The leader is none other than others.
It was the traitor archer Colin who had stayed briefly in the Beta Adventure Group and finally took away the mithril that should have belonged to the entire adventure group and escaped alone!
Jimmy also mentioned Colin's betrayal when he was complaining to Mark and the others after returning to Osborne Town.
It turns out that in the mithril veins beside the Falling Star Lake, there is not only the mithril refined by the dwarves in the mines at the bottom of the Falling Star Lake.
While mining for mithril, Team Beta was lucky enough to dig through an abandoned mine and found a small box of finished mithril inside.
On the same night the mithril was discovered, Colin stole the box of mithril.
If Beta hadn't been vigilant by nature and hadn't taken precautions against Colin, that guy might have even poisoned the entire Beta team.
However, Beta did not expect that Colin actually had storage and invisibility items on him. When his tricks failed, he simply took the mithril and ran away.
When leaving, this guy used a special potion to attract a group of mutated bone leeches to attack Beta and others.
By the time the Beta Adventure Group took advantage of the mine's geographical advantage to clear out the swarm of mutated bone leeches, Colin had already escaped.
Since the Adventurer's Guild's mission was not completed, they had no choice but to complete the task of collecting the minimum quota of mithril ore before rushing back to Osborne Town.
But when they returned to Osborne Town, they learned that Colin had returned to Osborne Town two days earlier than them and sold the batch of mithril at a high price at the Adventurer's Guild.
According to their investigation, after Colin handled the mithril, he ostentatiously hung the badge of the Mountain Tiger Thieves on his chest in front of a group of adventurers.
The adventurers who were originally wandering around the city hoping to kill Colin and make a fortune no longer dared to target him after seeing Colin's badge.
Beta was not afraid of the Mountain Tiger Bandits. After all, that was a windfall of hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins. He even dared to touch the Mountain Tiger Bandits.
But Colin obviously knew that adventurers like Beta who were well-known in Osborne Town were not easy to deal with.
From the day he sold the mithril, Colin had already packed up and left Osborne Town.
Beta and the others didn't know where Colin escaped to, but Mark's team knew that this guy later went to Starfall Lake.
But later, because he was busy dealing with the dark invasion incident in Osborne Town, Mark forgot to tell Beta about Colin's whereabouts.
At this time, Colin was wearing the muddy standard leather armor of the Mountain Tiger Bandits. He looked at Mark's team with eyes like a poisonous snake staring at its prey, full of naked greed and cruelty.
An ordinary third-level archer profession is not enough to make Mark's team alert.
Instead, it was the seven people standing behind him that made Team Mark's eyes instantly solemn.
The figures of several of them were the same as those they had seen on the shore of Starfall Lake.
These men wore better leather or mail armor bearing the Roaring Tiger emblem.
Their auras were steady and sturdy, their eyes were as sharp as hawks, and the magical fluctuations emanating from their bodies far exceeded Colin's. Monica only needed a quick assessment to discover that these were all fourth-level professionals!
Some of them held sharp blades, some carried strong bows, and some held round shields in their arms. It was obvious that they had a clear division of labor and were at least a well-organized adventure team.
Eight to four!
And the opponent has an overwhelming advantage on paper!
"Mark Stu?"
Colin licked his lips, his eyes fixed on Mark's face, greed almost overflowing. "You must have fished up a lot of good stuff at the bottom of Starfall Lake, right? Boss Blood Claw said, if you know what's good for you, hand over the stuff. For the sake of that idiot Beta, I can reward you with a whole body. Otherwise..."
The Mountain Tiger bandits behind him let out a low, malicious laugh, as if Mark's team was already fish on the chopping board.
When their eyes swept over Anna and Monica's beautiful figures and faces, they revealed their evil and greed without any concealment.
"What else? Are you going to turn around and chop down your accomplices as a sign of your determination to surrender to the Holy Light?" Mark knew that although he wasn't a chatterbox like Enzo who could be a rapper, his words could definitely get to the point.
Since Cole is a shameful traitor who prioritizes personal gain, why not use his identity to disgust the members of the Mountain Tiger Bandits?
"Sir Cole, would you consider this? Assist me in capturing these heretics intent on murdering the clergy of the Holy Light Church. I can write you a letter of recommendation to the Holy City. Even if you may not awaken a second career related to Holy Light, you will have the opportunity to become a non-staff member of the Holy Knights."
Every word he said was nonsense, but no one could expose him.
After Mark finished speaking, he slowly raised his hand. This seemingly casual movement made the Mountain Tiger thieves subconsciously tense their muscles.
Even among the eight people on the opposite side, there were obviously two stupid ones who had turned their eyes slightly warily to Cole who was standing in the front.
However stupid the others were, Colin, who was planning to steal Beta Mithril, was not a fool.
As soon as Mark said this, he knew that the young priest in front of him was deliberately stabbing the hearts of the Mountain Tiger Bandits behind him!
Although there aren't many good people joining the Mountain Tiger Bandits, it's really not easy for someone like him to gain trust by stabbing temporary teammates in the back to make money.
Colin was not naive enough to believe that Mark would actually write him a letter of recommendation.
If it were really that easy, would the Holy Knights of the Church of Holy Light have to send out their own troops to eliminate heresy?
"Otherwise?" Colin grinned and casually plucked the bowstring of his iron bow.
"Otherwise, I'll make you watch with your own eyes those two little girls of yours begging for mercy beneath us brothers! As for that shorty, I'll chop him up and feed him to the scavengers in the swamp!"
"Looking for death!" Anna's eyes flashed with coldness, and the elf's elegance was instantly replaced by cold murderous intent. She raised her hand to take out the arrow on her back, and the longbow was already buzzing in her hand.
Monica tightened her arms around Xiao Mu slightly, and the corners of her mouth seemed to curl up in a very faint and cold arc.
Xiao Mu felt the change in Monica's mood.
Her pink eyes widened and a low "Mmm~Mmm~" sound came from her throat.
Just when the Mountain Tiger thieves thought that Anna was enraged and about to take action, their attention was attracted by the madly concentrated natural magic on Anna's arrow.
Enzo, half of his body hidden behind Mark, scanned the encirclement calmly and quickly with his eyes hidden under his thick eyebrows and beard.
His rough right fingers flicked three times on the storage bag at his waist in a very covert manner, and then he raised a thumbs up!
This is a tactical code that only members of Mark's team understand!
The third person on the right, Monica takes the first move!
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