Chapter 54

"Roar!"

Swinging her sword to fend off the approaching ghouls, Shana took a deep breath. The wound on her shoulder had started to go numb, and even her arm was gradually losing sensation. The ghouls surrounding her were increasing in number, making Shana feel increasingly oppressed.

Is this it?

She bit her lower lip, feeling a sharp pain, but it did nothing to dispel the despair and heaviness in her heart. Although she had believed she was fully prepared after accepting the mission, she realized that she had underestimated the situation when she led her subordinates into this place.

As a four-star mission, the Pavel Cemetery was indeed no easy task. The endless undead creatures surged like a tide, almost overwhelming them. Although Shana and her subordinates had repeatedly repelled their attacks, they had also suffered significant losses. By now, five or six members of her team had been lost, and the remaining members were mostly injured. In such a situation, could they still hold on?

Shana had thought about retreating more than once, but she gritted her teeth and persevered. It was too late to back out now; she had gone too far in, and the opportunity to withdraw had passed. The only chance left was to keep fighting and eliminate the necromancer, which might give them a slim chance of survival.

Although that was what she said, Shana knew very well that it was almost impossible. They couldn't even handle these undead creatures, let alone face the terrifying and powerful necromancer.

Not only Shana, but her subordinates were also in despair. Faced with these disgusting and hard-to-kill undead creatures, only the will to survive kept them swinging their weapons, instinctively trying to pull themselves back from the brink of death.

But that was their limit.

"Damn!"

When the stench hit her nose, Shana suddenly snapped back to reality. At that moment, she felt a sudden jolt in her hand, followed by a massive impact. She lost her grip on her sword, which flew high into the air and landed on the ground, the flames that had been burning on it suddenly extinguished. At the same time, an ugly ghoul stretched out its arms and lunged at her.

She had been distracted!

At that moment, Shana's heart sank. As a swordsman, she knew the consequences of being distracted in battle, and now she was about to pay the bitter price with her life.

Fortunately, the scythe of death passed her by this time.

Just as Shana closed her eyes, resigned to her fate, a brilliant light descended from the sky, piercing through the ghoul's body. The monster, which was about to succeed, trembled violently and then collapsed like a pile of soft mud.

A cold icy wind blew.

Everyone's bodies stiffened, and then a dazzling lightning bolt flashed by.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

In the blink of an eye, those terrifying undead creatures were completely annihilated. Only then did everyone see a few people standing at the entrance of the passage on the other side.

"Sister Shana, are you all right?"

Seeing the danger had passed, Lige rushed over to the group. Marin, who had just cast her spell, proudly flicked her hair and then looked at Rod with a confident smile, clearly indicating: How about that, see, I did a good job.

But in response to Marin's gesture, Rod's expression was somewhat indescribable... Truly a model student, my intention was to wipe them all out... Never mind, this is better. After all, when giving the order, Rod hadn't expected Lige to know these people. Now he was somewhat relieved by Marin's model student mindset. Fortunately, she wasn't a player, or there might have been bigger trouble.

"It's the Red Eagles..."

Looking at the red-haired female swordsman not far away, Old Walker muttered to himself. He and Rod exchanged glances, both seeing the same thought in each other's eyes.

"Lige?"

Shana, who had survived the ordeal, was startled by the figure in front of her.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm here to complete a mission."

As she answered, Lige knelt in front of Shana. Soon, she extended her hands, and with a faint glow, the wounds on the red-haired female swordsman's body quickly healed, and the necrotic poison that had infected her was completely cleared.

This was the importance of a Spirit Master. Although mercenaries had some basic first aid and wound treatment skills, only the Spirit Master's spirit techniques could produce immediate results. Therefore, every Spirit Master was a key target for recruitment and protection by mercenary groups. Moreover, Spirit Masters were few in number, and most of them had little interest in adventuring. Thus, apart from those who traveled according to the church's requirements, only a few like Lige, for unknown reasons, could stay outside at any time.

After healing Shana's wounds, Lige immediately stood up and walked over to the others. After this battle, almost everyone in Shana's team was injured, and some were severely wounded. If they were not treated in time, they would soon join the ranks of the undead they had just defeated.

