Chapter 654: The employment mission failed and they parted ways

As long as King Ragnar can escape smoothly and return to the imperial city to regain power.

Then Zong Shen can go to the Imperial City to find him at any time to fulfill his promise.

However, it must be emphasized that according to the distance scale of the mainland, it is not easy for Zong Shen to go back to the royal city of the Kingdom of Nord...

The fastest way is to plan the direction and path through the giant city-level teleportation array and then teleport level by level.

Now he could only pray that King Ragnar would not die.

After all, he had done everything he needed to do.

To make sure he knew what he was doing, a large amount of data was displayed in front of his field of vision.

Includes four dynamically updated golden circle coordinates, and two remaining coordinates worth exploring.

The strategy module is like a dedicated employee, providing him with detailed information. .

It was precisely because of these information advantages that Zong Shen was able to successfully help King Ragnar escape from the predicament. Although the outcome has not yet been settled, the situation is still much better than the previous crisis.

Including Zong Shen himself, he also managed to escape and delayed a lot of time for him.

In fact, if those sixth-level Nord royal guards were there and just let him deal with Guerta and Letai, with these status skills and his endless props and methods, he could definitely fight!

Nagurta is more than three meters tall, obviously of foreign origin, and his strength attributes must be off the charts.

But no matter how powerful he is, he can't be higher than a dragon of the same level.

If Zong Shen uses the force magic skill first to increase his strength, then transform.

You can increase your strength attribute to five to six hundred points in a short period of time.

Coupled with the attack gain and corresponding characteristics after transformation, such as the chaos damage of demon transformation.

Holy light damage caused by the Holy Spirit's transformation, and a percentage damage-free effect.

I think it shouldn't be a problem to deal with two epic mercenaries.

It's just that he hasn't had time to observe the attributes of the two. The above is purely Zong Shen's analysis based on past combat experience, and he does not rule out the possibility of encountering a tough fight.

After all, in the past few days, he has been basically hanging out in the one-third of an acre of land within the range.

I haven’t even been to the giant city yet.

The epic standard of strength he is now referring to is his French cousin Gilles de Rey and his French cousins.

Although this time he couldn't turn the tables and gain an absolute advantage like he had in previous battles.

But being able to escape from the encirclement of hundreds of sixth-level Nord royal guards and two epic-level mercenaries is enough to prove his strength.

The most important thing is that this time he did not rely on any of his subordinates or people.

Completely alone.

It was also a novel adventure for him.

"Hmph, maybe there will be a chance to meet those two guys in the future."

"When the time comes, we must let them see how powerful someone from my sect is!"

Zong Shen clenched his fists, it was not a very pleasant thing to have someone chasing him.

As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. One day, his footsteps and power will move to other areas of the mainland, and his strength will become stronger and stronger!

As a lord, he has a development speed and room for progress that are unimaginable to the aborigines.

After he left the drill, he jumped on the ground.

Immediately, a lot of loose soil fell from the gaps in the armor, leg armor, and helmet.

The floating soil accumulated at the feet, even forming a small pile.

Then, he took off his helmet and shook his head suddenly, shaking off the dust from his face and head.

"Bah, bah, bah!"

He spat out several mouthfuls of saliva that was the color of yellow mud.

This wasn't the end yet, he started to take off all the equipment on his body.

Only the underwear that had turned into an earthy color was left.

Even inside his underwear, the dirt was almost all over his skin.

Zong Shen, who was in the cockpit of the drilling machine just now, seemed to have been buried alive.

After taking off his equipment, he used the strategy module to guard his surroundings.

Warn him if danger arises.

After confirming that the surrounding area was safe, he took off his linen underwear.

The area still looks deserted.

In addition, the rock base ground is undulating and there is no grass growing around it, making it even more lonely and desolate.

Taking advantage of this time, Zong Shen took out a large baggage bucket filled with clean water from the storage compartment.

With brute force, he picked up his hands and poured water over his head.

From his body, a large amount of brown mud mixed with a small amount of pebbles turned into muddy water and flowed from his body on the rock base, and then turned into a trickling stream, gathering towards the low-lying areas.

Zong Shen poured it three times in a row until all the water in the baggage bucket was drained, and then he breathed out.

He stretched out his hand and wiped his face, and immediately felt a lot of relief.

At first glance, it seems that the mud has almost been washed away.

But in fact, there are still a lot of fine grains of sand and dust on his skin.

It is impossible to completely restore body cleanliness with such rough washing.

I can only make do with it. Fortunately, Zong Shen is not a spoiled guy. I just need to rinse it off so that I don't feel uncomfortable.

He pushed back his hair with both hands to remove the water droplets from his hair.

Standing naked in this place, I really felt an inexplicable sense of exile.

As expected, humans can only feel honest with each other when they are not wearing clothes!

Zong Shen took out a set of linen underwear and put them on again.

Then he put on his armor and equipment covered with scab.

After tidying up for a while, he walked back to the side of the [Magic Drilling Machine].

Clean the cockpit and track chassis of the drilling machine.

