38. Caravans
Seven days later, in the city of Rotsk, in a tavern called Flaming Red Wings, the fan-shaped door of the tavern was pushed open with a creak, and a huge teenager walked in, only to see that the young man was carrying a large backpack equivalent to twice his own volume, and the huge backpack formed a sharp contrast with the boy's protruding belly, which attracted the attention of countless eyes in the tavern for a while.
The young man ignored the surprised eyes of the crowd, exhaled lightly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then looked around the tavern, as if looking for someone, and after a while, the little fat man's eyes lit up, and then he shook his backpack and squeezed towards a corner of the tavern.
Finally squeezed through the noisy tavern, the little fat man threw his backpack at a wine table, sat down, and then said to the three young men and women at the wine table: "Ah, I'm tired to death!" Dor, didn't you go to Uncle Tariq to get the magic scroll? How? Didn't get it? ”
And a handsome young man sitting next to the little fat man withdrew his dull gaze looking at the backpack, and said with a look of disbelief: "This, don't worry, you've already got it, but, Corey, you won't move Uncle Karst's treasures over, right?!" ”
At this time, a beautiful girl sitting opposite also handed over a disdainful look at Corey and said, "He is a greedy guy, he must have taken most of Uncle Karst's private wine!" ”
"Hmph, that's long, wind, literature, learning, ⊥.○x.n→et The old man didn't say that as long as you can find it, you can take it, how can you be worthy of my slimming meat these days if you don't take more." Corey said with a look of course, and then touched his belly distressedly, as if in his opinion. This fat belly, which is the width of a bucket, has already lost a lot of weight.
"Huh. Come on. Dole, let's go buy a better space ring in a moment, and put it all together! At this time, the other girl also raised her gaze at the bounty in her hand, and said with a smile.
Needless to say, these four people are Dole, Corey, Allen, and Lilith, oh, and now Alan has also recovered his daughter. But it all started with the four of them arriving at Rotsk City.
It turned out that the three of them had just finished their mission in the Senos Forest and took Lilith to Rotsk City by the way, and they actually bumped into Alan Magister, the vice president of the Royal Academy of Magic of the Vic Empire, who came to visit Rotsk City, at the gate of the city. Allen's face sank, and he pulled Allen and reprimanded him. Later, the two found out. The partner who has been together for a month is actually a girl, and the daughter of the Elan Magister, Mia? Allan.
Later, because of Allen's soaring strength, Allen's Magister only reprimanded him a little, and then he was pleasantly surprised by his daughter's soaring strength, and happily invited Dole and Lilith, who was identified by Allen's Magister, to go to the City Lord's Mansion in Rotsk City for a dinner, but, just as the group walked towards the City Lord's Mansion, Dole and Corey first went back to Master Maris, but learned that Master Allen came to visit Master Maris, and the two sighed at the coincidence of fate, and were taken to the City Lord's Mansion by Master Maris for a dinner.
Later, after learning that his daughter was already a disciple and grandson of Master Maris, Magister Alan was overjoyed and promised Mia to stay with Master Maris to study, and likewise, Lilith, who was Mia's cousin, also stayed, and finally, the four young men and women became students of Master Maris, and also became very good partners, and the next day, Master Maris suggested that the four of them go to the Bounty Guild to register a bounty group Starlight with only four lowest-level bounty hunters. …
However, in the next week, because Dole's strength was recognized by the dwarf karst master, but the strength of the other three was not, so, in order to go to Pailos City with Dole, the three of them were trained by a set of devil training programs of the karst master, but the effect was very obvious, Dole stabilized the strength of his beginner swordsman and peak magician, and initially controlled his unformed field, and Corey and Allen also reached the level of peak magician, There is only one step away from embarking on the path of the elemental master magister, but Lilith's strength is second only to Dole, and the strength of the peak swordsman and the peak mage once shocked Corey's narcissistic heart.
In this way, after receiving the approval of Master Maris and Master Karst, the four of them began their journey to the city of Pailos, but this time they went in the form of a bounty.
"Alright, this Mithril Demon Pattern Space Ring should be able to hold these things, and they are ready for the caravan, just waiting for us!" Dole and Corey walked out of a large magical equipment store, looking at Corey's painful face, the two women waiting in the tavern laughed out loud, no need to think that the money to buy this ring must have come from Corey, a miser.
