Upon hearing this, Bolt's confidant felt a surge of admiration and immediately went to make the arrangements.

Maya is a very famous name in the mercenary world, and many people even believe that she may be the second King of Mercenaries! This is because Maya is Bolt's protégé. After becoming a mercenary, Maya soon became a supporter of Bolt and was saved by him. From then on, she followed Bolt and learned from him for many years, showing amazing talent. Now, the Free Mercenary Group she founded is a well-known name in the mercenary world.

It can be said that Maya has always been following in Bolt's footsteps. In order to surpass Bolt, she left Bolt's side several years ago and has been working alone ever since, which is why she has achieved what she has today.

When Bolt was betrayed by the Seven Shields Alliance and announced the establishment of the Servant Nation, he invited Maya to help him achieve his great cause. However, Maya scolded him and refused the invitation. Bolt never expected that Maya, who rejected him, would help the Seven Shields Alliance to betray him today!

"Sister Maya, is Bolt really coming?"

Meanwhile, outside the city lord's mansion in the fourth fortress, Maya, wearing a tight leather jacket, with short burgundy hair, black fingerless tactical gloves, brown boots, and two short swords at her waist, was looking at the dozens of mercenaries trapped inside the city lord's mansion with a serious expression.

The vice-leader of the Free Mercenary Group also looked at the members of the Black Beast Mercenary Group, harboring doubts about Maya's plan.

"Yes, even if he knows it's a trap, he'll come back. I know him; he never abandons his comrades. When he arrives... we'll kill him!"

Maya nodded very seriously, her expression extremely complicated, but in the blink of an eye she became determined. For the stability of the alliance, she was going to kill Bolt!

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In the dimly lit dungeon, a faint shadow was slowly moving. It seemed that Bolt had become wiser this time after suffering many losses. The entire dungeon was guarded every ten steps and sentries every five steps. There were ogres and mercenaries everywhere!

However, numbers didn't really matter much to Lynch. With the Dark Bible in hand and Chloe's legacy, Lynch was like a fish in water in the dimly lit dungeon! People far away could hear Lulu's cries.

"Waaaaah!"

P.S.: Regarding the skirt issue, if it fails the review tomorrow, I'll rebuild it. Sigh.

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Deep within the dungeon, besides Lulu's sobs echoing, the darkest scene of humanity was unfolding. Several ogres, originally guards of the prison, were enjoying a feast of dwarf girls in their cells. Of course, you know how ogres eat; they would first pierce the dwarf girls with their large clubs, then hang them on the clubs, pushing them in and out, occasionally spraying them with white sauce...

It must be said that the dwarves are exceptionally talented. Even the smallest ogres are more than three times the size of dwarves, and many are four or five times larger. The size of an ogre's club is completely disproportionate to the opening of a dwarf girl's vagina. However, every dwarf girl who was killed by the ogre was, after experiencing the initial tearing pain, immersed in the satisfying feeling of being pierced. Many of them even enjoyed the white sauce bestowed upon them by the ogre!

However, only the dwarf girls being devoured by the ogres knew the strange sensations involved. In the dim light, the small dwarf girls were being tortured by the ogres.

Therefore, the dwarves who were still in line and hadn't yet been favored by the ogres spent all their limited energy complaining about Lulu, who was still sobbing.

"Useless dwarves! They surrendered without a fight! We were all captured! Trash!"

"It's all Lulu's fault! How could someone like that be our clan leader!"

"I never imagined that our chieftain would be captured crying on the battlefield. What a disgrace! She has completely ruined the honor of the dwarves! Crying, crying, crying! All she knows is how to cry!"

“I knew long ago that we shouldn’t have made her the chieftain! How could a child possibly be a good chieftain for our dwarf race! Besides, he’s a half-blood! Half-bloods are never reliable!”

"If it weren't for her, our companions wouldn't have ended up like this. We'd probably be next soon... How terrifying... Being pierced through by an ogre's giant club... Just thinking about it hurts... What did you say? Your sister looks like she's enjoying it?! Impossible! You must be mistaken!"

