Long Live the Call of Heroes

Chapter 153 The Red Brotherhood

In the end, it was decided that Li Wei and the Sun Knight would each pay half of the money. As for the Lightcaster and the others, they were a group of poor ghosts compared to the two, and they didn't have much money at all.

Of course, it is impossible for the two of them to pay all this money, and it must be deducted from the spoils after defeating the demon.

After handing over all the gold coins to Sam and instructing him a few words, Li Wei continued to cast spells, but at this time Julia in the team was a little agitated. When she was reloading the crossbow after shooting, she began to look back frequently. It seemed that he couldn't wait for the arrival of the other party.

Li Wei couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Julia, how much do you know about the Red Brotherhood?"

"My lord, I don't know much, but I know that they are the sworn enemies of the Snake Cult!"

Li Wei shrugged: "Well, that's enough."

It meant that Cindy was fighting the demon in front, otherwise she would probably be as excited as Julia.

Li Wei and the others didn't have to wait long, and soon two or three hundred troops uniformly dressed in red, half on horseback and half on foot entered the battlefield.

As Sam said just now, the other party is indeed in rags, and looks not much better than a beggar, but it is a little surprising that the weapons in their hands are not too bad.

Longswords, maces, bucklers, and light crossbows almost at hand.

The reason why I say almost is because the remaining small part is holding muskets.

Although the firearm is said to have been invented for more than a thousand years, the speed of technological innovation and promotion is very slow. At present, it is mainly spread among a few extremely limited races such as humans, dwarves, and chaotic dwarves. .

Although they are very powerful, they are not favored by other races.

On the one hand, it is because the attack speed is too slow, and at the same time, it often requires conditions such as field of view, shooting range, and stable aiming. For races such as elves who are good at archery, or even mobile shooting, they are completely useless.

On the other hand, it is also because the workmanship of most low-level muskets is not sophisticated enough. After shooting many times in a row, it is easy to misfire or even explode, hurting the user, unless they are using the kind used by Crane Gunner and others. Advanced musket.

Finally, it is because the price of gunpowder bullets is relatively expensive, far better than ordinary arrows, which is not acceptable to ordinary adventurers.

Therefore, apart from all the above reasons, the only ones who are really willing to equip muskets on a large scale are probably only the military systems of the major forces. In theory, the crane gunners are also affiliated to the army.

And these guys in front of him are the only ones that Li Wei knows so far, who are not in the formal military system, but are willing to be equipped with muskets on a large scale.

But considering what Donna said just now, they are mercenaries serving money to a certain extent, and they are not much different from the army.

As the distance gradually narrowed, Li Wei also saw the leader of the other party at a glance. It was a clean-looking young woman who was about thirty years old and had short black hair.

The reason why he affirmed the other party's identity so quickly was because among the red clothes and red pants, the other party was the only exception.

Wearing gorgeous battle armor, armored horse under the crotch, shield in the left hand, and a long sword in the right, she doesn't look like a mercenary, but more like a heroic female knight, but she doesn't look good, her face is full of flesh , and even a ferocious scar, which looks quite fierce.

The other party came on horseback, and there was still a distance away, so she spoke first: "You are the generous God's chosen hero Li Wei? I am the agent of the Red Brotherhood-Lotus Iris!"

Li Wei couldn't help raising his eyebrows, it's a bit of a coincidence, Iris is the name of one of the ten kingdoms of the high elves, and the lotus is a special plant unique to the Cathay Dynasty, and the other party looks a bit like Mixed race, is it possible that she also has part of the Sinian blood?
"Hello, Ms. Iris, I am Levi. The devil is the enemy of all our intelligent life. I hope to fight side by side with you."

Lianhua Iris waved his hand: "You don't have to be so polite, just call me Lianhua. As for the battle or something, we were just passing by, so we don't have the trouble of finding the devil, but since you have already bid, of course we won't just take the money. work."

Then she raised a finger: "For a quarter of an hour, the 10 gold coins that your subordinates just handed over to us will be exchanged for us fighting for you for a quarter of an hour. At the same time, we will not take any spoils, but our brothers They will only follow my lead unless you pay to actually recruit them."

Li Wei quickly calculated that there were nearly 1 people on the other side, and they generally looked like Tier 2 and Tier 200 troops. If they were all hired under normal circumstances, the price should never exceed [-]. coins.

This is considering that half of the opponents are riding inferior horses or donkeys. In Novice Village, the price of any elementary mount is at least 1 gold coin, which is often several times more expensive than ordinary troops.

But now it is only a quarter of an hour, and the other party will charge 10 gold coins, which is indeed not cheap.

But after all, under such special circumstances, facing such a dangerous enemy, he had no better choice.