Corey is now the financial steward of the four, and in his words, "Gold is more important than my life, how can I let you spoil it!" ”
As soon as Dole had put all the equipment in order, the four of them headed for the city gates, this time their mission was to escort a caravan to the city of Paeiros, but the journey was probably as simple as the four of them thought.
And just as the four of them set off, in the Alchemy Guild of Rotsk City, an angry roar belonging to the dwarves suddenly sounded.
"Ah, damn Corey and Dole, you two drunkards, you've even taken all the barley wine I put in yesterday, you're going to die!!"
The breeze blew on the vast plains, and the slightly dim sunlight in the sky was no longer hot, and a cool breath permeated the vast plains.
Starting from the city of Rotsk, head west through the Kaias Plain, which is a mountain range that stretches for dozens of miles, called the Yakelis Mountains, it is this mountain range that separates the two richest plains of the Vic Empire, and it is also the only way from the city of Rotsk to the city of Pairos, and at this time. Within the Akeris Mountains. A small caravan was slowly moving along the mountain avenue towards the western exit of the mountain.
In front of the caravan were two young men and girls riding Aromas. At the end of the caravan, two people rode behind Amoma and slowly followed, and in the middle of the caravan, an old man who resembled an old butler was driving a carriage carrying people to follow the young girl in front of him, and behind the carriage was a heavy cargo carriage, and behind this carriage were two carriages carrying some caravan guards and servants.
At this time, the young man walking in front raised his head and looked at the weather that was constantly sinking, and frowned and said to the girl who was bored on the road beside him: "Mia, you see that the weather seems to be changing, should we find a place to camp first." Anyway, there are still a few hours before dark, so let's continue our journey tomorrow morning! ”
When the girl heard this, she raised her head and looked at the sky, and said to the young man with a little agreement: "Okay, I'll go talk to the people of the caravan." ”
After speaking, he rode his horse to the carriage driven by the old man behind him, and asked into the carriage: "Madam, the weather should be changing, I think we should find a place to camp first, and then continue to hurry early tomorrow morning." After all, the mountain road is difficult to walk after dark, and it is raining. Estimate what danger there will be. ”…
After hearing the girl's words, an arm like a sheep's white jade grease stretched out in the carriage, and the arm gently lifted the curtain next to the carriage, revealing a slightly aristocratic jīng face, the owner of the face looked at the beautiful girl who was riding a horse and walking beside the carriage, and then looked up at the sky that was constantly sinking, and said to the girl with a smile: "Just listen to you, Mia." ”
After hearing the response of the beautiful young woman in front of her, the girl also smiled slightly, then nodded to the young woman, and immediately stepped forward to tell the young man who led the way.
In a few moments, the sky became even more sinky, and a slight breeze with moisture blew in the Arkellis Mountains, and the caravan had stopped in a higher clearing, several servants were unloading the wagons and wrapping them in a huge tarpaulin, while on the other side, the caravan guards were setting up tents under the instructions of Corey, and Dole had gone to the vicinity to set up some defenses, after all, in the mountain road that the caravan had to pass, the night was not as calm as in the city.
The other two members of the Starlight Bounty were now chatting in the young woman's carriage, and the space in the carriage was very large, and the young woman was sitting and chatting with Mia about some unnutritious topics, while Lilith looked helplessly at a little girl who was lying on her back and smirking.
"Well, Leah, don't lie on your sister's back." When the young woman saw that the little girl was about to stretch out her head to look out of the carriage, she smiled apologetically at Lilith under the little girl, and then hugged the little girl back.
The young woman and the little girl in this carriage are the publishers of the bounty mission of the four of Dole, and the young woman's name is Ness? Massat? Smith, and the little girl named Leah? Smith, the two of them have gone to the city of Iros with some goods to find the young woman's husband, the little girl's father, Areto? Marquis Smith.
"Hehe, Leah has been naughty since she was a child, don't be weird." The young woman hugged the little girl who was moving, touched the little girl's head dotingly, and said to Mia and Lilith, who were watching with a smile on their faces.
At this moment, a drop of rain seemed to hit the roof of the carriage, Mia pulled up the curtains, looked at the weather outside, and then smiled apologetically, and said to the young woman: "Sister Niss, let's go and arrange the alchemy rain shelter first, and we'll talk later." ”
The young woman also saw the terrible weather outside, smiled and nodded, and saw Mia and Lilith get out of the carriage and come to the main part of the camp, where Corey and the guards had just set up the tent, but Dole had not yet returned.
