Magus Tech Chapter 137: The night is chaotic, but also very quiet

The rich night light cannot be wiped away in the air.

In the sky, the moon was obscured, and only a few stars showed light. In the woods outside Cuijin City, a caravan was advancing with difficulty.

In the center of the caravan, there are several carriages pulled by horses, and the goods loaded on them are all valuable. One of the items was even more valuable.

In order to protect these goods, there are many guards around the moving carriages, with vigilant expressions. At the end of the team, there are also many mercenaries to prevent attacks.

This caravan came from a city called "Newburgh" and was responsible for transporting goods to Emerald City. For maximum safety and speed, the waterway is the first to go. But at the end of the trip, they were attacked continuously by the enemies on the waterway, and lost a lot of manpower. The head of the caravan, Duncan, in his forties, made a decisive decision to switch from the water route to the land route.

However, it did not become safe on land. Just now, the caravan encountered a small-scale attack. Although the attack was quickly resolved by the caravan, it also cast a shadow over Duncan's heart. Looking at the woods in front of him, Duncan didn't know how many malicious people were waiting.

"Damn it, I shouldn't have accepted this business. Although the profit is indeed terrifyingly high, it may cost your life. And it was clearly promised that it would be absolutely confidential, but now the news has leaked. Damn it!" Duncan Cursed in his heart, but did not express this emotion. He knew that he was the backbone of the entire caravan. If he panicked, the entire caravan would be unimaginable.

Taking a deep breath, Duncan tried to calm down and turned his head to look aside.

Beside him is a young man from the caravan, who is also a guy he likes very much. He is eighteen years old today and his name is Luther. Although the other party came out of the slums, he was very smart. Under his professor, he knew a lot of words and could calculate some simple accounts. In a few years, you can be completely independent. The most important thing is that the other party works hard, works with principles, and is extremely polite to everyone in the caravan, which makes everyone admire him.

Duncan intends to train the other party to be a successor, and he tries to take the other party with him every time he goes out, so that the other party can have more experience and gain insights, which will help the other party's growth. The other party also understood this very well, and while being grateful, they worked extremely hard.

At this moment, Duncan looked at Luther and said, "Luther, please tell everyone to remain vigilant and not relax."

"What's the matter, Uncle Duncan, is there something wrong?" the buddy Luther asked with a sparkle in his eyes after hearing this.

"No, there is nothing wrong now, but I always feel a little worried. You should also see that this time is different from the past. The things we transport are too expensive, so expensive that they can touch those mysterious wizards It is inevitable that many people will covet you. Therefore, you can’t be too careful. What happened on the ship and the attack just now are examples, and we must not make any mistakes.”

"Understood, Uncle Duncan, I'm going to tell everyone, everyone will understand what you said."

"Yeah."

"By the way, Uncle Duncan, do you want to turn out the machine crossbow, string it up, and be on guard?" Luther asked again.

"This..." Duncan hesitated. There are organic crossbows in the caravan, there are a lot of them, and they are still high-quality goods, mainly for emergency needs. But... machine crossbows are different from bows and arrows, especially if they have a certain quantity and quality, they are banned by the Emerald Kingdom. After all, they may threaten the official rule.

If you are caught breaking the law, you will not be sent to the gallows, but you will be fined a lot of money for sure. If all the caravans are from their own people, there is no need to worry about it. But this time, because they took over the big business temporarily, they hired several mercenary teams for fear of lack of manpower. There are too many people talking, and the mercenaries are all money-seeking guys. If you take out a lot of machine crossbows now, it will inevitably be spread by drunk mercenaries, or the mercenaries will report directly for the bounty. Oh no.

Thinking for a moment, Duncan looked at Luther, shook his head and said, "Don't do that, just ask all the guards to check the bows and arrows. As for the machine crossbow, it's really dangerous. If you take it out again, it shouldn't delay you."

"Okay." Luther didn't say anything more, turned around and was about to leave.

And Duncan suddenly thought of something, called Luther and said: "Wait."

"What's the matter, Uncle Duncan?" Luther stopped, slightly puzzled.

