The capital of the Kingdom of Ngar.

The king sat on the throne, looking at a group of nobles and ministers arguing below.

The subject of the dispute was the war between Earl of Weber and Viscount Renault.

The royal nobles, led by the third prince Tester, naturally criticized Earl Wei's actions and believed that the war should be stopped immediately.

The aristocratic faction, led by the eldest prince Simmons, spoke for Earl Wei, believing that he was only seeking revenge for his son.

The reason why Simmons mixed with the aristocratic faction was that he was not as good as Tester and was worried that his status as heir to the throne would be deprived, so he won over the nobles of the aristocratic faction to support him.

King Charles XI looked at Simmons who was arguing with the royal nobles, then glanced at Tester who was silent beside him, and asked curiously: "Tester, what do you think about this matter?"

Everyone stopped arguing and looked at Test.

Ever since Test returned from the South, he has been plagued by controversy.

The newly formed Tenth Army was completely destroyed.

Although there are reasons for this, if it were a different commander, he would have been thrown into jail long ago.

Tester also knows this and has been keeping a low profile recently.

After receiving the news that Earl Wei was going to attack Valkham some time ago, Tester felt a little anxious.

After all, he had just brought Viscount Renault to his side.

Just when Test was about to send someone to protect Viscount Renault, he saw the information that Viscount Renault had asked the Adventurer's Guild for help.

Thinking of Annuo and his group of adventurers, Test was no longer panicked.

He believed that with the Adventurer's Guild present, the actual situation would definitely not be as others talked about - Gray City crushing Valkham.

So Tester remained silent during the meeting.

Seeing his father asking about it, Tester sighed pretentiously and said, "Viscount Renault killed the descendants of Count Wei to avenge his past.

This makes sense.

However, he now has to face the wrath of Earl Wei.

I think Viscount Renault had considered the consequences when he did that.

In my opinion, just let them solve it themselves.

This war is a good time for the two families to settle their grievances."

Tester's words stunned many nobles.

No one expected that he would say something that would benefit the aristocracy.

Only Tester sneered in his heart.

It’s not certain who will win or lose!

…

Night falls.

There is a bright moon hanging in the sky.

Under the starry sky, thousands of soldiers set up camp on the grassland.

There were scattered fires a hundred meters around the soldiers' tents.

Resting by the fire were the mercenaries who had accepted the mission from Earl Wei.

Compared to the soldiers who sleep in tents, mercenaries basically sleep in sleeping bags.

This was the second night after Gavin's troops left Gray City.

Now they were less than a hundred kilometers away from Valkham as the crow flies.

We will arrive near Valkham the day after tomorrow afternoon.

It was late at night and many people had already fallen asleep.

Only the person on duty was still sitting by the fire, chatting intermittently.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared on the grassland in the distance.

It was Annuo who brought a group of silver and bronze level adventurers.

As the strongest group of adventurers in Valkham, they accepted the silver mission [Interception] issued by Viscount Renault under the leadership of Anno.

The mission goal is to assassinate and harass the people from Grae City on their way to Valkham, reduce their number as much as possible, and lower the morale of the soldiers.

Only people like Annuo can accept this kind of mission.

Adventurers below the bronze level who tried to harass a group of thousands of people would be found dead.

At this time, everyone stopped about a hundred meters away from a mercenary group's resting place.

"President, should we take action now?"

Xue Feibai was lying on the back of the hill, looking at the flickering flames and human figures in the distance, and asked in a low voice.

An Nuo shook his head and said to Meng Xin beside him: "Meng Xin, go over and see if there are any secret sentries!"

The flying summoned object is too large, and flying over to check the situation can easily alert the people on duty.

If a monster is spotted approaching, the person on duty will definitely wake up the people around them.

That's why Annuo asked Meng Xin to deal with the sentinel.

"clear!"

Meng Xin replied and then stood up from the bushes.

In the process of getting up, her body disappeared.

Meng Xin, who activated [Shadow], became a top assassin at night.

Over the past half month, Meng Xin, Lu Yan, Wang Zixuan and others have not been idle either.

They went to the Orsan Valley several times with Anno.

A large number of second-level monsters were hunted in it, and their levels reached 15.

Geng Qingxue was originally level 15, and she broke through to level 16 these days, becoming the fourth person among the nine to break through to the third level.

"The Shadow is three meters away. If I don't activate Advanced Perception, I can't sense it. Even if there is a secret sentry, it should not be a match for Meng Xin!"

An Nuo understood Meng Xin's abilities, so he let her go ahead to explore the way.

Meng Xin did not disappoint An Nuo's expectations.

In just five minutes, Meng Xin's figure suddenly appeared on An Nuo's right side.

"The number of mercenaries ahead is about fifty. I have eliminated all five on duty, including two sentries."

Meng Xin's words made Mark and others behind An Nuo couldn't help but look at Meng Xin.

During the time she was away, everyone was staring intently at the fire in front of them.

Three people sitting by the fire.

Still sitting there now!

Meng Xin seemed to know the doubts in everyone's hearts and explained, "I used something to support their bodies!"

An Nuo nodded and asked, "How are the others doing?"

"No one noticed. They must have fallen asleep."

"Xue Feibai, Lu Zhishang, take your men to provide cover around you. Meng Xin, let's go!"

Warriors and knights wear armor and make noises when they move.

But thieves don't wear armor, are agile, and their movements won't cause much noise.

It is the most suitable profession for assassination.

When Annuo stood up, he put his breastplate, shield and other items into the storage ring, and took a dagger in his hand.

The main force of the assassination was the undead zombies of Meng Xin and Annuo's several assassin professions.

An Nuo followed to prevent being exposed.

If discovered, Annuo could rush out with his summoned creature and Meng Xin.

However, the strength of this group of mercenaries is not that good.

Among more than fifty people, there are only four at the second level.

The highest level is only level 13.

They sleep in different places.

I guess they didn't expect to be assassinated tonight.

Not to mention a thief like Meng Xin.

Even An Nuo, a half-thief who had just acquired the second-level thief skills [Stealth] and [Slit Throat], was not exposed during the assassination.

The whole process was very quiet.

Ten minutes later, there was no living person left in the camp.

Afterwards, Lu Zhishang ran over to help the person's soul to be reincarnated.

Afterwards, Annuo led his men to change direction.

Tonight, Annuo plans to eliminate all mercenary groups with less than fifty people!