"In that case, will you Heavenly Hand still be able to gain a strong publicity advantage in this guild championship battle? I think...... It's hard. ”

Duck pinched the Staff of Light in his hand, raised it, and tapped it gently: "Entering the official competition, I will let them know who is qualified to be the champion!" ”

Arrow turned his head and looked at Duck with a curious look, and there was a strange color in his eyes: "Until now, you are still worried about the championship?" ”

Inexplicably being taught by Arrow again, Duck seemed a little nervous. He looked at Arrow like a child who had made a mistake, and if nothing else, he was obviously pressed down on the momentum alone: "I...... Why don't I care about the champion anymore? With my strength, if I was allowed to play normally, I wouldn't be afraid of the blue distance. ”

"Hehe, let you play normally? Then let me ask you, have you ever 'played normally' so far? ”

Arrow didn't care about rubbing salt on this guy's wound at all, but he had to change the subject as soon as possible after sprinkling salt, so as not to spend too much time here-

"If you look at the blue distance, no matter how strong they appear now, the more they pretend to be strong, the weaker they are. They wanted to take these bandits away, but those adventurers were not going to give up like that. ”

Duck looked down at the situation in the distance, blue walking in the distance, some guilds following behind them. After that, there are the bandits. These bandits, who looked no different from the villagers, helped the old and the young one by one, pulling each other and following behind the blue distant forehead, intending to walk out in one breath and then regain their freedom......

"Ah————!h

But just when these bandits had a smile on their faces and wanted to escape with gratitude, suddenly! Someone in the guild standing on both sides suddenly stretched out a pair of hands and slammed one of the bandits who looked like a couple into the crowd! After just two seconds, a commotion was heard, and immediately a number of adventurers covered in blood ran out of the crowd, cheering loudly and running towards the other passage above the pit.

"That's it! We're done! Let's go! Hahaha! ”

Someone starts, then naturally someone will start to follow suit. These bandits, who had been stared at by all the adventurers, were now pushing and crying like sheep suddenly breaking into a wolf's den!

Soon, a strong wind rose from the bandits, blowing the two old women and a child into the crowd. Immediately afterward, their shouts stopped abruptly, and in their place were other adventurers whose clothes were stained with blood.

"It is the responsibility of our adventurers to kill the bandits."

Seeing that the environment below was rapidly falling into chaos, several guilds of the protectors and several guilds of the attackers immediately scuffled together, but Airo, who was on the top of the stairs, sighed lightly and shook his head slowly.

Coco leaned in and whispered, "Brother President...... We...... Don't you have to make a move? ”

There was no smile on Arrow's face, he just said lightly: "Shot? If we make a move, who are we going to help? Is it the attacker's side who wants to complete the mission? Or help the blue side that wants to protect these bandits? ”

Coco couldn't speak, so she could only stand next to her with her head down.

As for Dark, who was also a little nervous next to him, Arrow pushed him and said, "Hey, as the president of the Hand of Heaven, do you know how all this is caused now?" Why are there so many bandits who look like civilians? Why do we, the adventurers, come to exterminate them? ”

Looking at Arrow's clear eyes that seemed to penetrate his soul, Duck's mouth was half-open, but he was a little speechless.

His mouth opened and closed, and after a long time, seeing that the two sides below were finally pulled apart again, forming a state of confrontation, the leader of the Heavenly Hand shook his head and said, "They...... They looted a lot of supplies...... That's all I know...... These bandits are entrenched in this area and often harass nearby villages. There are even several of them...... I actually put my hand on the royal family......"

The ground below was covered in blood and corpses, and after the two sides were separated, some of the adventurers took the time to cut off a lot of their ears and immediately left with a smile on their faces. As a result, the number of adventurers on both sides of the attacker and protector tends to be about the same.

Arrow shook his head lightly and continued, "Hands on the royal family? Why, they robbed the royal family? ”

Duck exhaled, "Not really. However, last year, when our royal princess celebrated her fifteenth birthday, Frontier brought a large piece of oddly shaped jewelry to congratulate her. But when they passed through this mountainous area, the jewels were robbed by these bandits...... President Arrow, I know exactly what I'm talking about, and I know that I do have a lot of contradictions right now. They robbed the royal princess of gifts, but at the same time they also had a lot of old and weak women and children......"

