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I don't know why, but I always feel like someone is talking behind my back every day.

It's not the kind of sneezing hints, but more like a chill in the air, a feeling that everyone is gossiping.

But right now, what matters is not that, but how to rescue Uncle Mont and the others, and meanwhile wipe out the troublesome Frostwind Mercenary Group.

Following the Frostwind Mercenary Group through deserted streets with few people, hardly any pedestrians here, only mercenaries standing on the roadside waiting for something. Most likely, the members of the Frostwind Mercenary Group don't want to run into other overly righteous groups suddenly attacking them in the middle of the city, as taking the secluded route will cut their journey time in half.

"These guys are really troublesome."

Complained Aliyah.

"Weren't they arrogant before, intercepting people in the middle of the road? And now they are taking this remote path? Weren't they supposed to be quite capable?"

"Aliyah, you can't say that. Look, the leader of this small team, although dressed in a black robe, doesn't show the type of weapons on his body. However, every time he turns his body while turning a corner, I can see a row of daggers around his waist~ That indicates that this guy is also a kind of thief, but thieves are different from warrior mercenaries who wield knives all day long. Their alertness is stronger, and they choose the safest method to achieve their goals. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chosen to be thieves, right?"

After listening to Oyado's explanation, Aliyah nodded.

"So, they're more cautious."

"But their combat prowess is there."

I followed up with a smile.

"If stabbed by an invisible thief, the effect would be almost the same as being attacked by an assassin, although thieves mostly specialize in stealing skills, there should also be a fair number who have learned assassination skills, right?"

"Well, as long as we roughly know their direction we're good, right~ Bro, I'll go ahead for reconnaissance, if I find their camp, I'll notify you directly, and you can intercept them in advance."

"That makes sense, if we reach their camp, although we can still take them down, the problem is there might be some especially tough characters there, and it's also easy to accidentally injure our own team members, right?"

That's right, we no longer have a clear enemy vs. ally system, even though we can discern between enemies and allies, in the previous battles I noticed one thing, it seems that our attacks against each other do have some damaging effects, albeit weaker, but there is still some. But weak for us is strong for ordinary people, and accidentally harming Uncle Mont and the others would be troublesome.

Oyado's efficiency was impressive, as in less than ten minutes, her voice came through on the earpiece.

"Bro, Aliyah, can you hear me?"

"Yeah, we hear you."

"Okay, I've located the enemy's camp, it seems to be a small camp next to a military base, estimating over 300 people."

"A military camp..."

It was time to take action preemptively, their claim of joining the army before clearly was true, if we really waited until they got to their camp before making a move, most likely we wouldn't be able to leave unscathed.

We were already out of the city, surrounded by forests, and no signs of other people nearby. It looked like a good time to strike.

"Okay, let's go!"

"Got it."

I dashed forward, with a swift motion, a row of ice arrows hit the necks of the first five scouts, simultaneously moving faster, I grabbed the neck of the leader still in shock, an ice blast turned him into ice.

So cold, even I found it hard to bear the damage inflicted by my teammates.

Frowning, I threw the leader out, and with a loud thud, he shattered on the ground.

The surrounding enemies took several steps back, their faces filled with fear.

"Well."

I signaled to Uncle Mont.

A few mercenaries approached from the side, intending to take Uncle Mont as a hostage, but as they took a few steps, they found themselves either cut at the neck or pierced with two ice arrows, barely struggling, they clutched their necks and fell to the ground.

Experience didn't display, so I didn't know if it had increased. But given the significant level gap between us and the opponents, even if there was an experience gain, it wouldn't be much.

After dealing with the enemies, I clapped my hands and went over to untie Uncle Mont.

"Really, look at you, feeling like a retired old mercenary, never imagined you had such a badass past."

"You... you knew?"

"Come on, that guy called Mendes has such a big mouth, practically giving us a friendly introduction."

Aliyah was much faster than me, by the time I finished untying Uncle Mont, she had already freed the others from their ropes.

"Aliyah..."

Kodou, eyes brimming with tears after being untied.

"I thought I was going to die."

"Tsk, you learned your thief skills for nothing? You can't even cut through a rope?"

"They took away my daggers."

"Come on, how is it possible to carry only one dagger? And you don't know how to hide a few? Looks like Oyado will have to teach you more things."

"Talking about me~"

Just then, Oyado appeared by leaping from a nearby tree.

"Hiding daggers, I haven't taught that yet, couldn't find a suitable dagger to buy on the sea, right? Make some yourself when you have time~"

"Whatever makes you happy."

"Everyone!"

Uncle Mont spoke loudly.

"Thank you very much for your help, but this place is not safe to linger, even though this is not a main road, it's inevitable that someone will discover these bodies and dealing with so many corpses is also an issue. So it's best for us to leave this place quickly."

"Although that's the case, Uncle Mont, do you have any good suggestions, where should we go?"

"Well..."

Uncle Mont pondered.

"We have instructed the dock personnel to restock supplies, should last us for about a month. I suggest heading south, it'd be somewhat safer."

"South... but that's still on this continent, right? If we're discovered, won't it be troublesome?"

"Well..."

Frowning at me, Uncle Mont asked, "Fir, what do you think? Do you have any ideas?"

"Of course."

I smiled and took out the nautical chart.

"How about we head to the Lost Continent?"