After entering the Ten Thousand Mountains, the group quickened their pace, hoping to pass through as soon as possible. Almost no one did any more errands along the way. This place was different from other places; leaving the caravan meant no protection. Even if there were purchasing tasks, they would buy materials from bandits who had paid tolls to the caravans. That's right, the bandits here also did business, selling the looted goods cheaply to other caravans or selling things that could only be found in the Ten Thousand Mountains at high prices.
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As night fell, the caravan, having traveled all day, set up camp to rest on a section of the road where they had already paid the bandits a toll.
Some people had already fallen into a deep sleep, while those who remained to keep watch gathered around the fire, chatting and laughing.
"Mr. Wang Han, Mr. Ye Long, Miss Ye Yue Su, come and have some late-night snacks. I still miss Mr. Wang Han's grilled meat." Fatty Lai approached Wang Han, who was talking to the fake father and daughter from the Ye family, and said expectantly to him. In the group, besides the fake father and daughter from the Ye family and the little girl from the caravan, only Fatty Lai, who was in charge of managing the scattered adventurers, could talk to Wang Han.
"I'm not hungry," Wang Han shook his head and declined Fatty Lai's invitation.
“We’re not hungry either.” Seeing that Wang Han was unwilling to go, the Ye family father and daughter also shook their heads. The two of them seemed to have formed a small group with Wang Han, with him as the leader. To others, this behavior appeared as the Ye family father and daughter relying on Wang Han for protection.
"Alright then, you guys should get some rest." Hearing this, Fatty Lai smiled awkwardly and turned back to the fireside.
Before Fatty Lai could even sit down, the communication magic device that the Pegasus Mercenary Group had left for him suddenly lit up and started beeping urgently.
Seeing this, Fatty Lai knew the situation was urgent, so he quickly took out his communication magic item, opened it, and activated the array on it.
"Fatty Lai." Fatty Lai had just activated his communication magic item when Bot's face, covered in blood, was projected onto the other end.
"Bot, what's wrong?" When Fatty Lai saw Bot's image projected onto the screen, he was stunned for a moment before asking anxiously.
"Fatty, the Pegasus Mercenary Group is finished." In the projection, Bote said weakly and unwillingly, "The Pegasus Mercenary Group, except for you, the entire army... is wiped out."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Fatty Lai was stunned.
'The Pegasus Mercenary Group is finished.' Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. But they also knew that something must have gone wrong during their mission.
"Fatty, the Pegasus Mercenary Group is finished. I'm almost done for too," Bot said weakly, spitting out a mouthful of blood as if he were seriously injured and on the verge of death.
"Bot, hang in there, what happened?" Fatty Lai asked anxiously.
"We encountered a sacred beast, and everyone died," Bote said weakly. "The captain and I are also nearing our end. I'm not reconciled..."
After speaking, Bot's eyes closed weakly, and the projection shook before falling to the ground. Only then did everyone see that behind the projection were large craters and scattered limbs. All the Pegasus Mercenaries lay on the ground, some with only half of their bodies visible.
"Everyone..." Seeing his companions, with whom he had spent every day, dying one by one, Lai Pang couldn't help but shed tears.
Just then, the projection shook again, adjusted its direction, and revealed the figure of the Pegasus Captain, covered in blood. He looked very badly injured and seemed like he could die at any moment.
"Fatty Lai," the Pegasus Captain called out weakly.
"Commander..." Lai Pang cried out.
"The mercenary group is finished, it's been wiped out," Pegasus said. "Now you're the only one left in the group. You, you must survive. Go home, find a wife, and live a quiet life."
"No, Captain, the mercenary group hasn't been expelled! I'm still here! I'm still Fatty Lai from the mercenary group! I will definitely rebuild the Pegasus Mercenary Group!" Fatty Lai said, crying.
"No, Fatty Lai, let the Pegasus Mercenary Group drift away with the wind," said the Pegasus leader. "You've all been mercenaries for over a decade; it's time for you to go home." With that, the Pegasus leader closed his eyes, the projection shook for a moment, and then disappeared.
"Commander." After witnessing the commander's death and the projection disappear, Lai Pang couldn't help but cry.
Everyone else watched the weeping Lai Pang in silence, with only a few stepping forward to comfort him. With the Pegasus Mercenary Group expelled, the lives of these scattered adventurers who had followed them on missions wouldn't be easy. Without a team to rely on, if battle broke out, they would be at great risk because others, unfamiliar with them, might mistake them for enemies.
The Ye family father and daughter glanced at Wang Han, and seeing that he didn't make a move, they also fell silent like everyone else.
'I didn't expect people in this world to be such good actors.' Wang Han thought to himself as he looked at the crying Lai Pang.
Wang Han knew the Pegasus Mercenary Group was going to flee, and although the Pegasus Mercenaries acted very convincingly and the environment was well-done, making it difficult for the average person to detect anything amiss, Wang Han, a man of countless lives, still noticed several suspicious points. Although the Pegasus leader and Bot looked weak, and their projections were unclear, Wang Han could discern from their appearance and voices that their weakness was merely due to overwork and feigned exhaustion, not the weakness of someone on the verge of death. Moreover, the detection device consistently indicated that they were lying while they spoke.
However, Wang Han didn't expose them; he couldn't be bothered with such trivial matters. Wang Han only followed the caravan for more fun; otherwise, he would have already used radar to locate them and teleported over to do the mission.
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