It took more than ten minutes before and after.

At this time, King Ragnar was already dozens of kilometers away from him.

The positions of the two epic mercenaries actually overlapped with King Ragnar.

They should have used speed-increasing or flying runes. In addition, they could accurately lock Ragna's position.

But King Ragnar is not stupid, he still drives the drilling machine hundreds of meters underground.

No matter how fast the pursuers moved, there were always hundreds of meters of ground between them.

Mere distance is not what King Ragnar relies on.

He is underground, and the pursuers on the ground are the key to King Ragnar's escape.

The spatial perception of those space mages cannot penetrate hundreds of meters of soil and rocks.

It is impossible to accurately locate the [Shadow Wormhole] in the tunnel left by King Ragnar.

Second, they are not out of the scope of spatial disorder.

It's just that the level of disorder in the location is lower than the previous area of ​​the Thorn Ball.

King Ragnar understands this very well. As long as he leaves another seven or eight kilometers, his radiant storage props can be opened.

At that time, you can directly teleport from the high-level teleportation rune from underground to the giant city where the rune anchor point is located.

There are several teleportation runes in his hand that are comparable to the extreme distance of a giant city-level teleportation array.

That is to say, it can be transmitted up to 99999 kilometers away.

Each rune sets several anchor cities in different areas of the kingdom, ensuring that he can reach the anchor city anywhere in the kingdom as long as he activates the designated rune.

Without exception, these anchor cities are all royal cities completely controlled by the Lodbrok family.

"call…"

In fact, the [Magic Drilling Machine] is not suitable for working underground for a long time.

Its uses are mainly constructive excavation and auxiliary excavation.

If you work in a relatively closed environment for too long, the biggest problem is oxygen.

What's more, the tunnel behind King Ragnar is gradually being closed.

There were also a dozen Nord Ax Hammer Warguards stumbling behind them.

"call!"

"Sandina, you are destined to pay the price for killing the king!"

"It was not your choice that the epochal curse fell on you."

"But after all, you still chose this step."

"The kingdom must be reorganized. I will no longer be bound by the Era!"

Ragnar Lodbrok said through gritted teeth.

His face was as determined as a stone sculpture.

Zong Shen was like a butterfly flapping its wings thousands of miles away, but his unintentional actions had a major impact on the Kingdom of Nord.

It started with Queen Zandina's betrayal, and then ended with King Ragnar being attacked.

His appearance was like the hand that moved the road signs, completely changing the future of the Nordic Kingdom.

The script for the era change of the Nord Kingdom will be rewritten.

…

Above the surface!

Gurta, Letai and the Nord royal guards were all surrounded by a circle of light cyan wind elemental magic.

This allowed them to maintain low altitude and high speed, and under the guidance of several space mages, closely followed King Ragnar underground.

But all they can do is just follow.

The reason is simple, they lack the means to dig deep quickly.

The several hundred meters between the surface and the tunnel where King Ragnar is located are like an insurmountable chasm!

"Damn it, why don't you prepare some means of burrowing into the ground?"

"Is this what you call foolproof?"

Gurta was a relatively impatient guy. After tracking for a while, he realized what the problem was. He suddenly increased his speed and flew to Landon Wordsworth, the seventh-level guard captain who was in charge of commanding the team, to question him!

If this mission fails, their commission will also be ruined!

At this time, Gurta was very angry.

First, he complained about the incompetence of Shandina's die-hard soldiers.

Secondly, I regret that I have fished for too long.

If he and Letay had entered the scene early, they could have broken through the Ax Hammer Warguard's defensive circle two minutes in advance.

Then Lethai will deal with the old magician, and he will be responsible for containing the king.

As long as the royal guards swarm up, they can easily subdue King Ragnar!

Originally, fishing was also a compulsory course for veteran mercenaries.

If you want to blame it, blame it on the person who jumped out halfway.

They had understood that at the most critical moment of the siege.

The sudden appearance of the bombing formation in the sky and the subsequent burst of three fifth-level group magics were all the work of that person!

This gave the seventh-level mage Chiamko the opportunity to burn his life to buy time.

At the same time, it is also very likely that the drilling rig driven by the king was provided by that person.

But they never figured out how Zong Shen took out the drilling machine.

Even the king's storage space couldn't be opened, and this guy who appeared out of nowhere was able to take out items!

From an Aboriginal perspective, this is really puzzling.

But these are not important anymore, the result of failure is the most important.

Facing Gurta's question, Langdon Wordsworth's face, hidden under the Nord Sunrise battle helmet, immediately became serious.

"Is this how the two members of the Bloodfang Mercenary Group perform their mercenary duties?"

"If you had taken action earlier during the siege, you might have given the king a chance to escape!"

Landon Wordsworth possesses a seventh-level strength, which is also within the epic level according to the level classification, but is half a level weaker than Guerta and Le Tai.

He is a hero and Captain of the Nord Royal Guard.

Be directly loyal to Queen Zandina and accept her orders.

So when he faced Gurta, he didn't have the slightest fear. In fact, he was deeply dissatisfied with Gurta and Letay's inaction!

