The Alchemist bloodline gave Austin great resistance to fire and heat, but the smoke from the burning of wood, hay and other items still made him very uncomfortable, and he was already disgraced when he ran out of the flames. Fortunately, the duration of his 'secondary flame shield' has not yet passed, and the surrounding mortal fire will be devoured by the surrounding fire serpents as soon as it gets close, which saves his robe, which is 300 gold coins, and if it is burned, he will die of distress.
The battle on Velot's side was okay, the cavalry who got off the horse was not difficult to deal with, even the leader, after losing the weapon in his hand, could not pose much of a threat, that is, the other party had many people, so he could only be busy parrying, and it was difficult to achieve better results for a while, but he still had helpers!
The 'robbers' also spotted Austin running out of the fire, and seeing that he was not injured in the flames at all, and seemed to have a lot of strength left, they couldn't help but feel timid. The world is afraid of spellcasters, precisely because there are so many magical things about them that people can't figure out, for example, why is he not afraid of fire, and what the hell is that red fiery snake beside him?
"Boss, let's get out first. "In the face of the pressure formed by the combination of Austin and Velot, there are already 'bandits' who can't help but persuade their leader.
And their leader, who is not a person who can't see the situation clearly, knows that today is planted, so in desperation, he has no choice but to agree to his proposal: "Well, withdraw first, wait and take as many girls as possible, otherwise we won't be able to deal with it when we go back." "
"Good!" the rest agreed in unison.
No one wanted to die, and as for the comunished companion, no one was in the mood to care anymore, so they rushed to their horses and hurried out of the village where the fire had been burned.
"Vilot, they're still going to capture those girls, go and save them. Austen heard their conversation and quickly called for the paladins to come and rescue the girls who were bound hand and foot. He didn't have any effective means of attacking to stop the bandits from escaping.
But no matter how fast Velote reacted, he couldn't save all the girls, he forced back three of the 'robbers', but the remaining 'robbers' still succeeded in kidnapping a girl and running away without looking back. He had the heart to ride a horse to chase after him, but the fire in the village had begun to spread, and there were more people who needed his help.
When the fire was extinguished by Austin, Velot, and the villagers, everyone was exhausted, and Austin was so tired that he couldn't lift a finger.
"Take a sip of water. Velot handed him a glass of cold water that had just been drawn from the well.
"Thank you. Austin replied weakly. Since he was seriously injured twice in a row, his physique has not been as good as before, and the efficiency of carrying water and fighting fires with such a high intensity as just now is not as high as that of those fourteen or fifteen-year-old and a half young men in the village.
"You've done great, Tyr is on top, I can't believe you're fighting with spells for the first time. The paladin patted him on the shoulder and complimented.
Austin's performance this time did have a lot to show for it, especially his timing that killed the horse of the 'bandit' leader and disrupted their charging formation. Of course, except for the last fire, everyone who harmed was affected by the spell. In fact, Austin instinctively fell backwards at that time, and he was already able to avoid the blade, but he activated the 'secondary flame shield' superfluously.
"But they still let them take four girls..."Austen was not proud of the compliment, he thought of the last few girls who were captured by the 'robbers', and their cries were so helpless and distressing, and my Kelly was like that...
"Hey. The paladin sighed, and he saw that Austin was thinking of his captured love, so he comforted, "Didn't we catch another captive? Maybe we'll find out where they've hidden the missing girls, and then we'll be able to get them out?"
yes, I still have hope of rescuing Kelly!" Austin's eyes rekindled hope, and some strength surged in his body, supporting him to stand up, "Villott, let's interrogate him." "
"Yes. Vellott nodded, and helped Austin, parting the curious villagers who had gathered around them, to the captive, who had been tied into rice dumplings with twine.
By this time the 'robber' had woken up from his coma, but he would rather not wake up, and the villagers who had robbed his daughter and burned down their houses had all the accounts on his head, so he was beaten and kicked, and if he had not been in good health, he would have fallen into a coma again.
When Austen saw him, his exposed skin was bruised and purple and swollen, and there were some deep and horrible blood marks all over his neck and face, which were left for him by the angry women with their fingernails. Fortunately, the paladin persuaded the angry villagers in time, saying that he still needed to spit out where the girls had been caught, so that the parents of the lost children could stop for a while.
"Do you have any good way to interrogate him? I've tried before, and his mouth is hard!"
Velot said helplessly, after all, he is a Tyre Holy Warrior, and he is not proficient in the many methods of torture, if he were a believer who abused the girl Levita, I am afraid that he would have been made to spit out all the truth.
"Method..."Austin remembered the only level 1 spell he hadn't used up today, 'Enchanting Humans', this spell had the effect of enchanting and controlling others, and he had already tried it yesterday. "You lift him up and make him look me in the eye. "
The paladin did immediately, but the captive did not cooperate, he was very clever enough to guess that the caster in front of him was going to use a mind-controlling spell against him, and he also knew very well what would happen to him and his family after revealing his recent crimes and revealing the big man in Oni City, so he struggled to shake his head and close his eyes as best he could, trying to avoid Austin's gaze.
His struggle was futile, and two villagers spontaneously ran up to him, opened his eyes, and forced him to 'open' his eyes wide, staring at Austin's already magnificent purple eyes.
His spirit began to collapse under the influence of the spell, and his resistance began to weaken, and he stared at Austin's purple eyes as if he was fascinated without being forced by others.
Interrogation was made extremely easy with the help of magical powers, and when Austin asked, he answered honestly, and quickly covered all the information he knew.
The captive, Tucker, was indeed a cavalryman from Oni City, and belonged to the first squad of the 3rd Cavalry Squadron, and was ordered by the commander of the 3rd Squadron, Sir Rorakas, to disguise himself as a robber to capture innocent maidens outside the city, and every day he would send the captured maidens to a hidden valley west of Oni City. He did not know why the innocent maidens were arrested, nor did he know whether the girls were dead or alive, nor who had instructed Sir Roracas to do so, except that the whole squadron had been ordered to discuss the subject of all this.
After finally confirming the exact location of the small valley he had spoken, Austin dissipated his spell and said to Velot, "Without further ado, let's go now." "
But the holy warrior directly rejected his proposal, although he was also eager to save people, but he did not lose his rationality because of this, his physical strength was only two or three percent, Austin's spell slot was almost exhausted, not to mention, even walking became a problem, just to save people?
"Don't worry, Austin, I understand your feelings, but we're hitting a stone with an egg. Listen to me, now let's go back to Oni City, and only when we recuperate and recover to the best state can we save your Kelly and the other girls. Also, I think we need to find some helpers, and it's probably going to be very difficult for just the two of us. "
"Looking for some help?"
"That's right, now that we know where the girls are hiding, just go to the Adventurers' Guild and spread around, I think there must be adventurers who are attracted by the huge reward of 2000 gold. Vilot is confident in that.
Who said paladins only have courage? Austin smiled knowingly, and let those greedy adventurers help them dripping the water.....