Mercenary Wars

Chapter 75 Only accepts silver coins
Thomas also killed another cannibal.

Thomas stepped over the ogre's corpse and muttered, "Pah, this thing is only worth a little bit of money for one of its horns, what a waste of time!"

"Captain, why do they only want silver coins and not gold coins?" John asked.

Thomas: "Think about it carefully."

John frowned and thought for a long time, then finally shook his head: "I can't figure it out."

Thomas: "That's right, you can't understand it! If you could think like the ogres, wouldn't you be just as stupid as them?"

The group cut off the two ogres' horns and then prepared to continue clearing the surrounding area.

Just then, a faint tremor of the ground was heard. Some people looked in the direction of the tremor and saw a figure more than three meters tall appear in the distance, walking heavily towards the crowd.

"Look over there!"

"What is this thing?!" Everyone was astonished as they stared at the three-meter-tall figure.

Ryan's expression changed drastically: "It's a high troll! This is a level seven guy! Run!"

A level 7 high troll!

While the high trolls are incredibly strong and powerful, they aren't very intelligent, making them roughly equal to ogres in terms of strength and ferocity. They might be able to handle a level six troll, but a level seven...

It's obvious that only Vice Commander Hicks can handle this guy.

Without hesitation, everyone turned and ran.

"Roar—" But the high troll had already spotted them and was roaring as he charged.

"Boom boom boom!" The giant troll charged at an extremely fast speed, often breaking trees in the process, and with his heavy footsteps, his momentum was quite astonishing.

The group was also quick to escape.

Ryan and Gaugano were particularly impressive. Ryan dashed away in a blur, leaving only a trail of afterimages, running ahead of the charging Gaugano. Gaugano activated his Blood Rush and, with the help of the Swift Breeze, quickly overtook Ryan.

Seeing that everyone was about to scatter and flee, Gao Jumo immediately leaped with all his might.

"Boom!" The giant foot landed, and with its violent stomp, the ground rippled like water.

The ripples spread rapidly, and everyone who was swept away was knocked to the ground, dazed and confused.

Then the troll walked ahead of the main escape route and shouted in a war drum-like voice, "Did you kill my men?"

High Trolls are a special subspecies of trolls, rumored to be products of troll black magic.

Dark magic granted them a size and strength far exceeding that of ordinary trolls, at the cost of reduced intelligence and appearance. As a result, they are generally not smart, and their skin is pockmarked, making their faces more ferocious than those of ordinary trolls.

Looking at this terrifying behemoth, everyone felt extremely nervous as they scrambled to their feet.

"Stop!" Gao Jumo suddenly roared.

However, one soldier got up from the ground and continued to run away.

Gao Jumo snorted angrily, picked up a nearby stone, and hurled it at the soldier.

The stone appeared as small as a pebble in his hand, but it was actually about the size of a human head. With the immense force he threw it, it shot out with a whistling sound and arrived in an instant.

"Boom!" The poor soldier didn't even have time to scream before he was smashed into pieces by the stone, a scene of extreme gore.

At this moment, the troll demanded again, "Did you kill my men?"

His gaze was fixed on Thomas.

Thomas gritted his teeth slightly: "No..."

Troll High: "I knew it! You were the ones who killed them! They were my brothers! How dare you, you filthy and evil humans, kill them!" "..." Thomas was speechless.

The troll continued, "But I'll give you a chance now. If you give me five thousand silver coins, I'll let you go!"

The group exchanged glances, and many showed expressions of wanting to compromise. After all, it didn't seem like a bad deal for a dozen people to spend five thousand silver coins to save their lives.

It wasn't until John said, "Could he be like those two ogres from before, only accepting silver coins and not gold coins?"

Everyone's expression changed.

Five thousand silver coins is equivalent to fifty gold coins. A dozen or so people could definitely raise that amount, but if the other party doesn't accept gold coins, they probably wouldn't even be able to raise half of it.

Is fighting the only option?
Looking at the ferocious giant troll, everyone felt a strong urge to back down.

Suddenly, the troll pointed at Ryan: "I recognize you, you're the one who tricked me last time!"

Ryan's expression froze: "You...you've mistaken me for someone else. We humans all look pretty much the same, don't we?"

The troll frowned, seemingly pondering and hesitating for a moment, before revealing a fierce expression: "Perhaps I've mistaken you, but you look like a damned thief! You despicable human, you shameless thief, I'll tear you to pieces!"

As he spoke, he rushed toward Ryan.

A flicker of despair crossed Ryan's face, but it quickly turned into resolve: "Go find Hicks!"

Before he finished speaking, he tilted his head back and drank a bottle of potion, then ran even faster away from the crowd, with the troll chasing after him.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, most of the mercenaries ran towards the camp.

After a moment's hesitation, Gaucanor drew his bow and nocked an arrow, saying, "Maximilian's Earth Grab!"

Daryls immediately began chanting the incantation, her wand glowing faintly.

A few drops of blood seeped from Gaucano's fingertips, clinging to the steel arrowhead to form a blood-red arrowhead, while eight swift breezes almost completely enveloped the arrow.

"call out--"

The bowstring was pulled and the arrow shot out.

The giant troll was enormous and couldn't see behind him, so he was immediately struck in the back of the head by an arrow, and blood splattered everywhere.

If it were the ogre from before, such an arrow would have either killed it or left it half-dead.

But for the High Troll, this arrow only caused him to let out a cry of pain and slowed his pursuit of Ryan.

"Whoosh—" Another arrow came flying, this time hitting his leg.

"Roar!" The giant troll roared and turned to turn around.

Just then, the ground behind him suddenly surged, and a hand formed from solidified rock and soil suddenly reached out and grabbed his ankle.

This caused the troll to pause in his movements.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gao Gano turned and ran, grabbing Dariss and hoisting her onto his shoulder, causing Dariss to gasp in surprise.

To him, Daryls, being a skeleton, weighed only a dozen kilograms, so carrying her on his shoulder was basically no burden.

With a powerful taunt, the High Troll tore Maximilian's Earth Grasp in two, then roared as he chased after Gaucanor: "Despicable human!"

Without hesitation, Gao Jiano immediately activated Swift Breeze, Swiftness Potion, and Blood Burning Sprint, and sprinted at full speed towards the camp.

On the other side, Ryan, noticing that the High Troll had changed direction, also turned around, took out two throwing knives, coated them with poison, and hurled them at the High Troll.

(End of this chapter)