Chapter Seventy-One: Confrontation
In a matter of moments, the remaining dozens of horse thieves galloped towards the mountain pass under the leadership of the horse thief leader. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoBut before the leader of the horse thieves reached the mountain pass, he saw a large light reflected from the valley in the distance, and he was shocked, and immediately guessed the intentions of these merchants!
"Damn, are they crazy, Lao Tzu is just grabbing the goods, and he doesn't want to kill them all, as for being so ruthless! Brothers, rush in with Lao Tzu! Don't let them burn the goods!"
The leader of the horse thieves was so frightened and angry that he didn't have time to think too much, so he rode forward, but only halfway through he realized that something was wrong.
Although they rushed all the way to the camp, the horse thieves did not encounter any obstacles, and the mercenaries had obviously retreated to the caravan camp, but when the horse thieves arrived at the outskirts of the camp, they found that they could not rush into the camp at all.
The flames are blazing!
More than a dozen wagons were scattered around the camp, each with a fire burning on it, and some scattered goods on the ground, although it was the middle of the night, thick black smoke could still be seen rising above the night sky.
"These damn bastards!"
The leader of the horse thieves was furious, and finally couldn't help but scold, he didn't expect these guys to do things so desperately! Although he had no intention of exterminating these merchants, their actions were undoubtedly a tough attitude. What made the horse thief leader even more depressed was that his cavalry was blocked by the fire, and the camp was too small to concentrate on storming the camp. If you wait until the fire is extinguished, I'm afraid you will have to wait until dawn, and these people will never wait until dawn to stop leaving unless their brains are broken.
Hmph, cross the river?
"Don't even look at it, get off the horse and find a way to put out the fire!"
The leader of the horse thieves also calmed down at this moment, and he looked at the fire in front of him, his face was like water. It is probably impossible to catch up with these fellows at this moment, whether it is until the fire is extinguished, or whether it is to cross the mountain pass and go around the river now, it will not be possible for a while. Although he was furious in his heart, he had to admit that the caravan's approach was not only ruthless enough, but also very smart, and it even won time to break through.
After all, people can swim across the river, and the goods are not easily transported, and after the other party has already burned the goods, it is impossible to make any more profits, and this practice is an attitude: either stop and put out the fire, and still get some benefits, or pursue the caravan regardless of the interests, and it is likely that nothing will be found!
Although helpless, the leader of the horse thieves still chose the former, after all, chasing them for the sake of pure anger, I am afraid that only the stunned young man who has nothing to do will do that. But these guys ...... Do you really think that after doing this, you will be able to run away?
Hum!
The horse thief leader's face showed a trace of gloom, but in a blink of an eye, he shook his head helplessly, grinned and shouted at the horse thieves who were fighting the fire: "You guys, get some sand and dirt to cover it, do you still think about what water source you can find, move quickly, you idiots......"
............
What the leader of the horse thieves did not know was that in the night not far from here, two figures, one large and one small, were watching these horse thieves who were panicking to extinguish the fire from a higher place above the camp.
"Are they putting out the fire?" a lazy voice sounded, then looked in the direction of the fire and stretched.
"Yes, teacher!" the little man's voice looked very respectful, and then he asked a little puzzled: "Actually, with the strength of the teacher, you can completely show your strength, and then deter and scare off these horse thieves, why ......"
"You don't understand...... José shook his head, and said in a somewhat helpless tone: "Some time ago, in order to study the high-level magic left to me by Clark, I accidentally didn't keep my hand, and as a result, not only did I use up all my magic power, but also devoured a lot of my mental power, causing me to meditate and repair for more than a month."
Although he can barely perform some low-level fireball techniques, he is hardly too lethal. In normal times, I wouldn't be afraid of these horse thieves, but for now, it's better not to take any chances, after all, these guys are no ordinary thieves...... Alas, it's just that the magic sensitivity has also dropped a lot, otherwise I would have discovered this group of guys a long time ago...... Hmph, just these people can ambush a magician?"
"Then what should we do now, since the teacher is injured, we might as well wait for these people to leave before leaving. Little Maudun looked at Joseph with some concern.
"It's not an injury, it's just a temporary mental damage...... And I've regained some of my magic now, so it's out of the way. But then again, I didn't expect these guys to be quite ruthless, and after they really burned the goods, this is not quite like the temperament of the caravan leader......"
Jose smiled, and his eyes fell on the horse thieves again:
"However, this caravan has finally taken care of us for so long, and it always seems a little unrighteous to watch them being robbed and stand by like this, haha...... Forget it, let's catch up and explain to them, and the people in the province are not happy. ”
"But they seem to have crossed the river, can we catch up?"
