Before long, Trish walked in again, and he told Salin in a low voice what had happened outside.
"How many people have the bandits gathered?" Salin didn't feel comfortable hearing that the bandits were planning to surround the caravan instead of attacking by force.
"About four thousand people. Their numbers are still increasing. "
Although Salin didn't read military books, he knew that to surround a target and kill them all, they needed more than ten times the strength to be safe. The enemy only had four thousand people. It was wishful thinking to trap a caravan of nearly a thousand people. Moreover, he had four great Mages, a silver sword saint, and a few sword saints to be.
In terms of equipment, he had enough arrows. No matter how inaccurate the fifty alchemy crossbows were, they could create a good effect when breaking out of the encirclement. Shooting at random could tear a small opening for the caravan to rush out.
Of course, this was what they did when giving up on the goods. If Sharman didn't want her goods, she wouldn't even be able to escape.
As for whether his life was in danger, Salin wasn't worried. He could fly with Nania, and if Trish returned to her original form, she could fly with Sue. Ainphent himself had flying undead, which was enough to take him away.
Logically, Magic Shooters wouldn't join a bandit group. That would be embarrassing. The arrogant Mages in Alchemy City might take care of such scum. Without Magic Shooters, Salin wasn't afraid at all.
The key was Ainphent's eighty demon wolves, which couldn't be carried with a dimensional stone. His Goddess Necklace couldn't carry them either, unless he subdued them and gave them the Goddess' divine power. Even a little bit would be enough for them to enter the Goddess Necklace.
But that would mean he had to buy them. What did he need them for? Sicar had Caucasians who were good at training such beasts. Demon wolves were a specialty of the northern wilderness. If he wanted them, those Caucasians could catch three to five hundred of them for him at any time.
"Nania, do me a favor."
"Go ahead."
Salin took out a dimensional stone and put it in Nania's palm. "This is a dimensional stone. Go find Sharman and tell her who you are. Let her transfer the goods into the dimensional stone. Dismantle her carts and fortify the camp. "
Nania was stunned. "What about Ainphent's goods?"
Just then, Ernie walked in.
"Salin, do you have a low-level contract scroll?"
"Yes."
"I want eighty."
"Cost price."
"Great, thank you." Ainphent heaved a sigh of relief. Eighty scrolls were also a sum of money. The cost price that Salin had given him was different from the ones in the market.
"Are you going to turn the demon wolf into your contracted creature and then turn it into an undead?"
"Yes, then dismantle the vehicles and fortify the camp."
"The losses are not small!" Salin reminded. Although 80 Undead Wolves were also a fighting force, the problem was that it didn't cost money to summon them from the Undead Plane for free. Ainphent was able to buy 80 Undead Wolves from him, and if these Undead Wolves were destroyed, he wouldn't be able to summon them again.
"I know, but the enemy currently has three Armored Dragons and a hundred Armored Lizards. The value of these monster cores is not low. If I could kill them, you wouldn't want to fight with me, right? "
Salin smiled bitterly. "Of course." He didn't want to fly away because he wanted to use the people around him to eliminate some of the bandits on this road. Since Ainphent had accepted, of course he wouldn't want to fight with Ainphent over the spoils.
Since Ainphent didn't need to be convinced, Sharman was even happier. Soon, the large vehicles in the camp were dismantled and fortified. The outer walls of the camp became three layers, and this time, even the Armored Lizards couldn't easily break through.
Ainphent took Salin's scrolls and went to his own truck to tame the 80 Undead Wolves one by one. Fortunately, he was a Great Magician and had abundant spiritual power. Otherwise, using so many scrolls in a row would exhaust him to death. These Undead Wolves were also half-tamed, and their levels were much lower than Ainphent's. Signing a contract was easy.
After signing the contract, Ainphent released his Undead Plant. The crown of the plant covered all the Undead Wolves, and the roots pierced through the soil, binding the Undead Wolves one by one. These Undead Wolves didn't resist, and quietly let Ainphent turn them into undead. Ainphent gritted his teeth as he did all this. He didn't blame Salin, because he had to travel this trade route sooner or later. If he didn't deal with these bandits, it would be troublesome for the Clyde Family to travel on the sea.
The sea route was fast, but it wasn't safe. The Clyde Family didn't have warships, and if they wanted the goods to be safe, they had to hire warships to protect them. Moreover, the goods had to be transported from Metatlin to Lianyun City, and from there to the mainland, which saved not much time. They also had to pay taxes in Lianyun City.
Salin had already secretly told Ainphent about this land route. He had already planned to open up the Chaos Swamp and go directly to Scotia. This way, even if the sea was frozen, the Clyde Family could still do business in the north as usual.
