Crane tail salted fish from the Academy of the Brave

Chapter 127 Confronters in the Chaotic Wasteland

"So, where is the nearest convergence point?"

Lauren looked at the map sent to him by Effie, and found that the nearby towns were all a distance away.This is a barren area connecting two towns. It may be because there are no resources that no towns have been established here, and they are only used as open passages.

"The Principality of Festum in the east is the closest to us in a straight line. But it is not very friendly to outsiders, especially 'outsiders' like us."

I don't know if people in this world are used to the existence of outsiders, but Laurent has no intention of testing the other party's friendliness personally.

"To the west, we have to cross at least three towns to reach the nearest convergence point." Effie pointed to a point on the map that was almost two lengths of wasteland from their current location. “But I recommend this side.”

"The reason?"

"There is a stronghold of the Reincarnation School over there. It is very convenient for us to forcefully activate the binding point and escape."

Were you planning to escape from the beginning?

"Wait a minute, what you just said was summoning." Laurent actually felt a strong resonance coming from somewhere. "If it's not at the convergence point, is there any chance to summon the fragment you mentioned?"

"Because there is randomness in the summoning magic, if it is not at the convergence point of the earth's veins, the price you pay will most likely not be enough to pull the fragment in front of you."

Ai still answered Lauren's question expressionlessly, but Lauren felt as if she was despising him.

"For a magic blind man like Mr. Loren, he may say this because he doesn't understand the consumption of this kind of summoning magic. Judging from your current mental strength, you need to rest for at least ten days after summoning. Only then can we do it again. And we only have 25 days in this world, which means we can use summoning magic three times at most."

"I know you are trying to mock me, please don't really say it next time."

So the safest way is to find the leyline convergence point - use summoning magic to summon the fragments - make a big fuss and be hunted down - borrow the reincarnation school's stronghold to escape back to the Infinite City.The process is simple and sounds safe.

How strange!What does this plan that looks like a crime notice mean?

"So let Mr. Lauren decide which way we are going, and I will work out the best course of action based on your choice."

"Then we will..." Laurent suddenly saw a stream of dust billowing not far away. "Wait a minute, is someone coming?"

The girl looked at the direction of Lauren's finger, then nodded affirmatively.The two people immediately ran to a slightly higher slope nearby to watch, because they didn't know who was coming. If they were not friendly, they would just stand there and wait to die.

"Well, Mr. Lauren, please prepare for battle first. I'm not very good at fighting, so if there's any danger, I'll have to trouble you."

Effie took out a short-barreled musket from somewhere under her skirt, and Lauren couldn't figure out where she had it.

"Look at it first and then..."

The dust cannot cover the things within it when it is close. What stirred up this dust was a group of carriages filled with goods, and there was also a passenger car that seemed to be carrying people.It's just that the forward speed of this one is obviously abnormal, as if it is sprinting with all its strength to avoid something.

"Ah, someone is chasing them from behind."

As expected, there were a large number of people chasing them on horses behind the convoy. A rough calculation of the number of people was about fifty. Although there were some guards following the convoy, it was obvious that the number was not small. gap.

"It's such a cliche plot, but it's probably very common in a place like this."

As a transportation thoroughfare, the wasteland is not controlled by any force, so it naturally becomes the best hiding place for bandits. In addition, if there are caravans passing through this area to travel to the towns on both sides, they will be able to obtain unlimited supplies. Fee's income.

But this matter has nothing to do with Lauren. He didn't come here to fight against the thieves.

"Huh? Why did these people stop here?"

The caravan that was still running suddenly slowed down and stopped in front of Laurent and the others.The guards of the caravan also quickly formed a formation towards the rear. These guards, who were wearing light armor and holding long swords with short bows hanging on their backs, looked quite experienced.

The thieves who were chasing after them did not have such uniform equipment. Some of them were holding long spears, while others were holding wooden bows of different lengths. Lauren even saw a man with a wooden bow among the group of thieves. The man with the staff might be the magician of this world.

"What is the status of a magician in this world?"

"You need to reach level 20 or above to gain a certain status. According to their local standards, the strength of level 20 is about the fifth level."

Level 10 is the basic level for an adult as assessed by the Space and Time Management Bureau, so this fifth level is probably divided between level 10 and level 20. If calculated this way, Lauren can actually be considered a fifth-level magician. .

"Although level 20 has reached the standard of autonomously traveling through time and space, people here don't seem to have this qualification. The records in the school show that the strongest person in the world now is a tenth-level magician, with a standard level of about 30. .”

Whoever comes to the top five in the academy can beat people all over the world... The upper limit in this world is level 40.

"You need to correct your mistake, Mr. Laurent." Effie once again glanced at Laurent who was lying on the slope with contempt, not daring to show his head. "The difference in abilities at level 10 with the same talent is only about 9 times, so even if you reach level 40, you will still be surrounded by a group of people and beaten up."

"Can't you just say I'm weak without beating around the bush..."

While Lauren and Effie were communicating, the caravan guards had already set up their formation, and the thieves group also stopped. The two sides looked at each other on horseback, as if they still planned to communicate first.

"You can leave if you leave half of the goods. We have our own rules. As long as you don't resist, we won't kill them all."

"Impossible, this is a gift to the Grand Duke."

Lauren and Effie have long worn language translation headsets produced by the Space-Time Administration, which can translate any registered multi-world language into standard language.Although there may be translation errors in slang, it is perfect enough.

"If you insist on resisting...take action and kill all their guards first!"

The thieves holding bows and arrows started shooting immediately after receiving the order, and the guards on horseback also raised their bows to fight back. However, their bows did not have a far enough range, and most of the arrows did not fly into the opponent's formation. A small number of stray arrows It also doesn't have enough power to cause damage.

"Let's start... Let's watch the show first."

For the time being, Lauren was not planning on drawing a sword to help when there was an injustice, because he felt that there was no way that he and Effie could deal with so many people at once.

This is actual combat, the kind that can kill people.

(End of this chapter)