The eyes are facing each other.

Wide-eyed staring.

Wild Mage Choko took out the map again, and after comparing it, he seemed to say to himself, "Is there something wrong with the map?" I'm a regular customer of that guy, and he's never cheated on me......"

"Jocó—"

The dwarf Tob's voice was thick and high-pitched, and he stretched out his stubby arm, "Map! ”

"No."

Ginger's rough fingers scratched at the map, and the dwarf scanned the lines, symbols, and markings on it, and suddenly, his eyes widened, and he almost didn't jump—

Fortunately, he was riding in the saddle, but despite this, his body shook violently a few times.

Whew—

The dwarf Tob grasped the reins firmly, his tone solemn and serious.

"Choko, maybe it's Idvenna, the goddess of wisdom, who is jealous of your handsome little face, that's why she diluted your brain with a woman's tears, and it's not your fault that you're mentally deficient......"

The thick gray eyebrows were raised, the breathing became a little heavier, and the long, braided gray beard was thrown away, and from the buzzing throat, an extremely slow statement came out:

"The north marker in the upper left corner, you take the map - reverse - !"

The second half of the sentence was already almost hysterical, and the snow fell from the nearby woods, the tops of the canopy, and the branches, and even startled a few ravens perched on the branches—gray-brown ravens flapping their wings and scattering in all directions.

"Quack-quack-"

"Uh...... It's a terrible situation. ”

Wild mage Choko touched his nose, his face did not change, he did not care about the dwarves' scolding and taunting, just looked at the peaceful and beautiful scenery in front of him.

The atmosphere in the mountains and forests was a little awkward for a while.

"So what are we going to do?"

"Of course, go back the way you came!"

The dwarf Tobu replied angrily and angrily. He looked up at the sunlight overhead, and the light formed a very small angle to the straight branches of the trees, and it was almost early afternoon.

"Damn, if we get to that mine, it's going to be night."

In this snowy weather, the trails are more difficult to navigate than usual, so even if you don't take into account the stamina of the horses and the time lost along the way, it can take a lot of time.

"Alright, Tob, don't be angry, maybe the bandits will serve us dinner."

Chocco had always looked at things optimistically—the two of them turned their horses' hooves and rode along the way following the horse's hoof prints, and the dwarves continued to complain along the way......

Comparatively speaking, the mercenaries who set out from the small town of Lorenz at this time had a much smoother journey, and under the guidance of their guides, they passed through eight forks in the road, and finally arrived at the Ampton mines, where the robbers were located, in the early afternoon hours.

The mercenaries left their saddles, wiped their swords, straightened their armor, and thought of the coming battle, and their attitudes were extremely serious—

However, after a while, they finally realized that there was something wrong with the mine—it was quiet, not to mention the bandits, and not even half a figure was visible.

"Didn't you say this is the bandits' lair?"

A mercenary asked suspiciously, he looked at the others around him, but found that they were also puzzled - there was an attentive fellow who walked a few steps away, he noticed several ruts staggered diagonally in the snow, and immediately shouted loudly:

"Those bandits, they've already run away."

"Huh? Here are the marks of a carriage. ”

From the time the wolf bandits left the Ampton mines to now, only half of the day has passed. On this day, the wind and snow stopped, and the rut marks left in the snow were still quite obvious, and a few mercenaries dismounted to observe, and soon, after some analysis, they made a judgment-

Gross, the leader of the bandits, was careless this time, and the mercenaries could follow these trails all the way.

Twelve thousand raels, this is the current bounty amount - money and profit, not to mention such a staggering amount, if you use the merchants' treasure chests, it is enough to satisfy four mouthfuls!

The mercenaries mounted their horses one after another, and with a shout, they followed the ruts along the way, and quickly followed.

What happened in the Nogo Mountains can be summarized and simplified as follows:

It is known that the speed of the carriage of the wolf bandit group is X, the speed of the mercenaries on horseback is Y, at a certain time, the distance between the two sides is A, assuming that the speed of the two sides remains constant (ideally), how long will it take for the mercenaries to catch up with the carriage of the bandits?

Very simple question.

After A/(Y-X) time, the mercenary will catch up with the bandits' carriage and substitute the real-world values, which will be at night shortly after dusk-

However, at this time, the mercenaries did not know the true situation of the bandits, and in another place on the edge of the Nogo Mountains, the wagon procession of the wolf bandits was still a short distance away from the Gray Rabbit Village.

Gray Rabbit Village, the den of the Bear Bandits.

It used to be a small village of 100 people, but now it is just a dilapidated ruin.

The brute bear bandit group led by the three bears turned into a mess, some of the bandits left, and the rest of the people were very reluctant to survive-

Without the force of the rank, even the daily raids became much more difficult, and these bandits, who were still holding on to their careers, occasionally encountered one or two caravans, and as soon as they fought, they were defeated by the caravan guards or hired mercenaries, and suffered heavy casualties.

It's been a miserable day.

Orr left from the well at the head of the village with two heavy wooden buckets—

In the past, when Michelle the grizzly bear was still there, because he liked to fight and paddle, he was always unaccustomed to it, and he had been suppressing his anger and dissatisfaction, and now Michelle was gone, but in his heart, there was only empty loss and sighs from time to time.

After the thin, sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked man walked some distance, he put down the bucket and was about to rest for a while, when several voices came from the room not far in front of him:

"Orr, are you bitching again?"

The voice was a little sassy, and in front of the wooden door stood the figure of a man - the man who had become the new leader of the current group of brute bear bandits had been re-elected, and the bandits had fought each other with each other.

At this time, there was still a dark green eye circle on Orr's eye socket, precisely because of the fierce fist he received from this man.

The man looked at Orr coldly, and was about to open his mouth to scold, but when he saw the three horseback figures at the intersection of the village, the unspoken words instantly stuck in his throat.

Gross the wolf's head, Scott the wolf's paw, and a good-looking maiden - after the last castle battle, they roughly knew that there was a young female mage in the wolf bandits.