There is no cheat code for reincarnation? Then I will create one myself!

damn it!

Why would they summon the Shadow Beast at this time...

Xiuyi didn't have time to think too much. He hurriedly picked up the flame spear on the ground and rushed towards the twisted shadow, hoping to get rid of it before the shadow beast took shape.

However, Shuichi was still a step too slow because he needed to pick up the flame spear before he could launch the attack.

He had put down his flaming spear when the bearded middle-aged man and his men surrounded him in order to reduce their alertness so that he could counterattack more easily at the critical moment.

Anyway, he is always bound to the flame gun and can open the shield at any time, without having to hold the flame gun.

He had wanted to show weakness to the enemy to ensure that he could catch the enemy off guard when necessary, but he had not expected things to change so quickly. The ghosts' fear actually summoned shadow beasts.

It was the action of bending down to pick up the flaming spear that slowed down his speed. When Shuichi rushed towards the little ghosts, a huge snake head suddenly swooped down from a high place, picked up a little blonde girl in one bite, tilted its head back and swallowed her into its stomach.

Shuichi could clearly see the snake's head tilted upwards, a swallowing movement taking place at its neck, and a bulge sliding down its throat into its belly.

The summoning of shadow beasts can be fast or slow, but this time it was definitely so fast that it caught people off guard.

And the shadow beast summoned this time not only carries a sense of fear, but also despair.

A giant python was coiled on the huge rock that the little ghosts used as support. It was black all over with a few white stripes. Its head was round and as thick as a water tank.

In the light of the fire, the shadow of the black python was huge, long and twisted.

Above the giant python's head there is a [Four] that only the awakened can see. Obviously, this is a level four shadow beast.

After eating a little girl, the python tried to do the same thing again.

Fortunately, Xiuyi arrived and stabbed the snake's head with his flaming spear.

The newly born giant python showed no fear at all. It opened its mouth and bit towards Shuichi, trying to swallow him whole.

However, Xiuyi had killed level 5 shadow beasts before, so there was no reason for him to be afraid of level 4 giant pythons.

The flaming spear pierced through the giant python's head. Under everyone's horrified gaze, the seemingly unstoppable giant python turned into ashes under this blow.

The giant python died, and the little girl that it had swallowed before naturally fell out of its body.

Shuichi hurriedly caught the little girl who had fallen from the sky into his arms.

But... the little girl was seriously injured.

Her body exuded a sour and foul smell, her skin was sticky, and her corroded skin was almost completely ulcerated...

Not only that, the Silver Mane Iron Guard uniform that Shuichi was wearing also made a loud sizzling sound under the corrosion of the acid.

This is because Xiuyi is always supporting the invisible shield, otherwise he would not be able to hold the little girl.

The python has a round head and although it is not poisonous, it has highly corrosive stomach acid...

Although the python was dead, the acid that had stained the little girl's body was not so easy to remove.

Besides, even if the stomach acid was eliminated, the little girl would still be disfigured...

Things happened so quickly that, apart from Xiuyi, the only person present who reacted quickly was the middle-aged man with a beard.

He took a few steps forward and came to Shuichi's side. He looked down at the unconscious little girl in Shuichi's arms and said with regret: "Logically speaking, a normal python can't swallow a person so quickly..."

The problem is that shadow beasts are not normal beasts.

In these strange and bizarre shadow beasts, everything unreasonable becomes reasonable.

"How is she?"

The bearded middle-aged man carefully observed the little girl in Shuichi's arms. Her chest was rising and falling, but her eyes were closed, indicating that she was in a coma.

"I'm sorry, I can't entertain you right now."

Xiuyi had already guessed that these people were mercenaries who were planning to play bandits, but they didn't get angry when they found out that the original target of the robbery was a little unexpected.

Because the world is still in a feudal state, there is competition between nobles.

Most noble neighbors have more or less friction, and when there is more friction, there will be disputes, and then wars... Conventional wars have never been without casualties...

Gradually, the friction turned into a blood feud.