"Well——" Duncan dragged his tone, his eyes became sharper, and he said, "Luther, help me to tell the captains of those mercenary teams, tell them, a lot The silver coins hired them are not to accompany the caravan, but to protect the safety of the caravan.

If they encounter an attack and they don't go up, they just pretend to shout and let the people in our caravan fight, then they won't even get a penny of the final payment, and I have to spit out the deposit. Although our business group pays attention to harmony, it is not really easy to bully. "

"Yes." When Luther heard Duncan's words, his expression was a little serious, he nodded vigorously, and turned to walk behind the caravan.

"Da da da..."

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After a while, Luther returned, looked at Duncan and said, "Uncle Duncan, it's all done. Everyone in the caravan understands what you mean and promises to be careful. And those mercenary squads, too. They all said that they did not react before and let us fight. If they encounter the enemy again, they will definitely do their best to protect the safety of each of us."

"Heh, the mercenary's guarantee?" Duncan shook his head after listening, "Just listen to what they say, don't trust them too much, let's see the details later."

"Well, that's actually what I think." Luther echoed.

"That's good." Duncan said, without saying anything more.

"Squeak..."

The horses pulled the carriage forward, and everyone followed. The whole caravan moved forward with difficulty and caution in the woods.

"Squeak..."

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The whole convoy was in silence for about half an hour, when the silence was suddenly broken, and someone shouted: "Be careful!"

The entire caravan stopped immediately, and all of a sudden, the caravan guards pulled out their weapons and looked around vigilantly. Some even picked up bows and arrows, but... they didn't attack.

Duncan frowned and shouted: "Who is yelling?!"

"Duncan is in charge, it's me." A person walking in front of the caravan said, pointing to the road ahead, said: "Duncan is in charge, the road is blocked, I'm afraid there may be an ambush, so I called out to be careful. "

"Huh?"

Duncan's eyes flashed, and he looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw a dry tree trunk fall not far away, blocking the entire caravan from moving forward.

This...

At this moment, Luther leaned close to Duncan's ear and whispered, "Uncle Duncan, let me go and see the situation." He walked away after speaking, but was grabbed by Duncan.

Luther turned to look at Duncan with some doubts. At this time, Duncan's face was expressionless, and the gaze in his eyes was not sure whether it was because of fear or vigilance, and he looked a little cold.

Turning his head, Duncan yelled to the side, calling the names of the two guys: "Rick, Spar, you two go ahead and check the situation, if there is no problem, move the trunk away."

After a pause, Duncan added: "You two performed well this time. When you get to Cuijin City, I will raise your salary. Also, be careful."

"Um, Uncle Duncan, we will be careful." The two guys who were named said, not so much afraid, but more happy, I don't know if it's because of being cared about, or because of the salary increase.

The two walked out of the caravan and walked quickly towards the tree trunk blocking the road.

When they came to the trunk, the two of them were not stupid. They took a serious look around and found nothing unusual before reaching out to lift the trunk.

The tree trunk was very heavy, and the two of them struggled to move it. As a result, they had just moved halfway, when Duncan suddenly heard a warning: "Be careful!"

"Why..." Before the two could react, the sound of "咻咻咻" sounded, and many arrows flew out from both sides of the woods, shooting them directly into hedgehogs.

The two fell down with a "plop".

Duncan had no time to be sad, and continued to warn and shout: "There is an ambush! Be careful!"

The entire caravan moved quickly, trying to defend themselves. After killing the two trunk movers, the arrows quickly shot towards the caravan from both sides of the woods.

Some people were unable to dodge in time and fell down screaming.

Duncan lowered his head and hid on the side of the carriage. While pressing Luther's head firmly under his body, he ordered loudly: "Fight back!"

After listening to Duncan's words, the guards in the caravan who were in charge of safety stood up one after another, holding bows and arrows and shooting towards the attacking direction on both sides. However, under the attack from both sides, it was obviously at a disadvantage. After a short counterattack, not many enemies were killed, but a small half of their own casualties. It seems that if you continue to stay here, it is only a matter of time before everyone dies.

