Rex frowned. The war was still far away from Qin Yin. How did a powerful bandit group appear? The twenty knights in front of him weren't weak. A bandit group that could chase after them had to have more than a hundred people, and there had to be many swordsmen among them.
A bandit group wasn't an army. They had to be large enough to force these knights to run.
"You!"
Seeing that his subordinate was angry, the knight leader pulled him back and said to Salin, "Sir Wizard, my subordinate was rude. I'm really sorry."
Rex knew very well that this Knight Commander was testing him with the lives of his subordinates. If Salin was angered, the Knight Commander probably wouldn't offend a mage like Salin. Instead, he would simply throw his subordinates over for Salin to vent his anger. His decisiveness wasn't bad, but he didn't value the lives of his subordinates. That was what Rex hated.
The people in the shop were already in a panic. The knight leader said to the boss, "Find a safe place for the customers to hide. Send someone with my men to block the back door. Don't worry, bandits can't start a fire now. I'll compensate you for your losses. "
The more polite he was, the more uncomfortable Rex felt.
Nelis suddenly said to Salin, "Master, that guy was very rude just now. Do you want me to kill him for you?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
Salin smiled and said, "Why would I be angry? There are people like that everywhere. Just eat your food."
The conversation between master and servant was enough to make anyone furious. The knight leader pretended he didn't hear it and held it in. He was knowledgeable and knew that Salin wasn't a low-level wizard. The man and three women sitting there naturally gave off an aura that people didn't want to get close to.
What attracted his attention was that the woman with her back to him had a huge stick on her back. Women who could use heavy weapons were usually not to be provoked.
The customers all stood up. The merchants didn't dare to ask the mercenaries to investigate the damaged carriage. Dozens of people were led to the back room by the servants to hide. There were a dozen windows in the hall, and arrows might shoot in soon.
The knight leader waited for his subordinate to take care of his companion's wound, then walked to Salin and the others.
"Sir Wizard."
"Yes." Salin agreed. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea calmly.
"I'm Forest Trading Company's Intermediate Swordsman Blake. May I ask if you can help us repel the bandits? The Forest Trading Company is willing to pay the same price. "The knight commander was very respectful. He had a thin face and did not look very honest.
Rex wanted to speak, but Salin spoke first. "I'm doing business with the Clayde family. If you want my help, the same price won't be enough."
As he answered, he listened attentively. The sound of hooves in the distance was getting clearer. It was about two miles away. In the rain, his Awareness was once again magnified, but he didn't try to observe the pursuing Thief.
"Sir Mage, the enemy is a thief, you have an obligation …"
"Sorry." Salin interrupted the knight commander's words and said indifferently, "I'm not from Qin Yin, and neither are they. I didn't want to tell you, but you'll have to pay four times the price. "
Salin said as he took out a scroll and placed it on the table. The knight commander's blood was boiling, and he almost had the urge to turn hostile. Since this young mage wasn't from Qin Yin, he didn't need to be too polite. But seeing Salin's scroll, he immediately calmed down.
Low-level magic scrolls were easy to recognize. He'd seen them many times, but the scroll Salin took out was obviously different. The scroll was tied with a leather rope with magic patterns. The dark silver color of the scroll meant that there was an intermediate spell stored inside.
"How much?"
The knight commander's aura was completely suppressed by Salin. Salin didn't even lift his eyelids. He looked at the scroll on the table and said, "Ten thousand gold coins."
The knight commander calmed down and stared at Salin. "Sir Mage, even though I should respect you, please don't make such a joke."
Salin shook his head and said, "I can wait for the bandits to finish their business before talking to them. Maybe I'll get more."
Now even Rex had come to his senses. Bandit bands were fierce, but they wouldn't go so far as to kill over twenty swordsmen. After attacking a caravan, the bandits would usually disperse immediately to avoid being targeted by the nobles' army. Unless there was something extremely important on these twenty swordsmen, the bandits wouldn't care about the taboo and chase after the swordsmen of a large trading company on the main road.
After all, the Forest Trading Company belonged to the Williams family. This family, like the Clyde family, had a huge foundation. Once they were angered, the bandits wouldn't be far from destruction unless they decided to leave Qin Yin and make a living elsewhere.
Salin wasn't trying to extort money. He just didn't want to be used like a fool.
There were rules for hiring mercenaries. You had to pay the corresponding price for the goods. Salin was a mage, so it was even more expensive to hire him. What was even more infuriating was that this intermediate swordsman from the Williams family had tried to use Qin Yin's laws to restrict Salin and make him work for free.
