Chapter 32: The Bandits
Xiao Jian and his entourage drove the ox cart all the way north, passing through various passes, the more they went north, the fewer people there were, and slowly they all noticed that the original villagers were gradually replaced by homeless people, some old and young women and children formed a group of three or five, from the north to the direction of Anyi City, the more homeless people were.
"Looks like we're almost there!" Xiao Jian said.
"Well, this game isn't quite what I thought it would be!" Moko said.
"Oh? How so? ”
"Didn't you notice? In this game, the map is set from point A to point B, which seems to take 10 days and 10 nights, but when we actually arrive, we only need one day to arrive. Mozi paused and continued, "Also, have you noticed that it seems that all NPCs live according to the time of the 12 hours of the day, and we players measure according to the time when the task is triggered! ”
"You mean that Yun is a game that sets a uniform time for all players to trigger quests, and the NPCs in the game don't follow that pattern?" Xiao Jian said suddenly.
"Yes, that's pretty much it! We can try to confirm this! Without waiting for the consent of a few people in the car, Mozi jumped out of the car first to block a homeless person who was moving forward.
"Hello, grandma, I am a merchant of Wei State, may I ask what day is today?" Mozi asked, holding a gray-haired old woman.
The old woman was holding a crutch in one hand and her grandson in the other, and she didn't raise her head, "How can I, an old woman, know what year and month it is?" You're going in the direction of Zhao, right? Listen to my old lady's advice, or don't go, it's a time when the two countries are at war, and the road is very chaotic! ”
"Oh, then I see!" Foam ran back in a gray way.
The old lady saw that the little girl who asked her did not listen to her and left and shouted, "Little girl, you must be careful of the thieves on the road!" ”
After the old lady told her, she hugged her grandson and followed the ranks of the homeless.
Mozi, who walked to the front of the car, pouted and said, "I didn't ask, it seems that ordinary people in this era basically don't have such a strong concept of time and date." ”
Xiao Jian nodded and said, "Well, it seems to be like this, but we know another news!" ”
"What's the news?" Brother Cat suddenly came to his senses and asked.
"This road should not be easy to walk, listen to that grandma, there will be bandits on the road!"
"Bandits? If they want to rob the road, they have to ask their aunt and grandmother if they agree! As she spoke, Sister Moko took out her dagger and glanced at it, nodded with satisfaction and inserted it back into the scabbard.
"In short, it's better to be careful." Xiao Jian instructed.
The others didn't say anything more, nodded in unison and continued on their way.
After walking for less than half an hour, the sky gradually darkened, in front of which were two raised hills, it was better to say that it was a hill than a small dirt bag, the hill was densely overgrown with all kinds of trees and weeds, and there was only one path between the two hills that could be passed.
"Xiao Jian, I always feel weird ahead," Brother Mao said, turning his head.
Moko leaned forward and glanced at it from afar, then nodded and said, "It feels weird, it's a little too quiet!" ”
"It looks like there must be an ambush inside, but now that it's getting dark, we may be even more passive if we don't cross this valley sooner!" Xiao Jian turned his head and asked everyone, "What do you think?" ”
Everyone nodded, agreeing with Xiao Jian's proposal.
"Okay, now that everyone agrees, then we're ready at any time!" After speaking, Xiao Jian took the lead and walked to the front of the ox cart.
Brother Mao continued to urge the ox cart to follow Xiao Jian, while Mozi and Sweetheart sat on both sides of the ox cart and watched the situation on both sides of the road.
As the sun gradually set in the west, the woods on both sides of the road that could be vaguely seen became more and more gloomy, and Xiao Jian, who was walking in front, felt that there were many pairs of eyes watching him, and his vest felt cold.
Xiao Jian vigilantly stared at the road ahead and continued to move forward, and suddenly a long whistle came from the mountain forest in front of Xiao Jian's left, and then from the dense forest on both sides of the road, seven masked men with masked shapes with machetes jumped out, and surrounded the ox cart in the middle from four directions.
At the beginning, a big man shouted loudly, "I opened this road, I planted this tree, if you want to fight this, leave it to buy road money!" ”
"I'll go, you still use such an old-fashioned line?" Brother Cat roared in shock.
"Yo, it seems that your kid has experienced a lot, huh? It's a miracle to be alive until now, let my brothers torture you slowly for a while! The strong man who took the lead scolded and scolded.
"Big brother, don't talk nonsense with them, let's go straight on!" A slightly chubby strong man next to the masked strong man shouted.
The one who took the lead, called the eldest brother, nodded and shouted, "Up! The other 6 people rushed towards Xiao Jian and them with big knives.
Xiao Jian instantly pulled out the bronze sword on his waist to face the previous person, and Brother Mao also hurriedly jumped down from the car and opened his bow and arrows to "help", shooting a feather arrow right in the eyebrows of the person.
Mozi and Sweetheart also reacted instantly, shooting out a money dart from their cuffs each, choking the throats of the two strong men who rushed towards them, and the two of them fell down in response without running a few steps.
The masked strong man who took the lead couldn't believe his eyes, as soon as his subordinates touched the other party, they instantly reduced their number of people by 3, feeling that they had hit a hard stubble, and now it was too late to retreat, so they could only bite the bullet.
Thinking of this, the eldest brother immediately pulled out his body and rushed to the opposite side of the cat brother, using the method of melee attack to attack left and right.
Because Brother Cat belongs to the hunter profession, after being suddenly attacked in close quarters, even if the other party's level is low, the gap in professional skills forces him to parry, seeing Brother Cat retreat again and again, Xiao Jian on the side is also too busy to take care of himself, the masked thief who faces him should be at the level of level 1 like him, but until now, he has not found a way to defeat the enemy, and the other two beauties are also being confronted by pure physical attack fighters like bandits because of the professional limitations of assassins, and even slightly disadvantaged.
"What to do? It's not the way to go! Xiao Jian forced the bandits back with a single sword and yelled at the rest of the team.
"I can't stand it anymore!" Brother Cat was the first to reply.
"The two of us can handle it for a while, but we can't last long!" Mozi immediately responded.
"Today is your death, and I want you to bury my short-lived brothers!" The masked man who took the lead shouted and slashed down.
Brother Mao held a bronze sword in response to parry, but he knew that the strength of the big man was far superior to him, and he spat blood with a "poof" and retreated again and again.
"Boy, you can't stand it, right? Don't die soon! The masked man shouted again and rushed forward.