Rex was also reflecting on Salin's battle. Using a low-level spell to create the attack power of a mid-level spell wasn't anything new. Even Magic Shooters could do it, but Salin was just a newly advanced Level-4 Mage.
If Salin could do that, then she could do it too.
Rex had thought that she had a solid foundation, but after seeing Salin's attack, she realized that she was far from being good enough. At least in terms of her understanding of water magic, she wasn't as good as Salin.
The rain in the north came and went quickly. No one was in the mood to stay in the shop and left. Salin and the others' horses had already been washed and brought out. The four of them followed the convoy protected by the mercenary group and headed east.
Six wagons and 14 mercenaries. It would be very dangerous if they were to travel in different duchies. However, Qin Yin had always been peaceful, which was why the merchants dared to hire such a small mercenary group. Seeing the bandits chasing the swordsmen of the Forest Trading Company, the people in the small mercenary group were all frightened.
If they were attacked, they wouldn't even have the chance to escape.
No one could guarantee that there wouldn't be bandits on the road ahead. When Salin said that he wanted to travel with them, the mercenaries were so excited that they almost cried.
Rex and the others, of course, wouldn't understand the mercenaries' feelings. The four of them rode horses and followed behind the convoy. The convoy was already moving as fast as it could. This road could allow the chariots to move at full speed during times of war, so the convoy's speed wasn't slow.
The convoy didn't stop until noon to rest on the spot. Because of the shock in the morning, the mercenaries carefully surrounded the carriages and even sent out a crossbowman to scout the surroundings.
All of this was meaningless to Salin. The strength of the mercenaries was too weak. A ten-man heavy cavalry team from the Kushui Commandery would be able to kill them all.
Salin and Rex chose an empty space. Rex used Burning to dry the ground and covered it with tarps and blankets. They also had to eat something.
"Rex, we can only walk a hundred miles a day like this. When will we reach Alchemy City?" Salin didn't understand why Rex didn't speed up. Based on their current speed, it would take them about three months to reach Alchemy City, and they could not afford to have any delays during that time.
If Rex used his magic to travel at full speed, he would be able to travel at least 250 miles a day. He would be able to reach Alchemy City within a month.
"Salin, my mind is in a mess. This is not a good thing for a sorcerer. I need time to recover." Rex cut the bread with a knife and handed a piece to Salin.
"Wouldn't it be better to rent a carriage and hire a group of mercenaries?"
"Then it would be better for me to transfer people from Kushui Commandery. At least I can be at ease. Salin, there are a lot of things that I need to learn from scratch. For example, the way you handle things, I've never come into contact with that. "
Salin somewhat understood, but still asked doubtfully, "Then isn't our matter urgent?"
"Alchemy City is a complicated place. We can't rush it. Kushui County needs at least a year to completely settle down. I need to have no worries before I can make the next step of my plan. "
"That Jia Loulan …"
"We've already been fighting for a year. It's their mistake for the Church to not be able to rope in the Cloud Flow Empire. It would take at least three to five years to completely take down Jia Loulan. Qin Yin's nobles have quite a bit of power in their hands. Right now, there are at least a million troops in the east of Jia Loulan. The Church just suffered a heavy blow, and there are Magic Shooters from Alchemy City sneaking in. They don't dare to expand the war for now. "
Speaking of this, Rex was very familiar with it. Apart from learning magic since young, she mainly studied politics.
As they spoke, a caravan walked over from the road in the distance. From afar, the caravan was not small. There were more than 20 carriages. A caravan of this size would need about 100 mercenaries to protect it.
The mercenary leader protecting the caravan became nervous. He got his subordinates to take out the bows and arrows hidden in the carriages. They all hid behind the carriages, and he walked towards Salin.
"Sir Sorcerer …"
"Trouble?"
"The caravan in front is empty."
"Hmm?" Salin and Rex released their senses at the same time. They also noticed that something was wrong with the caravan. The carriages were not empty. There were at least two people hidden in them, not goods. Normal caravans would not be like this, unless they were …
Bandits!
This was one of the most important roads in Qin Yin. After encountering two strong groups of bandits in a day, Salin was also not in the right mood. Bandits would not appear out of nowhere. Perhaps someone was in disguise.
"Go back and take care of the carriages." Salin sent the mercenary leader away. He turned back and asked Rex, "What's going on?"
Rex thought about it and said, "Small matter. Someone is probably trying to control the smuggling. Jia Loulan is at war now, so the profits are great. But a noble with this kind of ability is at least a marquis. "
Marquis? Salin frowned. A marquis might not be much in the imperial capital, but locally, it was equivalent to Rex's status. They controlled hundreds of miles of land and owned at least three or four cities.
"Can we avoid conflict?"
