Chapter 12: Departure, Nimitz
Barrow didn't keep John waiting, and the next morning, Barrow came to John, and together with John, he carried the rotisserie and soup he needed to the room where he was now living. More than 400 servings of soup sounds like a lot, but when you calculate it, it's the size of a large saucepan. The point is the more than 200 barbecue patties, because most of the customers are pot-bellied men, and the portions are particularly sufficient, and more than 200 are built together to cover one person.
After Barrow left, John put the kebab and soup directly into his space. Luckily, I bought some cutlery when I was wandering around, otherwise this soup would not have been easy to handle. John silently took out a large pot from the space and poured the soup that Barrow had brought into his own pot.
After packing up, John went downstairs, settled the lodging fee, returned the pot to Barrow, and left Betty City for Nimitz. The journey was relatively peaceful, the Nimitz Kingdom was strong and the law and order was relatively good, and there was no accident in the province of Pamilo that John passed by afterwards. John looked at the map and after one more province, he would be able to reach the city of Nimitz.
However, in the middle of the two provinces there was a hilly area without lords, and from Lawrence's words, it was known that the law and order here was poorer, and there were bandits and robbers who blocked the way here. That's why Lawrence will team up with Mike. This is to be paid to the Chamber of Commerce leader, and most of this fee is used to hire adventurers.
There is only one person like John, and he still has a weapon, and the robber generally does not choose. Because firstly, there may be casualties in a conflict with an adventurer with a weapon, if it is an adventurer, it is better to say, if it is a mercenary, those battlefield hyenas will not show mercy; It's not worth it. Of course, it is not ruled out that the possibility of sneak attack and shooting the yin gun in the back, if it can be overturned without causing casualties, they don't mind, no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are also meat.
This is what John realized after overturning three waves of robbers who sneaked up behind him, those robbers basically released arrows from a long distance, most of them were not on the right track, and they didn't even look at the results when they released the arrows, and rushed over with a pitchfork machete, and then saw John use his shield to block the arrows and then ran back with a roar, each time more than once, which made John have a headache.
In addition to this, there will be all kinds of traps in John's path, what rockfall traps, trap traps. It's like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing around, if you hunt it, it will be difficult to fight everywhere, and if you don't fight it, it will make noisy people upset.
On the fifth encounter with them, John could not bear it, and rushed forward with his spear, stabbing one of them first, and then opening and closing among them, and soon the robbers left their fallen companions and fled.
John glanced at the direction in which they were fleeing, and was not in a hurry to chase after him, and after killing the fallen robbers one by one with his one-handed sword, he picked up a point of light dropped by these robbers. "Thieves' Short Bow: The short bow used by the robbers, both in terms of range and power, proves that this is just a short bow made by thieves at random, and even leather armor cannot be shot through a little distance, and can only be used to bully ordinary people without armor protection. Weapon (Inferior)"
The introduction is not wrong, this bow can be seen at a glance, but it is just a piece of wood cut into the shape of a bow and tied with a cow tendon, and you can feel the dampness of the wood in your hand. There is nothing other than the shape of the bow that can be called a bow.
John took it in his hand and tried it, then picked up an arrow from the ground, put it on the bowstring, and shot it at the last robber who fled in the distance. I heard only a "boom", and the robber was shot in the thigh, fell to the ground and screamed with his legs clutched.
John looked at the thief's short bow in his hand with great dissatisfaction, and there was already an inconspicuous fracture mark on the bow, and according to John's previous strength, it was speculated that the bow would break if he could use it twice at most. Moreover, the arrows fired by this bow were not stable at all, and John was clearly aiming at the back of the robber just now, but he could deflect into the thigh
But now was not the time to dwell on the quality of the bow, John put away his bow and slowly walked towards the robber who had fallen to the ground with his spear in his hand.
The robber, who was still wailing, saw John coming towards him, struggled to his feet, limped away from John, tripped over the stones under his feet, crawled on the ground with his hands and feet, and cried out, "Don't!
