"Chapter Twenty-Seven: Encounter with Robbers"
Looking around, Luiga came to a caravan called Iair, and in front of the caravan stood a sign that read, "Pallas Iel Caravan Recruits Guards." "Just a few words, and then there is no follow-up.
"Are you recruiting guards?" Luiga asked, looking at the middle-aged man sitting next to the sign.
The middle-aged man didn't answer Luiga immediately, he first looked at Luica, and then said to Luiga: "Young man, our caravan is going to Pallas, and the road is not very peaceful, you better go to another caravan to have a look!"
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Luica was not angry, and said to the middle-aged man with a smile: "Uncle, thank you for the reminder, but don't underestimate me, I have already lit a rune seal, and now I am a real first-level rune master!"
Luiga did not say his true cultivation, people are drifting in the rivers and lakes, he still understands the truth of keeping a hand in everything, hearing Luica's words, the middle-aged man was a little surprised, looking at Luica's eyes have changed a little, from the indifference just now to some surprise.
"Little brother, are you really a first-level rune?" the middle-aged man asked with some disbelief.
Luica smiled lightly, he turned his head to look at a tree about half a meter in diameter next to him, stepped forward, the rune power on his body worked, he used about 1500 gel of rune power to punch the big tree, only to hear a bang, the big tree fell in response.
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man believed that Luica was really a first-level rune master, and hurriedly stood up and said to Luica: "This young master turned out to be a first-level rune master, but I was clumsy, I apologize to you for the unreasonable behavior just now!"
Luiga waved his hand and smiled, "It's out of the way, so can I come to your caravan as a guard?"
"Of course, the reward given to our caravan for the escort of a first-class rune master is 10 gold coins, 5 gold coins will be paid in advance before departure, and another five gold coins will be replenished after Pallas, I don't know if you can accept it?" asked the middle-aged man looking at Luiga.
Hearing the middle-aged man say that the remuneration was 10 gold coins, Luiga was also a little surprised, you must know that in Ionia, one gold coin is enough for an ordinary family to spend for several years, although he did not come to earn gold coins, but he was still a little surprised by the generosity of this I'el caravan.
"Of course, 10 gold coins is already a lot. Luiga smiled at the middle-aged man.
"My name is Luica, what do I call you?" Luiga asked again.
"My name is Quint, and I'm the steward of the Iel family. The middle-aged man said to Luiga.
"Luica, you can rest here for a while, we may not be able to leave so soon, because the road to Pallas is too unsafe, and we need to recruit some runemasters so that we can reach Pallas safely. Quint said to Luiga.
Luica nodded, looked at the dozens of carts and horses loaded with goods behind Quint and asked, "Are these all yours?"
Quint nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, these are the goods we purchased in Presidium, most of these goods are entrusted by some nobles of Pallas to purchase them from Presidian, and many things in Presidium are very popular in Prestin!"
"Oh, you should be able to make a lot of money with so much cargo!" Luiga asked in a joking tone.
Quint just shook his head with a wry smile after hearing this, "This kind of trade profit is indeed considerable, but the risk is also very large, the current Ionia is not very peaceful except for Presidium, not to mention that we have to ship these goods to Pallas, there are more thieves in Pallas than merchants, many caravans have not gone to Pallas, they have encountered thieves and have been robbed, and these thieves are now becoming more and more ferocious, not only robbing goods and money, but also not letting go of their lives, we are also exchanging our lives for money!"
Luica and Quint chatted while recruiting guards here, and in chatting with Quint, Luiga learned that the Iel family is a nobleman in Pallas Rock Town, and Rock Town is a relatively small town in Pallas, which is famous for producing a rare steel textured rock, steel grain rock is a good material for building houses, and many people in Rock Town made their fortunes from steel grained rock, and the Iel family is one of them.
Although it is in a small town like Rock Town, the I-El family has some strength in Pallas, and now there are not many families who dare to come to Presidium to do trade, and the reason why the I-el family has the courage to do so is because of the old patriarch Bichiel El, Bikiel is a sixth-level runemaster, a rune master who has completed the first cycle is already a master in Ionia, and the thieves who often mess around in Pallas also know who is easy to mess with and who is not, and for the El family, they basically give a thin face.
When Luiga was chatting with Quent, some people also came to apply for guards, and finally Quint picked five people, among these five people there was a first-level rune master, his name was Pei Ji, he was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and the power of runes reached nearly 3,000 Geh, and the other four young people only opened the rune seal, and even the first-level rune master had not reached it, and for the guards who did not reach the first-level rune master, the I'el family was obviously not so generous, so they gave them 2 gold coins, but these four people were already very satisfied with this reward。
Several people sat together, but because they were not very familiar with each other, they didn't talk about anything, Luica didn't take the initiative to talk to these people, he just went along the road this time, and there was not much need to have more contact with these people, Luiga closed his eyes and began to cultivate the power of runes, he didn't take out rune stones to cultivate, he still understood the truth that wealth was not exposed, without the assistance of rune stones, Luica's cultivation speed slowed down significantly, and in an hour, his rune power increased by 11 gel, if he used rune stones, he could increase the power of runes by more than 40 in an hour。
An hour passed, and Luica was about to ask Quint how long it was to leave, but before he could ask, a woman came over with three people, this woman was about 20 years old, she was beautiful, although she was not a peerless beauty, but a pair of eyes were extraordinarily bright, which made it difficult to forget after the first glance.
