30. Intentions
Jiajing is no longer as poor as in the real world, cannot be favored by women, dedicates himself to undercover work for many years, and has no time to fall in love on a blind date.
Now that the four of them are on the road together, Jiajing has money again, so he buys a large giant armored beast car, which is driven by the Punar brothers in turn, and Jiajing sits in the car with the older Claude.
Like an oversized pangolin, they live in hilly and mountainous areas, and although they are not as powerful as camel turtles, they are far faster than giant tortoises. After they are captured, they are generally trained to be used as cart pullers, and the price is expensive, with more than three hundred gold, after all, there are not many cart-pulling animals that can withstand the weight of two Storm Bear Warriors, and it is rare in the entire Star Picking City.
The Punnard brothers had no complaints about driving, and the six jars of Biluo Chun and a large amount of delicious jerky were the biggest motivation for them to move forward.
Jiajing didn't have any specific destination, because Claude knew that there would be many mages passing by on the border between the eastern part of the empire and the Elite Empire, and there were even druids and elven mages of the Treant clan in that area, so the group set off towards the east.
Located in the northeast of the Athena Empire, the Elite Empire borders the territory of the Treants and Elves, and is home to the powerful Forbidden Forest Army and the Heavenly Punishment Legion composed of magicians, making it one of the most powerful empires in the Western Regions.
Due to the proximity of the Elite Empire to the Elven Clan, it has more mages than the other empires.
Jiajing wanted to find a great mage who was proficient in space magic, or even a magister, so Claude suggested that he go to the northeast region of the empire to find out.
There are not many great mages who are proficient in space magic, and those mages and archmages are even rarer, and the chance of encountering them on the way is very small.
Claude didn't know why Jiajing insisted on looking for them, and Claude instructed Jiajing to go to the northeast, at most, just to try his luck.
Together with Claude, an alchemist, Jiajing has gained a lot of knowledge, and his understanding of puppets has deepened, and he knows that his red-eyed griffin is not very different from other puppets. However, Claude studied and studied, and he still couldn't tell the secret of the red-eyed griffin's intelligence.
In addition to explaining to Jiajing what he had seen and heard, alchemy, magic puppets and other knowledge on the mainland, Claude either took out the thick books he brought with him and read them by himself, or lowered his head to ponder something, and he also asked Jiajing several times to summon the red-eyed griffin, copy the magic array on it, and even use a grinding stone to grind some heavy gold powder from the red-eyed griffin's body to study.
Although there were many bandit gangs on the road who wanted to fight the idea of this luxurious giant armored beast car, when they saw that it was a huge Bill driving the car, and the car was also engraved with a noble rune intertwined with claws and sharp swords, they did not dare to do it easily, but secretly sent people to follow the giant armored beast car from a distance, so as to confirm that there was no property in the car that was worth their risk.
Most robbers judge whether there are gold coins and other valuable items hidden in the car based on the depth of the ruts, but the ruts left by the giant beast cart are sometimes deep and shallow, and it is difficult for experienced robbers to tell whether they are hidden.
Kasia's perception in this regard was much better than that of humans, and he had long smelled that unusual breath, so he turned his head and told Jiajing.
Claude took out a cylindrical object out of nowhere, like a telescope, and observed it from the back window and side window of the car for a while, before he said to Jiajing: "Boss, there are four or five people behind who are sneakily following, looking at the outfit, it should be a gang of robbers, and there is more than one gang." ”
Jiajing has been dealing with robbers a lot in the past two years, and robber leaders like Vilia often come to the tavern secretly to drink. He also sold the rare treasures that were looted in the past and were difficult to sell to Jiajing at a low price, so Jiajing was not very afraid of the robbers who followed, but took Claude's cylindrical items and observed them with interest.
Lao Ke proudly explained on the side: "This telescope was invented by Lao Ke, using two crystals, grinding into an oval shape with a certain arc, and then inlaying it into the cylinder, adjusting the spacing, you can observe things in the distance, and there is no other purpose." ”
Jiajing smiled slightly, "The name telescope is not good, let's call it a telescope instead, I see that you didn't bring anything, where did this telescope come from?"
Jiajing changed the name that Claude had used for many years, and was a little reluctant at first, but Claude thought about it, and the name "telescope" was indeed much smoother than "telescope", so he gladly accepted it.
However, for the second half of Jiajing's sentence, Claude was hesitant for most of the day before he said: "Lao Ke has studied alchemy for most of his life, although he lacks materials to make storage equipment, but he can still hide something on his body." ”
Jiajing saw that he didn't want to say it, and he didn't force it, so he changed the topic and said what he wanted in his heart: "Lao Ke, I don't know how many of this telescope you have, I think it's also quite interesting, why don't you give it to me." ”
Claude saw that Jiajing didn't ask him about the secret of storing his belongings, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Although this telescope is not very useful, the inlaid crystal is extremely pure and expensive, so I just made two, since the boss likes this, I will give it to the boss." ”
Jiajing was also not polite, and threw the telescope into his storage bracelet, "Lao Ke, it's not appropriate for us to let them follow behind, is there any way to get rid of them?"
Punavi didn't drive now, he stayed in the car with Jiajing, and after hearing Jiajing's question, he laughed loudly and shouted: "What's so difficult about this, let me go alone, and kill them all at once!"
Claude glared at him: "Of course you can kill these people, but we don't know how many robbers are following behind, you can kill ten, twenty, but if a hundred or five hundred come, how many can you kill, can you ensure the safety of this vehicle?"
Punavi was very impressed by the numbers, and counted them for a long time before he said, "Well, I can probably handle twenty or thirty bronze and black iron level warriors. ”
Claude wanted to teach Punavi a lesson and make him understand that he couldn't solve everything by force, but when he heard that he could deal with twenty or thirty bronze and black iron level warriors, Claude was taken aback and couldn't help but look at him again.
Kasia has always been known for being honest, and since Punavi said so, he can really do it.
In this way, his skill is at least equivalent to that of a silver warrior among humans.
Although Kasia is known for his savage and brutal fighting style, and is good at dealing with opponents who are numerous but not as strong as them, this number is enough to make Lao Ke's heart palpitate.
Lao Ke didn't know that what Punal just said was that he was modest, as one of several powerful races in Kasia, Lucius Storm Bear is an elite warrior among the bear clan, and the strength of Lucius Storm Bear after adulthood is comparable to the golden warrior among humans.
Claude suddenly had an idea, so he said to Jiajingyan: "Boss, aren't you looking for a magician? Most powerful magicians and other masters have a large number of followers, which forms a unique hierarchy, they have their own circles of activity, and it is easy to find out about each other. Why don't we have a tough battle with these robbers, and after playing the name of the Yanjing family, we will naturally be able to attract a lot of followers. By then, our strength will be greater, and even if we meet a magister, it will be much easier for us to ask them to do something. ”
Jiajing pondered for a moment and applauded: "This method is good, but I don't know how many people they have, whether we can easily deal with it, I originally planned to go to the next big city to go to the mercenary hall to issue a high bounty to find their whereabouts." ”