Chapter 72: The Wisdom of the Kidnappers
Lear didn't really bother Sosa too much.
He simply drew a five-pointed star on the map and asked Sosa to take all the ransom money to a point where he could drop the ransom, and when he received the full ransom, Eldred would return to Hammondal's barracks safely.
Because when Lear learned from Eldred that Sosa was actually a swordsman with a fourth-level fighting spirit, he gave up the idea of directly contacting the other party to find a chance to tie him back.
If you have 10,000 gold coins, it is only more than 100 pounds, plus 80 pounds of crystal gem sulfur mercury, and if you have a fourth-level fighting spirit, more than 180 pounds should be no problem, Lear felt that he was quite thoughtful for Sosa.
However, the five-pointed star he drew on the map was nearly 100 miles long.
No wonder Sosa was about to kick off the sand table and throw the long sword.
But Sosa couldn't do anything, she had no choice but to talk to Lear directly without magical communication devices, and she didn't dare to take that risk when she sat in the barracks and waited for Lear to change his mind before contacting her.
Two hundred kilograms of crystals were not as high as the price she would pay, but they were not much worse, and even for a magician, the temptation of such a huge fortune was enormous.
After three days, it is sunny and everything is not taboo, and it is advisable to pay the ransom and redeem the hostages.
Sosa set off from the barracks alone in a carriage, and Orling offered to follow, but she refused.
She didn't want anything to go wrong until she brought Adridrid back safely.
Before leaving, Sosa glanced at the woods behind her, and when she picked up her fighting spirit, she found that there was only a hazy light and shadow, which reassured her.
An hour later, she arrived at the first location Lear had designated, where the green figure she had seen before was waiting for her, and she was slightly glad that she had set off without any guards, and refused Orling's request.
"Where's Eldred?"
She stopped the carriage and asked coldly.
"I don't know, I'm just going to collect money here. โ
Ivo crouched down in the treetops and replied calmly.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you, or take you and trade with Eldred?"
Sosa's hand slowly caressed the hilt of the sword at her waist, and a cold light began to gleam in her eyes.
"You can try, if you attack me and let me escape, or if I don't return within half a day, Miss Eldred's body will be sent outside your barracks. โ
Ivo stood up, but didn't take out his longbow, he knew what was better against a fourth-level swordsman.
Sosa let go of the hilt of his sword.
She went to the back of the carriage and opened the carriage, dragging out a heavy box and throwing it heavily into the grass by the side of the road.
The yellow gold coins were scattered all over the place, and as Lear thought, a hundred pounds was really nothing to Sosa.
She sneered and stood on the side of the road, just to see if the wood elves dared to come over and collect the money.
Then, under her gaze, Ivo jumped down from the tree and walked unhurriedly to the chest, and after straightening the box, he bent down and went to collect the gold coins scattered on the ground one by one, and even put a handful of gold coins to his mouth and blew them before listening to them.
Sosa was less than ten metres from Ivo, and she felt like she couldn't take it anymore.
Ivo picked up the box, and although his arm strength was good, it was still a little behind the warrior, so he had to use his belly to push it up, but fortunately, the horses were more than ten meters away from the tree, a few steps away.
"If you're not going to keep me, I'll go. โ
He looked back at Sosa with a big smile, just like Lear.
Sosa didn't dare draw his sword in the end, and could only watch with hatred as Ivo poured the gold into the waist pockets on both sides of the horse and walked away.
She didn't even have a box left.
The swordsman drove the carriage to the next place where the money was paid, and before leaving, she swung the long sword in her hand and quickly returned it to its sheath, and the two large trees behind her slid diagonally to the ground.
There was a loud "boom", and the incision was as smooth as a mirror.
The second person waiting for her was Guina, this time she didn't put any more scenes, she simply took out a box of gems from the carriage and threw it on the ground, Guina picked up the box and nodded to her slightly before leaving, which was a greeting between swordsmen, which made her stuffy chest a little better.
