Chapter 778 Logging Village
The bandit leader secretly said something bad: "No, this guy is much more difficult to deal with than the Royal Tutor. We can't grab this batch of goods today." He glanced and saw the injury. The royal mentor got up from the ground, immediately changed from defense to retreat, escaped from Bing Zhixie's oppression despite being injured, and blew the black horn hanging on his waist.
When the bandits who were fighting fiercely heard the sound of the horn, they immediately abandoned their opponents and fled into the forest. In a moment, they all disappeared, as if they had never appeared before.
Everyone was stunned for a while before they came back to their senses.
The leader of the lynx said: "These people come and go without hesitation. Could it be that Sindermore's regular army disguised as mountain bandits to rob merchants?"
A teacher said: "No, the empire's army would not do such a thing."
Falcon jumped down from the sky and said: "Maybe. The army pretended to be bandits and robbed the caravan. It happened more than once or twice. I think these people are well-trained, and they are probably Sindmore's regular army."
"Mentor..." The teacher of the archaeological team is very concerned about the situation of the royal mentor.
"I'm fine." The Royal Tutor waved his hand to them, and the light in front of his palm moved, and a layer of water mist enveloped the wounds on his body.
Everyone was on alert for a while, and then sent people to both sides of the mountain and forest to check. After confirming that the bandits who had robbed them were gone, they felt at ease and hurriedly rescued and treated the dead and injured on the ground.
"What are you doing?" The lynx leader, who was sorting out the situation of his team, saw Bing Zhixie squatting on the ground looking at the body left by the bandit.
Bing Zhixie didn’t seem to hear what he said.
The lynx leader was a little unhappy and turned away.
Bing Zhixie turned over the corpses of each bandit one by one and said, "They are not ordinary bandits. These people are all very powerful, especially the three leaders. One is ice, the other is fire. Magicians are definitely very powerful people. The elemental celestial magic they cast is subject to the control and elemental affinity of the caster. The impact is huge, and even the slightest mistake will lead to disaster. Even experienced magicians dare not use it easily. They actually dare to use it with two people. Unless they have great trust and understanding of the other party's ability, they would not dare to do it. Such a thing. Also, that fiery red-haired magician, his magic power is actually very powerful. At such a level, such a talent should be an ordinary bandit. As for the big boss who blows the horn, is he really an officer of Sindermoor?"
He shook his head, mentally denying it. Said: "Probably not. Although no clues about their identities were found on their bodies, It is unlikely that soldiers are pretending to be soldiers. Saint Biko's army can fight well, and their military discipline should be very strict. Moreover, this is not some small country or rural place, and these people are all talented people. If they As a soldier, you shouldn’t bet your future on this.”
Everyone's minds settled down and they all started to tidy up and get busy.
The steward said to Gichel: "Almost all the carts carrying goods have been destroyed. Master Gichel, what do you think we should do?"
Gichel looked at the carriages and horses everywhere. The debris and the dead corpse pulling the cart said: "There is no way, there are so many It's impossible to carry the goods to Hindmoor by manpower. Butler, take some people to the city to rent a car immediately, and we'll find a place nearby to wait for you when you come back."
"It's not safe to stay here. What if bandits come again?" the housekeeper asked.
Gichelle shook his head: "There is no other way but this, you go now."
"Yes." The housekeeper immediately ordered a few people to go to Sindmore to hire a carriage.
"Take care of the wounded, pack up all the goods on the ground, quickly." Someone in the guard commanded.
Ruola was relieved when she saw that her mentor's injury was not serious: "Hey, where is he?" She just saw Bing Zhixie checking the bodies of the bandits nearby, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. . Looking again, not only Bing Zhixie, but also the shadow was gone.
In a mountain col five kilometers away, the robbing bandits gathered together again.
“Damn it, we had a good plan, but it failed, and we lost so many brothers!”
Another person said: "It's useless for you to be angry. We'll wait until Deputy Captain Ronis comes."
The Blue Staff Monk lying on a big rock suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood.
"Kulbert..." The bandits hurriedly gathered around and treated the Blue Staff Monk in various ways.
Coulbert's armor was stained red with blood, and his body was covered with bloody holes as big as a finger. He coughed twice and said, "Don't worry, this kind of light magic can kill people." Don’t kill me.”
The Red Staff Mage was also seriously injured, but his condition was better than Culbert’s. At least he could still sit on the stone and smoke.
"The deputy commander is here."
A figure flew down from the hill. He threw the horn in his hand to the brother next to him and asked: "Ryan, how is the situation?"
< br>Ryan is the Red Wand Magician. He said: "Twelve of them have not come back."
