Chapter 556: The Rampaging Turtle (Part II)
The caravan had entered the Limhai a few days earlier, and special flags were hoisted on each wagon.
These special flags were issued by the Senate of the Holy City of Babylon as a special merchant's pass.
In the case of the Rì, with the agreement reached between the Holy City of Babylon and the various races in the Realm of Chaos, whether it is the Jīng Spirit Clan, the Mountain Giant Clan, or the Hill Dwarf Clan, these alien races will not attack the human caravan flying the flag according to the agreement.
However, the Great Chaos Territory was several times larger than the Wildfire Plain in terms of area, and with such a large area, it was impossible for the prestige of the Holy City to shine to every corner after all. There are always some races that do not deal with the Holy City, and they have not reached a contract with the Holy City.
For example, it is recognized that the most hated race in the forest sea: the black jīng spirit, which is commonly known as the degenerate jīng spirit race.
These mutated jīng spirits are the biggest outliers in the forest, and they not only hate each other with the jīng spirits, but even the dwarves and giants are not at peace with them. These black jīng spirits are in the middle of the forest, attacking any race they encounter, and the human caravans are especially their targets.
As early as when they entered the Realm of Chaos, the guards and mercenaries in the caravan had already been very nervous.
Human caravans have always been fat in the eyes of the black jīng spirit.
According to legend, the dark jīng spirits were originally a branch of the jīng spirit clan, and these jīng spirit tribes later degenerated, reneged on their faith, and no longer believed in the gods of the jīng spirit clan, and were born xìngyín dirty, greedy, cunning and cruel. By turning their backs on the beliefs of the Jīng Spirits, they have lost the Spirits' racial talent: natural magic. But it has become more and more cunning and brutal, these mutant jīng spirits who believe in darkness are even said to be better at bows and arrows than ordinary jīng spirits, and fighting in the woods, especially at night, is even more of a headache.
It's just that I didn't expect that it was only a few days after entering the forest sea, and according to the map, it was still thousands of kilometers away from the place where the dark jīng spirit haunted, and I met these terrible and nasty guys.
Along the way, such an attack is already the third time.
It was clear that the caravan had been targeted by a dark jīng spirit tribe lurking nearby.
"Hell, this was supposed to be a safe area, neither the dwarf clan nor the giant clan jīng spirit clan would appear here near the edge of the forest sea, where did these black bandits come from!"
The merchant under the carriage kept cursing, and Char shè killed a black jīng spirit hiding in the woods, turned over and jumped out of the carriage, picked up an axe that I didn't know was left by the dead mercenary, and then rushed out with his waist fast, his figure was like a lightning bolt, and quickly rushed into the woods......
A moment later, there was a sudden burst of screams and exclamations in the woods, and from time to time a few patches of red light appeared, and after the red light flashed, there were immediately whistles around them, and then the robbers in the woods began to disperse.
A moment later, in the quiet convoy, the mercenaries nervously put down their bows and arrows, but tightened their swords more and more.
In the woods ahead, Char's figure slowly appeared and walked back step by step.
The clothes on the turtle's body were already stained red with blood, and his face was full of murderous aura. The axe in his hand was long gone, but he dragged a few half-dead guys in each hand.
Several black jīng spirits were grabbed by his hair and dragged out on the ground like this, obviously losing the ability to resist, but they were grabbed by Char's hair and dragged away, screaming in pain one by one.
Char walked back in awe of the surrounding gazes, and the mercenaries and the people in the caravan all had fearful expressions on their faces.
"Who speaks the language of these damn fellows?" Char grabbed four black jīng spirits and threw them on the ground, one of them trying to get up, but Char walked up and stepped on his thigh.
The turtle shot very ruthlessly, and stomped off the thigh of the unlucky black jīng spirit with one kick, and immediately there was a terrible scream.
"Doesn't anyone speak their language?" Char looked at the trembling guys around him, frowned and muttered, "Unlucky." ”
It seems that he had to interrogate him personally.
Char grabbed the black jīng spirit who had been trampled on by herself, pinched the other person's neck, and lifted it up - "she" to be exact.