Then they were Mrak, Haag, and Adela, and until the end she didn't see the culprit who took her as a horse, and when she saw Adela, she asked if the other party was Lear, because she had only seen such a magician all the way, and she was not too disappointed after getting a negative answer from the other party, because she had no hope, and the obvious first-class mage badge on the female mage's chest also proved that she could not be the one who defeated Eldred.
She's just aggrieved.
But what Sosa didn't know was that in the opposite direction, two hundred miles away from her, a battle between mages was taking place.
The two sides of the battle are Lear and two mages sent by Count Svia.
The battle happened inexplicably, at least that's what Lear thought.
After hiding in the woods behind Ivo and watching Sosa complete the deal, Lear rested for a while, thinking that the second batch of supplies should also be taken by Guina, before he led his horse and walked towards Hammondal's barracks, where the beautiful Miss Eldred was now being tied up and thrown on horseback.
What Lear hates the most is those who have to tear up tickets or hurt hostages in the movies of his previous life after receiving ransoms, how can such a sacred thing as kidnapping tickets not be credible, a breach of trust will bring a permanent shadow, at least in Lear's case, a promise is the basic quality that a kidnapper must have.
The most important thing to do in a high-risk profession is to stick to the bottom line, and since the person who has received the money must let go.
It's a big deal to tie it back next time.
But on the question of whether to release or save people, the two men commissioned by Count Svia are clearly at odds with Lear.
While Lear had made it clear that he would take him and I would go, the two Erathia mages had always insisted on the stubborn policy of keeping people and you staying, and no matter how Lear explained, the two sides could not reach a friendly and win-win negotiation result on this issue.
Then let's fight.
But once the fight began, the two Erathians found that the process was completely different from what they had expected.
The little man in front of him, Sarabuto, was using a low-level spell magic arrow from beginning to end, but he only had the power to dodge and couldn't parryโLear didn't need to chant a spell.
The long dodge made it impossible for them to organize effective counter-spells, except for the water-resisting thaumaturgy they had cast on themselves at the beginning.
Originally, the idea was that one of them would drag Lear and the other would step forward to untie Eldred's restraints and silence, so that a three-on-one complete spell suppression would be formed, and Lear would have to obediently tie his hands - if he didn't want to die.
The dream is full, but the reality is tragic.
Just as they felt the magic arrows flying above their heads gradually stop, and they were full of joy that Lear's mana was finally exhausted, a solemn chanting of a spell suddenly sounded in their ears.
Hearing this voice, both of them knew that if they didn't fight back, they wouldn't have a chance, so they immediately jumped out from behind the big tree where they were hiding and began to chant the incantation.
But Lear is faster than them.
After knowing that Lear is good at shaking mountains, the two mages deliberately distanced themselves from each other, but this created a great deal of convenience for Lear to break through.
Because the spell he casts now is teleportation.
Then the two mages discovered that Lear, who had been locked by their psychic powers, had suddenly disappeared from the field.
As one of the mages struggled to search for Lear's trace, he saw his companion's eyes widen in horror two hundred meters away, and then a voice blew into the back of his ear.
"Hello. โ
Then he felt a blackness in front of him, and his body fell forward heavily.
Lear swung the gavel in his hand vigorously.
Yo West! One hit kills.
"No! you're not a second-level magician at all!"
The mage on the other side shouted in horror, then turned and ran, but before he could take two steps he felt a gust of wind hit the back of his head.
"I never said I was a second-level magician. โ
It was the last word he heard before he became conscious.
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When Sosa returned to the barracks in despair, she was shocked to find that Eldred was sitting in a tent waiting for her.
Fortunately, although the Sarabuto man is cunning, he is still trustworthy, and if it falls into my hands in the future, it will be fine if it falls into my hands and it will be cut directly, and the skin will not be peeled.
Sosa thought to herself.
It's just that her lovely cousin brought her even more unfortunate news after throwing herself into her arms and crying bitterly.
The two mages sent by Count Svia have been kidnapped again.
Sosa only felt a darkness in front of him, and then fell backwards heavily.
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