For the Marquis of Cachia's question, Ryan didn't know how to answer for a while. He could answer truthfully to his acquaintances and find a way to solve the conflict of fighting spirit and magic power, but he didn't want to answer truthfully to people he was friends with.
Ruian thought for a moment and then said with a smile: "Marquis of Cachia, I just want to take advantage of my youth to travel to various parts of the mainland and accumulate some experience."
This is considered a standard answer. There are indeed many swordsmen or magicians on the mainland who like to travel around and increase their knowledge.
"Oh!" Marquis of Cachia responded, with a bit of surprise in his tone, but it was hard to tell whether he believed what Ryan said.
Ruian didn't care whether the other party believed it or not. He answered like this because he just didn't want the other party to continue the topic.
As expected, the Marquis of Cachia did not continue this question, but changed the subject and chatted with Ryan for a few words, and Ryan responded calmly. The difference in status between the two was too great, and they had no common language, so they all spoke in a casual manner.
Ryan's character determined that he was not a follower of others, so he did not deliberately try to please Marquis of Cachia, but only had ordinary and polite conversations. Marquis of Cachia, on the other hand, regarded Ryan as an ordinary person because of the face of the third prince Mofen.
Otherwise, in normal times, given his status, he would not pay attention to Ruian, who has no status at all.
"Ryan, I heard that you are a magic genius?" Bibits, a level 7 wizard on the side, suddenly said. After Ryan joined the Messenger Team, Dean Keton also asked Bibits to take care of Ryan, so Bibits
Also briefly understand Ruian's situation.
"You're flattered. I'm just lucky." Ruian said modestly as always.
"I heard that you are still a level 6 swordsman?"
"Yes."
"It's not bad to practice magic and fighting spirit at the same time, but it takes too much time. People's energy is limited, and it's not enough time to practice just one of them. If you practice magic and fighting spirit at the same time, the time allocated will be even less.
It’s possible that neither of them will achieve much! So you’d better think carefully and choose one of them as your main practice.” Bibitis pondered for a moment and persuaded with concern. He knew the situation of his fellow practitioners’ magic fighting spirit.
Not much. So I just tried to persuade Ryan from the perspective of lack of energy and time.
Ruian was grateful for Bibits' kindness, so he couldn't say no. He also couldn't tell the secret that he was energetic and had much less sleep than others, so he could only shirk it with a smile: "I know this too.
Disadvantages. But now that I have cultivated magic and fighting spirit to an advanced level, I really can’t bear to give up one of them, so I can only keep putting it off to see if there is any good way to solve this problem."
After hearing Ruian's answer, Bibits did not continue to persuade. Later, many people present were very interested in fellow practitioner Ruian's magic fighting spirit and kept asking Ruian some questions, but Ruian responded in a very affectionate and perfunctory manner.
After talking like this, Ryan's relationship with many members of the Messenger team has improved a lot.
Entering the Far North Grassland, the envoys passed by some tribes one after another. Small tribes passed directly through, while larger tribes stayed briefly to replenish food and other resources, and to allow the caravan members to make trades with the tribes. Moreover,
Every half a month or so, the envoy team would find a large tribe and stay for two or three days to refresh themselves and relieve the fatigue of the journey.
This time, half a month had passed, but no large tribe had been encountered. In the end, the envoy team had no choice but to camp near a medium-sized tribe of about a thousand people for repairs.
Tribes in the Far North Grassland are generally very hospitable and friendly. They are especially welcoming to teams with envoy missions and caravans. As soon as the envoy team set up camp, the leader of the Hahu tribe immediately led the
Many people from the tribe came to visit. After a conversation, the Marquis of Cachia and other key members were welcomed into the tribe and a grand welcome banquet was held.
Considering safety issues, when the tribe was repairing, the envoy team did not enter the tribe for repairs. Instead, they camped one or two miles away from the tribe for repairs, forming a certain distance from the tribe to avoid conflicts with the tribesmen. Because the envoys
The team carried a complete set of tents and other equipment, so no one felt any inconvenience.
After the Marquis of Cachia led the main members of the envoy team to the tribe, the caravans in the envoy team also began to form groups to go to the tribe to do transactions. In the camp, except for the necessary guard forces, everyone else could move freely.
Ryan and Katisha were not members of the emissary team, so they did not accompany Marquis of Cachia to the tribe’s banquet. They were free to move around as long as they had to return to the camp at night, so they planned to go to the tribe to visit and see what they could buy.
What a good thing.
"Ryan, let's go to the tribe for a walk together." Before Ruian and Ketisha left, Potu came over and invited them.
"Your Excellency Poto, didn't you follow Marquis of Cachia to the banquet?" Ryan asked slightly surprised.
