The sun was about to go down, and Xiao Chen walked slowly in this camp against the hillside. The camp was very simple, but it stretched out in a large area, at least from Xiao Chen's position, he could barely see the end of the camp. Carts and wooden stakes divided the open space into many pieces, and some fences and tarpaulins were added to give people a shelter from the wind.

However, today's camp was much better than a few days ago, Xiao Chen at least didn't see the quarrel and brawl, and he didn't smell the smell of feces and urine. It seems that several days of preaching and whipping have done some tricks.

One after another, men emerged from the surrounding woods, carrying some firewood and game. The women had already begun to raise the fire, and choking smoke began to rise from all over the camp.

Xiao Chen looked as he walked, as if he was attracted by the scene of this life, but he didn't notice that there was a puddle in front of him, and when he was about to step in, a crisp shout came: "Be careful!"

Xiao Chen gathered his feet in time, and when he looked back, the green-haired girl was holding a black cat in her arms, four or five meters behind him.

"Katarina, you've been following me?"

"Lord Xiao. Caterina seemed to be a little flustered, her hand tightened, and pulled the cat's hair, the cat screamed sharply, suddenly broke away from her embrace, jumped to the ground, trotted a few steps, came to Xiao Chen's feet, rubbed his trouser legs, and landed on his instep.

"Don't call me my lord, I've said it, just call me Xiao Chen, but you don't listen. Xiao Chen picked up the cat and held it in his arms, and the black cat turned its head and squinted its eyes pleasantly. Xiao Chen touched its back and said, "It seems that the little guy still likes me a little." ”

Caterina had nothing in her arms, and she forgot how to put her hands, so she wrung her hands together a little crampedly, and said softly, "Are you worried about anything?"

"Worried, what's the most worrying thing right now is that this little thing is sticking to me. ”

"That means it likes you, and Hei is cute. ”

Xiao Chen saw that the girl's clear eyes looked at him exactly like the eyes of a black cat, his heart moved, and he said slowly: "It's not easy to like this thing, people are confused about it, and the cat doesn't understand it, maybe it just asked me to beg for fish to eat." ”

"I think it's very easy to like it, it's just a very happy feeling. Like, like I love to eat Black Mountain pie. ”

"Okay. Xiao Chen smiled, "Tell me, why are you following me?"

The girl's head lowered slightly, her eyes were the same as the cat, and she always circled around Xiao Chen's feet, "Roger, Sister Kalanda, they are all in charge of the slaves, I see you spinning alone, I'm afraid of any danger, help you keep an eye on it." ”

"I'm a magician, who dares?" Xiao Chen said with a smile.

"That's not easy to say, these slaves are all money, you can't get along with other people's money, those bad people must hate you to death. ”

"Bad guys, you mean slave traders?"

Caterina pursed her lips and nodded vigorously: "If you are a slave trader, there are no good people!"

Xiao Chen smiled when he heard this, Caterina was still young after all, and her thinking was a little simple, but on the other hand, it was Kalanda who protected her very well.

"What are you laughing at? What am I saying wrong? If it weren't for Sister Kalanda who saved me, what would you be like now? Caterina habitually stroked her hair when she said this, and the thick green hair was pulled behind her ears, although it was a simple action, but it also had some style.

Xiao Chen couldn't help but secretly think, if she was still in the hands of those slave traders, I am afraid that she would become a valuable plaything, right?

"Well, you're right! these guys are the worst and the worst, but we're not afraid of them. If they dare to enter this camp, they will be torn to pieces by the people in the camp. ”

"But these people are just slaves. You can't expect a slave to protect a master who has only known him for three days. Caterina argued, "But, I, I'll protect you." ”

As if to prove herself, she pulled out the dagger at her waist.

"Thank you. Xiao Chen looked at the girl who had just reached his chest, and said seriously, "However, they will not be slaves in the future, and I am not their master." I said that I would give them the dignity they deserved. ”

"Is that really going to happen?"

"You don't believe it?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" the girl was silent for a moment before she said, "Slaves have always been just the belongings of the old man. There were slaves or two who were freed for various reasons. But I've never heard of freedom for so many people at once, ....... Besides, those slaves are wealth, and even if you want to, what about the other people with you, will they be reluctant?I, I know you're very powerful, but even if Sister Kalanda makes a decision in our group, there will be people who will oppose her. ”

Xiao Chen suddenly found that this girl was much more sensible than he thought, he took a deep breath, glanced at the tents in the middle of the camp, and asked, "You don't believe I can do it?"

