Chapter 27: Caravans

The silence of the night even felt a little strange, and after the story was finished, the two of them also began to rest, although they were in the wild, but unexpectedly there was no roar of fierce creatures, and the movement of caravans passing by.

For Zhao Xin, it is a habit to keep himself awake at all times, since his memory has been broken, not to mention that in this kind of wilderness, as a royal elite guard, Zhao Xin cannot lie on the ground with peace of mind, and at the same time put the prince and himself in unpredictable danger.

It was three o'clock in the morning, and it would take a few hours for the first rays of sunrise to usher in the dark night, but at this time, Zhao Xin suddenly sat up from the ground, and after waiting for a few hours, he finally heard the sound of vibration from the ground, if he was not mistaken, this was the sound of the long-awaited caravan vehicle.

"Prince, the goal we have been waiting for is coming."

Zhao Xin pushed Xiu, who was still sleeping, according to last night's arrangement, as long as someone noticed the passing convoy, they would act immediately, Noxus and Zuan people were not so kind, and they didn't have Noxus currency If they wanted to successfully take a ride, they would need to work hard many times, and before that, Zhao Xin also needed to check the items he was carrying again.

As mentioned before, this is a very simple shrinking and enlarging magic that can change the size of an object but not its mass, which is quite handy when carrying a small number of items.

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Some dry food and bacon, as well as several medicines and knives, as well as his own spear, these were all that Zhao Xin carried, and every elite escort would carry these with him, and they had to be prepared at all times when they carried out the most dangerous missions.

"Oh...... Good morning Zhao Xin...... Got a chance? ā€

After many pushes, Xiu finally sat up from the ground sleepily, although it was not difficult for him to use magic to restore his body in a short time, but it was still the best choice for magicians to recover from fatigue in a more natural way.

"Something must be approaching here, but I'm not sure what it is." Zhao Xin was telling the truth.

"Hmm...... It doesn't matter, at this time, there should only be caravans on this road, and the rest will be ...... Act according to the situation. ā€

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As the roar gradually sounded, the vibration from a distance became more pronounced, and if you activated the night vision ability at this time, you would clearly see a group of vehicles speeding towards you not far away.

This is the most common vehicle used by caravans to and from Zaun and Noxus: the Wizard Engineering Trucks, each capable of transporting about thirty tons of cargo, powered by the most common energy crystals in the Runeterras, is fast, and has a reasonable price and maintenance price.

"Boss, there seems to be a ...... in front Firelight. ā€

"Whew...... Well......? What the? Got a fire? ā€

The sleepy merchants were woken up by their men, and in the early hours of the morning, the situation they feared most was the firelight, and the robbers here were not the little thieves who only dared to rob the noxians on the edge, but the terrible people with the best technology in Zaun, for some of the Zaun scientists, these bandits were the best people to test their crazy inventions, and the Zaun higher-ups did not stop this behavior, because they believed that it was a good incentive to stimulate them to continue to develop new technologies.

"Don't panic yet, hey! Don't get sleepy! Measure how far away the fire is! ā€

In order to cope with this situation, every caravan owner who travels between Noxus and Zaun will hire a team of mercenaries to protect their convoy before departure, for these people, the mood of the boss directly determines whether they can get some more tips, after hearing an angry shout from the walkie-talkie, the mercenaries who were also napping have regained their consciousness and returned to their respective posts.

"Report to the boss, in terms of numbers, they are at least ...... away from us Do you need to prepare in advance for the 10-kilometer journey? After a scramble of tossing, the mercenary in the front vehicle reported the numbers loudly.

"Ten kilometers? You read that right? This figure made the merchant stunned for a moment, according to common sense, the robbers should launch a surprise attack quietly, but this time, why should they reveal their location so far away? No matter how fast you are, a distance of ten kilometers is enough to prepare you for everything......

Be prepared for anything......

"That's not right! This is definitely an ambush! Tell everyone to get ready! We might be in trouble! ā€

According to the merchant's guess, this must be a trap deliberately set by the robbers, first use these fires to attract attention, and then sneak attack from the shadows, hum, maybe someone else will be fooled, but this time the opponent you meet is me......

