prynovel Chapter 48 Thieves
Chapter 48 Thieves
Rom stared at the panel.
He noticed that his mental computing power was rapidly declining.
These past few nights, Rom knew he was going to Red Dragon City, so he had to make preparations.
So he decompiled and recorded all of Hamelin's fire elemental notes and several basic spells from Jack's wind elemental scroll into his own system.
To test his skills, he also secretly conducted several magical experiments.
All computing power was reduced to 69 points.
At this moment, after reading only the first two pages of this black booklet, his computing power dropped to 20 points as if it were being rapidly discharged.
"It seems this writing system has some kind of magic..."
The depletion of his mental computing power made Luo Mu feel a cold sweat break out on his back.
He immediately closed the booklet and took a few deep breaths.
This is definitely not ordinary Elvish.
These characters were imbued with some kind of power when they were written; forcibly reading them would consume mental computing power.
"There's no rush. We can study it slowly once we get to Red Dragon City and acquire more magic crystals."
Luo Mu put away the booklet, leaned against the wooden plank of the carriage, and rubbed his throbbing temples.
He was thinking that Elena must be very tired after driving the animal-drawn cart all day.
It's getting late and the wind is strong in the wilderness. How about we switch shifts and let her come into the carriage to rest for a while?
Luo Mu was about to reach out and lift the heavy curtain in front of him.
Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong.
It was so quiet outside, except for the sound of the cold wind howling.
He was so engrossed in reading that he didn't notice that the speeding carriage had stopped at some point.
"Elena?" Rom called out tentatively.
There was no response from outside the door.
Moreover, there was no sound of wind and snow howling outside the car window.
Suddenly, the carriage seemed to be hit hard by something heavy, and began to shake violently.
Could it be a monster attack?
Luo Mu's eyes sharpened. Instead of rashly opening the main door, he quietly pulled open the curtain of the side window next to him and glanced outside.
By the light of the crystal chandelier hanging outside the carriage, he discovered that Elena, who had been sitting in the front driving the carriage, was nowhere to be seen.
Not far in front of the carriage, several dark figures silently darted past on the snow.
At the same time, a slight noise came from the roof of the carriage.
Someone's on the roof of the car!
Luo Mu realized something was wrong; they were surrounded.
He immediately turned around and slammed his elbow into Jack's ribs, who was still snoring beside him, before Jack could cry out in pain, and covered his open mouth.
"Don't make a sound, something's happened," Rom warned Jack.
Jack was instantly jolted awake, but seeing Rom's cold gaze, he quickly nodded frantically.
"Whoosh—!"
The curtain at the front of the carriage was suddenly flung open, and a blast of cold wind rushed in.
Several gleaming blades plunged directly into the carriage, their tips flashing cold light.
Outside the carriage, two burly men wearing heavy black leather coats were blocking the doorway.
The leader, a burly man with a scarred face, shouted menacingly, "You guys inside! Behave yourselves!"
Hands up and get out here, or I'll slit your throats right now!
Luo Mu frowned.
We haven't encountered any monsters along the way, but we've run into wilderness bandits.
This security situation is so realistic...
"Get out of here!"
Before Rom could speak, Jack suddenly jumped up.
He was, after all, a proper second-tier mage. Although he was subservient to Rom, his inherent mage pride made him absolutely unwilling to allow a group of thieves who couldn't use magic to humiliate him like this.
"call--!"
Suddenly, a strong wind swept through the carriage, and Jack's staff emitted a blue light. A gust of wind blew the two burly men blocking the doorway off their feet.
Taking advantage of the momentum, Jack leaped down from the carriage, staff in hand, and shouted:
"Where did this lowly wretch from the wilderness come from? How dare he rob a guild mage!"
Luo Mu also got off the carriage and quickly looked around.
At the edge of the dark snow forest, at least seven or eight thieves could be seen, each armed with a weapon.
The two snow deer beasts pulling the cart had their heads covered with thick black cloths. No wonder they were so quiet when the cart stopped; beasts with their eyes covered dare not move.
"Elena!"
Behind the group of thieves, Elena had been covered with a black hood and was being held at the neck of a tall thief with a dagger.
"Hehe, of course I know you are mages."
The scarred-faced man, who had been knocked down by the wind spell, got up from the snow, brushed the snow off his fur coat, and grinned maliciously:
"But judging from your age, you're probably just recent graduates, right?"
Hehe, we'll take this carriage.
"If you know what's good for you, hand over all your money, magic crystals, staff, and this robe!"
Scarface leered as he glanced at Elena, who was being held hostage.
"This woman has fair and delicate skin, we want her."
As for you two…too bad the old men don’t even look at pretty boys like you. Leave your stuff, strip naked and get back to the city!
The thieves seemed to have spared their lives, but on such a snowy night, where were there any towns nearby?
They just wanted them to freeze to death in the wild.
Looking at these guys' fearless attitude, Rom secretly assessed the situation:
"Seeing that the monks not only didn't run away, but also knew these things, it seems they are seasoned criminals who have committed many evil deeds."
However, Jack was completely enraged upon hearing this insult.
"You're asking for it!"
Jack had already silently recited the incantation, and with a sudden swing of his staff, he shouted, "Wind Blade!"
A sharp cyan wind blade whistled out at great speed.
One of the thieves standing in front was unable to dodge in time and was immediately slashed on the arm.
"Ah—!" The thief screamed as his thick animal hide clothing was ripped open, and blood gushed out instantly.
"It's a wind mage! Spread out! Watch out for his whirlwind spell!"
The scarred man was not panicked at all; instead, he calmly gave the order.
Luo Mu's eyes sharpened.
These guys were indeed well-prepared; they even knew about wind magic.
Whoosh whoosh!
Several thieves behind immediately pulled the trigger, and iron-tipped crossbow bolts shot out from the shadows.
Jack sneered and waved his staff. With a few clangs, a solid [Wind Shield] blocked all the crossbow bolts.
"A bunch of trash! Today I'll show you what happens when you anger a mage!"
Seeing that he had the upper hand, Jack began to shout and prepared to unleash a large-scale wind spell to wipe out the group of thieves.
Just then, Jack noticed an orange light shining on the ground, casting his own shadow.
A burning sensation came from my back.
Instinctively, he suddenly lunged to the side!
boom!
Right where he had just stood, a blazing fireball the size of a human head crashed down, instantly blasting a charred crater the size of a washbasin into the hard frozen snow.
"Fireball?!"
Jack's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly turned his head to look in the direction from which the fireball had come.
A man in a black cloak stood before the trees, holding a black wooden staff with lingering embers, and walked out step by step.
Luo Mu looked at the man and realized he hadn't guessed wrong.
This group of thieves has a mage backing them up.