They don't want me to work harder

Are the bandits in the empire already so wealthy?

Imperial people, how did you suppress the bandits?Don't you want to be a transport brigade?

One thing to say is that as a Connacht man, Richard originally didn't want to expend great efforts to help reduce the crime rate in the empire. He just wanted to save people and leave.

But the opponent's threat has skyrocketed, and things are different.

Seeing that the bandits were about to fire, Richard quickly drank a bottle of magic replenishing potion and summoned two more earth elements to block the way. At the same time, he aimed his staff and planned to send the gunners into the sky with fireballs himself!

Right at this moment...

Zheng!

A clear and sharp sound cut through the night sky, and the next second, the cannon on the wall broke into two halves in full view of everyone!

"how is this possible……"

"The copper, the copper cannon has been cut off!"

Richard immediately looked towards the entrance of the stockade and saw the culprit.

It was a tall and slender man who dressed like a nun in a robe and hood, with iron chains around his waist and shoulders, and finally covered most of his face with a white mask.

She held a simple standard one-handed sword in her hand, swung it and pointed it at the other two stunned bandits beside her.

In the blink of an eye, white light flashed!

"what!"

The two men's legs were broken, blood spurted out, and they howled on the ground.

Richard blinked.

This ability... is that of a high-level bronze swordsman!

Where did it come from?I do not know……

The bandits on the other side were completely panicked. Finally, Scarface cursed angrily, led a few good men to attack them, and then...

There's no after that.

Although they are all bronze, the masked nun is obviously more skilled, far beyond the wild path of the bandit leader.The gap between the two sides is as big as my three-body body and Yihua's three-body body!

She only used three swords.

The first sword killed the tattooed flying snake released by the leader, the second sword knocked away the leader's weapon, and the third sword cut his throat cleanly.

Then she quickly lifted up the collar of the leader's corpse, blocked it in front of her, and caught all the bullets fired.

"Boss!"

The remaining bandits found out that their leader was dead, and that they had probably helped whip the corpse. Their morale collapsed and they fled behind the village.

In the blink of an eye, only Richard, Melissa, and the masked nun were left in the open space.

The latter remained silent and looked at Richard with a look that was hard to describe.

But Richard held the staff tightly and did not dare to be careless.

Although the two of them were killing bandits, he couldn't guarantee that the other was a friend. The masked outfits looked weird at first glance.

And looking at the blood and mutilated limbs on the ground, he was quite sure that the other party must be a ruthless person.

He said cautiously: "Thank you for your help, may I ask..."

Gollum.

Huh?

Gollum.

After confirming again, Richard glanced at the slender waist of the female swordsman. Although the latter had a mask covering her face, she couldn't help but tilt her head slightly.

"Your Excellency... do you want to come to our camp for something to eat?"

"……Um."

At this time, at the village gate, Zoe and others rushed over. They saw that the overall situation had been decided, and there was another person beside Richard. The atmosphere was a bit strange, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

In the end, it was Melissa who threw herself into her brother's arms and broke the deadlock.

It was almost dawn.

Everyone returned to the camp and asked the chef to cook another pot of beef brisket stewed with cabbage and ate it around the fire.

"My name is Lu...Na, I come from the north and am an ascetic monk."

After swallowing a large mouthful of stew, the mysterious nun briefly introduced herself.

The caravan boss clapped his hands: "I see, I've heard of people like you before, abandoning the comfort of life, tempering yourself both physically and mentally, and firming up your beliefs. It's really admirable..."

Putting aside the boss's flattery, Zoe didn't have a good impression of the new people of the same sex. She curled her lips and muttered in a low voice:

"If you are practicing hard training, is it necessary to cover your face? And shouldn't you restrict your diet or carry thorns on your back? Why do you carry chains on your back? It looks like you are trying to arrest someone..."

Luna didn't react to this and just kept silently eating. Judging from her appetite...

...Well, there is definitely no restriction on diet.

Richard thought for a moment and speculated: "The essence of asceticism is to achieve sublimation through self-discipline. If you only set up difficulties in living conditions, you will actually fall behind."

