Chapter 1118 Mystical archery
On the third night of the trade caravan’s expedition, the group had just stopped to set up camp when Qian Weining sent out his guards to patrol the surroundings of the campsite.
The guards were all wearing brown leather armor sewn together from several layers of cowhide. This was enough to stop the attacks of the average bladed weapon. At the very least, it would be very difficult for the average attacker to immediately cause them fatal injuries while they wore the leather armor.
After Qian Weining was sent away by Ren Xiaosu, he returned a second time.
He said to Melgor in a serious tone, “Your Excellency Lord Melgor, I have to be honest. I’m currently facing some danger. But at the same time, I also understand something very clearly. Although the enemy you’re facing is different from mine, our situation is exactly the same. So no matter whose enemy we encounter on this journey, please don’t hold back your strength. Only like so will we reach Ghent City safely. Can we agree on that?” These words made Melgor worried. He knew full well that Qian Weining would only have such a serious discussion with him if he were facing a very powerful enemy. He pondered it for a long time and then looked at Ren Xiaosu…
Ren Xiaosu smiled at Qian Weining and said, “Don’t worry, I’m here.”
When Qian Weining heard this, he was stunned. Meanwhile, Melgor became even more worried. At some point, Melgor even suspected these words might be Ren Xiaosu’s catchphrase. No matter what you asked that young man, he would always answer you with those words.
The atmosphere at the camp was no longer cheerful like it was on the first day. It even felt a little gloomy as they traveled during the day.
The young people who had just left York County to pursue their dreams in the big cities came to understand the cruelty of the world as soon as they stepped out of their hometown.
They would never forget how they had to personally bury their companions on the first night.
After the wagon fort was set up, Ren Xiaosu leaned against one of the carriages and asked, “What’s the purchasing power of the Kingdom of Sorcerers’ currency? How much can gold coins buy?” Melgor shook his head. “Gold coins aren’t usually used in daily transactions. It’s more common to see silver and copper coins on the market. Under normal circumstances, one copper coin can purchase five kilos of rice. A 100 copper coins are equivalent to one silver coin, and 20 silver coins are equivalent to one gold coin. Of course, there are fluctuations in the exchange rate between silver and gold coins. Basically, the fluctuations are generally between 19 to 21 silver coins for one gold coin, and some people even hoard gold or silver coins for arbitrage.”
Ren Xiaosu nodded and said, “That’s very easy business since they’d only need to pay attention to the gold and silver prices. But does no one do anything about them?” “Why would anyone care?” Melgor remarked, “There’s a transaction fee for every currency exchange. You might be able to make money from arbitrage, but the sorcerer banks will never, ever make a loss.”
Ren Xiaosu suddenly stopped in his tracks. Curious, Melgor asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Enemies,” Ren Xiaosu said.
Melgor was a little puzzled. “How do you know? Why didn’t I notice anything?” “Intuition,” Ren Xiaosu said with a smile.
Melgor looked at Ren Xiaosu and realized he was observing Qian Weining and the others. He was unsure of what Ren Xiaosu might be thinking
Ren Xiaosu’s so-called intuition finally shocked Melgor. While avoiding being pursued, Ren Xiaosu had used his powerful intuition to help Melgor avoid the Flame Pillar spell.
Then on the first night the trade caravan was attacked by the bandits, Ren Xiaosu helped him avoid dozens of arrows fired at them. At that moment, Melgor even felt that as long as Ren Xiaosu was around, no arrows could hit him once.
Gradually, he got a strange feeling that as long as Ren Xiaosu was protecting him, he would definitely not die.
Melgor did not know why he felt this way. Perhaps he had started to believe Ren Xiaosu’s bragging?
Previously, Melgor did not think too much about it. Just as Ren Xiaosu had told him, even though he had become a sorcerer, he was still only a rookie sorcerer who had never killed anyone before.
But now, when Melgor saw Ren Xiaosu’s calm expression, he suddenly wondered how he could stay so composed. Did Ren Xiaosu brag so much that he even started to believe it himself? Or was he already so capable he did not have any fear?! “Then should I go and help Qian Weining and the others?” Melgor suddenly asked.
“Forget it, arrows don’t have eyes. They’ll be fine.” After that, Ren Xiaosu called the two sheeple over from the campfire to take cover behind the carriage together.
At this moment, hundreds of bandits were closing in on the camp from the mountain path outside. They did not notice a shadow watching them distantly from the mountain. Ren Xiaosu did not control Old Xu to make a move immediately because he was waiting for the bandits to engage Qian Weining and his men and start firing at each other.
Ren Xiaosu was hoping Qian Weining would get recognized as a sharpshooter in everyone’s eyes and wanted to use these repeated battles to help cement his reputation. After that, all of the enemies would focus their attention on Qian Weining and neglect him, or even Melgor.
Bandits were again coming to attack them. But once the other party realized bandits were not enough to accomplish the mission, they would start deploying their regular troops.
At that time, it would all depend how many regular troops the other party wanted to send in disguised as bandits. By this point, that group of bandits on the mountain had arrived near the camp. They quietly calculated the distance before launching an arrow volley at the same time.
Concurrently, a group of several dozen bandits approached the trade caravan’s camp under the cover of the arrow fire.
As this group of bandits slowly approached the carriage walls, Qian Weining was suddenly alerted. Before he could get up, an arrow landed in the middle of the camp with dozens more following close behind.
Qian Weining’s expression froze. He immediately got up and fired back in the direction of the arrows through a gap in the carriage walls.
As soon as the arrow left his hand, the scream of a bandit came from the bushes on the opposite slope. Qian Weining was stunned. He had clearly not aimed his shot properly, yet he still managed to hit someone?
Qian Weining nocked another arrow and loosed. Then another scream rang out from the other side.
To be honest, Qian Weining had never experienced such a fun battle before. It was as though once he drew his bow, someone would surely die on the opposing side.
This was no longer a battle bound by physical laws. It was pure magic!
Qian Weining shot arrows one after another as screams rang out in succession on the other side of the mountain. Even Qian Weining himself thought he might have been possessed by a god. He was simply the reincarnation of the God of War!
When the two guards at his side saw how valiant their vice president was, they even stopped firing their bows and ran over to Qian Weining to pass him more arrows. They were like specialists whose dedicated job was to load the ammunition belt of a heavy machine gun.
An instant later, an arrow suddenly shot through a gap between the carriages and grazed Qian Weining’s scalp.
In shock, Qian Weining subconsciously leaned back to dodge, while the arrow he had just fired lost its aim.
When he saw that arrow fly into the sky, Qian Weining even felt a little regretful.
But before he could completely lament that miss, another bandit’s scream came from the opposite side of the slope. Qian Weining froze.