Marvin had guessed earlier that an adventurer might use this opportunity to cause troubles.
The Lynx team and the Bramble team were both good teams. If the Bramble team’s motive was their leader’s child falling ill, they couldn’t help but take this contract. But what was the reason for the newly rising Lynx team?
Marvin thought of this and made ample preparations.
Thinking of it, she said, “That’s right, there is a Sorcerer in that pack of gnolls occupying White River Valley. And it’s a level 2 Sorcerer!”
The Lynx team couldn’t help but show a proud smile.
‘This woman is compromising?‘ Cat’s pupils were still dilated and few people could understand what he was thinking from his expression.
“Since that is the case, let’s discuss our new contract, shall we?”
As he was talking, he sneered inwardly, ‘New contract? We didn’t take this mission for the money.’
In the process of drafting a new contract, they had to return to River Shore City. This would take a lot of time.
That Sir told them that they just had to do that and they would get a huge amount of money without doing anything
A smiling expression could be seen in Cat’s eyes.
…
“New contract?”
Anna coldly laughed, “Sorry! We don’t plan on signing a new contract.”
“If your Lynx team wants to do a breach of contract, you’ll have to pay the penalty fee.”
‘What?’
Everyone in the Lynx team was shocked.
‘She is actually keeping up a unyielding attitude?’
Even the Bramble team captain couldn’t help but stand up and say, “Miss Anna, if there is a Sorcerer, the mission difficulty increased substantially. I think it’s necessary to discuss re-discuss it.”
He didn’t want to cause troubles, but as a leader, he had to take responsibility for his own subordinates’ lives.
As an experienced adventurer, he knew that casters were difficult to deal with, even if it was a gnoll.
Anna said, “It’s like this. The gnolls’ leader is indeed a Sorcerer. But we invited an expert to deal with this Sorcerer.”
“Everyone would receive their commission only to clear up the other gnolls, that’s all!”
An expert?
Cat suddenly had a bad feeling.
This was far from what he had expected.
At that time, a thin silhouette slowly approached.
He was wearing a thick mask, twin daggers on his belt.
“Sorry, I’m late.” Marvin said in a deep voice.
Masked Twin Blades!
The atmosphere in the living room immediately turned violent.
…
Marvin calmly stood there, silent, yet intimidating!
The adventurers stood up one by one looking grave.
They were all 1st rank adventurers, they obviously knew that Masked Twin Blades, who was capable of eliminating the Acheron gang, was a lot more terrifying.
Acheron gang’s leader was in fact a true 2nd rank expert.
And he was also linked to the Miller family elimination.
Killing in the wealthy district, who knew how difficult this was.
But this guy astonishingly had accomplished it!
That Masked Twin Blades already turned into an influential figure in River Shore City.
Marvin didn’t say anything. Anna coldly said, “That Sorcerer will be Masked Twin Blades’ target. You’ll handle the other gnolls, do you still have a problem with the contract?”
Anna stared at Cat, her tone quite overbearing.
The Lynx team was left speechless
They thought that excuse was the best excuse.
But the appearance of Masked Twin Blades ruined everything.
Cat was sweating, thinking hard.
…
“Someone put a high price on your head.” At that time, one of the solo adventurers was pondering. “You still dare to move with us?”
It was that boxer. He had a sturdy build and was armed with knuckles and seemed extremely fierce.
His nickname was “The Rock”. It didn’t mean that he had an amazing defense. It was because no matter how hard the stone was, he could shatter it.
“Try me.”
Marvin didn’t just target him, he checked everyone.
He looked at the few members of the Lynx team for a bit longer.
The mood turned ice cold.
“This being the case, our Bramble team doesn’t have any objection.” The Bramble team leader took the lead and said, “Since we aren’t dealing with the caster, the price on the contract is quite fair.”
He glanced at Marvin and added, “Also, we aren’t interested in your head sir. We only want to finish the mission.”
“I have an objection!” Seeing the Bramble captain taking his stance, Cat couldn’t sit still.
He sneered, “Can he handle a 2nd rank Sorcerer? If he failed to succeed, wouldn’t we have to face a 2nd rank Sorcerer?”
The pugilist Rock also displayed an evil smile, “Yes! Masked Twin Blades reputation is really great, but what about his strength?
His tone suddenly changed, “Sir Verne, wouldn’t it be better to have your people check it?”
“I heard that your team’s mister Green is also a dagger user, it would be better to let them compare notes and check Mister Masked Twin Blades strength. To see if it’s as good as in the rumors?”
Chapter 36: Three moves
Chapter 36: Three moves
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Hearing Rock, Cat inwardly cursed.
This guy was clearly trying to take advantage, egging on Cat’s people to see if he could get any benefits.
This rough looking pugilist was actually very resourceful.
Anna coldly watched this nonsense. The only thing about this that satisfied her was that after Bramble’s captain took his stance, the Bramble members stood away, meaning that they had no objection to the contract.