"Human beings are actually a social life, the sum of all social relationships. That is to say, social relationships themselves can give us a lot of support and restrictions, helping us overcome difficulties, but they can also prevent us from exploring some valuable areas..."

"So I think the essence of Miss Luna's masked penance lies in giving up identity, increasing training by abandoning interpersonal support, and also re-examining oneself in a strange and lonely environment... Putting on a mask is actually taking off the mask. the meaning of."

"As for the chains...maybe they are a symbol of self-discipline?"

Richard shrugged and smiled: "I said it nonsense, I hope Miss Luna won't take offense..."

As a time traveler, Richard sometimes couldn't help but talk about some of his thoughts and ideas from his previous life.

Let's just chat and feel comfortable.

Unexpectedly, when he raised his head, he saw Luna staring at him!

The little starry eyes seemed to say: "So that's it! So that's what I thought!"

Wait, Miss Luna...

You shouldn't be the kind of person who starts practicing it before you even understand the role of penance!

My rating for you is going to be lowered!

Chapter 52 The privilege of earning money in higher education institutions

As if she felt that what Richard said was too good, Luna asked to go with them.

Ascetic monks can go wherever they like, no one can control them, and considering that they have helped and are quite powerful, Richard has no reason to refuse.

But soon, Richard regretted it...

stare--

Luna was watching him the whole way!

It stands to reason that people's eyes are free, and they can look at whomever they like...but what's going on with them all the time!

Even when Richard specifically turned around and looked directly at Luna, suggesting that this was a bit rude, her eyes did not move, not even blinking.

Ah, aren't your eyes dry?

It's like a light on the back, like a light on the back, it feels like a person is unclean!

Not only Richard, but Zoe also noticed this, and the alarm bells rang in her heart.

Although the other party is a nun wearing a mask... but are there not many women who have been getting close to their brother inexplicably?What weird thing can't happen?Nun's can't be trusted either!

"I swear by a woman's intuition, she must have an impure intention towards Richard!"

"Yeah, Melissa feels the same way!"

"what?"

Looking at the half-elf loli who suddenly interrupted next to her, Zoe was in a daze for a moment.

This "little" sister actually thinks the same as me?

No, why are you so sensitive?

Do you also have impure intentions?

Put aside the girls' trivial thoughts for the time being.

The team traveled eastward without encountering any major obstacles. Three days later, they finally crossed a mountain pass and arrived at a basin among the mountains.

In the distance, you can already see the city walls of Nyon. It is naturally much smaller than Idaril in terms of scale, but with the mountains at its back, it still has great momentum.

It is from here that there is more cinder on the road.

After walking a few hundred meters more, a clearly widened small canal appeared on the left, and several passenger ships and more ships filled with coal could be seen anchored on it.

At the port, there were many ragged children gathered, some even without shoes, chattering around people disembarking, begging for food, or trying to earn tips by helping carry luggage.

Of course, these children also ran to the team, but they were driven away by the caravan owner's men with their boots.

I just heard him say with disdain: "Gentlemen and ladies, please don't be too sympathetic to these people. The Abalanians are poor because they are lazy and stupid! If you give them too much money, it will encourage them to If they get something for nothing, they might become bandits when they grow up!"

When he mentioned the bandits, he accentuated his tone viciously.

Since the robbery, this is the only way the caravan owner has mentioned Abalanya.

Richard can certainly understand this mentality.

However, whether it was due to his instinctive aversion to such primitive regional discrimination or the positive influence of Teacher Arnold, he had no interest in taking up the caravan boss's map cannon.

"Brother Richard!"

At this time, Melissa suddenly spoke, and Richard turned his head and saw that the half-elf brother and sister had gotten out of the car at some point.

Brother Ewen smiled and said: "We will take a boat from here to continue southward, and we will not enter the city of Nyon."

Richard nodded: "I see, is it time to say goodbye? Time flies too fast..."

"Yeah, although we haven't known each other for long, you really inspired and amazed me a lot...Thank you again for saving my sister. If you come to the south one day, please stay at our house and let us entertain you well." Come repay.”

Ewen looked at Richard and praised him from the bottom of his heart.