Ryan's Sword

Chapter 20 No.19 Scene Peeping
At night, Ian and Victor chomped down on their dinner around a big bonfire.

Originally, Victor, who was a senior manager of the caravan, did not need to eat with the guards, someone would deliver the food to the carriage he was riding in for him to enjoy.However, without hesitation, he chose to join the guards, holding a large pot of thick soup and black bread mixed with bacon particles, and ate happily "snorling".

"Thank you very much today, Mr. Ian!" Victor, who came back with another big bowl of broth, expressed his gratitude to Ian sincerely, "If you didn't stop me at that time, I'm afraid I would have to suffer Scolded!"

Swallowing the food in his mouth, Ian shook his head and said, "Please don't take it to heart, Mr. Victor." He tore a piece of black bread and dipped it in the soup bowl, filling the gaps with the essence of the soup. "Such a small matter can be thought of even if I don't need to remind you. It's just that you were so busy this morning that you were negligent for a while."

Victor looked as if he had heard the news, nodded repeatedly, and said, "Isn't it? Although it's not the first time I've done this kind of work, but every time there are endless things to deal with, let alone those rude The adventurer... Ah, I'm not talking about you, Mr. Ian!"

Victor nervously explained his gaffe, but Ian waved his hand to show that he didn't mind at all.

"You're right, Mr. Victor," Ian swallowed the bacon bread that was soaked in soup and became softer and more delicious. "Adventurers are the most difficult type of people to manage. After all, if you don't Longing for exciting battles and a free life, instead of having the dream of exchanging strength for wealth, who would choose to be an adventurer who lives in the wind and sleeps in the dew and faces danger all the time?"

Victor was taken aback by Ian's question.Just judging from his chubby figure that is catching up with Keir's trend, although this down-to-earth, short and fat young man works as hard as other caravan members, his background and daily life must be much better than others.For example, now, when the caravan is marching in the wild, his subordinates will also serve him. There is no need to do it himself when eating. Once an enemy appears, the guards will immediately protect him in the safest place.What kind of life the adventurer faces every moment is also beyond his imagination.

"What a profound insight!" Victor sighed with emotion.He had an inexplicable realization that if he offered an olive branch, this Mr. Ian, who seemed extraordinary in every aspect, including speech and behavior, would not accept his solicitation.This caused a little disappointment in the heart of the short and fat young man, but he quickly walked out of it. At the same time, following Ian's example, he tore open his own black bread and dipped it in the broth to eat.The chewy texture of the bacon and the full-bodied aroma of the soup immediately conquered his taste buds. This novel way of eating made Victor’s expression of surprise of discovering the New World all over his face. It seems that this third bowl of thick soup It really might not be able to fill his stomach.

Seeing Victor's exaggerated eating, Ian couldn't help but recall the familiar Norton he met at the Adventurer's Guild in Rob Town. This soldier under Quinn Javier was also a fat man. Except for the color of his hair and eyes, the two If a fat man stood together, he would be no different from twins!
Putting this funny thought aside, Ian was ready to tackle the rest of dinner.

However, at this moment, a hidden prying gaze quietly watched over from the darkness outside the camp.

"Ok?"

While Ian felt a trace of malice, he quietly enlarged the display range of the small map in the field of vision. Sure enough, outside the outer line of defense formed by the guards, scattered red dots were quietly approaching the caravan!
"Mr. Victor."

"...Mr. Ian, please speak."

Victor swallowed the food in his mouth like a gulp, and then heard Ian say, "Excuse me for saying something I shouldn't have said, are you ready for the night guard rotation?"

"Ah?" Hearing Ian's slightly lowered voice, the active-minded Victor immediately realized the meaning behind the words.Out of trust in Ian, he pretended to move his butt inadvertently, approached Ian, and responded in a low voice as if immersed in soup: "It's like this, Mr. Ian, there are three guards in the camp. Arranged by the captain of the guard, one of them will always patrol around the camp... What's the matter, has something happened?"

After thinking about it for a while, Ian decided to tell Victor what he found out. After all, his current identity is the temporary guard of the caravan. If there is an attack, he still has to be passive. "It's like this, Mr. Victor," Ian made up an excuse without even thinking about it, "I have a secret technique that can detect people who are malicious to me around me. Now there is something outside the camp that is secretly watching the caravan , although I don't know if it's a thief or a beast, but there is real malice towards us!"

