Chapter 49 The Place of Concealment
Jackie deliberately dragged on until late before coming out of the restaurant with the bearded ranger.
Before that, the Grand Magician of Arman had already left the old man he had met privately. Joan could see everything clearly through the crack in the door of the box, and he didn't know the old man.
After Jackie left, Joan and Arthur waited deliberately for a while before leaving. At this time, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and if you follow too closely, it is easy to be detected by the other party's companions hiding in the shadows.
Arthur was not in a hurry, with the bearded ranger following him, he was not worried about being dumped by the other party at all now.
"Do you want me to transfer some masters from the family?" asked McGinn with some urgency as soon as he left the tavern, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, and the goods he had lost in just two days had an eyebrow.
Arthur turned his head directly and asked Joan, "Do you still have the dragon scroll on your body?"
Joan looked proud, "Don't talk about the fire dragon technique, His Highness has something more powerful on him now." ”
"Then you don't have to look for anyone else, leave it to Joan to deal with when you meet a war school, if you are unlucky enough to meet a general, let's just turn around and run!"
Becky led the way, walked for a long time, and walked several streets, but never saw the shadows of Jackie and the bearded ranger, and seemed to turn back to Hotel Street.
"This little guy has a bad nose, doesn't he?" Joan couldn't help but question.
"It's not Xiaoqing's problem, it's that guy deliberately going around in circles. Becky explained casually.
Arthur smiled confidently, "The guys who robbed the goods are also smart, but they met a smarter hunter today." ”
Joan suddenly smelled a familiar stench, "We seem to be back to yesterday's domesticated beast trading market." ”
"Your nose is about to catch up with Xiaoqing now. "Becky finally found a chance to return the favor.
A few of them did return to where they were yesterday and continued their way through the market. The stench was getting stronger, and Joan was almost tempted to vomit it.
Not only did the surrounding area smell foul, but there were no houses or lights for a long time, and a large open area was in darkness.
"What kind of place is this?" McGinn, who had grown up in Southtown, had never been to such a place.
If it weren't for the fact that Lei Python Xiaoqing didn't show any hesitation in tracking the scent, several people suspected that they were in the wrong place.
Several people consciously lowered their bodies and slowed down their pace, and this kind of place is very easy to be spotted or ambushed.
After a long march in the darkness, they noticed a huge crater in the ground ahead of them by the dim moonlight overhead. There are also a number of scattered torches around the pit, and next to the torches are trucks with enclosed wooden compartments.
"I know where this is?" McGinn exclaimed in a low voice.
"Where is this?" asked Joan and Arthur almost at the same time.
"This is the dung field of the southern city! The manure produced every day by the domesticated beast trading market and the nearby streets will be transported here in a centralized manner. The manure of these animals is good fertilizer for the fields, and farmers on the outskirts of the city come here at night in manure trucks to load the manure and then carry it out in the early morning when there are no people in the city. ”
Arthur instantly figured out that they must have transferred the things to the dung cart, and then sold the musk oxen pulling the cart at the front trading market.
Except for the peasants on the outskirts of the city who specialize in transporting manure, no one will come here. Stop the dung truck casually to the edge of the pit, no one will guard it at all, no one will come to check it at all, and when these dung trucks go out of the city, they won't even check the city guards guarding the city!
"These bastards are so clever to choose such a place to hide and trade!" Joan couldn't help but scold.
"They should be nearby, be careful and touch them. Arthur reminded everyone in a low voice.
Becky bent down and led a few more people forward a few dozen meters before stopping.
By the faint light of torches next to the trucks, four men could be seen standing next to two trucks, one of which had the lid on the back of the truck.
Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Arthur still recognized the bearded ranger by his size, "It's just these people, but there is one missing, and it should be around here." We can't go forward for the time being, let's hide first. ”
After Arthur finished speaking, he ignored the feces scattered on the edge of the pit and lay directly on the ground.
Joan crouched beside Arthur with her nose covered, refusing to lie down. For Joan, who is dressed in white and has a habit of cleanliness, it is more cruel to let him lie on this feces than to kill him.
Not only Joan, but Becky couldn't lie down, but just lowered her body.
At this moment, a hurried female voice suddenly sounded in the darkness, "Someone is coming this way." ”
Arthur grabbed Joan and pinned him to the ground, and almost pushed half of his body into the dunghole for concealment.
"Arthur, you bastard, I'm going to kill you!" If it weren't for Arthur's death, Joan would have almost exploded.
Countless torches lit up in the direction and opposite of Arthur, moving rapidly in this direction.
Seeing the people who were quickly surrounding the dung truck, Jackie and Nalu immediately panicked, "You brought people over!"
The bearded ranger thought that these people were Arthur's men at this time, and shouted loudly: "It's because your goods are not being targeted!"
"Run, it's the Knight of Punishment!" Roty screamed and ran through the darkness.
Jackie and Naru were also shocked instantly, but found that there was no way to escape. There were huge dung pits on the left and right sides of this manure field, and there were only roads in the north and south directions, and now the Punishment Knights surrounded them from both directions, completely blocking their escape path.
"How did the Knight of Punishment find this place so quickly?" Arthur was also extremely surprised.
Arthur thought he was smart, but he underestimated the Church of Light. There had been an outbreak of necromantic creatures as influential as the royal hunting grounds, and now the imperial capital was full of ecclesiastical eyeliners. There is also no shortage of reconnaissance and tracking experts among the Punishment Knights who specialize in hunting down heretics, and as soon as the three of them entered the city, they were targeted by the Punishment Knights, and McGinn could find them, how could the Punishment Knights not find them?
"Find a way to break through, if you can escape one by one!" Naru roared and took the lead in pulling out his staff from his arms, and a large black mist poured out of him.
After Naru, Jackie and Rorty also began to release the black mist at the same time. The black fog is their means of attack, and they also want to take advantage of the concealment of the black fog to find an opportunity to escape in chaos.
As soon as the three of them made a move, the bearded ranger was stunned on the spot. On one side is the knight of punishment, on the other side is the dark mage, and he is innocently swept into it again, "Arthur, this kid killed me!"
"Only at the level of a third-level dark mage, surrounded by so many prepared punishment knights, these few people can't escape. Arthur instantly judged the situation.
If he could stay out of it, Arthur would not hesitate to turn around and run. But a few of them and the bearded ranger were also surrounded inside, and now the situation was unclear to the punishment knight to explain, so they could only create chaos and find a way to get out.
"The lost goods should be in those two dung trucks, and I will cover you in a while to rush to the side of those two cars and load the whole car into your space ring. Arthur said in Joan's ear.
"Why don't you put it in your space bracelet?"
"I can't fit in my bracelet. ”
"Put the dung cart in my space ring, no way, Arthur, don't even think about it!" Joan yelled hysterically.
"There are a few more people on the edge of the pit, be careful not to let them escape!" one of the Punishment Knights who rushed over reminded loudly.
Arthur sighed helplessly: "You fool is satisfied this time, are you ready!"