In early spring, the weather has not yet recovered, and the cold air caused by the ice sealing effect in the mine cave has not attracted the attention of everyone outside. Moreover, both mercenaries and soldiers are nervously staring at the river surface, preparing to deal with the thunder eel that "can go home at any time" but in fact it is completely non-existent. However, not long after, dozens of small boats appeared strangely in everyone's sight.

There was no need to identify it, the two warships immediately remembered the alarm, and all the mercenaries and soldiers sent a signal of fighting between each other. Because during this season, except for them, it was impossible for anyone nearby to form an adventure team that dared to enter Diana, let alone the other party came from the upstream.

"This group of pirates must have been following us for a long time. There may be a tough battle to fight. You should go to the cabin to avoid it." The pirates chose to take action at this time and place. Obviously, they had been observing for a long time. Vales said calmly to Evelyn, Verona and others.

At the same time, with deeper contact between the two sides, Vales could also see that these mercenaries and the little noble Lu Chen had an unusual relationship with master and servant, and were worried that if anything happened to them, it would bring disadvantages to the city of Bryon. Moreover, the two who seemed the most powerful had just fought with the Thunder Eel, and one of them was obviously injured; but perhaps it was the number of pirates and the Thunder Eel who would go home at any time, which made him not notice that his expression was not as convincing as his tone.

Just as he looked at the large boat that was slowly approaching from the upstream, so simple that it was only a little stronger than a raft and didn't even have sails, Verona frowned, then turned her eyes to the top of the cliff of the mine cave and stared thoughtfully for a while. Then he asked, "The pirates are here~ they should be stationed on the shore, right?"

It's a very nonsense question. Although they are pirates, they are not aquatic after all. When they have a place to settle down, of course they live on land. Especially at this time, they will never hang out on the sea without clear goals. However, after hearing this, Vales showed a slightly shocked look on his face, because even the experienced veteran mercenaries would ignore this problem when they first arrived here, and often inertially thought that pirates should come from the water. Only those who have been dealing with pirates here for many years can roughly judge whether there are ambushes on the shore from the number.

With a beautiful appearance, strong strength, and insight, and Evelyn, the noble woman who looked like a pet girl, seemed to be mainly based on her. Vales immediately turned his head to Verona's preconceived image of the vase and said solemnly: "Yes, according to the survivors in the adventure team that wanted to enter the Anderes Mountains from Diana, the pirates basically forced them to ashore before launching a devastating blow. After all, salvage of shipwrecks or supplies is very laborious. But you can rest assured that these dozen small boats cannot threaten us."

"On the shore..." Verona felt even worse after getting the answer. The mountain wall was steep and difficult to climb. But it was easy to drop a few ropes and it was not too high to get off the top of the cliff.

"I'll take half of the people. Kellys, don't let someone sneak into the mine, pay special attention to the water." We have been taking risks together for several years, and many times we can tell a rough idea without even looking at each other. Following Verona's expression and words, Weiss immediately made a tacit decision.

"No. Stay here, this kind of mission is suitable for me." There were only fifteen sisters in half. Faced with an unknown number of pirates, Kellys, who also understood, directly rejected the kindness of his best friend.

Unexpectedly, these female mercenaries had such courage, and Vales' respect for them increased a lot, but a team of only thirty people was still half of which made his worries escalate; but when he wanted to stop it, Evelyn, who was just considered to be a pet concubine, surprised him again.

"There is no need to fight, we all go. Verona and Rafita are enough." After Evelyn said that, she bluntly at the bow of the ship, reminding everyone that there is still Sierra.

But Vales was even more worried and was a little incomprehensible. You should know that in this world, most female strong men like to pursue freedom and will not rely on someone or a certain force casually. A team of female mercenaries like them who exceed single digits should be more than four or five stars. Once they fall into the siege of pirates, their fate is conceivable, especially their appearance is one in a hundred; but from their conversation, they have unimaginable confidence, as if the pirates are kittens and puppies.

However, he was afraid that these beauties would have any accidents, and later affected the city of Brion, Valas quickly dissuaded him with the number of pirates, and what he got was the mysterious smile of the other party. Then when he felt that he wanted to continue persuasion, Humphreys and Mark, who were observing the situation on the side of the ship, came over.

"We have heard what you said, let a few of us six-star people go to investigate. Only we can climb such a cliff more easily." Mark volunteered to take on the task. After seeing the strength of several people, he had no worries and was ready to show it in front of these people. Unfortunately, he didn't know that he had misunderstood the girls' original intentions.

There are indeed many good mercenaries hired, but they are all for ordinary people or the former Red Thorn Flower. Nowadays, sisters can beat any of them by themselves, not to mention that the sisters who have transferred to Valkyria's mercenary group are the best at fighting. Even if they put aside those equipment and magic pets, they can still be invincible.

Seeing another leader, Besco, doing ideological work for several six-star mercenaries who seemed to be reluctant to accept the "reconnaissance" mission, Verona rejected the kindness of Mark and Humphreys, and asked the two to choose some "good" mercenaries to cooperate with Vales to guard the entrance of the mine and not give a pirate an opportunity to take advantage of it, she nodded to Evelyn and the other two and signaled that she could act.

In addition to Lu Chen's factor, Verona is also a major reason why girls follow. Even if they no longer have any positions, everyone will habitually focus on her. So when she nodded, the girls who had long wanted to let go of their hands and feet. In the unknown eyes of the men on the boat, they cheered and went down to the landing boat, and rowed to the cliffs on both sides of the mine at a speed that was not inferior to the sailors. They still knew that they could not expose their magic pets and their true strength at will.

Vales was shocked by the girls' agile and skillful movements. He unconsciously searched for a matching mercenary group in his mind, because the various things they showed would never be an unknown mercenary group. However, in this just after the New Year, he could not think of a mercenary group that could match the number, and the nearby pirate boat did not allow him to continue guessing.

The pirates entered the effective attack range of the crossbow bed, and Vales also skillfully issued orders. The two sides did not say a single word of redundant pre-war nonsense and immediately entered the tense battle. However, no one noticed that the originally calm sea water at the entrance of the mine turned into a small wave that was slamming the shore.

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The matter was barely finished, and it was almost buried. I haven't had the heart to write recently. I know how to write it, but I can't fall down with my hands on the keyboard. I wrote this chapter intermittently for four days, and I feel really uncomfortable. I don't know how long this state will last. I beg you again.
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