Facing Langdon Wordsworth's questioning, Gurta subconsciously wanted to get angry.

But the next moment, a dark shadow flashed beside him, and Letay appeared and took his arm, which made Gurta calm down a little.

The Bloodfang Mercenary Group is considered to be a relatively powerful and large-scale mercenary group in the Endless Continent.

Small mercenary groups often engage in self-defeating and self-inflicted crimes, and may even turn against their employers and defect in front of the enemy.

Those medium-sized mercenary groups and large mercenary groups care more about reputation.

If the hired target cannot complete the mission, it is considered a mission failure. If they attack the employer's people again, once word spreads, they will also be punished within the mercenary group.

Just if the mission fails, it won't have much impact.

Just report the details.

Regarding these matters, the Bloodfang Mercenary Group has its own rules.

"snort!"

Gurta snorted coldly and said nothing more.

Letay on the side took the initiative to fly forward and said to Langdon Wordsworth.

"Then this means our mission has failed!"

"In that case, Gurta and I will leave on our own!"

Langdon Wordsworth remained noncommittal and continued on his way without saying a word, expressing his dissatisfaction by default.

Le Tai didn't care so much and pulled Gurta to stop where he was.

Watching Langdon Wordsworth continue the pursuit with hundreds of Nord royal guards.

They will continue to chase until King Ragnar disappears completely, even if the pursuit during this period is in vain.

Just as they were chasing, another team would have used a higher-level [Communication Crystal Tower] to pass on the message.

Then it was passed to Queen Sandina step by step.

The message can be delivered in as little as half an hour.

This is already considered a unique message delivery speed.

Queen Sandina was able to modify her next plan in time after receiving the news.

In such a vast kingdom, the general transmission of information is from villages to states and then to giant cities.

Whether it is a magical letter or a flying monster, there are limits on the speed and transmission distance.

Even if you pass through the teleportation array, it will take a lot of time to transfer in the designated giant city.

The fastest way is still [Communication Crystal Tower].

There is one in Zong Shen's territory, but it is of fourth-level rare quality.

The maximum communication radius is 1000 kilometers.

The fifth-level [Communication Crystal Tower] can communicate within a radius of 10,000 kilometers.

The sixth-level [Communication Crystal Tower] can communicate within a radius of 100,000 kilometers, which translates into a maximum distance of infinitely close to 200,000 kilometers. The communication will be delayed by a few minutes, but compared to other methods, it is still the most efficient communication method. !

As for the seventh-level [Communication Crystal Tower], it has not been researched yet.

The radius distance scale of millions of kilometers is really amazing.

And the higher the level, the more difficult it is to build a crystal tower.

This can be said to be the pinnacle of human magic communication technology in the mainland.

Even on earth, communications on a scale of hundreds of thousands of kilometers are at the aerospace level.

After all, the distance from the earth to the moon is only 384,000 kilometers.

From this perspective, Endless Continent is indeed not an ordinary continent...

Generally, a kingdom will build a sixth-level and several fifth-level [communication crystal towers] to build a communication node centered on the imperial city.

Lower level communication towers can be merged into higher level communication towers within range.

From this point of view, the [Communication Crystal Tower] of Endless Continent actually has a technical concept similar to a communication node. However, due to various reasons and influences, crystal communication will inevitably not become popular and become a universal technology.

Therefore, as long as the king has not left this area, Queen Sandina can receive the news first.

After seizing the opportunity, even if King Ragnar finally returns to Sageson alive, she can escape unscathed, but the subsequent civil war in the kingdom will probably be inevitable!

…

Le Tai and Guerta were suspended in place.

"After leaving the chaotic area, use the directional teleportation rune to go to the nearest Blood Fang stronghold."

"Since the mission has failed, there is no need to stay here."

"While the speedy flying effect on your body is not over yet, it's time to leave the chaotic area."

"As long as we explain the situation, we shouldn't be punished too severely."

Letai inserted the bloody long dagger back into the black scabbard at his waist, turned his head and said to Gurta.

His gloomy eyes were as cold and callous as a poisonous snake that failed to hunt.

However, Gurta, the usually impatient big man, closed his eyes and felt silently.

After a few seconds, he opened his eyes, looked at Letai and said in a deep voice.

"The man stopped."

"The direction is to the northeast, thirty or forty kilometers away from here."

"And he's not in the damn underground!"

"Let's go find him to settle the score now!"

Gurta swept the ax in a circle, put it on his shoulder, and said menacingly.

Hearing this, Le Tai's eyes flashed with vicious light.

"Then use his head to commemorate this failure!"

When it comes to killing and settling scores, Lethai's bloodthirsty nature is exposed.

Especially since Zong Shen is not underground, this will prevent them from being blocked by the ground.

There is still a big difference between underground and above-ground targets in imprint sensing.

Gurta and Letay, two epic mercenaries, hit it off immediately and decided to kill Zong Shen, the guy who interfered with their mission, to soothe their dissatisfaction and violence!