But they didn’t leave, and just stood there, apparently wanting to look at the performance.
After all, everyone was curious about how strong Masked Twin Blades was, having suddenly risen to fame.
Cat was helpless, as if he retreated now, that person’s plans would definitely be spoiled.
The penalty fees was a large amount of money, and although that person’s compensation was enough to cover it, it would still be a loss of reputation. This wasn’t worth it.
If they could smoothly destroy the White River Valley’s recovery plan, it would definitely be the best.
It really wasn’t good, but they could only try to benefit as much from the situation as possible. After all, they were adventurers and not that person’s subordinates.
“Green?” Cat asked.
A silent brown haired guy stepped forward when his leader called.
He was wearing a fine set of leather armor, but unlike Marvin, he was carrying a long saber.
That long saber was a little similar to Japan’s katana but wider and thicker. This meant that it would result in a stronger slashing force when attacking a monster.
Green was a cold-blooded blade master. Countless monsters and even adventurers had died under his blade, most of them very gruesomely.
One slash two wounds.
“[Wandering Fighter]?”
Marvin narrowed his eyes, focusing on Green’s movements. That kind of long saber was only used by the 2nd rank class, wandering fighter.
This guy was obviously not a 2nd rank wandering fighter yet but it seemed like he was thinking of going toward that path.
Wandering fighters had impressive dexterity, but their strength was also quite fierce. With enough momentum, their blade could split someone in half.
In his previous life, these kinds of quick and fierce moves were popular with the players.
But for this kind of class… Marvin knew how to subdue them.
…
“Miss Anna, even if you said that we don’t need to deal with the caster, we still need to check this Masked Twin Blades strength. Let him fight with our level 5 fighter, we need to be sure.”
“I believe Sir Masked Twin Blades wouldn’t mind?” Cat coldly said.
“If we win, you shut up.” Anna said back with an even colder voice, then, with a hint of disgust, “Either get out of here and pay your penalty, or help us repel those gnolls.”
“Sure!” Cat answered straightforwardly this time. If Masked Twin Blades displayed martial skills that could convince him, he wouldn’t mind temporarily altering his plans.
Being able to go along and complete the mission was good. That person… If he had told him that Masked Twin Blades would show up, he wouldn’t have come.
White River Valley’s young lord was truly reckless, actually daring to hire a wanted criminal to recover his lost territory.
According to Cat’s information, things were not that simple. A lot of people were watching that territory.
Even if this territory’s recovery was successful, that young lord might have a lot of troubles afterwards.
Thinking of this, Cat’s mood turned a bit better.
But at that time, Masked Twin Blades coldly said, “I don’t fight, I kill.”
The living room was frozen!
‘This guy is too arrogant!’
Green, angrily gripping his long saber, ruthlessly rushed to Marvin who was leaning on the counter, intending to kill.
Anna and Andre were both startled. They wanted to stop him but it was too late.
Anna’s gaze was focused on Marvin, not scared that he would be hurt but rather that he would really kill Green.
Missing a team would be very troublesome. Recovering White River Valley was already difficult as it was.
Marvin, still leaning on the counter, narrowed his eyes.
He didn’t move until Green arrived in front of him. At that time, he acted.
Reaching the 20 dexterity stage gave him a strong ability to react. His eyes locked onto Green’s right shoulder as soon as Green rushed toward him.
That body part would move first when the other side planned to attack!
Green’s right shoulder trembled, giving a sign of him using strength!
Marvin’s body moved forward and he stood in front of Green in an instant.
Everyone shuddered.
‘This kind of reaction speed, along with that weird move…’
Not waiting for their reaction. “Clang” could be heard as Marvin unsheathed a dagger.
This was his right-hand dagger. Because Green was also using his right-hand, and his strength was definitely higher than Marvin’s, in order to stop his assault, he had to use a slightly stronger move first!
Even though [Two-Weapon Fighting] gave Marvin’s hands more or less the same skill proficiency, there was still a strength gap.
Green was shocked. Before he had time to lift his long saber up he already suffered a hit from the back of the dagger.
“Ah!” Green bellowed, before quickly adapting.
He immediately did an attack from below, a small curved slash, the edge of his saber aiming at Marvin’s lower half.
Marvin sneered, ‘Seems like this brother has seen this trick way too often!’
Second stab!
Left hand.
A simple block that didn’t require much skill. As long as he found the spot with the weakest strength on the long saber, he could stop the momentum.
To Marvin, this kind of move wasn’t an issue.
“Clang!”
Marvin stopped the attack.
But at the same time, Marvin’s third attack was already on the way!
Two-weapon fighting was powerful because of the ability to multitask.
His left hand was blocking while his right hand was attacking!
The cold blade kept flashing under the candle light.
This dagger was aiming at Green’s neck.
Even if the later was still wearing a leather armor, he would simply be unable to withstand Marvin’s dagger.
