Chapter VI: Assault
When Lawrence finally caught up with the mixed team, he was surprised to find that the most striking man who had been at the front of the group was gone.
The knights at the back of the group gave him a wary look, and then stopped care, as if they had seen him as a speculative merchant who wanted to save a sum of money on hiring adventurers to escort him.
The roads in Thea are not completely safe, especially those that are not patrolled by the local lord's guard. Bandits, beasts, monsters, and even bad weather, all sorts of "accidents" that can make a moderately successful businessman bankrupt in an instant can happen at any time. Therefore, the merchants had to either hire guards to protect against all sorts of accidents, or they had to walk the avenues honestly and endure the lavish taxes of the greedy lords.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the knight of the palace thought of himself as a down-and-out merchant who wanted to mingle behind the convoy and save money. As he drove his truck, he wondered what excuse he could use to talk to the people in the group. The best thing to do is, of course, to be able to get a closer look at the amazing little girl.
Wheels twist and turn, and the trail, which was originally set out by the nearby mountain people while hunting, is now quite large. Not to mention the two-wheeled wagons that only used one horse like Lawrence Sr. - such a light structure could better adapt to the uneven road, and even the box carriage that Enid rode was able to drive smoothly on this "path" without any toll gates.
It stands to reason that the local lords should not be unaware of a road of this magnitude, but the Count of Ole here is strangely blind to this. Old Lawrence pondered this blind spot that he hadn't noticed before, and a trace of conjecture floated in his mind. Perhaps, the opportunity to talk to the team will come soon.
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Following the path, the team soon walked into the depths of the mountain range, where there was no trace of human civilization except for the road under their feet. The convoy stretched thousands of feet along the winding mountain road, and at the end of the line, Lawrence could no longer see the Golem Legion at the front of the line, and in fact, the knights of the Queen's Palace, who were less than 100 feet away from him, would often disappear from his field of vision, and then reappear around the next corner.
Along the road, the carriage skirted another hill, and was greeted by a dense wooded field between two hills, and the elder Lawrence was moved to stop his carriage.
He tied his carriage to a large tree by the side of the road, and he sat casually on the stone by the side of the road, waiting quietly.
He didn't have to wait long.
"Enemy attack!"
With a mournful shout, a sharp whistle sounded in the convoy that had already submerged in the forest, startling countless birds in the mountains.
Old Lawrence tilted his head sideways, put a small metal cylinder to his ear, and listened intently to the various sounds that came from the woodland: shouting, neighing horses, clashing swords, and...... I don't know which side of the person it belongs to, the screams before death. But until all the voices died down, Lawrence didn't hear what he wanted......
He sighed, took the metal cylinder into his arms, and drove after him.
As soon as he entered the forest, Lawrence saw that the knights, who had been brightly armoured, were now gray-faced, and on the side of the road, there were many corpses of their colleagues, except for a few corpses with arrows stuck in the vital places, most of the corpses, as if they had been hit by a blunt object, and some part of their bodies were dented.
At a glance, Lawrence roughly guessed what was going on with these knights. The first rain of arrows from the slopes on both sides did not cause many casualties, but rather the horses they had alarmed had killed and wounded the unsuspecting knights in the narrow forest path.
Seeing Lawrence appear, those knights nervously raised their weapons in their hands, Lawrence hurriedly raised his hands and shouted, "I am not an enemy!"
"I'm not an enemy! I have important news!" he repeated, looking around at the knights who were slowly approaching, "I have important news, please take me to your master, I think, she will be very interested!"
......
Lawrence finally got his wish to meet the person he wanted to meet.
But unlike what she imagined, the little girl was not sitting in the carriage at this time, but looking at the steel golem that surrounded the carriage, Lawrence was stunned.
In such a mountainous woodland, the Golem's ability to move is undoubtedly extremely limited, and these 12-foot-tall creatures must not be able to chase and kill enemies in such a woodland with a slope of more than 60 degrees - they have difficulty even maintaining their balance.
So, the best way to use them is undoubtedly to use them as shields - because they form a shield wall, the casualties in the first half of the team are almost negligible.
Lawrence saluted the little girl standing on the throne and said respectfully, "Honorable Miss Noble, I am a traveling merchant. I thought maybe I could provide some useful information about the attack. ”
"Tell me about it. The little girl in the carriage stared at him and replied in a flat tone.
Lawrence desperately resisted the idea of reaching into his coat pocket and pulling out a metal cylinder. It's a special magic item that not only helps you see and hear better, but it even has the effect of Arcane-Sight.
If you can use the cylinder to look at her, you can immediately know her reality and reality.
But he didn't dare.
The pale cyan light flashing in the little girl's eyes made him know that his every move, and even his thoughts, might be under the monitoring of the other party.
He tensed his body tightly, and he didn't dare to breathe, and without distractions, he said everything he knew...... Just like an ordinary businessman.
"In fact, on this road, there will always be caravans missing every once in a while...... Together with the guards they hired. In order to clear up the rumors that they were guarding and stealing, the Adventurers' Guild also sent people to investigate, but to no avail. And these missing teams are often those large, well-guarded caravans...... So in the past few years, the bigger the caravan, the more afraid they are to take this road. I think the attack on Miss's team this time may have something to do with it. ”
With that, Lawrence saluted Enid again, and then turned away without looking back, and was not relieved until he was far out of her sight.
With a caster who is good at prophecy spells, there is almost no way to keep any secrets, and Old Lawrence has to admit that this time his actions are indeed too rash.
He didn't expect that the little girl was not only proficient in prophecy spells, but also had no scruples about using them. This is a very rude thing for Sophion - even in the face of civilians, the caster will not use this type of spell at will.
The only thing to be thankful for is that even if she doesn't use that magic prop, the identity of the little girl's high-level spellcaster has been determined.
Does the shining stars herald the coming of another great era of distraction......? It's all girls.
Old Lawrence looked at the clouds in the sky and sighed.
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