Chapter 496, Golden Queen

At night, the autumn wind is bleak.

In the deep mountains and old forests, a team of a hundred people drove a carriage on a path submerged in weeds.

Fang Hao sat on the back of the four-legged monitor lizard, looking at the map in his hand, and occasionally looking up at the gloomy night sky.

"Li Rong, how long does it take to get there?"

Li Rong also looked at his map and said, "It will probably take another three or four hours of walking and we will be there."

"Okay, everyone, speed up, return early, and rest early."

"yes!"

Everyone responded and began to speed up.

The road from Shuitan to Li Rong's territory is not a smooth straight road. There are many detours along the way, which requires several times the distance.

I’m about to return as soon as I see it, and the gain is not small.

The soldiers also had more strength, and their speed was not slow along the way.

Li Rong rode a horse and walked on the side of the giant lizard.

After lighting a cigarette, he said: "Brother Fang Hao, I don't close the door when I sleep at night. Don't secretly take the opportunity to do bad things. After all, there are only two of us in the whole building. I call for help." No one can hear me..."

After these two days of getting along, we went on an adventure together in the underground palace.

The two also got to know each other a lot.

There are various comments on Fang Hao on the channel.

But after contacting him, Li Rong had her own feelings. Fang Hao was very powerful and fairly easy-going.

There was basically no pressure from a superior person on him.

He can also make some jokes and tell some dirty jokes.

"Sister Li, what are you talking about? Mr. Fang is an upright person."

Seeing that Fang Hao didn't understand what he meant, Li Rong blew out the smoke and continued: "Isn't it popular among you young people to push your aunt? Don't you want to give it a try?"

Li Rong is tall and good-looking, but she is not too young.

She is already considered to be an aunt's age.

"Forget it, I can't push it!"

Li Rong held the cigarette, raised her head, took a deep breath, and slowly sneered: "You are still too young to understand the beauty of a mature woman. There will be times when you will regret it."

Fang Hao did not answer, but continued to look at the Book of Lords.

Why do you push your aunt but not your aunt?

Mainly, there is a more cooked one at home that I haven’t eaten yet.

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Chatting casually.

The group of people walked out of the narrow area, and the road in the middle was slightly wider.

Traveling is boring, especially at night when you are tired.

Li Rong is very talkative, and after getting to know her, she talks more.

Not long after, we talked about our business development again.

When he goes to Lysis City to open a store in the future, he will ask Fang Hao to take more care of her.

In return, you can come to her at any time if you want to experience the massage.

Several people were walking.

Suddenly Luo Li was in front and made a silent gesture.

The gestures are passed quickly from front to back.

Everyone fell silent instantly, holding their breath and concentrating, and touched their weapons.

There was silence.

There was no sound in the entire dense forest, and it was eerily quiet.

Fang Hao also drew his weapon.

Without him having to ask, a soldier ran over.

He whispered: "Sir, Luo Li said there is an ambush on both sides of the woods ahead. He is not sure about the number of people."

After hearing the soldier's words, Fang Hao also noticed something was wrong.

My own army has a large number of people. Although wild beasts dare not approach, insects and birds should be everywhere.

Why did we get here, all the sounds stopped.

The occurrence of this situation also proves that there is danger in the mountains and forests, and drives away the nearby insects and birds.

"Ready to fight."

With a crash, everyone immediately changed their formations and began to prepare for war.

Bang~!

There's just some action here.

There was a muffled sound in front of me.

In front of the team, a big tree fell down, blocking the road.

Immediately afterwards, rustling sounds came from the mountains and forests on all sides.

Whoosh whoosh! !

Because the team did not get close to the ambush site.

The arrows that were ambushed all around were only shot out in the forest diagonally ahead.

Everyone quickly dodged behind the carriage.

The Lionheart Knights began to raise their rifles and fight back.

Bang bang! !

Suddenly, the silent night became noisy.

The two sides started shooting at each other.

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The trembling bows and gunshots filled the entire forest in an instant.

In front, several people wearing cloaks were squatting in the dark forest.

One of them said curiously: "What happened to them? How did they discover our ambush? No one came close."

"I don't know. There should be some special investigation methods, but it doesn't matter. We have brought so many people with us this time. There is no danger in killing them."

The man, who looked as slovenly as a beggar, once again looked at the position where the two sides were shooting.

He said in a cold voice: "We can't drag it on like this, otherwise it will be over if we attract the patrol. Let the brothers go directly to kill and end it as soon as possible, and then plan the battlefield without leaving any traces."

