Accompanied by a sharp and piercing horn, a strangely shaped large ship, like a giant shark from the deep sea, sailed quickly from the upper reaches of the Fit River.
At that time, Benjamin and his group were still standing in the empty lobby of the hotel, discussing the next action. And when they heard this strange noise, they couldn't help but come to the door and look out.
I saw that at the ferry in the distance, the big ship approached in a very rough way, and with a bang, the already dilapidated ferry trembled. Then, countless vicious-looking guys emerged from the ship, making noisy shouts, and rushed towards the town.
Seeing this, Benjamin held his forehead and shook his head helplessly.
How the hell is it such a coincidence
I just found out about the existence of the river pirates, but I turned around and bumped into these guys. His character was also unbelievable.
"Teacher Benjamin, let's go over and get rid of them directly." Joanna suggested.
"... No rush, let's check the situation first." After thinking about it, Benjamin shook his head and said.
My group is, after all, a group of wanted criminals. Although they have disguised themselves, there is still a risk of being recognized. In short, they still have to keep a low profile as much as possible and don't make trouble everywhere.
Moreover, even if you want to take action, you have to watch your opponent carefully before taking action.
In this way, Benjamin and his group hid in the hotel and secretly observed what was going on outside through a window.
In the town outside the window, the group of river bandits also dispersed at this moment, swearing and kicking open the doors of almost every house. Within a few minutes, all the residents of the town were driven to the vicinity of the ferry.
"Hey, hey, hey! Stop hiding here and get out of here!"
The mage and his party in the hotel were also discovered by the river pirates, and they were ordered to go near the ferry at knifepoint. Seeing this, the mages looked at each other with strange expressions. In the end, they suppressed the laughter in their hearts and followed them without saying a word, just like a group of ordinary people.
Like shepherds driving their sheep, the river pirates seemed to regard this town as their pasture. As for what they are doing now, they are probably starting to shear the wool.
"Twenty bags of grain, five cows, and ten barrels of fish. I told you last time, are you ready?" A man walked out of the river pirates, grabbed an old man who looked like a mayor, and said viciously .
"Everyone, my lords..." The old man was so frightened that his whole body was shaking, "You just came here three days ago. We really can't get so many things together in three days."
"Then you mean you can't take it out?" the river pirate then asked.
"I... we really don't have so many things!"
"No, right?" Suddenly, a ferocious sneer appeared on the river bandit's face, "Okay, don't you still have a few grandchildren? After killing so many people, it's their turn."
Hearing this, the old man's face changed drastically, and he hugged the river pirate's legs and began to plead. However, the river bandit obviously didn't intend to pay attention. He kicked the old man away, picked up the knife, and walked towards the crowd.
The crowd, who were already shivering, now had their legs weak from fear. But many river thieves gathered around and stared at them so that they did not dare to escape at all, so they had no choice but to squat down with their heads in their hands, secretly praying that the knife would not fall on their heads.
Therefore, among the crowd, the remaining group of people who were not scared to squat down looked very conspicuous at this moment.
"Who are you?" Suddenly, the river pirate's eyes focused on Benjamin and his party.
Seeing this, Benjamin suddenly sighed.
After thinking for a while, he ignored the river bandit's ferocious questions, but turned his head, faced the mages behind him, and spoke helplessly: "Forget it, I can't stand it anymore, let's do it. "
The people around didn't understand what this meant, so the mages nodded and started chanting in unison. Accompanied by the sudden spread of magic power fluctuations, the faces of the river pirates changed drastically before the magic took shape.
"Damn it! It's a group of mages, please notify the boss!"
The river pirates all avoided, but the singing speed was also very fast. In the blink of an eye, countless ice cone fireballs were summoned in mid-air. After many battles against the monsters, the mages had a tacit understanding, controlled the magic, and fought in different directions.
With this scattered fire attack method, it was obvious that they were preparing to hit the opponent hard in one fell swoop and did not want to waste too much time.
However, the mobility of this group of river pirates is pretty good. Faced with the incoming magic, they did not flee. Instead, they cooperated with each other and took advantage of their numbers to resist the magic released by the mages. For the wind blade, several people use knives to attack together, for the fireball, they use buildings as obstacles, and for the ice pick, they use it as a way to dodge...
In short, after one round of attacks, many river bandits were injured, but no more than ten were killed. This still surprised Benjamin.
No wonder they can dominate this area, these river pirates are quite capable.
Of course, no matter how powerful the river pirates are, they are still just river pirates. It's not that Benjamin is arrogant, but he knows very well that in front of more than 20 mages, as long as the number of enemies does not exceed 500, they will never pose a threat.
Because of this, he didn't even take action in the round of attacks just now, he just quietly observed the battle situation.
And with just a few more rounds of attacks like that, these river pirates probably wouldn't be able to hold on.
However, just when the mages started singing again and prepared to launch the next round of offensive, the sharp and harsh horn suddenly appeared again, and many people couldn't help but cover their ears. Then, the hatch on the big ship opened again, and a dark figure flashed out.
… That is
Seeing this, Benjamin frowned, and suddenly recited a spell, summoning a water curtain to protect all the mages.
As soon as the water curtain was formed, the black shadow was like a bolt of lightning, hitting it directly, causing the water curtain to tremble, and actually shattered the water curtain just like that. However, the black shadow was bounced away and stopped in mid-air not far away.
"Boss, you are finally here!" someone among the river pirates exclaimed.
Benjamin was finally able to see clearly what the black shadow looked like.
It was an ugly monster. It looks a bit like a tiger, but it has only one eye. Its body is pitch black, and the patterns on its body are like moss and alopecia areata. It is extremely messy and therefore looks particularly ugly. But behind this monster, there is a pair of flawless white wings. The wings seemed like those of an angel walking out of a mural. Under the afternoon sunlight, they exuded a faint white halo, forming a sharp contrast with its own appearance.
The figure of the Warcraft is small, even smaller than the average tiger. It looks a bit like a griffon, but it is completely different from a griffin and is very strange.
Benjamin had never heard of the existence of this kind of monster.
This is surprising enough. After all, after coming to Ikol for so long, he has also read some books similar to the Warcraft Illustrated Book, and has a certain understanding of the Warcraft species.
It is indeed a bit strange to have a monster that neither he nor the system can recognize.
However, what was even more surprising was that on the back of this monster, they actually saw the figure of a middle-aged man.
—There was a man riding on the back of the monster.
That's right, the middle-aged woman really wasn't exaggerating. This river pirate appears riding a flying tiger.
He wore the same dirty leather armor as other river bandits, but what he held in his hand was a huge ax more than two meters long. There was a faint magical aura exuding from the ax blade, and it looked extremely heavy. However, when the man held it in his hand, he felt no effort at all. Instead, there was a feeling that the ax had become a part of his body.
The leader of the river pirates sat on the back of the monster, squinting his eyes and looking down at Benjamin and his group. He exuded an inexplicable aura, as if he had just slaughtered an unknown town and came to a new place, so he thought to himself, "It's getting colder, let this town disappear too."
Benjamin even felt a faint breath of danger.
"Exactly twenty-three mages..." However, at this moment, the river bandit leader suddenly spoke and said, "That's interesting. Could it be that... you happen to be the group of people mentioned in the recently issued wanted order?"