Chapter 9 Worry
However, sometimes, being too dazzling is not a good thing.
As a student who received nine years of compulsory education as a flower grower in his previous life, Locke was well aware of fables such as the big tree attracts the wind and the gun shoots the bird in the head.
If you jump out before you have enough power to protect yourself, you may not think your life is too long.
Whether it is the Frost and Snow Empire or the Temple of Light, Locke is not afraid to speculate on people's hearts with the greatest malice.
He didn't think that after his death, he would still be lucky enough to fight his way through the underworld of the undead, advance to the divine realm, and live out his second life.
As the caravan moved forward, everyone felt more relaxed.
After all, they have not yet left the sphere of influence of the Bidia Territory, and the most the bandits can do is send scouts to find out about the caravan.
If those bandits dare to rob someone within a hundred miles of Bidiya City, it will be a provocation to Bidiya City.
When the time comes, Bidiya City's army will teach these bandits how to behave.
However, not only the guards in the caravan, but also the scattered convoys following the caravan, also discovered that the number of scouts around them was gradually increasing. Moreover, from the beginning, they were hiding in the dark, and now some people No longer hiding, he just followed openly.
Obviously, the bandits have completed their alliance and will attack the convoy only after it leaves Bidiya City a hundred miles away.
Maybe, now a hundred miles away, the bandits have already set up their positions and are just waiting for the convoy to arrive before they start unloading the goods.
At this moment, seeing the dozen or so blatant scouts around him, even President Lu Qi felt a little panicked.
However, as the organizer of the caravan, President Lu Qi also knew that if he showed any anxious look at this moment, he would not have to wait a hundred miles away. The caravan presidents who had paid protection fees to follow him would definitely be the first to do so. All at once they divided up everything they had to make up for the losses they had suffered.
Now, President Rucci can only pray in his heart that Captain Locke is strong enough to deter those bandits.
The expressions of the individual merchants following the caravan also changed a bit.
Some people have begun to hesitate whether to continue following the caravan.
For individual merchants, because they do not have enough funds to hire guards, they are very vulnerable to attacks by bandits and monsters on the way.
In order to beg for food, they usually follow some large chambers of commerce. In this way, after the large chambers of commerce defeat the bandits and monsters, the danger they encounter will be much less.
However, if we encounter a situation like this, everyone needs to weigh the pros and cons by themselves.
If the chamber of commerce in front has the strength to repel the bandits, then they can make a lot of money.
But if even the chamber of commerce in front of them was robbed by bandits, people like them would not be spared.
Of course, death is impossible, and the robbers still hope that they will continue to pass through to deliver goods to themselves next time.
If bandits kill merchants, as long as word spreads, this trade route will either be destroyed, or more merchants will soon raise gold coins and issue bounties, so that mercenaries can clear out the bandits on the trade route.
In the end, none of the individual merchants quit.
After all, there are really not many opportunities like this to follow a large caravan.
Only once or twice a year at most.
If they miss this time, who knows if they will have a chance to leave the city today?
With such complicated emotions, a group of nearly seventy carriages slowly continued to move forward on the business road.
At night, the caravan found a wider place to stay.
In this day, the entire caravan traveled almost forty miles.
If this rate is maintained, the caravan will come into contact with the first powerful wave the day after tomorrow at most.
"Lord Locke, I have brought you dinner." In the gorgeous carriage, Locke was just about to take out the food from the space ring when he heard President Rucci's voice.
Locke opened the curtain of the carriage and saw President Rucci holding a red square plate with three stacks of side dishes and a bowl of rice.
"Oh? Thank you very much, President Rucci."
"Just in time, I'm a little hungry too."
Locke smiled and took the square plate from President Rucci's hand. However, to Locke's surprise, because President Rucci did not let go, he was unable to take the square plate from President Rucci's hand. come over.
"President Rucci?"
In doubt, Locke looked up at President Rucci.
President Lu Qi was seen slightly embarrassed and anxious. He opened his mouth, and finally squeezed out a few words from his mouth.
"Well, Master Locke, today alone, the guards discovered more than seventeen bandit scouts..."
"Look..."
"Hahaha, rest assured, President Rucci."
After listening to President Lu Qi's words, Locke also understood what President Lu Qi was worried about. He chuckled and said, "President Lu Qi, no matter what I say, he is a magician who has participated in nearly a hundred wars in the Fifth Army. Teacher.”
"As long as there are no strong ones above level seven among these robbers, it doesn't make any difference to me how many they have."
"Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, I was overthinking it."
"Lord Locke, have a good rest."
After hearing Locke's words, Lu Qi felt relieved.
Although he was skeptical about what Locke said, now, Rucci could only believe Locke.
After watching Lu Qi leave, Locke returned to the carriage with the square plate.
With a thought, the square plate in Locke's hand disappeared immediately.
The next moment, a piece of pancake appeared in Locke's hand.
With his eyes closed, Locke took small bites of the pancake in his hand.
In terms of taste, the pancakes in Locke's hands are definitely not as delicious as the exquisite meals that President Lu Qi just sent.
However, this is dry food made by Locke himself, and its safety is guaranteed.
When he goes out, Locke will not eat what others give him randomly.
It's okay if nothing happens, but if something does happen, it's too late to regret it.
With a wave of his hand, Locke released a level 3 water defense magic around him. Locke closed his eyes and began to meditate to refine the magic power.
Recently, as long as his mental power is restored, Locke will remain in the state of "harmony between man and nature" to slowly understand the mysterious laws and let the mysterious laws of heaven and earth temper his mental power.
As a result, the speed of Locke's mental power improvement naturally far exceeds the speed of meditation.
In order to prevent his magic power from lagging too far behind his mental power, Locke was not cultivating his mental power during meditation. Instead, he accelerated the recovery of his mental power, and then captured more water elements between heaven and earth to refine his own magic power.
(End of chapter)