This is obviously a female xìng's dark jīng spirit, the unique beauty of the jīng spirit clan seems to still exist in the body of the dark jīng spirit clan, this unlucky dark jīng spirit has a very charming face, the bumpy figure is simply wrapped in a simple short leather jacket, after the fight, the original upper body of the leather jacket has been torn, after being lifted by Char, a pair of tall and full twin peaks on the chest are exposed to the air.
"If you can speak human language, it's best to speak now. Char didn't have the slightest sense of pity for the jade, and stared coldly at the eyes of the female jīng spirit in his hand: "I am a very impatient person. ”
There was only rebelliousness and resentment in the eyes of this female jīng spirit, and she gritted her teeth and said something fiercely-Char couldn't understand a word.
"Obviously, you don't know human language. Char was too lazy to waste time, and with a clench, he twisted her neck and threw her seductive hot body to the ground at will.
He walked over and grabbed another one, but this time it was a very strong man, and he had all kinds of strange patterns painted in oil paint of unknown materials.
Char just grabbed that guy, and the oil paint on the other party's skin suddenly burst into a ball of light, and Char immediately felt a heat on the palm of his hand.
"Huh, magic?" Xia Ya laughed, in terms of his strength, this level of magic is not even an itch, he directly slapped it, and lost most of the teeth in the mouth of this jīng spirit, looking at the magic lines on the other party's chest, he directly reached out and grabbed it fiercely, and the flesh and blood of the grasp were blurred.
"The magic is over. Char looked at the dim light on the other party's body, and said coldly: "I still only ask once, do you know our language?"
The other party closed his mouth and stared at Char fiercely.
"Well, it looks like you won't either. Char was about to clench his neck, and at this moment, the two remaining dark jīng spirits lying on the ground suddenly exclaimed, and one of the female xìng screamed even more.
Although it was only a short pronunciation, it was clear that she was speaking in human language.
"Don't!!"
Syllable!
Char let go of the guy in his hand, and looked at the female xìng dark jīng spirit on the ground who spoke human words with a cruel smile: "Oh, I finally found someone who can speak human words." ”
"You're in luck. Hasting, who was sitting in the carport, shrugged his shoulders.
"Phew, Lao Tzu, this is wisdom, do you understand? Char and Hesting argued: "You didn't see this guy I caught, the lines on his body are different from other guys, obviously more complicated, indicating that his identity is not ordinary." Maybe it's a boss or something, maybe he can speak human words, or use him to coerce other guys who can talk to people, it's a good choice. ”
"It's just the wisdom of the turtle. Hesting's mouth was still stiff.
"Okay. Char walked up to the female xìng black jīng spirit and grabbed her: "Now you answer my question, if you answer a sentence wrong, even a word, I will cut off one of his arms." Char pointed to the male jīng spirit on the ground: "So, you'd better not make me angry." ”
The female jīng Ling's face was painful, and her eyes were full of resentment, but she looked at a female companion who died on the ground, and then looked at the male xìng leader who was thrown on the ground by Char, and finally suppressed the resentment in her eyes and lowered her head: "Okay, you ask!"
"Why are you attacking us?"
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Char's first question made the female jīng spirit hesitate for a moment, and then her answer made Char a little depressed.
"Why do wolves eat sheep, why do goshawks catch sparrows?" said the female jīng Ling coldly, "We are the masters here, and we hunt the prey that intrudes on our territory. It's as simple as that. ”
"Human words are slippery. Char smiled: "But you're going around in circles with me, so ...... Wrong answer!"
Xia Ya smiled coldly, and waved his palm lightly at the male xìng black jīng spirit on the ground, and after a miserable scream, the right arm of the male xìng black jīng spirit had already flown out, blood sprayed, mixed with screams!
The female jīng spirit immediately screamed and scolded bitterly, but Char didn't wait for her to scold at all, and directly slapped out a few of her teeth.
"Don't play dumb with me, you shouldn't be here, in fact, this is not the territory of your black jīng spirits, why did you come here to attack us......!
"Okay!Stop!!" The female jīng spirit gave in, she looked at Char's hand raised again, and hurriedly said, "Don't hurt him!"
Char's eyes rolled: "Second question...... Who is he? You all seem nervous about him. ”
The female jīng spirit hesitated for a moment, and finally did not dare to lie: "He...... He is the noble leader of our clan, the samurai, and the son of the chief of the clan. ”
"Oh, looks like I caught a big fish. Char laughed.
