The world of sword and magic

Chapter 20 Journey

Originally, Schiller thought that this would be a safe journey, but when the three of them met four small thieves blocking the road and robbing the road in just three days, Schiller was not sure.

This made Daokuang couldn't help frowning deeply, and even Navitt's expression, which had always been rough, didn't dare to relax.

"It's really strange. I used to take this road a lot, and it's always been quite calm. Why are there so many things recently?" Dao Kuang frowned, as if he was thinking hard, "I haven't heard what happened to Xuelinglan ah?"

"Who is Xuelinglan?" Navet asked curiously, Dao Kuang and Schiller looked at him in surprise.

"Krit, you should be an experienced adventurer, right? You don't know who Xue Linglan is?" Dao Kuang couldn't believe it, but Xue Linglan is a famous beauty!How could Navitt not know?

"Xue Linglan is a famous thief, as famous as Black Scorpion. Contrary to Black Scorpion, who likes to wear black clothes, he always wears white clothes. He is a very beautiful man. I heard that the bounty hunters who actually saw him are already dead. , this is his territory, and it stands to reason that if it wasn't for his subordinates, it would be impossible to commit crimes here." Schiller said, "By the way, he is a half-breed of elves and demons."

"So that's it! Because I haven't come to the human side to pick up the task, so I'm not familiar with the situation here." Navet scratched his head a little embarrassedly, but he can't really blame him for this, considering his demon race It is really difficult for the identity to operate on the human land, so he didn't ask for trouble.

Schiller noticed that Dao Kuang had been looking at him, and felt a little strange, "Dad, what's wrong with you?"

"Irena," Dao yelled Schiller's pseudonym, "Why do you know that Xuelinglan is a hybrid of elves and demons? Even I don't know about this." Anyway, he was in this line of work before, no A young adventurer like Schiller will know things that even he doesn't know.

"I've seen him," Schiller replied softly, "Dad, I've seen him with my own eyes, so I know. But I'm not one of his men."

Dao Kuang and Schiller looked at each other for a long time, and finally Dao Kuang let out a long breath of relief.

"I believe you are not lying. As for what happened between you and him, I won't..." Dao Kuang was about to say that he would not ask more questions, but Schiller interrupted him.

"Nothing happened, Dad." Schiller said lightly, and then looked deeply at Navet and Dao Crazy, "If you want to know, I can tell you, he is my savior, that's all." Schiller lightly He raised a slight smile.

"Can you tell us? Irena." Navet asked curiously. To be honest, he was curious about what kind of person the so-called thief with the same reputation as the black scorpion was, and the knife maniac was also curious about this matter, because As far as he knew, although Xue Linglan was not as famous as Black Scorpion, she was actually a dangerous thief with a very weird personality.

Seeing that Navitt and Dao Kuang looked expectant, Schiller decided to explain the whole story clearly.

At that time, Schiller was only 160 years old, and he had not left the Green Forest where the elves lived. Inspired by the idea of ​​adventure, he planned to visit the human country. At that time, he was far less cautious than he is now. Schiller actually came to the human land alone without any disguise. He didn't start until he accidentally lived in a dark shop and woke up the next day to find that his hands and feet were bound and locked in a dark carriage. I deeply regret my rashness.

His mouth was stuffed with a cloth and covered with a layer of cloth, so even if he wanted to call for help, he couldn't help it. Since the windows of the carriage were covered with black cloth, he had no idea where he was now. Knowing that the carriage was moving fast and bumping very badly, he was very afraid of his future Schiller—he began to regret not listening to the elder's advice and leaving the Green Forest. He didn't want to be bought by a perverted rich man as a pet. !

Just as Schiller was thinking wildly, the carriage stopped suddenly, only the screams outside could be heard one after another, and it didn't take long for it to become a quiet silence.

