Chapter 38: The Thief and the Traveler

"What kind of light do you think it is?" asked Romeona. Julius was not blind, and in this dark night, the light of the fire, which was like a long snake, could naturally be seen clearly. "What kind of fool would light such a fire at such a time, for fear that others will not know where he is?" Julius looked up at the series of flames in the darkness, which were very dazzling and dazzling, and the direction of the flame serpent seemed to be coming from their side.

The light that suddenly appeared in the darkness was as small as an earthworm at first, and after a while, it became a small snake, and gradually became a final python...... Flames filled the eyes of the two, occupying most of their field of vision.

The barrage of light did not come straight to Julius and Romeo. They emerged from afar, swept past the two of them, and rushed in different directions.

"Maybe it's not a good thing for the carriage to be too slow. Julius said, turning his head to look at the Wonder, "This kind of thing, even if it can run, can't run fast." ”

"If you change a carriage, you won't be able to run away. Romeona said indifferently, "At least the other party doesn't seem to be coming for this side." ”

Julius pointed to the campfire in front of him, "Others are bright in the dark, and so are we." ”

In the line of firelight, some faint light left the inside and rushed towards Romeona.

Julius and Romeona stood up. Although the two of them were resting, their weapons were still at hand and were not placed out of reach. "Who do you think is here?" asked Julius.

"Malice can only be felt. "Reminds me of some not-so-good memories." ”

If Julius is not mistaken, she must have been part of the appearance in her bad memories - the encounter that changed the fate of many people, and in it, Luluna was high above and controlled everyone's fate, making him and Romeona what they are now, and Olga and Pasta were not immune.

"Maybe you don't have to really fight, you just need to talk about it......" Julius could finish his sentence when something sharp burst out of the darkness, scraped through the air, and landed on his shoulder with a whistling sound. It wasn't a gentle "thing", it was an iron arrow with a hard arrow, a triangular arrow that had pierced into his flesh.

Then several more arrows landed beside Julius and Romeona, not so much as a menacing archery to warn them both not to act rashly.

"Are you alright?" said Romeona, with a worried look on her face, and Julius stood motionless with an arrow stuck in his shoulder.

The archers were already approaching, they were riding horses, circling around the Wonders, and the encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. Not everyone was carrying torches, and they didn't need much light, as the campfire was enough for them to aim at Romeona and Julius.

The horses were all men, dressed in tattered leather and iron armor, and some of them did not even have a pair of shoes, but wore two completely different shoes. No matter how you look at it, these don't seem to come with good intentions, but more like people with some kind of special profession. Romeoona was also quite familiar with this profession, and as for Julius, he had dealt with them several times.

Robbers, bandits, pirates, horse thieves, thieves...... Whether it is in the mountains or in the sea, or in this sky or this plain, it is a person who lives by plundering and killing, like a wolf, who targets the weak and eats the spoils of blood: gold and silver treasures, valuable goods, and even the living are counted as trophies.

It was such a group of people who appeared around Romeona. Everyone was riding horses, wandering around them. The bow in his hand is tightened, and the arrow rests on the string.

The malice is so obvious that you don't need to open your mouth to know which way they are and what they plan to do. What Julius said just now may have been a little naïve, and the price of naivety is probably the arrow stuck in the flesh on his shoulder.

"It's just such a carriage, nothing else?" The closest to Romeoona and Julius was a man with a long knife on his shoulder, naked and wearing only armor that protected key places, and only the armor on his body looked decent, which alone showed the level of rank.

"There was nothing else around, and I thought it would be at least a convoy, but there was nothing but this exaggeratedly large carriage. The people who were circling around responded with shouts.

The man with the long knife with a heavy blade spit on the ground, "I thought I could eat some meat, but I didn't think that even bones were counted, what is the use of this thing except for the big target?" Although the man said so, when he saw Romeona, the light in his eyes flashed, "It's not that there is no gain......

Romeona could naturally feel that the eyes that fell on her were not very friendly, and reminded her that when she was in the Forest of the Dead, when she was in a desperate situation, there were also people who looked at her like this - although those mercenaries who were similar to robbers were all disposed of by the knights led by Pasta.

Thinking of the past, Romeona's face did not change, but her mood still deteriorated. "The land of the crescent moon doesn't seem to be very peaceful. She said to Julius. Compared to Romeona, Julius, who had an arrow stuck in his shoulder, was probably seen as a dead man, although he was not dead now, and could even speak, "If this carriage had not gone so slowly, there would have been no need to stay overnight in this wilderness, and it would have been better to find a place where people live than to stay in this wilderness." Julius's tone was full of helplessness, as if the arrow on his shoulder was fake.

"What do you think we should do?" asked Romeona, "Lulunaka is already resting. ”

"She'll probably be happy to be kidnapped, and she'll take you with her to experience what it's like to be taken away by a horse thief. Julius's hand rested on the shaft of the arrow on his shoulder, "But I'm not a woman, and I don't have the value of being abducted, and if I don't resist, I'll die." You wish you were ruined by these bastards, right?"

Romeona nodded, her hand already touching the broken sword of both hands that was resting on the side, "I hate robbers. She just said it very simply.

Julius pulled the arrow from his shoulder, and the barbed arrow had his flesh hanging from it, but he didn't let out even a word of hatred. "Am I still too naïve......" His hand pressed against his beloved crosssword, along with the scimitar that Lulunaka had given him. "The only thing to be happy about is probably the fact that we are so unlucky. He held his sword in both hands and faced the robbers on horseback.