The Truth of Magic

Chapter 355

At this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from farther away.

"Go and have a look," Zhao Xu told the driver.

It's fine if they didn't hear it. As priests, they suddenly heard other people's calls for help and fled before the battle, which would only deflect their own camp in the end.

This is also the reason why paladins, priests, and druids, which are easy to meddle in their own business, have relatively strong abilities, otherwise it would not be easy for them to survive.

At this time, although the coachman didn't want to get involved in such a mess, he hurriedly drove towards the source of the sound when he heard Zhao Xu's order behind him.

As the carriage passed the pile of wormwood that was half a person's height in front, the vision in front of it suddenly widened, and I saw a carriage that was the same as theirs also parked beside the post road.

The wheels on one side of the carriage were already sunk in the mud, and a young woman in a luxurious fur coat was poking her head out to observe the situation ahead. She was holding a young child in her arms, and she was also curiously watching the battle in front of her.

The other team leader, a strong, dark-looking man, carried a tower shield and covered them in front of the mother and child to protect them.

Around the carriage, there were a total of eight guards, dressed in silver light armor and holding steel shields, watching the cavalry ahead vigilantly.

And outside the carriage is a cavalry company all riding on horses.

Although many of the cavalry were riding ponies that were generally unable to run for long distances due to their stamina, they could be regarded as strong soldiers when combined with their light armor.

The black armor in front of those cavalrymen were all painted with wolf heads. They were still holding the reins to control the horses, but they were all wearing machetes and battle axes. They were staring at the people in front of the carriage.

"It's the Black Wolf Cavalry nearby. It is rumored that they are doing some dirty work for some big shots in Mystrali, engaging in shady shady scenes."

The coachman usually travels all over the vicinity of Mystra, and basically knows all the hills. The people who knew Zhao Xu probably didn't understand this, so they explained it directly.

"They usually don't wantonly rob and kill merchants on post roads. At most, they just rob. Now they are focusing on this carriage. I'm afraid they have a lot of inside information."

Zhao Xu frowned slightly after hearing this, and already had a faint guess in his heart.

At best, they will help each other when they see injustice, but they will not intervene in the grudges between nobles and wealthy businessmen.

On the contrary, Zheng Xinyun sneaked through the curtain of the car, staring wide-eyed at the imminent battle in front of him.

"Mrs. Betty, hand over the kid in your arms, so that we can go back to do business." The cavalry leader in a bright full-body armor shouted, and at the same time he waved a long spear, pointing at the tower in front of him. Mother Betty and her son covered by a shield.

And that Mrs. Betty didn't say anything about it. Instead, the strong bodyguard in front of her yelled directly: "Heilangqi, you came to rob our young master, can you bear the revenge behind your back?"

"Heh." Hearing these words, the cavalry leader waved his hands behind him, and immediately the other twenty or so cavalrymen drew out their scimitars with a cold light in their hands, as if they were about to charge forward.

Although the cavalry leader noticed the carriage coming from Zhao Xu's side, he didn't pay much attention to it.

At this time, he yelled towards the carriage: "Young master, do you really think that you will be rich if you climb a branch? Don't you think about your background?"

And Betty in the center gritted her teeth, secretly looking at the cavalry team surrounded in front of her. She knew that the child in her arms was the biggest bargaining chip, and once she lost it, she would have no room to turn around.

"Betty?" Elleton thought back when he heard the name.

"Have you heard?" Zhao Xu didn't live in Mystra in his previous life, and now at best, he has only read the history of the coat of arms of the upper-level mage family in Mystra, and he doesn't know much about some middle-level forces.

Especially after searching his own local knowledge and finding nothing, he really can't do the kind of thing that can reflect the whole ins and outs just by hearing the name.

"It seems to be the Mystrali Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce." Elton was deep in thought.

Chamber of Commerce?

Zhao Xu is no stranger to this kind of organization, and he even knows that Mystra's chamber of commerce is a white glove on the face of many mage families, specializing in business operations and accumulation of wealth for mage families.

Like a quill pen that can copy spells, only three chambers of commerce in Mystra have obtained franchise rights, and they were decided after numerous disputes behind the scenes.

What Zhao Xu encountered at this moment seemed to be just a small act of robbery, but in essence it might be a microcosm of the entire game of mage Mistra's aristocratic power.

However, the carriage of the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce and the Black Wolf Cavalry Company seemed to be in a mysterious stalemate.

And with the yelling and cursing from both sides, Zhao Xu also heard a drama of grievances and grievances from a wealthy family.

After getting enough information, Zhao Xu retrieved some rumors based on his level 1 professional ability "Learning" of a monastic priest. After combining knowledge (local) skills, Zhao Xu immediately obtained a lot of information.

He also opened his mouth to explain the ins and outs of the big scene in front of him by giving half of his imagination and half of speculation to the two people behind him.

The Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce is a family-owned chamber of commerce, mainly engaged in the magic scroll trade in Mystra.