John looked at it with interest. It's so strange that people here can run away. In the past, John faced enemies that were either living corpses who had lost their minds and would only attack him frantically, warriors with strong wills, or monsters of all kinds. These enemies all have a characteristic, once they engage themselves, they will never die, even if they are no longer suitable for fighting, they will bite with their teeth, or lie on the ground to attack themselves, which is why John has developed the habit of mending the knife after knocking him down.
However, the overall environment of this world is more peaceful, not the world in which they lived in the past that is about to be destroyed, and the people here think more about their own survival and quality of life, rather than for the survival of the world. The fighting will of the creatures created in this way is naturally inferior to the world they used to be, and it is common to beg for mercy when they know that they can't beat it.
John walked quickly towards the robber, then picked up his spear and stabbed it quickly, grazing the robber's scalp and stabbing it on the ground. "Babbling!" the robber screamed in fright, and he was so frightened that he was incontinent, and his pants were wet.
John frowned: The people of this world are really weak. "Okay, stop screaming. John spoke, and the robber was still terrified, and he did not hear John's voice, but still held his head and roared. When John saw this, he ignored him, turned and walked away, he didn't have so much time to waste on such boring things.
But halfway through, John suddenly thought: since he has fought with them now, why not just deal with all these robbers who attacked him?
Thinking of this, John decided to find their lair and hunt them all down. However, if you ask yourself, it is estimated that you will not be able to ask any valuable clues from the mouth of this collapsed person. So John was going to find a place to hide, to see if the robbers would come to collect the bodies of his companions, and if so, to follow them to their lair.
After waiting for a long time, when it was already getting dark, the robbers who had fled came with their companions.
John was hiding behind a large rock in the distance, secretly observing the robbers. John thought that these new robbers had come to bring the bodies of the dead robbers back to the lair to dispose of, but they just hastily took away the weapons of the dead robbers, and then began to search the corpses carefully, not sparing a corner. Every time they found something of value, the robbers would pack them in a cloth bag and give them to their leader, a sturdy bandit who had not been involved in collecting the corpse and was on guard. This robber was very different from the others, not only was he stronger than his apparently malnourished minions, but he was also armed with leather armor and a sword. During the entire event, the leader was completely uninvolved, not even looking over there, his eyes were constantly scanning his surroundings with alertness. And the minions also consciously put the things they found in their pockets, and none of them hid them privately because the boss didn't pay attention.
John waited for them to pack up and leave, and was not in a hurry to follow, and waited a long time behind the stone after determining the direction of their departure.
When it was already completely dark, John came out from behind the stone and walked slowly in the direction the robber had departed. Since it was already completely dark, the robbers had left with torches, and John could see the light from the torches in the distance. Since he didn't lose it, John didn't rush closer, and kept a distance where he could see the firelight.
After walking for about half an hour, John saw the bandits' fire suddenly disappear. Was there an ambush?" John paused and looked around. With the power of the Eye of Knowledge, John saw a glowing humanoid figure not far ahead. The use of the Eye of Truth consumes mental energy, and John will have a headache if he uses it for a long time now. Going to the bandit stronghold after that is not a friendly exchange meeting, but now you can maintain a good condition, and it will be more advantageous for future battles.
After a while, the leader probably thought that no one would follow, so he stepped out of the place where he was hiding, and the torches in the distance were lit. John continued to follow the firelight.
This time the robbers took John to their stronghold. It was a cave, and at the entrance of the cave you could see two braziers, which seemed to guide the way. One by one, the robbers entered the cave, and the leader was at the end of the final procession, still observing the surroundings as he entered the cave.
When John saw that the destination had arrived, he didn't ask the reporter to follow up, he sat down cross-legged on the spot, took out two barbecue patties and a large pot with thick soup from the space, took out a bowl and a long spoon, scooped a spoonful out of the pot and poured it into the bowl, and put the thick soup back into the space. There seems to be no concept of time in this space, and whether it is a barbecue patty or a thick soup, it remains in a freshly prepared state.
Eating meatloaf and taking a sip of soup from time to time, John didn't look like he was ready to fight. When he had finished eating, John clapped his hands, put his spear behind his back, and walked towards the cave with the Linde shield and one-handed sword in his hands.