Fairy Tail: I don't want to be the president

Chapter 141 The army is coming!

The two people next to the carriage were a businessman and a coachman and porter.

The merchant was now feeling scared, as he had heard that there might be bandits nearby, but he was reluctant to hire a magician as his bodyguard. This trip almost cost him his life, and he almost lost all his fortune.

The driver was also scared. It was so miserable to have such a stingy boss. He was almost hacked to death by the bandits.

"Mr. Bania, are we leaving?"

"Wait a minute, it must have been done by the wizard just now, let's wait for him to come over."

Baniya's hands were shaking a little, but there was a shrewd light in his eyes. Wasn't it going to be a guard soon?
The two waited for a while, and suddenly saw a gray shadow approaching quickly in the forest, and then a werewolf suddenly appeared in front of them.

The brown eyes stared at them, and the mouth full of sharp teeth seemed to flash with cold light.

Baniya was trembling and wanted to leave first.

Fortunately, the werewolf spoke up: "Who are you?"

Baniya breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that he could speak. This must be a werewolf transformed by magic.

"Mr. Sorcerer, we are merchants passing by here, preparing to go to Onibas. We were almost hijacked by these bandits just now. Thank you for your help! Is there anything I can do for you?"

Where he was going had nothing to do with him. Rhode nodded and said, "If it's convenient, please help tie these people up."

The driver was about to take action, but was stopped by Bania:

"I see you don't have a rope, but I have one here, 30 meters long, and only 600J!"

"Mr. Bania!" The driver's eyes almost widened. In this situation, he actually planned to sell the rope? How greedy is this person!
Rhodes also looked at him in surprise. What a talent! He still didn't forget to make money at this time?
It's just a bit annoying from his point of view.

"No need." Rhodes remained in werewolf form, kicking the weapons out of the bandits' hands one by one, then he returned to human form and started tying people up.

The rope used was the bandits' belts.

"If you have nothing to do, leave quickly and don't get in the way here."

Rhodes' attitude was not so good. People like this who are a bit annoying are the most troublesome.

If they encounter danger again, I would feel bad if I saved them, but I would feel guilty if I didn't save them.

It’s better to leave quickly.

But Baniya didn't want to leave like this. What if there were more robbers ahead?
"Mr. Magician, please don't misunderstand me. This rope can be given to you for free."

Bania said enthusiastically, "You will also take these robbers to the city hall after you catch them, right? What I mean is, why don't you come with us? Not only will we give you the rope, but you can also take the carriage at will."

Free things might be the most expensive. It didn't take Rhodes much of a brainstorm to guess that this person wanted to use him as a bodyguard for free.

Rhodes refused and said, "I'm sorry, I have other things to do. Please don't bother me."

Baniya said quickly: "We can wait! And..."

This person is really stubborn. If I can't convince him with reason, then the only thing I can talk about is money.

Rhode said as he tied the bandit's hands behind his back:
"Mr. Baniya, short-distance escort missions usually require 2 to 1 J. For someone like you who is carrying a large amount of cargo and taking a dangerous route, the amount needs to be increased as appropriate.

Also, do you think it is easy to find a wizard like me and my companions who can kill more than ten enemies in an instant?"

It's because it's not that easy to hire someone, so I want to get one for free! What's more, he has a companion!
It’s a pity that the price is so high… Baniya hesitated for a while and said, “I’m sorry, I’m being rude. Let’s go now.”

A group of bandits has been killed, so it shouldn't be easy to encounter a second group. If there are no guards, there will be no guards.

The driver wanted to run away. He didn't know much about the market, but conservatively estimated that the profit from this truckload of goods would be enough to hire ten or eight wizards...

Mr. Bania really values ​​money over his life. Next time I must find a boss who is more timid.

Rhodes tied up the ten people one by one, then picked out the one who looked the most cowardly, took him to a slightly farther place, and splashed water on him to wake him up.

"Who are you! Let me go, or our boss..." A two-headed wolf bared its teeth and approached him, scaring him so much that he quickly shut up.

"Tell me how many of you there are, whether there are any wizards among you, and whether there are any paths, traps, escape routes, etc. on the mountain."

"How could I possibly tell you that?"

"Just feed the wolves if you don't want to. They just happened to not have had lunch." Rhodes waved his hand, and the two-headed wolf licked his cheeks from left and right and began to drool.

The bandit swallowed and could feel the hot breath of the two-headed wolf on his face: "I, I'll tell you."

"I advise you not to tell lies. I will wake up the others to confirm. If you tell a lie, I will bite off one of your hands."

Rhodes didn't know any interrogation techniques, but he had heard of the prisoner's dilemma somewhere and didn't know if it was what he meant.

Anyway, after hearing this, the bandits became completely obedient and told the whole story of what happened on the mountain.

It would be better to go to jail than to be fed to the wolves by this man.

After getting the information, Rhodes knocked the man unconscious, woke him up again and asked the same question.

After repeating this several times and getting basically the same answers, he returned to find Alzak and Bisca.

These two men were very reliable. They held their guns meticulously, one was responsible for staring in Rhodes' direction, and the other was responsible for guarding the surroundings.

"How was it?" Alzak thought that Rod looked like he was interrogating someone.

"The number of people is about the same as we know. Their boss can use a very destructive magic, and there are several traps on the road..." Rhodes paused.

Bisca became alert: "What's wrong?"

"A swift crab fell into the pit, it's not a big deal." The vision did not disappear, so Rhodes knew it was not dead. "The bandits may have been alarmed. Prepare for a quick battle, so that they don't run away early."

"I'm fine." Alzac looked at Rhodes, "Can your magic hold up?"

Receiving and summoning, Alzac remembered that Rhodes used magic many times today, and he was still maintaining many summoned beasts such as stone beetles, shadow wolves, razor beaks, and swift crabs.

Rhode said, "It won't be a big problem within 20 minutes. I can take back a few of them as appropriate. If I don't have to do anything, that would be the best."

Arzak and Bisca looked at each other and said:

"You've done enough work."

"It's up to us next."

That being said, Rhodes still planned to provide as much intelligence as possible before the war.

Then he sent a stone beetle to follow Bisca to the sniper point, and he took two stone beetles with Alzak to bypass various traps and approach the bandits' stronghold.

The bandits' stronghold was not very big. There was a wooden house in the middle and several thatched houses scattered around it.

A row of wooden fences was built around the perimeter, and two arrow towers were built at the entrance.

With a few soft "puff" sounds, the bandit who was dozing off at the door and the sentry on the arrow tower were shot and fell down almost at the same time. Bisca took action.

Rhodes had already gone around to the back, ready to block the bandits' escape route.

And Alzak loaded a high-explosive bomb and blew open the door with a bang.

The stronghold suddenly became lively, with the bandits shouting one after another:

"Enemy attack!"

"Asshole, who is that person!"

"Boss! The army is coming!"

(End of this chapter)