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"This is none of your business, coachman, get out of here..."

"Mountain Bear" cursed, and suddenly, a bronze-level adventurer behind him, holding a short bow, drew his bow and fired at Lao Gen without saying a word.

Seeing that things were going badly, Lao Gen hurriedly turned around and ran into the woods, but he was no match for the arrows and was hit in the back.

Lao Gen fell to the ground and curled up in pain.

Out of the corner of his eye, Lindsay noticed that Claire was anxiously watching him from inside the bushes, seemingly unable to resist revealing herself.

He gently shook his head, signaling the female wanderer to continue lying in wait.

Fortunately, Claire wasn't too impulsive. If she had rushed out immediately when she saw that Old Root was in trouble, she would definitely have become the target of everyone's anger.

She had to go first to draw the enemy's attention and create chaos. As a wanderer, she would have a better chance of fighting in the chaos.

Linsset was about to make his move when he noticed a strange noise coming from the other side of the woods.

The others present also noticed this. It turned out that the Black Iron adventurers who had gone into the forest to search earlier had all rushed back after hearing the commotion on the road.

One of the four, a young boy, saw Old Gen lying on the ground, panting in pain, and asked the adventurers for his opinion.

"I just found this person hiding in the woods, which is why he ran out of the woods. Who shot him?"

"It's me," the shortbow adventurer admitted without hesitation.

Upon seeing this, the young man immediately shouted at the shortbow adventurer.

"What are you doing? Adventurers aren't allowed to harm civilians, especially since he's just a stable boy!"

The adventurer who had shot down Lao Gen was picking at his ear with his fingers, looking extremely arrogant.

"The Adventurers' Guild is nothing. We've already killed them all, they're such a pain in the ass. Why not just rob them of their money?"

"you…"

The boy's face was still young, but he was now red with anxiety. Lin Sai saw that the three people beside him were like guards, and they all raised their wooden shields in front of the boy, forming a shield wall.

"Young master, let's go!"

"Young Master, we'll cover your retreat!"

The boy was reluctantly led into the woods by the three men.

"Let me go! These villains are no adventurers! I'll teach them a lesson!"

Linsset noticed this and took note of the four people.

These four Iron-rank adventurers did not seem to be ordinary adventurers. The one who looked even younger than himself seemed to have a complicated background.

The oldest-looking man among the three shouted, "Young Master, these people over there are no jokers. Losing money is no big deal; we guards will absolutely ensure your safety!"

Meanwhile, the Iron and Bronze level adventurers on the "Mountain Bear's" side were getting restless upon seeing this scene.

"Brother 'Mountain Bear,' this kid seems to be from a wealthy family. How about we take care of him too?"

"Kill all of them, and no one will know what happened today."

"Idiot," Red Crossbow interrupted, "What if the news gets out that the woman isn't here?"

Besides, the guild inspectors aren't pushovers. What if we're unlucky and they catch us?

"Stagnant Staff" agreed with "Red Crossbow": "We can't kill too many people. Also, whoever shot the groom is responsible. People present can testify."

"Mountain Bear" sneered and shoved "Red Crossbow" aside.

"Hmph, killing one is the same as killing a whole group, so let's just go!"

Linsel looked around. The nearby adventurers had just gathered around "Mountain Bear," and there was no one within three or four meters of him.

He glanced at the dilapidated carriage behind him and had a bold idea: to save his teammates.

The carriage broke into two large pieces, and the smaller piece was pressing down on the "broken arrow." This was an opportunity to try to lift it with one's own strength.

While the adventurers' attention was focused on the boy and Old Root, he quietly crept up to the "Broken Arrow".

Linsset sheathed his iron sword and used both hands to support the large chunk of carriage wreckage that was pressing down on "Broken Arrow".

"Brinan, I'll carry you, hurry up and get out."

"Captain, this is too heavy, is it okay?"

"Hurry up, we'll be discovered if we take too long."

On the other side, the boy and his three guards had already engaged in combat with three Bronze-level adventurers.

The guards maintained their shield wall as they retreated into the woods, while the spearmen on the opposite side continued to thrust and stab, attempting to break through.

A bolt was fired from the "Red Crossbow," and the bolt flew out of the crossbow mechanism, striking the shield of a guarding adventurer and piercing right through it.

The guard who was hit by the arrow cried out in pain as the crossbow bolt pierced his leather armor, drawing blood.

"Young master, hurry! This silver-level expert is a master!"

Linsset exerted force with both hands, and the wreckage of the carriage began to loosen. After a few seconds, it actually lifted up a bit.

It seems that after his strength was enhanced, he has surpassed that of ordinary people by a great margin.

Despite the pain, "Broken Arrow" braced himself against the ground with his arms and used the friction between his body and the ground to move outwards.

"Wolf Slayer, what are you doing?!"

A sword and shield adventurer noticed Lindsay's actions and shouted.

Lindsay maintained his lifting posture: "Is it out yet?"

"alright!"

Finally, "Broken Arrow" lifted his legs out from under the wreckage of the carriage, quickly reached under the carriage with one hand and pulled out a round wooden shield with iron hoops, and stood up.

"Captain, your shield!"

"He's trying to escape! All of you, come here and attack!"

The roar of "Mountain Bear" rang out along with the shouts of others. Except for the two bronze-level adventurers who were fighting the four on the boy's side, everyone else turned around and headed towards Linse.

After setting down the wrecked carriage, Linsel took the shield and drew his iron sword again. He saw that the "Red Crossbow" reacted quickly, turning its head to aim at him again, and a crossbow bolt flew over.

It was too late to raise the shield.

[Danger Perception]!

Thanks to the monster's abilities, even though the heavy armor made him move rather slowly, Lindsay managed to dodge to the side in advance, and the crossbow bolt grazed the armor plate on his chest and deflected.

"Mountain Bear" charged forward, wielding a giant axe in both hands. "Red Crossbow" was reloaded, while "Stuck Staff" raised his long staff, chanting incantations.

At the same time, arrows from other adventurers wielding bows also rained down on Linsel.

Linsel felt a slight tremor run through his body. It seemed that the crossbow bolt he had just fired was different from the one on the carriage earlier; it was extremely dangerous, otherwise he would have received a [Danger Sense] warning that time.

Facing more than a dozen incoming arrows, he had already raised his wooden shield.

Most of the arrows struck the shield, with two hitting the wolf-head helmet and scale armor respectively, falling to the ground with a clang.

Linsel felt a slight tingling in his head; the winged helmet's defense was still somewhat lacking, but the threat of these arrows was nothing compared to the man wielding the great axe in front of him.

Despite its seemingly clumsy appearance, the "Mountain Bear" was surprisingly fast on the run. It had already reached Linse, its giant axe raised with power, ready to strike.