Chapter 64 It is true that the people of the Northland are hospitable
Although Su Wen still has a lot of things to do in Red Maple Town, such as his mercenary mission report has not yet been handed in, such as the follow-up examination on the determination of physical recovery, and the items that have been stolen plus the fines have not been able to be handed over...... Especially the third one, the real money of several thousand gold coins did not arrive, which was really a great loss for Su Wen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he finally gave up waiting for the judicial review that would take days or even weeks - by that time, it is estimated that if there is any danger, the incident will already be in place.
This is the second time that Su Wen has been forced to leave his residence, the last time in Triddis to escape Shirley's clutches, and this time because of a group of enemies who were inexplicably thrown at him by the Black Beast Mercenary Regiment.
This passive situation made him very unhappy, but before he had enough strength, Su Wen really didn't have any way to eradicate this kind of unhappiness.
So he decided to run away.
Unless there was no other way to do something he wasn't sure about—he had to admit that it was indeed his mistake not to get information out of the beginner mage's mouth in the first place, so that he didn't know what the enemy was facing for days to come. But if he was asked to choose again, he would still kill him decisively, because before that he didn't know what hole cards the latter had, and whether he would take advantage of his words to counterkill or something.
Su Wen thought to himself more than once that if he had a passive life-saving magic shield, or a demon immunity physique, a god and demon body, or something, his confidence might be much more sufficient, but it was a pity, at least so far, he was no different from ordinary people, and he had to lose his life if he was slashed in the head or an arrow was given.
However, things don't seem to be as bad as they seem.
From Red Maple Town to the Iron Furnace Province in the north of the Duolun Empire, it is equivalent to spanning half a country, a journey of more than 1,700 kilometers, and Su Wen and Laetitia took a week to walk halfway, which is still the result of Su Wen thinking that the long-distance public carriage between the cities is too slow, and directly spent money to buy a small carriage. And until they passed through the Great Valley of Naprado in the north-central part of the empire and entered the miracle plateau that represented the northern land of the empire, Su Wen, who had been vigilant all the way day and night, was not attacked in any way......
He even wondered if he had made a mistake in his judgment, but in that case, the act of blatantly breaking into the house and arresting people, except for the fact that the enemy of the Black Beast Mercenary Group who had no idea was determined through the previous night's temptation, Su Wen couldn't think of a second possibility, it wouldn't be a boring person who was idle and had nothing to do in the daytime to catch people and play—or was it that they were frightened by the end of the seven pathfinder soldiers who had no bones left?
Su Wen reluctantly accepted this conjecture, but he did not let his guard down.
On the contrary, Su Wen still thinks that this kind of life of quickly loading a pistol when he sees an unfamiliar vehicle or horse approaching, Su Wen still thinks it is quite good.
At least not he'll get bored on the way.
"Bang!"
On the deserted moorland avenue, the dull sound of Glock's gunfire suddenly rang out, the branches of a dead tree were shot in two by a speeding bullet, and a resting migratory bird in the tree was awakened by the sudden noise, flapping its wings and flying away in a loud chirp.
Su Wen, who was sitting at the front of the carriage, turned around and saw Laetitia leaning against the door, holding her gun intently.
The shiny glossy muzzle of the Glock 18 was emitting imperceptible white smoke, and the sound of bullet casings falling into the wooden compartment was particularly clear.
Su Wen glanced at the dead tree and shook his head.
"Zero points, an error of more than 5 meters within 30 meters, put it on the mobile shooting project and directly miss the target. ”
The fat migratory bird was crouching on the left side of the tree, but the branch that was broken by Liticia was on the far right side of the tree, which is no longer a phenomenon that can be explained by error. However, compared to the previous shots, the current results are at least some improvement, at least she didn't hit the bullet into the sky this time.
Laetitia is indeed very talented in mechanics, and she is more interested than afraid of the murder weapon in her hand that can kill people in an instant, and she quickly learned the most basic loading and shooting after the first few attempts, but unfortunately her shooting talent is not very bad, but it is not excellent at all, and it is even difficult to achieve a passing grade. For example, in the close-range shooting of less than 30 meters just now, even if Su Wen stopped the carriage that was slowly moving at a speed of ten kilometers per hour and let her aim as much as she could, it is estimated that she would eventually shoot crookedly because of her hand shaking when she pulled the trigger......
Hearing Su Wen's comment, Laetitia's ears trembled, and she unloaded the pistol a little sullenly, and then skillfully disassembled the pistol and carefully wiped the gunpowder residue from the chamber of the gun.
After Su Wen taught her to shoot, this was the first time she didn't know that she wanted to prove her marksmanship, but unfortunately it was clear that she failed again.
As for the wasted bullets, Su Wen didn't think there was anything to be sorry for. Rather than letting them stay in the weapon case and get moldy, it is better to use it to practice for Laetitia, anyway, this thing can be exchanged as long as there are exchange points, although it is a little more expensive, but it is not unacceptable...... Lytia do you want to play burst fire again, give up the bullets are not a waste of you like this!
