Chapter 162 Mercenary


    "You people go too far. So you mean business?" Rocky grew serious when he saw that they made their


    moves. He knew he would not do anything that could reveal his identity. However, these spirit


    maniptors in green clothes were ready to attack, which surprised Rocky a little bit. They seemed to


    take their jobs of pretending assassins so seriously and Rocky thought it was such a waste of their


    talents to be spirit maniptors rather than actual actors.


    "Please! Have mercy!" Rocky pleaded as he pretended to beg for his life. He took the three sealed


    envelopes and presented it to them. "Here! Take these. Just please spare my life." He then handed the


    envelopes to the two men.


    One of the spirit maniptors wearing green clothes took the envelopes and said to the other, "I got


    them. Take care of him."


    The other spirit maniptor in green clothes instantly closed in on Rocky.


    Rocky immediately sensed that something was amiss. These guys were the real deal. The approaching


    spirit maniptor struck his palm towards Rocky with the force of the seventh grade of the Mortal


    Stage.


    "Could they be..." Rocky realized that these two were not sent by Marin. Instead they were most likely


    to be the spirit maniptor scouts sent to the northeast military camp to intercept the information Rocky


    had on his hands. It looked he just bumped into these scouts who knew that he had the information. All


    hell would break loose if these three envelopes fell into the wrong hands.


    Rocky threw a sinister look at them. As the other spirit maniptor got closer, Rocky unleashed all his


    power without any restraint. His once weak spiritual power spiked and reached the first grade of the


    Earthly Stage.


    "You! How could you be so powerful!" The spirit maniptoring towards him waspletely


    astonished upon seeing the true strength of Rocky, so he immediately decided to forego his attack.


    However, it was a bit toote as Rocky''s eyes glinted with murderous intent while his hands emitted a


    neb-like light. Without a moment''s notice, Rocky struck his palm out towards his opponent.


    The spirit maniptor who was in the sixth grade of the Mortal Stage screamed as he was sent flying


    into the air. He then helplessly fell on the ground with a loud thud.


    The other scout was equally astounded by the fact that Rocky just transformed from a weak rookie to


    an expert who was at the first grade of the Earthly Stage. He attempted to flee the scene with three


    envelopes containing the information.


    However, at this moment, a shadow emerged quietly behind him. Before he could turn around, razor-


    sharp teeth sunk into his neck. Blood instantly gushed out from his wound. His life was slowly draining


    as every ounce of blood oozed out, leaving him weak.


    Rocky briskly neared the dying man and retrieved the three envelopes. He then leaned close and


    asked, "Who sent you?"


    The man clenched his teeth and refused to talk.


    "You do not want to talk? Then so be it. Good luck in your next life," Rocky said as he ran out of


    patience.


    Momentster, another scream broke out and then it went quiet as if nothing had ever happened.


    After a short while, a petite figure of a woman appeared before the two bodies of the spirit maniptor


    scouts.


    "They have the insignia on them. Could they be spirit maniptor scouts? I wonder who killed and left


    them here?" the woman curiously said. She searched the bodies and found nothing of value. She


    looked around and murmured to herself, "I have not seen signs of Rocky since yesterday. Where could


    he have possibly gone? I have been tracking him overnight, and I am still nowhere close to finding him.


    However, I should set him aside for now. I have to report to Commander Mari about these bodies first."


    She then disappeared into the wind in a sh.


    Rocky delivered the first envelope to the first outpost smoothly. Without stopping to rest, he headed for


    the second outpost. In light of the previous encounter with enemy - the spirit maniptor scouts, he


    stayed alert on his way. He would rather choose some tricky shortcuts instead of highroads to avoid


    detection.


    He reached the second outpost slightly over noontime with no encounter of scouts from the Timber


    Deity Empire. After delivering the envelope containing the information, Rocky set out for thest


    outpost. After finishing the delivery of thest envelope, Rocky would resume his way to tend to his


    own business.


    To Rocky''s astonishment, he saw the bodies of hundreds of soldiers and a couple of spirit maniptors


    at thest outpost scattered everywhere. They all seemed to die from a horrible death based on the


    appearances of their corpses, which indicated that whoevermitted this massacre had no


    "Who could have done such a thing? Is it an invasion?" Rocky frowned at this thought. He looked


    around sharply and sensed some outsiders approaching.


    Six figures showed up around the outpost, surrounding Rocky. They seemed to have the aura of spirit


    maniptors. The strongest of them all was a red-haired man, who was at the Earthly Stage while the


    rest of them were all above the fifth grade of the Mortal Stage. They all looked vicious with malicious


    intent. There were a couple of two-star spirit-manipted beasts closely following behind. The most


    powerful of which was a second-grade spirit-manipted beast of two stars, which could be the beast


    of the red-haired man.


    "Who are you? Why did you attack the outpost?" Rocky grimly asked.


    "Ha-ha, this trash dare to ask about us!" One of themughed with contempt.


    "Then tell him that we are here to wreak havoc." The red-haired man answered hispanion, looking


    arrogant.


    "Are you from the Timber Deity Empire?" Rocky asked coldly. He had heard from Marin that the Timber


    Deity Empire had been lurking around the border. It was highly likely that the aftermath at the outpost


    may have been their doing. Rocky had substantial reason to believe that these men were the spirit


    maniptors from the Timber Deity Empire.


    "We are allies to those who can afford us. We do not care if he is a timber deity, a grass deity, or


    whatever status they may hold." The red-haired man sneered.


    "So you must be mercenaries?" Rocky said. He heard that there were some ruthless spirit maniptors


    in the Gehenna Border and knew that they were usually hired by many countries for covert operations


    like assassination and sabotage. If he was right, someone must have paid these spirit maniptors.


    However, the only way that he could find out who hired them was through these men.


    "You are indeed sly and cunning. However, as per my experience, the smart ones tend to die early.


    What''s it going to be? Either you kill yourself, or we can do it for you. It''s your call. However, let me


    remind you that if we do it for you, your family will barely have anything left to bury," the red-haired man


    said with a wicked smirk.


    Rocky looked at these spirit maniptor mercenaries. He knew without a doubt that they were ruthless


    and would show no mercy. Given the strength of these men, they stood a small chance against Rocky


    and Uriah. However, Rocky was outnumbered. They also had spirit-manipted beasts along with


    them, hence it would not be easy for Rocky to fight them head-on. It seemed that they would not let


    Rocky leave, so a battle was inevitable.


    Rocky decided that even if he had to fight, he would pick a moment that was most advantageous for


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    him.