In fact, Wang Ya did not suffer any loss when running errands for Xia Yao the previous times, and even made a lot of money.

Especially the exposure of Austin's betrayal of imperial secrets allowed him to gain a lot of benefits by following Xia Yao.

It's impossible for him to say that he is not grateful. How could he really care how much the other party pays him?

Faced with the reward offered by the man in the pavilion, Wang Ya finally smiled and waved his hand to refuse: "Master, you keep it. I volunteered to help."

Xia Yao: "Yo?"

Wang Ya scratched his head embarrassedly. "You took me and the Sword Demon King to the Illusionary Maze before, and I haven't even thanked you yet. How can I have the nerve to take your money again?"

Xia Yao seemed to be thinking: "Yes, you didn't even give me a thank you gift or anything."

Delusion Crow:?

He was just being polite, why did you take it seriously?

Seeing his bewildered expression, Xia Yao poured herself another cup of tea and said with a casual smile, "How about you and the Sword Demon King just pledge your love to each other?"

Two people:!

Crow chest protector: "Da me! I'm still a pure C-boy!"

The Sword Demon King snorted, "...Boss, be careful with your words..."

puff.

Zhang Bu'er covered her mouth and laughed out loud. She tapped the Sword Demon King's forehead and looked at Wang Ya: "How stupid! The president's sister wants you to join Sword and Rose. What are you thinking?"

Both of them: ...

Wang Ya tilted his head and said, "Don't you want to have a fighting competition in the arena?"

The Sword and Rose recruitment model has long been deeply rooted in people's minds, and that is why he has not applied yet.

The Sword Demon King also raised the same doubt, but the reason he didn't join was different from that of Wang Ya. He was not worried that he could not win, but he was concerned about the relationship between Zhang Bu Bu and mathematics, physics and chemistry.

In the past, the two of them had that kind of relationship, so he had no reason to interfere. Now that Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry have left, he really plans to submit his application for the competition openly.

But they didn't expect that the boss would not challenge them to a duel, but directly invite them both.

Xia Yao glanced at Wang Ya and Sword Demon King in turn, then slowly explained, "Wang Ya, level 32, current manager of the Poet's Hall, holds the title of Earl. He's quick-witted and adaptable. Sword Demon King, level 33, is in the top 20 on the Knights' Rankings. He's both brave and resourceful, and a leader on the 11th floor of the Illusionary Labyrinth. You two have already proven your abilities, so why would I bother organizing a competition?"

It costs 800 gold coins to do it once, she will feel sorry for the money, right?

Of course, Xia Yao didn't say this.

The two were suddenly moved at the same time. One of them made a long vow with tears of gratitude, while the other made a silent promise with a firm look in his eyes.

"Okay, go and do your own things," Xia Yao waved her hand, intending to finish her last cup of tea and go out.

The crow made a sound and left happily.

Zhang Bupa also logged off and prepared to take a break.

The Sword Demon King stood still, seemingly about to say something: "President, I haven't been able to complete the task list you assigned to me. Are you still short of people?"

Afraid she'd think he was just trying to earn the day labor money, he quickly added, "I don't want the mercenary reward. I made a slip of the tongue yesterday, and if you're still short of people today, I intend to make up for it."

Xia Yao naturally knew that he was not greedy for the wages. After all, they were all members of the same guild, so she smiled and said, "There should still be a shortage. Just contact Engineer Qin Feng yourself."

"Okay! Thank you, President." The Sword Demon King bowed slightly and strode out of the guild against the light.

After everyone had left, Xia Yao began to look through the notice board in the royal city.

The notice board was blank.

This means that there is no movement from the prison warden Adonis.

That's right, Xia Yao still raised the corner of her mouth. She and Wang Ya were a viscount and an earl respectively. Even if she realized later that they had cooperated to kidnap the prisoner, she probably wouldn't dare to confront them.

After finishing the guild's miscellaneous matters, Xia Yao decided to take on some military merit missions.

