Chapter 151: Reaching the High Cliff

The rain stopped in the middle of the night, allowing the mercenaries to continue their journey early in the morning in the sober air and bright sunshine. The crisp morning made everyone's mood much better, at least not as low as yesterday under the dark clouds, and after breakfast, the mercenaries packed up and continued on their way.

The girl I met by chance yesterday was also not far behind them at the moment, following everyone. At this moment, she had put on her original clothes, and walked behind the flock with a wooden cane. After the girl woke up, she was questioned by Rhodes and learned that she was indeed a resident of Gaoya Village, but the details were not known. Because of the mask, it was difficult for the girl to speak. However, if you only communicate by nodding or shaking your head, it is obviously not possible to have a complex conversation. So in the end, Rod decided to take the girl back to Gaoya Village and ask what was going on by the way.

The girl, who had been hungry for a whole day, had little strength, and if it weren't for Lijie supplementing her strength through holy arts, I am afraid that the girl would not even be able to stand on her feet now. But even so, she still very politely and persistently refused the kind help of other mercenaries, and instead gritted her teeth and held a wooden staff to drive the sheep. I have to say that she seems to be very handy in doing this, at least under the girl's drive, these sheep are very obedient to follow her side.

And after hitting the road, the mercenaries still didn't leave the girl, after all, although they had participated in many adventures, they had never seen such a strange thing.

"What a poor child, why would he be treated like this?"

"Could it be some kind of curse? I've heard that some people do this to those who are cursed. ”

"No kidding, if it's a curse, Miss Lijie won't feel it? She said she was just sick. ”

"Is it a wound on your face? That's why it's deliberately covered? I once saw a young lady in the city who was burned and wrapped her face in a cloth all day long........."

"That's just a cover-up, not to the point where you can't even drink water and you can't eat, don't you see the collar and the chain around the girl's neck? It was obvious that someone was deliberately trying to torture her. ”

"But who would do such a thing? It's impossible for ordinary people to be so ruthless......"

"You say it's an ordinary person, can the dregs of the high cliff be counted among the ordinary people?"

Hearing his companion's answer, one of the mercenaries gave a disdainful answer, while the other mercenaries ended the topic in due course.

Frankly speaking, they really don't want to go to High Cliff Village, in fact, the attitude of Shanna and Old Walker also represents the attitude of these mercenaries——— if they can, they would rather those people die at the hands of the undead than come here to help them drive the undead, after all, these guys have a bad reputation, and now almost everyone in the Rhodes mercenary group except Marlene has been angry with them, which makes these mercenaries quite unhappy.

In the eyes of many, the people of High Cliff Village are a bunch of scum who don't want anything for money, and their reputation spreads early on, and since then there have been few mercenaries willing to serve them. But this group of people can be said to be extremely shameless, they will even take the initiative to come to the door of the mercenary association, crying and kneeling to beg those mercenaries for help, and at the same time, they are all in tears, and the prodigal son does not change his face. And when the mercenaries relented to help them do it, the guys immediately turned their faces and drove them out of the village.

In the face of such a situation, the mercenaries were angry and hateful, but there was nothing they could do. Because there is a guy in Gaoya Village who is the captain of the garrison in the nearby area, if the mercenaries have any disputes with the villagers, they will immediately run to complain. Although the mercenaries have an impulsive temperament, what they can do is considered "serious business" after all, and being arrested by the garrison and imprisoned is not their choice. For the sake of a momentary anger, kill people by mistake and then go to the deep mountains and old forests to be a bandit and bandit, it's okay to think about such things, if you really want to do it, you are a fool. ..., and this time they are still willing to follow Rhodes to come, on the one hand, Krauser on behalf of Deep Rock City gave a very rich reward, just half of the deposit paid in advance let those mercenaries each get a dozen gold coins, since this time it is the official money, there is no possibility of defaulting on the account, they don't mind showing their "work ethic" again——— as long as they give money, they are good guests.

Of course, on the other hand, there are also people who are very curious about how Rod will deal with those residents of Gaoya Village, although they have not been with Rhodes for a long time, but these mercenaries already have a considerable understanding of Rhodes's character, calm, murderous and quite ruthless, since he can directly kill at the door of the mercenary guild for a joke, then no one can guarantee that the group leader can maintain his good temper when he sees the group of dregs in Gaoya Village——— but in fact, for most mercenaries, They never seemed to have seen the young man, who had always had a cold face, ever had a good temper.

Because of this, it can be said that half of the motivation for their actions in the current group comes from Rhodes's attitude, and the other half comes from the generous remuneration. As for the target of the rescue itself, they did not take it to heart at all.

From this, one can imagine how bad the reputation of the people of Gaoya Village is among the mercenaries.

"Mr. Rod, that kid looks really pathetic......"

Walking by Rod's side, Lijie looked back at the girl who was struggling to follow them from time to time, although everyone had slowed down in order to cooperate with her, but most of them were adults, and they naturally walked quickly. Although the girl tried very hard to follow behind, she was still young, and she had not eaten before, and she did not have much strength, and the mountain road leading to Gaoya Village was tortuous and circulating, so it was not easy to walk. So the girl was always panting, but even so, she never showed that she wanted to borrow someone else's hand, and Lijie wanted to help her several times, but the girl refused.