Turning his head to look at the Sun Knight, seeing the other party nodding without hesitation, Li Wei continued: "What if I want to extend the time?"

Lianhua smiled: "Our Red Brotherhood has a motto that everything has a price. If you still need us to make a move after a quarter of an hour, then make an offer. As for money, of course, the more the better!"

"Haha, well, Lianhua, you are really refreshing. If that's the case, then let's go to war!"

Having said that, Li Wei knew that the other party must have confirmed it through some means. At least within a quarter of an hour, they would not be in too much danger. After all, they made it clear that they were mainly remote.

But Li Wei didn't say anything, because he felt that the two sides would have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future. At the very least, nearly half of the opponent's team is cavalry archers. The army immediately took shape!

Lianhua immediately smiled and waved her long sword: "Brothers, you have heard the employer's order!"

Two or three hundred red-clothed thugs immediately responded to their leader with strange smiles, and under the leadership of several captains, rushed towards the demon army in front of them.

The arrows arrived before the people arrived. Although limited by their strength, their single attack power is generally not high, but the number is quite large. In almost an instant, at least dozens of demons spilled blood on the spot. Slightly relieved the pressure on the frontline troops.

After getting their help, the other god-chosen heroes immediately lifted their spirits, knowing that this battle still had to be fought, because even though their own casualties were not light, the demons died more. With the appearance of such a large number of reinforcements, in terms of quantity alone, our own side is not much worse than the other side.

At the same time, Li Wei also received a system reminder that many subordinates led by Lianhua Iris will join the battle as temporary mercenaries and serve them temporarily.

In the next quarter of an hour, the demons killed by them will not share any experience points with Li Wei, but if there are spoils of war, all the ownership will belong to Li Wei and the Sun Knight who paid the money.

At the same time, there is also a series of information on his team panel. Although it is not extremely detailed, it can roughly see the combat effectiveness of this team.

In general, there are about five types of soldiers under Lianhua. Except for a small number of imperial deserters, the other four are all named Red Brotherhood. The red brotherhood of the first order is horse thieves and rogues.

It can be seen from the name that they are really not good people, but Li Wei didn't seem to have heard of the other party's house robbery before, and there seemed to be no rewards or arrests for them in the village and tavern, which is a little bit It's weird.

There are also several captain levels, called members of the Red Brotherhood, all of which are Tier 3, but Li Wei always feels that this is not an official name of the unit, but more like a title.

As for Lianhua herself, there are a series of question marks, except for the name, there is no information displayed.

If you just look at class, these types of arms of the Red Brotherhood are actually nothing, but it is worth mentioning that they all carry melee weapons and crossbows at the same time, and they are all mixed types of arms.

In addition, nearly half of the members have mounts. If they encounter an enemy whose long-range troops are not strong enough, they are likely to defeat the strong with the weak.

With their joining, their long-range firepower has increased a lot, and even suppressed the demon's attack for a short time.

After a while, because all the melee troops directly under him were killed, they had to hold the battle in person. By the way, they monitored the slightly rebellious hero Hans's Sun Knight. Suddenly, he was surprised to find that the attack power of the demons in front of him seemed to It has weakened a little, and at the same time, they don't seem to have the same fanatical fighting will as before.

In fact, even without him reminding, other people have noticed this situation one after another, and their morale is boosted for a while, because as long as they are not fools, they can see that as long as they continue to fight, victory will eventually belong to their side!
Li Wei also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, during the most difficult time of the battle just now, he also had the idea of ​​giving up, but he didn't do that after all, because the enemy's strength was too strong. For a mage, there is no need for so many demons.

Either that was because they originally had other purposes, but they were unlucky enough to meet them, or that reinforcements were likely to appear from their own side.

Now it seems that these two reasons exist at the same time, and he is betting right!
After releasing the summoning magic twice again, and adding auxiliary magic such as mage armor to Zhou Miyin and Cindy, Li Wei finally had time to look at the lotus.

While many members of the Red Brotherhood were busy fighting, she did not personally participate in the battle, she just sat firmly on the horseback, and didn't even give any instructions. Anyway, as long as her subordinates kept pouring arrows forward, they would be able to correct.

"Lotus, 10 gold coins for a quarter of an hour, is this the normal price for your Red Brotherhood?"

Lianhua showed a smile: "No, Li Wei, the price we usually sell is far from that high, and even the price for recruiting brothers is also very cheap. The reason why I say this is because I can guarantee that the brothers will be in a quarter of an hour. Within a short time, we will use up all the ammunition!"

"Hehe, very good, I'm starting to be interested in you."

Then he casually pointed to a second-level horse thief: "If it's normal, how much does it cost to hire him?"

"1 gold coin, the same price."