Seeing the woman coming, Quint quickly got up and greeted the woman.
"Miss Blanche, you're back!"
After speaking, Quint introduced to Luiga and the others: "This is Miss Blanche of the Iel family, and she is responsible for everything in the caravan this time. ”
After Quint's introduction, Blanche smiled at Luica and the others, "Hello, I'm Blanche, thank you very much for your willingness to come to our Iel caravan as a guard." After speaking, he didn't continue to pay attention to Luiga, turned to the three people who came with him just now, and commanded Quint: "Butler Quint, these three are geniuses of the Ionian Council Academy, they are going to Pallas for some training, I am fortunate to have them to accompany us, but don't slack off!"
Hearing that these three people were students of the Ionian Council Academy, Quint also showed a respectful look, he still knew the name of the Ionian Congress Academy, but these three students of the Ionian Council Academy obviously did not take such a small butler as Quint in their eyes, and did not look at him squarely.
After the introduction, Blanche said to Quint: "Now that everything has been arranged, let's go, this shipment is very important, the road is long, we need to hurry up some time." ”
Quint nodded after listening, and immediately arranged for the coachman to start driving the carriage, and a group of people set off in a mighty manner, Blanche followed the three students of the Ionian Council Academy to ride in a luxurious carriage, Luiga and the others were not treated so well, they were all guards, and they had to be on guard at all times, so naturally they couldn't ride in the carriage.
The road from Presidium to Pallas is not so easy to walk, there are more mountain roads, and the speed of the caravan has been greatly affected, I heard those coachmen say that at this speed, it will take at least half a month to get to Pallas, Luiga's physical skills have broken through to the second grade of blood training, with his current physical strength to walk these roads naturally has no effect on him, but those chauffeurs are panting one by one, although they are in a car, but they can't sit on the car, these coachmen are some People from poor backgrounds may not be as good as a horse's life for their master's family.
Without Blanche's order, these coachmen didn't dare to stop and rest, they all gritted their teeth and persisted, and the other five guards, except for Pei Ji, the other four were already out of breath, although they turned on the rune seal, but the power of the runes was only a few hundred geals, although it was stronger than ordinary people, but it was only a little stronger.
I have to say that this journey is boring for Luiga, he didn't go to talk to others, with the current state of those people, even if he has the heart to talk to others, it is estimated that others will not have the strength to deal with him.
It was slowly getting dark, and at this time, Blanche stepped out of the carriage and said to everyone: "It's not early, everyone has worked hard after walking so far, let's camp here and rest for the night!"
Hearing Blanche say to camp and rest, these coachmen finally couldn't hold on one by one, and sat on the ground panting for breath, but before they could rest for long, Quint instructed them to set up tents and prepare food, and Luiga and others were guards, so they naturally didn't need to do anything about these things.
The coachmen were busy for a while, and finally set up tents, some of which were relatively large, and they were covered with animal skins, and it was clear that these tents were occupied by Blanche and the three students of the Ionian Council College, and Luiga and the others could only live in those small tents, and Luiga didn't care about them, he had never been a hedonist!
After a while, someone brought food for Luica, the food was simple, a piece of bread and a few pieces of roast meat, Luiga took the food and said "Thank you" to the young man who handed him the food!"
This young man was just a subordinate of the Iel family, Luiga was a little unaccustomed to being so polite, he had seen the most indifference and harshness before, "No, no... It is gentle. The man stammered a little to Luiga, and then left Louiska alone, turning around and leaving for the rest.
Looking at the appearance of this subordinate, Luica smiled and shook his head, it had been a few months since he traveled to Ionia, and he had not yet fully accepted the obvious class distinction here, and he still had the value of "equality for all" in his subconscious.
Luiga sat down under a big tree and began to eat the food in his hand, the people in the caravan were already starting to eat dinner, Luica glanced casually, he saw that Blanche was sitting at a table with the three students of the Ionian Council College to eat, compared to the food of the others, these four people ate very differently, their table was full of all kinds of dishes, looking at the bread in his hand, Luiga sighed "Evil capitalism!"
The four of them had a good meal, the four of them talked and laughed, and Blanche kept pouring wine for the three of them, and Luiga listened to the four of them casually when she had nothing to do.
After listening for a while, he figured out the names of the three Ionian Council Academy students, they were called Cyril, Dana, and Daniel, these three were not freshmen, they had enrolled last year, and from their chat, Luiga knew that these three were all children of the great nobles of Presidian.