"What is this guy doing in Dole, why haven't I seen anyone for half a day?" Mia complained slightly, but at the sight of Lilith's teasing smile, her face suddenly turned red.
"Sister Mia, why are you red?!" Lilith said with a teasing smile on her lips.
At this moment, a black figure suddenly burst out of the woods on the edge of the camp, and suddenly came to the two women, who looked at it and saw that it was the Dole they had just discussed.
"It's going to rain, hurry up and set up the alchemy rain shelter, huh. Mia. Why are you so red?! Dole just stopped. Feeling a small raindrop hit his face, he hurriedly said to the two women, but he was soon surprised to find Mia's big red face.
"Hee-hee, haha!" After hearing Dole's words, Lilith's stifled laughter finally didn't hold back, only to see Mia calm her mood slightly, glared at Lilith, who was laughing, and then wiped her left hand on a necklace in front of her chest. A ghostly light appeared on the necklace, and then an alchemical device resembling a tripod tip cone appeared in front of the three of them. …
Although Dore was still puzzled by the performance of the two women, when he saw the dark clouds that seemed to have touched the ground, he hurriedly took out an ordinary second-order demon core from his bounty medal and placed it on the top of the alchemy device, only to see a bright light rising from the magic core, slowly flowing along the magic pattern engraved on the alchemy device, and a semicircular blue shield that covered the entire camp suddenly emanated from the device, and after a while, the entire camp was enveloped inside.
Just when the blue sè shield was just forming. A violent thunderclap came from heaven and earth, and the entire Akeris Mountains instantly turned into a hazy heaven and earth. The torrential rain poured down, but it was all blocked out of the shield, and only small streams of water formed on the shield and slowly flowed down.
"Dole, Mia, Lilith, Uncle Leyard asked us what we had for dinner?" Just when the three of them were amazed by the light blue shield that covered the entire camp, Corey suddenly walked over and said, and Uncle Leyard in his mouth was one of the guards of the Marquis of Smith, who was usually responsible for the safety of Mrs. Smith and Leah, and was also the head of the caravan's guards.
"Let's go, I'll go with you and see what Uncle Leyard and they have to eat." After hearing Corey's words, Dole withdrew his surprised gaze, remembering that he hadn't seen food for most of the day, swallowed slightly and said to Corey.
After a while, the night also turned the yīn between heaven and earth into pitch black, only the constant sound of rain reminded everyone that the heavy rain was still continuing, and at this time in the camp, a large round-bottomed pot was set up in the camp, and a tempting aroma came from the pot, and there were several smaller fires on the side, on which were driven by roasted bright yellow grunt pigs.
"Well, Uncle Leyard's craftsmanship is really good, this soup is so delicious!" Lilith held a large soup bowl in her hand, took a sip of the hot soup that had just been served, and then exclaimed.
And Mia on the side also tasted the delicious hot soup with a satisfied face, and was about to exclaim, but saw Corey, who was grabbing a big pig's trotter and gnawing on the side, and directly squirted out.
However, what Mia didn't expect was that Dol was sitting across from her, who was about to drink soup, so Dol sprayed his face very miserably.
So, Mia's face suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly found a piece of cloth to help Dol wipe the soup off her face, and then looked at the depressed Dol with apologies and smiles, and Dol saw Mia posing as a little daughter, and suddenly lost her temper, and was a little stunned, because it made Dol think of the first meeting with Mia, the beauty of riding on a horse and smiling.
Under Dore's stunned gaze, Mia suddenly blushed, and suddenly hid behind Lilith, who was watching the two laughing, and the swiftness of the action instantly made the guards and Corey and the others laugh when they saw it.
However, while everyone was laughing, no one noticed that a dark shadow seemed to break in from outside the shield of the rainstorm, and suddenly disappeared behind several cargo cars.
However, just as the black shadow disappeared, a little light flashed from a mysterious eye, as if it sensed something, but the owner of the eye did not act abnormally, just accompanied the people around him to laugh.
After a while, the rain will stop, but there is an even bigger storm coming, but not many people know about it.
