The long caravan crossed the capital of the Sunset Province and turned from west to north towards the great city of Jaban in the southern part of the southeastern province.

Along the way, the air was no longer as humid as the sunset province, and the occasional breeze took away a hint of heat.

The sun was scorching at noon in early summer, and the caravan drivers shouted at the pack beasts to slow down and slowly stop their camp.

Most of the pack beasts also stick out their tongues and flick their tails to drive away pesky mosquitoes. Except for a small lizard pack beast, which has a curly tongue that uses tiny mosquitoes as a snack before lunch.

Wright and Kirton stood side by side on the left flank of the caravan, dressed in leather armor and armed with weapons, occasionally guarding the distance.

Now that you have accepted the employment, you can't be as leisurely as you were as an employee before.

Kirton's daughter Anna was also settled in the center of the caravan and specially arranged for someone to take care of it, and the purple-eyed ferret bell was removed and lay on Anna's shoulder very boringly, shouldering the responsibility of protecting the little girl, sniffing with its nose from time to time, and its sensitive sense of smell could easily detect if a stranger was approaching.

"Brother Wright, do you know anything about the Tkawi Thieves? It doesn't seem easy to hear what Tom means. "Although Kirton's strength is very strong among the seventh-level warriors, he is an adventurer who has been hunting and killing demonic beasts in the Warcraft Mountain Range for a long time, not a mercenary who follows the caravan as a guard, so he really doesn't know much about these bandit gangs.

Wright was also a little confused: "I really don't know much about the 'Tekawi Thieves' that Tom said about robbing several caravans in a row. But the 'Tkawi Thieves' themselves have an interesting anecdote to do with it. However, the 'Tekawi Thieves' I know of never existed, but I don't know what the relationship between the two is. ”

Seeing that Kirton was a little puzzled, Wright had to start from the beginning.

"At that time, there was a 'Tekawi family' in the southeastern province, which was a wealthy family with a commercial start, and in the 'Battle of Three Rivers' with the Magnolia Empire at that time, there were family children who made meritorious contributions and obtained the title of earl through various operations, which was regarded as a new nobleman."

"After receiving the title, the Tkawi family was stationed in the 'city of Jaban', and of course they did not abandon the family's commercial business, and had their own caravans on the trade route from Sunset Province to Southeast Province, no less than the average medium-sized chamber of commerce. About eighty years ago, when they were the second counts, it is said that once their family's caravan was robbed by robbers, and the goods were lost, but one of the daughters of the head of the Tkawi family was taken captive! ”

"It is said that a few days later, the girl's body was found on the edge of the trade road."

"What, that's so exciting!" A pleasant voice came, and Wright turned around, rolling his eyes.

He couldn't even understand how he could have feelings for this beauty. Although the appearance is very good, but this strange temper...

It's hard to deal with.

"Originally, if this is the end of the matter, it will be a tragedy, this kind of thing happens every day on the mainland."

"But what happened next was wonderful, the Tkawi family launched a frenzied revenge against those bandit groups, and it was a long-term revenge. About sixty years ago, when the Counts of the Tkawi family were in their third generation, the Earl caught the bandits in a targeted raid, including a very young bandit leader. ”

The Tkawi family took the robbers back to the city of Jaban, where a public trial was held, and the young bandit leader was sentenced to death. Just as the execution was about to be carried out, the daughter of the Tkawi family, who was said to have been humiliated to death, suddenly appeared. What was even more surprising was that she accused on the spot that the earl of the Tkawi family at that time was not a real member of the Tkawi family at all, and that the young man sentenced to death was a direct descendant of the Tkawi family. ”

"This matter is a big problem, although Jaban City is not a county town, but it is also a big city where commerce gathers, and naturally it is not something that the 'Tekawi family', a non-powerful earl family, can easily control."

"You must know that daughter is the daughter of the last earl of the Tkawi family, and her accusations are so serious. At that time, the Count of Tkawi accused her of being a spy sent by the robbers, and sent the strong men to execute her. However, the girl also had many friends in the county, and most of her friends were nobles or the wives of wealthy merchants, so the city lord at that time naturally would not allow it, but wanted to find out the matter. ”

"The Tkawi family was divided at that time, and some of the side branches expressed neutrality, and the three generations of earls almost didn't turn against the city lord, and even sent assassins to assassinate the city lord the next day, and almost succeeded in killing the city lord, but it still failed."

