It was the height of summer, the rainy season. Less than three hours after Salin and the others left a small town, a fine rain began to fall from the sky. The rain was getting heavier. Rex and Salin were fine, but Silva and Neris were soaked and had to find shelter.
Their bodies were strong, so they didn't mind getting wet, but the horses couldn't stand the storm. After galloping for a few miles, they finally saw a wild inn.
This kind of roadside wild inn wasn't small, and it relied on the gold coins earned from traveling merchants to survive. Rex and Salin rushed into the huge courtyard of the wild inn with an invisible shield. Immediately, a waiter wearing a rainproof cloak came out and led the four's horses to the back.
This road was mostly filled with merchants and mercenaries. Pure adventurers and mages were very rare. The waiter said carefully, "Sir Mage, we don't have individual rooms here …"
"It's fine, we'll stay here," Rex said, pointing to the seats by the window. This wild inn wasn't small, but it didn't have any decorations. The tables and chairs were all made of rough wood.
Outside the window, there were wide eaves, pillars, and courtyard walls that blocked the wind and the rain.
Two mages coming to this kind of wild inn naturally attracted the attention of the owner. Another waiter brought towels. Salin didn't take them, so Rex cast a Cleaning spell and then a Fire Wash spell. The rain on Neris and Silva was evaporated.
The owner didn't dare to disturb them. He quietly ordered the waiter to change the tea set and boil water to serve these four troublesome guys first.
Salin and the others didn't feel that they were troublesome. In the past, Rex would be more ostentatious when she went out. At least she didn't have a Sword Saint serving her now. Two of her four Black Iron Sword Saints were killed, and the other two were hiding in the Magic Tower to recover. Because they were going to Alchemy City, she didn't even bring assassins.
If it weren't for secrecy, she would have at least a few low-level mages with her. Apart from Magic Shooters, only Salin and the others knew about the Hell of God's Punishment.
Salin took out a tea set from the demon's ring and made a portion of Recovery Water. He simulated the burning spell to make tea for Rex.
There were still a dozen tables in the shop sheltering from the rain. Salin's actions did not cause any dissatisfaction. Everyone lowered their heads, not wanting to provoke the two magicians. Those who were not businessmen were very discerning. The temperament of these two Magicians was completely different from that of ordinary low-level Magicians, so no one dared to have the idea of hitting on them.
Low-level Mages could still be hired by merchants for the sake of gold coins. Even if Intermediate Mages were short on money, there were Rank 4 and above Mercenary Groups fighting to provide for them.
The shop was quiet for a moment. Rex looked at the rain from the window, and his mood became very calm.
Going to Alchemy City was not something she had come up with on the spur of the moment. She had made up her mind when she obtained the ten-level Mage Tower in the Hell of Divine Punishment. But after returning to the Myers Continent, she couldn't accept the sudden changes, so she brought forward this plan.
Kushui County had money but lacked manpower. An 8th Rank High Mage was enough for a county, but if they wanted to become a true nation and not rely on the power of others, they would need a 9th Rank High Mage.
If they could open the passage to the Hell of Divine Punishment, her teacher would quickly become a 9th Rank High Mage with the help of the Six Yuan Space. By then, Kushui County would be a true nation.
If she wanted to avenge her father, she couldn't just rely on her own strength. The Vatican had as many Elites as Alchemy City. No matter how talented she was, she couldn't rely on her own strength to fight against the entire Vatican.
She now somewhat understood how Salin felt. He knew where his enemy was, but he couldn't take revenge. She glanced at the tea Salin made for her and smiled. "You still have this?"
This tea set was left behind when she went to Clayde's house in Sacred Rock City, and Salin casually put it away.
"It's quite expensive. You know my family was poor when I was young." Salin wasn't embarrassed. In fact, he didn't like Rex's used things being used by others. He wasn't clear about this at the time, but now he was sure.
Rex pursed her lips and didn't expose Salin. Salin didn't express his affection for her like those Swordsmen did. She was also afraid that Salin was too shy and would embarrass him if she said it.
The waiter served the snacks. Rex glanced at it, but didn't touch it. It was a habit she had since she was young not to eat anything outside. But Neris wasn't afraid of this. Even if there was poison in the snacks, it was nothing to her.
After she became an adult, her appetite was much better, and she wasn't inclined to eat blood. Seeing that Salin had helped Sicar detect, she reached out and grabbed it.
The four of them were originally taking shelter from the rain. Salin wasn't hungry, so only Sicar and Neris started eating. These two were ridiculously strong, and their appetites were also shocking. They both ate a lot at once and could endure hunger for a long time. From this point, the Commonwealth of Caucasus was indeed poor. Their way of living was somewhat similar to the Demonic Plane.
