In the large mansion, a luxuriously decorated carriage parked quietly at the base of the wall.
Specialty goods from various places and exquisite handicrafts are neatly placed in wooden boxes as merchandise, stacked neatly one by one.
In addition, there is also a separate dining car, with silver tableware, cutlery, candlesticks, and everything else.
Beside the seven carts, the strong horses pulling the carts were tied to the hitching posts. Each of them lowered his head and ate the tender grass in the trough. The bloody turmoil in the village had nothing to do with it. From time to time, he snored and fell asleep.
Such seven carts plus horses are truly luxurious, and coupled with the boxes after boxes of goods, they are really valuable.
...
Next to the cart, the young leader of the horse bandits, Noel, was looking through the caravan's ledger, grinning from ear to ear.
"Dreyfus, do you know how rich this old man is?"
"Where is the fat sheep you are looking for? It is simply an elephant!"
Dreyfus saw Noel's smile on his face, and he also stepped forward to take a look. When he saw it, he also took a breath of cold air.
The account books clearly recorded the caravan's turnover and foreign loans.
In addition to the 150 gold coins that were blackmailed a few days ago and the 250 gold coins given to Hall, the old man's living money is still 600 gold coins!
The value of the goods, if sold en masse at one time, would be around 200.
As for foreign debts, there are also a lot of them. Most of them are money from the commercial properties of the lords of several marquisdoms in the south, totaling about one hundred.
There are all kinds of them, almost a thousand!
Noel smiled and patted Dreyfus on the shoulder and said with a smile...
"Six hundred gold in cash, send it back to the city to stabilize the brothers first."
"As for the goods, let's find a few powerful merchants and sell them slowly, at the best price, and don't rush to sell them en masse."
"Aren't you from the Sare Circus? Go to North and see if you can pry a few people over to sell goods."
"If there is a debt, you will collect it when the time comes. You are smart, and I will send a few brothers dressed as guards to accompany you."
Noel let out a long sigh of relief, then smiled and said...
"This time."
"My father's urgent need is finally solved."
"Those old guys, I'll take care of them one by one later!"
"Dreyfus, you have done a great job!"
"After my father passes the master of the Horse Thieves Group to me, I..."
"I will make you the second leader!"
"The Marquis of Anson has great potential. If we succeed in the future, it might not be a bad idea to actually use the Marquis of Anson to force the empire to officially grant him a noble status!"
"When the time comes, we will be a marquis and a count!"
Noel's eyes were shining with hope for the future, and his face was filled with a proud smile, as if the future was extremely bright.
Dreyfus was also smiling and nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, that's what happened to the bandit lord in the west. He seized several marquis territories, two earls, and proclaimed himself a king! The empire officials could only hold their noses and admit it!"
"What does a marquis mean? We will use Anson as our base, expand left and right, and become a king!"
The two of them, Noel, stood in front of the cart, talking and laughing, feeling so happy that the sun was shining brightly.
Happy, the sun is shining.
A certain leader of a major country on Earth is also happy that the sun is shining brightly.
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Suddenly, I heard the faint sound of wind.
I saw a crossbow arrow speeding towards me, and the sound of piercing the air continued!
My heart suddenly became panicked and tense. In a hurry, I moved my lips slightly, trying to prop up the magic shield, but where could I do it in time?
Pfft!
The crossbow arrow was no more powerful than a bow and arrow. It suddenly penetrated the chainmail and pierced the chest!
"Hmm!!"
Noel's eyes widened, and he only felt the pain in his heart. For a moment, his heart and blood were in chaos, and the mana elements in his body were out of control. They flowed freely through his body and reached his mind!
The pain caused by the flow of mana elements made Noel faint and fall to the ground in an instant!
"Young leader!"
Dreyfus's blood ran cold for a moment. Seeing Noel being shot to the ground, it was as if thunder sounded in his mind.
It's not that I have a deep relationship with this young leader I just met for a few days, but mainly because if he dies, what will happen to my future?
If he died, Kanoka would have to skin him alive?
Suddenly, my mind went blank.
He quickly looked towards the window, but was there someone there?
I can't find anyone who shot the cold arrow!
——
Dreyfus crouched down quickly and reached out to detect Noel's breathing.
Fortunately, although the breathing is weak, it is still there.
No one is dead yet, and things haven't reached their worst yet.
At this time, he gritted his teeth and wanted to eat the person who shot the cold arrow alive.
Now, take people back to the city for treatment quickly, so that he can still have a way to survive.
After rescuing Noel, he could still say some kind words to himself around Kanoka to reduce his guilt.
If you delay and someone dies, then not only will you not be able to survive in Anson, but you will be chased to death if you run to other places.
He gritted his teeth and turned his head to look inside the mansion.
I saw that almost all the trash under me were killed, and those who were alive were lying on the ground pretending to be injured.
The elite horse bandits fought back and forth with the remaining guards, with almost no deaths on either side. If we let them continue fighting like this, we don't know how long it will take.
Immediately, he shouted loudly to the horse thieves in the house...
"Leader Noel was seriously injured by an arrow! Retreat! Escape quickly! Return to Meyer City quickly! Find the chief!"
...
When all the horse thieves in the house heard this, they were all shocked.
This time I came out, but I sneaked out with the big leader on his back.
If the young leader dies, then no one among the dozen or so of him will survive!
