"I did it."
Gwen looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person coming was Victor.
When she heard Victor say that he did it, she naturally believed it.
After all, Victor is a well-known third-level wizard, so dealing with such bandits is a piece of cake for him.
"What are you doing here?"
Gwen turned her head back, she was curious why Leah had called her over since Victor was here.
She picked up a piece of crystal that was flowing with colorful light and leaned against Leah.
The color on the crystal gradually disappeared, and Victor found that there was also one around Leah's waist.
The two of them communicate with each other through this magic crystal, which functions like a two-line telephone.
Victor maintained his stern poker face and explained slowly:
"My caravan is near the capital, come over to pick us up and get rid of these bandits."
After hearing his explanation, Gwen did not doubt him and turned around and instructed the Knights:
"Look at the bodies and see if there are any faces you can recognize. Do an identity check and report to me later."
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the Knights acted quickly.
"Leah, be safe. Contact me as soon as possible next time you are in danger."
After giving the order, Gwen prepared to leave with a group of knights.
After she left, Leah was so angry that her face looked like a bun.
It was clearly she who dealt with these bandits, and she thought she could act big in front of Gwen, but she didn't expect Victor to suddenly come and take away her credit.
"You know better than me that wealth should not be shown off."
Victor said this calmly, and Leah immediately calmed down.
Everyone in the caravan is our own people, so it doesn't matter if they see us.
But once everyone knew that her magic was released by a prop.
Then she is likely to be in danger.
As a businessman, she never underestimates human greed.
"Yeah... I understand."
Victor was very satisfied because he had successfully educated Leah, and he felt a sense of accomplishment as a brother.
He walked in front of Leah and held out a finger.
The dull gem flashed a red light, and the magic was recharged by him.
After doing all this, he was ready to leave.
Leah asked him awkwardly:
"Why are you here? I don't believe what you just said to Gwen."
"I sensed that you had cast a spell, so I came to take a look out of curiosity."
Victor turned around and answered her calmly, without any light flashing in his eyes, still with that icy face.
After hearing what Victor said, Leah felt subtly complicated.
She had never been cared for by Victor since she was a child.
But what exactly happened today?
Has this guy's brain been hacked?
Suddenly he feel guilty and wake up?
The three Leahs in her mind were quickly explained.
Victor looked at her quietly and continued:
"The caravan attack may have something to do with my enemies, but I have too many enemies to count, and I don't know who they are. You should be more careful."
Leah finally found a chance to retort to him, sneering and mocking.
"Oh, you know you're not popular."
She did have some guesses about the origins of today's group of bandits, but she didn't tell Victor.
"Have you tried the effect of the potion?"
"Those mages have tried it all, and those who have used it all say it's good."
Victor suddenly asked, and Leah nodded, with indescribable surprise in her tone.
The exhausted mages drank a bottle and instantly became full of energy.
Even though she was not a mage, she could understand how amazing this effect was.
"This time, I am not bringing a caravan just to trade ore. I have already found a shop in the capital."
"There are many adventurers, especially mages. If this kind of thing is sold in a busy street, it will definitely be a big hit."
As Victor listened to Leah's description, he secretly admired Leah's execution ability.
He didn't show it, because Victor wasn't one to give compliments.
"If you have any difficulties in the capital, I may not be able to help you, so please contact Gwen more often."
Leah tilted her head and let out a long "Oh~?"
He looked at Victor suspiciously:
"you do not know?"
Victor frowned and told Leah to stop playing dumb.
"Gwen will be leaving on a mission in a few days. I'm afraid she won't be back for half a month."
"You are her fiancé, but you don't even know this. I think it's better for her to prepare to remarry as soon as possible."
Leah mocked Victor while secretly looking at the expression on his face.
Victor naturally didn't know about this. He and Gwen had no connection at all. To be honest, he couldn't figure out what the relationship between the two was.
"Where is she going?"
Leah's hope of seeing a change of expression on Victor's face was dashed, as he just casually asked a stranger where he was going.
Leah was a little bored. She lowered her head and fiddled with the mage's hand for a while, then responded casually.
"She said she was going to Vesuvius."
"Although it is a dormant volcano, locals said there were some strange noises on the mountain, so the emperor sent her to investigate whether the volcano would erupt and develop a response plan in advance."
Victor was slightly startled when he heard the name.
