Otherworld Advance Team-Chapter 57 - 53 Mercenary Corps

57: Chapter 53: Mercenary Corps

57 -53: Mercenary Corps

The rally call brought Luo’er’s teammates, and only after they had controlled the surroundings did Luo’er relax.

He came out from behind the tree trunk and walked straight towards the wounded assassin.

“Moumou and Baiyue, stay alert.

Little Ke, go search those two bodies.

Ziang, come with me!” As he walked towards the assassin, Luo’er gave instructions with a gesture of his hand.

He slung his rifle over his shoulder, drew his pistol from the holster on his leg, and with Ziang, walked straight up to the assassin.

The assassin of the Aud people no longer struggled and shrieked as he had before; due to the massive blood loss, he had become extremely weak. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

“Identity, mission?” Luo’er got close to him, looked down at him, pointed his dark gun muzzle at him, and said a concise phrase in fluent Tasta language.

The young killer ignored him, clutching his wound and emitting a low moan, much like a beast’s roar.

Luo’er hesitated for a moment, turned his gun towards the assassin’s intact arm, and pulled the trigger.

“Bang!”

The bullet easily pierced his arm and embedded itself in the soft dirt.

His arm was perforated and the bullet had severed his artery.

The bright red blood was flowing heavily from the wound.

The killer couldn’t bear it any longer and screamed in agony as he clutched his arm.

Tangmo, who heard his scream, couldn’t help but shudder and dared not look back.

Luo’er stepped on the arm that was shot through, then pointed his gun at the man’s head and coldly asked again, “identity, mission!”

The killer lifted his head and looked at him.

Luo’er could clearly feel the fear in the depth of his eyes.

However, he still said nothing, only groaning.

“It seems you won’t shed a tear until you see your own coffin!” Luo’er said coldly, putting his pistol back into his holster.

Then he signaled Ziang who was behind him.

Understanding Luo’er’s intention, Ziang stepped forward, pulling out his sharp long knife from behind his back.

He then stabbed the blade downward at the assassin’s pinned hand.

The blade cleanly severed one of his fingers and stabbed into the mud.

The blade of the knife was stained with fresh blood.

The assassin screamed in agony again as Ziang severed the forefinger of his right hand.

He knew that this terrifying man would continue to sever his fingers if he remained obstinate.

“I will ask one more time, identity, mission?” Luo’er continued his questioning while stepping on the man’s arm.

The killer’s lips were trembling, but he still chose to hesitate.

Luo’er did not give him much of a chance.

He waved his hand and Ziang immediately cut another one of the assassin’s finger.

“Bl…

Blood Wolf Mercenary Corps, Ah…

Arlette…” The assassin finally couldn’t hold on any longer.

He screamed and chose to comply while in pain.

“Purpose!” Having made progress with the interrogation, Luo’er continued to press.

“Am …

ambush a five-person squad, three men and two women.

They will be…

here around the eighth to ninth of the Autumn Equinox…” The assassin was trembling as he spoke, whether from fear or pain, it was unknown.

“Who sent you?”

“I…I don’t know!” The assassin trembled as he spoke.

Luo’er gave him a glance, gesturing to Ziang to continue.

The assassin cried out in terror, “I don’t know, I really don’t know!

We took the contract from the Assassin’s Alliance, someone put a 1000 gold bounty for your lives…”

“How many of you are there?” Luo’er asked next.

“Si…Six people…”

“Are there any others hiding nearby, hmm?” Luo’er tilted his head to look at him, while Ziang threatened with his raised knife.

“No… no more.

They…

they’re all dead…” The assassin, in his fright, stared at Ziang’s knife.

Tears and mucus leaked out, blending with the seeping blood.

“Sure?” Luo’er asked, then looked at Ziang who, after some contemplation, nodded firmly in affirmation.

If Luo’er’s memory was correct, Baiyue should have killed two RPG gunners, and he used the rifle-wielding assassin as bait to kill two people himself.

So, in total, they should have killed five people.

However, it was also possible that Hu Daoke’s machine gun fire might have hit an unlucky one.

But for now, Luo’er thought, it was better to stay vigilant to avoid any unexpected pitfalls.

“Can you identify the person who issued the bounty?” Luo’er continued.

“No idea,” the assassin shook his head repeatedly and seeing Cheng Ziang’s blade, he shuddered and hurriedly said, “We received the bounty through the Assassins’ Alliance, they are the middlemen, only they know who issued the bounty.”

Luo’er and Cheng Ziang exchanged glances, thinking they had received sufficient information.

The assassin began to feel uneasy and pleaded, “Please, let me go.

I’m crippled now, show me some mercy.”