The hurried sound of hooves came in the rain. Sicar stuffed the snacks into his mouth, wiped his hands, and quietly wiped them clean. He took out the boomerang and put it on his lap.
The frequency of the hooves was extremely high. No matter how heavy the rain was, it wouldn't make the knights rush like this. No matter how strong a horse was, its blood would boil after running at top speed for a few minutes. Even if it didn't die, it would be crippled. Warhorses on the battlefield had to control their speed. Otherwise, the warhorses could run themselves to death when they were excited.
Knights would only run like this when they were running for their lives. Sicar usually didn't care about many things, but she was unusually sensitive to battles.
"What a spoilsport." Rex naturally understood the meaning of the hooves and was a little dispirited.
"Sicar, don't do anything," Salin said in a low voice. He didn't want to get involved in any battle. The empire hadn't fallen into war yet. Such matters should be left to the local nobles.
Sicar nodded. If Salin didn't let her, she obviously wouldn't do anything.
Most of the people in the shop were merchants and low-level mercenaries. They couldn't hear anything in such a loud rain. It was still quiet. Salin looked out of the window and saw more than twenty fast horses rushing into the yard. Even in the heavy rain, the knights on the horses were still stained with blood, which hadn't been washed away by the rain.
It seemed that these people had been closely followed. The battle probably hadn't stopped. The last two still had more than ten arrows stuck in their bodies. The arrowheads didn't go deep. It seemed that they were stuck in the metal armor.
Qin Yin's forging skills were very advanced. The continuous armor could also defend against arrows. Unless it was an alchemy crossbow, it was difficult to be seriously injured by arrows.
The twenty knights rushed into the yard and immediately turned to close the gate. More than ten of them pulled the two four-wheeled carriages in the yard to the gate. They cut off the wheels and blocked the gate.
The yard was where the carriages were parked. The two carriages belonged to the same caravan. Seeing the knights destroy the carriages, more than ten mercenaries stood up at the same time and looked at their employer.
The twenty or so people who rushed into the courtyard were all well-built and wore high-grade metal armors. These mercenaries really didn't want to provoke them. But they had been paid by their employer. If they didn't go up and negotiate now, their reputation would be completely ruined.
Salin saw it and could tell more clearly. There were at least five swordsmen among the twenty knights. And the strongest mercenaries in the shop were only high-level swordsmen.
Two knights with arrow wounds were carried into the shop. Their companions roughly pushed away the waiters who came to greet them and put four tables together. They laid the injured knights face down and carefully cut off the arrowheads outside the armor with a dagger. Then they carefully untied the injured's armor and pulled out the arrowheads that had been shot into the muscles.
"Hurry up, the arrowheads are poisoned!"
"Yes."
The other knights opened their leather bags and found medicine. They helped the injured knights clean their wounds and apply the medicine. The knights in the yard also dismounted. One of them, a tall and thin knight who looked like the leader, strode into the shop with a short gun in his hand.
"Who's the boss?" The leader shouted.
"Me."
The boss, who had been behind the counter ready to greet Salin and the others, braced himself and walked out. He was in his forties and had a round face. His originally kind face was now covered with worry. He had opened the shop here for more than ten years and had never encountered such a thing.
"I'm a swordsman from the Forest Trading Company. We've encountered a group of bandits and need to borrow your place." The knight glanced at Salin and the others by the window as he spoke. He was shocked to see a mage as soon as he came in. He couldn't help but soften his tone when he spoke to the boss.
Unexpectedly, a swordsman beside him shouted at Salin, "Mage, hurry up and help!"
Salin's demon suit was a close-fitting outfit, but he was wearing the white mage robe that his teacher had given him. Ordinary swordsmen couldn't tell his true strength and only thought he was a level-two mage. The colorful mage robe that Rex wore was more like a decoration. If one wasn't a level-four mage or above, they wouldn't even be able to tell its value.
Shika and Nelis hadn't trained in sword energy, and their beauty wasn't their strength. The swordsman's tone was rather tough in a moment of desperation.
The leader's heart sank, but he didn't reprimand his subordinate immediately. He wanted to see how the young mage would react. In Qin Yin, mages had a high status, but because there were many low-level mages, a swordsman like him didn't have to bow down to a low-level mage.
Salin just shook his head. He had no intention of helping, but he also didn't want to hurt these knights. The leader of the knights had made it very clear that they were being chased by a group of bandits.
The location of this wild inn was very close to the next town. If they galloped on horseback, it would only take them an hour. The town belonged to a baron, and the baron was also a big shot. He had ten heavy cavalry and more than thirty swordsmen under his command. He took good care of the security of the area. If the auxiliary troops were included, the town could gather two to three hundred people.
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