I have to say that these horse bandits really don't enjoy it, or they haven't learned how to enjoy it.

The valley was littered with rubble, and an area in the middle had been cleared out of the middle of which had been erected with five or six simple wooden houses, the largest of which apparently belonged to the bandit leader.

At this point, everyone was gathered on the flat ground in front of the house, stripped of their weapons, tied to ropes, and crouched on the ground, guarded by several caravan riders.

Leo and Morris waited patiently, allowing their men to continue to scrutinize their surroundings to see if there were any other guys in hiding.

At this time, one of them's face suddenly showed a bit of fierceness, and his hand twitched slightly, and the rope broke.

Immediately after, his figure moved, and the cold light in his hand flickered, and he attacked Leo who looked like a leader at a great speed.

But before he could get close to Leo's five meters, a black shadow greeted him and directly resisted the man.

It was the Valkyrie who was waiting on the sidelines.

In the next second, a dazzling fireball flew out of Leo's hand, hitting the target accurately, and instantly devouring this desperate man with good strength.

The whole process was only two seconds, and before the others could realize what was going on, it was all over.

There is no doubt that this man has far more loyalty to the bandit leader than anyone else, and will not hesitate to die to assassinate Leo to avenge him.

It's just that he didn't know that since he entered here, Leo had been vigilant about possible assassinations, so he had already opened all his mental power, and everyone's every move could not escape his perception.

The appearance of this scene suddenly made another person who had a heart burst extinguish his thoughts, and honestly squatted on the ground, waiting for it to fall. The others began to tremble, and their eyes were filled with fear as they looked at Leo.

They really can't see it. This well-mannered young man had so easily taken the life of the strongest man here, and died a miserable death. Maybe the boss did provoke the wrong people this time, but I didn't know that they would deal with themselves like this.

The tension is getting stronger.

After a while, the caravan members finished checking and returned to report. Leo was still not completely reassured, and interrogated several people in the corner in a row, and after receiving the same answer, he confirmed that there was no fish in the camp of the horse bandits.

Morris leaned in. Asked in a low voice, "Mr. Minahir, what are you going to do with these guys?"

Instead of answering, Leo asked rhetorically, "Do you have any ideas?"

Morris smiled: "If you want me to say, just kill them all, each of these guys has countless murders in their hands, and if you pull out any one and kill them, you will definitely not be wronged." ”

Leo hummed noncommittally, but his gaze fell on the seven women.

As far as can be seen from the faces, there are four human beings among these women. Two half-elves and a pure-blood sun elf.

Most of them were good-looking, but their expressions were shriveled, their eyes were scattered, and their clothes were ragged. Large areas of exposed skin were also covered with scars. Apparently it was indeed a toy kidnapped by horse bandits, as Goatee claimed, and had endured a long period of inhuman torture.

Only one of the half-elves, dressed decently. He also looked more flustered than the others, and was vaguely repelled by the other six women.

After a little thought, Leo had already seen the general idea. The vocal cords said coldly: "Killing these guys is really cheap for them." ”

"Hmm, you mean ......" Morris licked his lips, intrigued. The bandits cost him many of his caravan members, and Maurice was eager for their worst fate.

Leo had an idea, and immediately replied: "Aren't the orcs often plundering people of other races as slaves? ”

In this inhumane world, if you want to fight inhumanity, you can only use more inhumane methods. And Leo has always been a staunch practitioner of revenge and resentment, and of course he will not let go of these hateful horse bandits.

Hearing Leo say this, Morris also nodded again and again: "This method is good, send a few slaves to the orcs, and we will suffer a lot less trouble." ”

But soon, he hesitated a little: "But I'm afraid it's not safe to take so many pieces on the road." ”

Leo shook his head and said, "Don't worry, they have already scared their guts, and if they abolish their original energy, there will be no waves." ”

"Can the original energy be abolished?" Morris looked surprised. He himself cultivated the original energy, so he knew very well that the original energy flowed in every corner of his body, but he had never heard of the ability to abolish other people's original energy.

"Of course, I'll do that. Leo replied in the affirmative.

"Good!" Maurice was a hundred reassuring to Leo.

After discussing the fate of the horse bandits, Leo had a headache again.

The ostracized half-elf woman must have been an abusive man, and it was okay to deal with it, but it was a big deal to hand it over to the orcs as slaves. But the other poor women are not easy to deal with.

Morris has been in business for many years, and his mind may not be as broad as Leo's, but his eyesight is not bad, and he immediately saw the reason for Leo's hesitation.

After thinking about it, he took the initiative to suggest: "Since those women have been rescued, our caravan will definitely be responsible to the end." If they still have relatives and are willing to go home, I will pay to send them back. If they don't want to, they can stay at the caravan headquarters in the future and do some miscellaneous work, at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing. ”

In this world, although women will also receive some discrimination after being insulted, it is not as serious as in previous lives. There is still a high chance that these women will be accepted by their families and start a new life.

Since Morris took the initiative to take it on, Leo was also happy to be quiet, so he cast an appreciative look and responded: "Very good, so be it." ”

Maurice smiled smugly, affirming his opinion of Leo more and more.

This young but powerful mage has no mercy when he kills the bad guys, but he can maintain a kind heart when dealing with innocents, which is very rare.

Morris naturally felt that such a person, even if it would not bring him any benefits, was worthy of respect from the bottom of his heart.

Everything was arranged. The next step is to loot.

Leaving half of the men to guard the bandits, and the rest of the men Morris was instructed to search the houses for anything that seemed valuable, and then he, Leo, and the two remaining caravan men entered the bandits' leader's cabin.

If there's a good thing here, it's the biggest in this room.