Although Ainphent was obsessed with magic, his family's talent for business was still very high. He could see how valuable this land route was, and it didn't matter if he lost some money now. Salin would make it up to him.
Fortunately, he and Salin were in the same boat and became friends. Otherwise, the Clyde Family wouldn't be able to monopolize such a good thing.
No, it had nothing to do with the Clyde Family. After bringing his parents to Metatlin, he could be independent. It wasn't bad to set up his own family. When Salin confirmed his identity, he could let his parents become nobles, and they wouldn't have to rely on the Clyde Family anymore.
The important figures of the four families didn't go to Metatlin City. Those who developed in Metatlin were all the younger generations of the four families. These young people were not satisfied with their status in the side branches of the families, and hoped to fight for a future.
Even the baroness of the Roland Family personally went to Metatlin City, which showed how much these young people valued that place. Baroness Guya had a high status in the Roland Family, but she could never become the heir of the family. It was the same for Helene and the new talents of the Tiffany Family. They all took root in Metatlin City.
"Damn bandits!" Ainphent cursed. All the demon wolves had turned into undead, and their magic cores had completely disappeared. These undead wolves' battle power was similar to that of the Armored Lizards, but they weren't level-4 creatures. After the Armored Lizards died, they could still dig out their magic cores, pull out their tendons, and pull out their bones to obtain large amounts of materials. The undead wolves, on the other hand, were probably going to the Undead Plane and couldn't be summoned again.
Ainphent set up defenses, and Sharman's men were also helping. Sharman couldn't sit still in her own barracks, so she had to go see Salin personally. After knowing that Nania worked for Rex, she was even more certain of Salin's identity. Even though he was just a white-robed Mage, she wouldn't disrespect him.
Metatlin City had a five-month frozen period, and the port couldn't be open all year round. Thus, it wasn't worth much in the eyes of the four major families. But that was just what the old antiques thought. Sharman and her sister didn't think so.
If the sea route didn't work, there was still the land route. Metatlin City's resources were worth a lot as long as they could be bought and sold half a year out of the year. The business on the land route only needed to be able to feed the people in Metatlin City. The business on the sea route was all profitable.
"Brother Salin, I have to thank you for the goods." Sharman knew that this Mage under Rex had to listen to Salin's commands. She didn't think that Nania would take the initiative to talk to her about the goods.
These young people who came from business families were all clever. If Helene hadn't fallen for Salin back then, she wouldn't have done something so stupid.
"What? You're here to propose marriage again? "Salin was in a good mood because Ainphent had thought things through and joked with Sharman.
Sharman smiled and didn't reply. She said to Salin, "Brother Salin, what do you plan to do? Break out?"
"No, this trade route is very important to the four major families. It must be completely opened. I plan to eliminate these bandits, so wait and let them gather more people so that we can deal with them together. "
Sharman nodded to show that she understood. Metatlin City needed the four major families now, but when it developed in the future, it would be them who needed Metatlin City.
If that mysterious city lord hadn't built a city in the north, who would have thought that there would be so much wealth in the cold and desolate north?
The young people of the four major families had never thought that this wealth could be taken because Duke Rex stood behind the city lord of Metatlin City. Since they couldn't take it, they should try their best to help in the beginning.
This young Mage's words had already revealed that the people of Metatlin City were starting to pay attention to the four major families.
"Brother Salin, did you deliberately let these bandits surround us?"
"Of course. If I want to leave, do you think they can stop me?" Salin smiled casually. The level-five Mage behind Sharman was about to say something, but he saw Sue sit up and look at him.
The level-five Mage shrunk his head and took back the words he had intended to ridicule Salin.
Although this Salin was only a white-robed Mage, he couldn't afford to offend his followers. In such a small room, if that silver sword saint pulled out his sword, he would be dead for sure.
Salin saw his actions and only felt that it was pitiful. A Mage actually had a heart of jealousy. In the future, when he recruited Mages, he definitely couldn't learn from those nobles. Once a Mage was kept in captivity, they would lose their original heart and wouldn't be able to reach the highest level.
"Brother Salin, you're amazing!" Sharman regained her innocent demeanor. She turned back as if nothing had happened and glared at her Mage.
While Salin was discussing how to lure the bandits to attack, another group of people came from the bandits' camp.
Among this group of people, there was a great Mage. There were three magic symbols on his gray magic robe. Apart from this level-six Mage, there was also a sword saint with him. The bandits led by this sword saint were all wearing the standard equipment of the Jialoulan soldiers.
High-level armor with magic attributes, hundreds of warhorses, and a battering ram chariot!
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