Chapter 15: Chance Encounters
Time is like water, and in a blink of an eye, it is the day when Kane goes to Furui City, his mother Britney began to prepare a few days ago, packed up all the things he can use, and filled a space bag, Kane is on the road alone this time, even Raymond did not bring it, in Blair's words, if he doesn't even have this ability, he won't have to learn any magic in the future.
The space bag is a relatively rare magic tool in this continent, with different shapes, some are a ring, some are a bracelet or belt, etc., but there is a lot of space inside, which is generally an item that can only be owned by wealthy nobles, Kane's space bag is a ring engraved with the logo of the Reitt family specially made by Blair, in addition to being a space bag, it is also a symbol of Kane's identity.
There are nine types of magic in the Wind Continent, namely wind, water, fire, earth, wood, ice, thunder, darkness, and light, and space magic is a more special one, strictly speaking, it is not just a magic category.
"The chicks will always fly alone one day, and the dragon can only soar in the sky after the baptism of the storm, and you will have to walk the road on your own. Blair sighed a little reluctantly.
Kane nodded, knowing in his heart what his grandfather and parents expected of him.
Blair took out two more letters to him, "There are two letters here, one is for the Dean of the Demon Martial Arts Academy, and the other is for Lady Serena, don't get confused, I'll take the time to see you when you settle down in the academy." β
Kane took it and looked at it, in addition to the wax seal of the Leiter family, there was also Blair's magic signature on the envelope, Blair Leitt written with the fire element, this signature Kane had seen before, but he didn't think it was unusual, and quickly and cautiously put the letter away.
"Grandpa, father and mother, don't worry, I will take care of myself, and I will not let you down!" Kane looked at his parents and Blair with tears in his eyes, and his heart was full of reluctance, but Blair was right, he had to go his own way.
"Go!" Blair waved his sleeve slightly, and there were faint tears in his eyes, and Britney could no longer cry.
Kane nodded slightly, and saluted the three of them before turning to leave.
"He's never been out of the house since he was a kid, will heβ" Britney looked at Kane's back in the distance, and her heart began to worry.
"Don't worry, your son is not as weak as you think. Blair interrupted her and turned to go back to the room, although he and Kane got along day and night, Blair had to admit that sometimes even he couldn't see through this grandson.
There are several cities and villages to pass through from Gnoris City to Fury City, and of course, the most of them are dense forests and mountain peaks, but fortunately, Kane has plenty of supplies, and he is at ease along the way.
A few days later, Kane has been hundreds of miles away from home, and at this moment he is not as leisurely as before, a problem has been bothering him, that is, the problem of sleeping at night, he has never worried about this at home before, but after coming out, it is different, he almost lost contact with the world when he fell asleep, in case a beast jumped out at this time or met someone who sought money and killed him, then he really did not know how he died.
Kane didn't want to die in vain, so he gave up walking in a straight line, just looking at the map and twisting and turning all the way, trying to control it until he could reach the village or city every night, although sleeping in a hotel is also dangerous, but it is better than in the wilderness.
At noon, Kane hurriedly took out a little dry food and continued on the road, in front of him was a huge forest, but according to the instructions on the map, as long as he walked more than ten miles out of the forest, there would be a small town, Kane calculated, it should be enough to get there before dark.
The woods are quiet, it's the height of summer, and there is a lot of life everywhere, Kane walks through the not very dense trees with green grass, and occasionally sees a few large colorful parrots and half-meter-sized lizards, which are common animals in this area, and of course, there are also very aggressive beasts, so although Kane is calm on the outside, his heart is always tense.
After walking for a while, he suddenly heard a faint sound from the woods in front of him, which sounded like the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the grass, although it was still a little far away, but Kane was very confident in his hearing, and hurriedly ran to a big tree next to him and hid, wanting to see what was going on.
After a while, he saw a sturdy man in black rushing over, and Kane saw that he had at least four daggers on his body, and the one he held in his hand was particularly delicate, but he had a veil over his head, and he couldn't see what it looked like.
Kane looked behind him again and saw four or five men in improvised armor chasing after him on horseback, crossbows in their hands and long swords at their waists as proof that they were not to be trifled with.
The situation in front of him is very clear, it should be that the man in black in front has done something unhappy, causing the people behind to chase and kill all the way.
However, in the woods, it was obvious that the man in black had the advantage, and I saw that he jumped up and down with the help of branches and vines, and the people behind him were not so agile, and the horses looked very clumsy in the woods.
But the crossbow arrows in their hands are enough to pose a deadly threat to the men in black, this is a ranger crossbow, the crossbow body is light and agile, suitable for use in various compact environments, of course, whether it can be shot depends on the user's level.
Kane looked at the men less like rangers and more like mercenaries, while the man in black in front looked like an assassin.
Kane didn't want to worry about it, he had to get to the town in front of him before dark, but the men were getting closer, so he had to hide behind the trees and wait for them to pass first, so as not to have unnecessary misunderstandings.
