Along with Ian's death, Bai Xiaowen also received a series of prompt messages, all of which were related to changes in favorability and reputation-related information.
What interests Bai Xiaowen more is that Ma Qi, the lord of the Red Leaf Territory, has a lower favorability towards him, but the drop is not significant and it is currently at a cold level.
In addition to the treasure box dropped by Ian, the two level 7 elite bandit guards killed each also dropped a large silver treasure box. As for the elites who were just killed by Bai Xiaowen's two big snakes at the tunnel entrance
Robbers also dropped two medium-sized silver treasure chests.
The growth rate of Bai Xiaowen's Black Soul Stone has soared. Now it has a growth rate of 233/300, and its soul essence has 173 points. It seems that it won't take long for the Black Soul Stone to reach level 4.
In addition, Bai Xiaowen's combat experience has exceeded 60%. Killing Ian and level 7 elites will bring considerable benefits.
However, this battle was also very hard, mainly reflected in the loss of summoned creatures. 3 of the 4 Skeleton Blade and Shield Hands were killed, and the Raging Claw's health was only about 1/3, and the Shadow Assassin was also unable to survive.
To half health.
Fortunately, there were no casualties. The Skeleton Blade and Shieldman died and could be summoned again in 12 hours.
"Time is running out, don't open the treasure chest yet," Bai Xiaowen said. "The bandits are all fleeing now, but we gave the horses laxatives in advance so they can't escape. We will rescue the hostages first, and then recruit as many soldiers as we can depending on the situation."
How many."
Li Shuyi nodded, the two of them put away the fallen treasure boxes, and then rushed to the mine in the north area of the mine without stopping.
Although the battle with the bandit leader Ian was fierce, it only took a few minutes. It was now too late to rescue the hostages and recruit the bandits.
Bai Xiaowen had almost memorized the map of the mine with his abnormal memory. At this time, he rushed to the North District. There was no need to worry about being discovered by the bandits. The two of them rushed very fast and arrived at the mine in the North District not long after.
There was no one in the mine. Only the light of the dark yellow torch danced and flickered gently.
"Have the hostages been taken away?" Li Shuyi said worriedly, "The guard named 'Old Matt' is not here either..."
Bai Xiaowen frowned and said, "Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. The bandit leader has been killed and people are panicked. Who will care about a hostage?" He walked into the mine and tried to find some clues.
Suddenly, a slightly green female voice sounded: "No need to look for it, I'm here."
The sound came from above the head.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi looked up and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that there was an iron chain hanging from the top of the mine, and the hostage was locked in a cage at the end of the iron chain, hanging about two meters high.
"Do you have any sympathy for laughing at me like this?" The iron cage shook slightly, and two small green hands grasped the iron bars and shook them vigorously, showing that the owners of the little hands were very angry.
"Stop shaking, aren't you dizzy?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled. He quickly found a winch mechanism in the corner and turned it hard. The iron chain creaked and the iron cage was lowered.
"Who are you and why were you caught by the Black Wind Bandits?" Bai Xiaowen asked while turning the winch.
"I... I am a trainee knight. I heard the helpless refugees recount the crimes of the Black Wind Bandits, and I came to fight against them on behalf of justice... Oops!"
The iron cage suddenly lost control when it was half a meter above the ground and fell to the ground freely with a clang. Bai Xiaowen smiled and apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, my hand slipped at the last step."
"...For the sake of saving me, I will forgive you." A muffled voice came from the cage.
Soon the iron cage opened, and a blue-haired girl bent down and poked her head out.
With a pop, the blue-haired girl lay on the stone ground in a posture of falling flat on the sand.
"Are you injured?" Li Shuyi asked in surprise.
"No... not hurt. My legs are numb..." The blue-haired girl was wearing a layer of cool armor that was more decorative than practical. She struggled to support the ground with her hands but could not get up. She could only tilt her head and look at Li Shuyi.
Stretching out his little hand: "Help, do me a favor..."
The shadow assassin took a step forward, grabbed the girl's hand and pulled her up.
The girl screamed: "Dirty, filthy undead creature..." She wanted to withdraw her hand, but was afraid of falling again and hesitated.
"Don't worry, this is my summoned creature, it won't hurt you." Bai Xiaowen said.
The blue-haired girl exclaimed again: "Despicable, despicable necromancer..."
"..."
The shadow assassin decisively withdrew his hand, and the blue-haired girl staggered and was about to fall. Fortunately, Li Shuyi took a step forward and supported her.
"Thank you, thank you..."
Li Shuyi could only apologize for Bai Xiaowen, and at the same time clarified: "He is a multi-racial summoner, not a simple necromancer, and what we did was a just thing. We just killed the leader of the Black Wind Bandit Group.
"
The blue-haired girl was greatly surprised.
Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "It's enough to rescue the people. Let's go out and stop the bandits." He took the Raging Claw and other summoned creatures and strode out of the cave.
Li Shuyi supported the blue-haired trainee knight and followed behind. At the same time, she chatted with him for a few words and told each other about their identities.
The blue-haired girl's name is Bonita, and she is a trainee knight of the Holy Light Holy See. This time she came out to perform a task as a trainee knight. After completing it, she can be promoted to a formal knight.
"Is your mission to destroy the Black Wind Bandit Group? Such a difficult mission..." Li Shuyi was a little surprised.
"No, it's not... My internship mission is to deliver letters..." Bonita lowered her head, "I have already delivered letters, and on my way back, I suddenly saw a few poor refugees with barely any clothes on.
After asking, I found out who came here..."
Bai Xiaowen, who was walking in front, also heard this and was secretly amused.
It turns out that she is a girl who has read too much about knights. She probably has some background. The Holy Light Holy See did not think of asking her to perform any difficult apprenticeship tasks. She was just a simple messenger. But this girl actually went to the largest hospital in Baishi Town without overestimating her abilities.
The den of justice spreads out in the robbers' den, which is really a model of committing suicide.
Fortunately, Ian, the boss of the Black Wind Bandit Group, is not a normal bandit. Otherwise, this girl named Bonita would probably have become a rbq for the bandits to vent their anger... There is no doubt about the hunger of the bandits. From the previous one
The robber named Kitts can tell a thing or two.
However, after rescuing Bonita, Bai Xiaowen finally received the prompt message:
"[Side mission: Rescue] completed."
"Mission goal: rescue the hostages in the northern mine of the Cliff Mine. So far rescued: 1/1."
"Is this gone?" Bai Xiaowen was stunned, where is the reward?