This intermediate swordsman pretended to be angry at Salin's sky-high price. In reality, the item he was protecting was probably worth far more than ten thousand gold coins. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to Salin, who looked like a white-robed mage.
The knight commander's expression changed drastically. He even thought of fighting, but Salin was likely a great mage, so he didn't dare to take the risk. Also, the woman with the club had a sharp weapon across her leg. It looked like a Caucasian weapon.
The sound of horses neighing came from outside the courtyard. The knight commander regretted it. If he had known that this young mage was so smart, he wouldn't have come to provoke him. The mage was probably angry now, waiting for them to be killed by the bandits, so he could take advantage of them. As long as the mage didn't attack them, this young mage wouldn't even need to be punished by Qin Yin's laws.
"Ten thousand gold coins, I'll be in charge of scaring those bandits away. Twenty thousand gold coins, I'll be in charge of killing them all. This is our last chance. They're already here. "Salin put away the magic scroll. He had already determined the situation outside the courtyard walls. There were forty-two fast horses, and even the weakest bandit was a high-level swordsman.
In this stormy weather, Salin was like a tiger that had grown wings. He didn't need to waste too much spiritual power to determine the strength of the enemies within a few hundred meters.
There were no swordmasters or mages among the enemies. Even though there were more of them, Salin was confident that he could take them all out in one fell swoop.
"I didn't bring that much!" The knight commander was anxious. He could tell that Salin really wanted to wash his hands of the matter. If he brought up anything else, this mage would probably go and negotiate with the bandits. Damn mages, they didn't respect the law at all!
"That person seems to be carrying a box for magic cores. I don't mind you paying with magic cores." Salin pointed at the box on the back of a knight and said with a smile. He really wanted to know what goods the Forest Trading Company was carrying, but if he really extorted them, Rex would look down on him.
"Okay, I promise you." The knight commander knew that if he fought with the bandits, only a few of the twenty or so people around him would survive. He was also responsible for the leak of the goods this time. If more people died, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his family.
Bang!
The bandits outside used heavy weapons to break the door, and deep cracks appeared on the door.
"I think you said that you'll be responsible for all the losses in this shop, right?" Salin wasn't anxious at all. It was best to let the bandits rush into the courtyard before he took action. This would save the bandits the trouble of escaping and chasing them.
"Yes." The knight commander gritted his teeth and replied. If he waited any longer, there would be bandits climbing over the wall, and he would have used up all the arrows on his side.
Rex watched Salin leisurely tease this intermediate swordsman and found it funny. But she also realized that Salin's intuition was much sharper than hers when walking outside. She was good at analyzing political and military matters, while Salin was more sensitive to the life of a mercenary.
"Okay then, I hope you won't regret it." Salin said and stood up. Sicar followed behind him and walked into the courtyard.
The rain connected to the sky. Salin released a mutated Water Pattern Shield to cover his body, but he didn't buff Sicar. Even though Sicar didn't practice sword aura, the buff would still affect her fighting ability.
Salin came to the door of the courtyard and stood there waiting. The swordsmen of the Forest Trading Company all spread out and looked at this young mage nervously.
Crack!
A sharp sword aura split the door open, and a corner of the carriage behind the door was also cut off. There was a huge hole in the door, and behind the hole was a bandit with a heavy sword. Salin stood there quietly. This bandit who broke the door was the strongest among all the bandits. He wasn't in a hurry to act, since the result would be the same anyway.
There was another loud crash. The bandit who broke the door saw the carriage behind the door clearly and attacked with all his strength. This time, the carriage was completely smashed by his heavy sword. The bandit raised his huge sword and rushed in.
The swordsmen of the Forest Trading Company had a good design. Seeing that the entrance was narrow, the bandits outside all jumped off their horses and swarmed in.
Salin raised his hand, and the rain above his head seemed to stop. The temperature in the air dropped rapidly. Rex was no longer surprised at this scene. Salin had given her too many surprises, and now he showed a rare skill.
Countless icicles formed in the sky and shot towards the bandits on the ground. The unremarkable level-one spell not only leveled up in Salin's hands, but also changed greatly. Rex scanned the area with his perception and counted the number of icicles.
One thousand and eighty icicles, more intense than a rainstorm, enveloped all the bandits. This attack had reached the limit of a great mage's control of the elements. Each icicle produced thirty-six icicles. Salin prepared thirty icicles in one second and released them at the same time. This was no longer something that could be done with magic strings.
Salin mobilized the water elements in the world and created a rain of icicles. Almost no great mage would go back to studying low-level spells after leveling up. Salin did this, and he did it perfectly. In this heavy rain, he unleashed the greatest power of a level-four mage.
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