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That's not the main point. Whether it's Bolt or anyone else, they've long been used to the elves' arrogant nature to the core, as if everyone else in the world is worthless.

The real key point for Bolt was the intelligence he obtained during the brutal killing of the councilors he captured in the previous three fortresses! If it were just one or two councilors providing information, Bolt might have been a little skeptical, but all the councilors gave surprisingly consistent answers!

Bolt then realized that the culprit behind all this was the seemingly pure and innocent High Elf Goddess, who looked like a lily!

"This is impossible!"

Bolt's words immediately stunned Maya, who looked on in disbelief. As a follower of Bolt, she knew very well that Bolt's greatest strength was that he never lied. Since he spoke, it was probably true. But this was completely different from the truth that Maya knew!

The intense shock caused a slight breach in Maya's previously perfect defenses, and at that moment, Bolt launched a cheetah-like attack!

"Leaping Slash!"

Bolt suddenly pushed off the boulder he was standing on, shattering it instantly. He then launched himself and his sword like an arrow towards Maya – a classic case of catching the leader first! Bolt's plan from the start was to lure Maya out and subdue him!

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Just as Bolt took off, two explosions came from different directions, and two sniper bullets were fired at different angles at Bolt's vital points as he moved at high speed!

"Berserk Armor! Whirlwind Slash!"

Bolt instantly saw that the two bullets could hit his eyes and back respectively. He roared furiously, and fiery battle aura burst forth from his body once more. However, this time the flames instantly formed a layer of armor around his body. The moment the armor formed, Bolt spun his greatsword, transforming himself from a straight-shooting arrow into a spinning throwing knife, and continued his rapid charge towards Maya!

"Ding!" "Pfft!"

Bolt had barely completed his transformation when two sniper bullets struck him. The bullet aimed at his eye was blocked by his spinning greatsword, while the bullet aimed at his back hit his aura armor with a muffled thud. Bolt had instantly reversed a seemingly insurmountable situation! His combat experience and the fluidity of his moves left everyone stunned! Many were still in disbelief, wondering what had just happened!

Maya's face paled. She realized that she had been locked onto by Bolt and that it was almost impossible to escape. Even when Bolt was just an ordinary mercenary, he was the King of Hunters. Prey locked onto by his aura could not escape at all!

"Go away!"

Suddenly, a gust of wind swept past Maya's head, and a horizontal black shadow slammed into Bolt, who was about to rush to Maya's side, with the force of lightning!

A girl who looked to be only a teenager, with a somewhat androgynous appearance, short orange hair, hair clips on the sides of her bangs, and a tattered straw hat hanging behind her neck, stood to the side of Maya holding a giant log that was larger than herself. The black shadow that hit Bolt was the giant log in her hands!

"Oh!"

In an instant, Bolt was like a baseball hit! He flew backward! Just as Bolt landed far away, two more shots rang out. Bolt twisted his body desperately, but both bullets still struck him. Bolt spat out a mouthful of blood, retreated rapidly, seeking reliable cover, and roared hysterically, "Damn musketeers! Damn monsters! I will kill you all!"

"Tch! They're still alive? Enemy reinforcements have arrived, and our head chef said we should retreat. Next time, I'll tell you not to act on your own."

The orange-haired girl did not give chase, but instead hoisted the still-dazed Maya onto her shoulder and disappeared into the woods.

"Holy crap! Who was that just now?! How could they swing such a huge log and send Bolt flying?!"

Meanwhile, Lin Qi, who had come with the main force to provide support, happened to witness Bolt being knocked away, and was completely dumbfounded!

Chapter 7, No. 61-7

"Finian, put me down!"

Maya was carried by the orange-haired boy through the forest for a long time. Along the way, Maya kept giving orders to the boy carrying her, but he ignored her completely. It wasn't until they reached the edge of the hills that the orange-haired boy threw Maya off.

A middle-aged man dressed in camouflage clothing covered in leaves emerged from the woods. As he pulled back his hood, he sighed. Without the hood, his short blond hair, sharp eyebrows, goggles, and an unlit cigarette were revealed. Although his face was painted with camouflage, the spirit in his eyes was still visible.

"Tsk, if a normal person had been shot twice, they would have been pierced through, but this guy was only left with a shallow dent. He's still alive and kicking even after being hit by Finian's freakish strength. What a terrifying body."

The middle-aged man with a cigarette in his mouth immediately revealed his lazy nature as soon as he opened his mouth, his face full of complaints. He was obviously very dissatisfied that Bolt, who had been shot twice in the front and hit by his comrade's attack, had only suffered minor injuries.

