141. Chapter 141 The army is coming!
Chapter 141 The army is coming!
The two people next to the carriage, one is a merchant, the other is a coachman and porter.
The merchant is now in fear. He had heard that there might be bandits nearby, but he was reluctant to hire a magician as a guard. This trip almost got him killed, and he almost lost all his family property.
The coachman was also in fear. It was so miserable to meet a stingy boss. He was almost hacked to death by bandits.
”Mr. Baniya, are we leaving?”
”Wait a minute, it must have been done by the magician just now, let’s wait for him to come.”
Baniya’s hands were shaking a little, but there was a shrewd light in his eyes. Isn’t there going to be a guard soon? The two waited for a while, and suddenly saw a gray shadow approaching quickly in the forest, and then a werewolf suddenly landed in front of them.
The yellow-brown eyes stared at them, and the fangs seemed to flash with cold light.
Baniya was about to leave first.
Fortunately, the werewolf spoke: “Who are you?”
Baniya breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he could speak. This must be a werewolf transformed by magic:
”Mr. Magician, we are merchants passing by here, preparing to go to Onibasi. We were almost hijacked by these robbers just now. Thank you for your help! Is there anything I can do for you?”
Where he was going actually had nothing to do with him. Rhodes nodded: “If it’s convenient, please help tie these people up.”
The driver was about to start, but was stopped by Baniya:
”I see you don’t seem to have brought a rope, but I happen to have one here, 30 meters long, only 600J!”
”Mr. Baniya!” The driver’s eyes almost widened. In this case, he actually planned to sell the rope? How greedy is this person! Rhodes also looked at him in surprise. What a talent. He still didn’t forget to make money at this time? It was just a little annoying from his point of view.
”No need.” Rhodes maintained the werewolf state and kicked away the weapons in the hands of the bandits one by one, and then he returned to human form and began to tie people up.
The rope used was the bandits’ belts.
”If you are fine, leave quickly and don’t get in the way here.”
Rhodes’ attitude was not so good. Such annoying people were the most troublesome.
If they were in danger again, he would feel unhappy if he saved them, and he would not be able to get over his conscience if he did not save them.
It would be better to drive them away quickly.
But Bania didn’t want to leave like this. What if there were more bandits ahead? “Mr. Magician, please don’t misunderstand. This rope can be given to you for free.”
Baniyya said enthusiastically, “You will also send these robbers to the city hall after you catch them, right? What I mean is, why don’t you come with us? Not only will you use the rope, but you can also take the carriage at will.”
Free things may be the most expensive. Rhodes guessed without much thought that this person wanted to use him as a guard for free.
Rhodes refused and said, “Sorry, I have other things to do. Don’t bother with me.”
Baniyya said quickly, “We can wait! And…”
This person is really stubborn. If you can’t convince him with reason, then we can only talk about money.
While Rhodes tied the bandit’s hands behind his back, he said: “Mr. Baniya, short-distance escort missions usually require 2,000 to 10,000 J. For people like you who carry a large amount of goods and take dangerous routes, the cost needs to be increased as appropriate.
And do you think it is easy to hire a wizard like me and my companions who can kill more than ten enemies in an instant?”
It is because it is not so easy to hire one, so I want to get one for free! What’s more, he has companions! It’s a pity that the price… Baniya hesitated for a while: “Sorry, I am rude, we will leave now.”
A batch of bandits has been killed, and it should not be so easy to meet the second batch. No escort, no escort.
The driver wanted to run away. He didn’t know much about the market, but conservatively estimated that the profit of this carload of goods would be profitable even if he hired ten or eight wizards…
This Mr. Baniya really wants money but not life. Next time, I must find a boss who is more timid.
Rhodes tied up the ten people one by one, then picked out the one who looked the most cowardly and took him to a slightly farther place and splashed water on him to wake him up.
”Who are you! Let me go, or our boss…” A two-headed wolf bared its teeth and approached him, scaring him so much that he quickly shut up.
”Tell me how many of you there are, and who are among them?Without the wizard, are there any paths, traps, escape passages, etc. on the mountain? ”
”How can I tell you that kind of thing!”
”If you don’t tell me, you will be fed to the wolves. They just didn’t have lunch.” Rhodes waved his hand, and the two-headed wolf licked his cheeks from left to right and began to drool.
The bandit swallowed his saliva, and he could feel the hot breath of the two-headed wolf on his face: “I, I will tell you.”
”I advise you not to tell lies. I will wake up others to confirm it later. If you tell a lie, I will bite off one of your hands. ”
Rod didn’t know the interrogation skills, but he had heard of the prisoner’s dilemma somewhere, and he didn’t know if it was what he meant.
Anyway, after hearing this, the bandit was completely honest, and he told the situation on the mountain like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
It’s better to go to jail than to be fed to the wolf by the man in front of him.
After getting the information, Rod knocked the man unconscious, woke up another one and asked the same question.
After repeating it several times and getting basically the same answers, he returned to find Alzak and Bisca.
The two men were very reliable, holding their guns meticulously, one was responsible for staring in the direction of Rod, and the other was responsible for guarding the surroundings.
”How is it?” Alzak saw that Rod just looked like he was interrogating.
”The number of people is about the same as we know, their boss can use a very destructive magic, and there are several traps on the road…” Rod paused.
Bisca became alert: “What’s wrong?”
”A swift crab fell into the pit, it’s not a big problem. “The vision did not disappear, so Rhodes knew it was not dead. “The bandits may have been alarmed. Prepare for a quick battle to prevent them from running away in advance.”
”I’m fine.” Alzak looked at Rhodes, “Can your magic hold up?”
Receiving and summoning, Alzak remembered that Rhodes used magic many times today, and now he is still maintaining so many summoned beasts such as stone beetles, shadow wolves, razor beaks, and swift crabs.
Rhodes said: “It’s not a big problem within 20 minutes. I can take back a few of them as appropriate. If I don’t have to do it, that would be the best.”
Alzak and Biska looked at each other and said:
”You have done enough work.”
”It’s up to us next. ”
That being said, Rhode still planned to provide as much intelligence as possible before the war.
Then he sent a stone beetle to follow Biska to the sniper point, and he took two stone beetles with Alzak to bypass various traps and approach the bandit base.
The bandit base was not big. There was a wooden house in the middle, and several thatched houses were scattered around.
A row of wooden fences were built on the periphery, and two arrow towers were built at the door.
With a few puffs, the bandit who was dozing at the door and the sentry on the arrow tower were shot and fell almost at the same time, and Biska took action.
Rhode had gone around to the back, ready to block the bandits’ escape route.
And Alzak loaded a high-explosive bomb and blew open the door with a bang.
The base suddenly became lively, and the bandits shouted one after another:
”Enemy attack!”
”Asshole, who is it! ”
”Boss! The army is coming!”
(End of this chapter)