Shana收回目光，这才注意到向自己走来的罗德等人，她急忙站起身来，带着一丝苦笑伸出了手。

"谢谢你的帮助。"

"不用客气。"

握住莎娜伸出来的手，罗德不动声色地回了一句，

"这好像是我第二次向你道谢了。"

莎娜抽回自己的手，带着惊讶和好奇，微笑地打量着眼前的年轻男子。她和罗德只见过两次面，彼此都不太熟悉。她只知道这个男人救了莉洁，然后和塞雷克对决，通过了佣兵评定，实力不弱。但是现在看起来………这个男人似乎没有这么简单？

想到这里，莎娜不由自主地向罗德身后的两人望去，她首先看到的是穿着华丽法袍的玛琳，这让莎娜不由愣了一愣，要知道法师可是比灵师还要稀少的职业，怎么会出现在这里？而且………站在她旁边的，那不是每天都在协会里喝酒的老沃克吗？

这些人怎么会聚集到一起的？

莎娜不由自主地转过头，又望了一眼莉洁，这才略带一丝疑问地望向罗德。

"请问，你们这是………"

"我们是来这里完成任务的。"

罗德的回答干脆利落，

"和你们一样。"

"只有你们四个人？"

"没错。"

如果换作平时，莎娜一定会认为罗德是在说梦话，帕维尔墓园可是个非常危险的地方，很多佣兵团在这里都吃了大亏。如果说他们是被杀的只剩下四个人的话，那么才是正常的逻辑才对。但是现实却告诉这位红发女剑士，事情似乎并不是她所想象的那样。毕竟罗德等人并没有表现出那种狼狈不堪的逃跑样子，而且从他们身上来看，也不像是受到过攻击的样子。

难道这个男人说的是真的？

莎娜眨了眨眼睛，无论如何都无法相信这个事实，他们四个人，居然能够走到这么深入的地方？而且看起来还游刃有余？这怎么可能？这个年轻人真的有这么厉害？

就在红发女剑士思考这些的时候，为众人治疗完伤势的莉洁已经重新回到了罗德的身后，低声和玛琳说了几句什么，两人像是在聊天，不过莎娜现在已经没有去关注这个问题了。因为就在这时，罗德的声音响了起来。

"接下来你们打算怎么办？"

"接下来？"

听到罗德的询问，莎娜一愣，随后她这才察觉到眼下的事态。

她们是在完成任务。

而这个年轻人也是在完成任务。

那么也就是说………

想到这里，莎娜立刻觉得事情变得有些棘手。

一般来说，佣兵团在执行任务时，也会发生这样的偶然事件。毕竟任务就那么多，而且在完成之前，谁接都可以。所以撞车的事情也不在少数，而一般遇到这种情况，关系好的佣兵团要么选择退让，要么选择联合行动。而关系稍微差一些的，则会直接大打出手，以实力来决定胜负。

那么现在，他们要选择哪一条道路？

莎娜第一时间把大打出手的选择从自己头脑里删除，对方既然救了自己，就说明他们没有恶意，如果自己再选择这样的方式，那么却是有违自己的原则，更是玷污了红鹰的尊严。但是要他们退下？自己费了这么大的力气，失去了这么多的同伴，眼看到了这一步，她还有退却的选择吗？可是…………莎娜也很清楚，以自己等人目前的实力，是没有办法和亡灵法师所抗衡的，那么………

"如果可以的话，我希望我们能够合作。"

最终，莎娜咬了咬牙，提出了这个建议。

"我们不要积分，也不需要战利品，事实上，我和我的同伴来到这里，只是为了一把剑。而根据情报，它应该就在亡灵法师的身边，我们希望能够与你们联手，只要能够得到那把剑，那么其余的我们都可以放弃。"

剑？

听到莎娜的回答，罗德微微一愣。

他怎么不记得这墓园里还有一把剑？

是自己忘记了？

还是有什么别的原因？

罗德皱起眉头，仔细思考了片刻，但并没有得到答案。于是他索性直接开口询问道。

"莎娜小姐，我并不记得协会有发布过这个任务。"

"我们接到的是私人委托。"

莎娜微微摇头，随后做出了回答。

原来如此。

而听到莎娜的回答，罗德此刻内心的疑惑也已经解除，于是他没有再多说什么，而是点了点头。

"我可以答应你们的要求，不过我有一个条件。"

他开口说道，而听到罗德的回答，红发女剑士也面露喜色，不过她还是有些紧张地开口询问道。

"请问，你有什么条件？"

"很简单。"

罗德做了个手势。

"在接下来的战斗中，我要求你们完全听从我的指挥。"

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