The sky was cloudless and blue, allowing the high-hanging sun to shed golden light downwards, illuminating the land.
In such a clear weather, a carriage was driving at an unusually fast speed on a main road that had obviously been repaired.
This is also something that can't be helped.
Because, behind the carriage, there was a large group of vulgar men on horseback chasing after them with weapons in their hands.
"Don't run!"
"Why are you running?"
"Stay and have fun with us!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The vulgar men were chasing after each other while letting out despicable laughter and shouts. Looking at their performance, anyone who was not a fool would know what kind of malice they had in chasing the carriage in front of them.
If you look closely, you will see that the equipment worn by the vulgar men is also very informal.
Some of them were wearing armor that was highly worn, some were wearing clothes made of animal skins, some were still stained with blood, and some were shirtless without any clothing on their upper bodies.
However, there are hideous scars on his body, coupled with his vulgar temperament and the violent emotions that constantly appear in his eyes and face, his appearance and image alone do not give people the feeling that he is a good person.
The leader, a man who was taller and stouter than the others, was still staring at the carriage in front of him, greed and desire rising and falling in his eyes.
"Looking at the size and decoration of this carriage, the person riding on it must be rich or noble. Even if he is not a noble, he will be a wealthy businessman from a wealthy family."
"The horses that pull the carts are also high-end goods. The price of such horses on the black market is comparable to that of military horses. They can't be bought with just a few gold coins."
"It seems that we are going to catch it this time, and we finally encountered such a big fish."
The burly man, who was obviously the leader, licked his lips, unable to contain the excitement in his heart.
Because of the special nature of this territory, the sturdy man has not encountered such a big fish for a long time.
In the past, those wealthy businessmen or nobles from wealthy families were well prepared to deal with them because they knew the situation in this territory. They would either take some safe official roads, even if they took a long detour, or they would
Appearing with a large number of guards or knights, they either cannot touch the prey, or they are too scrupulous to take action at all.
Therefore, it has really been a long time since they encountered this kind of thing with only one carriage walking on the main road. Usually they can only rob passers-by and rob some unlucky small caravans, although it is not impossible to say that there is nothing they can do.
It opened, but there wasn’t much money to be made.
But today, it seems that their order can be bigger.
"You don't have any bodyguards with you, but you drive that kind of luxury carriage around this territory. Isn't this telling everyone that they are delicious?"
The sturdy man sneered.
"No matter whether the people in that carriage are nobles or wealthy businessmen, in short, you are too stupid this time, so please be our prey."
The burly man——Mott sneered and shouted to the brothers around him.
"Quick! Use your time to block them! The city is ahead! Don't let them run into the city!"
After hearing this, the robbers stopped playing and directly drove their horses to speed up and rushed forward.
The horses under their crotches don't seem to be as handsome as the horse pulling the carriage, but that handsome horse is pulling a heavy carriage after all. No matter how fast it is, it can't be faster than these robbers riding alone with swords.
horse.
As a result, they quickly caught up with the fleeing carriage, and several of them were even level with the carriage. They were slashing at the carriage with their machetes, causing cracks in the carriage.
"Stop!"
"Won't you stop?"
"If we don't stop, we will shoot!"
The robbers made such threats.
This made the young man who looked like a follower sitting in the driver's seat, pulling the reins, whipping the horse, and making the horse run fast, look anxious.
"We are being overtaken! Miss...!"
The young man shouted in the direction of the carriage.
"Please quickly use the magic crystal for communication to ask for help from the master!"
The young man's cry was only met with a voice that was almost crying.
"I, I contacted my father a long time ago, but my father said that the distance was too far and he didn't have time to send someone over for support!"
Hearing this, the young man gritted his teeth secretly.
That's right, this place is already the territory of other nobles. Although it is not far from my own territory, since it is the territory of a different area, no matter how fast I travel, I can't get someone to come and rescue the two of me in time in this urgent situation.
.
"Is there really nothing we can do?"
The young man couldn't help but think of all the rumors he had heard in the past and the tragic fate of the rich ladies who had fallen into the hands of bandits. Suddenly, his face began to turn pale.
"No! At least let the young lady escape!"
The young man really couldn't bear that the eldest lady he loved fell into the hands of the robbers and was raped by the robbers.
"Quickly think of a solution! Geer!"
The eldest lady's crying voice came from the carriage again, making the young man grit his teeth even harder.