Whether human or dwarf, all intelligent humanoid races share similar inherent flaws: a tendency to shirk responsibility and a strong sense of shared hardship and adversity. Humans constantly cursed the dwarves for surrendering first. And among the dwarves, no one knew who first began blaming Lulu, but gradually the entire race began to place all the blame on her, as if Lulu was solely responsible for their current predicament.

The curses from humans and the complaints from her tribe made Lulu's tears flow even more uncontrollably. When she was first locked up, she tried to argue back, but she soon realized that almost no one was speaking up for her. This caused Lulu, who had just experienced the biggest failure of her life and was at her lowest point, to feel an overwhelming sadness, and she couldn't stop crying.

Unfortunately, Lulu's tears did not elicit sympathy for her; instead, they led more people to believe that she was crying out of guilt, sparking a new round of even fiercer curses and complaints. This only made her cry even louder, creating a perfect vicious cycle.

"Waaaaah, why is it all my fault? I'm the fiercest dwarf warrior! No one in the entire Fifth Fortress could beat me! I hate you all! Waaaaah... Is it really all my fault? Am I really a useless piece of trash? Waaaaah... I don't believe it! I don't believe it! They're all lying! I'm the strongest warrior in the Alliance! Waaaaah... But I lost! I lost on the battlefield, in front of everyone! I was even captured alive! Waaaaah... I really am a piece of trash... Waaaaah..."

When Lynch approached Lulu's cell through the shadows, he realized that Lulu wasn't just crying silently. She was muttering to herself while crying, repeating the same few phrases over and over, questioning herself while simultaneously trying to encourage herself and regain her strength. However, as the surrounding curses and complaints escalated into insults and curses, Lulu was gradually swayed by the public's thoughts, began to doubt herself, and cried more and more bitterly.

Lulu, who was constantly muttering to herself, did not notice that the darkness in the corner where she was curled up had become even denser, and a figure had silently appeared beside her.

"Girl, believe me, you are the strongest warrior in the entire Seven Shields Alliance. This defeat is just a small mistake. No matter what kind of battle it is, you will not compromise easily or give up easily, right?"

When Lulu was feeling down, Lin Qi suddenly spoke up, immediately affirming Lulu's value, and then used rhetorical questions to guide her.

Although Lynch possessed many skills, he never felt arrogant about them. Before joining any organization, Lynch dreamed of becoming a teacher! This dream has never changed to this day! Because in Lynch's mind, a teacher is an engineer of the soul! They specialize in programming and brainwashing your thoughts, making you think and act according to a pre-arranged plan.

And right now, Lynch is doing the programming work of a soul engineer! He first creates a short sentence that you're willing to believe, regardless of whether the sentence is true or not, just to get you hooked!

"Yes! That's right! I, Lulu, am the strongest warrior! I will never give up or compromise easily! Hey! You..."

Although Lulu began to doubt her own abilities little by little, she still wanted to affirm herself deep down. A competitive child like her could not easily deny herself.

So when Lin Qi spoke, Lulu, who had been muttering to herself, subconsciously nodded and followed up on Lin Qi's words, repeating Lin Qi's rhetorical question in a definite sentence. However, after she finished speaking, Lulu was shocked. She hadn't noticed when Lin Qi had appeared next to her at all!

Just as Lulu was about to cry out, Lin Qi gently covered her mouth with his hand, making a shushing gesture. Then, Lin Qi took out the eldest princess's Phoenix Tail Flower Knight Sword, the youngest princess's Flower Moon Staff, and Kaguya's Sun Headdress and showed them to Lulu.

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Lynch, holding the tokens representing the three fortress leaders, lowered his voice and spoke to Lulu with utmost seriousness: "I have come to rescue you on behalf of Princess Alicia, Princess Prim, and Princess Kaguya, the leader of the Witch Kingdom. Although we have lost the fortress, we have not yet failed. The alliance needs your strength, the strongest dwarf warrior, Lulu."

