Chapter 450
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There were two people in front of their troop and they were both on black warhorses . Lex's swordsmen were once out for many years and did training outside . Many of them had a different identity . The two swordsmen were mercenaries that owned official names in the Professional Union . This time they left, but wore the mercenary badge .
It was not during the march to war, so the two high level swordsmen left their long weapons in the carriage . They did not hang them next to the saddle, but only hung a long sword on their waist . The Qin eight-sided sword was between a heavy and light sword . The force of splitting and chopping on a warhorse was powerful, it was considered a multifunctional weapon .
The person who was shouting for help looked like he was in his thirties, wearing a pink robe . His skin was so pale as though he had been locked in the house for a dozen years without seeing the sun . This person had long sharp eyes and delicate facial features but was stubbly . The color of the shirt was awkward, neither that of fish nor fowl .
The swordsmen at the front drew his long sword and pointed at him, "Step back!"
"Hero, help! I ran into a bandit gang!"
The two swordsmen from Bitter Water Prefecture looked at each other and laughed at the same time . One of them said, "There is only one bandit gang in Bordeaux, not many people know about them . You are the second person in charge of the bandit gang . Did you get robbed by a newly established bandit gang? That's embarrassing . "
The person was uncovered directly and he just laughed it off, "Acquaintances then, have we met?"
"No, I've killed a few of your underlinings . It wouldn't be weird if we found out anything from them . " The two swordsmen were pointing at the leader of the bandit gang on both sides .
"You don't need to be so tense . My hands just got itchy and I wanted to borrow some money to spend . If the two of you have a gold coin with you, I will let you pass through . How is that condition?"
The two swordsmen were out all year round and they were familiar with all the robbers' rules . The leader of the gang could not be trusted . Even if he had scruples due to the capability of the troop, he would not only ask for one gold coin .
"Give him a gold coin . If he doesn't move out of the way, kill him . " The one who spoke was Narnia, but she was just retelling what Lex had said . In the magic chariot, the mages' perception was at their utmost sensitive state . Behind the leader of the robbers, there were at least a dozen people . Listening to the rhythm of their breathing, they were all tough fighters .
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Lex did not know if the people were ran into coincidentally or already schemed earlier . She threatened because of that, if the other party continued to bother then, they would be in big trouble .
A swordsman took out a gold coin and threw it towards the leader of the robbers . He shouted, "Get lost . If we see your face again, we will take immediate action . "
Being humiliated face to face, the leader of the pack did not seem to be bothered . He raised his hands and took over the gold coin that flew over . He squinted his eyes and said, "Thanks . There won't be any of our people in front . If you encounter any disturbance, go ahead and kill them . "
The leader of the robbers said that and in a flash, he was hidden within the forest by the road .
"That person's footsteps were so fast!" Narnia saw the scene where the leader of the robbers left .
"It's an assassin, but he couldn't fight against Jola . " Lex saw the scary talent of the robber . The speed of him moving his body, the quiet footsteps, he would be easily schemed if they were in downtown . Lex was always accompanied with a large troop wherever she went, she was not afraid of such a rascal .
There was an even stronger assassin by Lex's side . All tricks that an assassin might play, were not foreign to her . She was not pressured and she could even gauged that instance that the leader was not Jola's match .
The two guiding swordsmen were replaced . The two of them came next to Lex's carriage and Lex asked, "What is going on with the robber?"
"Your Highness, we are not sure . It has always been peaceful in Bordeaux . There is only one gang and they move around the Tanggulasi border most of the time . They do not run big business, there are quite a few strong ones, and the rewards are low . So no one has tiedy to wipe them out . "
"They don't do big business?" Lex could determine the problem behind that .
Although there were gangs that specialized in small trades, the leader of the gang was not bad . If he were to join the army, he could easily become the captain . A captain was already the highest rank among the low level military officers . One without background, military exploit, and experience could become a captain; he must be outstanding in his talent .
Such a gang could do very big business . Common mercenaries could not resist them . Unless it was a big mercenary regiment, it could not be bothered by the robbers . Such organizations did not do big business .
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"Why? What's the problem?" Saleen did not understand much about the robber . He saw Lex crease her eyebrows so he asked that casually .
"This gang is supported by someone behind the scenes, but I'm not sure whether it's people from Tanggulasi or Cloudlflow . Maybe he collects money from both . "
Lex made it so straightforward, it would be hard for Saleen to not understand that Lex was worried about the person behind the robber .
"Your Highness, why don't we chase after them and kill them all?" The two swordsmen outside suggested . There were twenty four of them in Lex's troop, none were weak . Those robbers had more people, but the swordsmen were confident to kill all of them .