"The city lord sent troops to suppress the Tekawi family at that time, and a considerable number of family members fled at that time."

"Later, the core members of the Tkawi family of the three generations of earls were imprisoned, and the city lord ordered a strict investigation of this matter, so that he could know the truth about what happened twenty years ago."

"At that time, several bandit groups joined forces to plunder the caravan, but I didn't expect that the second earl's family was in the caravan at that time. And it was not just a daughter who was captured, when the Earl of Tkawi, the Countess and the three heirs were all captured by the bandit group. ”

"The strongest of them is a group of thieves who are whimsical, and they actually plan to directly pretend to be this nobleman! However, they succeeded. Of course, in order to keep it secret, they naturally wanted to hunt down several other robbers and kill them. ”

"At that time, the daughter accidentally fell into the hands of another thief, and the leader of the thieves married this daughter and gave birth to a son, the young man."

In the end, the then Duke of Sunset revoked the earldom on charges of collusion between the Tkawi family and the robbers. But the bandit group to which the Tkawi family's daughters belonged at the time was also pardoned for their crimes as compensation. ”

"The group of thieves who disguised themselves as members of the Tkawi family was later nicknamed the 'Tkawi Thieves', which is why I said that the Tkawi Thieves did not exist at all, and when it was named, the 'Tkawi Bandits' had been wiped out."

Kirton scratched his head: "It's really interesting to hear you say this, a noble girl and a bandit leader have a son?" But there are a few things that don't make sense, where did a bandit group get the ability to disguise a nobleman? If it's a short time, it's just 20 years. It's incredible. There is also a pardon for the bandit group as compensation, which is strange no matter how you look at it. ”

"I said Uncle Kirton, Wright said it was a story, why are you so serious. And why don't you two ignore me? "A beautiful girl dressed in a white and gold-rimmed aristocratic attire, with bright black eyes and brilliant blue hair, rode a velociraptor and crossed from behind.

"Cecilia! Sorry, my ears aren't very good. Kirton nodded slightly, and replied a little helplessly. It's not that he's rude, it's that this eldest lady is too difficult to serve.

This Cecilia seems to have good warrior strength, but he also has an eccentricity that is completely inconsistent with the calm and sweet outside, and he still can't bear the temper of this little girl.

If you want to say scolding, don't talk about the other party's background, the other party is a little girl, he can't pull his face!

As for Wright, he actually has a good impression of this Cecilia, who looks even more beautiful than Sister Gabilila, and has saved his own life. But he secretly put devil peppers in his dinner to see if the fire magician is particularly spicy--- what the hell is this?

"Hmph." Cecilia was unhappy with their reactions, but curiosity drove her to ask.

"Lightlight, how much of this thing you said is true, and which ones can't be verified." Seeing that Wright didn't want to deal with it, he added: "If you don't say it, I'll put devil peppers in your dinner again!" ”

Kirton said in his heart: "Who said I was more serious just now!" ”

Wright licked her bubbling lips, but decided that it was better not to have a hard fight with this eldest lady and follow her heart.

"So this is an anecdote, it's hard to tell whether it's true or not, there was indeed a Tekawi family eighty years ago, this must be true, sixty years ago this family disappeared, this is also true, I don't know the rest."

"Is that all?" It seemed that he was not very satisfied with Wright's answer, but Cecilia seemed to be waving her hand, "Okay, okay, I thought I could hear any more secret news, I'll go play with Little Anna, haha Uncle Kirton, your little ferret is so cute!" \(^o^)/”

Wright: "It's good to be happy, Miss! ”

Kirton: "Don't teach my daughter badly! ”

"Rustle~~~"

Wright's ears moved, and he heard a small voice, and his face changed greatly, "Yes... ”

"Everyone, get ready, there's an enemy coming... The little devilish smile of Cecilia Baruch disappeared, replaced by a serious expression, and the voice was heard, and many mercenaries drew their weapons and spontaneously formed a defensive circle, and the merchants and family members began to approach the interior.

"Ready, ready" was Tom's voice, and nearly a hundred real mercenaries lined up in a very orderly manner. And Wright Corton, these strong men who were hired halfway, couldn't help but get closer!

"Haha, the vigilance is good!"