The figures approaching in the darkness made the entire merchant team extremely uneasy. The leading merchants tried to use some of their goods and money to buy "safety".
The escort members headed by Shuzhu are ready for battle and will launch intimidation attacks as long as the opponent continues to approach.
The prices shouted by the merchants are increasing. They have been active on the Solon border all year round and know the rules of survival here. However, no one responds to their voices in the darkness. The silence of the black figures on horses is suffocating.
Lu Yu broke the rhythm of only businessmen shouting.
"You are skilled in equestrian skills and have excellent weapons. You are riding a common war horse in Solon. You still have some traces of magic fluctuations on your body. Considering the equipment you carry... When did the knights of Solon come out to make extra money?"
"Idiot!" the former noble guard captain who had just teased Lu Yu about being the eldest young master yelled.
The merchant guards had no time to glare at Lu Yu. They quickly raised the weapons in their hands and placed them across their chests. All the magicians' strengthening magic was released, and even the precious magic scrolls were about to be triggered at any time.
"You are indeed an ignorant young master. How can you say such a thing?"
"He doesn't think that he is the only one who has a keen observation and knows what kind of people these are, right?"
"So I refused at the beginning when he wanted to go together. The people from the Papal City are really a burden... We are all going to be killed by this brainless guy today!"
After hearing what Lu Yu said, the figures on horses in the darkness let out a burst of joking laughter. They no longer hid their figures and entered the area illuminated by the fire. The two corpses were killed by the magician behind the cavalry team.
Throw it in front of everyone.
The escort had no time to mourn for the two companions who lived together day and night. The cavalryman who reined in the reins said coldly: "Originally we just wanted some drink money... now we want more."
As the captain of the guard, Uncle Shuzhu took a step forward and faced the cavalryman who was speaking.
"We have dozens of people here. You can't kill them all. No matter which city-state you come from, attacking merchants is expressly prohibited. The lord will not tolerate your behavior. Once the matter is exposed, no merchants will pass through the city-state he manages.
"
"It's a good argument, but we have already killed your companions, and...someone in your team is too smart, so there is no need to talk."
The light of magic illuminated the surroundings, and the cavalry hidden in the darkness appeared one after another, surrounding the caravan from all directions.
The leading cavalry captain stared at Lu Yu with contempt through the gap in his helmet: "I have killed many people like you who think you are smart."
Lu Yu asked seriously: "A lot of people have been killed? How many...are they tens of thousands?"
The sounds of heavy objects falling off the horse were heard one after another. The cavalry captain turned around warily and saw a scene he would never forget.
The two fourth-level magicians in the team were choked by Xuyu, and a steady stream of blood floated out from their mouths, noses, and eyes, gradually converging into a bright red blood sword. With the fluctuation of magic power, Xuyu's wings continued to flow.
Black mist spewed out, blocking sight from all directions. Every time he moved to the side of a cavalry, the black mist receded and dispersed. In this brief moment when vision was lost, a living life turned into a mummy.
.
Such a weird method made everyone tremble with fear. The cavalry responsible for encircling the rear launched an attack on the merchant team without knowing what was happening in front. The escort team who recovered from their senses hurriedly went to resist - they separated the cavalry captain and the unresolved knight.
They were all left to Lu Yu.
"You don't seem to be very strong. What you say is more arrogant and arrogant than a giant dragon. This makes me think that you really have some amazing abilities."
While Lu Yu was speaking, the killing continued for a moment. As an imprinted summon, she had many attack methods. The knights who met her could not predict what form the next attack would take. The cavalry team of more than a dozen people was not long.
There were only a few people left, and Xu, who was eager to kill, was like a wild beast enjoying the struggle of its prey, allowing the cavalrymen who had been scattered by themselves to gather together.
The cavalry captain had already heard the gathering movement behind him, but he did not dare to look back, because at some point, a huge earth-yellow bowl appeared next to Lu Yu, and the fiery red gecko was standing in the bowl.
body, staring at him intently.
"Summoner..." The cavalry captain and the merchant escorts who were dealing with the enemy on the other side realized in the distance.
"The summoner who can summon two summons...who is this?"
