Before dawn the next day, the northern city gate of Yunxia City, an important town in the northern part of the Wind Empire, had already opened.

Several caravans had been waiting under the city gate for a long time. They quickly left the city and headed towards the Snow Empire.

The road out of Yunxia City was not very peaceful, so several caravans went together and set off quickly before dawn, trying to enter Heping City, the important southern town of the Snow Empire, before sunset.

Several caravans jointly elected a leader, Sarga, who has been traveling around for decades. He is very familiar with this area and constantly urges the caravans to move forward faster.

The border area, which is more than a hundred miles long, is not peaceful to begin with. In recent months, there has been an increase in bandits, known as blood wolves. There are many of them, at least a thousand.

I heard that a powerful person suddenly came a few months ago, defeated several nearby bandit gangs, and absorbed them into a super large bandit gang.

In the past few months, many caravans have suffered heavy losses here. Even a very large caravan was looted. Women and goods were snatched away, and not a single man was left alive.

The Blood Wolf's methods are far more ruthless than those of ordinary bandit gangs. Other bandit gangs usually only rob property, rob about half of the goods, and leave half for the caravan. This will avoid that no caravan will dare to do business on this road in the future.

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But the blood wolves are completely different. They are completely the masters of business. Once a caravan is targeted by them, the men will be killed and the women and goods will be snatched away. They are engaged in business without leaving any way out.

It is because of the existence of the Blood Wolf that in recent months, fewer and fewer caravans have chosen to do business on this road. No matter how large a single caravan is, few dare to travel alone. They gather together in groups.

If a caravan moves forward together, it is necessary to hire more guards to increase safety.

For example, Saljia's caravan had more than 100 trucks of goods and more than 400 drivers and guards. It had been in Yunxia City for several days, and it took three or four days to wait for another few.

A caravan came out together and even hired hundreds of more guards in Yunxia City.

Several caravan guards, plus hundreds of newly hired guards, a total of 1,300 people, barely dared to set off.

Several caravan leaders walked with Sarga and sat in the same carriage.

Although there are curtains, they can't block the cold wind at all, and the cold air is creeping in this year.

There was a heater placed in the middle of the carriage, and several people stretched out their hands to keep warm. One of the fat men said: "As winter approaches, the road to the Snow Empire is about to be blocked by ice and snow. In previous years, at this time, people coming and going

There were more than a dozen caravans, all rushing to make a fortune before the ice and snow closed the road. In previous years, more than a dozen caravans would go to the Snow Empire in more than a day, and many more would come to Yunxia City from the Snow Empire.

It was a lively event. Now, it's better. We had to wait for several days before we could barely get enough caravans to travel with us. We also had to spend a lot of money to hire hundreds of more guards before we dared to leave Yunxia City. It's really not as good as it used to be.

Ah, business today is getting more and more difficult."

Sarga said: "Yes, it is getting more and more difficult to do business between the two empires of Snow and Wind, but wealth can only be found in danger. Since not many other caravans dare to do business, there must be a shortage of goods in the Snow Empire.

The price may be double or even three or five times that of the past. If we can successfully reach the Snow Empire this time, we will definitely make a fortune!"

Upon hearing what Sarga said, the eyes of the other caravan leaders lit up. As smart businessmen, they naturally understood the truth.

I was happy, but I still couldn't help but worry. A thin man said: "We are also looking at the risk of losing our heads to make money. Why do you think the two empires of Fengxue don't care about those bandits? There are blood wolves here, no

A few caravans dare to do business. Where are they going to earn customs duties? Why don't we send troops to get rid of the blood wolves as soon as possible."

Sarja said: "Of course those officials are not stupid. I heard that they are also having a headache because of this matter. I heard that just a few months after the rise of the Blood Wolf, the tariffs in Yunxia City were reduced by a full 90%.

, the city lord was furious, and sent troops several times to suppress the bandits, but unfortunately all failed, and he chopped off the heads of several commanders in succession. Although Yunxia City had a large number of troops, the border was full of mountains, and the Blood Wolf guys were like

They are really like wolves. They will come out when they smell the meat of the caravan and hide when they see the officers and soldiers. It is difficult to deal with them. It is because of this that for hundreds of years, the hundreds of miles of border between the two empires have been covered by wind and snow.

There are constant bandit troubles. In the past, it was okay, those bandits were somewhat moral, but the blood wolf is different. We have to be very careful this time."

The thin man said: "I heard that before nightfall last night, a caravan left the city overnight."

The fat man said: "Yes, yes, I have seen that caravan before. It was such a big caravan, with at least two hundred vehicles and nearly a thousand people. They lived in the largest hotel in Yunxia City. There are usually only three or five merchants in that hotel.

The team was dissatisfied with the accommodation, so they took it all in as a caravan, which is not a small scale."

Sarja said: "I also know about the caravan you are talking about. I contacted them once before, hoping to join forces and travel together, but they refused. They actually rushed out of the city at night last night. Could it be that they hoped to stay overnight?

Are you going to avoid the blood wolves? Are these idiots thinking that the blood wolves won't attack at night? What those bandits like most is to attack caravans camping in the wild at night."

The fat man said: "In other words, they may be in danger?"

Sarga said: "Unless the spies of the Blood Wolf have all dozed off and slipped away from them, they will definitely be in trouble. Let's just wait and see. We might see the corpses of their caravan along the way.

There are probably nearly a thousand corpses, it’s so miserable.”

He said these words like he was pity, but in fact Sarga looked like he was smiling evilly, he was waiting for a good show.

The caravan moved forward for two or three hours. It was already dawn, and they finally arrived at the mountain col. From a distance, they could smell a strong smell of blood.

Sarja opened the curtain and took a look. There were corpses everywhere in the col. Corpses lay scattered on the cold ground. "Let me tell you, that caravan must have been wiped out by the blood wolves. With good intentions, let them

I was traveling with you, but you dared to refuse me. It’s better now, they all must have been killed, not a single carriage or horse, all the goods and women must have been robbed. Hahahahaha..."

The thin man pointed outside, "Something's wrong, something's wrong. Look at the clothes these people are wearing. They all have wolf heads embroidered on them. They are all blood wolf people!"

At this time, the leader of the caravan guard hurried to the carriage and said, "They are blood wolves. There are at least seven or eight hundred corpses. All of them that can be inspected are blood wolves. It seems that the blood wolves have been destroyed here! Add

There are obvious signs of encampment here, and it looks like it was the work of the caravan that left the city last night."
Chapter completed!