Chapter Seventy-Four: Adoption (II)
"Next, make a choice!"
Jose squinted at him and said in a somewhat lazy tone. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
When the leader of the horse thieves heard this, he was shocked, and then looked at Joseph's smiling expression, and lowered his head and thought for a moment. The look of awe and anger on his face slowly faded, and after a pause, he actually grinned, then looked up at Joseph, couldn't help but grit his teeth fiercely, and then resolutely pulled out the long sword at his waist!
The sword flashed, and just when the horse thieves thought they were going to fight hard, the long sword in his hand suddenly changed direction, and he held it straight to his chest, and then the horse thief leader jumped off his horse, made a knightly salute, and stuck his sword in the sand on the side!
“...... Your Excellency the Magician, on behalf of one hundred and three of my subordinates, I surrender to you!"
Somehow, when Jose heard him say this, there was no humiliation or resentment in his tone, but a little joy and ...... Fervent?
Seeing that the leaders all dismounted and surrendered, the remaining dozens of horse thieves no longer hesitated, threw away their weapons one after another, turned over and dismounted, and half-knelt on the ground like the leader of the horse thieves.
"Very well, I accept your surrender, now you can get up!" Jonse looked at the horse thieves and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then his attention was focused on the horse thief leader.
Now that the sky was getting brighter, Jose's heart moved, and he took a closer look at the appearance of this fellow: the leader of the horse thieves looked to be about thirty years old, with a beard, very tall and burly, but very fat, with a big belly, a face full of fat, but his eyes were quite attentive.
Joseph looked at the fat horse thief leader with interest, and said unhurriedly:
"I said I would only keep a few people, of course you are among them, the rest of the people, you can choose a few more for me, after all, you are their head, you know more than I know about them!"
"As you wish, my magician boss!"
When the leader of the horse thieves heard this, he immediately grinned and called out the names of some people, and immediately someone came out of the crowd. In the end, about a dozen people were picked out by him, all of them were sturdy and steady, and they should all be the more elite of the horse thieves. Jose also carefully noticed that among the dozen or so people he chose, the few people who were closest to him before were also among them without exception...... Obviously, these people should be his henchmen.
This horse thief leader is indeed not simple!
Jose suddenly smiled slightly, he had developed a strong interest in this guy, he had only thought that this was a group of vulgar horse thieves, a gang of ruthless outlaws, but from now on, this horse thief leader was not like this.
Although it looks vulgar, this fat man is very smart and cunning, not only does things immediately, but also has a very calm mind, and knows how to use people to make accidents, such a quality can never be possessed by a third-rate horse thief leader!
"Okay, get up, since you have been recruited by me, you should also introduce yourself and let the new boss get to know you...... My name is Joseph, you can call me Joseph, or boss!"
As he said this, José's eyes were fixed on the horse thief leader...... This guy was already very burly when he squatted down, but he didn't expect to look taller when he stood up, Jose's height was about one meter seven or eight, and this guy was more than half a head taller than himself, and it was estimated that he was almost two meters.
When the leader of the horse thieves saw Jose staring at him, he immediately grinned: "Lord Joseph, my name is Gould, and these people are my subordinates...... You guys, you can't come back yet!"
When these guys heard Gould say this, they lined up one by one and announced their names, but José clearly felt that they were very restrained and careful when facing him-including the fat man Gould, although this guy was full of smiles and a bold look, but obviously there was some deliberate taste of easing tension in it.
Jose was naturally interested in their performance, but he was unfazed. The two sides have just returned to each other, and it is unlikely that they will be relieved immediately, but this is fine, so that they can remain in awe, but it can also be of some benefit to deter these guys.
"In that case, then I won't talk nonsense, let's hit the road. Joseph said, and with a wave of his hand, the earth element not far behind him immediately collapsed, and a body of sand and gravel was scattered all over the ground, obviously he had withdrawn his magic power.
"Master Magician, where are we going?" Bagul saw that the earth element had been taken back by Joseph, and his expression relaxed slightly. He rolled his eyes a few times, patted his head and said, "My lord, you are coming from the direction of Macedonia, and after passing through this business trip, you must be going to the Empire of Light." Oh, I know the banner of this caravan, it belongs to a big family in Moxi City...... Are you going to Moxi?"
"You're right, I'm going to Moxi. José smiled at this guy, this fat man was very smart, he didn't seem to have any sense of a leader at all, and his attitude towards himself in front of his subordinates was also very respectful, but it was precisely because of this that José was more interested in this guy.
However, José was not busy thinking about this, and after "co-opting" this group of guys, except for a dozen horse thieves selected by the fat man Guerr, the rest were gathered together by José. Joseph looked at these guys and couldn't help frowning:
These people were indeed a rabble, most of them were filthy and scruffy, with shaggy hair and mostly tattered equipment. Although it was a group of cavalry, José only found out at this time that most of the horses of this group of horse thieves were some old or lame inferior horses, only one point, their formation was very regular, dozens of people did not look chaotic at all, and other than that, there was hardly any bright spot.
"You fellows!" cried out Joseph, who seemed to look at them with dissatisfaction, in a very stern tone, "look at you, filthy, lowly horse thieves, you should have been hanged, shot, imprisoned in dark and damp dungeons, and living equally filthy and lowly to pay for your crimes, the blood in your hands......!
Jose unceremoniously pointed at them and scolded, which made these horse thieves a little dissatisfied, but thinking of Jose's strength as a magician, it was difficult to have any anger in their hearts. Isn't it just a few scoldings, and not losing a piece of meat, for these old fritters, I'm afraid that the scolding words are dozens of times worse than this, what are these few scoldings?
The dozen or so people behind Jose were a little dissatisfied on their faces, but looking at the calm face of the fat man Bagul on the side, they didn't seem to care about his words at all, so these people didn't show it.
Although Jose was scolding these horse thieves, the reactions of these people and Bagul naturally couldn't escape his eyes, so he paused, and his tone was slightly relaxed: "But...... You met me today, I could have turned all of you into slaves, but today is your luck, now...... Everyone, leave the horses and weapons, and get out of here, and you will be free. ”
When the horse thieves heard this, they immediately became noisy, but because of José's deterrence, no one dared to openly express their dissatisfaction. Out of the corner of José's eye, he glanced at Gould, and the fat man immediately understood, smiled bitterly, and had to stand up and shout: "Okay, you guys, shut up Lao Tzu, whatever Mr. Magician says, you can do it, don't you all want ......to live?
Although these horse thieves were reluctant, under the deterrence of Joseph and the orders of their own leader, they could only obediently disarm and dismount. Then these fellows were ordered by Jose to leave here, although these people have no horses to do their feet, but presumably this place is not too far from their lair, it is just an extra day or two of walking, and some hardship. As for whether this horse thief gang will be swallowed up or destroyed by other horse thief gangs in the vicinity this time, this is not something that Jose considers.
Jose doesn't have a good impression of these guys, you must know that these people are a group of outlaws, most of them have human lives on their backs, and it is already their luck that they didn't kill these scum themselves, hum, how good do you expect to be to them?
Gould didn't show much resistance from start to finish, and didn't seem to have any sympathy or resentment toward José for those who were still his men. Although he also appeased the horse thieves, José seemed to find that this guy also had a faint look of disdain for his subordinates of horse thieves, not only him, but the dozen or so people he selected seemed to look at these horse thieves with an indifferent face.
"This guy," José smiled inwardly, and their reaction made José a little more sure of his conjecture in his heart, "It seems that these guys are really not horse thieves......"