To be honest, this price was beyond Li Wei's expectations. It was not expensive, but cheap, because in many surrounding novice villages, the mount alone was worth the price. He immediately realized that the other party was likely to With special channels, low-level mounts can be obtained relatively cheaply and in large quantities!
"What if I only want horses and no people?"

Lianhua took a deep look at him: "That depends on the quantity. We are the spokespersons of wealth. As long as the money problem is solved, everything else is negotiable."

"Haha, okay, refreshing." Li Wei likes this kind of straightforward people.

"In addition, I noticed that there are some deserters from the empire in your team, do you also do this kind of business?"

Lianhua smiled slightly: "Not only that, for the Red Brotherhood, money comes first, just as the goddess of wealth we worship, Wojin, said. If you need, I can also find you some deserters and mercenaries, If you have captives in the future, I'll be more than happy to buy them, too."

Then Lianhua rubbed her fingers again and made a very common gesture: "Of course, you know that once you buy and sell, there will definitely be a difference in price. We also have to earn hard money."

Li Wei grinned. The Goddess of Wealth knows that she is a real money fan, but her camp is absolutely neutral. Your behavior of buying and selling slaves does not seem to be completely in line with her old man's camp.

Moreover, it is said that all the priests of the Church of the Goddess of Wealth, and even the devout high-ranking believers, wear gold and silver, and display their wealth to the outside world all the time. It seems that only in this way can the reputation of the Goddess of Wealth not affected.

But the members of the Red Brotherhood who are said to believe in the Goddess of Wealth in front of them are dressed in more shabby clothes.
Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to refute on the spot, because he still had to ask the other party.

"I see, let's talk about it later."

After nodding slightly, Li Wei decided to continue to focus on the battle in front of him. Although with the help of hundreds of people from the Red Brotherhood and the disappearance of the special buff status of the demons, the situation began to quickly change in a favorable direction for himself , but this is the opponent's territory after all, and there are many nights and dreams, so let's resolve the battle as soon as possible.

However, with a casual glance, Li Wei suddenly noticed that one of them was holding a machete and had a beard full of muscles, which seemed somewhat familiar.
He suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly: "Lianhua, is your captain reliable?"

Although it is a big taboo to talk lightly and deeply, he still asked this question because he had already remembered the identity of the other party. He was the barbarian who was guarding the magic pond and tried to charge himself. But the other party claimed to be a snake worshiper taught!

Lianhua glanced at Li Wei in surprise, and then said loudly: "Blake has been with us for eight years, and he is trustworthy."

The bearded man named Black obviously heard her voice, but he didn't look back, but tried to shrink his body, as if he was afraid that he would be noticed.

Now that Lianhua has said so, it would be a bit stupid to continue to question, and after thinking about it quickly, Li Wei also felt that he had roughly figured out the situation.

He immediately couldn't help laughing and said: "So that's how it is. Fortunately, I have been chasing the information of the Snake Cult for several days in a row. I wanted to continue chasing and killing him, but I didn't expect that he actually lied."

Lianhua was stunned for a moment, and then she also laughed: "Ha, I probably understand that Black offended you before, and then he lied about being a member of the Snake Cult and ran away, right?"

"This is a method he often uses when he encounters a strong enemy. It is to make a scapegoat for the Snake Worship Cult, so that more people will go to trouble with them. You know, we have already been on fire with each other. .”

Both of them had already said this, and the bearded man could no longer pretend not to hear. He turned his head and forced a smile: "Sorry, my lord, I didn't expect to offend you last time. I'm very sorry."

Li Wei waved his hand: "Since the misunderstanding is resolved, then everything is easy to talk about."

He didn't intend to continue entanglement, because if he really wanted to get to the bottom of it, he didn't seem to make sense. The bearded man just wanted to charge himself a toll, but he directly killed all his subordinates.
The bearded man thanked him again and again. In fact, since he was beaten away that day, he was a little aggrieved at first, but now, he only feels lucky that he can save his life and that he can solve this contradiction.

It has nothing to do with other things, it just lies in the strength and financial resources possessed by the other party, so he spent so many gold coins to hire them, even if he is a captain, but after thinking about it, he knows that Master Lianhua is absolutely unwilling to offend the other party for himself !

The matter between the two men was over, but Lianhua became more and more interested: "Evidently he used the name of Snake Worship Cult, but you still continued to hunt him down? Do you also have grudges against those guys?"

"Not only is there hatred, but this hatred may be much greater than you expected."

Cindy, Julia, the businessman Tross, and the kobold camp, no matter how you look at it, I, the Snake Cult, and even the black dragon behind it have become sworn enemies.

"Hehe, I think we will have a lot of common language"

(End of this chapter)