"Stupid. Hei Siting interjected on the side, striking Char: "Hei jīng Lingsheng xìngyín 秽, their patriarch is generally a female xìng, and there will be many offspring, and the one you catch may only be one of the most inconspicuous." ”
Char snorted, ignoring Hesting, but looked at the female jīng spirit in his hand: "The son of the patriarch, so he is very important?"
"If he dies, we will die, and our relatives in the tribe will die. The female jīng spirit hung her head and said, "This is our tradition, and I belong to his subordinates." ”
"Very good, then it means that he still has some use value. Char said coldly: "Now, to answer my first question just now, why did you appear here and attack us?"
"Because ......"
The female jīng spirit finally stopped resisting and gave Char the answer directly:
"Our original territory has been robbed. A few months ago, the holy city of Babylon sent out a warrior regiment to enter the realm of chaos to hunt down our dark jīng spirit tribe, we were no match for their warrior regiment, we could only keep moving, we moved several times, and they drove farther and farther away, so we could only come here. ”
"Samurai Order, hunt you dark spirits?" Char heard something unusual, and he immediately grasped the key to it: "Did this kind of thing happen often before?"
"Of course...... Of course not. The Dark Spirit seems to be very jealous of the holy city of Babylon: "The warriors of the holy city are very powerful, if they always hunt us, we would have no place to stand. This kind of hunting seems to be a ritual of the warriors in Babylon, and only when something important happens, they will send excellent warriors into the forest to hunt powerful prey, and through this ritual, the best warriors will finally be selected. ”
"Pick the best samurai, and do what?"
"I don't know. There are several such cases. The female jīng Ling's answer was very slow: "Sometimes it is because the old city lord dies that the new city lord has to be elected." Sometimes it's to select good guardian warriors. But this time it didn't seem to make sense, we captured a Babylonian warrior during the resistance, and we knew from his mouth that the Holy City was going on a selection to select the best young male xìng warriors, and said yes, said yes......"
"What is it?"
"I heard that they are about to have a new city lord, who is a female xìng. And select an excellent male xìng samurai to be the husband of the city lord, so as to give birth to the best and most powerful offspring. ”
Char froze.
Then he scolded bitterly: "Damn!!"
The new city owner?husband?
Mahler's next door!!
He immediately threw the female jīng spirit to the ground, picked up a sword and was about to stab it, when someone next to him couldn't help but shout: "Wait, wait a minute!"
"Huh?" Char turned around, and saw a middle-aged man in the caravan walking out tremblingly: "This, this master, that ......"
"Say!"
The middle-aged man took a deep breath: "It's a waste to kill them, you see, we also killed a few excellent mercenaries in battle, and we also have to pay a large amount of pensions, these few captives can just make up for our losses......"
"These guys, are they valuable?" Char blurted out, and then realized that he had made a fool.
The jīng spirits, especially the dark jīng spirits, have always been the favorite and most expensive commodity for human traffickers in the empire.
Hunting the authentic Jīng spirits would also be in danger of retaliation by the Jīng spirits, and they would also lose the right to enter Babylon to trade - you know, along the way into Babylon, the realm of chaos is the territory of the jīng spirits.
But hunting the dark jīng spirit is more cost-effective. These guys are considered traitors by the Jīng Spirit Clan, and hunting them down will not offend the Jīng Spirit Clan.
And the dark jīng spirit still has jīng spirit blood, and these guys have beautiful appearances regardless of gender. Especially the young female xìng dark jīng spirit, with a hot and attractive body, beautiful appearance, and raw xìngyín dang, is a dream gift for many powerful and wealthy people in the empire.
Because the dark jīng spirit is brutal and dangerous at the same time, the cost of catching this prey is also extremely high, so a dark jīng spirit slave, especially a female xìng dark jīng spirit slave, can be sold in the market for an almost sky-high price.
"Do you want these guys?" Char changed his words and looked at the middle-aged man. He recognized the middle-aged man as a leader of the caravan.
"Yes......"
"Very well, you can make a price. Char looked at the other party's stunned appearance and said coldly: "You don't think I should give them to you for nothing, do you?" These guys were all caught by me with my own hands, and they have nothing to do with you. ”
Although they are companions, Char instinctively has a little disgust with this human trafficking trade.
"So, what price do you want, we can ......"
