At night, the earth is still shrouded in fog.


    It was chilly all night


    Sean and his party and two other mercenary teams temporarily live in an area. They camp close to each other according to the previously agreed location, and take care of each other. It seems to be a posture of joint cooperation.


    It''s just limited to the night. During the day, several teams will go in different directions with a smile, but the ultimate goal is the same.


    Sean can only put it in its place. It''s dangerous to hold together, and it''s good to enjoy it alone... And this situation is very common in the mercenary regiment. Almost everyone tacitly knows it. They go one side at dawn, and people who know each other can say hello at most.


    This is already polite!


    Before the campfire, Sean coughed a few times


    In this fog, even if you wear a mask to breathe all day, you will still feel some dry pain in your neck, not to the point of coughing, but it is itchy and always cough from time to time.


    And it''s not just that a total of more than 20 people in their three teams have similar situations.


    "It''s probably this weather in the next few days. Fortunately, we prepared more potions, otherwise it''s really hard to say when we can''t hold it." Jonathan coughed twice and said


    It''s not sick yet, but it''s probably fast to continue walking in the fog for a few more days.


    "How did the fog come from and why did it appear in such a place?" said Alfons, an alchemist who rarely asked questions.


    On the day when he first came, Sean knew that the other party''s purpose was not to come for that little money, and now it seems that any purpose may not be more important than his own life.


    Later potions need to be used more sparingly.


    Alphonse turned his head and looked at Sean who had been silent


    "Lord Sean, what do you think of fog?"


    Shake your head.


    "I don''t know where these things come from, but it has nothing to do with the current weather. This should be caused by another reason."


    "Why?"


    You ask me, I ask who to go!


    Sean muttered in his heart that he could only judge by seeing the state of the weather. The weather tonight was clear, but the fog had not subsided.


    It shows that no matter how the weather changes, the fog appears alone.


    "There''s someone over there!!"


    While still thinking, a cry came from the mercenary team on the other side.


    Someone?


    The crowd quickly picked up their weapons and stood up. Under the fog in the night, there was only fire in front of him, but there seemed to be a little light moving in the direction pointed by the shouting man.


    "It''s someone, they''re coming." the mercenary standing over there affirmed again.


    The light is obvious in the dark, and the torch can be seen from a distance.


    "It should be the mercenaries of other teams..." someone in the crowd stood up and shouted.


    "Who''s that coming over there? Talk!"


    Shout into the fog. Everyone behind, including Sean, has prepared weapons. It''s quiet at night, even if it''s far away. As long as the voice is loud enough, it can be heard by the other party.


    However, a moment later, there was still no response.


    "Prepare, I think there''s a problem." the speaker was the captain of another mercenary team, who had come to discuss the camping tonight with Jonathan.


    The palm clenched the long sword hanging behind him. They had heard that the weapon was out of its sheath. Finally, there was an echo in the fog opposite.


    "I''m Lucar, who''s in front?" said the voice in the fog.


    Lucar.


    Sean remembers the name. Isn''t that the mercenary boss he met in the hotel three days ago? The level of level 9 of those who have order will suppress all the mercenaries in the whole hotel in the first sentence.


    Sean has a deep memory of the scene at that time. People who can be neutral and powerful in casual mercenaries are really a little capable.


    "It''s your excellency Lucar!"


    "It''s them."


    Among the mercenaries around, there were many people in [excited!] and [relieved!] states. It can be seen that the famous mercenary in the city of riyetis really has great prestige. Only when he appears can he bring people a sense of security.


    The torch in the fog gradually approached. Sure enough, it was the man with short blond hair I saw that day. There were obvious scar marks on his dark and deep face, and his appearance gave people a sense of oppression all the time.


    In addition to him, there are five other accompanying players. It is estimated that the other party is also in a team and can enter the Lucar team!


    Uh


    Sean subconsciously stared at the girl walking behind them.


    They are not tall, and they are also wearing masks and coats, but the exposed hair is a rare pink color. The key is the attributes she shows:


    [41004100, cold]


    It''s her.


    Sean affirmed in his heart that the woman in front of him was the only person who found a negative favor for himself in the hotel three days ago. These days, he has been paying attention to each other everywhere. He wants to confirm his identity. Unexpectedly, she ran to Lucar''s team


    I remember she was sitting alone in the hotel before. It should be that she joined the other team temporarily later.


    Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is the identity of the other party


    It was not until this time that Sean remembered in a trance that he seemed to have a little impression through each other''s hair color. Now the medal belonging to the bounty hunter in his pocket was originally obtained from a snitch girl.


    At that time, because Freya was there, the other party didn''t take the medal from her own hand... Now in retrospect, it''s really difficult to find out who has a negative impression on her in the North except the female snitch.


    Looking at the favor of red shows [coldness]


    Because they were all covered, the other party could not guess that they would be here, and at that time, they just met each other. Who would have thought of meeting in such a place.


    Sean looked at the girl in front of him, but the girl didn''t seem to turn her eyes to this side, but surrounded Lucar like everyone else.


    "Lord Lucar, didn''t you set out two days ago? Why are you here now?" someone in the team asked.


    "Don''t mention it. I don''t think it''s so simple. Prince Philip wants to let the mercenaries solve it with 5 million gold coins. It''s impossible!"


    "What does that mean?"


    Many people looked at it, including Sean.


    "We did set out a few days early and have arrived in the nearest town nearby... Guess what we saw?"


    "See what..."


    Although he was masked, everyone could see Lucar''s expression waiting for his eyes, especially Sean saw the other party''s state of [lingering fear!].


    "There was no one in those villages, even the whole village was covered with vines. If I hadn''t known that mercenaries came from the southeast a month ago, I would have thought that those villages had been uninhabited for decades!" several other team members nodded repeatedly while talking, and there was no sign of lying in their eyes.


    "I guess the prince and the grand duke must have hidden something and didn''t publish it!"