Li Xi looked at the four guys in a row, and his heart became angry. At first, Li Xi held back, with the attitude of not wanting to see blood. After all, he had killed too many people, and there were always times of compassion, but these people actually turned the target that should have been aimed at the employer at himself. It was not his nature not to repay grudges, let alone that only two people were left on the opposite side. All enemies must be completely eliminated.
In order not to let the enemy escape, Li Xi said to Feilin and Zuolin, "Wait a moment, I will go and catch the last two. Since they dare to attack you, they will face my wrath. Righteous mercenaries will definitely eliminate all bad guys who oppose their employers."
Ignoring the pleas of others, Li Xi disappeared from his original spot with a body flicker.
Feilin and the others had no choice but to wait for Li Xi to return. They simply directed Nuohan and the others to clean up the battlefield. In a little while, the sky would brighten. After a great battle, no one was in the mood to sleep, so they started to get busy.
At least the bear goblins still floating on the lake and not dead needed to be fished out. They did not have Li Xi's ability to walk on water. They could only hold onto large trees and use ropes to loop around the bear goblins' heads and drag them back. As for whether the bear goblins would suffocate due to the pulling of the ropes, they would not be responsible.
Feilin came to Zuolin's carriage and asked for his opinion on Li Xi's battle just now.
Zuolin stroked his beard, his eyes dazed and reminiscing. Such decisive and powerful strength, such clones that could distinguish themselves with the same abilities as himself, spells that did not require a long casting time, and unfathomable strength. These deeply shocked Zuolin's previous worldview. It seemed that Li Xi's performance today had shattered his understanding of the world and swept it into the trash can of backwardness.
"Miss, Mr. Li Xi's strength is no weaker than mine. How much stronger he is, I cannot judge. He has the strength of an S-class mercenary. You need to do your best to win over such a powerful person. Your family, you and your sister, need such a helper."
Feilin was actually thinking the same thing, but she was younger and could not figure out Li Xi's intentions. She had not experienced much about winning people over. Her sister, who was in the capital, was more suitable for such matters.
Originally, they were passing by Cardo City and heard about the dwarves, so they went to see. Later, they received a message from home saying that someone wanted to deal with them, so they wanted to recruit some powerful mercenaries. They did not have much expectation for a small city like Cardo City, because the top mercenaries only reached B-class. They did not expect that someone like Li Xi would appear. What was the difference between this and buying a sick cow and getting ambergris, buying a river mussel and getting pearls, or buying a piece of land and digging out gold?
Just as Feilin was thinking about how to win over Li Xi, Li Xi had already arrived at the foot of the mountain where the hunter squad had appeared before.
Because Li Xi traveled at extreme speed with body flicker, the puppeteer was now panting and telling the boss in the black robe about Li Xi's awesomeness: dozens of meters high giant waves, a lake formed in an instant, and the archer and the beautiful slave owner who had already been captured. If the second one was not successful, they could only succeed if the boss made a move.
In fact, the puppeteer wanted to say more: "Run, the second one will probably not succeed. He has never seen such a powerful person. He is too strong, we are not his match." However, due to the boss's past tyranny, the puppeteer did not dare to say it directly and could only implicitly express his opinion.
The boss ignored the puppeteer and looked into the dark depths of the forest. The night before dawn was the darkest. Even with his extraordinary strength, he could not penetrate the darkness.
Three iron arrows that seemed to ignore the spatial restrictions suddenly appeared in front of the boss and the puppeteer from the darkness. The boss recognized these steel-forged long arrows. They were the standard equipment of the archer in their team. Each iron arrow cost fifty silver coins, which could be considered a luxury item. However, good price corresponded to good quality. The enemies who had died under the archer's arrows were no less than fifty, but they did not expect that this kind of equipment would one day fall into the hands of the enemy and be used against them.
This was Li Xi who had captured the archer's equipment. Li Xi had started to like this kind of ranged weapon, and it was just right to deal with this so-called boss whom no one had ever seen before, and that puppeteer.
Li Xi's strength was beyond question. He was a living prehistoric giant. The arrows he shot from his hands were unbearable even for giants.
Facing such an attack, the boss, with lightning speed, directly grabbed the puppeteer in front of him, then shrank towards the ground, like a drop of water merging into the sea, disappearing without a trace.
But his brother, teammate, and subordinate who was dragged over at the critical moment had no time to react. He was torn to pieces by the iron arrows, as if hit by an anti-material rifle, and never understood what had happened even in death.
Li Xi put away the longbow that had been broken again and came to the place where the boss had disappeared. Unfortunately, he used his eyes to look carefully. Even if he strained his eyes until they were about to burst, he could not find any trace.
Li Xi felt quite regretful. "Having a stealthy person is a probability smaller than winning the lottery's first prize. I never expected to encounter a second one."
Stealthy persons were special profession holders among assassins. Their movements were very strange, and they could also use shadows to leap and transfer for assassination. Such subtle movements were called death gods of darkness.
However, as Zuolin said, the number of stealthy persons was even less than that of mages. The more powerful the profession holder, the more dependent they were on talent. Even "one in ten thousand" could not describe them. And this so-called hunter squad having two stealthy persons could be considered quite strong. It was a pity that they encountered a cheater like Li Xi.