During this period, Abel, the head of the chamber of commerce, remarried Betty, who was already a deacon in the Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce, after his wife was accidentally killed seven years ago, and then gave birth to Abel's second son, Webster.

Later, as the health of Abel, the head of the chamber of commerce, went from bad to worse, the chamber of commerce was gradually divided into half by Harry, the eldest son born to Abel's first wife, and Mrs. Betty, the continuation.

The two sides were peaceful at first, until recently Abel, the leader of the business, had a stroke. After being rescued by doctors and pastors, he lost most of his body functions. Manage the chamber of commerce.

At this time, the undercurrent under the chamber of commerce suddenly began to surge. Mrs. Betty also sensed that the wind was not in the right direction, so she hurriedly fled back to her natal home in Shuanglu Town with her youngest son.

That's why Abel's eldest son, Harry, entrusts the black wolf to stop Mrs. Betty.

For him, as long as he controls his younger brother Webster, basically his stepmother Betty can't make any troubles.

"Captain, shall we save them?" Zheng Xinyun asked.

At this time, after knowing that the other party was not forced by a weak woman, Zheng Xinyun did not have that kind of knot. Although she looked down on this kind of behavior, she would not rashly intervene in it.

In this kind of situation where you don't know who is right and who is wrong, rashness can easily become a butcher's knife for one of them.

After learning more about the reversal of the situation on the Internet, players now know how to wait and see when eating melons, chill the melons, and then eat them when they are cold.

At this time, the yelling and cursing from both sides had intensified, and even began to collide with weapons, and the sound of collisions was even more endless, as if the two sides were about to start a life-and-death battle without being able to hold each other down.

"I'm afraid it's not our turn to act." Seeing that he hadn't been able to provide Zhao Xu with more information just now, Elleton felt a little regretful. Hearing Zheng Xinyun's question, he quickly expressed his opinion.

"How to say?" Zheng Xinyun asked curiously, at this moment she clenched the light crossbow in her hand a little bit, the string of the bow was stretched tightly, and the arrows of the crossbow were ready to go off.

It was Zhao Xu who just took it out and gave it to her.

Originally, the monster's old hag's defensive ability was over level 22, so Zhao Xu didn't intend to let the two of them shoot with light crossbows. Without experience, they would easily accidentally injure their teammates.

Unexpectedly, he encountered this confrontation suddenly, so he re-selected them for the two to deal with.

"According to the situation of the scene, it is obvious that the black wolf cavalry has the upper hand, and although the wheels of the carriage got stuck in the pit, they didn't hurry to change horses and light cavalry to escape. Obviously, they felt that there was a chance of winning if it dragged on. In addition, the Chamber of Commerce itself is engaged in the scroll trade, said It is not allowed that the other party also has some means of notification, and they are waiting for rescuers to come to their rescue." Elton analyzed.

At this time, he also remembered the talisman filled with sand that Zhao Xu had given him, and continued, "In this case, it may be that Mrs. Betty besieged and killed those black wolf riders."

But Zhao Xu shook his head, "Betty is hopeless. I'm afraid she has come to understand that it will not be her helper who came, or she is just betting on a one-ten-thousandth accident."

Before Zheng Xinyun could answer the question after listening, he suddenly saw the dust billowing in the distance of the original post road, raising waves of white and gray fog.

An elite cavalry team of more than 30 people swept in from the direction of Shuanglu Town at this time.

Compared with the ordinary cavalry company that besieged Mrs. Betty, the cavalry company that attacked from a long distance were all heavy horses. The cavalry with matte black body armor and heavy armor were even more majestic. There were more than ten cavalry spears in the front row. Pointing to it, it is full of chilling meaning.

"Retreat." Zhao Xu ordered the driver in front of him.

As Harry's elder brother, according to Mystra's tradition and the suppression of the church forces, with witnesses like Zhao Xu, it is destined that his younger brother Webster will be under surveillance for four or five years until Mrs. Betty's death. The forces were wiped out.

Next, when they went to the theater again, they violated the rules, and they were somewhat suspected of picking up leaks.

Zhao Xu, who didn't get any worse, naturally decided to evacuate from here.

Seeing the identity of the oncoming cavalry and feeling the strong smell of blood on the opponent's body, Mrs. Betty immediately understood that she would be robbed and killed by this cavalry company coming from the direction of Shuanglu Town. up.

Her eyes turned red, but she hugged her child even more tightly. She looked at the leader of the new cavalry, thinking about the way out.

Who knew that just when the carriage driver flicked his whip and drove the horse in front of him to get up and leave.

With a "bang", an arrow with eagle feathers just fell outside Zhao Xu's carriage, and the arrow head even passed through the baffle in the weak part of the carriage.

The leader of the cavalry who had besieged Mrs. Betty at first turned his horse's head and looked at Zhao Xu for a while, "My friend, after watching the show for so long, you want to leave so easily without handing over something?"