When Lulu saw what Lin Qi took out and heard what he said, her eyes lit up. Among the seven fortresses of the Seven Shields Alliance, each fortress commander was quite familiar with the others. The three items that Lin Qi had just taken out were things that the three fortress commanders would not easily hand over to others, just as Lulu would not hand over her battle axe to anyone else.

What made Lulu even more fond of him was Lin Qi's respectful address to her, which felt like she was back in the days when countless people worshipped her!

"Yes! That's right! The alliance needs my strength! I am the strongest dwarf warrior!"

"So now I need to get you out of here, but as you can see, the dungeon is heavily guarded. Therefore, I need you to sign this contract with us. After you sign the contract, I will be able to use the power of the contract to take you away without anyone knowing."

Lulu immediately nodded to Lin Qi again with great certainty, her face gradually regaining its proud and confident expression.

Little girls are definitely the easiest to please.

Although Lin Qi was inwardly slandering Lulu, his face showed no sign of anything amiss. He still presented the Dark Contract in written form with a serious expression and spoke to Lulu in a reasonable manner. In order not to arouse Lulu's suspicion, Lin Qi did not say that he was signing a contract with her, but rather that he was signing a contract with us, using the name of the Seven Shields Alliance as a cover.

"Ah? Then my people..."

Lulu was about to carefully read the contents of the contract when she was taken aback. Although she was simple-minded, she was not stupid. She immediately realized that Lin Qi only intended to save her. Lulu had been the chieftain of the dwarves for three years, and for some reason, she turned her attention to her fellow dwarves at this moment.

"I regret that I can only choose between them and you. As you can see, your people have begun to ostracize and oppose you. Although I do have the ability to save them, if I save them, it means I have to give up on you. Perhaps you are willing to give up the opportunity to leave because of these people who are mocking, blaming, and resenting you? To give up the opportunity to rise again and contribute more to the alliance?"

Lin Qi explained the situation frankly: he had only sneaked in to collect Lulu, and he didn't care about the other dwarves. The number of pages in the contract space was limited, and he couldn't just put any Tom, Dick, or Harry into it.

However, Lin Qi easily dispelled Lulu's concerns with the simplest method.

Lin Qi's subtle provocation immediately resonated with Lulu. Her sense of collective honor and sense of mission as clan leader were not strong to begin with. She had just suddenly thought of her people, which was just a momentary lapse of judgment. Lin Qi's prompting, coupled with the increasingly intense insults and curses from the dwarves and humans around her, instantly caused the tiny bit of conscience and guilt that Lulu had just felt to soar to the sky.

"That's right, you were the ones who abandoned me first, so why should I save you! Wait, this contract..."

Lulu gave the dwarfs a look that said, "You deserve it," and then turned her attention back to the contract that Lin Qi had shown her.

However, Lulu sensed something was wrong after just one glance. Although she had little experience, she had seen several contracts before, and Lin Qi's contract looked exactly like a legendary servant contract or indenture.

"The Alliance's strongest warrior! What the hell are you doing, idiot?! We're in grave danger right now! I'm risking my life to rescue you! And you're still dawdling here! Are you trying to kill me? Or kill yourself?! There's no time to hesitate! Sign the contract now! Time is of the essence! Princess Alicia, Princess Prim, and Princess Kaguya are all waiting for you!"

Before Lulu could even voice her doubts, Lin Qi, who had been appearing calm, suddenly turned fierce and menacing. He lowered his voice and angrily hissed at Lulu, simultaneously using charm and psychological suggestion to influence her judgment.

"Oh oh oh!"

Having already trusted Lin Qi, Lulu never imagined that this was all a trap. The huge contrast in Lin Qi's attitude before and after, coupled with a series of rebukes and questions, immediately made Lulu panic. She subconsciously nodded repeatedly and then signed her name on the contract. The next moment, the contract was established, and Lulu was directly taken into the contract space of the Dark Bible.

"Lulu, the 32nd patriarch of Haflin: a fourth-tier axe warrior. ... Although she is the strongest warrior in the Seven Shields Alliance, she is actually an arrogant and childish girl who likes to go against people. She is flat-chested, sharp-tongued, capricious, prone to crying, and easily angered."