However, no matter how anxious and annoyed he felt, the situation would not get better just because of this.
"You're not stopping yet, are you?"
Mott, who was behind, looked at the carriage that was still running and immediately gave the order.
"Archer! Shoot the arrow!"
Following Mote's order, several of the bandits galloping behind and on the left and right took out their bows and arrows and started shooting.
“Swish, swish, swish——”
Not long after, a sound broke through the air, and arrows flew in the direction of the carriage, landing on the carriage.
The arrows pierced into various parts of the carriage one after another, and soon the carriage was turned into a hedgehog. Some of the arrows even crossed the carriage and shot towards the driver's seat and the horses pulling the carriage. The accuracy cannot be said to be very high, but
There will always be some shots that hit the target among the random arrows.
"hateful!"
The young attendant named Geer pulled out the sword he carried with him, pulled the reins with one hand, and held the sword with the other, using the wind of the sword to sweep away the incoming arrows.
But perhaps because the horses were frightened, the carriage began to lose balance and staggered, causing a small scream to come from the carriage.
"Ha ha!"
"Caught up!"
Thanks to the assistance of shooting, the robbers who chased the carriage on horseback and attacked the carriage with machetes finally surpassed Geer who was sitting in the driver's seat and came to the front of the carriage.
They began to block the road and even attacked Geer who was sitting in the driver's seat with knives. Geer who hurriedly responded was accidentally stabbed.
"Ahhhhhhh...!"
Geer let out a scream and fell out of the driver's seat.
"Ger...!"
The eldest lady in the carriage also screamed because of the screams of the entourage.
The horses pulling the cart were forced to stop by the bandits and had to slowly reduce their speed and stop in the middle of the main road.
The robbers then mounted their horses to surround the carriage, and blocked the main road tightly, completely preventing anyone from escaping.
"Miss!"
Seeing this scene, Geer, who fell off the carriage, was shocked and wanted to get up.
But before that, a foot stretched out and kicked him on the back.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, Geer was kicked away.
"Run!" Mott got off the horse at some point and walked towards Geer with a ferocious look on his face. He kicked him and shouted, "You should keep running!"
"Bastard!" Geer wanted to resist, but the wound he had just received from the knife stopped him, leaving him lying on the ground bleeding, unable to get up at all.
"Go!" Mott confirmed this, and knowing that Geer could no longer resist, he grinned and said to his men: "Pull the people off the carriage!"
"No!" Geer seemed to be greatly stimulated. Regardless of his own injuries, he held his sword and roared at Mott: "We are from the Elixir family! How dare you attack members of the noble family?
Take action...!?"
As soon as these words came out, Mott not only was not frightened, but he kicked Ger again and knocked him down.
"The Elisir family? Isn't that the Viscount's family next door?" Mott smiled coldly: "I didn't expect people from the Viscount's family to be so stupid. Even if you haven't met them, you should have heard of them.
It’s only about a piece of territory, do you think that kind of thing can scare us?”
The robbers nearby also sneered.
"Noble? We don't know how many times we have robbed nobles, right?"
"There's a reason why you asked them to come over and punish us!"
"Pull them down. Those nobles want to stay far away from this territory. Instead of coming here to suffer, they would rather stay in their territory and enjoy themselves. How could they come to interfere with our affairs?"
"It's really annoying to talk about. Why can those rubbish nobles live in mansions and enjoy themselves, but we have to suffer in a place like this?"
"That's right."
Not only did the robbers not have the slightest scruple because of Geer's words, on the contrary, they all became angry.
"Okay, what's the use of telling this guy this?" Mott said unhappily: "Hurry up and do the work. Since you are from a noble family, you should be able to squeeze out some ransom money."
Just as Mott said this and was about to start kidnapping people with ease, a boy who was in charge of lookout suddenly spoke up.
"Boss, there seems to be another carriage coming from behind."
The younger brother's report made all the robbers, including Mott, subconsciously look behind them.
Soon, a carriage drove from the other side of the main road, catching the eyes of everyone present.
The robbers' eyes suddenly lit up.
no way.
"That carriage looks more luxurious than this one here!"
"Could it be another big fish?"
"Haha! Great!"
The laughter of the robbers made Geer, who was about to lose consciousness, yell subconsciously.
"Help, help——!"
This sound caused the carriage to stop.
In the carriage, a young man who seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed opened his eyes.
"It's really a mess here..."
A faint muttering echoed in the car, and it took a while before it calmed down.