"Damn it!" Duncan scolded after seeing it, and said to himself, "I can't go on like this, I have to find a way to leave. We must let those mercenaries cover and let the caravan rush out..."

Luther, who was crushed under Duncan, stood up forcibly after hearing this, and shouted: "Uncle Duncan, I will inform those mercenaries, I..."

"No, I'll go." Before Luther could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Duncan, and Duncan pressed his head down again. Duncan said in a deep voice, "You can't, you can't go.

First, it is too dangerous now, you are still young, you have to find a way to survive, because you have to go back and marry Melissa! I only have such a daughter, and she only likes you, you must not take risks!

Secondly, those mercenaries are cowards with eyes open to money. At this time, you, a young man, cannot suppress them. Only when I go can they obey orders obediently. So, I go. "

After Duncan finished speaking, he bent over and walked to the side. Luther's eyes were red, and he grabbed Duncan, "Uncle Duncan, let me go..."

"Stop talking!"

The two were about to argue, but they heard someone from behind the convoy yell angrily: "Duncan is in charge, Duncan is in charge, **** it, those mercenaries have all escaped!"

Ah, this...

The problem was solved immediately, and the two of them didn't have to go.

Duncan's face turned pale with anger, and he hammered the ground angrily: "Damn mercenaries, I knew they were unreliable!"

"Then... Uncle Duncan, what should we do now?" Luther asked aloud, "Should we fight the enemy?"

"Fight it?" Duncan's eyes flashed, and he fixed his eyes for a moment, and said, "Yes, we fought!"

"But..." Duncan's tone suddenly changed again, and he looked at Luther, "But it's me who is desperate, not you. Boy, don't get excited, let me tell you, this is the only way. Wait a minute, I will take out the machine crossbow, distribute it to everyone, and then shoot a volley to ensure that the **** enemy is temporarily suppressed, and you find a way to break out on horseback. Of course, you break out not to save your life, but more importantly Do two things."

Duncan raised his body, groped on the carriage, and took out a white wooden box, stuffed it into Luther's pocket, and said: "This is the most valuable item in our business, if you get it If it is lost, our entire business group can't afford it. So the first thing you do when you break out of the siege is to protect it and prevent it from falling into the hands of the enemy.

And the second thing you have to do after you break out is to rush to Cuijin City as fast as possible, ask for help there, and let the official soldiers of Cuijin City come to rescue us. Don't give me red eyes, this is not the time to cry. As long as you do well, we can all live, and I still want to see you marry Melissa, you won't die easily. Did you understand what I said? "

"Understood." Luther nodded vigorously.

Duncan took a deep breath: "That's good."

The next moment, Duncan rushed out like an old leopard, and opened the box in another compartment, which contained machine crossbows shining with metallic luster...

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After a while, the shooting from both sides of the woods continued, intending to shoot all the people in the caravan to death, but the caravan suddenly burst out with a storm of arrows to counterattack, catching the ambushing people on both sides by surprise , for a while, several unlucky ghosts were hit by arrows and screamed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a horse in the caravan galloped out at high speed. Luther leaned his waist almost against the horse's back, holding a white wooden box tightly in his arms, gritted his teeth and rushed out of the encirclement, out of the woods, To the Emerald City in the distance.

"Da da da... da da da..."

The sound of horseshoes continued. On the road outside the woods, Luther flogged the horse desperately, increasing the speed of the horse to the highest.

He wants to go faster, faster, very fast!

If he delays for a second, one more person in the caravan may die.

Thinking of this, Luther slapped the horse hard again, and the next moment he looked forward, he was suddenly startled. The horse's rein was jerked, and the horse neighed. The front hooves were raised high, and then landed heavily, creating two depressions a few centimeters deep on the ground.

On the road ahead, dozens of heavily armed cavalry were galloping towards them, quickly approaching, and then surrounded Luther.

Luther was extremely nervous, trembling while holding the box in his arms, swallowed, and asked the unknown person, "You... who are you?"

