Mercenary Wars

Chapter 57 The Name of Datuk
The cave finder immediately said, "They are poisonous frogs. They are basically level one, but there are too many of them. I was chased out by them last time."

"Take these antidotes." The strong medicine expert took out some antidotes and distributed them to everyone.

"Quack... quack..."

The croaking of frogs was getting closer and closer, and everyone was on high alert. Gao Jianuo also drew his bow and arrow, ready to shoot.

He did not use the long-feather arrow. After all, he was using a fake identity, and the long-feather arrow was unique. If he used it, it would be equivalent to using his real name.

A moment later, the holy light in the Orange Merchant's hand shone brightly, and some frog figures were vaguely visible.

These frogs were about the size of dogs, with bright green skin that easily reminded people of poison. Stimulated by the light, they croaked even louder and then jumped towards the people: "Quack!"

The grocer slashed the ground with his sword.

"Boom!" A shock wave rushed out along the ground, immediately blowing several poisonous frogs away.

Gao Jianuo launched an attack almost at the same time. Six arrows were shot out under the guidance of the swift breeze. Five hit the target and four killed the target.

Kill a level 1 monster, experience +25

[Kill the beast, experience +12]

Kill a level 1 monster, experience +25

[Kill the beast, experience +8]

Four kill messages flashed in his perception, bringing him 70 experience points.

Then Gao Jianuo drew his bow and arrow again, and completed two more rounds of shooting at the fastest speed - in order to grab the monster.

There was no way around it. These poisonous frogs were basically first-level magical beasts or ordinary wild beasts. They were too weak for a team of six with an average level of around level three.

The six people worked together and soon all the poisonous frogs were wiped out. Only two people were splashed by the frog venom and used up a bottle of antidote.

A quick count of the results of the battle.

For Gao Jianuo, the most important thing is of course experience. He killed a total of nine poisonous frogs, which earned him 151 experience points.

He looked at his dashboard.

[Experience: 983/1200]

There are still 217 experience points needed to level up.

I wonder if there are any more frogs like this out there.

Gao Jianuo walked towards the frog corpses around him, collecting the arrows while dissecting the corpses to look for crystal core fragments and collecting blood and venom.

In the end, he obtained two small pieces of crystal core fragments, a bottle of blood and a bottle of venom from a first-level poisonous frog.

After collecting the spoils, everyone took a short break. Suddenly, the banned books dealer suggested, "Let's take the statue of Dato I with us."

Orange Merchant: “Why?”

The Forbidden Books Dealer: "Such a large piece of Patrick marble must be worth a lot of money. If I can find the right collector, I think it can sell for more than ten gold coins."

The orange merchant hesitated and said, "That's not appropriate... Dato I is a saint after all."

The banned bookseller scoffed, "It's just a title given by the church, not a true saint. When have you ever heard of anyone being given the holy name 'Datuk'? You're not a fan of Datuk I, are you? If he were still alive, how do you think he would treat you?"

The orange merchant remained silent. As a poison lamp leaf dealer and wild priest, if he were judged by Datuk I's standards, he would most likely end up being a slow cooker.

This black market team had no respect for Datuk I, so they quickly reached a consensus and decided to take the statue away.

Considering the statue was too large, they split it into pieces.

The portrait was given to the banned books dealer, and the base was divided into five marble slabs, one for each of the other five people. As the portrait had a high collection value, the banned books dealer gave each person a gold coin as compensation.

After dividing up the statue of Datuk I, the six continued to explore deeper into the dungeon.

As an abandoned dungeon, there were few valuable items. The most they saw were corpses—tortured and reduced to bones. The gold ornament engraved with "Fanfro's Mercy" that the cave explorers had found last time was also found on a corpse, to be precise, in the corpse's abdomen.

It is not difficult to speculate that the corpse swallowed the gold jewelry before being imprisoned in the dungeon in order to seek quick relief, or at least to prevent the torturers from getting it.

After a round, they came to the deepest part of the dungeon.

Compared with other areas, the "level" here is obviously higher. There are all kinds of torture instruments, and there is a metal stake in the middle.

The shape of the stake was a cross, which reminded Gao Jianuo of some things he had seen in his previous life.

A skeleton chained to the stake.

"Poor guy." The banned bookseller couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the skeleton's twisted posture.

The cave-hunter asked, "Is every pope named 'Datuk' so cruel?"

"Not really." The banned bookseller thought for a moment, "But most of them are like this. After all, those Datu Popes must have chosen this name when they took office because they agreed with Datu I's ideals."

“Dato…Dato…”

A faint humming sound suddenly came.

Several people were confused for a moment, and then the banned books merchant's face changed drastically, and he quickly retreated: "Undead!"

Before he finished speaking, the skull on the stake burst into flames, and a shrill and resentful roar came from among the twisted and struggling bones: "Dato XVI——"

The raging flames burned the chains. The skeleton struggled hard, broke free, and then ran straight to the banned books seller.

Fortunately, the grocer reacted in time and rushed forward with a shield in hand.

"boom!"

The skeleton in the flames looked fragile, but it managed to knock the tall and strong grocer away, while it itself only took a few steps back.

Upon seeing this, Gao Jianuo quickly took out a spell scroll of "Armor of Aegasis".

As the scroll was torn, a layer of frost immediately covered his entire body, forming armor while also offsetting the heat waves emitted by the skeleton.

The other five people, including the grocer who had just gotten up from the ground, made the same choice. They all put on the armor of Agaxis, but the forbidden book merchant used spells instead of scrolls.

The Skeleton has set its sights on the banned bookseller again.

This is obviously an unintelligent ghost who has been targeting the banned bookseller simply because he mentioned "Datuk".

The banned books seller turned pale and quickly chanted a spell while glancing at the grocer.

But the grocer had just finished donning the Armor of Agathys.

Just as the flaming skull was about to approach the banned books seller, the cave seeker, who had run off into the distance, suddenly shouted, "I am Dato' XVI!"

"Roar!" The skeleton immediately roared, gave up the banned bookseller, turned around and ran towards the cave seeker.

As a thief, the cave seeker was quite capable of running away, and he immediately ran around in the dungeon.

During this period, Gao Jianuo and the strong medicine expert kept shooting arrows at the fire skeleton. Although the damage was minimal, the interference effect was good, delaying the fire skeleton's pursuit.

"Power Words of Fortitude and Strength, quick!" said the grocer, gripping his sword and shield tightly.

The orange merchant immediately cast a spell, and two rays of holy light fell on the grocer one after another.

"I can't hold on any longer!" the cave explorer shouted.

The grocer placed his sword on the ground. "Bring it to me!"

The cave seeker gritted his teeth, increased his speed, and led the flaming skeleton to the grocer.

The grocer found the right moment, swung his sword, and the shock wave immediately rushed along the ground towards the flaming skeleton!

(End of this chapter)