"It smells like blood... what's going on outside? Schiller thought in confusion, "Could it be that someone robbed it?"Will I be killed? 』

At this time, the door of the carriage was suddenly opened, and the sunlight penetrating outside the carriage made Schiller, who was used to the darkness, feel a little dazzling for a while. He couldn't help squinting, and finally saw the person standing outside the carriage door people.

The snow-white clothes were not stained with any blood, but there was a strong murderous aura on his body. The man with snow-white long hair and blood-red eyes had a very beautiful appearance, which was indescribable in words. The overly elegant figure even makes people suspect that he is not the "person" that should exist in this world. At that time, Schiller didn't know that the person in front of him was Xue Linglan, but he just looked at him in surprise, shocked that there is actually such a person in the world. Such a beautiful person, beautiful but also very scary, especially those blood-red eyes, the sharp gaze even made him feel a little stinging, that purely elf appearance and the magic pattern of silver lily of the valley on the neck , giving people a very strange feeling, the hybrid blood of demons and elves...

Xue Linglan dragged Schiller out of the carriage somewhat rudely, and cut the ropes on Schiller's hands and feet with a long sword. He untied the cloth strip covering Schiller's mouth, and Schiller was able to spit out the cloth in his mouth. Tuan, who was about to say thanks, was slapped by Xue Linglan. Xue Linglan didn't use much force, but the slap still left five fingerprints on Schiller's face, and Schiller looked at him blankly.

"I haven't seen such a stupid brat for a long time," he said coldly, "It seems that those old men in Green Forest are getting more and more casual. If I didn't happen to see it, you would be sent to the black market for auction now. , Do you know! Little devil." The fierce tone completely incompatible with the beauty that did not seem to exist in this world made Schiller completely dumbfounded.

"Why are you crying! Brat." Xue Linglan said with some disdain, and Schiller realized that she was actually crying from fright, but, but it was really scary... "Okay, don't cry, I shouldn't have It must have been hit hard." Completely different from the viciousness just now, Xue Linglan took out a small medicine box from her pocket, "The face seems to be a little swollen..." Slender fingers dipped in the ointment and gently touched Schiller smeared on the face, the cool feeling makes people feel very comfortable, "Don't be so careless again, okay? Just because I can save you once, doesn't mean I can save you a second time." It was like an elder speaking to a younger generation. , although Schiller doesn't know how old the half-elf in front of him is, but he is certain that it should be much older than him... The appearance of the person in front of him is about the same age as a 27-year-old human, so the other party is at least a thousand years old.

"I, I see." Schiller said with some sobs.

For this, Xue Linglan didn't blame him anymore, but gently patted his head, "This is not okay, anyway, you are also a member of the Cattrell family, you have to be strong, you know? Hmm? I think I will Surprised to know? Please! Seeing your Milo-like face, the elves and demons who have participated in the war will recognize it? Although Milo looks much smarter than you, this dumb look is easy to be fooled. Eat it." Xue Linglan gently pinched Schiller's cheek.

Milo is the nickname of Schiller's grandfather Milo de Las. Does the beautiful man in front of him know his grandfather?Schiller wanted to ask a little bit, but in the end he didn't ask anything, because Xue Linglan left in a hurry, and Schiller didn't even have time to ask who he was. He didn't know until later that he officially started his life as an adventurer. The man he met was Xue Linglan, who was as famous as the black scorpion.

When Schiller finished talking about the encounter, Dao Kuang and Navitt looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" Schiller was a little puzzled.

"Irena, I always thought that this kind of mistake would only be made by a careless Crete." Dao Kuang said, traveling to a human country without preparation is really not like the "now" Schiller would make that mistake It's wrong, but it wouldn't be surprising if it was Navitt, and if he really wanted to imagine Schiller in a daze, he really couldn't imagine it.

"Dad, are you too shameless?" Navitt seemed to want to protest this statement, "but actually I feel the same way myself."

"... People always learn and grow through mistakes, and I didn't know what to pay attention to when traveling." Schiller said, "But speaking of this, I think something happened to Xuelinglan, even if it didn't It’s probably been a long time since the accident happened, that’s why this place is in such a mess, Dad, do you really have no news?”

