In the tent sat the eight people who had the most say in the mercenary group. For the Sea Giant mercenary group, they were once again in a dilemma. No one expressed their opinions, so the atmosphere seemed a bit dull.
Captain Gabri coughed twice. He knew that no one wanted to be the one who broke the promise.
But tonight, if the mercenary group does not evacuate Huwan Oasis in advance, they will face a huge group of desert bandits. This also means that each member of the mercenary group will have to fight against dozens of bandits at the same time. It can be said that the situation is very serious.
It was so dangerous that Captain Gabri could not even think of a reason for his own victory.
Gabri was a little confused. There were now two voices in the mercenary group. The conservatives wanted to take advantage of the snowy night to quietly leave the Huwan Oasis. They left without saying a word, even if the cooperation with Baron Surdak was unilaterally terminated.
Several radical mercenaries in the mercenary group believed that doing so would bring shame to the sea giant. Leaving without a word like this was a cowardly act. Abandoning his companions on the battlefield was an out-and-out deserter.
But before death comes, being a deserter seems to make sense.
Captain Gabriel was a little hesitant. He wanted to hear the thoughts of the eight members of the mercenary group who had the greatest say. All of these eight members were first-level high-level combat professionals of the Sea Giant Mercenary Group.
"Okay, what are your plans?" Gabri felt that his throat was bitter when he said this.
The other mercenaries in the Sea Giant Mercenary Group looked at each other in confusion, and after communicating with their eyes for a moment, a high-level ax warrior with a first-level sword slammed the short ax in his hand into the frozen hard sand, his eyes fixed.
In fact, the short propaganda ax in front of him didn't even look at other people's eyes, he just said bluntly:
"If I just leave like this, I may look down on myself for the rest of my life. I want to stay!"
His voice was a little low, intermittent, and a little rough.
Hearing someone say this, a ranger sitting next to Captain Gabri immediately said:
"Wake up, don't be stupid again, Bobby, don't you know how many bandits are going to attack Huwan Oasis at night?"
The ax warrior still didn't raise his head. He just took out a whetstone and kept polishing it on the ax blade. Every time the whetstone passed by the ax blade, a dark red glow would appear on the whetstone. He said angrily: "
I know there will be a lot, but I want to fight with my chest held high until the last moment. It is better than sneaking away and living my whole life. This is my pursuit. I can't force others to be like me. I won't force you, but I will
Stay and fulfill my final promise to them."
The ranger laughed angrily and said, "We have fulfilled our commitment very well, what more commitments do we have?"
The ax warrior said a little stubbornly: "It's a piece of hardware. I won't leave until the short ax in my hand breaks."
A two-handed swordsman sitting next to the ax warrior said seriously: "Captain Gabri, I also plan to stay. There is no word 'retreat' in my life motto."
Another mercenary holding a spear in his hand and carrying a heavy shield said: "I don't think we will lose, so I will stay."
"Baron Suldak saved me, I want to stay and help him again..."
Others continued.
In the end, the only person who wanted to leave at night was the ranger. The ranger also smiled very awkwardly and said, "Damn it, why am I the villain every time?"
Captain Gabri reached out and patted the ranger on the shoulder, indicating that he understood everything, and then said:
"Since everyone plans to stay, everyone! Get ready, there will be a hard battle before us. I will go to Baron Suldak to determine the defense duties at night, as well as the combat methods when the enemy attacks, and also remind them
, we need to be extra careful tonight, but it doesn’t matter, our night scouts can spread the patrol area further to give us more time to prepare!”
"Yes! Captain." The seven mercenaries stood up at the same time.
Twenty-two mercenaries were standing outside the tent, waiting for their decision.
…
"This world is currently half light and half dark alternately. When complete darkness falls, the goddess of darkness will descend on all believers in this world..."
Selena wore a black robe and sat in the middle of the tent reciting the teachings of the Dark Goddess.
