That bard is such a charmer!

Chapter 70 Summoning the Beast Horde

"Damn it, what's wrong with Oliver? Sending us into this mosquito-infested forest..."

"Just bear with it, at least he's generous when it comes to money."

"If you ask me, we should add another 30%, and also allow us a free day at the Pleasure Cave. That would be truly generous..."

The mercenaries of the Silver Cup Mercenary Group, leading two dogs, entered the old elm grove, cursing and swearing.

On the orders of the Phoenix family, they were to set up a cordon on the western side of the forest to prevent a group of adventurers plotting to destroy the family business from escaping from this direction.

Just as the mage in their party was preparing to inscribe the warning array...

Click!

A tree branch above their heads suddenly broke off, and then, with a thud, the hornet's nest attached to that branch fell to their feet.

Buzz!

The next second, countless wasps swarmed out and attacked the nearby mercenaries.

"Ouch! That hurts so much!"

"Damn it, it's crawled into my pants leg... damn it, it's still going up... oh no, it's inside my underwear!"

"I'll help you kill it!"

"No! Stop! At least don't use a spiked hammer... Ooh ho ho ho (Talking Tom's meow)!"

The mercenaries were immediately stung by wasps and scattered in all directions.

Several warriors tried to struggle, but because their weapons were too large and their targets too small, they managed to kill nothing after hacking away for a long time, and instead ended up with stings all over their heads.

Fortunately, the team still had a mage, and mages are always reliable.

Although wasps are troublesome, they are not high-class monsters after all. They are afraid of fire and smoke and cannot break through shield spells.

With the magician's skillful manipulation, the wasps were either dead or injured, and soon they no longer posed a threat.

The mercenaries immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when they turned around, they discovered a small tragedy...

In the chaos just now, selfish humans only cared about themselves and completely ignored the two dogs. As a result, they were attacked by wasps and their heads swelled up like pig heads.

Forget about smelling anything; even breathing through their noses has become a luxury. They can only peek out a pitiful look from their swollen, bread-like eyelids at their masters...

at the same time.

Several dozen meters away.

Richard and his group bypassed the mercenary group and successfully escaped the old elm grove.

"I absolutely love you! How did you even come up with that idea?!"

Upon seeing the unobstructed blue sky again, Hammer couldn't help but grin and punch Richard hard in the waist.

Mendel, standing nearby, added, "I never imagined that the Summoning Horde spell could be used like this, nor did I expect that David, a poet, would know this spell. Most of the druids in our camp don't know this..."

Faced with everyone's praise, Richard outwardly waved his hand nonchalantly, but inwardly he was secretly pleased.

Everything that just happened was thanks to him.

He tried selecting a beehive as the site for summoning the beasts, and in the end, he actually succeeded in summoning a swarm of wasp spirits—what, you say insects can't be considered beasts? What a joke, summoning beasts is not such an inconvenient thing!

Anyway, Richard summoned the wasps.

Compared to animals like wolves and birds, wasps are small and fast, and even though they are semi-transparent, they are not easy to spot.

But as difficult as it may be, risks still exist.

So Richard didn't let the wasp spirits attack directly; instead, he first controlled them to attack the beehive in the tree.

It's important to know that wasps, like ants, have a natural tendency to wage large-scale wars against their own kind.

After being attacked by the spirit, the ordinary wasps were essentially subjected to a Pearl Harbor attack. They immediately became agitated and evolved from wasps into hordes of hornets, which were then lured out in large numbers.

After that, Richard had the spirits lead the group of ordinary wasps to the mercenaries, and they deliberately lingered around the two hounds for a while.

Because the spirits were surrounded by a huge number of ordinary wasps, even the most observant person would not be able to detect anything unusual.

Furthermore, since wasps don't have much intelligence in the true sense, while attacking the spirits, they will inevitably also attack the mercenaries and hunting dogs around them.

that's it……

Richard successfully disabled their hunting dogs without showing himself or arousing any suspicion from the mercenaries, creating an opportunity for his side to slip out of the woods!

Let's get back to the present.

After praising and being praised for a while, everyone calmed down and continued on their way.

More than half an hour later, they successfully climbed a small hill—beef village, their destination, was just below the hill!

The dwarf Ironhammer muttered, "It's strange that no one has stopped us along the way."

Levin, observing the fishing village through his binoculars, replied, "Probably because the church didn't expect us to go to Thumb Island... Hmm, why does that sound a bit ominous?"

Hammer, disgruntled, stood on tiptoe and said, "What do you mean? Are you saying I'm a jinx? Humph, you're mistaken. Back in the day, I was a well-known lucky guy in the mines. I even found gold while falling into a latrine!"

Will the lucky one fall into the latrine?

"No, the key point is the gold mine, you know what a gold mine is, long ears..."

Whoosh!

"...Oh! No, I was just bragging, but was it really necessary to expose me so quickly!"

The sudden sound of arrows interrupted Tiechui's words. Everyone turned around and saw several figures walking from the other end of the slope. One of them was drawing his bow and nocking an arrow, launching an attack on the group!

"Get behind me!"

Suddenly attacked, Grace reacted the fastest, drawing her greatsword and swiftly and accurately slashing down the incoming rain of arrows.

Richard followed closely behind, quickly casting a Vajra Shield on himself and the halfling Amy.

Beside them, the three members of the Forest Arrow Squad also formed a battle formation, ready for combat.

Unexpectedly, seeing that everyone was on guard, the figures stopped attacking. One of them even stepped forward and waved to the crowd, as if he had something to say.

At this point, Richard finally got a clear look at the group of people.

The man waving was none other than his long-time enemy, Bill Benjamin!

"It's him! He's the one who lied to me and Mr. Camus!" Amy recognized the face and became agitated.

On the other side, behind Bill, were six mercenaries and four humanoid statues, each nearly three meters tall, made of marble and shimmering with pale blue magical light!

Richard used his Eye of Insight on one of them.

Name: Rock Golem

Rank: Rare

Description: A construct created from rock and magic, comparable to the Terminator robots of the fantasy world. It possesses immense strength and extremely high health. Its only drawback is its slow speed, but this does not prevent it from easily crushing any melee class below level 6.

Good grief, they've even come up with constructs?

The person who came here is not kind...

Richard's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, sensing a bit of pressure.

Amy and the Forest Arrow Squad beside her also became serious after seeing the four golems.

As we all know, a smile is constant.

Across from him, Bill's lips curled slightly upwards, and then he said in a tone that was calm yet tinged with a hint of joy:

"Everyone, it's wonderful to see you all again..."