Chapter 18: First Blood

Although there are trains in this world, they are only the most primitive coal-burning steam trains.

Inside the locomotive, workers add coal to the boilers, which in turn produce steam to propel the trains.

As soon as the train started, a large amount of black smoke poured out of the chimney on the locomotive, like a black flag.

Al sat on the penultimate train, and the people here were generally small families.

Because of the black smoke from the locomotive chimney, the closer to the locomotive, the worse the environment and air in the carriage.

Therefore, the further back the carriage, the better the environment and air, and the corresponding train fares will naturally be more expensive.

The last carriage, in particular, can be said to be extremely luxurious, comparable to the appearance of some small luxury restaurants.

Originally, according to Al's idea, he just found a car in front of him and sat down.

However, Aunt May and old Howard felt that he was going to take the exam, and if he made a mess, it would inevitably not have an impact.

So the two of them filled in a lot of money for Al and bought him a seat in the penultimate carriage to go to Far Mountain City.

Sitting by the window, Al watched the scenery slowly pass by in the distance, his mind still recalling knowledge.

Al is still very confident about being admitted to Solangjoya University.

After all, with the ability of [Concentration], Al's mastery and memory of knowledge are far beyond ordinary people.

As the latest technological product in this world, the speed of the train is already amazing for ordinary people.

But for Al, who had come from another world, that speed was not enough.

So when Al reviewed the knowledge in his mind for the third time, he finally felt bored.

After thinking about it, he simply took out the food that Aunt Mei had prepared for herself, and ate it in small bites to pass the time.

However, while Al was eating, he suddenly saw a train passing on the hillside in the distance.

Five men on horseback quickly approached the train.

Looking at the cold light in their hands, it was obvious that they were holding weapons.

Obviously, it can't be that you want to take a ride.

The actions of those five men were not disguised in the slightest, so it didn't take long for El to find them, and almost all of them found out.

Then, on the train, the police whistle sounded one after another.

Six guards armed with batons quickly rushed to the last and penultimate compartments.

The carriages in front were mostly bitter civilians and foot merchants, and it was impossible to have any money at all.

Therefore, all those who rob trains basically choose the penultimate and penultimate carriages as targets.

Al looked at the slightly trembling hands of the six guards holding batons, and frowned imperceptibly.

This kind of quality, if it is really put on the train by those who lick the blood from the knife edge, Al does not think that they can really protect themselves.

In the blink of an eye, the five men were already infinitely close to the train on horseback.

Al looked at the fierce expressions in the eyes of those men, reached out and grabbed the iron sword wrapped in cloth, ready for the eventuality.

Sure enough, as Al had expected, the five men approached the train on horseback and jumped onto the train with their weapons in hand.

With the exception of one of the bandits, who looked a little bloated, the rest jumped on the train unharmed.

As for the bloated bandit, he was wounded in the head by a guard wielding a baton.

But like a man who was fine, he just shook his head, and then punched the guard out with a smirk.

Seeing that bloated horse bandit was able to knock people out with one punch.

Al preliminarily judged that the strength of the other party was probably infinitely close to that of a low-level knight.

Moreover, the breathing rate of the other party is also different from that of ordinary people, and it is obvious that he also practices the knight's breathing method.

It's just that compared to Al's "Dawn Breathing" from Lancer.

The breathing method practiced by these horse bandits is inevitably a little out of the flow.

Al rolled his eyes a few times, and looked at the five horse bandits who were all entangled with the six guards.

When he found out that the strongest of the five horse bandits was only a junior knight, he relaxed.

Not to mention sorcery, the strength of a medium knight alone is enough for El to protect himself in front of these five horse bandits.

So Al looked at the five horse bandits calmly, and only paid the price of minor injuries to knock down six guards.

Then he laughed and rushed into the penultimate carriage, and immediately the chickens and dogs jumped inside.

After spending a few years in Linshan Town, Al can be said to know the rich people of this world very well.

It's not that there aren't good people among the rich, but out of ten rich people, it's good to be able to have a relatively good person.

Capital is bloody, and it is quite appropriate for the rich people of this world.

Therefore, although Al had the ability to stop the five horse bandits, he did not make a move.

It's just that, sometimes, it's not that Al can't make a move if he doesn't want to.

The world often forces a person to make a decision, rather than making a choice.

Four of the five bandits, each with a large bag of finances, rushed out of the last carriage.