She had memorized these words by heart when she was spreading the teachings of the Dark Goddess with the kobold slaves.
Now it is natural to speak effortlessly to these female slaves who were robbed by desert bandits. Moreover, the expressions on their faces become more solemn after saying these words many times. The women are all silent. They have been living in the past few days.
In fear, they survived the killings, and these people did not abandon them in the ice and snow desert. They were carried like a heavy burden.
Women worry that these people will consider them a burden and will be abandoned in the desert in the most critical time.
Now suddenly a woman in a black skirt told them: Her name is Selena. Everyone should come and believe in the dark goddess Celine. If you believe in the dark goddess, the goddess will protect her believers in times of crisis.
The women seemed to be grasping the last life-saving straw. Although they knew that this straw could not bear the weight of their bodies, they still held it tightly in their hands... and did not intend to let go.
For women, it may not only be a withered grass, but also the last hope for all of them to survive.
It seemed very quiet inside the tent. Selena stood up with her tired body. She walked to the entrance of the tent, opened the tent and walked out.
Surdak sat outside the tent and asked Selina without looking back:
"Is there really a world of eternal darkness?"
Selena said without hesitation: "Of course."
She walked to Suldak and sat down directly, regardless of the snow on the ground.
Her bright eyes became as bright as the bright moon, and there was even a moon emblem on her smooth forehead, making her beautiful face even more charming in the darkness.
Surdak turned to look at Selina's side face and told her: "If the battle starts tonight, you will hide with them."
Selena protested: "I can help you."
"I know……"
After Suldak finished speaking, he looked towards the dark night in the distance,
At night, the surrounding tents were still lit with lights.
The snow stopped.
…
Weilu grabbed his hair with some pain. He discovered that the man in front of him who looked like Jianbach actually had some fundamental differences with Jianbach, and the biggest difference came from the depths of his soul.
Weilu knew that Jianbach was a man of single-minded feelings. His sweetheart was a female magician from the north. He could not fall in love with another woman before confirming her life and death.
This is not the case with Surdak. He has a beautiful and gentle wife in Wall Village, and it is said that he is engaged to a noble lady from Bena City, and now he has brought his lover to the battlefield...
Jambach is also a devout believer. He believes in the Statue of Liberty. He always hopes to pass the test in the temple and become a devout war priest.
But Surdak was different. He couldn't help but have no respect for the Statue of Liberty. His woman was actually a pagan...
Weiru suddenly felt that he might have taken it too much for granted. He now felt that although Suldak and Jonbach were exactly the same in appearance and body shape, they were fundamentally different. He was even a little discouraged and felt that he had done something again. Meaningless things.
It is not meaningless. He followed Surdak's army into the desert. He has been eating salamander meat every day recently. His body has been greatly improved. He is not so repulsive to the fire element. After being burned by the fire element, My body is also slowly recovering.
The thought of leaving suddenly arose in his heart, and he looked at Suldak from a distance, wanting to make his coming and going as quiet as possible...
But I'm afraid that's not possible now. Before he can fulfill his promise this time, he still has to stay and help, at least to ensure that he returns to Wall Village safely.
Weiru held the somewhat warm scorching bow, slowly closed his eyes, and felt the inside of this world...
The trace of fire element in the cold wind.
…
A group of sand pirates broke through the wind and snow and came to a sand dune.
The night sky was pitch black, and the desert in front of us was covered with a layer of white snow. Apart from sand dunes, nothing else could be found here.
If the robbers were not very familiar with this place, it would be difficult for him to reach here at night.
Now they were hiding in the darkness on the dunes, looking at the dunes under their feet. There were actually lights on in the tents at the bottom. The firelight gave a touch of warmth to the cold night.
The troops who came from the deserted land were stationed under the sand dunes. They touched the tops of their heads, but the other party didn't even notice.
Chief Cumberland found it hard to imagine why the other party didn't even arrange for night guards...