"That kind of banquet is too boring. I don't like it. It's better to just walk around and have fun." Potu shook his head and said.
"Okay, let's go to the Hahu tribe together." Then the three of them walked in the direction of the tribe.
After walking a mile or two, the three of them entered the Hahu tribe, but they saw a different situation. This tribe was also too poor.
Most of the people in the Far North Grassland are herdsmen, who make a living by raising cattle, sheep, wild animals and hunting monsters. The very harsh environment of the Far North Grassland is doomed to difficult living conditions, and the herdsmen cannot get rich. Along the way, Ruian and others saw
Although the herdsmen do not look like rich people, they can ensure food and clothing and live a comfortable life by selling furs and other items.
However, the Hahu tribe that Ruian and others entered at this moment can be regarded as the poorest tribe along the way. This can be seen from the patches in the tribe, the dilapidated tents, and the patched robes of the herdsmen.
. Moreover, compared with other tribes where each household raises dozens or even hundreds of cattle, sheep and wild animals, every household here raises cattle, sheep and wild animals. In terms of the number of cattle, sheep and wild animals that each household raises, they are extremely poor.
"Impossible! This tribe is in a very good location. It is on the route passed by the caravan. It trades with the caravan. It can't be so poor!" Potu frowned and couldn't think of any reason.
"It's not easy, just ask someone and you will know." Ruian replied with a smile, then walked towards a herdsman nearby who was looking at Ruian and his group curiously, and approached him.
After a while, the three people quickly learned the reason why the Hahu tribe was so poor. There was no other reason. There was a large bandit team stationed in a canyon near the tribe. This bandit team was large in number, reaching more than 500 people.
They are all composed of fierce desperadoes and are very powerful. It is rumored that the bandit leader is also a level 7 swordsman. They can be regarded as one of the top bandit teams in the Far North Grassland.
This bandit team makes a living by robbing passing caravans, and does not kill the tribes that live nearby all year round. Although they did not burn, kill, loot, and kill all the Hahu tribe, they did impose high protection fees on the Hahu tribe.
, robbed the Hahu tribe of a lot of wealth, causing the Hahu tribe to become increasingly poor.
The three of them suddenly realized it and understood it all at once.
"No wonder we haven't encountered any large tribes in the past few days. It turns out that there is a powerful group of bandits near here, and they are bandits led by a level 7 swordsman. Does a level 7 swordsman still need to be a bandit? You can go anywhere.
If you are treated like a distinguished guest, and if you hunt some high-level monsters, you can get a lot of gold coins, you will have no worries about food and drink." Obviously, Ruian was very interested in the rumored information that the bandit leader was a level 7 swordsman.
Unexpectedly, Botu, who is a level 7 swordsman, disagreed. He shook his head and said: "In people's eyes, a level 7 swordsman does have a lot of status, but it is also necessary for a level 7 swordsman to be an upright person and not do bad things.
If a level 7 swordsman relies on his strength to do evil and does many bad things, he will also be hated by people, and even
Even if he is wanted by some countries, more powerful people will come to arrest him. By then, no matter how strong the level 7 swordsman is, he will not be able to survive. This level 7 swordsman is reduced to a robber. He is probably a bad person who does evil things.
If you do this, you won’t be able to stay in other countries, otherwise you won’t be a bandit in a harsh environment like the grassland.”
Ryan nodded. He remembered that he was wanted after killing someone in the Principality of Purs a long time ago. Although he would never regret killing Yasselin's husband, he couldn't help but think of not knowing whether he could go back to the Principality of Purs.
Somewhat sad.
"So, don't go too far in everything. If you do it too much and there is no room for maneuver in the end, it will end badly." Potu seemed to be a little touched and concluded with a sigh.
"Since the bandits here are so powerful, why don't the people of the Hahu tribe leave here and migrate to other places?" Thinking of the frequent migrations of the nomadic people in the grassland in his previous life, Ruian expressed his opinion of the Hahu tribe who would rather be poor than leave.
Very puzzled.
In this regard, Potu seemed to have much more experience. He smiled and said: "How can it be so simple? The Far North grassland has been divided by various tribes and there is no free space. Now this land belongs to the Hahu tribe. If they
Leaving your own territory is equivalent to invading the territory of other tribes. Fighting for territory with others will lead to war. There are many bandits on the grassland, and the bandits here also preach
The reason is that we don’t kill people and set fire, we only charge protection fees. If we go to other places and encounter brutal bandits, the entire tribe may be wiped out. Furthermore, this place is located on the route of the caravan, which is much smaller than the caravan route.
Other places are better. Although there are bandits and exploitation, life is much more difficult, but you can still get by. I think the people of the Hahu tribe survive with this mentality."