"Whoosh!" Suddenly, several crossbow arrows shot out at the same time, and the man in black didn't bother to look back, and hurriedly dodged to the side, but he underestimated the strength of a few people, although the individual combat power of these people may not be very good, but they are obviously partners who have been fighting together for a long time, and the group cooperation is very tacit.
Several crossbow arrows were not all aimed at one place, but spread out in a fan-shaped half, the man in black dodged the arrow aimed at him, but did not dodge the one next to him, Kane frowned, and saw that the right thigh of the man in black was directly pierced, and blood sprayed several meters away.
Although the crossbow bolt is light, it is not weak at all, and the arrow is shorter, thinner, and more penetrating than others.
The man in black fell from the branch, turned his head to look at the people who had caught up, and limped forward with one hand on his thigh, but this time his advantage was completely unplayable, and he was surrounded by four people riding horses after a few steps.
The four of them rode around him a few times, their faces were full of contemptuous smiles, the face of the man in black swayed from side to side a few times with their turns, his eyes were full of panic and unwillingness, Kane took a closer look and found that the man in black seemed to be a woman, although she was covered with a veil on her head, but the close-fitting black clothes could not hide her gender.
After a few laps, the four stopped, put the crossbow bolts on their horses, turned over and dismounted, and slowly walked towards the woman.
"It turned out to be a mother. One of them suddenly smiled.
When the woman in black heard him say that, she hurriedly put the dagger in front of her and looked at several people with a cautious expression.
"I declare that you have been captured, and standing before you is the best mercenary group in Carlos, the Mustang Mercenary Regiment, if there is anything else you have to say, dear Assassin friend. The leader said to the woman with a proud face.
Carlos is the name of the territory, but Kane has never heard of this Mustang mercenary group.
"Mercenary group?" the woman was also stunned, "Who are you working for?"
"No one will do it, we are hunters on the grassland, we only work for gold coins, someone spent a lot of money to buy you, so we came!"
"You let me go, and I can pay double the price. The woman's frowning brows stretched a little, if it was money, maybe these people would not be so difficult to handle.
The leader smiled, "Although we only recognize money, we also need a little faith when we are empty, and unfortunately keeping faith is one of the few beliefs we have, so I'm afraid I can only regret to refuse your tempting request." β
"As long as you can let me go, I can agree to whatever you want!" the woman's brows furrowed slightly.
The man raised his eyebrows, "Master White said the same, as long as he can catch you, he can give us anything, we weighed it, and felt that his conditions were more attractive, so I can only say I'm sorry!"
"Wait. A member of the team behind suddenly stopped the man, "Simon, do you think Master White cares if the prey is virgin or not?"
The man named Simon in front glanced at a few of his partners, spread his hands and said helplessly: "He seems to have forgotten to say it." β
"You dare!" the woman heard their conversation, and quickly raised her dagger again, glaring at several people.
"Don't be afraid, I've got the best way to deal with virgins, don't I, Simon? A man in the back said with a lewd smile.
Simon also smiled, inserted the saber back into the sword pocket, and several people whistled and walked over together.
"I'm sorry to disturb a few people's good deeds, but would you like to hear my opinion?" A few people just walked a few steps when they heard an abrupt voice next to them, which frightened several people for a moment, although they are not real hunters, but they are also experienced warriors, and their vigilance is naturally extremely high, but they don't know when there is another person next to them.
A few people turned their heads and saw a handsome young man standing more than ten meters away, looking at them calmly.
This person is naturally Kane, he didn't want to be nosy, but seeing a few people wanting to do things, he couldn't bear it for a while, although he was born on this continent, but because of his dual identity, his personality was more or less affected by the atmosphere of Haoyang Continent.
"Who is Your Excellency?" Simon saw that he was dressed gorgeously and did not look like an ordinary civilian, although he did not have a family emblem on his body, but his temperament was extraordinary, although the mercenaries looked powerful, in fact, most of them were just some low-level samurai, and their backgrounds were low, and they would choose to do this profession if there was no other way out, and they generally would not easily provoke nobles.
Kane's face remained calm, "I'm just a passerby, but I have a suggestion here, I don't know if anyone would like to hear it." β
"What advice?"
"I'll pay you tenfold, how about you sell this captive to me?" Kane said after a few glances at the woman in black who was looking at him, turning to Simon.
Simon smiled, "This friend, I'm afraid you're in the wrong place, we're mercenaries, not slave traders." β
"It's all about making money, and I don't think there's any difference between the two, and besides, a captive is obviously not worth that much money, so I think you should be happy to do it. β
"What if we refuse?" Simon said after thinking for a while, not that he couldn't get along with the money, or that he wanted to offend Kane, but that if they wanted to continue to mingle in the land, they had to keep their word.
"Really?" Kane smiled, "so let's do a multiple-choice question, either sell her to me or... Beat me!"