Deep in the Tianzhu Mountains, there is a valley of an unnamed snow-capped mountain.

There was thick snow in the valley, and large cotton-like snowflakes were floating in the sky. The cold wind in the valley was blowing "woooo" non-stop, like the mocking sound of a mountain god.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter."

In an extremely harsh environment, a team of people was moving slowly forward in the wind and snow.

There were five people in the team. They were all wearing thick leather coats to keep warm, carrying a rattan basket of supplies on their backs, and had thick wooden boards tied to their feet for walking on snow.

Despite being well prepared, the valley's altitude was simply too high.

Although there was wind and snow, the air was still dry and cold, the air pressure was very low, and the road was steep and difficult to walk on, so the group of people were panting and their faces turned a terrible purple-black color.

"Captain, there seems to be a cave ahead, shall we take a rest?"

The leading man saw the cave, turned to look at the team members behind him, and felt that everyone was about to reach their physical limit, so he nodded in agreement.

"Then take a break."

The cave is not deep, but it is sheltered from the wind.

One of them took out charcoal and flint, and after a while, he finally started a charcoal fire, and the other one immediately put an iron pot full of snow on it.

During the break, a red-haired player complained somewhat dissatisfiedly.

"Captain, this place is still far away from the Glorious Empire. Do we need to be so careful?"

The captain took off his fur hat and shook off the snow on it. Under the hat appeared a purple-red face full of knife-like wrinkles.

"We are doing life-threatening work, so we can never be too careful."

He put the hat back on his head, took out a pipe, filled it with tobacco skillfully, placed it on the fire, lit it, and took a deep puff.

"Huh~~~"

In the green smoke, the middle-aged captain uttered a low voice again.

"I repeat again, we are not mercenaries, but herbalists in the snowy mountains!"

"Before the final move, you may not use any mana or any magical tools."

"At the level of magic, we must achieve absolute invisibility!"

As he spoke, he looked at the team members and said, "We have taken on a big job this time. If we fail, we will be killed on the spot, and even our souls will be completely dissipated."

"But if we succeed, we will become famous in this multidimensional world. From now on, it will no longer be the business that chooses us, but we will choose the business."

This is very clear, but it is obvious that the team members have a lot of their own ideas.

"Captain, the Lord of Truth has hired more than just us. It is said that he has hired fifteen teams with more than a hundred people."

"In my opinion, he is using us as a suicide squad."

"Yes, I don't think we need to work so hard. We should do it if we have a chance, and retreat if we don't."

The middle-aged man took a puff of cigarette and sighed, "Ah~~ You young people have no ambition at all."

"But even if you complain, you still have to listen to me from now on. Otherwise, you'd better quit my team as soon as possible to avoid holding me back."

After hearing what he said, the young team members immediately fell silent.

As legendary mercenaries doing big business across dimensions, they still have brains.

If you want to accomplish great things, you need not only force but also experience.

The middle-aged man in front of me is no simple person.

His nickname is 'Black Eel', and his cultivation level is at Legend 11.

It is said that he is carrying a legendary magical weapon of extremely powerful, and it is also the effect of this magical weapon that allows him to possess stable legendary power.

In addition, he had personally participated in many missions that shocked various dimensions and played a significant role in them. In the end, he successfully received his rewards and made a dignified exit.

The team members were still very convinced of his abilities, so after a few complaints, no one said anything more.

The snow cave became quiet, with only the crackling and popping sounds of the burning charcoal fire.

After a while, the water became hot. Everyone got a bowl and started drinking it.

After drinking the hot water, my body felt much warmer and the resentment in my heart dissipated a lot.

The red-haired team member asked at the beginning: "Captain, who is this natural emperor? Why did a powerful god spend so much effort to deal with him?"

Black Eel took a puff of his cigarette and said, "He is an extremely powerful Mage Emperor, but also a madman and a ruthless man."

"There were four demons who died in his hands. I mean real demons, not demon minions. The strongest one among them reached Legend 6."

Another gray-haired team member smiled disapprovingly: "He is the emperor, commanding a large army. What's so great about killing a few low-level demons? Isn't it the ability of his soldiers?"

"Then you're wrong."

The black eel smiled and said, "From what I know, every time he fights against a demon, he always charges ahead and faces the demon head-on."

As soon as these words were spoken, the team members couldn't help but take a breath of the cold air from the snowy mountains.

The red-haired player who asked the question earlier grinned.

"This guy is really a ruthless person, and he is really crazy. He doesn't want to use so many soldiers, but insists on going on his own."

Another black-haired team member said, "Speaking of which, this shows that this emperor has great confidence in his own military power and will not be a coward like most emperors."

"That's a good thing for this mission."

Black Eel nodded: "That's true, but we must not underestimate our goal because of this."