But soon, Luica lost interest in the conversation of these four people, he heard Cyril three people in front of Blanche to blow nonsense, bragging how talented he was, how good he was in Presidian, seeing these three people so shameless Luiga was also a little speechless, his spiritual power is higher than ordinary people, he can feel that the rune power of these three people is about more than eight thousand, and he has not even broken through the second-level rune master in the first year of enrollment, and he can't raise the slightest interest in such a person.
It was already completely dark, and after Blanche and the others finished eating, they all entered the tent to prepare to rest, in such a field, it was impossible to take a bath, Luiga also entered his tent, he didn't sleep immediately, he took out a rune stone and cultivated, now he is alone in the tent, naturally he doesn't have to worry about being discovered by others.
Although the caravan has now passed the territory of Presidian, but Gu is still far away from Pallas, normally the probability of encountering robbers here is not high, maybe it is not very lucky, just when Luiga was not long in cultivation, he heard a sudden chaotic noise outside.
Luiga opened his eyes and woke up from his cultivation, he put away his rune stones and walked out of the tent.
When he came out, the others had already taken out their weapons and began to be vigilant, these people's weapons are some ordinary weapons, not rune weapons, seeing these people's guarded looks, Luiga looked around, and then he found that his group of people had encountered robbers, dozens of big men surrounded them, and the caravan people plus Luiga and them were less than 20 people, and these robbers surrounded the convoy in a circle.
At this moment, a robber with a big shoulder and a round waist stood up, he carried a large axe, although this big axe was only an ordinary weapon, but it was very heavy, this robber carried this big axe without any effort, it was obvious that his strength was much greater than that of ordinary people.
The robber looked at the goods full of carts, his eyes were full of greed, and he looked at the people in the caravan fiercely: "Robbery, I want to leave all the money and goods alive, otherwise, hehe...."
Seeing this robber so brave, those descendants of the I'el family trembled.
At this time, Blanche stood up and said to the robber: "This hero, we are the Pallas-El caravan, it is also fate to meet here today, everyone comes out to ask for money, there is no need to hurt the harmony, I will take out 1000 gold coins to give to the heroes, how is this matter over?" After speaking, Blanche also burst out of her momentum, Luiga could feel the strength of her rune power, which was not much worse than the three students of the Ionian Council Academy, about 7,000 more than Georg.
"Haha, there is such a beautiful chick, it seems that the uncle didn't come for nothing today, chick, 1000 gold coins want to send me, you are a beggar when our brother is a beggar, leave all the goods and money to me, as for you, obediently go back with me, be my Monds's wife!" The bandit named Monds was drooling when he looked at Blanche.
Hearing Mondes's words, Blanche's face also became ugly, she knew that this matter could not be good, but before she could speak, Cyril jumped out, in the Ionian Council Academy, Cyril was just a very ordinary student, but out of school, he was still very superior, when he saw Blanche for the first time, he was deeply fascinated by her, and when he heard that Munders was going to arrest Blanche as the wife of the village, he was immediately angry, pointed at Munders and shouted: " You damn bandit, you dare to be unreasonable to Miss Blanche, are you impatient!"
"Whoever didn't clamp his crotch leaked out of you little bastard, and you still dare to point at me and speak, boy, I will decide today with your uncle!" After saying that, Mondes's eyes were boiling with murder, and he raised his big axe and slashed at Cyril.
Cyril didn't expect Munders to suddenly attack him, his face changed drastically, watching the giant axe slash at him, Cyril burst out with the power of runes all over his body, and his speed suddenly increased a lot, dodging this axe.
Although this axe flashed, Cyril was still in a cold sweat, he didn't expect that Mendes's axe would be so fast, once he was a little slower just now, he would definitely be split in half by that axe.
"Little bastard, you're lucky, you can actually dodge my axe, I don't know if you'll be so lucky next time!" After saying that, Mondes didn't give Cyril a chance to breathe, and another axe slashed at Cyril, Cyril had already reacted at this time, he pulled out his weapon, his weapon was a long knife, when the long knife was unsheathed, a yellow line flashed on it, it was obvious that this was a one-striped rune weapon.
Cyril had no intention of dodging, he used the rune power of his whole body, and the lines on the long knife in his hand became clearer and clearer, and he slashed towards the giant axe of Monders, and when this knife and axe collided together, sparks suddenly burst out, and a powerful air flow spread out to the surroundings.
Both of them were shocked back a few steps by this huge force, and a gap had already appeared in Munders's giant axe, which was cut by Cyril's long knife, and looking at the gap in the giant axe, Munders suddenly laughed wildly.
"Haha, it's actually a rune, I didn't expect my Mondus's luck to be so good, the money, the woman, and the rune are all mine!" After saying that, Monders looked at Cyril fiercely, and his eyes were like beasts at this time.