At dawn.

Gavin was still sleeping comfortably in his tent, with a maid accompanying him to warm his bed.

Suddenly, a deputy general rushed into the tent, knelt on the ground and woke up Gavin who was sleeping.

“Ah~!”

The maid who was also woken up screamed and shrank into the quilt.

Gavin stood up and glared at his kneeling subordinates, angrily saying, "What's the matter? Can't you report it after I get up?"

"Report to the Lord, something has happened! Our team was assassinated last night, and all the mercenaries on the periphery were killed!"

When the deputy general reported, his voice was trembling.

Overnight.

Seven mercenary groups, with a total of more than two hundred people, were all killed!

Among the dead were more than twenty second-level mercenaries.

The leader of the highest-level Feiniao Mercenary Group, a level 15 hunter.

But they were assassinated last night without making any noise.

The body was found this morning and was already cold.

The assassin's strength made the others feel a little panicked.

After all, the number of level three soldiers in the entire army, including Gavin, is less than twenty!

This means that almost no one can survive an assassination attempt.

After Gavin heard this, his anger immediately subsided.

He immediately put on his armor and followed the commander out.

All the bodies had been moved together in the open space outside.

Surrounding them were a group of mercenaries and soldiers with terrified looks on their faces.

After seeing Gavin come out, everyone stopped talking.

Gavin looked at the corpses on the ground with an unsightly expression.

"Everyone's throat was slit, and they were killed in one blow!"

The deputy general pointed at the body and explained: "Based on the traces observed around, the number of people who came to assassinate was no more than five."

"Five people?"

Gavin grabbed the lieutenant's collar and glared at him, shouting, "You told me Valkham only sent out five people to attack us at night, killed more than two hundred people and escaped unscathed?"

Gavin is no fool.

The ones who attacked them at this time must be Valkham's people!

But does Valkham have someone with such strength?

"There are indeed only five people's footprints at the scene." The deputy general said with a sad face: "Either they cleaned up the traces, or there were five people!"

Gavin let go of the lieutenant and snorted.

"It seems Valkham still has hidden strength!"

Being able to assassinate this professional silently is definitely not something that a second-level person can do.

But if Valkham had a fourth-level professional or above, Viscount Renault would have already rushed to Gray City.

So Gavin guessed that the other party was a third-level thief.

"In a head-on battle, a level 3 thief is no match for a knight like me." Gavin glanced around and sneered in his heart.

"Do you think that assassinating some weak mercenaries and creating panic will make our team retreat?

Viscount Renault, you underestimate me, Gavin Dick.

These mercenaries were originally cannon fodder for siege.

If I die, I die. It can also help me save some reward money.

Once I conquer the city, I will personally send you to the gallows!"

Afterwards, Gavin asked his lieutenant to issue an order, asking the army to start having breakfast and speed up their journey to Valkham.

The mercenaries all looked unhappy when they saw Gavin leave.

They had always heard that Valkham was weak.

I thought I could get paid just by following Gavin's troops and hanging around.

But the piles of corpses before them told them that the reward was not easy to get.

"We still have more than a day to go, so everyone should keep an eye out for the rest of the journey!"

All the mercenary group leaders began to give instructions to their subordinates.

When the main force started moving, the mercenaries who were exploring the way ahead all became alert and no longer dared to be lazy as before.

…

After Anno and his team completed the assassination last night, they ran to the front to continue waiting for Gavin's troops.

During the day, Gavin and others were on their way, while Annuo was already waiting at the next ambush point.

When An Nuo assassinated the mercenaries last night, his original intention was to make these mercenaries retreat.

After Gray City is occupied by Renault, these mercenaries will become adventurers and work for Annuo.

But Annuo didn't expect it.

Although the mercenaries were afraid, they still did not give up their mission.

Perhaps they thought the same as Gavin, that Valkham had no hope of winning in a head-on battle.

But it doesn't matter.

Today is destined to be a sleepless night.

…

Time passed quickly, the sun set and darkness fell.

