adventurers in the sewers

Upon seeing their captain get blown off, the other three members of the Red Fox Squad were initially stunned, but immediately became alert to their surroundings.

They were seasoned adventurers who had seen countless battles. After setting up their defensive formation, the Red Fox's bizarrely shaped corpse finally collapsed.

Only the boy, surrounded by the three members of the team, stood there dumbfounded.

Several seconds later, he belatedly realized what was happening and shouted in terror to his teammates:

"Boss Red Fox... Boss Red Fox is dead!!!"

However, it was clear that no one was paying attention to him at this moment.

The only woman in the squad, and also the only archer, seemed to sense something. She suddenly drew her bow, nocked an arrow, and aimed at a lush thicket of bushes not far away.

Seize—

The bowstring vibrated, the arrow fletched through the air, and headed straight for the bushes.

But before the arrow could penetrate, a crisp "clang" was heard, and the arrow was cleaved away in mid-air.

Immediately, a girl with short, sapphire blue hair slowly emerged from the bushes.

She is Dena, a swordswoman and one of the members of Louis's squad.

The girl's face was expressionless. As soon as she appeared, she rushed towards the three of them like a gust of wind.

"It's you!"

The female archer gasped, her thin face filled with astonishment.

The other two male team members also looked tense, quickly gripping their swords and trying to fight back, but the sweat constantly seeping from their foreheads proved their lack of confidence at that moment.

The female archer dared not hesitate and fired arrows one after another, but the girl easily dodged them without slowing down her speed at all.

The two sides were only a hundred meters apart, a fleeting moment for a professional apprentice.

Seeing that Daina was getting closer and closer and was about to wipe out their team's archers, the two male team members had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward.

One of them was tall and strong, wielding a two-handed greatsword, and delivered a powerful vertical slash to Daina.

Without dodging or avoiding, Dai Na flicked her wrist, and her longsword struck the weak point of the heavy sword, deflecting it.

This strike has a resemblance to the swordsmanship of the Fourth Hero, displaying exceptional skill.

The greatsword grazed past Daina's body, and the girl, like a nimble fish, leaped forward, slashed her longsword across the enemy's neck, and completely bypassed the enemy, continuing her attack on the archer.

Behind him, the male swordsman's heavy sword clattered to the ground, and then his head slid down, completely detaching from his neck, and rolled to the ground.

Daina killed so quickly that the other swordsman had no chance to react and could only watch helplessly as the girl rushed in front of the female archer.

The female archer frantically tried to nock an arrow, but it was too late.

A bright flash of sword light passed before her eyes. She felt a lightness on the left side of her body, and then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw her hand that had been touching the arrow fly away along with her arm, severed at the root.

"Ahhh..."

As she watched her arm slam to the ground with a thud, a spray of blood erupting from the severed wound, the female archer finally belatedly felt the excruciating pain. She let out a piercing scream, collapsing to her knees in agony, curling her body into a ball like an insect.

But she soon couldn't call out anymore.

Because, just like an executioner beheading a criminal at the execution ground, Daina chopped off the female archer's head with a single sword stroke, ending her suffering completely.

"Of all the members of the Red Fox Squad, I hate you the most."

The girl twirled her sword beautifully, then with a sudden burst of power, unleashed a blood-splattering motion, washing away all the blood from the longsword.

The reason she hated this female archer was simple: it was this woman who had shot through her palm and injured her calf.

After personally chopping up the woman, Daina finally felt at peace.

She slowly turned around and looked at the still-living male swordsman.

thump--

The male swordsman knelt on the ground without hesitation and burst into tears:

"Miss Daina, I know I was wrong! Actually, I was forced into this by that bastard Red Fox!"

"If you can give me another chance, I will definitely be a good person! I will spend the rest of my life helping the poor in need."

The transition to the male swordsman role was quite natural, and his words were sincere and heartfelt, as if he had rehearsed it countless times beforehand.

"You acted so well, it's a shame you didn't become an actor."

Just as the male swordsman was sincerely repenting, two more people emerged from the bushes.

The person who made the sarcastic remark was none other than Louis.

Nora, holding the skeletal rifle that was half her height, calmly said:

"That was too cruel. Why did you have to cut off his head and arms, and then I have to sew them back up?"

Dai Na pursed her lips and said:

"I got a little excited and hit too hard. I'll be more careful next time."

During their casual conversation, the three team members reunited and stood looking down at the male swordsman.

The latter became even more anxious, speaking with increasing sincerity and at a faster pace.

But none of this could stop Louis from slowly drawing his sword.

Just then, the boy who had been ignored suddenly spoke up.

He wiped away the tears that had welled up in his eyes from the fright, abruptly drew his sword, pointed it at Louis, and shouted angrily:

"You...you bunch of bad guys, how dare you kill Boss Red Fox and everyone else! I will avenge them!"

But despite saying that, the boy's legs trembled uncontrollably, making it difficult for him to take the first step.

Louis glanced at the ignorant boy, then turned back to the male swordsman and said calmly:

"You want to live, huh? It's simple. Just kill this boy and I'll spare your life."

The male swordsman paused for a moment, then, under the boy's shocked gaze, he grabbed his sword without hesitation and began slashing at the boy.

Just as the boy's head was about to be split in two, a cold light suddenly flashed past the back of the male swordsman's head.

The latter's movements immediately stopped, and he collapsed with a thud, burying his face in the blood-stained mud.

"Do you understand now?"

Louis flicked the blood off his sword and said to the boy:

"We are the good guys, and you are just a foolish child who was tricked into joining a gang of robbers."

"If you understand, hurry back to the city. A peaceful and quiet life is better than anything else."

With that, Louis stepped forward, took the boy's sword, and sheathed it.

Throughout the entire ordeal, the ignorant boy remained in a daze, showing no reaction whatsoever.

At that moment, Louis felt the Warrior's Codex, which had been integrated into his heart, become slightly warm, as if it had become more integrated with him.

Oh, so rescuing this boy from the bandit gang can also be considered saving a human being.

Louis smiled, ignored the ignorant boy, and squatted down to touch each of the four corpses one by one.

To outsiders, he only got the money from the four members of the Red Fox Squad, but in fact he had also collected the attributes from their corpses.

As his strength increased, Louis could instantly acquire the attributes of adventurers like Red Fox, so he didn't need to squat on corpses for a long time like a necrophiliac.

Correspondingly, Louis's gains from the Red Fox Squad were far less than when he looted the Hero's Corpse, the Swordsman Ethan, and the Flesh Slime.

At his level, unless he touches the corpse of a real professional, it's not easy to improve even a little bit of his ability.

But as the saying goes, every profession has its experts. After searching through the four corpses, Louis still managed to find some useful and interesting attributes and skills on them.