Mercenary Wars

Chapter 43 Hunter's Mark
As the firelight rose in the forest, the Grey Eagle mercenaries could see the attackers clearly.

There were about dozens of attackers, all wearing uniforms with the Wolf Hunting Mercenary Corps logo. Most of them were archers, and the leader was a blond man.

The blond man held a battle axe in his hand and carried a short spear on his back. The spear that had just pierced John with his shield was obviously thrown by him.

Seeing Cassandra rushing towards him, the man did not retreat but went forward as well. At the same time, his skin changed light and dark, and many ochre scales quickly appeared, making him look like a dragonborn.

"Clang!" In the blink of an eye, Cassandra's greatsword and the blond man's battle axe collided violently several times. Although the blond man was smaller than Cassandra, his strength was almost the same.

Taking advantage of the moment when Cassandra was delayed, the wolf hunters prepared to retreat while launching a final attack on the Grey Eagle Mercenaries, shooting dozens of arrows one after another.

The Grey Eagle mercenaries then fought back, with shield-bearing warriors rushing forward, and hundreds of them shouting and charging into the forest.

Gao Jianuo was considering whether to rush over as well when he suddenly felt a vague strange feeling.

[Achieved Status: Hunter's Mark (Level 3)]

wipe!
Gao Jianuo cursed and threw himself sideways to the ground without thinking. Hunter's Mark was a common skill for level 3 hunters. Once it was inflicted, it meant a dangerous attack was imminent.

"call out--"

Just as he fell, an arrow shot past and pierced through a tree behind him.

Cold sweat broke out on Gao Jianuo's head. He looked around quickly and soon noticed a wolf hunting mercenary who was drawing his bow and aiming at him.

His mind raced as he prepared to dodge while drawing his bow and aiming at the opponent.

The two shot arrows at the same time and dodged at the same time.

"call out--"

Of course, the accuracy of shooting arrows while dodging was not very good, not to mention that the opponent was also dodging at the same time, so it was no surprise that the wolf hunting mercenary's arrows missed.

The arrow shot by Gao Jianuo also deviated seriously.

However, he can correct his trajectory.

As soon as he thought about it, he saw that under the influence of the swift breeze, the arrow in the air immediately turned around, made a turn, and shot towards the wolf hunting mercenary again!
The wolf hunting mercenary's expression changed slightly, as if he had noticed something, but it was too late.

"Swish!" The arrow pierced his neck fiercely.

Kill a Level 3 Human, Experience +150

On the other side, the blond man from the Wolf Hunting Mercenary Group suddenly jumped back, and his hands, which had already turned into dragon claws, reached into the ground and lifted it up violently.

A large piece of earth and rock was lifted up.

"Boom!" Cassandra's burning giant sword came and smashed the earth and rocks into pieces.

At this moment, a wolf hunting mercenary behind the blond man suddenly stretched out his arms, and a cyclone of air quickly condensed.

"boom--"

A strong wind blew, and the broken earth and rocks immediately turned into dust all over the sky, which was swept towards the Grey Eagle mercenaries.

The Grey Eagle mercenaries' momentum slowed down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the wolf hunting mercenaries who had been prepared for this immediately retreated.

"Cassandra, I believe we will have another chance to fight each other soon!" The blond man said, then disappeared into the dark forest with a few jumps.

Some Grey Eagle mercenaries wanted to give chase.

Ryan immediately stopped them, saying, "Don't go, there's a trap!"

The Grey Eagle mercenaries who wanted to pursue were stopped, and the battle ended here.

Cassandra looked in the direction where the wolf-hunting mercenaries left, was silent for a while, and then swung the giant sword lightly a few times.

As she moved, the flames on the greatsword and the surrounding trees gradually died out, and the forest returned to darkness. Clearly, this was merely a probing and harassing attack, with only about twenty casualties on both sides, most of them Grey Eagle mercenaries.

This is normal. The Grey Eagle Mercenary Group is mainly composed of cannon fodder recruits. In comparison, the attackers of the Wolf Hunting Mercenary Group are obviously formal members, and their average combat power is much higher.

The Grey Eagle mercenaries began to clean up the battlefield.

Gao Jianuo naturally did not want to fall behind.

He first ran to the side of the first victim of the returning arrow, and then let out a sigh of regret.

The guy was wearing a chain mail, and the returning arrow did not cause him fatal injuries, but he happened to lie in the path of Cassandra's charge and was directly stepped to death by Cassandra.

As a result, Gao Jianuo had no chance to benefit from this person's experience.

Seeing that Cassandra had no interest in the spoils and had already turned to leave, he immediately took away everything of value from the wolf hunting mercenary without any hesitation.

He took advantage of no one's attention and used the magic trick of "collecting blood" to collect some blood.

Collected blood can be used on yourself or on others.

When used on yourself, you can avoid the pain of breaking the skin and let the blood in your body seep out directly from the skin.

When using it on others, the target must first be rendered incapable of resistance. Surrounded by corpses, there was naturally no way for them to resist. Gao Jianuo quickly collected a large bottle of mixed blood from many people and stored it in the incorruptible space of the storage ring.

He then came to the body of the second victim.

I encountered some trouble this time.

"What makes you say you killed him?" asked a new recruit who looked like a Crow Street scoundrel.

Gao Jianuo's face was a little gloomy, and he pointed at the long-feathered arrow on the corpse: "I am the only one who uses this kind of arrow."

The rogue recruit was stunned and stared at the long-feathered arrow in silence for two seconds. It was obvious that he still didn't want to give up the opportunity to seize the spoils, but he didn't know how to argue for a moment.

Fortunately, at this moment, a long-haired young man in a wizard robe said not far away: "I saw it with my own eyes. He killed him. You don't even have a bow!"

Seeing the wizard speak, the rogue recruit had no choice but to leave in shame.

Gao Jianuo then began to plunder the spoils.

A scroll caught his attention.

[Item: Spell Scroll: Loyalty of the Crossbow]

[Level: First Ring]

[Effect: Sacrifice the crossbow to make the arrow more powerful]

The loyalty of the crossbow, he had also paid attention to this scroll when he was purchasing it before the war, but ultimately did not buy it.

He heard that it was quite powerful, but using it once would not only consume a set of scrolls, but also sacrifice a bow, which was a bit expensive, so he didn't buy it.

However, after looting the spoils from the two wolf-hunting archers, Gao Jianuo now had three bows, one of which was of better quality than the wolf-tendon bow, which made him want to find an opportunity to test the "loyalty of the crossbow."

After putting away the spoils, Gao Jianuo hesitated for a moment, then walked up to the young mage who had just spoken for him. He first thanked him, "Thank you, Mage. My name is Gao Jianuo, a second-level pharmacist. Nice to meet you."

"Guy." The wizard said his name, a little surprised. "Are you a pharmacist?"

"Yes, but making healing stones is obviously not the purpose of my joining the Grey Eagle Mercenaries."

The two briefly chatted for a few words.

Until Gao Jianuo changed the subject and said politely: "Master Guy, I have a hunter's mark on my body. Can you help me remove it? Of course, I can pay for it."

(End of this chapter)