Chapter 281 Thief Mask Family

Invader, a word that has been given new meaning by the Thane Dungeon.

Now when these three words are mentioned, I am afraid that the first things that come to mind for people in Bed City and its surrounding areas are colorful spirits, weapons that look despicable at first glance, and all kinds of hoods.

That’s right, the hood.

It seems that ever since the appearance of the “mysterious mask man”, mask-like things have gained huge attention among the invasion and anti-invasion groups.

No matter whether the person is actively invading or counter-invading, they will take the initiative to choose a headgear that suits them. Any style is fine, either exquisite or tattered, serious or funny. The most popular one is naturally the [Slave Headdress] – or the thief headgear.

As long as the adventurer sees that the intruder is wearing a thief’s mask, he will know that it is safe!

Because those who wear this thing are either masters or newbies, and those with average strength are in awe of the hood and dare not wear it casually.

Nowadays, the hood has become a kind of spiritual symbol. Sometimes when conflicts arise between adventurers, if both sides hold the thief’s hood, they can immediately resolve the grudge by showing it.

Of course, the biggest function of the hood is to hide the identity. The true face of the intruder must never be discovered, absolutely not. Important things must be said every day.

Every day there are examples of intruders being beaten up because their identities are exposed when their hoods are lifted. This bloody reality is forcing us to call for safe hoods.

So the Sion Dungeon also launched a thief headgear that would never fall off, and it was very popular.

However, as long as the vest is exposed, the invader will be visited, which shows the reputation of the invader.

But why do so many people like to invade?
It’s because it’s more convenient to earn souls, and you can also get invasion rewards and exchange them for pledge rewards at the Soul-sucking Ghost Altar.

In the past, souls could only be used to upgrade, but since the opening of the Lake Lienia area, souls have suddenly become more useful.

Not only can you buy supplies from the merchant Kale and the rogue Xia Ge, forge weapons and buy primary forging stones from the blacksmith Andre, but even learning magic in some classrooms of the Magic Academy requires souls, and some random events in the underground maze also require souls.

Therefore, after the lake area was opened, more and more people became keen on the invasion gameplay.

Gradually, the invaders got to know each other, and finally formed a loose “Invasion Guild”, which would occasionally take on commissions to invade people with bounties on their heads.

Although the Invasion Guild is still in its initial stages of formation and is still in the works, its reputation is already no less than that of the notorious Necromancer Association, Thieves Guild and other underground organizations.

That’s why the Bedard family didn’t launch the Invader series of peripheral products. This thing would only bring bad reputation. The last batch of soul-sucking ghost statues were affected and had a poor sales.

As a product of the gray area, the existence of the Invasion Guild was quickly known to the Light Eagle Group. After all, mercenaries are best at finding out about this kind of thing.

With the purpose of “hindering the exploration progress of the Skyrim Raiders Group”, they placed the order.

Then, it evolved into the current situation.

“Why are you back so soon? Still haven’t found your target?”

Near the middle level of the Casas underground cemetery, Aston, the captain of the Light Eagle Regiment’s logistics team, looked at the returning “I don’t like rosemary” and asked.

According to the progress of exploration, people currently mark the Casas Underground Cemetery into three layers: upper, middle and lower. This does not mean that it only has three layers, but is a general summary.

Currently they are trying to sort out the upper level, explore the middle level, and open up the lower level, but in fact every team that goes deep into the lower level soon comes back dead, which shows how dangerous it is below.

Incidentally, they were unaware of Elsa’s exploration.

In order to speed up the progress, the Light Eagle Group selected more than a dozen teams, each of which was fully staffed with professional dungeon explorers. In addition, there were also scattered mercenaries entering the dungeon to try their luck. They had no war missions now, and visiting the dungeon was a good pastime for them.

Anyway, the cost of teleporting crystals can be reimbursed.

But Aston was not at the forefront of the development at this moment, but instead took on a special mission.

The dozen or so people who came down with him were all invaders!
Everyone is trying to invade again and again, hoping to find the Skyrim Strategy Group. This method is slow, but there is no better way, right?

“Found it, but we never defeated them. They were too strong.” I don’t like rosemary, so I shook my head and walked straight towards the exit of the dungeon.

“What are you going to do?” Aston asked puzzledly.

“I quit. There’s no point in fighting an opponent you can’t defeat. I’ll return your wages to you in a moment.” He waved his hand nonchalantly and winked at the other invaders.

“I’m done with this now. I’ve spent a whole day trying to find it and still can’t find it. God must be against my order.”

“I’m leaving too.”

In the blink of an eye, several intruders left, leaving Aston stunned. He couldn’t help but wonder: Are these people so casual at work?
If he looked carefully, he would find that the invaders who left were “old men” with certain experience, while those who stayed were young and inexperienced people who didn’t know what would happen next.

The old people were too lazy to give them any hints, after all, everyone likes to have fun.

“There is no sense of contract at all. Adventurers are just unprofessional.”

Aston did not want to waste time trying to retain them. In his opinion, hiring invaders was just an additional measure. To win the game, one had to rely on the real stuff – that is, the exploration of the dungeon.

According to the intelligence from the Light Eagle Group, the public has currently only discovered the most prominent route next to the tomb bonfire. The Skyrim Strategy Group is also exploring there, which is temporarily called Route No. 1.

This news was very beneficial to them because they found Route No. 2, which was some distance away from the tomb bonfire and winding, but it did lead to the lower level.