Black Eel used his pipe to point at the legendary magic weapons on the team members present.

"The most commonly used auxiliary magic weapon for advancement to Legendary, the Legendary Crystal Magic Weapon, was actually invented and promoted by this Natural Emperor."

"Hey, wasn't it Nawat who made it?"

"No. Nahuat was obtained from this plane. Of course, the Nahuat people have always claimed that they developed it themselves, but the quality of the legendary crystal cannot deceive anyone."

"The fact is, the best legendary crystal currently exists in this plane, and most likely in the Natural Empire."

The emergence of the legendary crystal has increased the number of legendary mortals in the multi-dimensional world by at least a thousand times, and the number is still increasing.

This greatly improved the status of mortals, causing the void gods and demons, who originally viewed mortals as ants, to gradually begin to negotiate with mortals.

The red-haired player looked at his legendary crystal staff and said, "So, I have to thank the Emperor."

Black Eel smiled nonchalantly: "Who said it wasn't?"

The gray-haired team member chuckled, "What's there to thank for? We risked our lives to get this staff, it wasn't given by him as a gift."

After saying that, he looked at Black Eel and said, "Captain, it has been six years since the legendary crystal appeared. The legendary magic power of His Majesty the Emperor must be extraordinary, right?"

The black eel nodded: "Obviously."

"How far do you think it has come?"

"To make Druitan so cautious, his strength must be at least equal to his, or even stronger. But it shouldn't be too much stronger, otherwise, given Druitan's personality, he would have given up the assassination attempt."

"That's the soul strength of around Legend 13."

"That's right."

These words made all the legendary mercenaries present frown subconsciously.

The red-haired mercenary chewed his dry food biscuit vigorously and said bitterly: "See, Druitan is using us as a death squad."

The average strength of this team is Legend 5, and they have many powerful spells at hand. They are also considered first-class strongmen among mortal legends. For those small-scale mortal kingdoms, they can easily subvert them.

But this time, the opponent not only possesses the legendary level 13 cultivation, but is also the emperor of a great empire. The legendary spells he possesses are absolutely amazing.

Not to mention that he is protected by countless generals and soldiers.

It feels like this assassination operation is a life-threatening one.

The gray-haired team member laughed again: "We are a suicide squad. We earn our money by risking our lives. Besides, the compensation given by Druitan is quite generous."

Black Eel nodded in agreement: "Lorcan is right. Leslie, your mentality is wrong."

The red-haired player shrugged: "Okay, okay, I admit my mistake."

After he finished speaking, he smiled and said, "Captain, you just forgot to mention one thing."

"I heard that this natural emperor is also a romantic wanderer."

Black Eel smiled and said, "He can't be considered a romantic wanderer. He can only be said to be at the normal level for an emperor, or even a little lower."

He tapped his pipe and refilled it with tobacco: "This emperor is very young. He is probably less than 30 years old this year."

"His throne as emperor was not given by his ancestors, but he fought for it himself."

"If it were me, and I had achieved such great things when I was young, I would probably have tens of thousands of women."

He looked at the players present and saw that everyone had a mocking look on their faces. He shrugged and said, "Don't laugh. If you have this ability, you'd probably be no less capable than me."

"Except Lily, of course. She doesn't have the same fun stuff as us men."

Before he finished speaking, a dissatisfied female voice came from the innermost part of the cave: "You black eel, joking is joking, but why are you pulling me?"

Judging from the voice, he is probably less than 30 years old, but considering the blessing of legendary power, his actual age is at least around 100 years old.

In fact, the actual age of everyone present is not young, and the average age is estimated to be around 110.

For ordinary people, this is an age worth looking up to, but for a legendary strong man, it is still very young.

The black eel laughed: "I apologize to you, Ms. Lily, I was too talkative."

He treated Lily much more seriously than other team members, not because of her status as a woman.

In fact, there is not much difference between men and women in the eyes of legendary strong men.

His respect came from the other party's ability, because the other party was a soul hunter who was proficient in a very powerful and rare soul hunting technique.

The power of mortals lies in spells and magical weapons, but their souls are weak.

Soul hunting is a technique that uses secret methods to grab the opponent's soul out of the body from a distance of dozens of kilometers.

Therefore, no matter how noble one's earthly status is, or how powerful one's spells and magical weapons are, they all become decorations.

Therefore, this Lily is the core figure in this assassination mission.

Lily was a silent person. Seeing that the black cat had given in to her, she nodded and stopped pursuing the matter. She continued to look down at a spell book with a black cover.

A group of legendary mercenaries were resting in the cave, waiting for the wind and snow to stop, and everyone had basically recovered their strength.

Captain Black Eel put out his pipe, stood up and said.

"Let's continue on our journey while the weather is nice!"

(End of this chapter)