Ronis sighed: "Have you lost so many brothers?"
Everyone was stunned. sad.
Ronis said: "I'm sorry everyone, I was careless this time. I didn't fully understand the situation. There were actually two magicians in the caravan. I am still fully confident in dealing with the royal mentor, but I have to add one more... A bandit said: "It's not your fault, deputy captain. We went to inquire about the situation and didn't figure it out. It's our responsibility to kill our brothers. Please punish us!"
Ronis said: "Now that the matter has come out, it is not the time to hold anyone accountable."
Kulbert asked: "Deputy leader,...ahem...we are now... ..."
"You are injured, don't speak." Ronis said: "This time the attack failed, the caravan has been alert, and it is impossible to set up a trap."< br>
Ryan said: "Deputy leader, let's not talk here. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. The brothers are all injured. We should disperse for the time being and let some brothers pay more attention to the situation of other caravans on the road. The specific situation will be discussed later. Let’s discuss it again.”
Ronis nodded: “Yeah, that’s fine.”
The people said a few more words and quickly dispersed.
The shadow squatted behind the branches of an old tree and understood the following conversation clearly. It turned out that after the bandits hurriedly evacuated, he had been following them with his shadow ability and followed them here.
Not long after the bandits left, Bing Zhixie arrived.
"Why are you here too?" Ying jumped down from the tree and looked at him.
Bingzhixie said: "This matter is very interesting, isn't it?"
Ying smiled: "That's not the reason, you have never liked to meddle in other people's business, how can you treat them now?" Are you interested? Or do you want to stay with that woman in the caravan?”
“Can you not? How can it not be so boring?" Bing Zhixie said: "From their conversation, they are indeed going for the caravan's goods."
Ying said: "I just told their leader to pay more attention to other caravans on the road. In this case, they are not hired by others to specifically target the Jisel caravan, but are here for money.”
"I'm here for money." Bing Zhixie said: "The distance is almost there. Any further away and the shadow will be out of control. Let's split up and follow."
The shadow flew away before Bing Zhixie finished speaking. He chased in the direction of Ronis, the bandit leader. Bing Zhixie had no choice but to take a look at one of their deputy leaders.
Because Hindmore is located in the west of the mainland, the night comes much later (a matter of longitude and latitude). In addition, it is midsummer at this time, and it does not get dark until after eight o'clock.
Unknowingly, it was night, the sky was filled with stars, and the bright Milky Way illuminated the night sky into dark blue. The shadow was tracking in the woods. Not long ago, the three shadows he controlled were all eliminated by Ronis, and now there is no trace of Ronis.
The strange monster made a strange cry, and Ying lit the fire to check for nearby traces: "Ronis's vigilance is high enough. Even though I was so careful, he still discovered me."
Although the woods here are not remote, they are not a place often visited by people. In addition to the shade of the trees, many tree trunks are covered with dried moss and soil. Ying didn't find traces on the ground, but saw footprints on a few trees. He smiled and followed the direction of the footsteps.
After chasing for about half an hour, Ying saw a small village: "Hey, this village doesn't seem to be on the map." But he didn't find it strange. His map was bought out of town, so it was normal that such a small village in a small forest was not marked. But he was still very careful. A village with bandits was likely to be a bandit village.
He ordered Shadow to enter the village first and look at it for a while. Unlike what Shadow was worried about, this was just a very ordinary village. The houses made of logs look very ordinary to the villagers. Outside the doors of many residents are piles of logs and saws for peeling and peeling wood.
"It turns out to be a small logging village." Ying thought to himself: "Why did he, a bandit, come here?"
Because it was not late, many people in the village had not rested. , some villagers are still working in front of the door, while more people are chatting and playing cards together.
Shadow saw Ronis, the leader of the bandits, having fun among the people playing cards.
The place where we play cards is under the eaves of a house. It is called an eaves but it is very wide, more like a corridor. There were three spar lamps on the wall and roof, which were very bright.
Ronis also spotted Ying, but his expression was normal and he was still laughing and joking. I don’t know if he didn’t recognize Ying or if he deliberately pretended not to know him.
The situation is obviously the latter. For a person like him, even if he has only met once, he will remember the other person's appearance clearly, not to mention that he saw this person only a few hours ago.
Ying chuckled and walked towards him. Those who were watching the card game also looked at Ying.
In this small village in the mountains and forests, few people usually come. If an outsider suddenly appears, of course it will attract others' attention, not to mention it is still at night. However, they were not old enough to watch the movie, so they didn't pay much attention. They continued to watch and play cards while smoking cigarettes. Only a few old men and women were bored and asked where the movie came from.
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(End of this chapter)