Mercenary Wars

Chapter 124 Dibusala Town

“The two-headed one is a high-level Molten Hound, not much weaker than a dragon,” Gaogano said. “If we had encountered that thing, we would have been burned to ashes long ago.”

Barons nodded in realization.

"Where did this thing come from? Molten Hounds shouldn't be creatures from the Underdark, right?" John asked.

Daniel: "Definitely not. Normally, this thing should be summoned. I just can't figure out who would summon such a molten hound in the Underdark for what purpose."

Gaucano glanced at the molten fire hound that never left the cave entrance and couldn't help but think of the Observer Eye Demon: "Perhaps there's something in the cave that needs its guard."

"It's certainly possible!" This sounded like a reasonable guess, and everyone agreed.

After a while, the molten hound roared a few more times, then turned and returned to the cave, the heat emanating from its lava-like body subsiding.

The group had been traveling for a long time and had just escaped, so they were all quite tired and found a cave to rest.

Of course, having learned their lesson, the group, still shaken, found a short, shallow cave, about the size of a house, just the right place to rest.

Once inside the cave, Daniel used a trick illusion to disguise it, making it appear as if it were still empty and deserted.

Then everyone set up their tents, ate some food, arranged the order of night watch, and went to rest one after another.

the other side.

South Sea Town, Gavin Chamber of Commerce.

"How exactly was the location of the silver mine leaked? Why was there no warning at all?" Lescova, the president of the Gavin Chamber of Commerce, dressed in a magnificent robe, slammed his fist on the table in anger.

Griff, head bowed and clothes disheveled, said, “We have several key suspects, and the leaker is likely one of them. We are currently investigating the specifics.”

How long will it take to get the investigation results?

"I think seven days at most."

The air fell silent for a moment, then Lescova asked again, "Did the border guards at Levin Fortress drive the Dibutons away?"

“Not yet, and they haven’t attempted to attack the part of the Siren Canyon area,” Greave said. “However, Levin Fortress has reported this to the Duke, and I believe he will make a decision soon.”

“Avasa dared to cross the Siren Canyon, but Rodden didn’t. What a coward!” Leskova said.

Griff hesitated, "You know, the Pope attaches great importance to the 'Nicholson Pact,' and I'm afraid General Roden wouldn't dare to make a decision on his own..."

Leskov remained noncommittal for a moment before saying, "Immediately inform the Redemption Order and His Highness the Prince."

“Yes,” Griff replied.

Just then, a man who looked like a foreman entered from outside, his face somewhat flustered: "Master, a batch of silver has been stolen!"

Leskova remained expressionless.

After all, the silver mine has already been lost, so what's a little more silver loss?

But he still asked, "Who robbed them?"

The foreman said, "According to the information we have so far, it seems that a miner named Edwin, along with someone else, stole a batch of silver and distributed it to several hundred miners who had worked in the silver mine."

Leskova frowned: "Why distribute it to hundreds of miners?"

"It's not clear yet," the foreman shook his head.

"Hmph." Leskova sneered, "Giving away silver coins to those poor people is blasphemous!"

"Find out where Edwin is now, and bring him back to me!"

"yes." ……

Dark and shadowy regions.

The mercenaries did not get a proper rest. After sleeping for a few hours, the person on night watch woke them up.

"What's wrong?" Gao Jiano asked.

"Someone is approaching here; judging from the footsteps, it's probably two people."

Everyone became alert, grabbed their weapons, and Ryan and Hilgon looked out of the cave and quickly spotted the approaching figures.

“A white-bearded gray dwarf hunter, and his beast companion,” Ryan said, his brow furrowing slightly. “He seems to be coming to this cave to rest as well.”

Everyone looked at Gao Jiano.

Gaucano had no intention of being the leader, but since he was the one who brought everyone here, people subconsciously regarded him as the head of the team.

Gaucano thought for a moment: "Arrest him and ask him about the situation in this Underdark."

The group immediately prepared themselves and lay in ambush on both sides of the cave.

Unaware of the deceptive illusion, the grey dwarf hunter led his boar companion straight toward the cave.

As he stepped through the cave entrance, the scene before him suddenly changed, transforming from a dark and empty landscape into several tents and a copper lamp.

The gray dwarf was taken aback.

Just then, a dozen mercenaries launched an attack simultaneously, unleashing a barrage of non-lethal skills: War Stomp, Shockwave, Paralyzing Poison...

Of course, "not fatal" only applies to the gray dwarves.

His wild boar companions, of course, didn't receive the same treatment and were slaughtered in the blink of an eye.

The gray dwarf was then captured alive and bound hand and foot.

"Balajilali!" The gray dwarf roared in fury, spewing a string of words most people couldn't understand. However, judging from his expression and uninterrupted speech, these words were mostly universal curses that didn't need translation.

“Leave it to me.” Hilgon took out a knife and a hammer. “I learned dwarven language from the grey dwarves, and I also learned a little bit of the art of subjugation. It’s a rare opportunity to try it on myself!”

He weighed the knife and hammer in his hand, gave the gray dwarf a cold smile, and then spoke to him in the dwarf's language.

After a few brief exchanges, before Hilgon could even use the torture instruments, fear began to appear on the gray dwarf's face, and he stopped cursing.

After a while, the two began to talk back and forth.

Hilgon would sometimes relay to the others: “I asked him about the situation here, and he told me that their town is called ‘Dipsala’.”

“Debusara?” Gaugano raised an eyebrow. “Doesn’t that sound a bit like a name given by an elf?”

Hilgon: "It was indeed named by the elves. Many years ago, this was originally a town of drow elves. Later, for some unknown reason, the drow elves here were wiped out, and it became a no-man's land. That's when the grey dwarves migrated from the north and occupied this place."

Upon hearing this news, Gao Jiano nodded knowingly—no wonder there was a drow elf at the entrance who had drunk the fossil potion.

"How many exits are there here?" he asked again.

“Four,” Hilgon said. “The east one is the kobold secret passage we came in through, the north one is the cave with the molten hounds, the south one belongs to the murlocs, and the west one is the exit controlled by the grey dwarves.”

He added, "There is also an iron mine near the western exit, where many slaves worked."

(End of this chapter)