Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

The rich night color cannot be wiped away in the air.

In the sky, the moon was obscured, and only a few stars were shining brightly. In the woods outside Cuijin City, a caravan marched with difficulty.

In the center of the caravan, there are several carriages pulled by horses, and the goods on them are all valuable. One of the goods is even more valuable.

In order to protect these goods, there are many guards around the moving carriages, with vigilant expressions, and at the end of the team, there are many mercenaries to prevent attacks.

This caravan came from a city called "Newburgh" and was responsible for delivering goods to the city of Cuijin. For maximum safety and speed, it is by water at first. But at the end of the trip, he was attacked continuously by the waterway enemies, and lost a lot of manpower in a row. The director of the caravan, Duncan, who was in his 40s, made a decisive decision and switched from the water route to the land route.

However, it did not become safe on land. Just now, the caravan suffered a small-scale attack. Although the attack was quickly resolved by the caravan, it also cast a shadow on Duncan's heart. Looking at the woods ahead, Duncan didn't know how many people with bad intentions were waiting.

"Damn, you shouldn't take this business. Although the profit is indeed terrifyingly high, it may cost your life. And it was promised that it would be absolutely confidential, but now the news is leaked. Damn!" Duncan scolded in his heart Yes, but did not express this emotion. He knew that he was the backbone of the entire caravan. If he panicked, the entire caravan would be unimaginable.

Taking a deep breath, Duncan tried to calm down and turned his head to the side.

Beside him is a young man from the caravan, and a man he likes very much. He is eighteen years old today, and his name is Luther. Although the other party came out of the slum, he is very smart. Under his professor, he knows a lot of characters and can calculate some simple accounts. In a few years, it will be completely independent. The most important thing is that the other party endures hardships and admits his hard work, does things in principle, and is extremely polite to everyone in the caravan, which makes everyone very convinced of him.

Duncan has the intention to train the other party into a successor, and try to bring the other party by his side every time he goes out, so that the other party can experience more, gain insight and help the other party's growth. The other party also understands this very well, and in addition to being grateful, works extremely hard.

At this time, Duncan looked at Luther and said, "Luther, you ordered to go down and let everyone continue to be vigilant and don't relax."

"What's the matter, Uncle Duncan, is there something wrong?" Luther asked, his eyes shining brightly.

"No, there's nothing wrong now, but I always feel a little worried. You should have seen it, this time is different from the past, the things we transported are too valuable, so valuable that they can be related to those mysterious wizards, It is inevitable that many people will covet. So, we can't be too careful. What happened on the ship, and the attack just now, are examples, we must not make any mistakes."

"Understood, Uncle Duncan, I'll go tell everyone, everyone will understand what you're saying."

"Um."

"By the way, Uncle Duncan, do you want to turn out the crossbow, wind it up, and take precautions?" Luther asked again.

"This..." Duncan hesitated. In the caravan, there are many organic crossbows, and they are still very good ones. They are mainly prepared for emergencies. But... the machine crossbow is different from bows and arrows, especially if it has a certain quantity and quality, it is forbidden by the Emerald Kingdom, after all, it may threaten the official rule.

If you are caught breaking the law, you won't be sent to the gallows, but you will be fined a lot of money, that's for sure. If the caravan were all their own people, there would be nothing to worry about. But this time, because of the temporary big business, lest there be a shortage of manpower, several mercenary squads were specially hired. There are a lot of people talking, and the mercenaries are people who see money. If you take out a lot of machine crossbows now, it will inevitably be spread by drunken mercenaries.

Or maybe the mercenary would just report it for the bounty, which would be bad.

After thinking for a moment, Duncan looked at Luther, shook his head and said, "You don't have to do this for now, just let all the guards check the bows and arrows. As for the crossbow, it's really dangerous. If you take it out, there shouldn't be any delay."

"Okay." Luther didn't say anything more and turned to leave.

And Duncan suddenly thought of something, and stopped Luther: "Wait."

"What's the matter, Uncle Duncan?" Luther stopped, puzzled.