Having finally stopped Laetitia's intention to load a full tank of bullets for her beloved Glock 18 to strafe, Suven suddenly remembered something while lamenting that the half-elf maid was getting bolder.
"By the way, Laetitia, didn't you say before that your hometown is in the Northland Plateau?
"Absolutely not, host. ”
Laetitia put the magazine back in the box and refused without even thinking about it.
"Hey, there's a black history?"
Laetitia got out of the front of the carriage and sat side by side with Su Wen, looking up at the gradually slanting sunset: "You're right, there may not be good memories in my hometown, and I don't want to go back there in my life." ”
"No relatives alive?"
"Nope. ”
"Well, that's really nothing to miss. ”
Since Laetitia was reluctant to mention the past, Su Wen didn't dwell on this, he knew that this weak-looking half-elf was actually very stubborn, and it was estimated that unless he brushed his favorability to the extreme, it was unlikely that he would want to change her mind.
Well, until now, Su Wen was still thinking about brushing up on favorability......
Seeing that the sun was setting and night was about to fall, Su Wen was not worried about needing to walk in the dark. Judging by the map that has been prepared for a long time, after leaving the valley of Naprado, go straight along the main road, and you will reach the next town in less than 40 kilometers, which should be about the same time. Su Wen looked into the distance, and sure enough, he could even see the curling smoke coming from the town called "Certoris".
However, although it was an official road built by the Duolun Empire, this road across the wasteland was not the closest route to Southern Plateau City, so large caravans were almost reluctant to take this route, except for a few small caravans and horse-drawn carriages for safety. Moreover, at this time, there are almost no oncoming passers-by, and there are no villages or people nearby, so the whole road is rarely very clean.
Because of this, when Su Wen was about to hurry away, a gunshot from a distance in front of him reached his ears very clearly.
"Huh?!"
Su Wen was startled, he immediately stopped the horses in front of him, and listened carefully to the echoing gunshot.
The sound of this gunshot was very loud, and Su Wen guessed that it was probably made of flint guns or arquebuses, but there seemed to be no follow-up sound after the gunshot, as if Laetitia had been bored with Glock 18 not long ago to shoot birds to practice marksmanship, and there was no follow-up at all. Moreover, the terrain of this wasteland is undulating, and the roads are winding and rugged, so after hearing the gunshot, Su Wen judged that the place where the shot was fired was less than a kilometer away, but he could not see what was going on there.
Su Wen turned her head to look at Laetitia next to her, only to find that the half-elf girl had gone back to get her gun in a muffled voice - after learning to use Glock 18, her desire to fight seemed to be stronger than herself, and she always wanted to pull out her gun and compare it when she saw something......
Su Wen didn't dare to slack off, and he also entered a state of alert.
Although the front was soon quiet, he was not sure if there would be any danger.
The carriage continued on its way, slowly climbing over the hillside in front of it. After turning a corner over a huge three-story loess hill, Su Wen finally saw several people dressed in northern cowboy-style clothes from a distance. There was no imaginary battle nearby, but a makeshift shed, a few horses tethered to stakes deep in the earth, and a pile of cargo boxes laid out on the side of the road.
Su Wen quietly loaded Glock 19, which was hidden in leather armor, ready to pull it out for shooting. For he soon found that the group of men were all waiting for something by the roadside, and that they were all holding long muskets in their hands—and sure enough, the gunfire must have come from the midst of the group.
As for who they are waiting for?
Do you still need to ask? Except for Su Wen's carriage on this section, all that remains is empty yellow sand.
Su Wen quickly understood that the gunshot just now should have been made when the carriage in front of him passed by, and the carriage behind him was still nearly a kilometer away, which meant that the carriage that Su Wen was riding was about to pass by this group of people alone......
He looked at the town of Certoris, which was almost in front of him, and thought to himself, no wonder they all said that the people of the Northland were fierce and dared to rob on the main road opened by the government, not to mention, they still used cards to collect money one by one at the gate of the town?
This is no longer an act that can be described as audacious, this is simply madness!
But Su Wen didn't worry too much, it was only five or six minutes since the last gunshot, and there was no trace of any fighting in the vicinity, so this group of guys with guns should not endanger their lives and Laetitia's lives.
The carriage travels at a constant speed......
Then, without Su Wen's expectations, this group of rugged cowboys, all with big beards, surrounded them with muskets.
The middle-aged man with a rosacea at the head raised the musket in his hand and decisively deducted the trigger against the sky, and with the roar of gunpowder deflagration, billowing smoke spewed out of the barrel.
In the smoke of gunpowder, it is the enthusiastic smiles of this group of cowboys.
And just as Su Wen was about to listen to the conditions they offered, the middle-aged man at the head shook the musket in his hand and spoke loudly.
"Hey, traveler from afar, hey!"
"Look, what is this?Ironforge Goblins and Dwarves are a forbidden weapon! Do you hear the voice? It's much more powerful than a girl-like crossbow, and can easily blow the heads of those rogues. Come and try it, it's not too powerful and doesn't cost money, and you're guaranteed to be satisfied!"
You sister, you look like a rogue!