Chapter 336 Silence

Silence, deathly silence.

Focus, the focus of everyone's eyes.

The one who spoke these words was just a minor figure in the mercenary团. Sword Unsheathed, who was in the middle of calculating, turned his head in astonishment, saw who it was, and smiled calmly: "Get your团长 to talk to me!"

The man nodded: "That's what our团长 told me to say. Our whole团 agrees to withdraw from this mission."

Only then did Sword Unsheathed take it seriously. He slowly stood up, anger already on his face. To withdraw from the mission at this time was tantamount to adding fuel to the fire. Sword Unsheathed's headcount was mostly done. He'd counted over three hundred so far. He roughly estimated that Zenith Four Seas still had about 400 players, almost half gone. The mercenary団's losses were even more severe, originally over 500, now only about 200 left.

But the problem was that Zenith Four Seas' players who had died had already failed the mission and returned to Cloudrise City. As long as Todd wasn't dead, the mercenary団's players wouldn't be considered to have failed, and they would be resurrected in White Stone City, able to reach Linshade City in three hours. Sword Unsheathed had hired so many mercenary团 to prevent this situation of the guild's manpower being greatly damaged. But now, the mercenary团 was actually saying they wanted to withdraw from the mission. Sword Unsheathed felt that he wasn't the only one who thought it was too much.

Before he could speak, three more mercenary团's团长, or temporary representatives, stood up: "We also want to withdraw."

"You!!!" Sword Unsheathed was so angry he didn't know what to say. The other side's tone was so firm that it seemed they were just notifying him and not discussing it with Sword Unsheathed.

"Is it not too much to withdraw at this time?" Many Zenith Four Seas players were indignant, and someone stood up to speak.

One of the four mercenary团 withdrawing nodded and said: "Indeed, we feel a little sorry. So our团 has decided to refund the full deposit." Saying that, the man turned to communicate with a few brothers in his团. Everyone rummaged through their pockets, put together a purse of money, and handed it to Sword Unsheathed.

Deposits had different rules for different mercenary团. Sometimes employers who were in a hurry to find mercenaries would use this method to lure people in. For example, Zenith Four Seas' mission this time had announced that half the deposit would be paid first, and the other half would be paid upon completion of the mission, and even if the guild's mission ultimately failed, the deposit would not be recovered.

However, the current situation was that the mercenary团 was taking the initiative to withdraw from the mission. This had not happened before. Sword Unsheathed only hated that he hadn't stipulated a breach of contract clause. He didn't reach out to take the deposit that the other party had handed over. Behind him, Gale had already stood out and said angrily: "This isn't about money. The problem is that you are too untrustworthy, right?"

The other party obviously didn't think that what they were doing was a glorious thing. They didn't hold their heads very high, and their eyes flickered, avoiding contact with Gale, Sword Unsheathed, and the others. They said in a peaceful tone: "Sorry, we really feel that our abilities are not enough to cope with this mission."

"So you're scared." Gale sneered. In fact, anyone could think that someone would retreat at this time. There was hardly any other reason other than fear.

"Afraid?" Unexpectedly, the other party showed dissatisfaction with this word. After looking directly at Gale, he continued his gentle attitude: "To be blunt, we are here to be cannon fodder. We understood this principle from the beginning. If we were really afraid, would we have accepted such a mission?"

Gale was stunned.

"Guild Leader Sword Unsheathed, you should still remember how you attracted us to run this mission, right? Just for that little mercenary fee? Heh, I'm afraid none of the mercenary brothers present have only that much ambition. This mission requires going to the five main cities. Now Moonlit Night, White Stone, and Linshade, we have already gone through three. The mission is more than three-fifths complete. In my opinion, our estimate seems to be a bit wrong. This mission does not have the extra benefits we imagined. There is even a high-risk, zero-return link like a two-way mission. After discussion, we believe that it is really difficult for us to continue this mission. That's all I have to say. Think what you want!"

After the player finished speaking, seeing that Sword Unsheathed still didn't mean to take his money bag, he bent down and gently placed the money bag on the ground, waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Several players immediately separated from the crowd and returned to the forest without looking back.

The other three who wanted to leave felt that the brother just now had already said everything that could be said, so they silently took out their money bags, put them on the ground, turned around, and led their people away.

Sword Unsheathed was about to say something, but he didn't expect this behavior to spread like a plague. One after another, five more mercenary团's people stood up, silently put down their money bags, and silently turned and left.

"Hey, you guys..." Gale angrily wanted to chase after them, but Sword Unsheathed grabbed him and shook his head, saying: "Forget it, let them go!"

Looking around again, Sword Unsheathed said in a deep voice: "Is there anyone else who wants to leave?"

