The mission in Mir Village didn't require so many people.

Let them come, mainly to hunt slimes for upgrades.

Now that the goal has been achieved, it is enough to leave Lu Zhishang, Lu Yan and Wang Zixuan to continue cleaning up the scattered slimes.

The location of the mission in Anno's hand, Gran Village, is located ten kilometers southwest of Mir Village. It was attacked by monsters, mainly goblins, half a month ago.

Because there is an iron mine in Gran Village, there are twenty guards guarding Gran Village!

But according to the survivors' descriptions, there were hundreds of monsters.

In order to cover the villagers' retreat, the guards were surrounded by monsters, and in the end no one escaped!

It was precisely because of what happened in Gran Village that the Viscount would intensify patrols in the area surrounding Mill Village.

If the monsters make any further moves, Mir Village will most likely become the target.

"The Viscount asked us to survey the intelligence around Gran Village. It is very likely that he is planning to bring people to take Gran Village back."

On the way to Gran Village, Annuo and others introduced the mission.

The main purpose of retaking Gran Village was also for the iron mine.

"Since there is an iron mine, why not send more guards to guard it?"

Liu Rongrong was a little confused.

An Nuo explained: “This year’s monster attack occurred much earlier than in previous years, and the Viscount did not increase defenses in advance, which is one reason.

Another reason is that there are three villages a few kilometers around Gran Village. Originally, these three villages could have served as a warning for Gran Village.

But the monsters bypassed these villages and attacked Gran Village directly!"

Anno's analysis caused others to fall silent.

"There are so many of these monsters, and they bypass non-key targets and attack them exclusively. Their combat power and intelligence are not low!"

After Geng Qingxue finished speaking, Xue Feibai continued, "Nonsense, our instructors are all professionals at level 10, aren't they powerful? But Valkham still doesn't dare to go out of the city to clear out the monsters!

In this world, humans are the weak one, and monsters are the strong one!

If all monsters were like slimes, how could the demons still dominate over humans and other races?"

"Brother Bai is right. Don't underestimate monsters!"

An Nuo nodded and said, "This time we will only hunt lone monsters at the outermost edge and carefully collect intelligence."

Black Iron-level missions require people above level 6 or several people below level 5 to take on.

Now, apart from Annuo and his friends, no other adventurer in the Adventurer's Guild can take on this task.

But the mission only lasts three days. If Annuo cannot solve it, the Viscount will entrust the mission to the mercenary group.

"If I'm guessing correctly, there must be a ton of monsters in Gran Village right now. We need to find a way to raise our level a little bit more while we complete our mission."

Everyone: “Understood!”

After running for several hours, Geng Qingxue, the magician, and Liu Rongrong, the priest, both began to breathe heavily and sweat profusely.

Annuo found a hidden place for everyone to rest for a while.

He took a look at the nearby terrain, compared it with the map in his hand, and said to the people around him: "Pay attention, we have reached the area of ​​Gran Village."

There are many small hills more than ten meters high in front of us, and shrubs and weeds grow on the hills, which seriously obstructs the view.

And the village of Gran is just in front of these hills.

The straight-line distance from where everyone is now is only over a thousand meters.

"bass!"

Xue Feibai drew the long sword from his waist, and the others became more alert.

Anno released the summoned goblin and let it climb up the hillside to observe the situation.

"I'll go take a look ahead too!" Meng Xin volunteered, activated the thief's initial skill [Stealth], and her figure disappeared quietly.

But if you look closely, you can still see the distortion of light around Meng Xin.

With the vision shared, Anno saw what the summoned goblin saw.

The place where everyone is now is just a small hill on the outermost edge.

There are undulating hills ahead, with only a winding path extending into them.

As far as the eye could see, there were no monsters in sight.

Not long after, Meng Xin also came back.

"No monsters were found, and there is only one way into Gran Village!"

Xue Feibai looked at An Nuo and suggested, "That road will definitely be guarded by monsters. Should we go through these hillsides?"

The only road is too dangerous to take.

But this does not mean that walking down the hill is not dangerous.

"I'll summon the goblins to lead the way, and everyone should follow behind and be careful of the surroundings.

If you see any monsters, report to me immediately.

As long as the monsters are not higher than level 5, I can see their information.

If we can beat them, we will.

If we can’t win, we’ll retreat!”

"clear!"

Everyone nodded and followed the summoned goblin, fifty meters behind him, quietly climbing up the hill.

Anno also released four summoned slimes, which scattered around the crowd to check the situation.

The mission requires you to explore the intelligence of Gran Village.

Now that they hadn't even seen Gran Village, it was impossible for Annuo to just take a look nearby and then run back.

Moreover, he was planning to use the outer monsters to break through to level 5!

…

On a large rock in the woods, there was a small iron helmet, and next to it lay a goblin who was sleeping soundly.

Next to it, there was a goblin wearing a helmet trimming his nails with a dagger.

Suddenly, the Dagger Goblin saw movement on the opposite hillside and immediately stopped what he was doing and looked in the direction of the movement.

The distance between the two slopes was only more than thirty meters, and the Dagger Goblin could clearly see a goblin holding a spear on the opposite side.

The Spear Goblin climbed up the hillside and looked around.

Soon, the Spear Goblin also discovered the two goblins next to the stone.

The Dagger Goblin looked at the Spear Goblin across from him strangely, scratched his forehead, woke up the sleeping Goblin, and asked, "Are there any Goblins going out today?"

"Ah?" The goblin that woke up was still a little confused. It looked in the direction the dagger goblin pointed and found a goblin holding a spear staring at them from a distance.

"No way, aren't we just the outermost sentry?" As he said this, he yawned loudly.

"This goblin looks unfamiliar. Did he come from somewhere else? Should we report to the boss? We are about to attack the next human stronghold. One more goblin means more strength."

"I think so. It looks stronger than us!"

After making up their minds, the two goblins walked towards the spear goblin's position.

"Found the target, two goblins. One is level 3, the other is level 4. They are wearing armor and their weapons are daggers and long swords! Prepare for battle."

Anno and the others who were following behind the summoned goblin were on the back of the hillside and could not be seen by the dagger goblin at all.

After hearing Annuo's order, the others immediately entered combat status.

When the two goblins walked down the hill where they were originally staying and came to the bottom of the hill where the summoning goblin was, Annuo immediately controlled the summoning goblin to turn around and leave.

“???” The two goblins looked at each other in confusion upon seeing this.

"Brother, don't leave. Let's build a great career together!"