"Well—" Duncan dragged his tone, his eyes sharpened a bit, and said, "Luther, please help me to tell the captains of the mercenary squads, and tell them that a lot of silver coins are hired They did not want them to walk with the caravan, but to protect the safety of the caravan.

If they were attacked, they would not go up to it, but just shouted in a pretentious manner, and let the people of our caravan fight, then they would not even want to get a cent of the balance, and they would also spit out the deposit. Although our business group pays attention to harmony, it is not really easy to bully. "

"Yes." When Luther heard Duncan's words, his expression was also a little serious, he nodded vigorously, turned and walked behind the caravan.

"Da da da……"

...

After a while, Luther returned, looked at Duncan and said, "Uncle Duncan, everything is done, everyone in the caravan understands what you mean and promises to be careful. And the mercenary squads also said, We let us fight because we didn’t react before. If we encounter an enemy again, they will definitely take the initiative to go up and do their best to protect the safety of each of us.”

"Heh, the mercenary's guarantee?" Duncan shook his head after hearing this, "Just listen to what they say, don't trust them too much, let's see when the time comes."

"Well, that's what I actually thought." Luther agreed.

"That's good," Duncan said, without saying anything more.

"Squeaky..."

The horses pulled the carriage forward, everyone followed, and the entire caravan moved forward with difficulty and care in the woods.

"Squeaky..."

...

The entire convoy was in silence, and after traveling for about half an hour, the silence was suddenly broken, and someone shouted: "Be careful!"

The entire caravan stopped immediately, and all of a sudden, the caravan guards pulled out their weapons and looked around vigilantly. Some even picked up bows and arrows, but... they didn't attack.

Duncan frowned and shouted, "Who's yelling?!"

"In charge of Duncan, it's me." A man walking in front of the caravan said, pointing to the road ahead, and said, "In charge of Duncan, the road was blocked. I was afraid that there might be an ambush, so I called to be careful."

"Um?"

Duncan's eyes flashed, he looked ahead, and sure enough, not far away, a dry tree trunk fell down, blocking the entire caravan from moving forward.

This……

At this time, Luther leaned into Duncan's ear and whispered, "Uncle Duncan, I'll go check the situation." He walked away, but was grabbed by Duncan.

Luther turned his head to look at Duncan, a little puzzled. Duncan's face was expressionless at this time, and the gaze in his eyes was a little cold because he didn't know whether it was because of fear or vigilance.

As soon as he turned his head, Duncan shouted to the side and called the names of the two guys: "Rick, Spa, you two go to the front to check the situation. If there is no problem, move the trunk away."

After a pause, Duncan added: "You two are doing well this time. When I get to Cuijin City, I will give you a salary. Also, be careful."

"Uh, Uncle Duncan, we will be careful." The two guys who were named said, not much fear, but more joy. I don't know if it was because of being cared for or because of the raise.

The two walked out of the caravan and walked quickly towards the tree trunk blocking the road.

When they walked to the tree trunk, the two of them were not stupid. First, they carefully looked around and found nothing unusual before reaching out to lift the tree trunk.

The trunk was very heavy, and it took a lot of effort for the two of them to move. As a result, they had just moved halfway when they suddenly heard Duncan's warning: "Be careful!"

"Why..." Before the two of them could react, the sound of "咻咻咻" sounded, and many arrows flew out from both sides of the woods, shooting them directly into hedgehogs.

The two fell down with a thud.

Duncan didn't have time to be sad, and continued to warn and shout: "There is an ambush! Be careful!"

The entire caravan moved quickly and tried to defend. After killing the two men who were carrying tree trunks, the arrow quickly shot towards the caravan from both sides of the woods.

Some people did not dodge in time and fell down in screams.

Duncan lowered his head and hid on the side of the carriage, pressing Luther's head under his body forcefully, and loudly commanding: "Retaliate!"

After listening to Duncan's words, the security guards in the caravan got up one after another, holding bows and arrows and shooting in the direction of the attack on both sides. However, under the attack from both sides, he was obviously at a disadvantage. He counterattacked for a while, but he did not kill many enemies, but his own casualties were less than half. It seems that if you continue to stay here, it will only be a matter of time before everyone will die.

