Mercenary Wars

Chapter 96 Divine Intervention
With the troll leader blocking their path in front and dozens of trolls in pursuit from behind, the situation was extremely critical.

Gaucano was already preparing to run away on his own, as were Andrew and Colin.

Calcrown, supporting John, said with a face full of guilt, "I'm sorry, John, I should have told you about my limitations sooner..."

“Ahem…” John chuckled. “Young Master Calcrow, you did nothing wrong. If someone has to be held responsible, it was my own initiative to find you a five-person team.”

After a brief silence.

John continued, "You may not know this, but I volunteered to become your bodyguard because you are different from the other young masters. Only you treat us as friends."

“As the recipient of the name ‘Saint Maximilian,’ I hope that I am protecting my friends, not my salary.” He took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind.

He then turned his head and exclaimed, "Gaucano!"

Gaucano was about to slip away when he heard this and stopped, looking at John and Calcro.

John simply said, "I'm entrusting young master Calcro to you. I trust you can take him to a safe place."

I?
Seeing the horde of trolls that were rapidly closing in, Gaugano almost doubted that John was joking.

In this situation, he wasn't even entirely confident in protecting himself, yet he was still asked to bring another person along?

But he quickly understood why John said that.

"Supreme Mosa, in the name of Saint Maximilian, I beseech you to bestow your divine power and protect my friend!" John then shouted, and a brilliant golden holy light shone from his body, like a sun that suddenly rose, instantly dispelling the darkness of the night.

Under the brilliant light, many trolls stopped what they were doing and showed some emotion.

John turned back in the holy light, giving the stunned Calcro one last look before a smile appeared on his face.

His body then vanished with a smile, transforming into a part of the glorious holy light and flying towards Calcro.

Then the holy light descended, and Calculus's entire body turned golden, and he stopped moving at all, as if he had become a golden statue.

As soon as Gaucano reached out and touched Calcro, several lines of information immediately flooded his mind.

[Status: Divine Intervention]

[Effect: Invincible and immobilized, immune to all non-divine damage, lasts for one day]

Invincible!

Gao Jiano was startled.

However, now was clearly not the time to be shocked. He immediately grabbed Karklo, activated Blood Rush, and headed straight for the area with the fewest trolls.

A troll stood in front, wielding an axe and shield, to meet Gaugano.

Gao Gano used the Karkro in his hand as a weapon, and with the speed of the Blood Rush, he smashed it hard at the troll!
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the troll was sent flying.

Gaucano continued running, glancing at Calcro in his hand—completely unharmed!
Without a doubt, Calcro had become the most solid object in the world of Farallo at this point. If it weren't for its irregular shape, it would be nothing short of a divine artifact.

"Boom!" With another Karkro smashing away a troll blocking his way, Gaugano successfully broke through the troll's obstruction.

Although they broke through the blockade, there were still many pursuers.

[Achieved Status: Hunter's Mark (Level 4)]

Countermeasure: Hunter's Mark (Level 4)

【Successful countermeasure】

A hunter's mark struck Gaucano, but was immediately countered, allowing Gaucano to instantly detect the opponent's location and the action of drawing his bow and nocking an arrow.

"call out--"

A second later, an arrow shot towards him, but he had anticipated it and easily dodged it. As he dodged the arrow, Gaucano took out an enchanted steel arrow, imbued with eight clusters of swift breeze and a blood-red arrowhead.

"You asked for this!" he said to the owner of the hunter's mark in his mind.

Then he gripped the arrow and threw it hard behind him.

He couldn't see what was behind him, but the counter-hunter's mark provided him with an accurate and real-time location.

Guided by eight swift breezes, the thrown arrows immediately flew toward the troll master bearing the Hunter's Mark, constantly correcting their course to strike a vital point.

The trolls were clearly unaware of this.

As he pursued, he fired arrows at Gaucano, wondering why this human could dodge his arrows every time, when suddenly he heard a whooshing sound coming from above.

The troll looked up and saw only a faint glint of cold light in the night before it was shot through the neck by an arrow that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere!

Killing a level 4 troll grants +200 experience.

However, before Gao Jiano could even breathe a sigh of relief, several more messages arrived.

[Achieved Status: Hunter's Mark (Level 6)]

Countermeasure: Hunter's Mark (Level 6)

【Successful countermeasure】

Level six!

Gao Jiano was startled, and at the same time sensed that the other party was in a throwing posture.

Without hesitation, he dodged to the side while carrying Calcro on his back.

"Boom!" A short spear shot out immediately.

The immense impact caused Gaucano to stumble, but fortunately, Calcro, in his invincible state, was tough enough to block the short spear without any doubt.

He then carried Calcro on his back, making him an indestructible human shield that blocked all attacks from behind.

With no worries about the future, Gaucano focused on escaping.

The trolls clearly couldn't keep up with Blood Rush and were gradually left behind, with only the level 6 troll with the Hunter's Mark still chasing.

This level 6 troll should be the troll leader who defeated John; it's much faster than a regular troll.

If Gaucano had escaped alone, he would have shaken them off long ago. But now, carrying Karklo on his back, the added weight has significantly reduced his speed, making him about as fast as a level six troll, and he's been unable to create any distance between them.

The level six troll would occasionally throw a short spear or a flying axe at him. Although Karklo blocked them all, each time it would still make Gaugano stagger and almost fall over.

Gao Jiano used the same trick again, throwing an arrow behind him.

Unfortunately, the level six troll's perception and reaction speed were significantly better than the level four troll's. He threw several shots, but none of them caused any effective damage.

Since that's the case, we can only see who can last longer.

After more than a minute of intense blood-burning sprint, due to the large amount of blood consumed, Gao Jiano began to feel noticeably weak.

Fortunately, his storage ring was full of blood. He had taken blood from almost every living creature he killed, and most of the blood he took had been converted into blood crystals, which were easier to store.

Gao Jiano immediately took out a blood crystal from his storage ring and held it in his palm.

Blood Regeneration!

The blood crystals gradually melted away, transforming into healing energy that rapidly restored the blood he had consumed.

Keep going, blood-pumping sprint!
(End of this chapter)