Chapter 51: The Man Behind the Scenes
Worried, Richie and the others don't have Roft's pupil skills, and their tracking speed is not as fast as Roft.
But the two teamed up, and the tracking speed was not slow.
Brush!
"Who!"
The two were on guard while following the trail on the ground.
Suddenly, Richie felt a dark shadow flash twenty or thirty meters away.
The shadow didn't answer, but at an alarming speed, it circled behind the two of them in an instant.
"Pretending to be a ghost!"
The speed of the shadow made Richie and the others frightened, but fortunately there were two of them, otherwise it would be difficult to catch up with the speed of the shadow.
Knowing that he couldn't be teased by the other party like this, Richie shouted angrily, and the giant sword in his hand swung suddenly, and a fiery red sword light swept out.
Rumble!
There was a loud bang, and the trees where the shadows appeared were blown up and sawdust was scattered.
To Richie's frown, the enemy was completely gone under his attack.
"There it is!"
The vice captain also shouted angrily at this time, and slammed his fist.
But like Richie, his attack only left a large hole in the ground and did not hit the enemy.
"Gone?"
The two stood guard for a moment back to back, but the shadow did not reappear.
But the two did not dare to act rashly.
Rovt should have been killed by this shadow, and with the terrifying speed of this shadow, Rovt was easily hit by the enemy.
It's the same with them, if they are defenseless and are attacked by this shadow, they will be seriously injured if they don't die.
What does it mean that the shadow appeared at this time and was deliberately exposed in front of the two of them?
Warn the two to stop chasing, or distract them and let them show their flaws?
With the incredible speed of the Shadow, as long as one of the two loses its combat effectiveness, the other can no longer resist.
Regardless of the intentions, in the darkness of the night, the Shadow can seriously threaten the lives of both of them.
The brutally dead body of Roft wasn't far from them.
"Luke, don't chase, let's go!"
The shadow didn't reappear, but Richie's eyes flashed before he gritted his teeth.
"Don't chase it? Let that young master go back, we're going to be exposed. Luke hesitated and replied.
"Those businessmen are not stupid, and if we complete this commission, we will definitely be suspected when we go back, and it is only a matter of time before they are exposed. In that case, instead of taking the risk of chasing after the young master, let's just go back, complete the commission now, get the rest of the reward as soon as possible, and then fly away. Rovt is dead, and those rewards are divided between the two of us, enough to live in peace for a long time! ”
Richie said slowly.
Faced with the elusive shadow, he weighed it and made a decision.
It was only a matter of time before he was exposed, and he had planned to complete this commission and fly away to avoid retaliation, but now he just advanced the time a little, and it was not worth his life to chase that little ghost.
"Okay." When Luke heard this, he thought about it and knew that Richie was right.
The two immediately retreated cautiously together, not giving the enemy a chance to sneak attack.
"Retreat so simply?
Hundreds of meters away, Renault knew through the shadow puppet that the two were retreating, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange.
The shadow golem returned to his body for a moment, and he was able to regain his strength immediately. He deliberately left Raft's corpse to make the two Richie scruples, and then used the shadow puppet to delay the tracking speed of the two, and he slowed down the escape speed himself, using the environment to clear the tracks, so that the Richie and the two could not track.
But what made Renault strange was that the two were simply scared away.
The two retreated, and Renault did not continue to escape, and it was very dangerous to wander in the wild in the dark.
Let the shadow golem be on guard, and Renault and Hera stay in the woods to rest.
"Young master, young master, the camp is so close to catching fire!"
Half an hour later, while Renault was still closing his eyes, Hera suddenly shouted.
Renault opened his eyes slightly, and saw that the sky on the other side of the caravan camp was fiery red.
Campfires don't have this effect at night, it's a lot of stuff burning.
"Leave it alone, let's rest and talk about it at dawn."
There was nothing to be done to return now, Renault didn't want to take the risk, he swept his eyes, closed his eyes again, and was not in a hurry.
"Okay, listen to the young master, I'll sleep first."
Hera didn't bother at all, nodded, leaned on Renault, and quickly fell asleep.
Renault didn't sleep, and with his current mental strength, not sleeping for a day or two was completely out of the way.
When the day dawned, Renault picked up the sleeping Hera again, let the shadow puppet take the head, and quietly returned in the direction of the camp.
Normally, at this time, the caravan people had already gotten up and were ready to leave, but Renault let the shadow puppet approach from a long distance, and the caravan was still quiet, and there was no sign of anyone's activity.
After letting the shadow golem scout around and make sure there were no living people, Renault and Hera returned to the camp.
The camp was charred black, and the ground was covered with ashes from the burning of goods.
"All people are killed, all goods are burned......"
Renault frowned slightly.
Killing is understandable, but what does it mean to burn all the goods? This large shipment is worth a lot of money.
The situation seemed to be a little different from what he had guessed.
……
"Wowhaha, I'm back in the royal capital!"
Ten days later, at the gates of Uta City, the capital of the Silver Leaf King, Renault and Hera stepped down from a carriage.
The caravan was destroyed, and it would have been a bit of a twist and turn to return smoothly, but Hera recognized the way back.
The next step was much simpler, Renault grabbed a wild horse and walked around, and the two returned to the Grand Duchy of Silver Leaf, and then returned to the royal capital of Uta City by carriage.
There were shadow puppets along the way, and the two were not in danger.
Arnold and Ferrin were wealthy merchants in the royal capital, and they had a large mansion in the royal capital.
When Hera and Renault appeared outside the house, the guards guarding the door were startled and thought they had seen a ghost.
When he knew that the young master Renault in front of him was really alive, he hurriedly took Renault and Hera to see Renault's uncle Ferrin.
"Renault! You're back? Good! I knew that you would have a heavenly appearance, and you wouldn't die like this! ”
Fei Lin is an obese middle-aged fat man, who looks sleek, and is busy in the account room.
Renaud and Hera entered, and Ferrin first shook his head, and then came over and hugged Renault with great joy, tears of excitement in his eyes.
"Hera, you take the young master out to rest first, I still have some accounts to settle first, and I will celebrate with the young master in the evening."
Ferrin then said, looking like he was quite busy.
Renault didn't say anything, glanced at the ledger full of tables, and followed Hera out of the ledger.
"It seems that the person who wants to kill me is really not this uncle."
Renault pondered as he walked.
Arnold was killed, and the original owner of the body was also killed, and Renault thought that the uncle wanted to monopolize the family property, after all, it was a huge fortune.
But Rich and they burned all the goods, and Renault felt that it was not Ferrin who was behind it.
As far as he knew, this cargo was extremely important to the Eiffel family, and the Eiffel family could be said to be waiting for this cargo to save their lives.
After returning to the royal capital, Renault did not return to Eiffel's house as soon as possible, but inquired about the recent Eiffel family in the royal capital, and then Renault basically confirmed that the mastermind behind the scenes was not Felin's uncle.
The Eiffel family's shop, the main goods have been out of stock for several months, and half a month ago, there was also news that the sale of fake and shoddy goods was shoddy, and the two big shops in the royal capital jointly claimed the news.
It is said that the amount of the claim is so large that even if Fei Lin is very wealthy, he cannot afford it.
In this case, Ferrin would never burn the life-saving cargo.
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