Chapter 34: Temptation
The caravan stayed at a position about two hundred meters away from the hunter formation, and the leader Lina was at the forefront of the caravan, because the road was relatively smooth, Lina's mood was quite good, as a team leader, her biggest expectation was to transport the materials safely to Boulder City, in exchange for the alchemy supplies urgently needed by the town, and in Lina's opinion, as long as she walked out of this canyon, it basically meant that the task could be successfully completed. However, Lina's good mood did not last long, and just an hour before she walked out of the canyon, trouble suddenly struck!
"What do you say? Pearson snuck up on you while you were dismantling the trap? After listening to Wu Song's story, Lina almost couldn't believe her ears, Pearson has been in Kadoma Town for two or three years, this thief is known for his skilled disarming techniques and good combat ability, and has a good reputation in Kadomo Town, Lina and Pearson have cooperated more than once, in general, Lina feels that Pearson is still trustworthy, and now I heard Wu Song say that Pearson actually killed him, which made Lina feel quite surprised and suspicious.
"That's right." Wu Song said with certainty, "When I went back to tell him the coordinates of the trap, that guy lied to me that there was a magic device hidden in the trap box, and asked me to dismantle the magic device, when I went to look at the trap box, he sneaked up on me from behind, if it weren't for my speed advantage, I endured the pain and ran away, I'm afraid that now I have died in the hands of that guy, damn it, who are these people recruited by your caravan, I have never seen him before, why do you want to attack me!" Wu Song grumbled indignantly, while Lina fell into deep thought.
Wu Song's strategy was very successful, and there were half-truths in what he said, making it difficult for Lina to distinguish the truth from his words alone, and just when she was hesitating, the voice of Xing Shan, the deputy head of the Blue Scorpion, came from behind her, "What happened?" ”
Xing Shan's voice sounded very calm, he was only twenty-seven years old this year, but he was already a seventeenth-level spirit master, and he had become the deputy head of the Blue Scorpion Mercenary Group, with multiple halos on his body, which made Xing Shan somewhat arrogant, but the Blue Scorpion mercenaries all knew that this young man had proud capital.
"The guy said Pearson had attacked him... Lina concisely conveyed everything Wu Song said to Xing Shan.
Xing Shan did not rush to find out the details of Wu Song's incident, but lowered his head and muttered for a moment, and after a few minutes, he raised his head, walked to about two meters in front of Wu Song, looked at Wu Song with some seriousness and asked, "You mean that Pearson attacked you when you were defenseless?" Thief, can I hear more about what happened? ”
"Damn, how many times do you want me to repeat that unpleasant experience!" Wu Song cursed, and then pretended to sigh and said, "Okay, anyway, what I said is the truth, it doesn't matter how many times I say it, when I went back to give him the coordinates of the trap, he lied to me that there was a magic device hidden in the box, let me go over and dismantle the magic device, I... ”
Wu Song was halfway through his words, Xing Shan suddenly pulled out the knight's sword at his waist, and without any warning, the sword slashed directly at Wu Song's face.
"This dog B is ruthless!" Wu Song cursed secretly, and calmly dodged Xing Shan's attack with a sideways movement, and then the person flashed five meters away in an instant. Before making up a story for the caravan to hear, Wu Song predicted that the caravan people might make some tests, because the biggest and most critical premise of the story he made up was that he needed to have a fast enough reaction speed, otherwise, it should be Pearson who came back now, and Wu Song himself would die because of Pearson's sneak attack, but what Wu Song didn't expect was that Xing Shan would kill the killer without any warning, he thought that the other party was worried that he still needed to help explore the way and would not kill him, but now it seems that The degree of damage to this knight who was very underbeaten far exceeded Wu Song's previous estimate, Wu Song could clearly feel that Xing Shan's sword just now was not a temptation at all, but deliberately wanted his life, if he didn't dodge in time, Wu Song was 100% sure that he had been split in half by the knight's sword now.
"Now I believe what he said is true." Xing Shan nodded vigorously, he didn't even look at Wu Song not far away, turned his head to Lina and said, "The speed of the blow I just hit made it difficult for a thief with superpower ability to dodge, but this guy dodged easily, I believe that if he and Pearson clash, I dare not say whether he can win the fight, but at least there should be no problem in escaping." ”
"You mean to say that Pearson guy is a spy?" Lina looked at Xing Shan very keenly, Pearson was recruited into the team by her, if Pearson is really a spy, then Lina also has a lot of responsibility.
"It doesn't matter anymore." Xing Shan shook his head expressionlessly, casually inserted the knight's sword back into his waist and said, "Team leader Lina, Pearson still hasn't returned to the team, no matter what, he can't play any role for us, don't you think it's pointless to discuss this issue at this time?" We're still in the canyon, so why don't we hold a symposium and study until dark? ”
"You..." Angry flames erupted from Linami's eyes, she opened her mouth, wanting to argue a few words, but finally swallowed the words back into her stomach, she knew that what Xing Shan said was right, there was no more than an hour left before dark, but there was still a considerable distance from the northern exit of the canyon, and if the four thieves cooperated with each other, it seemed that there was still hope to get out of the canyon before dark, but now there was one less, and all the plans were disrupted.
"Can we try to get the three of them to work together to open the road to the east, and if we combine the two thieves together, maybe we can get out of the canyon before dark." From the perspective of a team leader, Lina desperately wants to get out of this forest full of unknowns as soon as possible, if the caravan still can't get out of the canyon before darkness falls, then the caravan will face a double attack of mutant creatures and some bad intentions. In Lina's experience, the night in the canyon is far more daunting than the night in the wilderness.
"No way!" Xing Shan shook his head without any room for negotiation and said, "If you really plan to do that, I think maybe we won't be able to wait until night falls, and we will become the ghosts of those guys!" Xing Shan's words were undoubted, as if he hadn't seen Lina's expression of being a little unable to get off the stage, and said firmly, "If you want to move forward, you must leave enough space, otherwise once we encounter an enemy attack, we don't know what traps are around, we can only be beaten passively in the same place, Pearson's guy has disappeared, if he is really a spy, I think the enemy will be very willing to see us in the canyon without any rules, let alone the preservation of materials at that time, even self-protection is a problem!" ”