"Boss...... If I'm not mistaken, there's a magician near the firelight, and he's contacting me with a telepathy......"

"What? What did he say? "The correspondence from the mercenary magician took the merchant by surprise.

"He said, 'Please save both of them, they have a small group of robbers ahead, please take them out of here'."

This...... In a sense, the merchant was most afraid of hearing such a request, and he could not tell whether it was a real call for help or a trap by robbers, and should he give them a ride? If they did encounter robbers, they would have some strength to escape from this group of people, not to mention that there must be a magician among these two, and bringing him with them would also make them safer......

"Get everyone ready and park at the firelight."

With only about three kilometers left, the merchant finally made up his mind.

As the vehicle slowed down, the convoy slowly stopped beside the fire, they surrounded the vehicle in a circle as a barrier, everyone took their weapons and carefully watched the surrounding movements, but even so, still no one immediately got out of the car, and after making sure that there was no one else within a radius of one kilometer with the equipment, the merchant stepped out of the car.

"You...... Hello! Thank you for giving us a ride! ā€

The two men who appeared in front of the merchant did not look very old, this young man in a tattered gray cloth robe and holding a wooden staff should be the magician, and beside him, there stood a young mercenary with a blank face.

"You don't have to thank me now, I haven't decided to take you out of here" The merchant looked at the two of them quietly, he would not do a loss-making business, since he wanted to take them, he must have this value" You said that you met a robber in front, is this true? ā€

"I didn't ...... That's right! My friend and I were planning to go to Noxus to become mercenaries, but what we didn't expect was ...... I ran into these guys on the road...... please do well...... Take us out of here! ā€

The young magician looked frightened, wondering if the guy standing next to him had been scared silly...... The merchant touched his beard, and although it didn't look like he was lying, he needed further proof due to the businessman's professional habits: "Hey! Didn't you say you had an intermediate mage on your team? Call that guy to me! ā€

"Understood." The mercenary captain nodded, and whistled at the same time, do these two guys want to be mercenaries? Hmph, it's really childish cute, lighting a fire in such a place is like telling someone where you are, if it weren't for them passing by, I don't know what trouble would have been.

Soon, a middle-aged man in a modest robe approached from a distance, and he owed a slight debt to the mercenary captain and the merchant, although he worked for them, but his dignity as a magician did not allow him to be too humble.

"Go check the memories of both of them." The merchant ordered, this guy should look like a low-level magician...... Maybe it's just an apprentice, and in front of an intermediate magician, it's impossible to have any ability to resist.

"Zhao Xin, don't let the magic in your body have any resistance, I will solve this trouble."

The merchant would never have thought that the young man in front of him might be the youngest mage in the Runeteres Land now, and he still had the bloodline of the Light Shield family in his body, this intermediate mage was really not worth mentioning in front of him, when the middle-aged man's magic power poured into Xiu and Zhao Xin's body, his consciousness was actually controlled by Xiu, and with his strength alone, it was impossible to know that he had been toyed with and applauded.

"Hmm...... There is nothing wrong with their memory, and we can trust what they say. After a pretentious "check" for a while, the intermediate magician turned to the merchant and said.

"Really...... Okay, boy, lucky for both of you, I'll take you to Noxus, but if you run into robbers on the way, you'll also have to help protect my cargo, you know? ā€

"Know! Thank you for your generosity ......"

"Wait!"

Just as the merchant was about to arrange a vehicle for them, the mercenary captain on the side suddenly interrupted them, and the merchant was stunned for a moment, not understanding what was happening.

"Please forgive me for being presumptuous, but please think about the boss, these two people are just a novice, we don't know the strength at all, since what these two guys said is true, then it is entirely possible to encounter a robber attack ahead, if these two guys don't have any strength at all and are dragging their feet, then why do we have to give them a ride?"

"Hmm...... What you say makes sense, so what do you say? The merchant lowered his head and pondered for a moment, he didn't expect this question, and at this moment he was even a little grateful to the captain.

"It's a simple question, just let my people try it."

(P惻S: Please don't complain about walkie-talkies, Victor can transform himself into a mechanical lifeform, and walkie-talkie technology is not a problem at all.) )