"It's out of the way, we'll just catch up now. Jose winked at Little Rising, "Perhaps, maybe these horse thieves are willing to give us a ride......"
As he spoke, Joseph raised his sleeves, and immediately shook out a cane in his hand, and then he took a deep breath and shouted directly at the horse thieves in the lower place:
"Listen to the people below, you have been surrounded, hurry up and obediently dismount and surrender!"
As he shouted, he blessed a wind magic, and his voice spread steadily through the valley.
This sudden shout startled the horse thieves, as if someone was talking not far away, but there was no strange feeling in sight of anyone. The leader of the horse thieves was also taken aback, but he quickly calmed down, followed the sound and looked around, and sure enough, he spotted Joseph and Little Maudon high above the pass.
"People up there, don't panic, you fools! Archers on alert, listen to my orders, don't let go of the arrows yet!"
The leader of the horse thieves immediately shouted in a deep voice, and then squinted at Joseph, and after making sure that there was no ambush around, he frowned and shouted: "Who are you, are you from this caravan?" Hmph, everything here is Lao Tzu now, if you don't want to die, get out of here!"
"It doesn't matter who I am, I don't want the goods here, I just have one request...... Dismount and surrender to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Joseph shook his head deliberately before he said with a smile.
"Request? haha...... Is there something wrong with your ears or your brain, and you are talking to me about demands!And you want us to surrender?!" The leader of the horse thieves laughed instead of being angry, and only thought that this guy who suddenly appeared was probably really a madman, and he also observed that there was no ambush nearby, and it seemed that there were only two people here, one big and one small.
Thinking of this, the leader of the horse thieves was even more lazy to talk nonsense with Joseph, and as for words like surrender, he didn't take it to heart.
"Archers, let go of the arrows, shut up this madman!" the leader of the horse thieves directly waved his hand and gave the order with a sneer. Several of the archers who had already prepared next to him answered the call, and the arrows were fired in the direction of José.
Although the direction of Jose was high above the horse thief, the distance was not too far, and it was still within the range of the bow and arrow, but this guy did not react when he saw the archer attacking, and he didn't even subconsciously dodge, and he still looked lazy.
A few feathered arrows were fired straight at Joseph, and the leader of the horse thieves felt that this fellow was certain to die, both in terms of strength and angle. He was even confident that these steppe archers could shoot directly through this guy's throat! But this guy didn't react, and he didn't even block it!
This guy is really a madman!
The leader of the horse thieves couldn't help but sneer, but the next moment the smile on the corner of his mouth immediately turned into surprise!
Just as a few feathered arrows were about to shoot at Joseph, a semicircular circle of light suddenly appeared around him, and as soon as the arrows touched the periphery of the aperture, they bounced off as if they had hit a wall!
Hell, what is this!
The leader of the horse thieves was a little surprised, but he reacted immediately, and shouted in a deep voice: "Don't stop, archers, keep firing arrows!"
After speaking, he also touched a grassland hard bow on his waist, pulled out a long feather arrow, immediately filled it like the moon, and aimed at Qiao Se and released the arrow!
With a bang, the feather arrow shot at Qiao Se like a stone fire, but it was still blocked by the aperture, but it shook violently, and the light that stirred up the point still did not hit Qiao Se, but the aperture on his body immediately dimmed, obviously this arrow is really extraordinary, consuming a lot of the power of the aperture.
"It's actually a master, it seems that I really underestimated this group of horse thieves!"
Although Jose was calm on the surface, he couldn't help but be taken aback in his heart, the magic shield he secretly laid was also close to the level of the middle level, it stands to reason that even a low-level martial artist could withstand the full force of a blow, but he didn't expect that this horse thief leader almost broke his defensive circle with just one arrow.
The horse thief leader was also surprised, at first he just felt that this guy had some mental problems, but now he obviously felt the weirdness of this guy, first made a strange sound, and now there is a circle of light that can block attacks!
The goddess is on top, the arrow just now secretly wrapped the bowstring twice, almost strangled his fingers to bleed, such a strong bow and crossbow, even his fur was not hurt!
Something is wrong, something is so wrong!
Although the leader of the horse thieves was already beating a drum in his heart, he didn't dare to be careless at this moment. He simply raised his wand, injected magic power and blessed himself with a wind-based "air shield armor", then stabilized his mind, frowned and shouted: "Are you sure you want to resist? I think you can also see my identity, yes, I am a noble magician, you humble fellows, are you sure to resist a magician, are you ready to bear the wrath of the gods?!"