Luo’er looked into his eyes, a flash of pity crossed his gaze, but it was quickly replaced by cold indifference.

He sighed and turned, “I would really like to let you go, but obviously you know too much.”

With that, he turned around and left.

Cheng Ziang took his place, faced the scared and pleading gaze of the assassin and decisively slit his throat.

Blood spurted, staining Cheng Ziang’s face.

With an expression of dying without closure, the assassin grasped at his throat, his struggling grew weaker till he slowly expired, his eyes losing their light.

Cheng Ziang watched him die without a shred of fear; it was as if he had not killed a person but an insignificant animal.

“Luo’er, found this!” Just as Luo’er had walked a few steps, Hu Daoke, who had been searching the bodies, found a letter and handed it to him.

Luo’er opened the letter, it was a bounty notice issued by the Assassins’ Alliance.

The targets were a team of three men and two women.

What shocked Luo’er was the detailed profile of each person in their team, and even their itinerary and schedule.

It was obviously a targeted assassination mission, and had the so-called Blood Wolf mercenaries not underestimated the strength of the Advance Team, their first mission could have ended in a bloodbath in the Otherworld.

This sent a shiver down Lou’er’s spine.

After a search, Hu Daoke found all the bodies, collected their belongings, and gathered it together.

This Blood Wolf mercenary team had a bolt-action rifle, an RPG launcher, and a number of crossbows and swords.

From the information they already had, these people were of above-average strength.

Lou’er could imagine that if the enemy had been better armed, they could have inflicted significant losses during the initial attack.

“What do you think?” Lou’er asked, his arms crossed as he examined the pile of items.

“What’s the situation with this Assassins’ Alliance?” Hu Daoke peered at the bounty notice in Luo’er’s hand.

Although it was filled with Tasta characters, it was easy for him to understand.

“According to the available information, the Assassins’ Alliance appears to be an offshoot of the Adventurers’ Guild, mainly taking on assassinations and other shady tasks.” Luo’er explained.

The Adventurers’ Guild was the largest civilian organization on the continent, managing adventurers, issuing commissions, and collecting fees.

Their commission categories were varied and included commissions from the Kingdom.

Luo’er and his team were adventurers from the Adventurers’ Guild, and they wore the guild’s emblem on them.

“Wow, so this Adventurers’ Guild also does dirty work like murder,” said Hu Daoke with a tongue-click.

“The Assassins’ Alliance is likely a secret and unknown to the average person, and these people must have had a way to find them,” Luo’er said, looking at the emblems of the Assassins’ Alliance he had collected from the people and then at the now-cold body of the assassin.

He couldn’t help but sigh with regret.

Cheng Ziang shrugged next to him, signaling that it had nothing to do with him.

Luo’er ignored him, instead ordering Baiyue, “Yue’er, write down their portraits and distinguishing features.”

Baiyue nodded, put down her gun, took out a sketchbook and pencil from her pocket, and began to record the features of the corpses.

The Otherworld did not have things like cameras, hence sketching was the best way to record, and naturally, being an excellent artist, Baiyue was the team’s recorder.

“Let’s go to Holy Heart City first, then find a way to contact the Assassins’ Alliance to get the information about our instigator and see who exactly wants us dead,” Luo’er said, as he inspected his Enfield rifle.

“We’re going to go head-to-head with them?” Hu Daoke asked from behind.

“They know our distinct characteristics, they know the exact time we are passing through here, do you think it’s a coincidence?” Luo’er turned to ask him.

“You mean!” Hu Daoke suddenly understood.

“The CIA!” Luo’er said decisively, “If I’m not wrong, this has something to do with them.

They are so eager to pit us against deadly enemies, it’s clear they don’t want us investigating the flow of weapons, which means the missing weapons case also has something to do with them.”

“Are you saying the Americans swallowed up the weapons?

What do they want with these obsolete Earth weapons?” Hu Daoke asked questioningly.

“To support their forces,” Cheng Ziang suddenly remarked coldly.

“It’s not certain yet, but what can be anticipated is that our danger will only increase in the coming days.

Hope everyone stays vigilant,” Lu’oer said in a calm tone to the team.

The expenditure in this encounter surprised Luo’er.

The entire in combat lasted for less than twenty minutes but he already used up three magazines, leaving only half a magazine of bullets.

He had to take out two replacement magazines from his bag and load them.

Meanwhile, as the team’s support, Hu Daoke’s consumption of bullets was astounding.

He fired over 200 rounds from the start of breakdown to the end.

While Luo’er was able to replenish his own bullets, Hu Daoke’s machine gun ammunition could only be replenished at fixed Blaiqi merchant supply points.

This forced Luo’er to reconsider the problem of ammunition consumption.