Chapter 33 Doubt
"Miss Jessica." The man glanced at Jessica's kettle with secret medicine, and asked, "This can be said to be the easiest task I have completed in the Death Desert for so many years.
During the more than ten days we entered the Death Desert, we did not encounter an attack from the dead. We were as relaxed as if we were here for vacation. After we returned, I was embarrassed to brag about it with my fellow travelers... My mercenary group and I accompanied the world-renowned adventurers Sir Charles and Miss Jessica to the Death Desert to search for buried ancient ruins.
Miss Jessica, how did you do it?"
Jessica glanced at the mercenaries next to her and said, "Captain Stilwell... Isn't it good to attack us without the undead? Sir Charles and I chose to hire you to escort us into the Death Desert because you are in the Death Desert area...the mercenary group with the highest mission completion rate.
We are here to find ancient ruins, not to experience what it feels like to be attacked by the undead. So far, your mission has been completed very well, and I think Sir Charles will be very willing to give you a considerable extra reward after the mission is over."
Jessica knew... she had not been attacked by the undead all the way, which had already made Captain Stilwell suspicious. But she did not intend to tell the other party about the secret medicine. After all, anything related to the undead is a taboo. She did not want these mercenaries to associate themselves with the undead mages who blasphemed their bodies.
There is a group of magicians in this world who specialize in studying the undead, called the undead mage. They capture the undead spirits, or directly steal corpses and use undead magic to transform them into the undead spirit, trying to obtain eternal life by finding the secrets of the undead spirits.
The blasphemy of the corpse made the necromancer a despised existence and a rat crossing the street that everyone shouted and beaten.
But the necromancer does have many spells that can control the undead. Jessica used his own blood to refine the secret medicine, which was very similar to the necromancer spells in the effect of expelling the undead. If Captain Stilwell confirms that the team did not encounter the undead and was related to Jessica, it would definitely cause big trouble to her and Sir Charles.
Jessica's explanation obviously couldn't dispel Stilwell's suspicion, and he continued to ask: "Miss Jessica, can I see what is in your kettle? Why do you use a magic wand to dip something in it when you release your magic?"
"Of course the water in the kettle is water?" Jessica said that Stilwell's question is very funny: "I use a magic wand to dip a little water when casting spells because in the dry desert environment, the effect of water magic is very poor... If there is a little medium for spell guidance, more water elements can be gathered to form rain.
Captain Stilwell, I am a level 10 magician... I don’t need to explain too much to you when it comes to magic.
And I need to remind you... Mercenaries have mercenary rules: collect money and do things, don’t ask more questions, don’t look more, don’t take more things. I reserve the right to complain about you and your mercenary group. I don’t think you want your credit score to be reduced in the mercenary industry, right?"
Jessica faintly threatened Captain Stilwell.
Mercenaries are an industry with relatively low thresholds. They can do this industry as long as they are willing to work hard. But those who can really make money in this industry will always have good credit. No employer is willing to hand over their safety to mercenaries with low credit; no employer is willing to hire mercenaries with low credit and accompany him to explore the ruins and find treasures.
Sir Charles is a very famous person all over the world. If he complains to Stilwell's mercenary group, his credit assessment will be greatly reduced.
Stilwell could not search Jessica without evidence. Moreover, Jessica is a 10th-level magician, and Sir Charles' unknown strength, if you really fight... his mercenary group will definitely suffer serious losses.
After hitting a soft nail, Stilwell smiled awkwardly and slowly retreated to the back after saluting Jessica.
Stilwell's retreat made Jessica secretly relieved. She knew that it was too weird to encounter a sneak attack by the undead in the Death Desert, but if the secret medicine was stopped, it was impossible to guarantee that the sneak attack by the undead would be... Should a few skeletons come, or would a group of rotten corpses suddenly emerge from the sand? It would be even more troublesome if you encountered a stone brain worm marching.
Moreover, stopping release of secret medicine at this time will only make Stilwell even more convinced that the undead was expelled from the previous one by himself using the "undead magic".
Jessica looked back at Sir Charles who was following the middle of the team.
At this time, Sir Charles was completely immersed in his search for ancient ruins. He rode a camel and looked up, and from time to time he picked up the camera hanging on his chest to take pictures of the sand dunes not far away.
I don’t know if he didn’t see Jessica’s experience or if he believed that his right-hand assistant could deal with such small things.
Looking at Stilwell again, he had retreated to the rear of the team and guarded the adventure team with several mercenaries... They were all the most experienced mercenaries, and they had been hired to go deep into the Death Desert to carry out protection tasks. They knew that in most cases, the attacks from behind were even more deadly.
When Jessica saw Stilwell, Stilwell also looked at Jessica.
After confirming that her voice would not be heard by the people ahead, Stilwell said to a mercenary beside him who was wrapped in a cloak, "I just tried Jessica, she was very calm... I can't tell if she was using the undead spell to drive out the undead spell, and she didn't look like a necromancer who studied the undead spell.
Her skin is shiny and elastic, not infected by death. It’s very beautiful and charming… If I could buy her overnight, I would be willing to lose everything.”
While speaking, Stilwell reached out to greet Jessica, and responded that... the beauty turned her head over and then fired a water ball into the sky.
The drizzle of drizzle dropped a lot, which was the most luxurious enjoyment for those walking in the desert. Even camels made pleasant chirping, sticking out their tongues to lick the falling raindrops.
The man in a cloak wears a hood and a face covering that blocks the wind and sand. People exploring in the desert basically wear this outfit, in order to prevent skin from being exposed to the sun and reduce excessive loss of moisture in the body, but the breath flowing out of this person is a little cold.
Chapter completed!