Although Benjamin had not counted carefully, he could roughly estimate that there were at least thirty people in this group.
Suddenly, Benjamin felt something was not good.
Although he didn't know the identity and purpose of these people, even a group of passers-by who happened to pass by were trouble enough for Benjamin and the others. After all, they chose to take this remote path to avoid the gaze of most people. If you bump into a group of people, wouldn't it just leak their traces
Therefore, he had to think of some way to properly handle the current situation.
"Didn't you say that you won't encounter people on this road? What's the situation?" He couldn't help but ask in his heart.
"What can I do? Some people just don't like to take the main road, and there's nothing they can do if they run into them." The system explained confidently, "If you're to blame, it's your bad luck. No matter how remote you go, you can still meet someone."
“…”
Benjamin discovered that the system had recently regained its annoying skills. Even if he slightly punished the system in his conscious space, the system would have a "come and beat me" face. It was so lawless that it simply didn't know how to control it.
It's a pity that he shouldn't be so naive as to think that this mental illness can be cured by violent means. System, it only relapsed more severely after a short period of suppression.
Benjamin sighed with some regret in his heart.
His eyes returned to reality and after observing for a while, his mood became more relaxed. From these more than thirty unidentified guys, Benjamin did not feel the caster's mental power and elemental fluctuations. They are just ordinary people and have nothing to do with existences such as mages and churches.
But, look at their outfits...
Wearing clothes similar to leather armor, with long knives on their waists, they were almost all tall men with beards. Their movements were sloppy but exuded a faint aura of danger. At that moment, Benjamin suddenly realized that this was a group of bandits.
"Are there bandits in this area?" he asked the system.
The system replied: "Probably not, but it is possible that they are new bandits, or we have just arrived in Ikol and have not heard enough information. There are actually bandits here, but we just don't know about it."
That's it...
Hearing this, Benjamin shrugged.
It doesn't matter, since it's a bandit, it's much easier to handle. If he didn't want his whereabouts to be leaked, all he had to do was kill all these bandits, and nothing unexpected would happen. He could also kill two birds with one stone.
Anyway, it's all about making sure no one knows where they are.
After observing for a while and confirming that the bandits were just camping here to rest and were not alert, Benjamin turned around and returned to the mages' camp. He quietly woke up the mages and told them that there was a group of bandits just a few mountain passes away from them, and everyone had better deal with it.
After hearing the news, the mages suddenly became energetic. They didn't need Benjamin to mobilize at all, and they wanted to take action with excitement on their faces. Benjamin was helpless, so he had to calm them down first and formulate a battle plan - eight people would ambush in the outer circle to prevent anyone from escaping, and the remaining people would go directly in and kill all the bandits.
"I hate bandits the most. It was the bandits who trampled to death the desert scorpion I raised in the kingdom before!" A kind-hearted girl named Laila suddenly let out a ghostly laugh and said extremely excitedly.
“…”
Benjamin couldn't help but think: It was really unlucky for these bandits to encounter them by chance.
Just like that, under the dim moonlight, except for the two potion mages who stayed behind and the other mage for protection, all the mages in the team went out and quietly walked out of the camp. Under Benjamin's command, they set up positions around the bandit's camp, and then, using the first fireball from the vanguard mage as a signal, they prepared to launch an attack.
Poor bandits, they still didn't know what was going on. They gathered around in twos and threes, seemed to be talking about something, and laughed from time to time.
Accompanied by muffled spells and subtle fluctuations in magic power.
boom!
A fireball appeared out of thin air and hit the bandit on the outermost edge. Suddenly, he turned into a pile of ashes without even making a sound. The other bandits were alarmed by this sudden change and stood up with their knives in hand. However, they were frightened by the various fireballs and wind blades coming towards them.
"My, my mother..."
"It's the mage! The mage attacked!"
"Master Mage, spare your life! Don't kill us, we surrender! We will give you everything!"
The entire battle was easier than the mages imagined. No, it's not even a fight. After the first round of magic attacks, the bandits were killed and injured, and the remaining bandits also lost all will to resist. Suddenly, the cry of begging spread throughout the mountain like a pig's braying.
When the mages saw this, they looked at each other and slowed down their attacks.
"They are all surrendering, and no one is trying to escape. Do we still want to take action?" Frank asked.