"As expected, I still like little lolis the most. They're so easy to fool, I can fool them however I want... Sigh, it's a pity I can't go to the Fourth Fortress. It seems I have to give up on the mature older sister mercenary Maya."

Looking at Lulu's page on the Dark Bible, Lin Qi felt a sense of accomplishment. Deceiving little girls was really fun. Scrolling back further, Lin Qi's Dark Bible already contained five powerful female characters, which was very satisfying for the semi-otaku Lin Qi with his collecting obsession!

The only regret is that he couldn't collect Maya Lynch, the older sister type of mercenary from the fourth fortress. The capture of the fifth fortress was a bit rushed, and Lynch didn't have time to check whether there were any players there. Lynch hadn't forgotten his main mission.

Using Shadow Travel to leave the dungeon again, Lin Qi discovered that the mercenaries and ogres who should have been cleaning up the battlefield were actually gathering! They seemed to be preparing for another battle, and Lin Qi immediately realized that something had changed!

P.S.: I used to update two or three times a week, but now I've updated eight times. Isn't that a massive update?

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"Brother! What happened?!"

Upon seeing the chaotic scene, Lin Qi knew something was wrong. However, Lin Qi loved this kind of chaotic scene the most, as it was a great opportunity for him to fish in troubled waters. Although he was secretly delighted, Lin Qi still asked the mercenary captain who was following him with a tense expression.

"There's been a problem at the Fourth Fortress. The boss wants us to form a second team with some support. It seems Sister Maya is truly determined to break with the boss. The message from the eagle says that Sister Maya seems to have found some very powerful helpers, and even the boss is injured! Don't just stand there, hurry up and get ready, we're about to set off! I never thought I'd actually be facing Sister Maya head-on one day..."

This mercenary was Bolt's confidant and the person in charge of cleaning up the Fifth Fortress. After Lin Qi asked him, he didn't hide anything and told Lin Qi what had happened. There was no need to hide anything; the whole mercenary group had already spread the word.

After all, their opponent this time was Maya, someone who had fought alongside them and had a complicated relationship with Bolt! Their gossipy nature naturally drew everyone's attention, but no one expected Maya to actually make a move! And Bolt actually suffered a loss at Maya's hands! Otherwise, given Bolt's personality, he would never have urgently requested reinforcements!

"It seems the heavens have opened their eyes! Big Sister Maya, wait for me!"

Upon hearing this news, Lin Qi was overjoyed! Not long ago, he had been regretting his inability to collect the older female mercenaries, and now he was given the opportunity! How could Lin Qi not be excited!

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"Boss! Don't be impulsive! Their muskets are very powerful! We can wait for the others to arrive before attacking!"

Unlike Lynch's excited mood, Bolt was furious and wanted to rush out from behind the rock, but several of his henchmen were holding him back tightly, preventing him from standing out. On the other side of the rock lay two mercenaries who had been killed instantly. These two were Bolt's brothers who had followed him for many years. When danger came, the two bravely took the fatal blow for Bolt.

Several ordinary mercenaries and ogres also fell in different locations, all killed instantly with a single blow. A gruesome blood hole appeared in their vital areas. Judging from the degree of blood drying, these people had obviously died very quickly, one by one, by long-range sniping.

That's right! The Black Beast Mercenary Group's team rushing to support the Fourth Fortress was ambushed by snipers! This is the only way from the Fourth Fortress to the Fifth Fortress. The terrain is hilly, with huge rocks and tall and short giant trees everywhere. Bolt came from the direction of the low-lying area, and no one expected to be ambushed here!

Before they could even see the enemy, two elites, several mercenaries, and ogres were already dead, all from lead bullets fired from the distant hills! The mercenaries were familiar with these lead bullets, and many of them could use them—the goblin muskets—but they had never seen a musket with such a long range, such power, and such high accuracy!

Bolt's eyes were bloodshot. The allied army had tried to charge several times, but each time they failed, leaving only a few corpses behind. Bolt could even tell from the sound of the muskets that there were only two enemies attacking, but these two had managed to stop the entire allied army's advance.