"I don't want money. Char immediately said, "But I need someone, someone who knows to reach the city of Babylon from here, I need a guide." ”
Char's words stunned everyone.
"Yes, you heard me right, I need a guide! Because from now on, we're going to go our separate ways. Xia Ya said coldly: "If anyone knows the road, you can sign up by yourself, and I promise to give him 10,000 gold coins as a reward afterwards!"
When this price was opened, many people took a deep breath.
It was tempting, but no one spoke immediately.
After all, although there were many people in the caravan, there were not many guides who knew the way. This kind of golden trade route is only in the hands of a few large merchant groups in the empire, and the guides who recognize the road are all people from the inner circle of the large merchant groups.
Although 10,000 gold coins is tempting, if you follow the caravan to Babylon, the income is not much higher. Let alone...... People instinctively feel safer staying with a lot of people.
Although Char was brave, he went on the road alone with him, in the vast forest...... It still seems dangerous.
After a moment of silence, a voice finally sounded.
"I, I do. ”
A person under the wheel slowly got out, patted the dust on his body, and had a resolute expression: "This lord, I am willing to go with you, I know the way." ”
Char recognized this death-fearing ghost who was hiding under the wheels during the battle just now, and smiled: "Are you sure you know the way?"
"Of course. The guy immediately exclaimed, "I recognize, this is the third time I've walked this path." You see, in the battle just now, all the men I brought with me died, and the mercenaries failed to protect us, so I am willing to go with you. ”
"Very well, that's you. Char nodded, and then pointed to a few jīng spirits on the ground: "These guys are also yours, you can sell them to others now, and how much you sell is your own business." ”
"Thank you!"
The guy's eyes immediately lit up, and he walked into the crowd, and after a few moments of conversation with the leaders of the caravan, the two sides signed a contract.
To Char's surprise, except for the one he killed, the other guys sold a total of 40,000 gold coins!
Although it is impossible to carry so many gold coins with him, with the signed contract, as long as this guy can return to the empire, he can take the contract to the merchant group to cash the gold coins.
Char had three more horses to go.
The three of them left the convoy on the road and sped up towards the depths of the forest sea.
When the caravan behind him was no longer in sight, Char looked at the guide on the horse beside him - this guy has good riding skills, and it is obvious that the guy who has been walking and doing business all year round seems to have some ability.
"You don't seem to be as timid as you seem. Char smiled: "You dare to leave the brigade and follow me alone." ”
"Phew, those guys are stupid. The guide then raised his face at Char, with a flattering smile: "This lord, I am very bold, but I at least have a little wisdom, although there are many of them, but following them must be a dead end, only by following the master you can live." ”
"Oh?" Char smiled playfully.
"Of course!" the guide had a flattering smile on his face: "The caravan has been targeted by that black jīng spirit clan, they have suffered a big loss, they will definitely not give up, and they will definitely attack again." Without the brave and invincible lord in your town, the people of that caravan were targeted by a black jīng spirit tribe in the vast forest, and they might not have a chance to make it to Babylon alive! God testifies, maybe they will have to go home for two more days at most! Only by following you, master, is the safest!!"
Char couldn't help but look at this guy a few more times, and sighed: "Speaking of which, I suddenly found that you are very similar to a guy I know......"
"Oh, I'm so honored, I can actually resemble your noble friend......"
Char touched his nose and nodded, his tone was very serious: "You are just as obscene, just as cunning...... It's the same...... Shameless!"
After speaking, he looked at the shameless and cunning guide: "Don't worry, you have made the wisest choice in your life, follow me, and you will reach Babylon alive and safe." ”
Hesting, who was next to him, finally interjected again: "Char, you seem to have forgotten something. ”
"What?"
"Passes. Hesting said lightly: "Without a pass certificate, along the way, all the races in the forest will see us as intruders, the jīng spirit clan, the dwarf clan, and the giant clan...... There are other messy guys who don't know what. ”
"Lao Tzu can't control so much!" Char whipped the horse viciously: "Whoever stops me, I will let go and kill people!"
Damn, dare to pick a husband for Nene!!
It is certain that even if a giant dragon stops in front of it, the angry turtle will bravely stomp it flat!
Nene!
Hell!!! Lao Tzu is the man of the inside!
Lao Tzu is the "uncle" of those horse thieves!!