Chapter 1 The Discussion of the Mercenary Captains

The mercenary captains chattered amongst themselves, all disagreeing with the Han family's young master's tactic of dividing the troops. Black Finger, leader of the Black Hand Mercenary Group, was especially disgruntled, having suffered a setback in Green Shade City. Already displeased with the young master's elite group, he found Han Family Young Master to be a charlatan, and his shouts were the loudest.

Han Family Young Master listened quietly, without a single reaction. Only when everyone had racked their brains and couldn't think of anything else to criticize, and had gradually quieted down, staring at him expectantly, did Han Family Young Master nod calmly and say, "How to divide the teams, how many teams to divide into, let's discuss it now!"

A clamor immediately erupted. It turned out that all their efforts had been for naught in his eyes. A wave of anger rose, and Black Finger felt a strong urge to rush up and beat him senseless.

"Everyone, calm down! Calm down!" Unsworn Sword hurriedly tried to smooth things over. He was very afraid of internal disunity, as he was the direct victim.

The crowd's emotions calmed down slightly, and Unsworn Sword quickly said to Han Family Young Master, "Brother Han, please explain in detail!"

Han Family Young Master glanced at the crowd and said lightly, "We're dividing our troops, so won't they have to divide theirs? Their target is definitely Todd, but will they know which team Todd is in?"

"We can still figure that out," Black Finger sneered. "But how many groups do we split into, how many groups do they split into? What's the point of splitting up like this?"

"Why do you need to tell your opponents how many groups we've split into?" Han Family Young Master retorted.

Black Finger paused, then said, "Won't they see for themselves?"

"Find a place where you won't be seen, divide into groups, go your separate ways, then hide a group there. After the enemy's attention is drawn away, secretly bring Todd into the city!" Luo Luo suddenly said. Han Family Young Master had planned the same, so he nodded slightly.

"Where can you find such a place!" Black Finger continued to scoff, but everyone's expressions had changed, and everyone's eyes had focused. They all looked toward the dried-up river valley.

"It seems there aren't that many idiots after all," Han Family Young Master sighed.

Black Finger was furious. He should have realized it long ago, but his mind was blinded by hatred. He just wanted to oppose Han Family Young Master's idea, and accidentally trapped himself, becoming the most foolish of all the mercenary captains.

"This method has some risks and may involve some sacrifices, but it's better than the current situation where we can't advance or retreat," Han Family Young Master said as his last word, looking at Unsworn Sword, after all, he was the boss, and everyone else was just a temporary worker he had hired.

"Let's do it that way!" Unsworn Sword made up his mind quickly.

"Change direction and head towards that river valley!" Unsworn Sword ordered in the guild, and the mercenary captains also greeted their respective members. Although the players did not yet understand the intention, they all obeyed and headed towards the river valley.

Black Finger was still not resigned and muttered to himself, "Will no one see us when we get to the river valley? I don't think so. There are some high places around here. Will no one notice our actions?"

Then, when he actually walked to the edge of the river valley, Black Finger was finally speechless. This was not a river valley at all, but a canyon. The walls of the riverbed were so steep, a great landscape created by the system.

"How... how do we get down?" Some people felt dizzy just standing on the edge.

"Just jump, you won't die," Han Family Young Master said.

Among so many people, there were always some who had experience in high jumping, and the height was indeed within their safe range. Immediately, they took the lead and jumped down. The other hesitant guys above kept asking the players who had already jumped down how much damage they had taken.

After asking several people, the data was inconsistent. It was unknown what attributes of the character this damage was related to, but in short, the threat was not significant, so more and more people jumped down. Seeing that half of them had already gone down, Black Finger, who had been feeling unhappy all along, suddenly discovered another problem.

"Wait!!" He stopped the people who were about to jump down later. At this time, Unsworn Sword was still directing the group around and had not yet jumped down. Black Finger said to him, "It's easy to get down here, but how do we get back up???"

"You can come up not far ahead," Han Family Young Master casually pointed, and then said, "Brother, can you ask more insightful questions?"

"Where? I don't see it?" Black Finger craned his neck and looked in the direction Han Family Young Master pointed, but he didn't see any exit from the valley. He remained skeptical.

"You can walk over and see. It's not far," Han Family Young Master said, ignoring him, and turned around to jump into the river valley.

Many players around him had heard the conversation between the two, and obviously didn't take Black Finger's question seriously. They walked past him one by one, jumped down, and treated him like air.

In a blink of an eye, everyone had gathered in the valley, which seemed a bit crowded. The question of how to group had already been decided by Unsworn Sword on the way here, following Han Family Young Master's advice, and had been notified to the relevant personnel. After everyone jumped into the valley, they stood according to their designated grouping.