The structure of the wooden house is very simple, the entrance is the living room, and the inside is the bedroom, and before the two of them can take a good look, a very strange and incongruous feeling has already come to their faces.

Ordinary wooden houses, of course, are not decorated. But the various decorations are extremely luxurious.

With the eyesight that Leo has cultivated in the daily family, he can distinguish several valuable items in an instant.

The living room floor was covered with a creamy blanket. It is supposed to come from the Hera Empire, a large country in the south, and is made of a kind of goatmere wool, which is very soft to step on, and can also effectively isolate the cold. One of its main effects is that it will never get dirty, even if it is covered with dust, it only needs to be gently shaken outside to restore cleanliness.

Living room corner. It is a crystal lamp more than one meter high. The crystal is crystal clear, carved with perfect knife work into the image of a woman with clear eyebrows and a slender figure, with a wick in the center.

It occurred to Leo that this should be a specialty of Crystal City, a free trade federation in the western part of the Lunar Empire. There is an ancient and productive crystal mine there. Towns were formed around the crystal mines, and the crystal making industry flourished. And one of their most famous products is this delicately designed lady crystal lamp.

As soon as the wick is lit, the light is refracted through the canvas throughout the room. And. Under the rendering of crystals, the light will be very soft, which is most helpful for adjusting the mood. Or cultivate a special taste.

Metal table clocks inlaid with precious stones, beautiful multicolored coral, and all kinds of precious objects in the room, no less than twenty or thirty pieces. However, when paired together, not only does it not have any beauty, but it makes people feel very eye-catching.

As a merchant, Morris knew more about these goods than Leo, and his eyes lit up at this time, and his breath was a little thicker: "It's all fucking good, it's been made! It's really done! How many caravans have these dog mongrels robbed!"

The other two members of the caravan who had followed the recent one also had similar expressions, and they sighed deeply that this operation was simply too successful, and their eyes were full of surprises.

Leo was still a little puzzled, so he asked, "One thing I don't understand, since these things are very valuable, why don't they sell them, but put them here?"

Morris thought for a moment and replied, "I don't know much about this, maybe I haven't found a channel yet, after all, there aren't too many places to digest these things." Hehe, but I have this kind of channel, it's really not good, it's a big deal I can sell it to orcs, although they are very rude and don't understand this culture, but there are still some high-ranking nobles who are willing to pay a high price for these luxury goods. ”

Leo nodded, didn't say anything more, and let the caravan members carefully pick up the various things and move them outside.

As for how to transport it, it is not difficult to get there, there are a few carriages in the valley, if it is not enough, you can also send someone back to the camp to bring a few carriages back, anyway, a lot of the goods in the caravan have already been sold in the western exile, and now several carriages are idle.

Truth be told, these things are valuable, but Leo can't help but be a little disappointed. As a mage, what he needs is not ordinary wealth, but something that he wants to get some special powers.

At this time, one of the caravan members exclaimed, "Boss, there is a secret compartment here!"

Hearing his voice, everyone looked over and realized that behind an oil painting, there was a metal cabinet hidden.

"It's a safe!" Morris was surprised to run over, and with a few wrenches to find that the lock was on, he said to the fellow, "There's definitely something better in here!"

"You don't need to look for it, you can't open it. Leo walked over as well, and continued, "This is a magic lock, and it can only be opened if it meets the soul brand. ”

"Magic locks? how could he have magic locks?" Morris frowned, "Can you open it?"

"I'll try, but it's going to be difficult. Leo replied.

He'd used magic locks himself, so he knew something about it. Under the control of the complex magic array, as long as it is not the lowest-level and most rudimentary version, it is generally difficult to crack it externally.

Morris didn't care too much about it, and said with a smile: "It's really not good, just let the sixth smash this box open." ”

Leo also smiled and shook his head: "Generally, this kind of magic lock has a self-destruct device. ”

"Uh...... How could this be......" Morriston was shocked.

Several other members of the caravan also hurriedly retreated a little distance, as if they were afraid of being injured by a possible explosion.

They didn't know much about magic before, but Leo made such an impression on them yesterday that they unconsciously thought it was terrifying.

Leo really didn't know how to explain it, and he didn't have much interest in it, so he let them continue to work, and he walked straight to the safe and took a closer look.

It's okay not to look at it, but this time, he has an even more headache.

On the safe is a rotating lock, and in the center of the lock, an inscription of a shark leaping out of a wave.

"Blackwater Consortium ......" Leo touched the sweat that didn't exist on his head.

This large consortium, headquartered in the sea of stars and moons, has always been engaged in the operation of huge amounts of funds such as maritime trade and banks, and its strength and wealth accumulation are no less than that of a small country, and can even be close to some medium-sized countries.

Another of their most famous businesses is property security, and the magic locks and safes produced by them are popular in various countries north of the Star-Moon Sea, while in the south, they have been boycotted by some church kingdoms because of the magic used.

If it was an ordinary magic lock, Leo still had the confidence to open it, but the magic lock of the Blackwater Consortium ...... It's impossible to think about it, unless you reach the legendary level and use the legendary lockpicking technique, maybe you have a chance to succeed.

Sighing, Leo had the idea of trying it out, and cast a "rudimentary lockpicking".

This magic is not very demanding, and the design is not complicated, and it can only open a few simple locks.

Just a second later, the magic is projected onto the main material world.

At this moment, there was a sudden "click" sound from inside the safe, followed by a crisp sound of "ding", and the metal door of the safe automatically popped open, and almost knocked down Leo in the back.

When this scene happened, Leo was both happy and a little dumbfounded, and at the same time realized that he was really thinking too much. (To be continued......)