When Duck looked worried, Cream came up from behind and said, "I see, is it the 10,000 gold robbery?" At that time, the earl who transported it did not expect to encounter such a fierce bandit at such a close distance from the capital, so there was no defense at all. As a result, the bandits at that time killed many of the people who accompanied them. More than 100 lives were lost before and after. ”

Cream's words made Brad's eyes begin to bewilder. He looked at the bandits over there who were protected by the powerful guild, and his expression was obviously just as confused.

Airo exhaled and said, "Why haven't the bandit gangs that caused so many casualties been eliminated immediately?" ”

Duck shook his head lightly and said, "I've heard my father say that my father seems to have suggested to the nobles that he wanted to exterminate these bandits. However, the amount of money needed to exterminate this gang of bandits is a bit huge, and those nobles don't seem to be very willing to pay for it. In addition, although the place occupied by these bandits is very close to the capital, in fact, there is a plain between this forest and the capital, and it is impossible for the small bandits to cross such a plain to attack the capital, they only dare to operate in this mountainous area. Finally, with the exception of a very small number of people, this mountainous area was not within the key roads in the first place, so there was no follow-up for a while. ”

With a clang, a silver coin flew into the air, and after a crisp and pleasant sound, it returned to Arrow's hand—

"Speaking of which, it's because of the money. Money is needed to eradicate bandits, and money is needed to maintain key transportation arteries. When the expenses are greater than the benefits, there is naturally no incentive to deal with this side of the matter. But ......"

After a slight pause, Arrow asked again—

"Now the land in the poor village is also being looked at, and so many landlords behind the struggle are involved. Does this mean that this area has some development value now, so I finally made up my mind to let us adventurers deal with these bandits? And these values ...... I guess it's because of the vast amount of mana crystals hidden here? ”

A slight hint of surprise appeared on Duck's face. He looked at Arrow silently, as if he were looking at someone who couldn't guess at all—

"How do you know?"

For Dark's surprise now, Arrow couldn't laugh.

Now, he finally understood everything, and also understood several problems that had been bothering him in this bandit annihilation war.

"I see...... Why did so many bandits gather, why did so many bandits not exterminate them, why did we let us deal with the work here, why was it so close to the bandits, but the poor village showed no signs of being harassed by the bandits...... I understand all this. ”

"In the final analysis, it's because this so-called Death Forest and Death Mine is not itself on the main transportation arteries of the Empire. In other words, there was no economic value at all in the previous development of this place. ”

"If you talk about wood, there are several well-textured forest guards around Hanhai City that can be used. If it is stone, such a large pit already means that the stone here has been almost dug up. ”

"If you don't have any use value at all, then you won't spend energy on maintaining it. Without the patrols of the Imperial Army, it is natural that it will become a gathering place for all kinds of thieves and robbers. ”

"Similarly, because of the lack of imperial care, this place that is only three days away from Hanhai City seems very barren, with no special products and not much output. In this case, after the disaster year three years ago, bandits will naturally arise and gather here. ”

"Then, the bandits who came to see it continued to gather, and everyone regarded this place as a place outside the law. Since the bandits themselves knew that they were from the villagers, they did not harass the surrounding villages, which were also living in hardship. Not harassing the surrounding villages also leads to little incentive for the surrounding villages to entrust adventurers to exterminate. Even in these villages themselves, there will be some young adults who join the bandit gang and become part of the bandits. ”

After saying all this, Arrow clapped his hands again, exhaled a long breath, and said slowly-

"All in all, it's all about the economy. It's just that this simple economic problem came to an end after the discovery of a large amount of magical crystalline deposits here. These bandits went from being left alone to being able to get rid of them immediately. Only when all of these bandits have been driven out or killed can the royal family rightfully take over the area and exploit it to obtain the magic crystal. ”