"Damn!" Duncan scolded after seeing it, and said to himself, "I can't go on like this, I have to find a way to leave. I have to let those mercenaries cover and let the caravan rush out..."

Luther, who was crushed under Duncan, heard this, stood up forcibly, and shouted, "Uncle Duncan, I will inform those mercenaries, I..."

"No, I'll go." Before Luther could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Duncan, who pressed his head under him again. Duncan said solemnly, "You can't, you can't go.

Number one, it's too dangerous now, you're still young, and you have to figure out a way to survive, because you're going back to marry Melissa! I only have such a daughter, and she only likes you, you must not take risks!

Second, those mercenaries are cowards who see money. At this time, you, a young man, can't hold them back. Only if I go, can I make them obey orders honestly. So, I go. "

After Duncan finished speaking, he bent over and walked to the side, Luther's eyes were red, and he grabbed Duncan, "Uncle Duncan, let me go..."

"Don't be long-winded!"

The two were about to argue when they heard someone from the back of the convoy shouting loudly: "Duncan is in charge, Duncan is in charge, damn, those mercenaries have escaped!"

uh, this...

The problem was solved immediately, and neither of them had to go.

Duncan's face turned pale with anger, and he hammered the ground with anger: "Damn mercenaries, I knew they were unreliable!"

"Then... Uncle Duncan, what should we do now?" Luther asked aloud, "Why don't we fight the enemy?"

"Fight?" Duncan's eyes flashed, his eyes fixed for a moment, and he said, "Yes, fight!"

"But..." Duncan's tone suddenly changed again, looking at Luther, "but it's me, not you, who is desperate. Boy, don't get excited, I tell you, this is the only way. I'll take it later. Bring out the crossbow, distribute it to everyone, and then shoot a salvo to ensure that the damned enemy is temporarily suppressed, and you find a way to break out on horseback. You break out, of course, not to save your life, but more importantly, to do two pieces thing."

Duncan raised his body, groped for a while on the carriage, took out a white wooden box, shoved it into Luther's arms, and said, "This is the most valuable cargo in our business this time, if it gets lost, Our entire business group can't afford it. So the first thing you do when you break out of the encirclement is to protect it and not let it fall into the hands of the enemy.

And the second thing you have to do after you break out of the siege is to rush to Cuijin City as fast as you can, ask for help there, and let the official soldiers of Cuijin City come to rescue us. Don't give me red eyes, this is not the time to cry. As long as you do well, we can all live, and I still want to watch you marry Melissa, and you won't die easily. Did you understand what I said? "

"Understood." Luther nodded vigorously.

Duncan took a deep breath. "That's good."

The next moment, Duncan rushed out like an old leopard, and opened another compartment where there was a box, which contained a metallic crossbow...

...

After half a sound, the shooting from both sides of the woods continued. They were about to shoot all the caravan to death, but the caravan suddenly burst out with a storm-like counterattack, which caught the people in ambush on both sides by surprise. Several unlucky ghosts were shot and screamed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a horse in the caravan ran out at high speed. Luther was almost on the back of the horse with his waist close, holding a white wooden box tightly in his arms. Cuijin City.

"Da da da... da da da..."

The sound of hoofs was continuous, and on the road outside the woods, Luther whipped the horses desperately, increasing the speed of the horses to the highest level.

He is fast, fast, very fast!

If he delays for a second, the caravan may die one more person.

Thinking of this, Luther slapped the horse again, and the next moment his eyes turned to the front, but he was suddenly shocked. He pulled the reins of the horses sharply, the horses neighed, the front hooves were raised high, and then they landed heavily, making two depressions several centimeters deep on the ground.

On the road ahead, dozens of heavily armed cavalry were galloping towards him, approaching quickly, and then surrounded Luther.

Luther was extremely nervous, trembled a little while holding the box in his arms, swallowed, and asked the unknown person aloud, "You... who are you?"