"what!"

Victor buried his head in the bowl just in time to prevent himself from yelling.Ian couldn't help being nervous about the news that Ian told him. It's not that the caravan has never been attacked by thieves during this trip. However, the terrain they passed in the past were all plains with excellent views. In the recent journey, even the pipes were surrounded by thieves. It is full of tall and giant trees. If the enemy hides in the forest and launches a surprise attack at close range, it is extremely dangerous without thinking!

"I swear in the name of my family, I'm not lying," Ian said calmly but solemnly, even revealing the news that he is not an ordinary civilian, "so please prepare early."

In the blue world, oaths are very important, especially among wealthy people such as nobles and businessmen.Although there are no gods in this world, the existence of a large number of mysterious and bizarre events still makes people very awed and cautious about such words.

Victor, who was reminded by Ian, nodded slightly, then finished the rest of the food in two or three bites, got up and left with an empty bowl.

Ian silently ate the food in front of him. I am afraid that the first night of the trip will not be so peaceful.

As early as the first shift, Victor took the opportunity to inform the three guard captains of the information he got from Ian.

The three of them are all at the peak of the iron rank, senior fighters who have mastered physical strength to the extreme.For the news brought by Victor, he immediately attached great importance to it.Especially Captain Kent, who was in charge of patrolling at dinner, was convinced of this news, because since then, he, who was closest to the forest, had the illusion of being spied on, and what Ian said confirmed the faint feeling in his heart. disturbed.

The three guard captains sat around the bonfire in the center of the camp, discussing countermeasures while eating.

The blond-haired and blue-eyed Captain Kent spoke first: "The enemy is in the dark, and the surrounding environment is very suitable for ambushes. I suggest that the temporary guards be included in the work of the night watch. We can't take risks."

"It can be considered, but not now." The bearded Captain Davis said with his head down: "The enemy doesn't know that we are on guard. Those temporary adventurers, I don’t think so.”

Except for the two, Chris, the last guard captain, said in a low voice: "I also agree with Davis. The enemy who snooped this time is likely to be the bandit group nearby. The size of the caravan is here. They are not It may not be tempted. I suggest that we keep vigil as usual, but secretly order our people to be more vigilant. As for those temporary guards..." He paused, "Let's arrange them to rest in the outer barracks. If there is an accident, the first Wake them up for a while and join the battle!"

The situation was urgent. Soon, the three captains agreed and ended a brief emergency meeting.

According to Captain Chris's suggestion, the three did not immediately send or mobilize night duty personnel. They informed Victor of the decision and asked him to put the temporary guards who had been mixed in various barracks in the outer barracks.

After hearing the decisions made by the three captains, Victor's first reaction was that it was too unkind!But he quickly understood what the three of them meant.Compared with ordinary caravan members, the vigilance of adventurers is much higher after all.What's more, if the enemy's number, strength, purpose, etc. are not clear, rashly ordering all the guards, may not only arouse the dissatisfaction of the adventurers, but also startle the snake.

If the enemy lurked and waited for the moment when the caravan guards who were always on alert were at their most exhausted, before attacking, the consequences would be even more disastrous!
Such an arrangement is also the best choice they can make at this time!
After the three captains met with Victor, they separated and began to arrange secretly.Victor went to Keyle's carriage and reported to him the sudden accident and the countermeasures that the three captains had begun to implement.

"..."

Even after experiencing all kinds of turbulent waves, Keir still frowned into a twisted ball—never in the past did a caravan travel with high-end combat power above the silver rank, but this time the situation was too special. It was really hard to bring the highest level of iron guards to the dangerous place in person - the last time I faced such a danger... I'm afraid it dates back to when I first debuted and started trading?

The big fat man spat hard and cursed: "Damn it, I'm really afraid of something!"

He closed his eyes and thought for a while, then pondered: "Just do what you want, Chris is right, after all, the temporary guards recruited will not absolutely obey orders, and we can't afford to wait for a few days and nights." Continuous tossing." After a pause, Keyer's fat face showed the majesty of being in the top position for a long time, and said: "If the other party dares to attack, then beat them severely! Let them know that the golden oak leaf signboard , it wasn’t blown out!!”

"Yes, my lord!"

(End of this chapter)