The other were watching with a blank look, feeling stifled.
Marvin moves and reaction speed, it felt as if he completely saw through Green’s moves.
Three moves!
He only needed three moves to push Green into a dead-end!
Cat was shocked, he felt his intestines turn green from regret.
If the dagger really kept going, Green’s life…
“Stop!” Someone anxiously shouted.
It was actually Anna.
The next second, Marvin dagger’s momentum slowed, before lightly hitting Green’s shoulder.
Clang!
Green was sweating. He let go of his long saber and it fell on the ground!
There was an uproar. Green was considered as an expert among River Shore City’s low level adventurers.
But he couldn’t receive more than three attacks when facing Masked Twin Blades. And looking at his appearance, he had received a huge shock.
As a fighter, to be unable to handle a dagger combo.
If it wasn’t for Miss Anna yelling on time, maybe…
Anyway, the fame of Masked Twin Blades in River Shore City should rise.
As for Green.
As someone aiming to be a wandering fighter, he had received a serious blow to his confidence.
It would take a long time to overcome it. Whether he’d be able to completely recover or not was the question.
…
Marvin inwardly praised Anna. She yelled at the perfect time.
Otherwise, Marvin would have needed to deal with Green to keep the image of Masked Twin Blades.
Though, it was something that the two had planned previously.
Marvin would be in charge of intimidating them and Anna would be in charge of soothing them.
That way, the group of troublemaking mercenaries would know their place.
Soon, someone came and helped Green up. Anna noticed that this man was sweating.
It was clear that he felt extremely pressured by those earlier moves.
Rock, standing on the side, also didn’t say anything else. This pugilist had a grave expression.
Fear was especially noticeable when Marvin gave him a meaningful glance.
Pugilists would clearly suffer losses when facing daggers. Rock came to the conclusion that he would lose his life if he went against Masked Twin Blades.
This was someone whose blade skills were close to perfection.
Even if some actions were strangely stiff, he was already quite abnormal.
“Is there any more questions?” Anna smiled.
The adventurers in the living room didn’t say a word.
The old cripple, seeing what had happened, served food, coffee, and so on.
The tension eased a little as everyone began to eat.
Anna didn’t let the adventurers go check in at the inn after dinner; she directly started planning.
First was White River Valley’s entrance: there were four gnolls standing guard there, and two of them were archers.
Of course, those were no problem.
The problem was the six mutated aardwolves.
Chapter 37: Tactics
Chapter 37: Tactics
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Mutated aardwolves were the strongest in the gnoll pack.
Even the Bramble team didn’t dare to look down on them.
The two captains came closer, surrounded by their team members. The solo adventurers also approached.
“According to our information, the gnolls set up a sentry post here. Tomorrow evening we have to surprise attack that place. We can’t let any aardwolf or gnoll escape.”
“There are two fighter gnolls, and two archer gnolls. Those aren’t an issue. But those six mutated aardwolves are the most troublesome.”
Anna took out an old fashioned map and
wrote down the situation in the corner.
Her writing was very organized, with just a few sentences clearly describing the situation.
Even the two experienced captains couldn’t help but be awed. This half-elf was really talented.
“There are sentries on both side of the forest. It’s a natural cover, but these mutated aardwolves dexterity is also impressive. Do you have any ideas?” Anna looked at the two team captains.
Marvin obviously already had a plan. But he let Anna ask the adventurers first.
He wanted to see if there were a few talented adventurers in that group.
Cat stayed silent. His subordinate just got defeated by Masked Twin Blades, putting him in a very bad mood.
Based on the current situation, wanting to wreck this mission would be very troublesome because they couldn’t make it too obvious.
He could only pray that they would make a mistake in the battle, and then leave defeated.
That way they could get the money and save their reputation at the same time.
Unfortunately, the other captain had different thoughts.
As the captain of the Bramble team, Gru had a lot of experience. He mumbled for a bit before saying, “Maybe we could use a few traps. These mutated aardwolves are hard to deal with, so attacking them from the front is definitely not a good idea. However, we could lure them to a trap.”
“Gnoll fighters are level 2 on average, and those aardwolves are definitely higher than theirs. This means that the sentries there aren’t controlling the aardwolves. Maybe we could make something here.”
A smile could be seen on Anna’s face. Bramble’s people were quite reliable.
“Mister Gru and I had the same thoughts. My plan was also like that. We will draw those six mutated aardwolves to a trap on the side of the forest and then use a kind of method to kill them thought up by our lord.”
“As for the specifics, we can talk about them later. Mister Verne, since those six mutated aardwolves are handed to our garrison and Mister Gru’s Bramble team, your Lynx team will be in charge of those four gnolls, is that fine?”
Anna smiled at Cat.
The latter felt helpless.
Could he still say anything about this kind of plan?
Their great Lynx team wouldn’t be unable to deal with four gnolls, right?
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