However, when the fifth horse bandit rushed out of it, he not only carried a large bag of belongings, but also a woman.

The woman kept struggling, and Al could see that the other party was about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he looked good.

I'm afraid that there are not a few men who usually pursue her.

However, it is precisely because of her appearance today that horse bandits forcibly kidnap people.

Seeing this scene, Al frowned slightly, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

If he can still sit idly by and ignore the robbery of finances, then the robbery of the girl is beyond the scope of Al's tolerance.

Reaching out and grabbing the cloth-wrapped iron sword, Al was about to stand up, but another person rushed forward first.

"You horse bandits, even if you rob property, why do you rob people!"

The man who rushed forward one step ahead of El was the youngest of the six guards before him.

At this time, the momentum he showed was much stronger than before, but he had already reached the level of a low-level knight.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and Al knew that he had just looked away, and he didn't even see that this young guard was hiding his strength.

It's just that two of the five horse bandits have reached the level of low-level knights.

As for the other three, although they have not yet reached the level of low-level knights, the difference is not much.

With one against five, and two of them are equal to him, or even stronger by three points.

The results speak for themselves.

The young guard had already attacked suddenly, and he had caught the flaw in the action of the captive bandit.

So he divided five by two, and knocked down the horse bandit with the baton in his hand.

Then he directly rescued the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, and pulled back quickly.

It's a pity that the young guard just now didn't have a sword in his hand, otherwise, there would be one less horse bandit.

The leader of the five bandits had obviously thought of this.

Therefore, his face was extremely gloomy, and he motioned for his brother to come forward and test the young guard's weight.

was tempted by his own boss, and among the five horse bandits, the middle-aged man with a long face and beard walked up first.

Waving a saber in his hand, the long-faced bandit walked towards the young guard step by step.

At this point, the young guard pushed the girl behind him backwards and motioned for the surrounding passengers to leave as soon as possible.

He clenched his baton in one hand and watched warily at the approaching long-faced bandits.

When the two men approached a certain distance, they rushed towards each other almost simultaneously.

Sabres and batons collided together with a dull thud.

The wood-clad and iron-clad batons are infinitely powerful in the face of ruffians and hooligans.

But in the face of the saber of the long-faced horse bandit, it was beyond its strength.

After a few face-to-face moves, the baton in the young guard's hand finally couldn't withstand the slash of the saber and broke.

This made the young guard, who had a slight advantage, open the door wide, and he was about to be slashed in the chest by a saber.

At that moment, Al moved instantly, holding the cloth-wrapped iron sword in one hand and blocking the young guard's chest.

And then successfully helped the young guard block the knife of the long-faced horse bandit!

With a bang, the iron sword in Al's hand did not move, and the saber that slashed at the iron sword flicked backwards.

As for the young guard who was blocked by the iron sword in his chest, he took three steps back in a row due to the force of the shock.

The five horse bandits looked at Al in surprise, not understanding why there were so many masters on the train this time.

The leader of the bandits' eyes flickered with a cold light, and after thinking about it, he prepared to let his four brothers leave with him.

After all, the money is already in hand, and you can't get anything else you want.

However, just when the boss wanted to open his mouth to tell the brothers to retreat.

The horse bandit who had been knocked unconscious by the young guard woke up.

He thought back for a moment that he had been knocked unconscious by the young guard, and suddenly he turned red and roared to his feet.

Pulling out the saber from his waist, the bandit's face turned red and he rushed angrily towards Al and the young guard.

The incident happened suddenly, and the boss of the horse bandit couldn't intercept it at all.

Seeing that El's eyes flickered with cold light, the iron sword in his hand turned into a cold light and slashed at the angry horse bandit.

The boss of the horse bandit secretly said in his heart that it was not good, and shouted loudly at the moment: "Please also ask this brother's subordinates to be merciful!"

However, the words of the horse bandit boss were too late after all.

What's more, Al didn't want to show mercy to his subordinates at all.

I saw that the iron sword in Al's hand slashed through a cold light, directly grazing the throat of the angry horse bandit.

A streak of blood erupted from the throat of the angry bandit, followed by a bloody arrow spurting out of his throat.

Fast, accurate, ruthless!

With the assistance of the [Concentration] ability, the originally ordinary combat skills attached to the breathing method have become extremely sharp.

The moves are all aimed at the key point, which can be called a killing skill.

All of a sudden, everyone in the penultimate carriage took their breath away, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing!