Wealth, power, prestige, nothing can compare with one's own strength.
In a short time, these guards not only collected five thousand gold coins, but also brought over a man whose body exuded a foul smell.
"Father!"
Seeing the man being carried up, the brother and sister all rushed towards him.
Among them, the little girl was the most excited.
In her impression, her father was majestic and strong, but today's father is as skinny as a stick, and his body shows signs of being tortured by instruments of torture.
The eyes of the man lying on the ground were a little blank at first, but after hearing the shouts of the two brothers and sisters, they gradually gained focus.
The man opened his mouth and tried several times to speak, but failed.
He is really too weak.
Lin Xi couldn't stand this miserable meeting, so she cast a healing spell.
The man on the ground was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon, he was able to stand up on his own.
"Father!"
The brother and sister spoke in unison again, but this time their voices were obviously full of surprise.
"You should leave here quickly. Take this money and walk as far as you want."
Lin Xi threw the money bag she just received from the guard over.
That’s a full five thousand gold coins!
"Sir, how can this... how can this be done?" The little girl was flattered.
They had already received so many benefits from this master magician and had just cured their father. How could they accept this bag of money again?
"Just take it when I tell you to!" Lin Xi deliberately made a serious face.
This time, the little girl didn't dare to refuse anymore.
Lin Xi's domineering display just now shocked even the two siblings.
"Let's go, why are you staying here?" Lin Xi continued to look cold.
The brother and sister, together with their father, knelt down together, kowtowed to Lin Xi a few times, then turned and left.
Lin Xi began to turn her attention to these guards: "What are you looking at? Do you still want to snatch the money back?"
"Don't you dare! Please let us go, sir. We promise to behave accordingly in the future!"
These guards quickly expressed their stance.
"You have to be clear. It is very simple for me to destroy you. If you have inappropriate thoughts, it is best to strangle them in the cradle." Lin Xi warned.
After a series of bluffs and scares, it seemed that these guards did not dare to do anything to the father and daughter again, so Lin Xi left in a swaggering manner.
This was originally a trivial matter, but for the father and daughter, it was a fate-changing event.
When Lin Xi arrived at the agreed place, others were already waiting there.
Harriman and his companions bought horses and carriages. Winnie reluctantly sat on the new carriage, and the group set off towards the "Turkish Wind Valley".
Harriman and his party were most familiar with going to the "Turkish Wind Valley". In order to save time and avoid unnecessary trouble, everyone decided to take a shortcut after some discussion.
The shortcut Harriman mentioned was not marked on the map, so Leorio followed it in his car.
Two carriages, one behind the other, were running quickly on the winding path.
Watching the sun set and night approaching, the carriage did not slow down at all.
"It's going to get dark soon. If we drive a little further, I'm afraid we'll have to sleep outdoors tonight."
Harriman, who was riding a horse, slowed down and let the horse keep pace with Leorio.
"You can travel overnight," Leorio said.
"Today's weather is a bit cloudy. I'm afraid it's late and the light is very poor. We're walking on a small road. For safety reasons, we have to find a place to rest first." Harriman said with some helplessness.
"This is simple, we can just add a lamp." Leorio said with a smile.
Harriman thought Leorio was joking and didn't take it seriously. He rode his horse and ran to the front of the carriage again.
It was getting dark gradually.
Harriman and others, who were leading the way, were finding it increasingly difficult to arrive.
"It seems we can only find a place to rest first."
Harriman was thinking this in his mind when suddenly, a beam of light shot out from behind, illuminating a hundred meters in front of him.
Harriman hurriedly turned around and looked around, and was surprised to find that the beam of light was emanating from the top of the carriage behind him.
"Leorio!"
Harriman pulled on the reins, slowing the horse down again.
Looking at his old friend who was approaching, Leorio asked with a smile: "How's it going? The light is pretty good, isn't it?"
Harriman raised his head and looked at the strange lamp hanging above the carriage.
The carriage of Leo Leo's carriage is much higher than an ordinary carriage, so when the "watch light" is hung on it, the carriage in front is not affected.
"This lamp is not simple!"
It took Harriman a long time to say this.
"Of course, this lamp is made of white moonlight. I can borrow it for now," Leorio introduced.
"Leolio, who are these companions of yours? Why do I feel that each of them is stronger than the other?"
Harriman finally couldn't help but asked the doubts in his heart.
"Your feeling is correct, they are just very strong. So, you'd better restrain your people and don't make inappropriate jokes. If you annoy them, someone might want to take advantage of you."
Leorio's serious look made Harriman feel that what he said was serious.
Mercenaries are not very well-educated. When they see beautiful women, they often make special jokes.
"I'll tell them," Harriman said.
"Harriman, how long will it take for us to reach the 'Turkish Wind Valley' by following the route you pointed out?" Leorio asked.
"If everything goes well, we will be able to arrive before dark tomorrow."
"Can we save so much time?"
"Thanks to you for having this light, otherwise, it would have taken us two days at the earliest." Harriman stared at the watch light with envy.
"You kid, don't think about this lamp! I'm telling you, don't look at Bai Yueguang laughing and joking all day long. If she gets angry, I can't stop her." Leorio warned again.
"Leolio, I really want to ask you a question. If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer it."
"Speak directly if you have something to say, there is so much nonsense."
Harriman smiled coquettishly, as if he had regained the feeling he had when we were in the military camp together: "How do you rank among your companions in terms of strength?"
"Almost fifth!" Leorio didn't think it was something he couldn't say.
"Fifth?" Harriman was surprised.
Based on his estimate of Leorio's strength, he probably already has the strength of a silver-level adventurer at this moment, and with such strength, he is only ranked fifth.
