Chapter 141 The army is coming!
The two people next to the carriage were a businessman and a coachman and porter.
The businessman is now scared. He has long heard that there may be bandits nearby, but he is not willing to hire a magician as an escort. This trip almost cost him a ride, and he almost lost all his wealth.
The driver was also afraid. It was so miserable to meet a stingy boss and he was almost hacked to death by bandits.
"Mr. Bania, are we leaving?"
"Wait a minute, I'm sure the wizard did it just now. Let's wait for him to come over."
Bania's hands were shaking a little, but his eyes shone with a shrewd light. Wasn't there going to be a guard soon?
The two waited for a while, and suddenly saw a gray shadow approaching quickly in the forest, and then a werewolf suddenly landed in front of them.
Yellow-brown eyes stared at them, and the fangs in his mouth seemed to be shining with cold light.
Bania's two sides were almost ready to leave first.
Fortunately, the werewolf spoke: "Who are you?"
Bania breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could speak, this must be a werewolf transformed by some magic:
"Mr. Sorcerer, we are businessmen passing through here, preparing to go to Onebas. We were almost hijacked by these bandits just now. Thank you for your help! Is there anything I can do for you?"
Where he was going actually had nothing to do with him. Rhodes nodded: "If it's convenient, please help tie these people up."
The coachman was about to take action immediately, but was stopped by Bania:
"I see that you didn't bring any rope, but I happen to have one here. It's 30 meters long and only costs 600J!"
"Mr. Bania!" The coachman's eyes almost widened. Under such circumstances, he actually planned to sell the rope? How greedy is this person!
Rhodes also looked at him in surprise, "You are such a talented person, why don't you forget to make money now?"
It's just a bit annoying from his standpoint.
"No need." Rhodes maintained his werewolf state and kicked the weapons out of the hands of the bandits one by one before returning to his human form and starting to tie them up.
The rope used was the belt of the bandits.
"If you are fine, leave quickly and don't get in the way here."
Rhode's attitude is not that good. This kind of annoying person is the most troublesome.
If they encounter danger again, they will feel unhappy after saving them, and they will not be able to overcome their conscience if they refuse to save them.
It's better to drive away quickly.
But Bania didn't want to leave like this. What if there were robbers ahead?
"Mr. Sorcerer, please don't get me wrong. This rope can be given to you for free."
Bania said enthusiastically, "You will take these robbers to the city hall after you catch them, right? I mean, why don't you come with us? Not only will the rope be used for you, but you can also ride on the carriage as you like."
The free ones may be the most expensive ones. Rhodes guessed without much thought that this person wanted to use him as a bodyguard for free.
Rhodes refused: "Sorry, I have other things to do, so I won't bother you."
Bania quickly said: "We can wait! And..."
This person is really incompetent and cannot be reasoned with, so we can only talk about money.
Rhode said while cutting the bandit's hands behind his back and tying them up:
"Mr. Bania, short-distance escort missions usually require 2,000 to 10,000 J. For someone like you who carries a large amount of cargo and takes dangerous routes, you need to upgrade as appropriate.
And do you think it is so easy to hire magicians like me and my companions who can kill more than ten enemies in an instant? "
It’s just because it’s not that easy to get one, so I want to get one for free! Besides, he has companions!
It's a pity that the price... Bania struggled for a while: "I'm sorry, I'm rude, let's leave now."
A group of bandits have already been killed. It shouldn't be so easy to encounter the second group. If there are no guards, there will be no guards.
The driver wanted to run away. He didn't know much about the market, but he conservatively estimated that even if he hired ten to eight wizards, he would still be able to make a profit...
This Mr. Bania really wants money before his life. Next time he must find a more timid boss.
Rhodes tied up the ten people one by one, then picked out the one who looked the most cowardly and took him to a place a little further away and splashed him with water to wake him up.
"Who are you! Let me go quickly, or our boss..." A two-headed wolf bared its teeth and came close to him, scaring him so much that he quickly shut up.
"Tell me how many of you there are in total, whether there are any magicians among you, and whether there are any paths, traps, secret escape routes, etc. on the mountain."
"How could I tell you that kind of thing!"
"If you don't tell me, just feed the wolves, they just didn't have lunch." Rhodes waved, and the two-headed wolf licked his cheeks from left to right and began to drool.
The bandit swallowed his saliva and could feel the hot breath of the two-headed wolf on his face: "I, I said."
"I advise you not to tell lies. I will wake up the others later to confirm. If you tell a lie, I will bite off one of your hands."
Rhodes didn't understand interrogation techniques, but he had heard of the Prisoner's Dilemma somewhere, and he didn't know if that was what it meant.
Anyway, after hearing this, the bandit became completely honest and told the whole story about the situation on the mountain like a bamboo tube.
It's better to go to jail than to be fed to wolves by the man in front of you.
After getting the information, Rhodes knocked out the person, woke him up again and asked the same question.
After repeating it several times and getting basically indistinguishable answers, I returned to look for Alzak and Bisca.
These two people were very reliable. They held their guns meticulously. One was responsible for staring in the direction of Rhodes, and the other was responsible for guarding the surroundings.
"How's it going?" Alzac looked at Rhodes and looked like he was interrogating.
"The number of people is about the same as what we know. Their boss can use a very destructive magic, and there are several traps on the road..." Rhodes' voice paused.
Bisca became alert: "What's wrong?"
"A swift crab fell into the pit. It's not a big problem." The field of vision did not disappear, so Rhodes knew that it was not dead. "The bandits may have been alerted. Prepare for a quick decisive battle to prevent them from running away in advance."
"I have no problem." Alzak looked at Rhodes, "Can your magic power hold up?"
Both receiving and summoning, Alzack remembered that Rhodes used magic many times today, and was still maintaining many summoned beasts such as stone beetles, shadow wolves, sharp beaks, and swift crabs.
Rhodes said: "It won't be a big problem within twenty minutes. I can take back a few at my discretion. If it can be done without me doing anything, of course that would be the best."
Alzak and Bisca looked at each other and said respectively:
"You've done enough work."
"It's up to us next."
That said, Rhodes still planned to provide as much intelligence as possible before the war.
Then he sent a stone beetle to follow Bisca to the sniper point, and he took two stone beetles to follow Alzac around various traps and approached the bandit stronghold.
The bandit's stronghold is not that big. There is a wooden house in the middle, with several thatched houses scattered around.
A row of wooden fences were built around the perimeter, and two arrow towers were erected at the door.
There were a few soft pop-pop sounds. The bandit who was dozing at the door and the sentry on the arrow tower were shot and fell almost at the same time. Bisca took action.
Rhodes had already gone around to the back, preparing to block the bandits' escape route.
And Arzak loaded a high-explosive bomb and blew open the door with a bang.
The stronghold suddenly became lively, and the bandits shouted one after another:
"Enemy attack!"
"Asshole, who is he!"
"Boss! The army is coming!"
(End of chapter)