Immortal Creed

The carriage drove out of the city gate, arrived at the outskirts, and finally dropped Liens and his companions at the forest entrance.

After Liens and his companions paid the remaining balance, the carriage quickly turned around and returned to the city.

Apart from frequently cleared roads, the chance of encountering monsters in other parts of the wilderness is not small, especially Goblins, which particularly like to attack humans.

Therefore, this kind of work, taking people out of the city, is also considered a high-risk job.

Of course, high risk also means high reward to some extent.

So, it's not uncommon to see coachmen engaged in this line of work.

In these times, ordinary people who want to eat their fill either choose to work hard or choose to be an Adventurer.

...

The task Liens and his companions accepted was to collect 10 Horned Rabbit horns.

The Horned Rabbit is a rabbit-type monster with a single horn on its head, capable of releasing an ability called "Paralysis Lightning Strike."

Marvin mentioned that this monster is a very weak one, even unable to defeat large ordinary animals.

Their "Paralysis Lightning Strike" can only target one objective, and for humans, the body will at most be paralyzed for a while before recovering.

Other than that, there will be no extra damage, and the Horned Rabbit can only release "Paralysis Lightning Strike" once within a short period.

Therefore, they are not difficult to deal with.

The real difficulty of this task is finding 10 Horned Rabbits in the forest.

Although rabbits have a strong reproductive drive and can give birth to many offspring in one litter.

But trying to find 10 Horned Rabbits in a forest full of monsters is still a very troublesome thing.

Because of this, the reward for this task is very high, two to three times that of a normal out-of-city task.

Troublesome it may be, but who can refuse such a high reward, and Liens and his companions just happened to be short on money.

However, when Liens and his companions accepted this task, they were glared at by some old secret guards.

At first, Liens and his companions thought they had snatched some high-quality task.

Only after asking others did they realize that this task was specifically left behind by certain secret guards.

It was specifically for dealing with the punishment after failing a task.

If a task is not completed for a long time, it will eventually be adjusted by the family to a mandatory task.

And this task, although troublesome, was not very dangerous.

So, some secret guards planned to wait until it became a mandatory task.

If they were lucky, after failing a task, they might just be assigned this one.

Their calculations were perfect, but unfortunately, they were ruined by the "ignorant and uncooperative" Liens and his companions.

However, speaking of good luck...

Liens felt his luck today seemed to be very good.

"Robbery!"

"Put down the rabbit in your hand, and open your backpack for us to check."

Liens suddenly blocked a man's path and said in a very arrogant tone.

The man looked like an Adventurer, with a backpack on his back, several Horned Rabbits in his left hand, and a longsword in his right hand.

He looked tired, and his clothes were stained yellow with dirt.

From the direction he was heading and the current time, Liens inferred that this person had likely spent the night in the forest.

He was probably now preparing to leave the forest and return to the city with the materials he had collected.

The man looked at Liens in front of him in astonishment, somewhat disbelieving the fact that he would be robbed here.

"Liens, what are you doing?"

Ben and Harriman were also somewhat surprised; they were performing their task properly, so how did it suddenly turn into a robbery?

"He's holding Horned Rabbits in his hand, and he might also be carrying rabbit horns in his backpack."

"If we rob him, we might not have to work hard searching for Horned Rabbits in the forest."

"The time saved can also be used to complete other tasks."

Liens explained his actions to Ben and Harriman.

Upon hearing this, Ben and Harriman shamelessly hesitated.

Although they believed this was wrong, the pressure of the "conscription" made them realize that they desperately needed contribution points right now.

Time is money, and money at this moment might be equivalent to Life.

Ben and Harriman glanced at the man, then at the several Horned Rabbits in his hand.

"Just rob the Horned Rabbits, we don't need anything else."

Ben pondered for a moment, then agreed to Liens' suggestion.

However, having some moral bottom line after all, Ben ultimately chose not to commit murder and plunder.

Instead, he reminded Liens not to kill anyone.

As for Harriman, he didn't think that much.

He felt that Liens was right, so he stepped forward and, along with Liens, surrounded the man to prevent him from escaping.

"Big brother, did you hear clearly?"

"We only want the Horned Rabbits in your hand and the rabbit horns in your backpack."

"If you know what's good for you, please hand over these two things obediently, otherwise... we can't guarantee what accidents might occur."

Liens put on a fierce expression and threatened the man in front of him.

"Hmph! You dare to rob me, Gars? I think you're tired of living."

"It seems you don't know my name, Gars, among Adventurers."

"Today, I'll show you what 'Gars the Swift Sword' means."

Gars put down the Horned Rabbits in his hand, drew his longsword, gripped it with both hands, aimed it at Liens and his two companions, and said confidently.

...

"Two big brothers, stop fighting... I'm about to vomit blood."

Gars lay on the ground, his hands covering his head, pleading miserably to Liens and Harriman.

"Swift Sword, huh? Gars, huh?"

"Didn't you say you'd show us what Gars the Swift Sword means?"

"How come you surrendered so quickly? Resist a bit more, and maybe you can earn the title of 'Gars the Resilient'?"

Liens and Harriman punched and kicked Gars while teasing him.

Of course, since Ben had reminded them not to kill, Liens and his companion naturally didn't strike with heavy force.

Don't let Gars's miserable wailing fool you; he only had bruises at most.

As for the previous battle...

It must be said that Gars did have some strength; his Sword Tendency was fast and accurate, reaching the level of "Sword Tendency."

No wonder he had the title "Gars the Swift Sword."

Unfortunately, he met Liens; after he showed a few moves, Liens saw through his skill level.

Liens, having no interest in playing further, directly drew his sword at extreme speed and held it to Gars's throat, ending the battle.

"It was my attitude that was too arrogant before, I was blind and failed to see the power of you esteemed sirs."

"Please, esteemed sirs, be magnanimous and spare this humble one this time."

Gars continued to plead mournfully.

"Alright, stop hitting him."

"I searched around, and including those Horned Rabbits, there are only 6 horns in total."

"So, we still need to continue looking for Horned Rabbits."

Ben, feeling a bit embarrassed, pulled Liens and his companion away and then spoke.

"Why didn't you collect a few more Horned Rabbit horns, you brat?"

"Now your three masters still have to work hard searching in the forest."

Hearing that they were still short a few rabbit horns, Liens somewhat unhappily kicked Gars again.

"It's not that I didn't want to bring more for you esteemed sirs, it's just that my luck wasn't good enough, and I only caught these few."

Gars responded cautiously, worried that his excuse would lead to another beating.

"Let's go, time is tight, we shouldn't waste any more time."

"The remaining four Horned Rabbits, if we search diligently, we should still be able to find them."

Ben said.

He used his sword to cut off the horns of those Horned Rabbits, then placed them on the ground, covered the bloody smell with dirt, and then put them into the backpack behind him.

After doing all this, Ben called Liens and Harriman to leave the place where they had just committed the robbery.

"Am I unlucky or lucky?"

"I encountered those secret guards who like to kill people, and I was only beaten, not killed."

"But... that person was so strong, is he an elite among the secret guards?"

Gars looked at the three departing figures and thought.

Then he gritted his teeth and touched the place where he had just been hit, re-shouldered his backpack, and also left the scene.