"Chef Barudo! Watch your words! I'm just a slightly stronger, pretty young girl!"

The girl, known as Finian, protested angrily to the middle-aged man who was smoking, but the lazy-looking man clearly didn't take her protest to heart.

"The enemy reinforcements have arrived. There are quite a few of them, and the majority of them are from other races. They have also brought a lot of siege equipment. This place is no longer suitable for hunting and sniping. Let's retreat."

Just then, another girl with medium-length burgundy hair, tied in two braids on either side, wearing a dark green bodysuit and also carrying a sniper rifle on her back, leaped down from the almost vertical mountainside not far away like an agile lynx. She said something to the two of them indifferently, without ever glancing at Maya, as if she didn't exist at all.

"Let's go. Sigh, it seems this mission is going to be very difficult. Why is it so hard to get back soon? Merlin, we'll cover the rear, let's go."

Bardo, with his short blond hair, sighed, said something to the girl with medium-length burgundy hair, and turned to leave decisively. Finian followed Bardo without hesitation.

Merlin, with her wine-red, medium-length hair, pouted and complained softly, but still walked towards where Bolt and the others were, leaving Maya standing there dumbfounded.

Bardo and his two companions weren't actually helpers Maya recruited; they approached her willingly, offering to help her defend the Fourth Fortress. Initially, Maya was skeptical, as this group of one man and two women seemed like ordinary, unreliable people. However, Maya quickly realized she was wrong, terribly wrong. Each of the three was incredibly strong! This was evident simply from their ability to hold off Bolt, the strongest mercenary king in the entire mercenary world!

If Lin Qi were here, he would probably recognize the trio immediately as the idiot trio from Black Butler!

On the surface, they are a chef, a gardener, and a maid, but in reality, they were once regular soldiers, guinea pigs in a special abilities laboratory, and outstanding assassins!

The only difference is that the original trio should have been two men and one woman, but now it has become two women and one man!

"Everyone be careful! Maya has found some weirdos out of nowhere! These three look incredibly weak, but they're surprisingly dangerous! They're setting fires along the way, with mobile ballistae and catapults following. Wherever there's gunfire, they'll hurl bolts and rocks. I want to see how you'll hide after burning this whole forest down!"

However, Lin Qi still doesn't know who the other party is. Having just joined up with Bolt's troops, Lin Qi only knows that Maya has brought three helpers who can suppress Bolt. Lin Qi is certain that the three are his next targets, and the novice badge must be on them. However, Lin Qi has been guessing for a long time but still can't figure out who this trio is!

In Lin Qi's memory, there were quite a few awesome trios, but none of them had two guns and one superhuman strength, and the superhuman strength was a bizarre combination of a girl! But Lin Qi wasn't in a hurry. Anyway, he was already here, and the mystery would be revealed sooner or later.

Bolt's reinforcements from the Fifth Fortress carried a large amount of siege equipment. The mobile ballistae and catapults were operated by the ogres as if it were child's play! Fiery round boulders plowed through the hilly area, and dozens of ballistae were ready to fire. If the enemy dared to show their faces, it would be a situation where they had a slim chance of survival!

However, to Bolt's great anger, and as he had expected, the four Maya men decisively abandoned their ambush in the hilly area. Bolt's army pushed all the way to ten miles outside the fortress, and the snipers did not appear again.

Bolt didn't act rashly this time. Instead, he set up rows of catapults, letting the ogres mindlessly bombard the walls of the Fifth Fortress. The entire wall and magic shield of the Fifth Fortress were booming, showing signs of being overwhelmed. And this was only the catapults of the Fifth Fortress. The catapults and ballistae of the First, Second, and Third Fortresses were on their way. Once the catapults of the four fortresses opened fire together, it was estimated that they could bury the entire Fourth Fortress in half a day!

Bolt's intentions are clear: I'm not playing tactics anymore! I'm going to go all out! You try and take me on!

Unfortunately, the entire Fourth Fortress remained holed up inside the city, refusing to come out and adopting a defensive posture. Bolt's mindless attack style exploited the Fourth Fortress's weakness: insufficient manpower and a lack of a strong offensive force. While the Bardo trio was strong, their weaknesses were also obvious. Once they were in close combat, not to mention Bolt, any second or third-tier mercenary could easily overwhelm them. In terms of physical strength, the trio was far inferior to the people here. Even Finian, who came from the laboratory, was only slightly stronger than a second-tier professional in terms of physical strength.

"Big sister, how...how do we fight this battle?"

Meanwhile, morale within the fourth fortress was also low, and they were still very worried about the Maya's strategy.

