Chapter 36: First Hearing of Bad News

The mercenaries did not have many heavy items when they came, but when they returned they had bundles of furs, needles, and a heavy shield. These things slowed down the horses, especially the heavy shield. They also made a cart to carry all the heavy items, which was then pulled by two horses.

Halfway through the journey, an arrow flew out from a nearby tree and landed on the ground just in front of the team.

"alert."

Liede signaled everyone to slow down, because there was a barricade of horses ahead, and if the horses rushed forward, they would surely fall headlong.

Someone is robbing!

The mercenaries pulled the reins to make the horses slowly stop, and one by one they drew their weapons, either long swords or long bows, and looked around vigilantly.

There were woods on both sides of the trade road, and a low slope on one side. A lot of people came out of the woods on both sides, there were hundreds of them. Except for the twenty or so people in the lead who were bandits, the others looked like refugees, and most of the weapons in the refugees' hands were wooden spears.

"Haha, leave your goods behind, otherwise you'll never get through here intact." A man stood up from the bandits. He was tall, wearing a worn half-body armor and a wooden mask on his face.

As soon as he finished speaking, a fast arrow shot straight at him in response.

"A little trick." Seeing this, the bandit leader was not at all panicked. He waved his arm and the arrow was blocked by the armor.

"Boss, be careful." He didn't notice that following the arrow was a small spinning axe, which was also very fast and was in front of him in the blink of an eye, making the other bandits worry for their boss.

The bandit leader had just lowered his arms when a dark shadow came towards him and hit him right in the neck with a small axe. He fell to the ground with his eyes wide open before he could even utter a sound.

The leader was killed in one encounter, and the other bandits and refugees were so scared that they wished they had more legs and fled in panic.

"Captain, your flying axe skills are still so neat and powerful that it's hard to defend against."

"Ivan, have you learned this killer move?"

With the cooperation of Gro and Red, this robbery turned into a farce, and the Giant Shield Mercenaries gained an extra piece of worn-out armor.

In the Giant Shield Mercenary Group, the captain's axe throwing skills and the deputy captain's archery skills are topics that the mercenary group talks about with great relish.

In fact, Ivan and his five siblings all learned the skill of throwing axes from their father since they were young, but they did not learn their father's silent and accurate shooting skills. There must be some talent involved.

It was almost evening when the group arrived at the gate of Feiyu Port.

As a resident of this city, you do not need to pay an entry fee, but the goods you bring need to be inspected by the city guards, and a small entry fee will also be charged. If there is nothing taboo about the goods, they will be allowed to pass.

"Captain Lede, take care."

After watching the mercenaries leave, the old city guard said something to the people around him and left in a hurry, heading towards the west of the city.

Ivan and the others returned to the mercenary group’s base, handed back the things they were going to return, and then dispersed.

The father and his two sons returned to the Marichaton home together.

After dinner, Ivan returned to his room, followed by Padget.

"Brother Ivan, a beautiful sister came to your house a few days ago. She seemed to be a noble lady." Padget said with a gossipy look on her face, trying to find out something.

Hearing the word "noble lady", Ivan immediately thought of Miss Church. He put his hand on his sister's head in a flash and rubbed and rubbed her fluffy brown hair hard until it became a mess.

"ah!"

It took Padge a few seconds to react. Her hair was messed up by her brother again. Unfortunately, there was a huge gap in strength between the two and she couldn't avoid it no matter what.

After a long while, Ivan finally let her go. Paddy stared at him with shame and anger, muttering, "There really is a beautiful girl looking for you, wearing a green dress, with a big thing in front - an abnormal woman." As she spoke, she gestured in front of her and suddenly felt a little discouraged.

From her description, I knew it was Jiushiti. I didn't know why she was looking for me. Ivan didn't care much about it. Seeing that his sister was hesitant to speak, he asked:

"Is there anything else?"

Padge lowered her head and pinched her fingers, then raised her head again and said, "It's that clinic. There's a big problem."

Ivan frowned and said, "Tell me about it."

Padgy then told her about the Bat's Eye Clinic. Ever since her brother went to study at the clinic, she had inevitably paid more attention to it. Moreover, the current events were known to the whole city. She could just talk to any auntie who was buying groceries and she would know.

'Old Orr is dead, his body is gone, a mysterious wizard, a heinous criminal.'

After listening to his sister's story, Ivan's face became gloomy. He didn't expect that in just a few days, such a big thing happened in the Bat's Eye Clinic. Old Or, such a great pharmacist, was gone just like that.

Padge looked at him worriedly: "Brother Ivan, this has nothing to do with us. No one is bothering us, and it has nothing to do with you either."

Seeing his sister's worried look, Ivan said casually, "I know, I'm just a little depressed because I have one less place to learn alchemy. By the way, Jiusiti, that beautiful sister, did she only come to see me once?"

Padge nodded.

"Did she leave an address?"

"No, I just asked if you were home, and then left unhappy."

"Is that so?" Ivan thought for a moment and waved to his sister. "It's all over for you. Go back where you came from and don't disturb me while I'm reading."

Hearing this, Paggi looked at him with an angry face and stood there without moving.

Ivan was surprised and asked, "Anything else? No way, I've only been away for a few days."

Padge clenched her fist and protested to him: "I have something to ask Brother Ivan."

"explain."

"Why were you so rude just now? How dare you mess up a lady's hair? Brother Ivan, you must explain it to me clearly, otherwise I will never forgive you, absolutely not!"

Padge looked serious and vowed to get to the bottom of it. She was not someone who could be fooled easily.

"It was just a small punishment. You did something bad." Ivan explained. Seeing that she obviously didn't believe him, he told her about Miss Church's incident, so that she would understand what she had done and how much trouble she had brought to her brother.

After hearing his words, Paddy's little mouth opened slightly and didn't close for a long time.

Ivan patted his sister's head again and told her, "Next time if you have a chance, say more good things about brother Beeman. Forget it, just say good things about your brother Paul. Say good things for Paul. Paul's future happiness and the hope of the Marichatons depend on you, Paige."

"This is a gift for you. It's the trophy I got from my first hunt - a deer antler."

Padge was even more confused, until Ivan pushed her out of the room for a while and faced the door with only a crack left, she came to her senses.

Why is my mind a little confused!
Padgy shook her fluffy brown hair and looked at the sharp antlers. She wanted to go back, but she looked into the room through the crack in the door, thinking that brother Ivan must be very concerned and hoped that he would be okay.

She let out a sigh that was not appropriate for her age, and ultimately did not try to reason with her brother.

About an hour later, Ivan quietly left the room and left the Marichatton family.

(End of this chapter)

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