The cavalry who killed Xu Yu with a charge were torn off by Xu Yu's high-speed horses. The horses were no match for Xu Yu's mini wings that looked like decorations. This time Xu Yu did not torture the fallen cavalry, but cleanly
Cleanly pierce their hearts with a bloody sword.
The more blood he absorbs, the more frightening the magic wave produced by the blood sword in his hand becomes.
Aren't you talking about restraining the Vampires? Why are the methods so similar to those of the Vampires?
Seeing such an astonishing performance in the battle, Lu Yu became more and more puzzled, how did he use Orcus's dragon slayer so conservatively?
Even if the dragon slayer specializes in suppressing dragons, he shouldn't only have that little strength...
"Is it really because they were driven away that the Dragon Slayer was passive and slow in his work?" Lu Yu thought of this possibility.
For a moment, he consulted Lu Yu with his eyes, and then set off to eliminate the remaining knights from the merchant escort.
The cavalry captain was shocked by the performance for a moment and had lost the courage to resist. The performance of killing two fourth-level magicians in a moment proved that he was doomed today.
The cavalry captain did not run away. He threw away the extra weapons on his body, leaving only a sword. Then he jumped off his horse and walked slowly to Lu Yu.
"Won't you resist?" Lu Yu asked with interest.
"There are probably only a handful of people who can summon two summons in the entire Mela. Being an enemy of people like you will only make my death more miserable. There is no anger or pity in your eyes, it is as cold as
People who are used to seeing life and death... People like us are just fish to be slaughtered in your eyes... Everything that happened today is just that we were unlucky and chose the wrong target."
After a while, he returned to Lu Yu's side. The blood sword in his hand exuded a strong smell of blood, making the cavalry captain tremble a little.
The merchant escort resolved the battle and watched Lu Yu's conversation with the cavalry captain from a distance in awe.
Lu Yu looked back at them: "Gather the bodies together and dispose of them."
Then he turned back and motioned to the cavalry captain to follow him.
Entering the dark woods, the cavalry captain who had just accepted his fate could not help but feel a sense of luck. This situation of being treated alone gave him hope of surviving.
Seeing that there was no one around, Lu Yu gave up his chances and said, "Answer my question seriously. For the sake of your performance just now, I can give you a happier way to die."
The cavalry captain struggled and asked: "Is there no other choice?"
"You have killed a lot of innocent people. You should have thought that you would end up like this one day."
The cavalry captain breathed a sigh of relief and completely accepted his fate: "Excuse me."
Lu Yu said: "Seeing that you speak clearly and are not rude in your words and deeds, you must have received a certain degree of education. Why do you want to get in trouble with the merchants? These merchants will bring you some benefits in every city-state. It is your own decision to kill the goose and obtain the eggs."
, or what your lords want.”
The cavalry captain said: "We rarely kill chickens to obtain eggs. Extortion of money is the most common thing here, and we usually only ask for money per head, never more."
"There are also rules, who made them?"
"Perhaps it was decided by the first person to do this. After that, businessmen will acquiesce to this standard and offer money when they are robbed. Most people come out to be robbers just for money. We also know the principle of long-lasting water...Business Tao
It is much better to charge for a long time than to kill the goose to retrieve the eggs, and the lord will not pursue it to the end."
"Such gentle words, but people must have been killed a lot, right?"
The cavalry captain said: "Actually, we only killed two groups of people, a total of no more than 20 people. They were both small caravans... It was the merchants who revealed our identities and threatened us, so we had no choice but to take action."
Lu Yu said coldly: "Do you think you are innocent?"
The cavalry captain also knew that he was being unreasonable, so he did not reply.
Lu Yu asked again: "Are there many people doing this on the Solon border?"
"As far as I know, this kind of thing happens more or less in the large city-states on the border. The lords of a few large city-states on the northern border are strict, but the rewards for their subordinates are good, so there is no need to do this. Like us...that's it
For a few coins, I can only eat sour and hard black bread every day..."
“The rewards vary greatly?”
"It depends on the lord's mood and character. There are many sources of money for the lords of border city states. Just by re-agreeing with merchants on tax amounts and collecting more miscellaneous items in the name of protection, they can make a lot of income. Some lords are willing to spend more money to maintain order.