"Don't believe it, I'm not being humble."
Leorio didn't think this was so embarrassing.
"Does your adventure team all have the strength of a 'Silver Level Adventurer'?"
Harriman stared at Leorio in shock.
If this is true, then this lineup is terrible.
"What are you thinking about?" Leorio rolled his eyes at Harriman.
Harriman smiled and said, "It's true that I took it for granted. Each of the 'Silver Adventurers' is as strong as a monster. If an adventure team had this lineup, it would be invincible."
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"Harriman, I'm not telling you, your mercenary's vision is too narrow."
"How do you say this?"
"In our team, the gold-level adventurers are not even among the top three. You tell me how amazing the silver-level adventurers are. What else is it if you don't have a narrow vision?" Leorio asked in return.
"What?"
Harriman was startled and almost fell off his horse.
"Leolio, you just said there are 'gold level adventurers' among you?"
Harriman jumped directly from the horse's back to Leolio's side, his hand still holding the reins.
"Looking at you, you seem surprised!" Leorio joked.
Harriman still asked: "Is it true?"
"Of course it's true! For the sake of our many years of friendship, I can tell you that the one wearing the blindfold all the time is a genuine gold-level adventurer." Leorio said in a low voice.
Harriman gasped.
Gold-level adventurers are rare in the entire empire.
Although Harriman has never seen how powerful gold-level adventurers are, he has heard many rumors.
Unexpectedly, really unexpectedly, there would be such a powerful person in this small carriage.
Harriman had some impression of the woman wearing an eyepatch. At first, he doubted whether the woman had an eye disease, but now it seems that he was too naive.
Gold-level adventurers, I guess they can kill mercenaries like them with just a few clicks of their fingers.
"So, as long as we are here, just keep your heart in your stomach and ensure that you return to the 'Turkish Wind Valley' safely." Leorio said lightly.
Harriman could not be so relaxed. At this moment, countless doubts flashed through his mind.
The existence of an adventure team with gold-level adventurers will attract much attention, not to mention what Leorio just said, the strength of gold-level adventurers is not among the top three.
How terrifying are the top three people?
Monster?
"Leorio, who is the most powerful among you?" Harriman stared at Leorio.
"Can't you see this? Of course it's us adults." Leorio said this with a look of admiration and respect.
God knows, back then, he wanted to kill Lin Xi with his sword over and over again.
People are so strange, they change at will!
"Then..." Harriman considered his words, "Sir, how strong is he?"
"In my opinion, my adults are invincible!"
Leo Leo's answer made Harriman unsure of how much water it contained.
That green-skinned mage who is as tall as a child, how powerful is he that would make Leorio use the word "invincible"?
Harriman thought of the previous scene of arrows frozen in the air, and of the strange water column entwining the carriage...
Just when Harriman was distracted, the carriage in front suddenly stopped.
"What's going on ahead?" Leorio asked aloud, and stopped the carriage.
"There is a river that cannot be crossed." someone answered.
Harriman also drew his attention back at this time. He jumped out of the carriage with a surprised look on his face and muttered: "How can there be a river?"
Through the light of the watch lamp, we can see a river more than ten meters wide running across the two banks, and the river is still flowing rapidly.
"The river seems to be too deep for a carriage to cross."
"It seems we can only choose to take a detour."
"I hope there is a detour, otherwise we will have to go back the same way."
Several men were talking.
Harriman stood by the river, lost in thought.
How come there is a river?
You are not wrong!
Now is no longer the time to dwell on this issue.
If the carriage can't pass, we have to choose another route, but this may cause a long delay.
Just when Harriman was feeling depressed, Leorio suddenly came over, looked at the river water first, and then said, "Don't worry about small things."
"Leorio, do you have any good ideas?" Harriman asked hurriedly.
“We built roads across mountains and built bridges across rivers, that’s how we got here,” Leorio said with a smile.
"Huh?" Harriman didn't understand what Leorio meant.
Leorio reached out and patted Harriman on the shoulder: "Just wait, I'll go ask my lord for instructions."
After saying that, without waiting for Harriman to say anything, he turned around and left.
Boom!
At this time, someone threw a stone into the river, causing splashes and attracting Harriman's attention.
Boom~
The earth suddenly trembled.
The man who just threw the stones looked confused and thought he had triggered some mechanism!
"What's going on?"
As soon as Harriman asked this question, he saw the ground on one side suddenly rise, like a giant hand suddenly reaching out from the ground.
The horses were frightened and neighed.
After finally calming down the horses, everyone discovered that an arch bridge had appeared out of thin air on the wide river.
this?
Harriman looked at the arch bridge in trance. He suddenly understood what Leorio had just said: Make a road through the mountains and build a bridge over the water!
It turns out to be a literal meaning!
The two carriages passed over the arch bridge smoothly.
This little episode made Harriman think deeply.
Harriman felt that this time they returned to the "Turkish Wind Valley" and might break the pattern there.
even--
Leorio's adventurous team may also be able to detect the secret of the evil wind in the Valley of the Wind.
The carriage crossed the river and continued to move forward at its original speed.
The rest of the journey went smoothly.
Finally, the carriage passed through the deserted area and came to the main road.
The time goes from early morning, to noon, to the sun setting in the west...
The two carriages finally arrived at the "Turkish Town".
You can see from a distance that behind the town are endless mountains, and there is the "Turkish Wind Valley" - the most mineral-rich place in the empire.
"We are finally back!"
Harriman had a complicated heart. Thinking of all the experiences he had experienced these days, it made him feel like he was in another world.
He fulfilled his mission and brought back the light magician.