"Okay." One of them immediately stood up and conveyed the news.

Immediately afterwards.

Kill!

Suddenly, there were bursts of killing cries from all around, and a large number of mercenaries in various costumes rushed out from the dense forest on both sides.

While roaring, he rushed towards Fang Hao and others' position.

Fang Hao was already thinking about who was ambushing him.

He even put some distance between himself and Li Rong to prevent her from having any problems.

As he watched, these people rushed out directly.

After a rough count, there were only three to four hundred people, and I felt a lot more at ease.

If we get rid of these people, there will still be no problem.

Bang bang bang! !

The bullets were still pouring outward, and with the physical strength of these mercenaries, they could not reach the force of the bullets.

With every round of shooting, a group of mercenaries fell to the ground.

But there are still many enemies.

When the distance between the two sides was only 20 meters, Dimitra drew his sword and ordered in a cold voice, "Everyone, kill the enemy."

"kill!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Switch to a melee weapon and rush towards the incoming enemy.

Li Rong's team was also among them, holding weapons in their hands and engaging in close combat with the enemy.

Fang Hao stood at the back of the team.

Summon the Wood Spirit to limit the enemy's movement while keeping an eye on the surrounding situation.

In case there are other enemies, rush out on the other side.

It was obvious that Fang Hao was a little worried.

Under the leadership of Demitga, they killed these mercenaries like chopping melons and vegetables.

The ground was covered with corpses, and rivers of blood flowed along the road.

In front, Luo Li pressed on several people and walked over.

"Sir, I caught these people from the front and have been hiding in the woods to peek. They should be the leaders of these people."

"No, we are not the leader, not the leader."

"Shut up!"

Fang Hao looked at Luo Li and said, "Be vigilant and ask Li Rong's people to clean up the battlefield and bury all the bodies."

"yes!"

After Luo Li left, the entire team became busy again.

The injured began to be bandaged. Those who were in good health began to remove the equipment from the dead bodies, and then dug a hole to bury them.

Fang Hao's eyes fell on the captured mercenary again.

There were three people in total, two of them had mercenary equipment, and the other one looked more like a beggar.

"Tell me, who sent you here? If you tell me, you might still have a chance to survive." Fang Hao looked at the five people.

All three of them lowered their heads and remained silent.

Fang Hao came to the first person and said, "Say."

The first person turned his head and looked to the side.

Fang Hao nodded, "Have some backbone."

puff!

After a flash of cold light, the head of the first person rolled down.

The expressions of the other two people changed drastically, and their eyes were filled with fear.

Fang Hao looked at the second person and said, "Say."

The second mercenary was hesitant.

When he saw Fang Hao taking half a step back with his right foot, he immediately said, "It's our captain. He called us over and hid here to ambush you."

He retracted his retreating steps and continued to ask: "What is your captain's name?"

The mercenary glanced carefully at the beggar beside him and saw that he also had his head lowered.

He gritted his teeth and said, "The leader's name is Thorndike."

"Okay, you performed very well." Fang Hao first praised and then continued to ask: "Why did he want to sneak attack on us."

"I-I don't know about this. We don't know who you are. You just came here after the commander's order." The mercenary said loudly.

Fang Hao nodded and took two steps back.

puff! !

Gulu!

The head fell to the ground with a thud and rolled to the side of the beggar.

At this time, the beggar's face was covered with beads of sweat, forming traces on his oily face.

"So, you don't know anything anymore?" Fang Hao looked at the last person.

"I, I... I've been begging for a long time, but I didn't say anything."

Fang Hao didn't stay with him and turned around to leave.

The Lion-Hearted Knight on the side immediately put away his sword and chopped off the beggar's head.

He groped around the three of them for a while.

The Lionheart Knight caught up with Fang Hao again.

"Sir, look at this..."

Fang Hao looked at his hand and saw a palm-sized conch.

Sound Conch.

These mercenaries are quite rich.

Holding the sound-transmitting conch, Fang Hao wanted to talk to the other party and say a few words.

But that was quickly dismissed for the year.

I already know that his name is Thorndike, and I will know who it is when I find out.

There is no need to waste more time with them.

He put away the conch and continued: "Bury these three people, take the injured in the carriage, and let's move on."

"yes!"

The convoy set off again, heading towards Li Rong's city.

On the way, Li Rong recovered a lot from the shock he received.