A cavalryman stepped forward, took off his helmet, showed his blond hair, and came over with a handsome face, glanced at Luther and said, "I am the captain of the third cavalry escort of the Green Gold City, Mir, who are you? "

Luther's eyes widened immediately when he heard this: "You are a soldier from Cuijin City, no, you are your lord?! Mi... Hello, Mr. Mi, I... My name is Luther, I am a member of the Bauhinia Business Group, escort Things are coming to Cuijin City. We were attacked halfway, and I was the only one who broke out and wanted to ask for your help. Now please follow me and hurry up and save Uncle Duncan and the others from our business group?"

"Huh?" Mill frowned. He didn't seem to believe Luther easily, and asked aloud, "Be clear, what did your Bauhinia Merchant Group escort to Cuijin City? Why were they attacked?"

"Our Bauhinia Business Group is escorting a very precious thing. I don't know what it is. However, Uncle Duncan said that it is related to the mysterious wizard. If it is lost, our entire business group will not be able to compensate. It's because of this that people were attacked..."

"That precious thing is in the wooden box in your hand right now?" Mill suddenly interrupted Luther's words.

"Uh, yes." Luther said unguardedly.

"Open me and see, I want to confirm what you said. After confirming, I will follow you to save people." Mil said.

"Okay." Luther didn't think much, he answered again and again, and quickly opened the box to reveal the contents.

I saw that inside the box, in the thick black silk, there were three crystal-like creations. The volume is not very large, it is round, and the surface is depicted with complicated lines. Inside, there is a purple light flashing, which can be seen clearly even at night. "

Luther looked at the strange objects in the box in surprise.

Mill narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself: "It really is an exemption certificate, it's developed now, huh, I should be lucky for my Roland family."

"Um?"

Luther looked up at Mil, and felt a little puzzled after listening to Mil's words, and then his whole body suddenly became cold.

He was suddenly a little alert, maybe the official army in the city of Green Gold was not in front of him at all.

Otherwise, why is the other party not in Cuijin City, but on the road of this Cuijin City? Otherwise, why is the other party more familiar with the goods than he is? Otherwise, why does the other party have to look at the things in his box to save people?

Luther thought so, and then saw that Mill in front of him suddenly smiled strangely at him, and with an undisguised "swipe", he drew out his long sword and slashed at him.

Luther's blood coagulated, his mind went blank, and only one thought remained: Uncle Duncan, I'm sorry...

Just when Luther felt that he was sure of death, there were suddenly a few "booms", and several arrows flew past Luther's ears and shot at Mill's head.

"Bang", Mill's hand loosened, and the long sword fell.

"Boom", Mill still had a weird smile on his face, but he fell straight off the horse.

Luther felt the blood flow back, and when he looked into the distance, he saw dozens of meters away, a larger number of cavalry rushed over and massacred the cavalry who had surrounded him.

While the other party slaughtered, he said: "People of the Loran family, you have violated the laws of the kingdom, and I will now clear you according to the king's order. Those who dare to resist will die, and those who put down their weapons and surrender may not be killed. …”

The new cavalry was obviously very powerful, and the battle was resolved in just a moment. A tall knight rode in front of Luther and said, "Hey, boy, don't be afraid, I was ordered by the king to protect you and your business group. Shipment. Get me the stuff, and I'll make sure it's safe."

"Is this the real official army of Cuijin City?" Luther thought a little, and subconsciously handed out the box.

The next moment, I heard more hooves from farther away, followed by more cavalry rushing frantically. The leader roared anxiously: "The Philip family, you are bold, dare to attack other families under the guise of the king's orders. You are trying to start a noble war, you are the real lawbreakers, you will all die for me..."

Luther was stunned, completely stunned, and he no longer knew who to believe.

The night is still long, and more and more people are gathering under the cover of the night, fighting and fighting for a precious thing...

On the other hand, Richard was quietly writing something on the papyrus with a quill in the study in the courtyard where he lived.

"Swish..."

The night is chaotic and quiet...