As long as they changed onto skeleton warhorses they were confidant . Skeleton warhorses were not afraid of landforms, they were the most suited for ascending hills and going through rivers . The swordsmen riding on the skeleton warhorses were like mages cast with the windspeed skill consistently .
"We don't need to . Let Wild Bear go to the front . He can take care of whatever we encounter . "
"Him?" Although the two swordsmen were surprised, they carried out Lex's order thoroughly .
Wild Bear was two meters tall and he was riding on a magic beast that was rarely seen . On the back of the magic beast, there was a huge bump just like a camel . Its hooves were much bigger and it had horns on its head . Its canine teeth were extended outside of its mouth, it did not look like one with good temperament .
Wild Bear was the cook that Lex asked for from Holy Rock City in West Town . His talent in fighting was extremely high, so Lex brought him back and got someone to teach him swordcraft . After a few years time, he was almost becoming a swordsmaster .
Wild Bear was a simple and honest man . The people from Bitter Water Prefecture liked him, but Lex was afraid that he was cheated . She kept him in the prefect residence all this while . This time she brought him along to let him have more real battle experience .
The swordsmen found Wild Bear and told him Lex's demand . Wild Bear patted his chest and said, "Don't worry . If I run into that scoundrel again, I will thump him to death in one hit with my hammer!"
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The swordsman heard Wild Bear's answer and quivered . He fought with Wild Bear before once . Contact with that hammer of his made a weapon either break or fly out of one's hand . Sword aura that was trained with much effort was useless before Wild Bear .
When such an honest person set their mind on something, it would be extremely difficult to change their mind . Even if the gang had any plans, with Wild Bear's existence, the only way was to win against him first .
Wild Bear was riding on the magic beast and got to the furthest front of the troop . Jola seized the chance to urge his warhorse and followed him .
Wild Bear was extremely strong in learning to fight, but he could only speak the Qin language and the common language . In Titan Duchy most of them spoke the Titan language and the Cloudflow language . Sometimes there would be the Sikeqinya language, but the Qin language was rarely heard . The Common language was only spoken during business . Jola knew many languages, he followed Wild Bear as he was afraid that he would run into a language that he didn't know .
"Where did you find Jola from?" Lex suddenly asked .
"I picked him up along the way . Why?" Saleen did not introduce Jola to Lex in details .
There was doubt in Lex's eyes when she spoke, "His eyes change color, did you notice that?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"That's a characteristic of Cloudflow royalty . Did you know that?"
"Mm?" Saleen pricked up his ears . He of course did not know about that characteristic . He otherwise would have asked Jola long ago . Jola must be hiding something from him .
"The Qin royals that practice the royal secret arts, their eyes would have two colors; gold and blue . It exposed the attributes of the secret arts completely . The Cloudflow royal family has secret arts too . Their secret arts would make their eyes change color too . The higher the level, the more colors it changes . At most, there would be seven . I saw at least five colors in Jola's eyes . "
So called secret arts was referring to unique practice methods for magic and sword aura . These skills were passed down in the ancient families, definitely not for dissemination . One must be in the direct line of descend to be able to inherit them .
There were very little direct line of descendants in the Grukos royal family . Only followers of Lex and Safilos could impart . Due to Lex's practice of secret arts, she seemed cool since she was young until she had some result from secret arts . After that she felt closer to the normal people .
"Master, I think Jola might really have impregnated the princess of Cloudflow!" Nailisi was suddenly excited .
Lex heard what Nailisi said and started questioning closely, she then found out how Jola knew Saleen .
"That could be understood . A princess that could inherit secret arts in cloudflow, must be some important figure . Jola was chased after, it might not be because he did that, but might be because the princess exposed the practice method of secret arts to him . Saleen, what do you think?"
Saleen closed his eyes and said, "It's okay . I believe in him . "
Jola was following next to Wild Bear and he suddenly tensed . Just now, there was a swift and fierce aura that locked him down and was ready to attack him anytime . He couldn't find the origin of the aura!
The person that locked him down was close to the standard of a Golden Grand Swordmaster!
Hair all over Jola's body stood on end and he nearly drew his sword . He did not know who wanted to attack him, but the aura suddenly disappeared and it was hard to find again . Jola turned around and saw Saleen's carriage was following close behind without any movement .
That made him feel safer . Him following Saleen might be the best choice . He had never been any big figure . To be able to live better, he had to sacrifice .
"Mm, if you believe in him, I shall let him go then . " Lex smiled faintly and did not bring anything up about Jola again .
"You Highness, don't let him go . Jola is a very lustful person . He peeped at me when I showered," Nailisi incited by the side .
"Lex, ignore her . " Saleen saw that Lex raised her eyebrows and he knew that was bad . According to Lex's character, she hated such unrestrained actions the most .