The robber was injured and retreated quickly. He covered his injured chest with his left hand, but he couldn't stop the blood from pouring out.
When the robber retreated, Ryan did not continue to pursue him. Instead, he sheathed his sword and retreated.
Because the city guard soldiers behind the robber and next to Ruian had quickly surrounded the robber.
The next step was very simple. Several city guard soldiers raised their long swords and attacked together. The injured bandit managed to resist several moves, and was immediately hit by several sword moves. After several breaths, he finally couldn't resist, and was held by several long swords on his neck.
Capture him without hesitation.
Then several soldiers came forward, tied up the robbers, and took them away.
After some commotion, the squad leader turned pale and ordered everyone not to relax and to continue guarding the city gate.
Then, the squad leader walked up to Ruian and said to Ruian with great gratitude: "Brother, thank you for your help. If you hadn't helped me just now, the robber might have killed me and escaped."
"You're welcome, this can be regarded as my duty. Since I have done this task, I will naturally take action when the enemy attacks me." Ruian said humbly.
Then the team leader thanked him again and promised to report it to his superiors later to repay Ruian.
After a while, a messenger from the city guard came over and informed that all the robbers had been captured and the city gate could be opened to let people pass through.
Then after a period of panic in and out of the city, the city gate returned to normal.
By now it was getting dark, and the mission of Ruian and others was over. They only had to return to the city guard station to receive their reward before they could go back.
However, what made Ruian very happy was that when he received the reward, he received 2 gold coins as reward, which was ten times the 20 silver coins agreed upon before.
The city guard officer also specifically stated that this was Ruian's reward for his outstanding performance and helping to capture the robbers. This made others envious.
With the two gold coins as a reward, Ruian wished he could have such a reward every day. Unfortunately, a situation like today is rare. Moreover, this situation is too dangerous. If you are not careful, you can easily die.
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After that, Ruian lived an ordinary life again. Although he still had to work in the city guard every ten days, it was just a boring job.
More than a month passed quickly, and it was now half a year since Ryan entered Paarl Comprehensive College.
Ruian's strength has improved by leaps and bounds during his non-stop training day and night. Although Ruian's fighting spirit has not yet broken through to the level of a level 2 swordsman, with the current growth rate of his fighting spirit, I believe it will not take long.
Recently, the college has been very lively because the college will hold a large-scale competition in the middle of every year, that is, each grade will compete according to grade, and then the top three in each grade will be determined.
This is somewhat similar to the mercenary competition that Ryan participated in before. When he first heard this information, Ryan thought that there would be a lot of bonuses and was very interested in participating in the competition. But when he heard that the winner only got the honorary title of first in grade, he almost
There were no rewards, and after the top three only received a high-quality sword each, they completely lost interest.
However, not everyone is as low-key as Ruian. Just for the sake of being the first in the grade, most people ignore their own strength and whether they can drink alcohol and immediately sign up to participate, in the name of accumulating experience.
Therefore, the academy has been very lively recently, and everyone is discussing the mid-year competition.
This made Ruian even more determined not to participate. Ruian was not afraid of losing. Although his fighting spirit level was only average among second graders, with his sword skills, he still had a good chance of getting the first place in his grade.
. But what happens if you get the first place in grade? In addition to making people jealous and bringing trouble to yourself, you can only get the false name of first grade, which Ruian is afraid of, and you don't know what to do with it.
sword.
The gain outweighs the loss!
Ruian decided to take advantage of the opportunity of those masters to compete and practice more to get closer to them.
But soon, Ryan's plan was interrupted because Helis came to see him.
When Ruian asked, it turned out that Helis did not participate in the competition because he was not strong enough so as not to show his shame.
And Harris seemed to know that Ryan would not participate without asking.
Helis came to see Ryan this time, not to chat with Ryan. He pretended to be mysterious and said to Ryan: "If you don't go to the grade competition, there is a better place to go."
