Working Prophet

Thinking that he was going to die, Kieran also performed beyond his level this time and gave the best performance ever.

Put your heart and soul into it and show off your singing voice.

When the song ended, Kieran opened his eyes again, but saw no reaction from the group of bandits in front of him.

It didn't seem right to say that, because the robber closest to him had already picked up his mace again and said impatiently, "Are you done singing?"

"No, as usual, you still need to give me a reward after the performance." When Kieran said this, seeing the bad looks on the group of robbers' faces, he quickly changed his words, "Or you can give me some feedback and feelings."

"So-so." The robber with the mace said.

"It's better than "Head! Head! Head!"." Another bandit holding a flail also echoed.

"Wow...it hurts a bit to say that." Kieran said with an embarrassed look.

"Don't take it to heart, you are going to die anyway. Did you see the hammer in my hand? I just need to use it to hit the back of your head gently, and your head will be smashed to pieces."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute!"

Seeing the robber approaching him again, Kieran sweated profusely, "You can't kill me."

"Why?"

"Because I... am a believer in the Shuangxiu religion. I was ordered by the prophet Merlin to write poems specifically for Saturday and praise its great achievements. If you kill me, Saturday will be punished on you."

Kieran said in a hurry, the robber holding the mace finally stopped when he heard the words, but soon he snorted again.

"So what, it's in the wilderness here, and no one will know if we kill you."

"Prophet Merlin can bring the dead back to life." Kieran reminded.

"Then after we kill you, we will destroy your body together."

Before Kieran could say anything, another bandit retorted, "It's useless. Didn't you listen to those bards singing? With only one head left, that Merlin can bring people back to life."

"How could anyone be stupid enough to believe the bards, they are all liars."

"But so did the farmers, who all claimed to have seen the dead come back to life." Another bandit, armed with a bow and arrow, joined the discussion.

"This Merlin and his Shuangxiujiao are obviously quite capable. Haven't we encountered their team before? There must be at least two thousand people following him. Are they all fools too?"

"So you mean I'm the fool?" the robber with the mace yelled, displeased.

"I didn't say that." The robber with a bow and arrow shrugged.

"That's what you mean, Hawkeye, and I know you always thought you were the smartest of us."

"I don't deny this."

"Fuck you, you're just a pretentious little bastard, and I can smash your head in with a hammer."

"My arrow went through your throat before you came close to me, Boulder."

Seeing that the bandits were fighting among themselves, the bard's eyes flashed with joy, and he also quietly moved towards the old horse that was grazing under the tree.

However, he had only taken a few steps before he was spotted.

"That bard of the Shuangxiu religion, are you going to run away?"

Kieran froze, and quickly explained, "No, I see you are busy, so I want to say a prayer first."

But when he interrupted, Hawkeye and Jushi stopped arguing, and looked at him one after another.

"I'll kill this kid first, and then I'll settle the score with you." Jushi said viciously.

"No, you can't kill him," Hawkeye objected, "not only can't we kill him, but we should protect him."

"What, you have a crush on him?"

"You can't make money out of his corpse even if you kill him."

"But at least it makes me feel better."

"Or we can escort him to the Shuangxiu Church."

"Why are we doing this?"

"Do you still remember the caravan that old one-eyed asked us to rob?"

"What's the one called the Golden Fleece?" Jushi thought for a while.

"Yes, the most valuable thing in the batch they brought was something called dragon's blood, which came from Shuangxiu Sect. It is said that the nobles in the royal capital were crazy about it.

"As long as a small piece the size of half a fingernail can sell hundreds of gold lions."

Jushi's breathing quickened, "So a little bit can be exchanged for hundreds of golden lions?! Why didn't you tell me earlier? As long as we do this, we will no longer have to worry about food and drink."

"Don't think about it. The Golden Fleece sent out more than forty guards to escort these dragon's blood. They are all masters. Old One-Eye summoned hundreds of people and they still beat the shit out of them."

Hawkeye paused, "But now, we may be able to obtain this legendary magic medicine without any effort."

"To rob the Shuangxiu Church?" Jushi's eyes lit up.

"There are at least three nobles and more than a hundred guards there, and they are going to the royal capital to participate in a martial arts competition." A robber with a short sword couldn't stand listening anymore and said,

"You idiot Jushi, what Hawkeye means is that we should send this bard back to the Shuangxiu Cult, and Merlin will thank us with the blood of the dragon."

"I know what Hawkeye means. I just want to see if there is another possibility. We use the bard to sneak into the team and directly tie up Merlin. It will be a big deal!"

"Don't do this!" Hawkeye warned, "We don't know much about that Merlin prophet, and we don't know what other tricks he has. Before the Shuangxiu Church, we killed a dragon with that female lord!"

"I'm just talking." Jushi muttered, "This is a backup plan. Once Merlin doesn't pay the bard a ransom, we will do it."

"Let's talk about it then."

…………

Kieran didn't expect that he would actually save his life by casually calling out his identity as a weekend teacher.

At this moment, he really wanted to praise Saturday from the bottom of his heart, but he had to face new troubles.

After meeting with Merlin, his false identity as the exclusive poet for this Saturday might be exposed. At that time, the gangsters would be furious, and they might still want to kill him.

And even if Jushi and the others don't do anything, Merlin will probably pursue him for pretending to be a Shuangxiu believer.

What should I do, what should I do to get this lie back?

Kieran, who temporarily saved his life, fell into deep thought again.

For three days in a row, he didn't think about eating or drinking, and his body also lost weight.

The robbers didn't think much about it, they just thought that he was depressed after being arrested, until the evening of the third day, they passed by a small village.

Hawkeye scouted around and saw no guards nearby, so the robbers planned to go in to grab some food and drink, and find a few women to relax at the same time.

Just when they dragged everyone out of the house and rushed to the open space in the center of the village, the bard who had been looking languid on the horse suddenly became energetic.