Picking up the spatial ring of the puppeteer on the ground, Li Xi probed into it with his mental power. Looking at the expensive items, Li Xi smiled. This trip out on a mission was not a loss.
Li Xi even had an idea: why not accept missions that went smoothly? In the future, he would specifically take on complex missions with many enemies. What could be faster than black-eating-black to get rich?
By the time Li Xi returned to the camp, the three surviving bear goblins had been fitted with reins. Behind them was a newly assembled flatbed cart, on which were placed the three unconscious people who had not yet woken up and a coffin. Needless to say, the coffin contained the body of the second stealthy person. This was prepared for Li Xi to take to Pabi to submit the mission.
"Brother Li Xi, how was it?" Seeing Li Xi return, everyone looked at Li Xi with admiration, especially Nuohan, who was completely awestruck.
Li Xi raised the spatial ring in his hand. "That puppeteer is dead, but their boss escaped. I didn't expect their boss to be a stealthy person as well. Seeing that things were not going well, he slipped into the shadows and escaped." Sudan Novel Network
Feilin smiled and extended her hand to Li Xi. Her well-maintained delicate jade hand held four spatial rings. "Big Brother Li Xi, you single-handedly destroyed this hunter squad and saved so many of our lives. Don't worry, when we get to Aisinger, I will definitely pay you double the commission."
Li Xi did not care about the change in Feilin's address, but rather took the four spatial rings with great interest. A gleam flashed in his eyes, the kind of look that only appeared when a dragon saw a mountain of gold. As expected, people do not get rich without ill-gotten gains, and horses do not get fat without night fodder. He had struck it rich!!!
"No problem. As long as I accept a mission, I will complete it at any cost. The honor of a mercenary can make me defeat any enemy."
Li Xi was never short of eloquent words. Although he could not open three of the rings yet, there was still plenty of time on the way to Pabeti.
Just as the sky was dimly lit and the sun began to show its smiling face, Li Xi took a fine dagger made by a dwarf and stabbed it at the still unconscious Thunderstorm Bear.
"Come, let's all eat meat together."
The meat of a fifth-level magical beast was not something that could be eaten at any time. After Li Xi obtained a fifth-level magic crystal, he finally tasted the meat of this Thunderstorm Bear. Without any seasonings, the lightning power contained within the meat alone would make Li Xi's mouth tingle with numbness when he put it in his mouth. Li Xi felt like he was eating the spicy shredded meat from his hometown in Chongqing in his previous life. After washing it four times, he still couldn't eat it.
Almost as Li Xi and the others finished their breakfast and began their journey for the new day, far away in Aisinger, in the study of the owner of a luxurious manor, a letter lay on the desk.
"The situation has changed. A mercenary suddenly appeared among the targets. Their strength is formidable and has disrupted our plan. The hunter squad has failed, and all but one have been annihilated. The subordinate has adjusted the strategy and posted a bounty in the black market. I guarantee that the target will not reach Pabeti alive."
Below, it was still written in red ink: "Approved."
During the day, Li Xi resumed his usual flippant demeanor, but he was not lying on the carriage sleeping. Instead, he had a target for provocation, like a child who had a favorite toy.
The three assassins whose tendons had been severed and who had been placed under confinement spells by Zuolin, and who couldn't even defeat a goblin, were not treated differently by Li Xi. He also gave 'kind care' to the three bear goblins who were pulling the cart. As a result, the bear goblins would instinctively prostrate themselves and lick Li Xi's shoes whenever they saw him. Of course, one should ignore the fact that the bear goblins only had half their teeth left and their eyes could only be opened a sliver.
"Tell me, do you still have any hidden little treasuries? I don't believe that after working for so long, you only have this much stuff. Whoever tells me first, I'll reattach their limbs and tendons, and let them live like a normal person."
The archer, the mage, and the beautiful slave owner all lay on the bumpy flatbed cart with pale faces. In order to keep up with the caravan's speed, the three bear goblins were exerting all their strength to pull forward. How could there be any road on the wild roads or plains? The roller-coaster-like progress made the frail old mage's bones feel like they were about to shatter.
"Sir, we are already like this, how dare we hide anything? We truly have nothing left." The archer said with a bitter face. He was about to bite his tongue off. If it weren't for the fact that someone had performed self-mutilation by biting their tongue in front of him before, he would have committed suicide long ago. Since he woke up from his coma, this powerful mercenary had been interrogating him like a hooligan, asking if he had any hidden little treasuries. For people like them who lived day by day, who would save their belongings meticulously and leave them for others? They had already squandered it all.
Even though they explained it a thousand times, saying that all their property was in their spatial rings, this mercenary named Li Xi still did not believe them. He still thought that they would hide their grain separately like groundhogs, but in reality, they truly had nothing. Even if they ground their mouths raw, Li Xi was still convinced that they had hidden little treasuries.
Seeing that the three of them were as stubborn as stones, Li Xi's eyes rolled as he looked at the slender and curvaceous beautiful slave owner. Even though this beauty did not possess the beauty of Aisi or Avril, in his previous life, she would have been a stunner on the street with a high rate of turning heads.
He then looked at the bear goblins who were working hard to pull the cart. Good slaves who were willing to accept transformation should be appropriately praised, otherwise, the slaves would also lose heart. Instantly, he had an idea.