A cavalry stepped forward, took off his helmet, revealed his blond hair, and handsome face, glanced at Luther and said: "I am Mill, the captain of the third cavalry guard in Cuijin City, are you Who?"

Luther's eyes widened immediately after hearing this: "You are a soldier of Emerald City, er, are you a lord?! Mi... Hello, Mir, I... my name is Luther, and I belong to the Bauhinia Merchant Group." People, **** things to Cuijin City. We were attacked halfway, and I was the only one who broke out and wanted to ask for your help. Now please follow me, and hurry up to rescue Uncle Duncan of our business group?"

"Huh?" Mill frowned, and he didn't seem to believe Luther easily, and asked, "Be clear, what did your Bauhinia Merchant Group **** to Emerald City? Why was it attacked?"

"Our Bauhinia Merchant Group is escorting a very precious thing. I don't know what it is. But Uncle Duncan said that it is related to the mysterious wizard. If it is lost, our entire business group will I can't afford it. It is because of this that I was attacked..."

"That precious thing is in this wooden box in your hand right now?" Mill interrupted Luther suddenly.

"Ah, yes." Luther said unpreparedly.

"Open it and have a look, I want to confirm what you said. After confirming, I will follow you to save people." Mill said.

"Okay." Luther didn't think much, and responded again and again, quickly opening the box to reveal the contents inside.

I saw inside the box, in the thick black silk, there were three crystal-like creations. The volume is not very large, it is round, and the surface is carved with cumbersome lines. Inside, there is a purple light flashing, which can be seen clearly even at night. "

Luther looked at the strange object in the box with some surprise.

Mier narrowed his eyes, and said to himself: "Is it really a test-free certificate? Now I am prosperous, hehe, I should be lucky for my Lorraine family."

"Huh?"

Luther raised his head to look at Mir, and when he heard Mir's words, he felt a little puzzled, and then his whole body suddenly felt cold.

He suddenly felt a little alert, maybe what he was facing was not the official army of Emerald City.

Otherwise, why is the other party not in Cuijin City, but on the road of Cuijin City? Otherwise, why is the other party more familiar with the goods than he is? Otherwise, why does the other party have to look at the things in his box to save someone?

Luther thought so, and then saw Mir in front of him suddenly smiled at him strangely, pulled out his long sword with an undisguised "swipe", and slashed at him.

The blood in Luther's whole body was coagulated, and his brain went blank. There was only one thought left: Uncle Duncan, I'm sorry...

Just when Luther felt that he was going to die, suddenly there were a few "swoosh", and several arrows almost flew past Luther's ears ~IndoMTL.com~ and shot on Mill's head.

"Bang", Mir let go of his hand, and the long sword fell.

"Boom", Mi Er still kept a weird smile on his face, but he fell straight off the horse.

Luther felt the blood flow resumed. Looking into the distance, he saw more cavalry rushing over tens of meters away, massacring the cavalry who had surrounded him.

The other party said while slaughtering: "People of the Lorraine family, you have violated the laws of the kingdom. I will now follow the king's order to wipe out you. Those who dare to resist will die. Those who put down their weapons and surrender, You can not kill..."

The new cavalry was obviously very powerful, and the battle was settled in just a moment. A tall knight rode up to Luther and said, "Hey, boy, don't be afraid, I have an order from the king to protect you and Luther." The goods transported by your business group. Bring it to me quickly, and I will ensure its safety."

"Is this the real official army of Emerald City?" Luther thought a little, subconsciously handing out the box.

The next moment, I heard more horse hooves sounding from farther away, followed by more cavalry rushing crazily. The leader shouted anxiously: "Family Philip, you are so bold that you dare to attack other families under the guise of the king's order. You are trying to start a noble war, and you are the real law breakers. You are all going to die..."

Luther was stunned, completely stunned, and had no idea who to trust.

The night is still very long, and more and more people are gathering under the cover of the night to compete and fight for a precious thing...

As for Li Cha, he was quietly writing something on papyrus paper with a quill pen in the study in the yard where he lived.

"Shushasha..."

The night is chaotic, but also very quiet...