Therefore, there is a big market for mercenaries.

Mercenaries are mostly civilians who cannot survive in their hometowns.

As the saying goes, a weak mother makes a merchant, a strong father becomes a minister, a prominent family stays in their hometown, while a poor family moves to another place.

Since there is no way out by staying at home, I might as well give it my all.

There are also a small number of illegitimate children of noble families who form mercenary groups in their own names.

As for what the mercenary group is used for... that depends on personal opinion.

By the way, if you serve as a good mercenary, there is a certain chance that you will be noticed by a noble lord, and after making meritorious service, there is a certain chance that you will become his vassal.

Simply put, being a mercenary is a path that the poor can see with a low lower limit and a high upper limit.

Of course, only very few mercenaries can go ashore.

But this life-threatening path is indeed a rare opportunity to cross social classes.

As for real mercenaries, most of them have no moral bottom line because of the money.

There is no such thing as doing quests when there is something to do, training when there is nothing to do, and dating when there is nothing to do...

There are no mercenary guilds, adventurer guilds or the like here. There are many mercenary groups of all sizes, and there are a lot of them in almost every human settlement.

However, most mercenary groups are highly mobile wandering mercenary groups. The characteristics of this type of mercenary group are high mobility and no fixed source of income, so they will occasionally act as bandits.

Mercenary groups that can have a fixed base in a city are basically powerful mercenary groups that have gained prestige in the vicinity.

Unfortunately, judging from the attire of the bearded middle-aged man and his companions, they should be at the middle to lower level of the mercenary group.

The kind where you can’t eat enough but won’t starve to death.

Poverty leads to theft, treason and murder.

Although I don't want to admit it, once people are extremely poor, it is very likely that they will do bad things in order to survive.

Beggars who refuse to eat food given out of pity basically only exist in textbooks.

Xiuyi carried the unconscious and disfigured little girl to the back of the boulder, completely leaving the bearded middle-aged man and other wandering mercenaries aside.

"Captain, us?"

The young mercenary who helped the bearded man hold his weapon looked at their boss with a questioning look.

The bearded man shook his head and took back his long-handled battle axe from his companion: "Let the brothers come back and don't scare the children."

"Ah."

The young mercenary nodded in response and gestured for his companions surrounding the periphery to come back.

A dozen mercenaries gathered in an open space five or six meters away from the fire, discussing what to do next.

A bald mercenary rubbed his bald head roughly: "Boss, how about we ..."

As he said this, he made a throat-slitting gesture.

"I think that suit is quite valuable."

“Idiot!” The bearded man who was quite polite in front of Shuichi glared at his stupid companion and cursed him, “Are you crazy? If you want to die, don’t hurt us!”

Xiuyi's fighting ability is evident from the fact that he killed the giant python with one shot.

Anyone who still thinks about killing people and robbing them at this time is either a fool or a madman.

The bald mercenary shrank his neck when he was scolded and dared not say a word.

The bearded man calmed down when he saw the bald mercenary shrink back. "Are you stupid? You didn't see such an obvious opportunity?"

"What does the boss mean?" The archer of the mercenary team was quick-witted and quickly understood what the boss meant: "We should join him?"

"Well, that's what I think for now." The bearded man nodded, then shook his head: "That's what I think for now, but I need to observe it for a while longer."

Xiuyi's situation is a bit strange. The bearded man is almost forty years old this year. He has been in the mercenary world for more than twenty years and has dealt with nobles. As a general among short people, he can be considered knowledgeable.

But he had never seen Xiuyi in such a situation.

But no matter what, just by looking at Xiuyi's temperament and behavior, Bearded Man could tell that this kid definitely had an extraordinary background.

"They may not need us yet." Another archer interrupted, "Didn't you see it just now? Such a big snake suddenly appeared..."

After these words were spoken, the mercenaries who thought they were pretty capable a second ago all fell silent.

"Boss, I remember the one I met a year ago..." The young mercenary who had helped the bearded man get his weapon whispered, "That time, a strange giant wolf suddenly appeared..."