They will split the exploration team into two groups and explore the two routes at the same time. With the advantage of numbers, the exploration speed may not be slower than that of the Skyrim Strategy Group!

Hehe, he really couldn’t wait to see the expressions of the Skyrim Strategy Team when they came up with the information about the unknown Route 2. It must be very delicious!
“Work hard for me, and don’t be like those guys who left and have no sense of contract. I will give you a raise.”

This naturally drew cheers from the invaders, and Aston also straightened his chest. If nothing else, the Light Eagle Group had a lot of money.

[Invaded by the intruder “I like to eat rosemary”! ]

“Huh?” The smile on his face disappeared immediately. What was going on? How could there be someone so blind as to dare to invade them!

[We were invaded by the intruder “How about playing invasion for life?” 】

[Invaded by the invader “Invincible Bede God of War”! 】

In an instant, three dark spirits appeared in front of Aston and refreshed their faces!

Aston showed a grim smile and drew the hammer from his waist. He wanted to give these invaders the most horrific death and let them see what cruelty was.

But he did not notice that when the three strong men appeared, those people he hired who were originally busy invading stood still and dared not move, and some of them quickly opened the invasion to escape for emergency safety.

This is strange, why is this happening?

“Your name is Aston?” The invincible god of war, Bed, pointed at Aston and drew out the backhand sword from his waist. The war ash on it was called [Blind Spot Strike].

“Just wait for the shit to go west.” He licked the dagger in his hand after playing invasion all his life. However, his real special skills were the miracle called [Force] and the prayer called [Rejection].

“Click.” I like to eat rosemary silently loaded two rapid-fire crossbows, and the crossbow arrows with various effects on my back were shining.

The three men’s thief hoods were shining.

“I’m not afraid of little punks like you!”

Aston shouted “Let’s attack together!” and was the first to draw his weapon and smash forward. With one blow, the ground was cracked.

Why was the ground hit? Because he didn’t hit anyone.

“Hey, a blind spot!” The invader crouched low, his figure elusive like a ghost, and Aston quickly raised his weapon to block it.

However, the intruder suddenly appeared behind him and pierced his kidney with one blow!
“what!”

Aston was injured and shocked. What kind of strange fighting skill was this? Why did it appear in the blind spot where he couldn’t defend?
The next second, crossbow arrows came shooting like a storm. He turned his weapon to block them, but a smoke bomb exploded at his feet and thick smoke rose immediately.

not good!

“Your ass belongs to me.”

Suddenly, a salty sound came from behind him, and the miracle [Force] exploded behind him, and the powerful shock wave immediately knocked him out.

“Oops, I used too much force and accidentally pushed him out of the mist.”

Aston fell to the ground in a mess. He covered his bleeding kidney and glared at those who stood by and watched, angrily saying, “What are you doing? Why don’t you come to help!”

“Boss, it’s not that we don’t want to, but…” the man stammered:

“Anyone who dares to use these weird nicknames must be a strong person. We can’t afford to offend them!”

What kind of weird unspoken rule is this!
Aston almost vomited blood and regretted very much that he did not bring his brothers from the Light Eagle Regiment down with him this time.

At this moment, the invaders were chasing after him with strange laughter, and the feeling of oppression was so strong that he could only glare at those who stood by and watched, grabbed his weapons and ran away.

Crossbow arrows of various colors kept shooting at him from behind. Even if he tried his best to dodge, he could not avoid getting injured. Sometimes he felt sleepy after being hit by an arrow, sometimes he bled profusely, and sometimes he was subjected to negative effects such as burning/paralysis/freezing, etc.

He finally managed to turn around and kill an intruder with all his might, but in the end –

【Invaded by intruder.】

Immediately, new people came to invade.

I couldn’t imagine how many invaders were lining up to stab his kidneys at this moment, and they were all amazing old men whose strength was no less than that of elite adventurers!

Looking at the invaders who could never be killed, Aston felt a despair even deeper than when Master Kent fell into dementia.

Did I blaspheme the gods today? Why did all the invaders come to me?

No, not all the invaders actually came to him.

Throughout the day, those who had been active in the Catacombs of Casas had reported a significant increase in the number of intrusions.

But it is very strange that many invaders just come to take a look and leave without hitting anyone.

Because they all went to fight the Eagle Group, the mercenaries were targeted like never before.

Obviously, their specialty is to kill people, but for some reason, when they are facing the invaders, they feel like they are the challengers.

The opponent’s skills and ability to fight people are actually stronger than these mercenaries! ?

What a joke! How come our mercenary profession, which we are so proud of, has become inferior to the invaders!

Also, why are these guys targeting us?
If they want to blame someone, just blame them for provoking the adventurers. After all, the most notable characteristic of adventurers is that they stick together for warmth, even the notorious invaders are the same.

The first Gwangju… No, it’s the Sean Unlimited Invasion Competition that has begun, and all the victims are mercenaries.

Under the torture of the Dark Spirit Youngster, the exploration speed of the Light Eagle Group was greatly reduced, the progress was repeatedly delayed, and the medical expenses and other expenses were much higher.

When the mercenaries who had been tortured to numbness became familiar with the invaders’ tactics and began to counterattack in a planned and effective manner, gradually suppressing the invaders.
The deadline for the competition has arrived.

Although it was decided at the beginning that whoever defeated the boss first would win, that took too long, so a new condition was added in the end.

The one who explores the most before the specified date wins!
(End of this chapter)