The girl's head shook slightly, then lowered again, "No, no, I believe it." ”

"Ha, it seems that a lot of people in the team think of me as a liar who talks big things. ”

It's just that it's so good that it's hard to believe. It's like...... It was as if one day a stranger suddenly jumped out of nowhere and told me that I was actually a princess. I must think he's a liar. ”

"So that's ......" Xiao Chen felt for the first time that the concept was so stubborn that it could create such a big barrier between him and the locals. If it weren't for Caterina's words, he wouldn't have realized that it wasn't just the slaves who didn't believe him, but also his men and companions.

Seeing that Xiao Chen was a little disappointed, Caterina hurriedly said, "I will talk to them, so that they must believe you!"

"Don't worry, when we settle them down, we will convince them with reality. I found out the other day that pork is more useful than horns. Let's go, take a look at the camp with me. Look at what these people are doing and thinking. ”

At this moment, on a large tree near the camp, two men in black cloaks were quietly observing everything in the camp.

"Mars, it's not a good job. There are too many people. The tall, thin of the two whispered. In his hand he carried a crossbow about a foot long, all black, like a block of ink, which melted into the shadow of the leaves along with his clothes.

"Luke, no one can escape from under us, you know. The shorter one replied in a low voice, "Every damned person is already dead at our hands." ”

"Still, none of those people have a magician. Luke said.

Mars shook his head and said, "Magicians can't stop your arrows or my swords, we haven't killed magicians, it's just because there are too few magicians." ”

"Okay, but we'll have to find him, then get out of the way, give him a shot before he can use his magic, and finally escape surrounded by thousands...... Perhaps, we should wait for them to hit the road tomorrow. After all, it is much easier to attack a convoy from both sides than to reach into the camp and find someone. Luke said.

"There are several good players among them, and we can't escape from them during the day. ”

"However, the slave catchers in the back also want us to do it during the day. That way they can catch more people. ”

Mars snorted coldly: "We just have to kill people first and then leave, I don't have time to care if those slave traders are good or not." ”

"But they paid for it. ”

"We do as much as we want. ”

Luke thought for a moment and said, "That's right, I said it's up to you to decide." Say, what's going to do?"

Mars observed for a while, and ordered: "When it gets dark, we will sneak into the camp, I will be responsible for setting fire to the car, you take the opportunity to kill a few guards, as long as they are in chaos, that magician will definitely come forward to stabilize the situation, so that we have a chance." ”

Luke nodded, but with some hesitation on his face, he leaned into Mars's ear, as if afraid of being heard, and muttered, "I've heard that whoever kills a mage is cursed, and ...... The curse will be passed down from generation to generation. ”

"What curse?"

"Here. Mars pointed to his lower body, frowned, and said, "It's going to rot." ”

"Don't say that you seem to have a son. It would be nice if you idiot could live without starving. Mars glanced at him.

"But what if?"

"If you're rotten, you don't have to worry about your son. Mars laughed to himself.

Luke was choked speechless.

"Well, fool, shoot him in the throat with your crossbow, not even a magician can curse a man with a throat with a hole. ”

Luke's eyes lit up, he touched the black crossbow in his hand and said, "Hey, that's right." I'm going to shoot this 'shadow of death' through his throat. ”

The sun had set, and under the cover of night, the two of them got down from the trees and slowly approached the camp.

"Hell, how come there are so many people patrolling!" Luke cursed quietly, "There are sentry posts outside, sentry covers, and people patrolling back and forth." The man who arranged for the defense of the camp must have been an experienced knight. ”

"You think too highly of those knights, they don't have this kind of ability. It's not like you haven't entered the barracks, whether it's the barracks of the kingdom or the empire, it's all a mess, how can you pay attention here? It's that magician has a powerful mercenary under his hands!"

The two of them did not act rashly, but changed three or four places, squatting in the grass back and forth for nearly half an hour, until Mars felt that he had figured out the rules of these posts, and then began to act.

Mars pointed to a tree not far away, "Get rid of the sentry on the tree, walk along the low trees on the side, and get under the carts, and we'll be in." The old rules. ”

He leaned over and leaned towards the tree from behind, as dexterous as a mouse-catcher, and when he had pressed into the sentry corner of the trunk, he gestured to Luke.

Luke had already aimed at the sentry with the Shadow Crossbow, but strangely, the winding bolt was wrapped in a thick layer of black gas. He pulled the trigger, and a black shadow flashed through the crossbow and passed through the back of the sentry's neck without a sound. No blood flowed from the arrow, but a black spot the size of a coin appeared, centered on the black spot, and his skin began to turn gray. The gray quickly spread, and the sentinel's eyes lost their luster in an instant, and his body fell from a tree like a stiff stone.

Mars leaned in, took the body firmly in his hand, and placed it in the grass.

"Yes, that's it, Luke, just like that, kill the magician. ”