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"Baron! Please treat the injured mercenaries. We will pay you."

Just as Simon was looking at the staff left by the orc priest, several mercenary leaders covered in blood and wounds came over and pleaded respectfully.

"Of course, but I have consumed a lot in this battle, and the cost of treatment will be doubled."

Simon smiled slightly and raised the price.

It is difficult to treat injuries in such a deep forest, and he is the only mage on the scene, so it is understandable to ask for a higher price.

"Yes! Sir! Thank you for your help." The mercenary leaders smiled bitterly and accepted it respectfully.

"Okay, let's start."

Simon smiled and nodded, and handed the staff to Mai Lan beside him, asking him to keep it temporarily.

The staff of the strong orc priest is not quite the same as that of the human mage.

Although it can be used, the increase is very low, which is worse than nothing, so it is better to dismantle the materials.

Afterwards, the wounded mercenaries lined up in front of Simon, with the seriously injured in front and the slightly injured in the back.

After he made a record, he gave each of them a healing spell.

He also rested several times during the period and meditated to restore his mana.

It was already late today, and there was not enough time to return, so he could only stay in the orc camp for one night.

Hilde had just taken the patrol soldiers to repair it.

It can be seen that this orc camp was built not long ago, and many of the wooden stakes are still relatively fresh.

It is estimated that the site was chosen and built after the strong orcs arrived.

It was not until the evening that the soldiers finally moved the orcs' bodies to a ditch a hundred meters away and only cut off their legs.

In this way, even if they turned into zombies, they would not have much mobility and could only wander around.

After the mercenaries' bodies were cleaned up, a large pit was dug, and they were all piled in it and burned.

They found some resin oil in the orc camp, which might be used to light torches, and they were just right to use them to start the fire.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to burn so many corpses with just firewood.

As the sun sets, the sky slowly darkens, and nocturnal animals in the deep forest come out one after another.

Wolf howls and strange beast roars come one after another.

The fire in the burial pit is still burning, and the corpses have not been burned out. Many bloodthirsty monsters are wandering in the shadows nearby.

In the camp, it is very quiet. Everyone is silently eating bread, and there are several pots on the campfire, burning stream water.

In a temporary wooden house, Simon is listening to Mailan's report.

"Baron, we don't get much in this camp.

In addition to some metamorphosed animal corpses, there are only some various ironware.

In addition, some of the ornaments on the orcs are still valuable, all gems and the like..."

Simon nodded and said, "Bring all those gems here for me to see."

"Yes!" Mailan responded, turned and walked out of the house, and soon brought a wooden box.

After opening it, Simon took a closer look and immediately lost interest. There were only some ordinary items inside, which were only worth a few dozen golden eagles.

There were no magic gems.

"Bring the dog-headed priest here, I will interrogate him." Then, Simon ordered again.

Mai Lan responded and left again.

Not long after, several guards lifted a dog-headed man tied up like a dumpling.

Its mouth was sealed tightly, and its small eyes were darting around in fear.

In fact, this dog-headed man also had a staff, but it was too low-quality, and even the materials could not be disassembled.

"Untie the rope on its mouth, I want to ask questions." Simon ordered in a low voice.

"Yes! My lord!" The guards immediately followed the order.

"Can you understand the kingdom language?" Simon asked, looking at the dog-headed priest with a little white hair on his head.

"Woof woof woof... woof... woof..." A series of meaningless tones came out of its mouth, similar to dog barking, and a bit like roaring.

It was obvious that it did not understand human language and could not communicate.

Simon frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and ordered: "Seal its mouth and go back for another trial.

Guard it carefully, don't let it communicate with other people, and the offender will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes! Sir!" The guards responded respectfully and took the dog-headed priest away.

"Mailan, you keep an eye on this matter, it is very important. If the silver mine here is leaked, with my current strength, I am afraid..."

Simon then added.

"Yes! Please rest assured, Sir, I will keep this secret!" Mailan promised immediately.

After that, he walked out of the wooden house to make arrangements, and isolated and detained all the dog-headed people, so that the mercenaries would not have any chance to contact them.

It was still a little early now, and Simon couldn't sleep, so he performed the light spell and began to comprehend the soul control spell with the light source.

After an unknown amount of time, he felt a little sleepy, so he put the spell scroll back into the storage bar and prepared to go to sleep.

But at this moment, there was a huge muffled sound, as if something hit the wooden gate.

Simon was startled and his sleepiness disappeared immediately.

He picked up the saber and walked out of the wooden house. There were more than a dozen guards on night watch around him, and they all looked at the source of the sound curiously.

"What's going on?" he asked with a frown.

Bang! !

At this time, another muffled sound came.

"Sir, there is fog outside the camp, and the white fog is so thick that you can't see your hand in front of you." After a while, a mercenary came to report.

"Light more torches, gather the people, and hug the group.

Leave half of the group to keep vigil while the other half continues to sleep. "Simon ordered immediately.

"Yes! Lord Baron!" The mercenary immediately sent the order.

After a while, Hilde and Mai Lan also came over.

"Bring Jerry and the kobold priest here." Simon ordered again.

"Yes!" Mailan responded and left.

Not long after, the guards escorted the kobold priest to the hut again, and Jerry followed the soldiers.

"Untie the kobold's mouth.

Jerry, ask it what's going on outside and why the white mist is rising. "

Simon said calmly, not afraid that the kobold would say something that shouldn't be said, because no one would remind it, so it would never just say where the silver mine is.

The orcs who have lived in the woods for a long time are old enough to know the value of silver mines to humans.

"Yes! Sir!" Jerry responded respectfully. The soldiers went to untie the rope, and he began to ask questions.

The dogs on both sides barked for a while.

Then, he said respectfully to Simon: "Sir, it is said to be a very dangerous beast wandering around. According to its description, I call it a death beast.

It should be a magical creature that can suck living creatures into mummies. "

"How do the kobolds deal with it?" Simon nodded slightly and asked.

"Sir, it says that the beast of death hides in the day and night, and rarely goes to the outskirts of the forest.

Recently, there has been a constant struggle here at night. The orcs did not dare to go out to deal with it, so they just threw out a few kobolds.

After that, the Death-telling Beast will not come again for a period of time. It is not clear how long it will last. ” Jerry replied immediately.

"That's it, don't worry about it, just hold on to the camp until dawn, and then we'll leave here.

You take the kobold priest down and keep a close eye on him.

Jerry, you go to work under Knight Mylan first, and you must obey the command. Simon ordered.

"Yes! I am willing to serve the Baron." Jerry responded and followed the understanding Mai Lan out of the wooden house.