Even Bolt, who was leading the charge, was hit by two bullets at a very tricky angle and suffered a minor injury. Bolt was originally going to tough it out and forcefully pull out the enemy hiding in the hills, but who knew that a third enemy would appear!

The enemy had short orange hair and was of indeterminate gender at first glance, looking like a child. From the slightly protruding chest, it was still possible to vaguely identify that the opponent was a girl. To Bolt's surprise, this girl was actually hugging a giant tree that was more than ten meters long and one meter thick, and attacked Bolt like she was swinging a wooden stick, which actually knocked Bolt away like he was being hit by a baseball!

"Maya! I know you're here! Come out! Let's have a talk!"

"When you formed an alliance with the ogres to attack the Seven Shields, we had nothing left to talk about! You know that the things I hate most in my life are traitors and ogres! And you are both! Today, it's either you or me who dies!"

After a long period of adjustment, Bolt finally managed to straighten out the chaotic fighting spirit within his body and roared loudly at the hills!

After a moment of silence, Maya's voice rang out, but no matter how you listened to it, Maya's voice was cold. Bolt was once her goal and her idol, but when she learned that Bolt had betrayed the alliance and joined forces with the cannibals, she became furious. Today, she was here because she was prepared to fight Bolt to the death!

"You're wrong! I didn't betray the Seven Shields Alliance! The Alliance betrayed me! The Alliance sent us to our deaths! And they reaped the benefits! You know my principles very well! The most important thing for a mercenary is integrity! A mercenary without integrity can never stand on this continent! I'm never afraid to die! My brothers aren't afraid to die either! Every one of us who comes into this line of work puts their lives on the line! What are we fighting for?! We just want our families to live a peaceful life! And what have those bastards in the Alliance done?! They used our relatives and wounded comrades to force us to our deaths! I can't stand it! Tell me! Can you really tolerate all of this?!"

Maya's words immediately made Bolt jump out of his hiding place, stand on the top of the rock, and roar angrily at the hill. Surprisingly, the bullets that should have appeared immediately did not.

Bolt's indignant shouts undoubtedly resonated with everyone. What truly led to this situation was a wrong instruction and excessive action from the parliament. It wasn't that Bolt wanted to rebel, but that he was forced to rebel!

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"That wasn't the intention of the entire alliance, but rather a mistaken order from a few. I've reached a consensus with the remaining fortress commanders on this matter, and the High Elf Goddess has also stated that as long as you're willing to repent, everyone will forgive you, pardon your crimes, and punish those in the council! You absolutely have no reason to join forces with those damned alien races to attack the Seven Shields Alliance!"

Maya, who had been hiding in the hills, also emerged from her hiding place. She still held a sliver of hope and fantasy for Bolt, hoping that he could rejoin the alliance and fight against the aliens together. Although such days were dangerous, they were fulfilling.

Before arriving, Maya had already reached an agreement with the fortress chiefs of the sixth and seventh fortresses and the High Elf Goddess: if Bolt was willing to sign a contract in the name of his soul, then this matter would end there, and Bolt's past actions would be forgiven!

"Maya! You're so naive! I've already taken four of the seven fortresses, and the remaining three are crippled! And now you're saying you'll punish the council?! Do you know how many brothers I've lost?! And did you hear what word the goddess used to address me? Forgiveness? Pardon! I'll fucking go to hell! I don't need that bitch's forgiveness or pardon! I've already interrogated some of the council members! It was that elf bitch who suggested using mercenaries as cannon fodder! If I can't get all my brothers to kill her, I will never stop the war! And I will never extinguish the fire of my anger!"

However, after Maya finished speaking, Bolt's expression turned ferocious. In fact, let alone Bolt, anyone with a brain would not choose the alliance's request. Bolt is now only one step away from conquering the Seven Shields Alliance. At this time, you don't even offer a single benefit, but ask me to kneel on the ground and surrender, to listen to your teachings. Are you out of your mind or am I out of my mind?!

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