Chapter 020: Tea
More than a dozen caravans gathered, and they all chose the same path. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Of course, they may still be separated after a fork in the road.
After the iron-blooded mercenary group followed the caravan through the Chaos Forest for a day's journey, more than a dozen caravans were completely dispersed.
The mercenaries of the Iron Blood, along with one of the largest caravans left, chose a different path and headed towards the Chaos on their own.
When they came to this road, not a single caravan or pedestrian passed here, at least not a caravan walked with them on this road.
The young mercenaries and the guys and guards of the caravan were all very excited about this phenomenon.
Because they thought that the road was still very hidden, and few caravans knew about it. In the same way, the robbers know very little.
However, Desaivi does not think so. "Maybe all the caravans walking on this road were killed by the robbers, so no one walked here. ”
Of course, the tough bandit woman was not frightened by this, but continued to sit in the carriage and talk to Julia about their whereabouts, as she had done before.
"If we want to know the truth, let's find out. Alleyne responded.
Mo Mocha enviously pointed to the giant crossbow on the top of a carriage and said, "The best way to deal with those robbers is to attack them with crossbow arrows, they don't have any strong armor, if we have a hundred crossbow arrows, no robber will dare to intercept us." ”
Alleyne gave the other a disdainful look. "You should know that this kind of giant crossbow is the jurisdiction weapon of the army, I think this caravan is already very laborious to get so many, if you want to get some more, I am sure that you will not be able to exchange a giant crossbow for a lifetime of serving the military department as a slave. ”
"Oh! I just want to be a servant of the gods, a brilliant prophet, and you shouldn't hit people like that. Momocha looked at Alleyne with a playful face.
As soon as the caravan reached the next fork, the two mercenaries who acted as scouts in front of them rode back to the group.
"There are robbers in front of us who have blocked the road, and they have made us pay a hundred gold coins or half of the goods as the passage money, otherwise a battle awaits us. ”
Merck said angrily: "Let's fight them! ”
This young man has just been a mercenary for a short time, and he doesn't understand the rules of conduct of mercenaries at all, so he has such words.
"How many bandits are there, and what about the weapons in your hands?" said Alleyne, frowning as he asked the mercenary acting as a scout.
The elderly mercenary pondered for a moment before giving the answer. "At least five hundred robbers, damn it, we can't stand up to that group of robbers. ”
Alleyne frowned, deep in thought. Although there were dozens of mercenaries who were good at fighting in the caravans they escorted, according to his understanding, these mercenaries were only a group of people who were at the bottom of the mercenary world.
"It's not impossible to give some money. Alleyne whispered to the contemplative caravan master, "Although we are about to enter the land of chaos, no one can be sure whether there are robbers behind us, they are too numerous, and we will pay some money to avoid losing manpower." ”
The caravan owner glanced at Alleyne, and instead of agreeing or disagreeing, he motioned for the caravan to surround all the vehicles.
Then, the owner of the caravan led more than a dozen men with weapons and more than a dozen other mercenaries to rush to the front.
Alleyne looked at the other party's back with a somewhat ugly face, and Mo Mocha cursed in a low voice: "Damn, did he think that this would scare the robbers away?"
The thought of the caravan master looking at him with such strange eyes made Alleyne feel uncomfortable in his heart.
However, he also knows that this is a special situation, and he can't conflict with the other party at all. If you are dissatisfied, suppressing it is the best choice.
After a while, the owner of the caravan ran back with dozens of people frantically with a grim face.
"Prepare for battle, the robbers are coming. With that, he commanded more than a dozen men to climb onto the carriage where the giant crossbow was placed, and manipulate the giant crossbow to prepare for the attack.
Although the mercenaries knew that there were hundreds of robbers, they were ready for battle, and some simple defenses were quickly piled up by them.
Jamila stayed with Julia, protected by Mark and Desail, and Karadus, Yoda and Jager had already rushed to the front.
More than a dozen mercenaries such as Alleyne, Wiggins, and Merck guarded the front of the entire team, forming the first line of defense.
Some of the other mercenaries were gathered under the carriage with the crossbow, and the rest of the mercenaries with bows and crossbows hid behind the carriage.
Seeing this situation, in addition to cursing the caravan master for being stingy in his heart, he quickly turned over and dismounted, and then hid behind a carriage that seemed to be full of goods and hidden.
Let's hope those damned robbers don't have arrows. Tea thought to himself. Even if I had, I should be safer here.
While he was thinking nonsense, there were also a few sturdy caravan men hiding next to him.
However, they all carried spears and wooden shields in their hands, and they seemed to be ready for battle.
A young caravan fellow leaned over with a slightly pale face, and the young man looked a little nervous because he had not encountered much fighting.
Seeing that the other party was holding the spear's hand, Mo Mocha pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled: "Take it easy, the great forest goddess will bless us." ”
The goddess of the forest is a Rhodok belief in the same devotion as the Swadia belief in God.
Time passed, and the sound of hurried footsteps and horses galloping reached the ears of the mercenaries.
"Prepare for battle," shouted the caravan owner. "Guys, when you get to the Mayhem, I'll reward each of you with two gold coins. ”
"Damn, there are almost a hundred people here, even if half of them are dead, you will have to pay a hundred gold coins when you go back. Is that any different from handing it over to the robbers? If the robbers break through our defenses and it's all over, I see what you're doing with all that money. Mo Cha scolded the caravan master in a low voice.
The young man who was hiding beside him looked at him with a look of surprise when he heard this. "What are you talking about?"
"I'm saying damn that if you don't concentrate on the fight anymore, I'll make sure you're going to lose your life right away. As he spoke, he drew his crossbow and aimed it at the fellow's head.
"Damn," Mocha looked at the robbers again. "Are the masters of your caravan insane, these robbers are five times more numerous than us!"
Most of the robbers were running on the ground, only a few were on horseback, and he looked at the rudimentary defenses and the weapons in the robbers' hands and their leather armor, and knew that something was wrong this time.
"Mercenary, your duty is to defend us, not to point your weapons at our men. "The owner of the caravan doesn't know when he came to Mo Cha.
The owner of the caravan stared at Mo Mocha with an ugly face and continued: "Take it easy, they won't rush over. ”
"No one knows for sure. Mo Cha's tone slowed down a lot. "I hope everything is the same as you say. ”
Mo Cha thought about it for a while, but still didn't ask the other party why he fought with the robbers.