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"Just hold the line and buy time. The Sixth and Seventh Fortresses are gathering new knightly orders, all composed of retired knights. They will be here to support us soon. We can afford to hold out, but Bolt can't."

Compared to the others, Maya appeared much calmer. She didn't belong to any fortress. Just like the name of her mercenary group, the Free Mercenary Group, it always operated between the seven fortresses without a fixed base. After Bolt's betrayal of the alliance, the Free Mercenary Group, which happened to be in the seventh fortress, was directly taken over by the Knights. After all, Bolt's rebellion led to the rebellion of all the mercenaries in the entire alliance, and the relationship between Maya and Bolt was well known, so they had to be wary!

Initially, Maya and the others were simply imprisoned until Bolt conquered the third fortress, at which point the council and the High Elf Goddess found her and explained the situation.

Originally, Maya might have actually rebelled with Bolt, but Bolt's allies were ogres and other alien races, which Maya could not accept. So, with the promises and guarantees from the council and the goddess, Maya led her mercenary group into the Fourth Fortress and set up this trap.

Before she arrived, the goddess and the council gave her the task of not eliminating Bolt, but rather delaying him. Bolt's offensive was too fierce, and the alliance needed time to assemble its army, so Maya adopted this passive defensive posture.

The entire Fourth Fortress was waiting for support from the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses. The reason why everyone was so confident was not blind, but because the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses were the strongest in the entire alliance in terms of combat power!

"Which knightly order is the strongest? The Seven Shields Alliance goes to the Church." This is a proverb known to everyone in the Seven Shields Alliance.

The church headquarters is located in the Seventh Fortress. Almost all knights' greatest wish is to join the garrison knight orders of the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses. Everyone agrees that the knight orders of the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses are the strongest!

Incidentally, the High Elf Goddess is the spiritual pillar of the Church, while the Church's two most prominent enforcers are the married knight Claudia Levalentino and her adoptive father and father-in-law, the ever-victorious General Graf Rebontien.

Since the founding of the Church, countless powerful knights have emerged, many of whom have retreated to the mountains. Now, the Church's task is to gather these people back! Once they rejoin the Alliance, they will undoubtedly form the strongest knightly order in history! This is the real reason why everyone is confident!

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"Boss, they've clearly decided to stay holed up in the city and not come out. This can't go on forever. Should we launch a full-scale attack?"

The people inside the city felt safe because they had reinforcements, but the Black Beast Mercenary Group outside the city seemed a little anxious. The actions of the Fourth Fortress were too strange.

"Hmph, no, if this drags on, Maya is simply waiting for reinforcements from the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses, but she won't get them. Soon she will experience true despair! Trusting the Council and the Alliance was her biggest mistake!"

However, Bolt appeared extremely calm. After letting out a cold snort, he revealed a sneer. Bolt had already seen through Maya's plan. After breaking through the fifth fortress, Bolt already knew that the support from the sixth and seventh fortresses would no longer be possible. Moreover, he had confirmed this news again on the way here, which is why Bolt was so certain.

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"Guild Master Patilru, something terrible has happened! Our guild's manager at the Sixth Fortress just sent an urgent message via magic! We must evacuate immediately! General Graf Rebontai has declared independence, and the Knights have already besieged the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses. We have no reinforcements!"

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the largest merchant guild in the Fourth Fortress, the Partirru Merchant Guild, the steward rushed in with a magical secret letter in his hand, revealing a shocking message!

"What?! How is that possible! How could General Graf declare independence?!"

Guild Master Patilru, over fifty years old, looked like a mountain of flesh, exuding the air of a nouveau riche. He was dressed in gold and silver, and wore fine silks and satins. He had a seemingly kind smile on his face, but when he heard the news from the butler, he immediately jumped up from his seat like a ball! His face was full of shock!

General Ghost Father is recognized as the most powerful knight and general in the entire alliance. Everyone originally expected him to lead the strongest knight order to sweep away Bolt's united army, but no one expected that he would declare independence at this critical juncture!

However, whether or not the Knights-in-Chief Patilru was independent was not his concern; what he was more concerned about was that the General had declared independence! That meant the Fourth Fortress had lost its support!

"Because the teleportation array is an emergency teleportation array, specific intelligence has not been transmitted, but we are destined to have no reinforcements! The branch leader told us to evacuate immediately. The entire Fourth Fortress is still unaware of the situation. Once they find out that we have no reinforcements, Maya and the others will definitely impose martial law throughout the city and forcibly conscript soldiers to fight Bolt and his men to the death!"

"Don't make a sound! Pack your bags immediately, take only the valuables, and we're leaving right now!"

The butler's answer made Guild Master Patilru's heart sink instantly. Without support, the Fourth Fortress could not hold out indefinitely, so Guild Master Patilru decisively prepared to flee.

"No! Father! We can't leave! This is our chance!"

However, just as the butler was about to make the arrangements, Michel Patilru, the son of Chairman Patilru and a size smaller than Chairman Patilru, suddenly shouted loudly!

“Michel, my smartest son, why do you think this is an opportunity?”

President Patillu raised an eyebrow. He knew very well that although his son seemed mentally challenged, he actually possessed extraordinary talent. He believed that the Patillu Merchant Guild would one day flourish under his leadership. Therefore, President Patillu immediately stopped the butler and turned his gaze to Michel.

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"We are businessmen, after all. Only businessmen who can seize opportunities to invest are good businessmen!"

"Now, four of the Seven Shields Alliance's fortresses have fallen into Bolt's hands, and the sixth and seventh fortresses are also under General Graf's control. The fate of our fourth fortress, which has no reinforcements, is predictable. Judging from the current situation, the Seven Shields Alliance is doomed to defeat, and Bolt will be the ultimate winner. Once he takes the fourth fortress, there will be five fortresses surrounding the sixth and seventh fortresses. Even if General Graf is an invincible general and tries to wear Bolt down, he will have no chance of winning."

"Since the outcome is already clear, why should we still rely on the Seven Shields Alliance? We are merchants, and we control the largest merchant guild in the entire Seven Shields Alliance. No matter who is in power, merchants are indispensable."

Michelle gave a gentle smile, but the smile looked greasy on her chubby face.

Although Michel's appearance was hardly flattering, there was no doubt that his analysis was accurate and logical, which made Chairman Patilru and the butler suddenly understand. His last sentence made both of the cunning old men understand what Michel meant!

"what do you mean……"

"That's right, we're siding with Bolt! We've all read Bolt's founding declaration. Strictly speaking, he also wants to establish a commercial empire, only the goods have become fortress chiefs and women. We're actually in the same business. Bolt, who was originally a mercenary, is definitely not as skilled in business operations as we are, so we can use our strengths to join Bolt. If the commercial empire wants to operate, we can even lend money to Bolt! I believe Bolt will definitely not refuse our goodwill, and I'm even more confident that Bolt will not refuse our help in opening the city gates."

Although Chairman Patilru and the butler understood Michel's meaning, they found themselves unable to bring themselves to betray the alliance and side with Bolt. Within Bolt's alliance, the relationship was stable; all wars were against other races, and the concept of betrayal was practically nonexistent. Only a fool would side with a race they were constantly being beaten to a pulp! But Bolt, ironically, acted like a fool, successfully conquering most of the alliance!

Although what Michel said made a lot of sense and the prospects seemed promising, the Chairman and the butler found it hard to talk about living with those aliens every day!

"By the way, Father, I heard that those who surrendered to Bolt in the previous fortresses are now all helping Bolt manage the core leadership of the fortresses. Bolt's mercenary group has no intention of managing the cities at all. While no one in the Fourth Fortress or Bolt knows about the Sixth and Seventh Fortresses yet, the difference between surrendering before Bolt breaches the fortresses and surrendering after Bolt breaches them is definitely greater if we surrender now! Since we're going to surrender sooner or later anyway, why should I run away? We might as well offer Bolt what he wants!"

Seeing his father and steward hesitate, Michel smiled slightly and then dropped the last piece of the bargaining chip. The previous fortresses had already proven that Bolt had no intention of managing them. They only wanted to overthrow the existing regime and establish a new one. The operation of those fortresses was still the same as before, except that the managers were Bolt's confidants and the nobles and merchants who had surrendered first.

"Alright! Then this matter is entirely in your hands! With you as the next president of the Patirru Chamber of Commerce, there's no need to worry about its growth and expansion!"

This time, President Patilru was truly tempted! He had almost reached the end of his road in business. There are three things a person can't truly pursue in life: power, money, and sex. President Patilru already had money and sex; all he lacked now was power. And now, an opportunity to manage the entire fortress was presented to him, instantly solidifying his decision! At the same time, he had no worries about the future development of the guild; his son's talent was even greater than he had imagined!

Of course, the reason why Chairman Patilru asked his son to do this was because it was dangerous. He was already too old to take the risk. For many businessmen, profit and their own lives are more important than anything else, including family ties.

"Father, rest assured, I will go there personally, and I will definitely secure the greatest benefit for the Patirru Merchant Guild!"