Memories come flooding back to my mind.
That place is not really a dead volcano.
Behind the heavy magma under the crater lies a huge monster, which is the neutral world boss that appears in the first chapter of the game.
The strength should not be underestimated.
The world-class boss in the game is challenged by all players on the entire server. It has a super high level and more health than ordinary boss.
After defeating it, a copy will be generated there for players to challenge repeatedly.
If Victor remembered correctly, the boss would wake up in a year and a half.
The players at that time were generally not at a high level, the game had only been launched for half a year, and everyone was only around level 20.
And this boss is an astonishing level 50!
It is difficult for players to even break his defense.
He still remembered that when the boss woke up from the volcano, all the surrounding towns were burned to the ground.
The Empire sent out military knights to suppress it, but they were easily crushed.
In times of crisis, the empire can only seek help from adventurers such as "players".
It took players three full days of repeated death to finally reduce the last bit of health of this world-class boss to its lowest point.
Victor was also fortunate enough to participate in that battle. He still remembered that during that period, he stayed up all night for three days and went online every day just to work with other players to wear down the boss's health.
Every time he thought about it, he felt his blood boiling.
Hard work pays off, and generous rewards are given to every player who contributes to this battle.
Even though he challenged that dungeon again with various professions in the future, he could never feel the immersive despair that he encountered the first time again.
However, Victor wanted to see what it looked like before it woke up.
Crucible of Warcraft, that is the name given to it by the players.
Just as the name suggests, it is like a huge burning furnace, which makes people terrified and causes great suffering.
Its appearance even turned the earth into charcoal.
Victor decided to visit Gwen tonight to get some information from her.
It would be even better if I could join Gwen's mission.
Seeing that Victor stood there in a daze after listening to her, she always felt that he was thinking about something bad.
She waved her hand at him with some disgust.
"Are you idle? As a professor at a magic academy, why are you still hanging around outside?"
"Since you have nothing to do, can you please go home quickly?"
Victor looked down at her, nodded without refusing, and a magic circle appeared under his feet, which disappeared in a flash.
After seeing Victor leave, Leah held her forehead and sighed:
"This guy…"
"He really left without any regrets."
But let him go. Now that he's gone, I can get back to my work.
She began to direct her subordinates to count the goods.
The several mages huddled together were dumbfounded. They watched Victor teleport out one by one and then teleport away one by one.
Is that the legendary head of the Cravener family?
He can use teleportation magic at will, he is more powerful than his boss!
Not long after, the goods were counted and nothing was missing, which made Leah breathe a sigh of relief.
Leah called the subordinate behind her, motioned for her to come closer, then leaned close to the person's ear and whispered softly.
"Go contact those people below and investigate the Du Croy family's recent movements."
Her eyes suddenly became much colder.
"When has our Cravener family's caravan ever been robbed by others?"
She had long suspected the Duke.
Because the only one who has recently become enemies with Victor is his little daughter.
As for Victor's other former enemies? Those who should be buried should be buried, and those who should be exiled should be exiled.
If they really can't deal with it, they won't be so blind as to touch their caravan.
She didn't believe that anyone except the Duke didn't know the rules.
We have always been the ones who collected protection fees from others. Even if we come to the royal capital, we can't let these locals bully us!
....
Victor teleported back home and went straight into the bedroom to prepare another set of clothes.
He asked the servants to prepare the carriage and prepare to visit the Delin family mansion.
The servant received his order and quickly carried it out.
Meanwhile, Gwen had just finished her work for the day.
When she got home, the first thing she did was to take off her armor and cumbersome clothes.
The maid at home had prepared hot water for her. Gwen soaked in the bathtub, stretched her limbs comfortably, and enjoyed the rare rest time.
"Hmm~ha!"
Comfortable sounds came out of her mouth, and she closed her eyes, letting the gentle flow of water wrap around her whole body.
At this moment, the servant knocked on the bathroom door.
"Miss, someone is here to visit."
Gwen was enjoying the bath, and when she heard the sound, she hummed and floated to the surface lazily.
The white back pressed against the edge of the bathtub, and water drops rolled down the skin, splashing ripples on the water surface.
"Huh... who's here?"
She had just yawned when she heard the servant suddenly say something outside the door.
"It's Mr. Victor."
"Plop!"
Gwen slipped and fell into the water.