The remaining mercenary团 looked at each other. Among them was the largest Blackhand Mercenary团 in Cloudrise City. Although the團长 Black Finger had died in battle, he had not retreated because of it. At this time, Drifter was still in the team, standing calmly at the head of the team.

After that, the Crystal Mercenary团's girls didn't retreat either. Except for Young Master Elite Team, they were the only ones who were unharmed. With their weak strength, this was simply a miracle.

Then there were the wretched men of the Great Hunt. These guys didn't suffer much damage in the forest battle. Their main losses were in Moonlit Night City.

In addition, there were two ordinary mercenary团 who did not choose to leave at this time. Of course, the six members of the Young Master Elite Team were also present.

But Sword Unsheathed didn't pay much attention to these six mercenary团. Instead, he looked at the seventh family present with great relief, and called out very affectionately: "Xiao Shang."

"Aww..." Divine Voice of Imperial Sky immediately made a painful expression of being poisoned.

"Don't call me so disgusting, call my full name, Gu Xiao Shang!!" Gu Xiao Shang said angrily.

"Thank you for staying." Sword Unsheathed continued to be sentimental. Even his guild members couldn't stand it, and Gale coughed frantically beside him.

And in addition to these seven guilds, there were several people standing there very uneasily. They were the players of the Silver Moon Mercenary团. Currently, they were the truly leaderless group. Even if the團长 of other团 wasn't on the scene, they were still on the channel, and the decision was still made by the團长. But for them, although Silver Moon was still nominally the 團长, everyone had ignored him. Even if he had something to say, no one would listen. For a time, there were various opinions on the channel, and no decision had been made yet.

Sword Unsheathed still recognized these people, nodded to them and said: "Everyone, that mercenary团 of yours can only be regarded as existing in name only, but as long as you continue, I will still pay you the remaining half of the amount in full."

"To the five of us?" the five asked. The Silver Moon Mercenary团 had a total of 40 people. Originally, the money was divided among 40 people. If it was given to five people, it would be equivalent to increasing the price.

Sword Unsheathed nodded: "The brothers who just sacrificed, as long as they are willing to come over and continue, can share this money."

"Okay, okay!" The five people agreed happily, but they didn't dare to hide the news and relayed it to others on the channel. So some were willing to come, and some were not. This group of people was settled like this.

Sword Unsheathed stared at the remaining mercenary团, feeling a lot of emotions. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly saw Qian Li Yizui of the Young Master Elite Team walk out, his steps as silent and firm as those of the players who had left.

"Damn it!!!" Sword Unsheathed was angry again. He should have thought that these guys would definitely kick someone when they were down and let go at this critical moment.

Unexpectedly, Gu Fei who walked out said: "Guild Leader Sword Unsheathed, is there anything else? If not, hurry up and go offline."

"Ah? Go offline?" Sword Unsheathed was stunned, not expecting that what Gu Fei said was such a simple question. He didn't even realize what Gu Fei was talking about. How could such a master say he wanted to go offline at this time?

"Yeah, it's getting late." Gu Fei nodded earnestly, confirming that he was an outlier.

"Oh, go offline, oh!" Sword Unsheathed woke up from his dream and said quickly: "We have to escort Todd to the dungeon for temporary detention, and then it's okay. So everyone, hurry up!"

Everyone's expressions immediately became vigilant. Obviously, the Waterdeep group wouldn't simply give up the mission just because they left the forest. However, in the city, the Cloudrise City players would no longer be afraid of them. At the moment, there were still more than 600 people on their side, and there were many masters among them. If Waterdeep really wanted to fight to the death, then everyone would fight to the end.

With this indomitable momentum, the Cloudrise City players officially entered Linshade City.

The houses and other buildings in Linshade City were mostly made of wood, which made its village atmosphere even stronger. In addition, the streets were full of busy players. Like other main cities, they would be curious and wary of a large group of strangers suddenly appearing.

At this time, Brother Right, who was good at observation and summarizing, quickly discovered a problem.

"Have you noticed?" Brother Right said, "The players' professions here are very unbalanced. Warriors, knights, priests, and pugilists, how many of these four professions have you seen along the way?"

"Indeed, very few!" Everyone recalled.

"The streets are full of archers!" Everyone exclaimed.

"And it seems that most of them are stalkers." Brother Right said, "Does the surrounding environment create this main city's distorted professional development? No wonder so many people said that they had friends in this city, but they all moved away later..."

"Hey, friends from Cloudrise City, how are you?" Suddenly a voice came. Everyone turned around and saw Waterdeep sitting cross-legged on the roof next to him with a smile, one hand hugging his knee, and the other hand waving at everyone.

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Uh, the chapter number of the previous chapter was marked wrong, but this can't be changed. . So, let us mourn the lost chapter 335 with the wind~