Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1241 Continue Moving Forward

Chapter 1241: Chapter 1241 Continue Moving Forward

Although everyone had agreed, Gu Fan and his group along with General Horton’s two hundred mercenaries set out from the River of Survival and continued along the route they had taken before. However, General Horton needed to report to his superiors and couldn’t just lead his troops wherever he wanted.

According to General Horton, after the recent great battle, which eliminated a large number of vampire creatures, the plan was to split the forces into two routes. The first route would have the regular troops marching from the Road of Death, approaching the Dark City.

For the second route, after receiving resupplies, General Horton would lead the remaining two hundred mercenaries to quietly set out from the River of Survival and strike Dark City unexpectedly.

Soon the higher-ups approved General Horton’s plan without suspecting any ulterior motives on his part.

After learning this, Gu Fan couldn’t help but admire General Horton’s intelligence. Previously, the surrounding nations, fearing risks, were reluctant to deploy troops. General Horton then persuaded these nations to use mercenaries as the vanguard, thus sparing them from losses.

This was done so that the mercenaries could pass through these nations to enter the Dark Primitive Mountain unimpeded, and this was just the first step.

The key step was the second one. After the mercenaries suffered heavy losses and eliminated a large number of vampire creatures, General Horton would intervene and convince the surrounding nations to send their regular troops into the Dark Primitive Mountain.

In such a scenario, with the mercenaries barely able to make a further impact, stopping then would lead to a waste of their efforts as the Dark Primitive Mountain would be reclaimed by the vampire creatures, a situation the surrounding nations did not want to see. Thus, these nations would seize this opportunity to deploy their regular troops and take control of the area won by the mercenaries.

This way, General Horton’s goals would be achieved, as the regular troops would attract the vampire creatures’ attacks, while he found an excuse to lead the two hundred mercenaries from the River of Survival.

Initially, the surrounding nations had wanted to use the mercenaries to conquer the Dark Primitive Mountain, but now General Horton was using them to draw enemy fire, a clever move indeed.

Within just two days, a massive contingency of regular troops entered the Dark Primitive Mountain. Their commanders met with General Horton, thanked the mercenaries for their sacrifices and efforts, and promised to expand upon the victories.

Gu Fan watched these regular troops marching majestically along the Road of Death and silently sighed. The surrounding nations must be quite pleased now, thinking they avoided major risks and solved the vampire creatures problem merely by hiring mercenaries, unaware that this mindset was actually being exploited.

However, this was beneficial for Gu Fan and his group’s progress, so he did not oppose it. Moreover, he was more interested in seeing what other tricks General Horton and the people behind him could come up with.

Soon, the vanguard of the regular troops had already advanced further ahead, with the main forces still on the way, eager to conquer the area.

General Horton immediately ordered everyone to mobilize and set out from the River of Survival.

The two hundred mercenaries promptly set out, carrying their equipment and weapons, without any vehicles, and marched on foot.

Under the leadership of Jenica, the deputy leader of the Flame Mercenary Corps, everyone arrived at the previous station of the Flame Mercenary Corps, where everything was intact, especially the number of ships, which, along with those brought by Horton, was enough for two hundred people to board.

The team started to move, with six people per boat; as soon as one boat was full, it set off. Because there were many people, it often happened that several boats set off at the same time, and, for a moment, the River of Survival was full of boats.

Gu Fan didn’t rush to get on the boat; he watched as Jenica and Horton were discussing something, worried that the two might be planning when to betray everyone.

At that moment, Irina walked over and patted Gu Fan on the shoulder, "Relax, don’t worry about this or that; it will soon be our turn to leave."

Gu Fan nodded, and as he was about to board the boat, he caught a profoundly meaningful glance from General Horton, which made him skip a beat.

Suddenly, a massive explosion sounding like an airstrike came from afar—it seemed the regular troops had already engaged the vampiric creatures.

Gu Fan once again admired General Horton. Now that the vampiric creatures had organized, they attacked as a group, so once the regular troops drew their fire, the mercenaries would likely not attract much attention.

"Alright, let’s go!" Gu Fan, Su Hui, Lin Xi, Lu Yi, Ouyang Jin, and Zhuo Hang boarded a boat. They paddled a few times, then did nothing more, letting the boat drift with the current. They leaned against the edge of the boat, looking utterly relaxed, in stark contrast to the tension of the others around them.

Irina and the Hunter’s Guild’s boat drifted past, only to see Gu Fan and his group actually playing cards. Irina couldn’t believe someone had brought playing cards and still had the leisure to play in such a situation, leaving her somewhat speechless.

"Hey, can’t you act like normal people?" Irina couldn’t stand it any longer and kindly reminded them, then heard Lu Yi seriously reply, "What does it matter? Whether we’re nervous or not, what’s coming will still come."

It almost made sense, and Irina was about to say something when she heard them discussing whether to play Truth or Dare next, or maybe to have a fishing competition.

The people around them looked at them with strange eyes; in such a dangerous environment, their calmness seemed overly dismissive both of the somber forest and the vampiric creatures.

It couldn’t be helped, Gu Fan had the Destiny Stone Body Guard, making him untouchable. Zhuo Hang possessed perfect eternal life, fundamentally unable to die. Lin Xi was proficient in magic, skilled in both flying and escaping; Su Hui’s skill was extraordinary, capable of fighting several enemies alone; Lu Yi, the doomsayer, always faced danger but invariably survived great perils; Ouyang Jin was just there to bask in the reflected glory. With such a combination, even several vampiric creatures wouldn’t be enough to pose a threat, a sure win in one word.

The sun hadn’t yet set, and Gu Fan and his group were already discussing what to start eating, and even more outrageously, they were considering hunting some game to try.

In the Dark Primitive Forest, what game were they planning to hunt—did these guys want to eat vampiric creatures? Were vampiric rabbits tasty? Irina didn’t know how to describe these people and even had the idea of maybe joining their gang; it felt quite thrilling.

However, the distant sounds of artillery reminded everyone that the danger had not yet been truly eliminated; the closer they got to Dark City, the greater the peril. After the vampiric creatures, the real terrifying enemies awaited.