"Oh, where?" Ruian was not very interested, but still followed Helis's language and asked.
"Did you know that at this time every year our Skayas City holds a large-scale annual trade fair?"
"Trade fair? I don't know, what is it for?" Ruian was a little interested.
"The trade fair is naturally about trading." Helis smiled and then continued, "When the trade fair is held every year, it will attract a large number of businessmen and some rare treasures to trade."
"Treasure? What kind of treasure is there?" Ruian became even more interested.
"Haha, treasure is a general term. As long as it is rare and valuable, it can be called a treasure. However, this fair does not limit what to trade, so all kinds of things will appear. Generally speaking, more
What is frequently traded include various treasures and jewelry used by ordinary people, various weapons and equipment specially used by swordsmen, various magic props specially used by magicians, and sometimes even some intermediate fighting spirit secrets and sword skills, etc."
"Do you have a magic storage bag?" Ryan thought of the trophy he had been keeping, the magic storage bag.
"Yes, they are usually sold in magic shops, but the space inside is small, the quantity is not large, and the price is expensive." Helis seemed to know the market better.
"Alas, I can't afford these things you mentioned." Ruian sighed.
"But look, it's good to gain some knowledge." Helis retorted and suggested, "I think it's not good for you to stay in the dormitory all the time and practice. You might as well accompany me to the trade fair."
Ryan thought for a moment and finally nodded in agreement. Then he asked, "When will the trade fair start?"
"Starting tomorrow, the trading will last for half a month, but there will be some heavyweight things on the first and last days."
"Well, okay, let's go shopping together tomorrow. But where will it be held?"
"On the commercial streets in our city of Skayas, the city lord specially set aside that area as the venue for the trade fair. Almost all the famous shops in the city are concentrated there. I estimate that these shops will all take the prize tomorrow.
There are a lot of treasures for sale. And the auction house in the city will also hold a large-scale auction tomorrow."
"auctions?"
"It means putting things out for everyone to bid on, and the one with the highest price gets it." Helis thought Ryan didn't understand, so he explained.
"I understand. Come over tomorrow and I will go with you."
"OK."
Early the next morning, Ryan rarely exercised and waited in the dormitory for Harris to arrive.
Soon, Helis arrived, and the two of them went to the fair together.
People are coming and going on the commercial street of Skayas City.
In addition to the large opening of many shops, there is also a street dedicated to small traders and vendors setting up street stalls.
Ryan and Helis walked around slowly and found that they really learned a lot, especially when there was Helis next to them who seemed to know everything and kept introducing them.
"This is the wolf pelt of the Blue Wolf, a level 2 monster unique to the Territory of Warcraft. Green wolves are generally gregarious monsters and are very difficult to hunt. However, this wolf skin has several relatively large holes. It is probably for killing
They got it when they were young. If the whole wolf skin was complete, the price would be very expensive, and many people would rush to buy it. But this one, the price is much cheaper, and not many people want it."
"This kind of walnut branch is said to be a good material for magicians to make magic wands. However, this one doesn't seem to have been grown for a long time. In addition, it is not straight, so it probably won't fetch a good price."
"These pearls are deep-sea pearls that are unique to the outer sea. It is said that they are only found in a mussel-like monster. However, in inland cities like ours, there are many fakes. If you don't know how to identify them, it is easy to buy fakes.
"
"Many of these street stalls have defective products, and there are also many fakes. If you don't know how to do it, it's very easy to suffer a loss. But if you know how to do it and are lucky, it's easy to find some at very low prices.
A treasure that no one else knows about."
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Along the way, Ryan was in awe of Helis.
Ryan asked Harris: "How do you know so many things?"
Helis's answer surprised Ryan: "There is no way, I don't want to know these things, but my father has forced me to learn these things since I was a child."
After hearing this, Ruian was a little confused about the identity of Helis. After having been together for so long, Ruian had always thought that Helis was an ordinary student and had never asked him about it, but now it seems that it is obviously not that simple.