Mercenary Wars

Chapter 135 The Mustache of Flame
Then, with a flick of his hand, Eboshir sent ten swift breezes that instantly transformed into ten bright fireballs, which hung in the air and burned quietly and persistently.

“To be honest, these fireballs don’t seem to have much power,” Nikon said.

“The power depends on how it’s used.” Gaucano smiled as he looked at the fireball hovering in front of him.

As Nikon said, these ten fireballs were not very powerful.

But Gaucano never expected to use them to kill the enemy.

Before he finished speaking, with a slight movement of his hands, ten fireballs flew out, leaving ten trails of flame in the darkness.

The whitebeards tried to dodge, but they soon discovered that the fireballs had no intention of attacking vital organs; instead, they flew straight towards their beards.

Yes, a beard.

There are two possible outcomes for a white beard stained with flames.

The real white-bearded gray dwarves have their beards scorched by flames.

The fake white-bearded gray dwarves, those red-bearded people who dye their beards white, have beards that can resist fire.

So when they encounter a fireball, their beards will not only not be burned, but will gradually reveal their true color—red!
Ten fireballs danced across the battlefield, each one igniting a tuft of beard that could reveal the true face of a hidden red-bearded figure.

Initially, only 40% of the gray dwarves here had red beards, while 60% had white beards, a significant difference in numbers.

But as more and more fake white-bearded figures revealed their true forms under the flames, the numbers on both sides changed rapidly.

Gradually, the original 40/60 split of participants became 50/50.

"You...you're Redbeard!" The Whitebeards were both shocked and furious to see their companion turn into Redbeard.

"There's a traitor among us!"

"Look there, yet another traitor!"

Some of the Redbeards, having revealed their true identities, wanted to explain, but the situation did not allow them to do so.

The battle between the red and white factions is now irreversible, and the color of their beards is undoubtedly the most distinct indicator of their allegiance.

They either attack Whitebeard or are attacked by Whitebeard; there is no possibility of remaining uninvolved or making any compromises.

Anyone with a brain knows what to do, so all the fake Whitebeards had no choice but to openly join Redbeard's side and attack Whitebeard.

"For Prometheus!"

"Kill!"

Amidst the chaos, the battle became unprecedentedly fierce!
While setting his beard ablaze, Gaucano activated Earth Skin and wielded the Blood-Summoning Sword to attack nearby enemies.

With the combination of Earth Skin and Blood Regeneration, plus the Mantra and Healing spells that Nicon cast on him from time to time, his survivability became incredibly strong. He could ignore most attacks and simply wield the Blood Summoning Sword to hack away.

With a single stroke of his sword, he cleaved open the skull of a white-bearded man.

[Kill a level 3 gray dwarf, experience +150]

The white-bearded man beside him roared and swung his axe, but it only managed to leave a minor wound on him, which was immediately healed by Blood Regeneration.

Gaucano grabbed the battle axe with his bare hands, then swung his sword backhand.

[Kill a level 4 gray dwarf, experience +200]

Then a strange sound came from behind.

[Status Acquired: Hunter's Mark (Level 3)]

[Countermeasure: Hunter's Mark (Three Rings)]

【Successful countermeasure】

"call out--"

A throwing knife shot towards him, but Gao Jiano easily dodged it using his counter-mark perception. Then, he charged forward with his blood-burning energy, appearing in front of the mark's caster in a few strides, raising his Blood-Summoning Sword high and slashing down at their head.

The other party was a thief, and upon seeing this, he opened his mouth and spat out.

Then, for reasons unknown, a burst of clearly poisonous green liquid shot out and sprayed onto Gaucano.

However, in addition to its outstanding physical defense, Earth Skin also has equally strong toxin resistance. This blob of poison only caused Gaucano a burning sensation on his skin, and had no other effect.

At the same time, the Blood Summoning Sword had already slashed down, the extra power granted by Earth Skin and Nikon Mantra making his attack fierce.

The thief only had time to barely dodge before his arm was severed.

"Ah!" he screamed, hiding behind another gray dwarf with a shield. "Help me!"

The shield-wielding gray dwarf immediately activated the shield wall on top.

Gao Gano stepped back slightly, expressionless, and threw out two black steel arrows, each imbued with five swift breezes.

Guided by the swift breeze and the hunter's mark, one of the black steel arrows traced a tricky trajectory and fell from above, striking the thief squarely in the head.

The blood-red arrowhead then burst open!

[Kill a level 5 gray dwarf, experience +250]

Another black steel arrow flew toward the shield-wielding gray dwarf.

Unfortunately, the arrows were not powerful enough, and the opponent was using a shield wall, so they did not cause any effective damage, but only distracted the opponent slightly.

Immediately afterwards, Gaucano gripped his sword with both hands, swiftly stepped forward, and delivered a powerful slash to the shield-wielding gray dwarf.

"Boom!" The Blood Summoning Sword was blocked by the shield, and a crack immediately appeared on the shield.

Gaucano swung his sword again to attack.

He did not attempt to bypass the shield-wielding gray dwarf's defenses, since the opponent was in a shield wall formation, and there was little difference between cutting the person and cutting the shield.

He gripped his sword with both hands and began hacking at the shield.

"Boom boom boom!"

With a series of powerful and heavy blows, the shield was quickly shattered into pieces.

The Blood-Summoning Sword also developed some cracks, but fortunately, Gaucano killed the shield-wielding gray dwarf, and the fresh blood immediately repaired the sword.

[Kill a level 5 gray dwarf, experience +250]

After killing two more gray dwarves, Gaucano returned to the central furnace and sat down next to Nikon, catching his breath.

"Give me a 'Restoration' spell," he said as he removed Earth Skin.

Nicon's healing technique accelerated his physical recovery.

Taking advantage of this moment, Gaucano recreated ten clusters of Swift Breeze and combined them with the flames of Eboshir to continue igniting the gray dwarves' beards, revealing more of the fake whitebeards to fight for Redbeard's side.

He also checked his own panel.

[Experience: 2590/6000]

At this moment, Nikon said, "Gaucano, you'd better go help Groin. Matolius is very strong, and Groin and Brown seem to be on the verge of collapse."

The mercenaries looked at Matolius, who was still gaining the upper hand despite fighting two opponents alone. One of them said, "That guy is a level seven warrior, and his weapons and armor are the finest black steel artifacts here."

“Gaucano’s strength is no less than that of a level six named one, and I can also give him an energy infusion,” Nicon said. “If Groin dies, Matolius will definitely come directly to kill Ryan. Even if the slaves arrive to help, our situation will be very troublesome.”

Gao Jiano nodded immediately: "Come on, let me feel the energy infusion!"

(End of this chapter)