After Ji Taoyao got out of the carriage at the Colosseum, she realized that the sky outside had begun to darken. They had been in the underground auction house for an entire afternoon before they knew it. It was estimated that it would be completely dark soon.
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She ordered Ross to go home directly and not stop anywhere.
Los rode his horse to the Ji family manor.
Usually they can go home in less than twenty minutes, but they underestimated the crowds at today's Victory Day celebration.
As soon as their car reached the avenue, the crowd outside almost blocked them from moving.
Seeing that the sky was completely dark, Ji Taoyao, who was sitting in the carriage, asked uneasily: "If we continue at this speed, when can we go home?
Today is the Victory Day celebration. Finally, my father and mother took my sister to the palace to attend the ball. No one at home can use your blood to awaken my dark magic. It doesn't matter even if there is some commotion.
If this delay continues, they will have to come back from the palace. If they miss it this time, when will they find another good opportunity?
Los, didn’t you memorize the map of the royal city? Do you know of any small alleys or the like that you can use to take a shortcut back?”
Ross, who was driving the carriage in front, frowned: "It's already dark now, are you sure you want to take a small road? There are many people on the main road, but it's safe."
Ji Taoyao retorted directly: "No, time is more important. The opportunity is rare tonight, so we must rush back.
Besides, don’t I have you as my exclusive knight? If you can’t even guarantee my safety, why should I support you?”
Ross stopped talking, turned into the next alley, and started walking all the way home.
But it didn't take long for them to find someone following them closely.
Ross sped up the horse, but the speed of the carriage was still not as fast as those behind who used magic to track it.
They ended up being blocked in a deserted alley.
There are more than a dozen people in the opponent's group, all of them are light magicians of level two or above, and judging from their clothes, they should be a professional team that takes on tasks.
This kind of professional team usually has its own guild. As long as they have enough money, they can take on any mission of killing people and stealing goods. Everyone wears a black cloak and a uniform black mask, and their iconic appearance is very conspicuous.
A man with neatly combed hair came out from behind them. He said to Ji Taoyao, who was sitting in the carriage and opened the window and looked at them coldly: "Miss, I'm really sorry to meet you in this way. It's us."
I offended you,
But we really have no choice. We need the bottle of devil's tears you took tonight very much.
Could you please give me a favor? The price is negotiable, we can give you fifteen thousand silver dollars, and I will give you the rest in installments. Do you think that's okay?"
"No," Ji Taoyao, who was sitting in the carriage, did not change her posture. She raised her chin high and looked coldly at the man outside the window: "You need this bottle of devil's tears very much. By coincidence, I also need it very much.
, otherwise I wouldn’t have spent 20,000 silver dollars to buy it back,
If you are able, just buy this bottle of Devil's Tears at the auction house. Don't stop me here. Now that you are using such despicable means to stop me, I won't let it go to you.
Finally, I advise you not to offend me. You can’t offend me. Judging from your appearance, you must be from outside.
I am the daughter of a big local family, and my family is not something that people from small families like you can afford to offend."
The pride in her words was clearly visible, thinking that this would scare these people away.
Ross frowned immediately, feeling that what happened next might not be good.
Sure enough, the man not only was not deterred, but also smiled and said: "Miss, if you are with your family now, then naturally we cannot afford to offend you.
But now, you are just you and the only knight,
To be honest, Miss, if we do something bad to you now, such as preventing you from seeing the sun tomorrow, etc.,
There is no one here who can testify for you. Even if your family wants to avenge you, they probably won’t be able to find us.
So, Miss, I am kindly giving you advice and discussing with you carefully, but now, it seems that you have no room to refuse."
"Are you trying to rob me forcefully?" Ji Taoyao frowned, and her voice finally changed.
Even though she was usually arrogant and cold, she had never experienced the wind and rain outside or been beaten by the cruel world. When she met such a completely unreasonable person, she was also panicked.
But this bottle of demon and the like are all Ji Taoyao's hopes of becoming stronger right now, so how could she give it up to others?
She was silent for a while, then pursed her lips and said, "No, I can't give it to you. I need it urgently now. I can give you money, and you can buy it elsewhere."
The man shook his head and said: "No, our family has been looking for Devil's Tears for a long time. If we miss it, we don't know when we will find it again. Besides, my young master is also anxious to use it and can't wait any longer.
So, I'm sorry, either you sell me the bottle you have now. If you don't want to, then I can't be polite..."
Ji Taoyao clenched the Devil's Tears in her hand and stared at them without speaking. This rejection was already very obvious.
The man waved to the light magician beside him, and the second-level magicians rushed up immediately.
As expected of a professional team, some of them were fighting at close range, while others were fighting at a distance. A magic net like a dragnet was cast down from the sky and headed straight towards Ji Taoyao's carriage.
Los's back molars were almost broken, and he really cursed Ji Taoyao crazily in his heart.
He thought how could this woman be so stupid? In this situation, life must be more important than the tears of the devil!
There are no demons, there are other ways to become stronger, but if there is no life, there is nothing.
But they signed a master-servant contract, and he had no way to disobey her orders, and if she was hurt, he would be doubly hurt.
Therefore, there is no other way. No matter how stupid this woman is, he must try his best to protect her. He has to admit that they are now tied to a ship.
Los held the sword in his right hand, attached light magic to the sword, jumped into the air and swung it with all his strength, tearing the fine magic net to pieces.
Those light magicians who were fighting in close combat sensed that something was wrong. Four or five light magicians all rushed forward and got into a melee with Los.
The remaining four or five long-range magicians were not to be outdone, and continued to cooperate with each other to form a network of light, which was overwhelmingly smashing towards Los. They solved the knight and the noble lady behind, wasn't it a matter of easy capture?
Ji Taoyao was not a show-off. She stood on the frame outside the carriage, took out her exquisite magic wand, and scattered the light nets formed by those long-range magicians one by one.
After seeing this, Lose quickly took the time to look back at Ji Taoyao.
The wind on the autumn night was very strong, making Ji Taoyao's cloak rustle and blowing her long black hair. Her chin exposed under the mask was even fairer, and her amber eyes were particularly firm.
He could feel that she was fighting with all her strength, standing behind him and trying to protect him.
At this moment, he suddenly felt like he could trust his back. This kind of trust was something he had never felt in anyone before.
Then he quickly shook the thought out of his mind.
She was only protecting him to protect herself. How could he have such absurd ideas?
He turned around and once again devoted himself to the battle.
Suddenly, the two of them cooperated with each other in a tacit understanding, as if they had been working together for many years.