Her current rank is sergeant, ranking among the top few, so she is not worried about players catching up.

What she was worried about was the Ferroman Empire's expedition to the Perth Empire.

The content of the letter from the traitor Austin clearly stated that the Feroman Empire would attack in the near future. If they succeeded, the living environment of their players would inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.

She went to the library in the royal city to check and found out that the Feroman Empire was dominated by orcs, and all the people worshipped martial arts. As early as fifteen years ago, they had invaded the Perth Empire where the human race lived.

But at that time, the new dean of the Academy of Scholars, Ashaya, happened to take office. Ashaya was a powerful wizard who was popular among the people. Under her request and leadership, the Feroman orcs failed to succeed that year and the Perth Empire was successfully defended.

Now fifteen years have passed, and the orcs are still unwilling to give up their evil intentions and are still trying to occupy the human continent.

Xia Yao deeply felt the importance of defending the human continent, so when communicating with the NPC, she tried to choose the "war type" mission again.

Both she and the players had chosen this category before, but the NPCs told the players without exception that there was no war on the continent at the moment and that military merit missions related to wars could not be claimed.

However, this time, Xia Yao successfully got it!

It's an assassination mission!

[Military Merit Mission: Scout orcs have secretly infiltrated Demeter City on the northwest border. Please find them and assassinate them (0/1) (Points Reward: 50)]

Scout orcs are characters specifically responsible for reconnaissance and lookout. Some are responsible for observing the enemy situation, while others are responsible for infiltrating the enemy to gather intelligence.

This time she is dealing with the latter.

So I teleported through the NPC, and after several turns, I finally arrived at the city of Demeter.

But she did not go straight into the city. Instead, she ran along the small slope outside the city to a higher place.

If she were a scout, the first thing she would do when arriving at the enemy continent would be to check the terrain, and where would the view be best?

The answer is: hillside.

Xia Yao guessed correctly. Before she reached the top of the slope, a tall figure suddenly flashed past from above.

The appearance of orcs is obviously different from that of humans. For example, their physique is much larger than that of humans.

The shadow that just flashed by was very strong, and it was obvious that he was not a human player.

She lowered her footsteps and chased after him.

The orc was very heavy, and every step he took left footprints on the ground. Xia Yao followed the claw marks on the ground and ran into the woods.

The footprints disappeared when they reached the edge of a quagmire.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew over my head!

She rolled to the side and nimbly dodged the giant axe coming from above.

The other party deliberately lured her here and jumped onto a tree in an attempt to ambush her.

Xia Yao curled the corners of her mouth and pulled out her fan to fight back.

The orc saw her weapon and didn't take it seriously. He raised his giant axe to block it slightly, but he didn't expect that the wind blade would split into three forces after hitting the giant axe, rushing towards his arms and mandible respectively!

The orc's golden pupils shrank, unable to hide the surprise on his face.

But he quickly adjusted himself, frowned fiercely, and swung his giant axe at Xia Yao with sparks and lightning all the way.

It has to be admitted that the orcs' power has a natural crushing advantage over humans.

If she hadn't been so agile and quick in dodging, she would have been killed on the spot by that axe.

After more than a dozen rounds, the orcs realized that although they were powerful, they could not keep up with the speed of the humans in front of them. If they continued to confront each other like this, they would only be exhausted.

So he made a quick judgment, put away his axe, turned around and ran back.

Xia Yao has a mission to complete, so how could she let the target escape?

Throw out a soul-soothing weapon.

The orc was hit and forced to fall into a 5-second sleep.

She waved her fan, stirring up gusts of fierce wind.

The fierce wind cut into the orcs' skin, causing many wounds, but the blood fell slightly more slowly.

She almost forgot that orcs have high health and defense and are not likely to lose blood.

So he stared at the orc's throat, ready to take his life with a vital attack.

Suddenly something whistled behind him!

Xia Yao's eyes flashed, she withdrew her hand and jumped to the side to avoid it.

