Chapter 24: Bandit
Brand doesn’t understand very much about extraordinary bloodline, which sounds very esoteric at first glance.
He only knew that people with such blood would show talents beyond ordinary people in a certain field.
Letting Catherine practice knighthood is also out of consideration for giving full play to her bloodline talent.
At least for now, the effect is very good.
Brand remembered a letter from Catherine last month saying that she had become an intermediate knight apprentice, and now she didn't know if she would go further.
Out of curiosity, Brand asked directly.
Hearing this, Catherine felt a little ashamed and said:
"Master, I am still at the level of an intermediate knight apprentice. It will take at least a month before I can reach the level of Master Yersen's current senior knight apprentice." "Keep up the good work!" Catherine
knew
that After progressing in his training, Brand felt fortunate that he had not told Yersin about Catherine.
Yersin now only knows that Catherine is training for knighthood.
If he knew that Catherine's strength was about to catch up with his, he didn't know how bitter he would be!
Because Catherine was still looking at him eagerly, Brand rubbed the head that was presented to him again and said angrily:
"Isn't it just armor? I'll buy you another set sometime."
All kinds of things with the mage Compared with expensive items, knight's equipment is relatively cheap.
Catherine's current armor only cost 30 magic gold coins.
Among the many knight armors in the store, Catherine's set is already considered top-quality equipment. After that, there are only masterpieces and magic equipment with magical effects.
In the Farnes continent, no matter what it is, as long as it is related to magic, the price will at least increase several times.
Knight armor is no exception.
Although due to the cooperation with Professor Morian, Brand's small treasury is much richer.
But buying magic equipment for Catherine, Brand thinks, let’s talk about it later!
...
Not long after Catherine brought Brand to the south gate of the imperial capital to gather, the caravan also loaded up its things and set off quickly.
In addition to taking Brand home during this outing, the caravan also had the task of selling and purchasing goods and supplies.
However, by this time, most of the goods brought out by the caravan from the territory had been sold, and the supplies that needed to be purchased had been loaded.
So they have no other tasks except rushing.
From the imperial capital to the Viscounty of Holland, you will pass through four counties and more than ten territories, and the total distance is about more than a thousand kilometers.
If the road goes well.
At the normal traveling speed supported by the Warcraft blood horses of the Holland family caravan.
It only takes three days and nights to return to the Viscounty of Holland.
However, from a realistic perspective, it will certainly not be smooth sailing for them on their way back.
Judging from past experience, there are no safety risks when walking near the city.
But if it's in a wild area far away from human habitation, it's hard to say.
After all, although no wars have broken out around the Kaya Empire in recent decades, there has not been any domestic unrest.
But it was still a feudal slavery society, and the area covered by order was very limited.
In the wild, except for the monsters that occasionally go out to fight tooth festivals, bandits and bandits are common.
This has become a major feature of Farnes Continent.
Fortunately, the caravan is still in the imperial capital area.
Compared with other places, the security around the imperial capital is obviously much better.
So Brand slept peacefully all morning on a special carriage equipped with a shock-absorbing system.
In the afternoon, after leaving the Imperial Capital area.
All the guards were on alert.
Although they had displayed the noble emblem of the Holland family, there were also many guards in armor.
But the bold bandits who lick blood from their swords may not necessarily care about this.
There was no precedent for nobles' caravans to be robbed.
In the eyes of bandits, as long as the goods are confirmed to be of robbery value, no matter how well-equipped the other party's equipment is, as long as the difference in number is not too great, they can have a chance to encounter them.
On the carriage, Brand, who had a symbolic meal of dry food, suddenly felt some noise outside, and then the carriage gradually stopped.
Looking out from the window of the carriage, in the jungle in the distance, dozens of "farmers" in colorful clothes shouted unexplained slogans and rushed in the direction of the caravan carrying various weapons. Come down.
Faced with such a scene, the Holland family's caravan showed excellent qualities.
Under Yersin's command, the entourage without combat capabilities immediately found a sheltered location to hide.
The well-trained guards were immediately divided into two teams. One team was on standby to protect the safety of the carriage's cargo and accompanying personnel.
The other team dismounted and formed an infantry battle formation to face the bandits' attack head-on.
To avoid being hurt by the arrow, Brand pulled down the iron shutter of the window, leaving only a small gap to observe the "battle situation" outside.
Catherine also put on her helmet at this time, drew her sword, and guarded the car door with a cautious look.
After about a few minutes, the robbers had damaged more than half of their bodies. After leaving the bodies on the ground, they began to flee in confusion.
There were no casualties in the entire caravan.
After briefly cleaning the battlefield, Yersin stood next to the corpses of the bandits holding a blood-stained sword, frowning slightly.
In Yersin's opinion, compared with the "thin" clothes of the bandits, their weapons were a little conspicuous.
Although these weapons are of low quality and come in various styles.
But this is not something ordinary civilians can obtain casually.
——The empire has strict controls on arms trade.
In addition, the entire Holland family caravan has hundreds of guards on display. Each guard has a war horse and wears standard iron armor.
Although it is impossible to tell the specific strength of these guards with the naked eye.
But you can figure it out with your feet.
This cannot be shaken by dozens of rabble-rousers in civilian clothes.
The most powerful bandit among them is just an intermediate knight apprentice.
At this time, Anderson, the captain of the guard, came over and said to Yersin:
"Master, according to the prisoners' account, they are bandits wandering around here. This time they are all out, and the weapons were captured not long ago." ...
"
Master, Captain Anderson told us to be more vigilant. Those bandits just now were probably just a test."
In Brand's carriage, Catherine, who was inquiring about the good news, explained the situation to Brand.
Brand nodded understandingly.
As a self-aware weakling, Brand knows it very well.
The only thing he could do was not to cause trouble to his own guards.
Of course, if he encounters any special situation, he is not as defenseless as outsiders imagine.
After all, not long ago, Brand hugged the lap of a "rich woman".
In the few days after being accepted as Celine's disciple, Brand would drink several bottles of awakening potion every day.
The purpose is to present some "precious specialties of the Holland family" to express his "respect" for Celine.
Although Celine is not an alchemical pharmacist, she doesn't know the value of the "specialty" Brand gave her.
However, under Brand's "sweet words".
Celine still looked satisfied and gave Brand several spell scrolls to save her life as a gift in return.
Judging from Celine's returns, Brand has undoubtedly made money.
Of course, Celine certainly did not suffer a loss. After all, Brand gave away unique "precious specialties of the Holland family".
In addition to the magic scroll, as Brand's teacher, Celine also fully fulfilled the duties of a teacher.
She taught Brand very practical magic knowledge at the "mage apprentice" level.
Asked what exactly he learned, Brand could only say that it was "hard to describe."
Of course, if you insist on asking, Brand can definitely tell you that it’s not that he hasn’t learned anything!
At least I am more proficient in releasing spell scrolls than before!
(End of chapter)