"Everyone, take care, see you in Sunset City!" Walking not far along the valley, an exit appeared as Han Family Young Master had said. The slopes on both sides here were not very steep, and it was not too difficult to climb up. After climbing up here, everyone would have to advance in different directions, and they would definitely encounter opponents, fight, and casualties were inevitable.

"However, as long as Todd arrives safely, the system will naturally announce that their mission has failed, then the other party will stop the meaningless fighting, so, everyone just needs to delay and maneuver as much as possible!" Unsworn Sword told everyone, as Han Family Young Master had said.

"Take care, see you later!!"

Because each group had to maintain a certain combat power and occupational balance, many acquaintances were not assigned to the same group. At this time, after the leader finished speaking, friends began to say goodbye to each other.

"Hey, give me back my stuff!" At this time, even Han Family Young Master was approached by someone, but what he said was unrelated to what everyone else was saying.

"How much? I'll buy it," Han Family Young Master said to the person who came.

"I won't sell it, I still want to play with it myself!" The person who came to talk to Han Family Young Master was Mang Mang de Mang Mang.

"Then let me use it again, I'll return it to you when the mission is over." At this time, Unsworn Sword gave an order, and everyone began to climb out of the river valley. Han Family Young Master didn't care whether Mang Mang de Mang Mang agreed, and waved to his brothers, "Let's go too!"

Mang Mang de Mang Mang did not chase after him, and her group had already set off.

After Han Family Young Master walked out, he took out a telescope from his pocket and looked around. "This is really a good thing!"

"This thing! I really don't know how that girl got it." Intelligence King You Ge encountered another problem he couldn't understand, and he was so anxious that he was in pain.

"Why don't you just ask her?" Yu Tian Shen Ming muttered.

"I guess she won't say!" You Ge had gathered a lot of intelligence, and he knew the coldness and warmth of human relationships. Some very secret things, going to ask people directly would only increase trouble. In his eyes, this telescope was truly a mysterious thing, it was equivalent to a super-enhanced version of the Eagle Eye skill! Seeing Yu Tian Shen Ming's jealous look, one could know the value of this treasure. How could people easily reveal the source of this kind of thing? You Ge determined with his rich experience.

"Maybe she won't tell you if you ask her, but you can ask Qian Li!" Zhan Wu Shang said with a lewd smile, "Isn't he very familiar with this girl?"

"Why didn't Qian Li come?" Jian Gui simply asked.

"Who knows where he ran off to?" Han Family Young Master replied simply.

"It would be great if Qian Li was here. It's really terrible to be with such a useless person now!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said, glancing extremely contemptuously at the side.

There, Piao Liu showed an honest smile, as if he hadn't heard Yu Tian Shen Ming's very naked attack, and said very sincerely, "It's indeed a pity that Qian Li isn't here. This team needs his kind of mature and steady temperament!!"

"Kid, what are you saying? Are you looking for trouble?" Yu Tian Shen Ming was also very painful after exposing his true identity in Parallel World. He hated the saying of being a child or something, and Piao Liu at this time was obviously implying something.

"Hehe, did I say anything?" This guy just wouldn't keep arguing with Yu Tian Shen Ming. He would basically tease him a couple of times and then pretend he didn't know anything.

"Stop arguing, everyone. We have a heavy burden on our shoulders!" At this time, Han Family Young Master was done playing with the telescope. After putting it away, he became serious.

"With such a burden, I think our future is uncertain," Yu Tian Shen Ming hinted again.

"Hehe!" Piao Liu just smiled calmly and said nothing more.

"They've gone down to the riverbed, and now they've split up again!!!" The Jian Nan You team, who had been watching the Cloud End City group's actions, felt a headache after seeing their movements. There were only seven of them in total, and it was impossible for them to follow the Cloud End players' division and keep an eye on them separately. In that case, how would they know which part Gu Fei was in?

"Hehe, this method is really good," Jian Nan You suddenly smiled.

"What?" his companion asked him.

"These on the map are just a cover. I'm sure that the target they're escorting is still in the riverbed. They're keeping a small team here, hurrying to send the target into the city along the riverbed. As long as they complete the mission, won't the battle be over?" Jian Nan You said.

"Hmm, that's indeed a brilliant move," the companions suddenly realized.

"Since this is the core team, it must be composed of top experts, so the video mage must also be in this team that stayed in the riverbed!" The mage of the Jian Nan You seven continued to deduce.

"That's right, so, let's also go down to the riverbed." Jian Nan You waved his hand, and the seven jumped out from behind the rock and rushed towards the riverbed.

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