Light the cigarette and take a puff.

"Are they Thorndike's men?"

Fang Hao glanced at her and felt that this woman was quite addicted to smoking.

"Have you heard of it?"

"The day before yesterday, the matter that Thorndike and I discussed together did not turn out well." Li Rong said.

"Oh? You mean, these people are here to kill you?"

"What else? When you first came here, Thorndike didn't even know you, so his target could only be me. This bastard is really ruthless." Li Rong cursed through gritted teeth.

Fang Hao frowned. He suspected that they were hired by the Marshall family.

He didn't have the chance to target Rebecca, so he pointed the target at himself.

However, according to Li Rong, she also had some conflicts with this Thorndike person.

Moreover, a few days ago, Li Rong did postpone the plan to explore the underground palace due to some negotiations.

Is it really aimed at her?

"Talk about this Thorndike!"

Li Rong smoked a cigarette and said: "I don't know much about him. I only know that Thorndike was a mercenary. Later, Silver Wing City canceled his status as a mercenary group. Now he is a famous gangster in the city. I plan to To open a store in another commercial street, we still need his nod.”

"What's the background?"

"The background is unclear, but there must be one, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting in this position." Li Rong continued to answer.

Fang Hao nodded and did not continue to ask.

If what Li Rong said was true, then given the conflict between her and Thorndike, there should be no need to arrange an ambush just because of this matter.

The greater possibility is still myself.

But this is just his guess and needs to be verified.

We walked for several more hours.

Everyone finally arrived at Li Rong's territory.

The city gates opened and everyone and goods entered.

It was too late, so after allocating rooms, everyone went to rest.

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The next day.

The early morning light shone in through the window.

Fang Hao tightened the quilt and opened his eyes hazily.

There is no glass in Li Rong's territory, the windows are empty, and she doesn't feel anything when she wakes up.

When I fell asleep, I felt a chill.

I got up and was about to walk out of the room.

Then I heard the message from the Book of Lords for a private chat.

When he opened it, he saw that it was Zhang Bin.

"Boss, I'm with Bachelor Nelson now, and I've shown him the pictures."

Fang Hao immediately became energetic, "Well, what did the bachelor say? Can you recognize who is recorded in the picture?"

"The bachelor said it was the Golden Queen." Zhang Bin replied.

Golden Queen?

I went to see that the name was quite wealthy, and a large amount of gold items were indeed moved out of the underground palace at that time.

Various utensils, including statues, are made of gold.

"What, the maester knows her?"

It stands to reason that when Nelson was recruited, except for academic memory, it did not include the memory of anyone else.

This is also to allow heroes to better enhance their loyalty.

Otherwise, the recruited heroes will still remember the masters they once loyal to.

He was afraid that if he was recruited, he would turn around and run away, let alone join the territory.

Zhang Bin replied, "It is said that it is written on the pattern, and he can see it, but it may not be a prefix for a hero. It may be a title for believers or subjects."

Fang Hao understood, that is to say, the prefix of this hero is not the Golden Queen, but that she is obsessed with gold and is called the Golden Queen.

How can I have the same hobby as myself?

"Can you see the strength?"

"The bachelor said it was very high and asked you not to take risks."

Fang Hao thought for a while and continued: "This golden queen should be sleeping. Is there any way to recruit Nelson and let her join the territory?"

Soon, Zhang Bin received a reply again.

Said: "The bachelor said that she can give it a try. If she wants something, she may join the territory. If she is really the Queen of the Undead, it is unlikely to recruit her."

In other words, she can be easily recruited when she is down.

The other party lacks nothing and is a queen, so why should she be a wage earner for you?

Fang Hao continued to reply, "She should not be in good condition. I will pick up Nelson and let him try it out."

Zhang Bin, "I told Bachelor Nelson, boss, is there anything else? I'll go back if it's okay. It's too cold in this museum. I feel like I don't have enough yang energy."

"Okay, you can go back."

"good."

Hang up the two chatting.

Fang Hao rethought the layout and location of the entire underground palace.

Although the location of the underground palace is two days away, it is still within the scope of Silver Wing City.

It is really bold to build an underground palace for the dead under the nose of the church.

In addition, there are not many guards in the underground palace.

An underground palace designed like a pyramid.

But it made Fang Hao even more curious about this golden queen.

Now that he has discovered it, he will never give up and let Nelson give it a try when the time comes.

If it doesn't work, I'm thinking of other ways.

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