Speaking of which, among the few of them, the one who is most familiar with this aspect should be Knife Maniac. Although Navitt, who has never been to a human country before, has rich experience as a guard, he doesn't know much about the security situation of a human country, and Schiller is very familiar with the security situation of a human country. In fact, the understanding of the situation can't be said to be very thorough, because as a half-elf archer, he often carries out other commissions, such as tracing people, delivering letters, and reconnaissance.

"No," Dao Kuang said honestly, "I quit this business for more than [-] years, and then switched to business. Although I will still pay attention to the news in this regard, after all, the news is not as good as before. I don't know what may have happened Things... By the way, let me ask Lian Xing!" Dao Kuang hurriedly took out the communication crystal, and after carefully confirming that there were no suspicious people around, he turned on the communication, "Lian Xing, Lian Xing, can you talk now? I It's Dao Maniac." The appearance of Lian Xing appeared on the crystal.

"Kang, I miss you so much! Are you okay now?" Lian Xing asked, "By the way, Qingdie and I have nothing important, so you don't need to worry too much." But sharp-eyed people may notice Lian Xun held a communication crystal in one hand, and a pack of ice cubes on his waist in the other... and he also had a pair of dark circles under his eyes that were obviously lack of sleep.

"That's good," the knife maniac finally heaved a sigh of relief. Although Lian Xing likes to joke, he would not deliberately lie to him if something really happened. The knife maniac with dark circles under Lian's eyes simply thought it was because he was too busy with work, " By the way, I want to ask you about Xuelinglan, I am in his territory now, but something is not right, do you know what happened to Xuelinglan recently?"

"He's gone out, and he should be back in a few days. Does it mean that he's only been away for a week, and the commotion has already started over there? Mad, do you want me to transfer the communication to him?" Lian Xun said.

"Wait, Lian Xing, what do you mean? It means Xuelinglan is also there?" Dao Kuang was shocked.

"That's right! He seems to be very familiar with the Lord, but he only comes to visit once in many years. He didn't come when you were here. I didn't mention it because you didn't ask about it before. That madman, you want Talk to him? I can cut off the communication for you, and you can rest assured that he won't help the Lord catch you back, Xue Linglan hates the Lord's habit of bullying others."

"Then trouble you to transfer the communication." Dao Kuang said, to be honest, he wanted to see Xue Linglan very much, and secondly, he also felt that it would be better to inform about this matter, otherwise it would cause great harm to the passing business travelers. Trouble.

It didn't take long for a man to appear on the crystal. He was indeed very beautiful and dressed in white clothes as Schiller said, but for some reason it always made people feel very dangerous. To some extent, the knife maniac felt very similar to the black scorpion, not his appearance It's about temperament.

"Are you the knife maniac that stupid scorpion often mentioned? It seems delicious..." Xue Linglan's arrogant and rude tone didn't match his appearance, but there was no sense of disobedience. Frankly speaking, this Is it the first time Dao Maniac has heard someone mention Black Scorpion in this tone, and what does it mean to say he is "delicious"? "I probably told me about the incident, can you tell me in detail?" However, except for the mention of the Lord, the tone of the usual speech is quite normal.

Dao Kuang explained the matter in detail, and before he finished speaking, he saw Xue Linglan's face suddenly changed, and then showed a sneer like a ghost, "Okay! I'm just not here for a few days, those boys actually I am restless, I will go back and educate them again, anyway, I will have time to play with that stupid scorpion in the future." After speaking, the communication was cut off.

What does "re-education" mean?I always felt as if I heard some very dangerous words, and Dao Kuang couldn't help but start to sympathize with the robbers on the road, although it didn't seem to be worthy of sympathy. Is it better than that?And it seems to be the same group of robbers, who have no ability to learn at all; and what exactly is Xue Linglan "playing" with the master?I always feel that it is not something he should think about carefully...