He looked back and saw some faint colors in the scimitar scabbards inlaid with gems on the waists of those sand thieves in the dark night.
These bandits were divided into four teams as previously deployed, and they quietly surrounded the camp.
Even though they are losers in the power struggle in the center of the desert and are expelled exiles, they are the masters of the southern edge of the desert. No one knows this place better than them. The leader of Cumberland held the horse's reins with one hand,
Try hard to control the impulse in your heart.
A group of bandits behind them also became excited. Their eyes fell on the camp at their feet. This wolf pack sneak attack tactic has not been used for a long time. Now they have to show a powerful impact. The bandits are very conscious on the top of the sand dune.
They formed two rows on the ground, waiting for Cumberland to give the order and rush down.
They would open the tents and let the people inside wake up to the cold north wind. Then, with their stunned faces, they would raise their scimitars and chop off their heads.
They didn't even have time to crawl out of their sleeping bags or even put on their armor before they were killed.
The robbers suppressed the excitement deep in their hearts and suppressed the horses under their crotches to make them calm down.
On the dunes opposite, a row of neat sword lights lit up, and the bandits on the dunes on both sides also sent signals of preparation. Only then did the Cumberland leader light the torch in his hand...
At almost the same moment, two hundred bandits behind him lit the torches in their hands at the same time, and a neat row of fire dragons appeared on the sand dunes.
There were also lit torches all around. These torches were arranged in a neat row, making the world suddenly brighter. I don’t know which bandit was the first to rush down the sand dune on horseback. One bandit rushed down first, and all the bandits immediately
They all rode their horses down the sand dunes.
The torches in their hands were like lines of fire, and the horses' hooves stepped on the sand dunes, flying downward with the rolling sand.
Leader Lowell, Leader Keplov, and Leader Scarface were in four different directions, charging toward the camp under the dunes almost at the same time.
…
In fact, when these bandits first arrived at the sand dunes, everyone in the camp already knew about them.
Two hundred veterans of the cavalry battalion in the tent were wearing thick full-coverage armor and holding heavy tower shields. They sat quietly in the tent and waited for the bandits. They tried their best to suppress the excitement in their bodies and stared at them through the gap at the tent door.
On top of the sand dunes.
When a long fire dragon lit up on the sand dunes, the veterans in the tent could not suppress their inner feelings and let out a low cry.
At the same time, countless torches lit up the four directions, and nearly a thousand desert bandits rushed down from the sand dunes, appearing to be extremely powerful.
In her tent, Selena drew a complex pattern of magic circles on the ground. She knelt devoutly in the center of the magic circle, clasping her hands together and silently reciting hymns in praise of the goddess of darkness. Dark elements like meteors pierced the night sky.
Falling into Selena's body, the dark energy continued to gather into balls between Selena's hands, and a large dark orb formed between Selena's hands.
The moment this orb was formed, the entire room was darkened.
As Selena recited the spell, an invisible black cloud slowly formed in the dark night. The invisible dark breath spread out from Selena's body. Absolute darkness was slowly forming, and it seemed like it was rolling.
Like a surging morning mist, it spreads around.
The robbers who bore the brunt only felt that there was a black mist in front of them. After rushing in on horseback, the torches in their hands suddenly dimmed.
The Cumberland leader who was rushing at the front suddenly felt his heart tightening. He felt as if he had rushed into a thick black fog. Although he could see the surrounding situation, he could only see within fifteen yards of him.
A little further away, the view becomes pitch black.
He charged down on his horse. The slope of the sand dune was very steep. At this time, he could not stop no matter what. The camp in front suddenly disappeared from sight. A cold breath came from the back of the Cumberland leader. It seemed that things were not as he thought.
It's so simple.
A bad thought comes to mind...
There was a magician in this team, and the scenery in front of him was flying past, and a group of cronies were still following him, which made him feel a little uneasy and calm down a little...