close to the border, there is such a large-scale underground building.Anyone can see that there has been a tragic battle here, and what is even more strange is that there are no corpses.It is said that it has been cleaned up, why is there so much blood left?

Sherman lifted the cloak, holding a sparkling crystal ball in his hand: "What I'm looking for is here, a gold coin engraved with the holy emblem of Malik, the god of shadows. It's yours."

The mercenaries looked at each other and walked away. The silver tableware and candlesticks were scattered all over the floor. The mercenaries quickly forgot what happened here, and took away everything they thought was valuable.

Paine was focused on finding the holy object, and Sherman held a torch and got into the corridor closest to him as soon as he spoke.The hall reverberated with the cheers of someone picking up something good, and Yuan Ye couldn't bear it any longer. He greeted Link and joined the ranks of the search.

Link stood still, his attention firmly attracted by the golden light floating in the air.There are astonishingly many Fate Demons, compared to the previous two times, this time there are quite a few.

Looking around to make sure no one was staring at him, he walked towards the corner where the demons gathered.

Oozing from the wall, a secret door?

He followed Sherman's groping on the wall, and with a "creak", the wall retracted, revealing a not-so-big room filled with several large wooden boxes, and the ground was full of gold and silver coins. There is a person lying down on it, it should be said to be a bone of bones.Although the clothes have faded due to the erosion of time, it can still be seen that they were carefully sewn by Jing. The most peculiar thing is that the magic of fate turned out to be from the old leather boots on the feet of the corpse. It doesn't match the clothes on her very well.

Link stretched out his hand to grab it, but the magic jingle didn't absorb it as quickly as the previous two times. They were still floating in the air and would automatically move without wind.Now this situation does not allow him to think about it slowly, Link made a decisive decision and switched the old boots on his feet. Before he stood up, someone discovered the secret door that opened.

The one who walked in was a big, burly man. He ignored the coins on the ground, walked directly to the big wooden box, and smashed the lock with an axe. Inside were necklaces, rings and other jewelry inlaid with pearls and gems.

Seeing the big mercenary haha-sized with open eyes, he broke open several other wooden boxes one after another.

Link got up slowly, and was about to leave the secret room while the man was getting rich, when the crowd who rushed in just as he reached the door squeezed back.The noise quickly attracted Sherman, and he shouted angrily, making everyone stop what they were doing.

Sherman stared at the mercenaries coldly, the crystal ball had already shattered, "I said before, you are not allowed to touch the gold coin engraved with Malik's holy emblem, whoever takes it, hand it over."

Link calmly retreated to the end of the crowd. No matter what type of gold coin Malik's holy object was, it would not be the pair of boots he was wearing.

The stuff in the treasure room is enough for many people to eat and drink for a lifetime, and the mercenaries who are motivated by money ignore Sherman's threats and stuff money on themselves.

boom--

A big fireball rose up in the crowded room, blasting the mercenaries closest to Sherman far away until they fell on the pile of coins without breath, everyone was relieved. It turned out that the client It's a mage!The mercenaries drew out their weapons one after another, and there was only the sound of heavy panting in the secret room for a while.

Pan En, who was in a slightly advanced position, winked at Link. He squinted and saw that Yuan Ye was two meters behind him, separated by a few mercenaries.

Want to get started?

Paine's mouth said so.

Link slowly shook his head, he was against killing people, and so was Yuan Ye.Let's observe again... By the way, Sherman's attendant is not there, so be careful.

"I'm not interested in these belongings. All I want is Malik's sacred object." Sherman said in a hoarse voice, "Whoever takes it and hand it over, otherwise don't blame me for being cruel."

A mercenary took out the coin he had stuffed just now from his pocket and threw it on the ground. He didn't want to lose his life just for the money.

Sherman took a look, and let the secret door blocked by him open. The sweaty mercenary walked slowly through, and then ran out quickly.Seeing that he was safe and sound, a few more people threw away their coins and slipped out, and there were still a few diehards who were unwilling to give up the money they got.

Link tried to get close to Sherman. He raised his hand as a sign of surrender, and he approached to show that he didn't take anything.Just when Link was only a few steps away from Sherman, the young attendant suddenly raised his two-handed epee and slashed at Sherman.

With a sound of "Dang", the epee struck the air, and Sherman moved to the corner in an instant, without any surprise on his face.

"Go away, I don't have time to play with you now." He made a grasping motion with his left hand, and a long crystal staff appeared out of thin air, and with a breath, a flame spewed out from the tip of the staff, blocking the boy from the secret room.

Paine seized the opportunity and jumped out of the shadows. The six-strike combo he had shown to Link was suddenly shot, directly hitting Sherman's unsuspecting back.

Sparks flew, and the assassin's sneak attack failed, blocked by the mage's invisible shield.Before Paine could retreat, a wind blade followed, and even though he had tightened his abdominal muscles, he was still cut a deep gash.

Yuan Ye reached out to help, but touched the blood on his hand. He looked down and saw that Pan En's intestines were exposed. He tried to stuff it back, but his hand was shaking violently.

Link squatted down and assisted Pain to stuff the intestines back into his abdominal cavity. While Yuan Ye was stunned, the healing technique healed the bloody wound.

"You actually used magic on the border of the Pillar of the Earth, have you forgotten your identity, Lord Sherman?" Link drew out his weapon and asked loudly.

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