Reincarnated Maid is About To Be Captured by All Players

"What is the Black Eagle Mercenary Group?"

Sigrdrífa disengaged from stealth and asked curiously.

"The Black Eagle Mercenary Group is... wait, who is this person?"

Baron Trafalgar suddenly noticed Sir Ivanhoe's presence, but Sir Ivanhoe was still immersed in painful self-reproach.

So I introduced Sir Ivanhoe on his behalf.

"This is Sir Ivanhoe of Smylie, a noble knight adventurer."

"Ivanhoe... oh, I remember him. An adventurer from the Kingdom of Azrael who's supposedly very handsome but somewhat mentally unstable, and he has a female fan club."

"He came to help us. I believe Sir Ivanhoe is not a bad person."

Though his mind might be a bit...

Getting back to the topic, Baron Trafalgar said that the road ahead was blocked by the Black Eagle Mercenary Group. I had heard a bit about the Black Eagle Mercenary Group; they were quite a famous adventurer organization in the Kingdom of Michel.

Since Sigrdrífa wasn't clear about what kind of organization the Black Eagle Mercenary Group was, Baron Trafalgar briefly explained it to her.

"The Black Eagle Mercenary Group is the largest mercenary group in the Kingdom of Michel. In terms of combat power, the strongest adventurer mercenary group in the Kingdom of Michel is the Rhodes Mercenary Group, followed by Black Eagle, but in terms of sheer numbers, they far exceed Rhodes." Thıs content belongs to novel·fıre·net

"Hmm... the second-ranked mercenary organization in the Kingdom of Michel..."

"That's right. In terms of numbers, [[Golden Dawn]] could also compete with the Black Eagle Mercenary Group, but after Golden Dawn became distracted from their proper duties, the Black Eagle Mercenary Group gradually rose in rank."

Eh? Golden Dawn, I remember that's...

"We just need to know that the Black Eagle Mercenary Group has many members. They've formed a battle line ahead. No wonder we haven't seen any Black Eagle Mercenary Group members for so long... they were preparing to advance in a sweeping formation."

"What do you mean? The more you explain, the more confused I get. The area ahead isn't a valley, so can't we just go around it?"

"I've dealt with the Black Eagle Mercenary Group before. When they conduct searches, they make full use of their numerical advantage, positioning a team every short distance. There are simply no gaps."

"Then... I'll use stealth to create an opening..."

"It's useless. They regularly use private messages to confirm the status of teams on their left and right sides. Once contact is lost, other adventurers will immediately return to defend. Don't underestimate the Black Eagle Mercenary Group; they're completely different from the guilds we've encountered before."

I roughly understood Baron Trafalgar's meaning. In other words, the Black Eagle Mercenary Group had formed a small encirclement network within the barrier and was conducting sweeping searches, slowly advancing.

The method I thought of was using [Spatial Transfer] to jump out, but there were simply too many people, and my status was severe fatigue, so I couldn't actively use [Spatial Transfer].

The Black Eagle Mercenary Group's advance was slow, but in exchange, their sweeping was extremely thorough. We hadn't encountered many adventurers coming to support us on the road, perhaps because they were intercepted by the Black Eagle Mercenary Group's encirclement network.

After thinking it over, resting for a bit and then forcibly using [Spatial Transfer] to escape seemed more reliable... but the encirclement network would definitely keep shrinking...

"Ah, I've got it!"

Sigrdrífa clapped her hands.

"Anna! Do you have a [Golden Apple]? Take it out quickly."

"Eh? Okay..."

Was Sigrdrífa hungry? I retrieved the [Golden Apple] from my storage space.

The [Golden Apple] was a specialty from the foot of Mount Olympus in Arcadia, a decorative item that could increase the holder's charm value. Its other function...

Sigrdrífa took the [Golden Apple] from my hands. I immediately realized what Sigrdrífa wanted to do and grabbed her wrist.

"No!"

The [Golden Apple] had another use, which could only be used once. According to legend in Arcadia, a mortal hero married a goddess, so the gods held a banquet to celebrate. Only the unpopular goddess of discord wasn't invited, but the goddess of discord disguised herself and came uninvited, placing a [Golden Apple] at the banquet with a note saying "For the most beautiful goddess." As a result, the queen of the gods, the goddess of wisdom, and the goddess of beauty argued endlessly over who should receive the [Golden Apple]. The embarrassed king of the gods chose to let a handsome human prince decide.

The prince decided to give the [Golden Apple] to the goddess of beauty. The angry queen of the gods and goddess of wisdom decided to bring disaster upon the prince's country, ultimately evolving into a large-scale war orchestrated by the gods. People also called the [Golden Apple] the Golden Apple That Brings Calamity.

In the game, the [Golden Apple]'s "bringing calamity" was set as an active skill. When this skill was used, all attacks and abilities in the area would involuntarily target the [Golden Apple]'s holder, making it one of the strongest taunting items. However, this effect didn't grant the holder any defensive bonuses. Using the [Golden Apple] while standing in a crowd generally meant instant death.

"Using this can draw them away, and I'll shake them off afterward."

Sigrdrífa insisted, but could Sigrdrífa in a fatigued state really manage to deal with one of the Kingdom of Michel's top mercenary groups? I wasn't sure.

"No, this is too danger—"

I suddenly sensed something abnormal and flung my chains into the air.

The creature I hit let out a strange cry and fell miserably to the ground. It was an eagle.

"An eagle?"

Sigrdrífa was puzzled, not seeing anything wrong, but I knew there were no eagles living in this area.

"This is bad! They have a [[Beast Tamer]]!"

Before I finished speaking, large fires suddenly lit up in the distance, and the surrounding adventurers responded accordingly. The road ahead instantly became bright as day.

As an elf, Sigrdrífa could receive nature's blessing but couldn't distinguish which animals were wild and which were tamed. The eagle just now wasn't a wild animal at all; it was definitely a pet tamed by a beast tamer adventurer. Our information had probably already been shared with its master through the beast taming magic [[Shared Vision]].

What followed was an arrow rain rivaling the scale of [Falling Star Rain]—but every single arrow was infused with magic that the archers took pride in.