Chapter 23: Marl’s Mission

“Hmm, just as Minida said, he looks unique and handsome. He’s a smart and capable young man!” Marl seemed to be in a good mood and his tone was very gentle.

“I wonder why you’re looking for the three of us at this time?” Su Chen asked curiously.

“Is there something wrong with wanting to see our Marhaz warriors?” Suddenly, a light flashed in the monarch’s half-closed eyes.

Su Chen, who was about five meters away from him, instantly felt an invisible pressure on his face. It was very difficult for him to stand up straight, and the clothes on his back were slowly soaked with sweat.

However, he gritted his teeth and endured it. He knew that the monarch was trying to show him off. Although his martial arts skills were inferior to others, he still had the willpower to not allow others to look down on him! He slowly squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth, “Of course not… Monarch!”

“Hehe… He’s an interesting young man!” The monarch was still smiling amiably, completely ignoring Su Chen’s struggle. He turned to look at Yousi and Lotte. “What do you two think?” Seeing Su Chen’s expression, Yousi knew that the monarch was secretly pressuring him, but it was not appropriate for him to act out in front of them. He could only reply quickly, “Everything will be arranged by the monarch!”

“Everything will be arranged by the monarch!” Lotte followed Yousi and said.

The monarch seemed to be very satisfied with their reply. “In that case, I think we shouldn’t stop young people who are full of piety towards the monarch, Hehe…”

After saying that, he lightly touched the scepter in his hand and the pressure on Su Chen’s body instantly disappeared.

“Thank you, Monarch!” Although Su Chen was in such a sorry state due to the invisible pressure just now, he was relieved to hear the monarch’s consent clearly now.

Wait… No! Did the monarch really just summon them so easily?

Something fishy was going on here!

“Haha… There’s no need to thank us! Since you’re already the warriors of our Marhaz, are the three of you willing to do something for Marhaz?”

Sure enough, nothing good came out of it! The backup plan came so quickly.

Su Chen listened to the monarch’s words while observing Gotel from the corner of his eye. He saw that Gotel’s expression was a little strange. It seemed like it was not something good, but he could not say it so openly like that. He slowly straightened his body and said, “The monarch’s so magnanimous. We should learn to respect him! If you have any orders, we’ll definitely do our best to complete them!”

“Hehe… It’s not that serious, it’s just a small matter!” Marl turned to Gotel and said, “You can leave! I want to have a few words with these three alone.”

“Yes! Monarch, I’ll take my leave first…” Gotel said and left the palace.

“The three of you should be preparing to participate in the duel, but you should know that the duel’s a very cruel competition. However, I’ve observed your activities in the concentration camp, and I think that the three of you are all valuable youths. So, if you’re willing to complete a task, then you’ll automatically receive the honor of our Marhaz.”

The monarch finished his words expressionlessly. Before Su Chen could react, Yousi, who was beside him, spoke first.

“I don’t mean to offend the monarch, but I don’t need any glory. I only need the champion’s prize from the duel. I hope to complete the mission but the monarch only needs to reward me with that and it’ll be enough.”

The atmosphere froze for a moment. Then, the monarch actually smiled and nodded in agreement. However, in the end, the monarch still said something to Yousi alone.

Meanwhile, Su Chen and Lotte were brought to another room in the palace. They heard from their attendants that this was where they would be staying for the time being.

As soon as Yousi entered the room, Su Chen and Lotte were already impatient. They were afraid that monarch Marl would do something to them. Seeing that he had returned, they hurriedly asked, “How is it? Yousi! What did the monarch say to you?!”

Yousi sat on the comfortable bed. The tiredness from being tortured by the Lord had eased a lot. He used his hand to comb his long hair before he smiled and said, “It’s nothing. The Lord told me the details of the mission. I think we can still complete it with our abilities!”

“What’s the mission?” the other two asked curiously.

“To suppress the bandits,” Yousi said casually.

“Forget it, don’t ask any further! You won’t understand even if I said it out loud. You’ll know when the time comes. By the way, we’re leaving tomorrow.”

“Is it that urgent?”

“It’s too late to worry! Besides, we’ve been out for a few days already. I wonder how things are at home!” Yousi sighed softly.

The next morning, Su Chen and the others were ready to set off. Monarch Marl assigned Gotel to send them off. “Be careful on the way!” He even gave them a few accompanying soldiers as a gift.

The target of this bandit mission was the Nine-Headed Bird bandit group that was entrenched in the Nine-Headed Mountain. After leaving Marhaz City, they walked towards the northeast direction. There were no special places along the way, and if there were no accidents, it would take them a few hours to arrive.

They had already figured out the background of the Nine-Headed Bird bandit group. They had about 100 people in the bandit group that had combat strength and more than 90% of them were young children. It was just that their geographical location was strange, therefore, it had always been a problem in their hearts.

After walking out of Marhaz City and passing through a stretch of wilderness, they arrived at a quiet forest. The three of them walked quietly as pairs of vigilant eyes constantly swept across the dark places in the surrounding trees. They held the weapons on their waists tightly in their hands, ready to deal with any sudden situation at any moment. In the forest, the source of danger was none other than the demon beasts.

Although the three of them had only been together for a short time, they were able to develop a basic understanding of each other. When their eyes intersected, they were able to recognize some signs of danger and safety from each other’s eyes.

Outside the forest, everything was relatively calm. However, not long after the team had truly entered the forest, a small-scale demon beast attack was cruelly displayed in front of Su Chen.

The attack was on 30 demon beasts called Scarlet Hot Snakes which were quite common in the outer regions of the forest. Their heat poison was born from fire, and if the poisoned person was not treated within half a day, it would cause the temperature of the human’s body to rise rapidly until the person died.

There were over 30 Scarlet Hot Snakes and it was considered their territory. Faced with a large number of human teams that had barged in, they naturally launched vicious attacks.

Hiding in the grass, taking advantage of the unprepared members of the passing troops, they were like lightning as they easily injected the hot poison into the bodies of more than 10 soldiers. Instantly, the faces of these men were filled with blood. Their entire bodies seemed to be on fire as they rolled and struggled on the ground..