"Let's kill them all. What's the use of keeping a group of bandits?" Wallis shook his head and said, "Don't believe what they say. If you don't pay attention, they will find a way to escape."
"Well, that's right..."
However, just as the mages were preparing to launch another round of magic volley to deal with the bandits, Benjamin suddenly stood up, spoke, and stopped the mages.
"Wait a minute, I have a question for them."
If he guessed correctly, these bandits came from where they were going. In this case, it would be better to ask what happened on the way here. If there were no circumstances, why would they, a group of bandits, appear in such a place where birds don't poop
To put it bluntly, they had only been in Icol for a short time and needed more information. It would be too wasteful to kill such a group of indigenous bandits directly. He should kill them after asking questions.
So, under these words, the mages stopped the magic in their hands, and the bandits also showed happy expressions.
After thinking for a while, Benjamin walked out of the darkness and walked up to the bandit.
"Mr. Master, if you have any questions, just ask and we will tell you everything." A bandit looked at Benjamin and said with fear.
Benjamin asked with a cold face: "Where are you bandits? Why are you here? If I remember correctly, there should be no bandits around here."
Hearing this, the bandit showed a somewhat confused expression, shook his head, and said, "Master Mage, we are not bandits. You are mistaken. We, we are... robbers from the Fit River."
…Fit River
Hearing this, Benjamin frowned.
It's weird...
Having seen Ikol's map, he also knew about the existence of the Fit River. That is a river in the southeast of Ikol. It is already close to the border between Ikol and Freeden, which is quite far away from here. If these people were really bandits in that area, they would have to spend at least half a month traveling over mountains and ridges to get to this place.
These days, does it take such a long time for a robber to commit a robbery
At that moment, Benjamin felt that the whole thing was a bit fishy.
"Why are you here?" So he asked.
"Ah... it was the madam who brought us here." The robber seemed to be really scared and told him everything without being pressed. "She said she had received news that she could meet a large caravan here. We got more money than we could spend in a lifetime, so we just followed.”
Hearing this, Benjamin felt even stranger.
Big caravan
Are you kidding? How can a large caravan pass by this area? This route carefully selected by Benjamin and the system was to ensure that they would not pass through any villages or towns. What the hell is this big caravan doing here
For some reason, at that moment, Benjamin suddenly felt that the reason why these bandits appeared here was inextricably linked to them.
After thinking for a while, he then asked: "Where is that lady? I have something to ask her?"
When he first observed, he seemed to have found the only woman in the group, but...
Where are people
The other bandits reacted with the same confusion as he did. They first looked around, and some even opened up the bodies of their companions, searching in panic. However, after searching for a long time, they could not find the only woman among the men.
"Master Mage... Madam, she seems to be missing. I don't know where she has gone." Finally, the leading robber came over in shock and fear, and said to Benjamin in a tone that they themselves did not believe. said.
As for Benjamin, he was a little scared.
When the robber was looking around just now, he also turned on the water element perception method and scanned everything nearby in circles. However, the female figure he discovered at the beginning was no longer there at this moment.
what's the situation
Where are people
He had already sent people to surround the entire bandit camp. How could someone still escape in the chaos
You know, when they start to attack, the water element induction method is also turned on at all times. The entire bandit camp was within his sight. If this "lady" really escaped, unless she escaped while Benjamin was returning to the mage's camp, there is no way that Benjamin would not notice it at all.
However, how could she escape while Benjamin was returning to the camp? How could it be such a coincidence
Could it be that... this "Madam" had discovered their existence long ago
The more Benjamin thought about it, the weirder he felt.
Just when he was thinking about what he had missed, suddenly, accompanied by several exclamations, two familiar figures ran over in a panic in the darkness in the distance. Benjamin came back to his senses and looked carefully. It was the two potion mages who were staying in the mage camp.
What are they here for
Suddenly, Benjamin felt something was even more wrong.
They just came to suppress a group of bandits who had no power to resist. Why did they cause so many strange incidents
"What happened? Why are you here?" He frowned and asked extremely seriously, "Where is Augustine? Isn't he protecting you in the camp?"
However, Andy and Hannah ran up to him, stopped, panted, paused for a while, and then spoke in a panic, "I, we don't know, Augustin... He suddenly disappeared."