Don't move, it's a robbery!

After several attempts, I sighed helplessly and had to face reality.

This carriage full of gold and silver treasures is truly too heavy to carry.

Yes, I'm getting ready to run away; I'm packing my bags.

Although many inexplicable changes seem to have occurred in the city, they have nothing to do with me. Let them do whatever they want; I'm not going to play along with them.

With money in hand, I can go anywhere I want.

Speaking of money, I get sad again. It's such a waste that I can't take all this money with me.

I've thought about burying the money somewhere, like I did in Linde City, but I might not come back. If some treasure hunter, like that little dragon from before, has a talent for finding treasures, and happens to pass by here one day and senses it on a whim, then my money will just go to someone else.

It's impossible to take it with me, burying it is pointless, and returning it is out of the question.

In any case, this money should not be given to those nobles.

After much deliberation, I made a painful decision.

Let's break up.

As evening fell, I mobilized the gang of thugs I had kidnapped earlier and sent them to cause trouble in the commercial district. Once the guards had all gone to the commercial district, I drove my horse-drawn carriage to the main street of the southern district, grabbed an iron pot, and started banging it while shouting my wares.

"Fire! Get out quickly!"

Soon, people came running out with pots and pans, searching everywhere for the fire. I was too lazy to explain to them, so I started throwing gold coins around. While they were picking up the money, I drove to another street and did the same thing.

Relying on the route I had planned in advance, I quickly distributed the money in the truck. By then, it was already getting dark, so I picked up the prepared package and left Mogoslol.

What? You're saying the city is under martial law? How did I leave?

Of course I'll climb over the city wall! This wall is less than 5 meters high, do you really think it can stop me? The rock walls I climb in the mountains are much steeper than this!

It takes three days to travel south from Mogoslol to reach the Temple of Mychssetef. I'll first take the time to appreciate the local architecture before deciding where to go next.

As long as I don't stay in one place for long, no one can catch me. As for those who want to seize the hero's legacy, they can just obediently follow behind me and eat my dust!

"Bye-bye~"

With the evening breeze blowing, I laughed and left Mogoslol, beginning my journey further south.

And so I walked from dusk until late at night.

The moonlight, as silvery as silver, gently spilled onto the golden sand dunes. A gust of wind blew by, creating faint ripples on the dunes.

The desert became exceptionally quiet, with only the occasional sound of the wind and the shifting of sand grains. In the moonlight, the distant dunes appeared even taller, like silent pyramids, silently guarding this boundless world.

In this desolate world, people always feel lonely, but at the same time, it can also soothe their hearts.

However, I wasn't really in the mood to appreciate the scenery because I saw something that left me completely baffled.

Even though I've been heading south, the city-state of Mogoslor has once again appeared before me.

What the heck? I'm lost? Can you get lost even if you walk in a straight line?

I turned my head to look behind me, and I could vaguely see the outline of a town.

Since the city-state of Mogoslor is behind me, where did the town in front of me come from?

It can't be a mirage, can it? Where would a mirage come from in the middle of the night?

I silently drew my weapon, preparing to change direction, but after walking for a while, I saw the phantom again.

What kind of illusion is this? How can its range be so vast?!

"Hey! West Copper, come out here!"

(￢_￢): "Why are you calling me in the middle of the night?"

The 'West Copper' is reacting; I'm not hallucinating.

I had a growing sense of unease, and after much hesitation, I decided to continue.

Let's see what's going on first.

Of course, to avoid being discovered, I also put on a grayish-brown cloak and crawled as far as possible. After walking for more than an hour, the town phantom in front of me suddenly disappeared.

"So it really was a mirage! I worried for nothing for so long. But I've learned something new; I didn't know mirages could appear in the middle of the night."

I breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to stand up, since crawling forward all the time was quite tiring. But just then, I suddenly heard a noise.

To avoid mishearing, I immediately pressed my head to the ground and soon heard the dull thud of horses' hooves.

They were about 2 kilometers away, and there were probably 5 to 6 of them, approaching me.

I frowned and looked ahead, but I couldn't see anyone.

Very well, this desert is haunted!

I lay down on the ground again, covered myself with my cloak, and then pressed my ear against the ground to listen, but because the sand was not suitable for listening, I was unable to discern any more subtle information.

But gradually, I sensed something was wrong.

There were other objects moving in the sand, and the sounds they made were unlike any animal footsteps, so I had mistaken them for the sound of wind blowing sand.

"Tsk, we've got a job."

I silently swallowed a pill, then combined the Rabbit Knife and the Three-Star Staff into a scythe, ready for battle.

A few minutes later, several knights suddenly emerged from the previously empty desert. Led by their leader, they cut through the illusion in the air like a pair of scissors and rushed out.

As they appeared, the air began to tremble, and with each ripple, the illusion that had been used to obscure the view completely vanished.

I slightly lifted my cloak to observe, and my heart sank.

I recognized those fleeing knights; they were the same knights I had tricked twice before. But that wasn't the key point. The key point was what was chasing them: a sand dune more than ten meters high.

"Gulp~"

I swallowed hard and silently put the sickle away.

I can't beat them, I'll just stay hidden. You guys fight it out, I'm just passing by.

Unfortunately, although I really wanted to continue hiding, those knights just happened to run towards me, making me wonder if they had already discovered me.

The desert is so vast, and the ground is so wide. If they hadn't spotted me, there's no way they could have run so accurately!

But what can I do?

If I were to run away now, I definitely wouldn't have the stamina to outrun a horse!

Just as I was hesitating between fleeing and fighting, the knights were the first to encounter a change of fortune.

As they were running, they suddenly tripped and fell.