The sun rose from the distant horizon, columns of smoke rose into the sky, and a new day began in the camp of Nuoda, the guards who had just woken up were packing up the caravan's equipment and tents, the old butler not far away also woke up the sleeping young woman, and the four of Dol also yawned and stretched in the early morning sun. …
The campfire in the camp was long gone, leaving only a trace of green smoke slowly rising into the sky, the sun was gradually getting stronger, and everyone in the camp woke up, Corey was working with the guards to remove the tents that had been erected, while Dole went to collect the defensive equipment. Mia and Lilith, on the other hand, wandered around the camp with nothing to do.
About half an hour passed. Dole ran back from the forest with a solemn face. After seeing that the caravan had packed up its things and was ready to leave, Dole looked around the caravan solemnly, and then hid the expression on his face well, and came to the two women who were wandering around quietly.
"Hey, Dole, you're back? Then let's get ready to go. Mia's face was slightly unnatural when she saw Dole returning. It seems that last night's farce is not completely over.
"Wait, I went out this time and found something." As soon as Mia's words fell, she heard Dole's solemn tone, and then looked at Dole in surprise, and Lilith on the side was also surprised and asked.
"What's going on?"
"I just went to check the defenses I had set up last night, and I found that the two defenses on the southwest side were missing, and there were still some small ashes left there, if I hadn't placed them on the high ground. It is estimated that these traces will be washed away by the rain very clean. Dole whispered, looking around the busy camp.
"You mean, then. What came in last night? After listening to Dole's words, a chill suddenly rose up, and she shuddered and said.
"No, I think someone should have infiltrated the caravan, I checked the perimeter of the two devices, and found that there were no obvious traces, and there was no rain washed there, it was almost certain that it was not Warcraft or anything like that broke into the camp, and I just checked the ground in the camp a little, and found something in the southwest corner, I think, someone should have broken in, and has not yet gone out." Doll thought for a moment, then said to the two women.
"If that's the case, what the hell is that intruder trying to do, I checked that everything in the camp is intact, and no one has reported any anomalies." Mia said solemnly, this sentence suddenly surprised the three of them, and they all wondered what this intruder wanted to do.
"Since there are no anomalies or losses in the camp, let's pretend that we don't know at all, don't startle the snake, that person must still be hiding somewhere in the caravan now, all we have to do is wait for him to appear." Dole hid the expression on his face slightly, then said hello to the two women, and walked in the direction of Corey.
After a while, the camp had been cleaned up, and with a soft cry from Dole, the caravan slowly embarked on a new day's journey, and under the strong sunlight, the caravan slowly moving forward between the mountain roads left a large yīn shadow, but I don't know if there is something hidden in these yīn shadows.
After about half a mile, the caravan entered the other side of the Akeris Mountains, that is, the side of the mountain near the Yuyu Plain, only to see that the mountain road here became more rugged, and many places needed to slow down and pass very carefully, only to see that the caravan at this time was slowly advancing in the rugged mountain road like a snail.
"It's about two hours away from the Aritosen Rift, Mia, you go talk to Corey and Lilith in the back, and tell them to pay attention." Dole looked at the caravan carriage behind him that was moving at a very slow pace, then looked at the map in his hand, and said to Mia with a frown on a bright red sign on the map. …
Ali Tuosen Rift, known as the magic cave of the Akeris Mountains, the entire Ali Tuosen Rift is full of large and small bandit nests, basically every day there will be several caravans in this vicinity to rob the experience, and the only rule here is that all the bandits only rob money, that is, do not rob sè or kill people, it is this rule that is respected as the first criterion by the bandits of the entire Akeris Mountains, so that the bandits in the Akeris Mountains avoid the sweep from the Vic Empire again and again.
However, sometimes luck is a bitch, just like Dore's current situation, only to see a steep canyon, the caravan is slowly walking towards the other side of the canyon, suddenly, Dole's face changed, hurriedly stopped the horse's advance, stretched out his hand to stop Mia on the side, and the whole caravan also hurriedly stopped the slow pace, when Mia was strange Dore's performance, suddenly his face changed, and he hurriedly looked up at the rock piles on both sides of the canyon.
"Haha, I didn't expect to meet such a young little guy, but this sensitive perception still makes us admire!" Just as the rest of the caravan wondered how Dole and Mia behaved, a loud laugh with a hint of arrogance suddenly echoed through the slightly empty canyon.
I saw that behind the pile of rocks that Dole and Mia looked up at suddenly appeared countless scattered figures, but each figure had an aura stronger than ordinary people, and the worst had the strength of the peak of the apprentice level. (To be continued......)