At this time, all the horse thieves made the same choice.
One by one, they waved their sabers wildly, forced the guards back, quickly got out, and ran out of the mansion quickly.
When he went out to see Dreyfus and Noel, who was lying on the ground with an arrow, he didn't care to talk nonsense with Dreyfus. He quickly picked up Noel, then they got on their horses and galloped away with Noel in their arms!
The current situation has changed from sneaking away to perform a meritorious service to a life-and-death situation in which people must save their lives quickly.
Be sure to bring Meyer City back before Noel dies!
Everyone's expressions became fierce, and they whipped their horses with whips, causing the horses to gallop with all their hooves, as fast as flying.
...
At this time, Dreyfus had no intention of staying in this village any longer.
Riding his own horse and leading Noel's horse, he summoned the bunch of trash who were still alive and hurriedly left the village and headed straight for Meyer City.
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Castina was slumped under the window. Her long burgundy hair was wet with sweat and stuck to her cheeks and collarbone. Her beautiful face was flushed and she was breathing heavily.
As she listened to the hooves of the horse thieves galloping away, an indescribable feeling of surviving a disaster filled her body.
I just feel extremely relieved.
If one of those dozen horse thieves chooses to stay behind to protect their leader.
If the person leading the team is not a mage.
If he hadn't been immersed in the joy brought by the gold coins and relaxed his vigilance.
If you had aimed your head a little bit wrong, you would have been shot to death instead of seriously injured.
if...
Too many ifs.
But no matter what, the horse thieves have now retreated.
She pursed her dry lips, endured the wounds on her waist and abdomen that were torn open by the blade, reluctantly stood up, and walked towards Hall quickly and staggeringly.
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Downstairs, all the guards were also stunned.
Originally, everyone was already severely exhausted and out of breath, so they just relied on faith to hold on.
Especially the captain of the guard, who has countless battle wounds. If another horse thief comes, he will be furious on the spot. He is already ready to die holding the military flag.
But at this moment, the horse thieves retreated!
And he ran away in a hurry without any regret.
Gold coins, merchandise, nothing.
At this time, the guards who had narrowly escaped from the gate of hell were covered in blood and were breathing heavily.
They looked at each other in silence on the first floor of the mansion with corpses on the ground and rivers of blood.
This feeling is just like the feeling when a few people crawled out of the dead after a defeat on the battlefield.
Obviously surviving seems to be a very happy thing, but no one can feel happy, only numb silence.
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Outside the mansion, the villagers were also unaware of the situation.
Why did those extremely vicious gangsters leave in such a hurry?
Each and every citizen, carrying their own blood or the blood of others, stood in front of the trucks transporting food, looking at the empty village, and it was hard to describe what they were thinking in their hearts.
The joy of surviving, the sadness of the death of family members and friends, and the helplessness of being separated from others in troubled times.
The location of this knight's territory is great. It is in the valley, and outside the village is a large plain in the valley.
Most of the foreign thieves have no interest in attacking through the narrow paths across the mountains and ridges, and the villagers are also simple-minded.
The tax-free and safe location made them almost forget that they lived in a turbulent world.
Today's massacre is like a blow to everyone's spiritual world.
Let everyone wake up. The peaceful and peaceful life they live seems to be stable, but turns out to be so fragile and unstable without any guarantee.
After a brief pause, everyone thought of their family and friends, and hurriedly looked around.
The surviving family members hugged each other and cried. They were speechless and could only choke.
Those who found their family members' mutilated limbs and arms among the corpses fell to their knees in pain and burst into tears.
Rivers of blood flowed everywhere, limbs and arms were broken everywhere, and cries and wails shook the sky everywhere. This paradise-like little knight led the village, and once something happened, it was like hell.
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Castina tried hard to pick up Hall, her eyebrows almost knitted together, her silver teeth clenched, and she exerted all her strength.
But no matter how thin and old Hall was, he was still a man. How could he hold her, a weak woman, in his arms.
The arms were exerted, the teeth were clenched, and the whole body was shaking.
Hall shook his head weakly and coughed up blood. He reluctantly raised his hand, grabbed the necklace on his chest that represented the family inheritance, and said weakly to Castina...
"Tina, you..."
"Don't bother."
"Put me down."
"you..."
"Look, this necklace is glowing!"
In Hall's blood-covered hands, the necklace, which had an iron liner covered with copper and was made of rough workmanship, was glowing with white brilliance.
Castina, on the other hand, didn't care at all about the necklace or not.
She still had a difficult look on her pretty face, trying to pick up Hall with all her strength. After hearing what Hall was saying, she casually scolded...
"No more necklaces or necklaces."
"Let go of your broken necklace, hold your wound, and try to stop the bleeding!"
Castina tried hard for a long time, but still couldn't lift it, and immediately thought about going downstairs to call someone.
But Castina just let go of Hall and stood up to leave.
But I saw the light on the necklace became clearer!
...
I saw Hall's hands full of blood, and the brilliance of the necklace suddenly surged.
The light shines through Hall's fingers, shining brightly like the new sun.
Wherever the light shines, the blood disappears.
I saw that Hall's wound was healing rapidly, and the injury was healed in a matter of seconds!
Immediately afterwards, the light flew and suddenly rushed towards Castina!
For a moment, Castina felt as if someone had slapped her with a sap, and she suddenly fell into unconsciousness.