, so the people below can always have enough to eat, but some lords... will occasionally deduct your coins and let you starve to death."
"You don't dare to be angry with the lord, so you decide to target ordinary people?"
When he met knights who were maintaining order in a city-state, the knights reminded Lu Yu to be careful ahead.
When checking Lu Yu's identity, these knights looked strange, and when asked where they were going, each of them hesitated to speak. Now that I think about it, these knights belong to the city-state with strict control as mentioned by the captain of the cavalry team.
The major border city-states naturally have their own sources of information, and they are even more aware of the fact that there are knights pretending to be bandits to rob, but they cannot tell the truth. Firstly, the border city-states watch and help each other, and there is no guarantee that one day they will need each other's help; secondly,
, they were afraid that the lord of another city-state would be involved in this matter. Therefore, in the end they could only remind Lu Yu in a subtle way to be careful of special people who came out of this papal city and had the seal of Bishop David on the certificate.
Seeing Lu Yu fell into a long silence, the cavalry captain took a deep breath and summoned up the courage to ask: "Where are you from... With such a powerful force, you should be able to reach your destination directly through excellent riding monsters, without having to follow a bunch of monsters."
Ordinary businessmen who could walk were mixed in."
Lu Yu showed great tolerance towards the dying people.
"Pope City, actually I don't want to follow the caravan like this, but my teacher wants me to see the current situation on the Solon border with my own eyes, and let me tell him my thoughts after I go back... This is an assignment, and I must complete it.
."
Laurende assigned this assignment in private, and even Sera and Lulu didn't know about it.
Lu Yu knew that Laurend wanted to teach him by words and deeds before he died, so that he could grow more comprehensively, so he honestly chose the easiest way to get the answer-following the caravan. After all, the caravan had to deal with all kinds of people.
Dealing with people.
The cavalry captain sighed: "So, it's me who is unlucky?"
"You can say, do you have any last words? I'm in a hurry."
The cavalry captain was silent for a while: "If you want to see what's going on at Solon's border, don't follow the caravan, just enter a city-state and see what the farmers and slaves there are like."
"I'll go and see it. Is there anything else you want to say?"
"No more, please."
Without shouting, the cavalry captain finally remembered his identity, straightened his slightly crooked helmet, and waited for death to come.
For a moment, he lightly waved his hand and hit the bloody sword, then turned around and left with Lu Yu.
The cavalry captain stood there for a while before his body and head were separated. A gecko quickly rushed over, spitting flames at his body, and squatted silently until the body was burned to ashes, and the flames did not spread.
After four weeks, I felt relieved to return.
When everyone in the escort saw Lu Yu's return, they looked uncomfortable. They poked each other with their hands, seeming to encourage who should do what.
The merchants were much smarter. They took out the best wine and the best silk among their goods, and came to Lu Yu with smiles on their faces. While thanking him for saving his life, they tried to see if they could hire him.
Protect yourself along the way.
Lu Yu refused all of this. He walked straight to Uncle Shuzhu and asked: "You are planning the itinerary, right? You will have to pass through several city-states before heading to the Raging Mountain Ridge?"
The escort team didn't understand why Lu Yu had to follow the caravan with his strength. The beautiful and indifferent woman beside him spread her wings and could bring about large swaths of death by waving her blood sword. She could act on her own.
Uncle Shuzhu ordered someone to bring a map. After examining it carefully, he replied: "We still have to go to two city-states to bulk cargo and receive the goods. We will join other caravans at Blue Helmet City on the border and cross the Raging Volcano Ridge together."
Uncle Shuzhu looked at Lu Yu's face carefully, then looked at the businessman leader who kept winking at him, and added: "If you want to go directly to the Raging Mountain Ridge... we can skip one city-state, I hope you can understand,
Our income is tied to the merchants. If they earn less, we will lose a few slices of bread... Most of us have family members, and they are still waiting for us to take the coins back and exchange them for delicious milk and soft bread.
Fun toys and nice new clothes..."
Lu Yu waved his hand: "It's okay. Just follow your pace. But when we pass by two city-states, can we go a little slower? I have some homework to complete."