A day's journey away from the convoy of bandits was the castle of the lord of the land, a marquis of the kingdom of Fringen.

The castle was built on a hill below which was a town inhabited by the people of the area.

Not far from the main road outside the town are three huge banyan trees, which are said to be older than the Kingdom of Fringen.

The canopy of the banyan tree, planted in a triangular shape, has intertwined and grown, forming a large shade under the sun. Passing caravans and nearby residents liked to come in the shade of the trees in the summer.

In addition, there is a legend that these three banyan trees were planted by the great sage Philip, the elven princess Victoria, and the demon queen Ekaterina when they passed by this place.

"Legend has it that the three of them planted more trees, dug wells, and lived in more time-honored shops, and my mother was not in the mood to demolish them anyway. That's what Elizabeth said.

However, in recent times, there has been no one under the banyan tree who will come to enjoy the shade, not even anyone willing to approach.

Because at this time, the thick branches of the banyan tree are hung with the corpses of more than 200 bandits according to traditional customs, like loofahs that are about to ripen.

Nearby residents and merchants who came to buy grain only watched and discussed from a distance.

Only a few cowardly and frivolous people would approach it and take advantage of the freshness to take a second look at the corpse of a female bandit.

At the gate of the castle in the distance, Charles and Donio lead their horses and say goodbye to the owner of the castle.

An old woman took Charles's hand and said to him in a slow voice, "Don't worry, I'll take care of Miss Martha." When she recovers, I'll send her to church. I'll send her letter to her family tomorrow. ”

Charles thanked the old woman and said, "Thank you, old lady. ”

Beside him, the lord of this place slammed his fist Donio's shoulder, "Next time you come over and tell me in advance, I'll be ready for you." ”

Donio punched him back, "Don't mix alcohol in the water in the future." ”

That night, the woman who was the one in the thieves finally recruited, and then Artoria took her, together with Tonyo and a few others, to rescue the tortured and dying Massa in the cottage outside the two hills.

Tonyo, who was well acquainted with the area, immediately took Martha to the castle of the lord of the land, who was also a friend of Tonyo's young age, for treatment.

Later, under the joint persuasion of Charles and the Marquis's mother, who arrived with the caravan, Martha, who had recovered some spirits, dispelled the idea of seeking death.

After pacifying Martha, Charles wrote letters to Baron Eberbach and Grandma Sainte-Angel, and at the same time asked the old lady to arrange for the letter to be delivered to Saint-Angel's first.

According to continental tradition, an unfortunate "unclean" person (male or female) like Marsa would go to the church for two or three years to "cleanse the body of impurities" and heal all the wounds that should be healed.

Charles chases the caravan with Ziyue and Tonyo, who are expected to catch up by dinner tonight, and then leave the Kingdom of Firingen together tomorrow and enter the southern part of the Kingdom of Biberach.

While the two were chatting on the way, Tonyo said to Charles, "I can't imagine that these bandits are quite smart, they make torches into '?' In the same way, one person lifts two handfuls, and more than two hundred people look like thousands of people, if it were an ordinary caravan, it would definitely be scared to death first. ”

"There must be a nobleman behind these people, how can ordinary bandits have so many manpower?" Charles asked, he had to enlighten Martha before, so he didn't ask about interrogating the bandits.

Donio said twice, "Who else is there besides Bischberg in the south? There are too many people to send people to the border of neighboring countries to rob caravans, and we have not encountered many people." ”

"As soon as our side was encircled, they hid back in Bischberg. They are still smart, and the things in their hands are still from Biberach's. ”

They said that the person in charge of contacting them was a man with a bayonet who was missing the little finger of his left hand. ”

Charles sighed and said, "It's the fourth prince of Bischberg, the one they contacted died in the labyrinth, and I paid attention to him when they came to my house. ”

Then he pointed to his left shoulder, "He stabbed me and I stabbed him in the chest. ”

Tonyo thought for a moment, "Oh, the one you cut into pieces with an ice blade." ”

Charles nodded.

Donio said "hey" twice and then stopped talking, and what he knew would soon be known to Barnett I.

Charles then asked Donio, "Is there a lot of work to do with women who pretend to be fleeing to infiltrate the caravan?"

He found that the caravan was familiar with dealing with such situations, such as the elves wearing helmets without revealing their ears, sending people to pretend to be tempted by the other party's beauty, but in fact to spy on the other party, and search each other in the name of using their hands and feet. And the lottery that decided the night watchman was even more shady in the dark. Finally, when the enemy thinks he has succeeded in his plan, he will deal a fatal blow to the enemy.

And the whistle he blew at that time was directed at this situation.

"There are quite a few, both men and women, but there are many women. "I've met a few people who actually escaped. ”

"The world is ......," Charles sighed deeply.

Donio also shook his head and smiled bitterly.

When the two of them caught up with the convoy, the convoy was beginning to encamp, and the sound of the mages blowing up wells and pits on the ground pierced far and wide, and startled the birds in the nearby woods.

Just as the two were preparing for dinner tonight, a confused Aubrey found Charles, "Charles, today Alfred asked me 26 times if I want to buy a comb, do you have any clue?"

Charles smiled and didn't answer.

Also snickering on the side was Donio, who deliberately touched his bald head, which was the same as Aubrey's.

But he soon stopped laughing, because Alfred found him.

After dinner that night, Charles was about to go outside with Artoria to practice his sword routinely, when Aubrey stopped Charles.

Aubrey, who was holding a long sword in his hand, said to Charles: "Charles, come, let me try your recent cultivation results, if you can be undefeated for thirty seconds, your salary will be doubled." ”

Charles looked at the second leader of the caravan with a black line, you can say it, Charles's current monthly salary is still 5 dinars, and if it is doubled, it will be 10 dinars.

Then Donio also stood aside with a long sword, "It's my turn next." ”