"He's a very strong kid, but ......... This is too hard for her. ”

Marlene looked at the girl's figure with appreciative eyes, unlike Lijie, she admired the girl's spirit of self-improvement very much, although it would be very hard for her to do so, but the girl knew that Lu Dao would be like this but still chose to do this instead of relying on others, which also made Marlene very impressed. And the way she pays her respects is to keep an eye on her efforts and not choose to undermine the girl's persistence.

"And she seems to like the head of the regiment very much."

With her hands behind her back, Anne said with a smile on her face, but in fact she was not wrong, among this group of people, the person who the girl cared about the most was Rod, she always secretly observed the young man, and she didn't know what the reason was. Of course, this is not surprising to several other people, after all, Rhodes is a man, but he has such a beautiful female face, which will always attract attention. In addition, his voice was a little low, and he couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman for a while, so this alone was enough to make many people stare at him. And Rod himself obviously knew about his own problems, so he simply didn't say a word, and let the girl see it, he didn't care about this little thing.

"I felt a faint dark force in that child's body."

And at this moment, the angel who had been following Rod silently suddenly spoke.

Celia was summoned by Rhodes in the morning when people were not paying attention, and since the target they were dealing with this time was the undead, the angel who was their natural enemy would definitely not be able to let go. And Rhodes also hopes to use this to show his status, so that those guys in Gaoya Village who look down on people learn to judge the situation and lower their posture towards them. ..., the mercenaries were not surprised by Celia's sudden appearance, after the previous battle in the Dusk Forest, most of them also knew that their regiment commander had an elusive angel by his side, so they were not surprised.

"Dark power?"

Hearing this ominous word, Marlene frowned.

"Blood? Or is it a curse? ”

"It's not very clear, but it seems that the kid himself doesn't seem to be paying attention, and he shouldn't have woken up yet."

Celia whispered, glancing at the girl, then quickly withdrawing her gaze.

"However, this force is very weak, and it shouldn't have any bad effects on the surroundings."

"Maybe that's why she's wearing a mask?"

Anne shook her head curiously, frowned, and spoke.

"But looking at her, Anne doesn't think she's a person who can do bad things."

"A lot of people are like that, it's normal to be afraid and alienate from things they don't understand."

Marlene took over and spoke.

"But it's a bit too much......... But we can't confirm anything by Miss Celia alone, and we can only wait until we get to High Cliff Village to see what is going on. ”

While speaking, Gaoya Village finally appeared in front of everyone.

It is a small village located halfway up the mountain, and on the surface, it seems to be no different from other villages, with hundreds of cottages surrounded by wooden walls, a clear river flowing from top to bottom, windmills turning slowly under the action of the water, children laughing and chasing each other, and people working in the fields.

"Cut!"

Seeing this scene in front of them, many of the mercenaries let out a dissatisfied snort, perhaps in the eyes of others, this scene would make them wonder if the rumors they had heard before were true. But this is another thing for mercenaries, if it is those fierce and cunning guys, then they will admit it, because when dealing with such guys, they can only blame themselves for being careless. But the most unpleasant thing about Gaoya Village is this, they have a good relationship with the garrison, merchants and even travelers, but they just carry out "professional discrimination" against mercenaries, which is the reason why many mercenaries dislike them. Because of this, the harmonious scene in front of him made the mercenaries feel that this group of bastards was hypocritical to the extreme, which was disgusting.

"Stand still!"

Soon, the mercenaries were intercepted by the militia guarding the entrance of the village, and they held their weapons in their hands, raised their chins, and looked at the people in front of them with mocking eyes.

"You are...... Mercenary? ”

"That's right."

Rod stepped forward and nodded slightly.

"We were commissioned by the city lord of Krauser to come here to expel the undead, is there any problem?"

"Why did you go earlier! Only now!? ”

Looking at Rod, the militia captain led by him roared viciously, and then waved the weapon in his hand.

"Do you know how troublesome those damn undead are these days? We're really tormented! Really, it seems that the mercenaries are really bastards who want money to the death, and you don't have any sympathy if you don't give you money? Alright, get the hell out of here! As I said earlier, this is a major business route, so don't get me in trouble here, you savage mercenaries! Otherwise............ Tell the garrison, you should know what will happen to you. “

"Phew!"

Hearing this, a mercenary spat coldly, and seeing his movements, the militia captain's eyes immediately widened.

"What, you still don't have an opinion? I'm telling you, if it weren't for the trouble this time, we wouldn't have asked for the help of the Governor, and it's good that you can come, so what do you have to say? Tell you, be obedient, don't get into trouble, do your thing well, and get out when you're done. If you break something or make a mess during your mission, don't blame us for appealing to the Governor! At that time, you don't even want to get any of them! ”

The militia captain, who had said all this in one breath, didn't seem to notice Rod's instantly cold eyes, he just held the long sword in his hand and walked along the line like a prisoner, while carefully looking everyone up and down. And when his gaze fell on the girl behind the most ugly, the militia captain's face immediately turned ugly.

"You little slut! Why are you only coming back now! Where are you running to be lazy! ”

He roared and strode forward, and sensing his movements, the girl subconsciously trembled, and she clutched the wooden staff in her hand, standing uneasily.

And just as the militia captain walked over, a hand suddenly stretched out from the side, blocking in front of him.

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