A machete hit the tree trunk behind the orc. If she hadn't dodged it, her head would have been chopped off.

With a frown on her face, she saw another orc running towards the direction where the machete came from.

That orc was even bigger than the one he was dealing with.

This is a bit tricky, she thought.

She thought there was only one orc here, but she didn't expect there were companions.

Her wind blade was more than enough to deal with ordinary monsters, but it was obviously difficult to deal with orcs with extremely thick skin, and two of them at that.

Without hesitation, she switched to the exorcist poet on the spot, drew her bow and shot an arrow, sucking the soul straight at the orcs that came later.

However, the orc's reaction was faster than Xia Yao expected. He ran quickly to the injured orc, carried his companion on his back, and exerted force with his strong thighs. Although his body was very clumsy, he ran at a speed that surprised Xia Yao.

Orcs are tall, so naturally their steps are longer than those of humans.

Xia Yao chased after him, shooting arrow after arrow.

The orc seemed to be able to sense her arrow movements and always dodged the arrow just before it hit him.

Xia Yao narrowed her eyes and simply used a trick to make it look like someone was shooting an arrow from the left, but in fact it was just a feint, and the real attack came from the right.

This time the orcs failed to predict it.

The arrow was about to hit his companion behind him.

Xia Yao saw him suddenly stop and turn around, turning his companion in another direction.

Phew!

The arrow missed his companion, but hit his vital point - the heart!

His health dropped by more than 1,000 points, and he was stunned for 1.5 seconds by the skill [Soul Drain].

1.5 seconds was enough for her to hit the target accurately.

Xia Yao pulled the bow to its full extent, and [Soul Corrosion] was about to be shot out!

"Rex! Wake up Rex!" After the orc fell to the ground, his companion on his back shouted and pushed him.

However, Rex did not move at all. The human in front of him was about to launch a counterattack. The orcs groaned and bared their teeth, like a wounded beast in the jungle, showing their last ferocity to the hunter.

Xia Yao remained unmoved and shot the arrow.

The orc named Rex was instantly pierced through the chest by an arrow, which caused him more than 6,000 points of damage.

"Rex!" Finding that baring his teeth had no effect on the human in front of him, the orc turned and pounced on his companion Rex, arms outstretched, and shouted fiercely, "Don't kill him! Kill me if you want!"

"Eugene, get out of the way! Human, if you kill me, I'll give you my life!" Rex recovered from his dizziness. He covered his chest with his hands, and although his face was full of pain, he kept pushing his companion Eugene to the side. He struggled to stand up, and his golden-brown pupils met the indifferent human in front of him, as if he was ready to die.

One is Rex, the other is Eugene. In fact, it doesn’t matter to Xia Yao who she kills.

Anyway, her mission only requires killing one person, and killing more than one will not make any sense to her.

She glanced at the two of them indifferently. Well, from the perspective of saving effort, it is more convenient to kill Rex. After all, he has already lost more than 7,000 blood.

He slowly raised his bow and aimed the crosshairs at him.

"No, no, please human, don't kill my friend!" Eugene rushed up in horror and tried to snatch the bow from her hand.

Xia Yao dodged it easily by turning sideways.

However, at this moment, the vision in front of me seemed to be slowed down.

Eugene's profile passed by her eyes at an extremely slow speed, so slow that she could clearly see the micro-expressions of fear, regret and helplessness on his face.

A strange sense of déjà vu suddenly came over me!

Wait, she seemed to have seen him somewhere before?

However, before she could think about it, a gust of wind blew over and she blinked uncontrollably.

The field of vision immediately returned to normal speed.

The slow motion just now seemed to have never existed.

Then, Xia Yao saw that the orc Eugene failed to knock her down and fell to the ground. The fear in her eyes intensified again. On the other side, Rex, who was sitting on the ground, was trying hard to crawl towards Eugene, as if to protect him.

The heart is pounding again!

However, it was not because she felt compassion, but because she found that this damn sense of déjà vu was spreading again.

She seemed to... know these two orcs?