Gavin's troops set up camp again.

After a day of forced march, they were less than 20 kilometers away from Valkham.

According to Gavin's idea, they would arrive near Valkham tomorrow morning, rest for a few hours, and then launch the attack in the afternoon.

More than 500 Valkham soldiers plus a mercenary group called the Adventurer's Guild can only hold out for an hour at most when facing the troops from Grae City!

At night, he could open the gates of Valkham and rest inside the city.

"Tonight, everyone, be alert. If an assassin comes again, make sure he never returns!"

Gavin walked into the tent and gave instructions to several of his subordinates.

He had no fear that an assassin might come looking for him.

Not to mention that he himself is a level 19 knight, there are several level 3 guards around the tent.

If the assassin dares to come, he will die.

Gavin wasn't the only one who thought so.

The mercenary groups outside have also made sufficient preparations.

They were all waiting for the assassin to arrive.

Under the moonlight, An Nuo, hiding in the bushes, looked at the figures walking back and forth in the distance, with a smile on his face.

For tonight's operation, An Nuo came alone.

Yesterday, Annuo didn't understand the strength levels of all the mercenaries clearly, and was worried that he would encounter an assassination attempt by a master and fail, so he asked everyone to come and provide support at any time.

But today, Annuo wanted to send some fireworks to the soldiers of Gray City, and by the way, see if there are any masters among the soldiers.

Once it is confirmed that there are no fourth-level masters in the Gray City army, the closer these people are to Valkham, the closer they are to their own graves.

Then tomorrow's war will go according to Annuo's idea - the troops of Grae City will be defeated by the soldiers and adventurers of Valkham in front of everyone's eyes.

In this way, the adventurers' strength can be demonstrated to the outside world!

Xue Feibai and the others went back to rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

"Besides the flying objects, we only have three second-level summons for now. I will give you three fireworks first!"

An Nuo showed a sinister smile.

The next second, three second-level flying summons grabbed three second-level summons and flew towards the camp ahead.

That’s right, Annuo was preparing to use the [Power of the King] to self-destruct.

An Nuo wants to find the strongest person on the other side in this air raid.

The strength of the mercenaries had been observed last night, and there were only ten third-level mercenaries among the remaining mercenaries.

When the first 'bomb' accurately fell into a tent from the air, the white light produced by [Power of the King] instantly illuminated the entire nearby area.

Then came the second one, and the third one!

There were continuous explosions and the screams of the injured soldiers.

"Torches, raise your torches!"

"Do you see anyone? Is there a priest? Give me some light!"

“【Holy Light】!”

"No one! Damn it, where did the attack come from?!"

The soldiers were all in panic.

So far they have not found the direction of the attack.

Annuo glanced at the soldiers coming out of the tent through the giant eagle beast and found that they were all first- and second-level.

Haven't seen the third level yet.

"Still hiding?"

Anno instantly recalled three summoned creatures, and then sacrificed the souls of three second-level monsters.

The second wave of bombing began.

When the three monsters fell from the sky, someone finally took advantage of the light of [Holy Light] and discovered the monsters above.

"Up there!"

Hearing the shout, everyone quickly looked up at the night sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

No one expected that this attack would come from the sky.

Gavin walked out of the tent at this time and looked up at the dark night sky.

The third-level hunter guard who followed him had a faint light in his eyes. After looking around in the sky, he said to Gavin: "I saw the monster!"

"How could it be a monster? How could a monster explode?"

Gavin was puzzled.

When Gavin led his men to be alert in the sky, Annuo had already seen him through the flying monster.

"The highest level one is Gavin, level 19, it's quite a challenge!"

Annuo observed for a while and found that no one above level 19 appeared, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Logically speaking, he should let these soldiers get a good night's sleep.

Because this may be the last sleep for most people.

But in order to reduce the combat effectiveness of these soldiers tomorrow, Annuo threw a few fireworks into the camp every half an hour.

It's not to kill the enemy, it's just that I don't want them to sleep.