"It's fine. Since they are in disguise, they won't dare to expose their identities. Once their identities are exposed, Holy Rock City will investigate. "Rex's words were filled with murderous intent. In the past thousand years, the number of nobles in Qin Yin had only doubled. Other than the difficulty of inheriting titles, there were many laws to control nobles.
If a noble broke the law, it would be difficult to maintain his family's honor.
"Then I'll do it." Salin had prepared the scrolls this time. If there was trouble, he would not dare to be stingy. He couldn't finish off a hundred people with Icicle alone. The rain had stopped, and Salin could not act as freely as before.
The mercenaries conveyed the situation to their employer, and a few merchants quickly followed the mercenaries to hide behind the carriages. The mercenaries had prepared their bows and arrows. They were about fifty meters away from the main road. Once the enemies rushed over, they would have to use their bows and arrows first to buy some time for the Magicians.
The caravan also saw the six carriages by the road, but did not have any special reaction. More than twenty carts came from the road, passed by the place where Salin and the others were resting, and continued westward.
Salin was very nervous. He sensed what was in the carriages. Apart from the two people in each carriage, there was also an alchemy crossbow.
Of course, this alchemy crossbow was not a standard weapon of the empire, and could not shoot alchemy arrows. However, its delicate structure allowed it to shoot arrows that could hurt Magicians.
Which noble did the Williams family offend? They actually sent such a powerful force to hunt them down.
The caravan made up of more than twenty carriages disappeared from sight. Salin had just relaxed a little when the sound of hooves came from the west. A white warhorse turned around and went straight in Salin's direction.
It was a middle-aged man with a short beard and a dark complexion. His brown hair was casually tied behind his head. He was not wearing any armor, and he held an eight-sided sword of Qinyin in his hand.
The man's horse was as fast as the wind. In the blink of an eye, he came to the center of the road near Salin and the others. He reined in his horse and said to Salin from afar, "Magician, have you seen a group of swordsmen pass by?"
"I have. More than forty people, heading west." Salin's expression did not change. He was already holding a level-five scroll in his sleeve. This middle-aged man gave him a very dangerous feeling. Perhaps he was not as good as the four Black Iron Sword Saints under Rex, but he was definitely more powerful than a high-level swordsman like Thinis.
Could this person be a Sword Saint? In other words, a warrior called a Bronze Sword Saint.
Even if he was a Sword Saint, his sword aura could cut through Salin's Ice Pattern Armor. Although Salin had Rex behind him, he had never fought a Sword Saint directly before. He carefully cast an Ice Pattern Armor on himself first, and then a Water Pattern Shield outside the Ice Pattern Armor.
That middle-aged man smiled when he saw Salin's nervous look. He waved the longsword in his hand a few times, lifted the reins of the white horse, and turned to leave.
Rex suddenly said, "Those people you mentioned are all dead."
The middle-aged man turned his warhorse around and looked at Rex. He was shocked and uncertain. He then carefully observed Rex. This woman was probably about the same age as that young magician. She was wearing a gaudy robe and had a calm expression. Could she be an intermediate-level magician too?
After all, they were still more than fifty meters away from each other. The woman's voice was neither loud nor soft, but it still reached his ears easily.
Salin saw that Rex was ready to kill, and he made a decision in his heart. If this Sword Saint launched a sneak attack from behind, Rex might be fine, but he would be in danger. He might as well kill him here and now while the carriages were not around. There were heavy crossbows in the 20-odd carriages. In such an open area, it was hard to say if his magic shield could guarantee his safety.
Salin didn't want to test it. If this Sword Saint restrained him, he would definitely be shot into a porcupine by the crossbowmen.
The middle-aged man bared his teeth, and there was a bone-chilling smile in his smile. He didn't continue asking. He lifted the reins and rushed down the road. Even a Swordsman wouldn't need a long time to cover a distance of fifty meters. It would only take him a few seconds. The white horse under him had a shocking charging force. Salin quickly unrolled the scroll, and a gust of wind rose from the ground, which happened to be the path that the middle-aged man had to pass through.
The middle-aged man pointed his longsword forward, and the gust of wind was pierced from the middle. His eight-sided sword emitted a dazzling light, which was the characteristic of an explosion of sword aura. A level-four tornado was split apart by one strike. This was the power of a Sword Saint.
How could Salin fight him alone? When the second scroll was unrolled, Shika's boomerang had already reached the middle-aged man's throat. The second scroll was a level-four earth element spell — Quicksand.
The white horse lost its front leg and fell forward. Shika's boomerang seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. The middle-aged man didn't panic. He shook the longsword in his hand, and the sword aura shot up vertically, knocking away Shika's boomerang. His feet had already left the stirrups. He stepped on the saddle and flew into the air, pouncing at Salin.
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