I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 158 Robbery on the Road

"What's the matter? If it's not important, I'll throw you out." Alpha rode on his horse angrily.

"Lord Apollo, your mouth is bleeding." Gulis didn't know what he had done wrong to make Alpha angry.

"Don't change the subject. What happened?" Alpha wiped his mouth with his hand. Athena did not show any mercy and his mouth was probably going to swell up. However, Alpha was still savoring the wonderful feeling he had just had.

"Lord Apollo, we have discovered someone monitoring us on the mountains on both sides ahead. It seems we have been targeted." The mountains on both sides are steep, making large-scale marches impossible, but for rock climbing experts, it is as easy as walking on flat ground.

"Keep an eye out, has the caravan ahead found any trace?" Alpha's current speed was not very fast, but it was much faster than the caravan.

"Lord Apollo, they are one day ahead of us. We can't catch up with them until at least the evening. It's still early now." Gulis corrected Alpha's wrong idea.

"Okay, keep watching and keep moving forward." The mountains on both sides were steep, making people feel an invisible pressure, which made Alpha frown.

"Don't come up, or I'll kick you away." Athena was angry, and Alpha didn't dare to get close.

"Full speed ahead." Alpha could only vent his anger on his subordinates.

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"Miss, something is wrong. Why is it so quiet? There is not even a bird singing." Between the cliffs, a caravan formed a long line.

"Let me see the map." The girl picked up the map and looked at it carefully.

"The map is wrong. According to this map, we should have just passed the first mountain pass less than three kilometers away, and the second mountain pass is at least twenty kilometers away. There is no way there is an ambush here. Who got this map!" The girl roared angrily. According to the map, the enemy's most likely ambush should be the second and third mountain passes, but now it has become the first and second mountain passes, leaving the girl with no time to react.

"Miss, it was the mercenaries hired by the second young master who brought them here. We don't know either." The butler didn't know what to do.

"Miss, something bad has happened! The road ahead is blocked, and a large number of bandits are blocking our way!" The sudden news surprised everyone.

"Oh no! A large number of bandits are rushing over from behind!" Being attacked from both sides, everyone started to panic.

"Quiet! Quiet down! Mercenaries, organize the fighting force for me and stop the enemy!" The girl frowned and looked at the chaotic crowd.

However, the mercenary captain who was captured temporarily did not know how to fight. He wailed, "We are just digging and carrying sand, not mercenaries! They just asked us to pretend, but did not tell us to fight the enemy with real weapons!"

"Everyone, stand up. Pick up your weapons if you don't want to die. The enemy leader is a man-eating monk. If you are caught, no one will be able to escape!"

The situation suddenly fell into chaos, and the girl had to step forward to stabilize the situation and let these ordinary people take up arms to form a battle line. Although the mercenary captain was just a small gangster, the girl still tried her best to command people to bravely resist the enemy's invasion. Her firm eyes and professional tone made people see a glimmer of hope for victory.

The girl calmly looked at the people blocking the road in front of her and slowly said, "We are from Gust Trading Company and do not want to be enemies with your tribe. For the safety of both parties, we are willing to pay the due toll and hope you will let us pass."

"I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass through here, you have to leave some money to buy your way through." A rough-looking robber stood out swayingly. He seemed not to have heard the other party's words and continued to introduce himself.

"We are willing to leave some money for passage, so please give us a favor." The girl frowned and asked again to let them go.

"I have to ask our boss for instructions." The robber was honest and didn't say any more nonsense. He directly promised to report.

"Miss, we can't go on like this! We don't have much money left. After paying the toll this time, we will have to pay the entrance fee when we get to the city. We can't afford such a hassle." Seeing that the girl was about to take out money again, the butler quickly spoke out to stop her.

"Are these mercenaries I hired such good people? How can they protect our safety?" The girl did not speak, but her eyes revealed a strong murderous intent.

"I really don't know about this. This was all arranged by the Second Young Master."

"If you can't even do the things I ask you to do, what's the point of having you?" The girl was too lazy to talk nonsense with the housekeeper and quickly rushed to the front.

"The boss said that each person will get one gold coin. Can you guys calculate how much money is required for each person?" When the robbers saw that the enemy was strong in men and well-equipped, and had such a tough attitude, they did not want to take the risk easily, so they decided to take the money and leave.

"Okay, we agree." The girl agreed to the robber's request without any hesitation.

"We are from Gust Trading Company, how can you be so greedy!" At this time, the butler actually shouted loudly.

"Shut him up!" the girl shouted angrily, but no one listened. Obviously, these people were bribed by the greedy butler.

"You dare to disobey me and anger them. Aren't you afraid of death?" the girl threatened.

"We want the money, but we want your life more. Since you don't want to accept my toast, we won't be polite either." The robbers thought the girl thought the money was too much and was unwilling to pay it.

"No, we are willing to pay the bribe, we are willing." The girl knew that she was at a disadvantage, so she had to compromise. She was full of grievances, but she had no way to talk about it.

The butler had already received instructions that the eldest daughter must not be allowed to return home this time, and that he could do whatever was necessary. Moreover, the second young master had revealed that he had already made arrangements with the bandits here, so even if they were caught, they would be fine. With this trump card in hand, the butler was fearless.

"The man-eating monk has arrived, everyone welcome him!" someone suddenly shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge fat man came out. He was fat, had big ears, was two meters and five centimeters tall, and was dressed in black with human head and skull pendants hanging all over his body. He looked like a cold and ruthless person.

"Master Cannibal Monk, they are willing to pay to buy their way through, should we let them pass?" In fact, most of these robbers were ordinary people who were desperate and just wanted to make some money. But since the Cannibal Monk came, everything has changed. Moreover, the other party was very happy with this name and was very happy.

"There are not enough food or people. Half of the people can stay here, and the others can leave after leaving all the goods behind." Upon hearing this, the cannibal monk's eyes lit up and he was already impatient.

"Yes, sir. I will prepare some two-legged lambs for you right away to whet your appetite." The Dharma Protector was the cannibalistic monk's loyal younger brother and he immediately carried out the order.

"You are their leader, right? Now I'll give you a chance. Leave half of the people and all the goods, and I will let the rest go." The sturdy man looked at the team in front of him. He knew clearly that if a real fight broke out, he would not have the advantage.

"Sir, we are from the Gust Trading Company. We are willing to follow your arrangements. We only ask that you let us go." The butler continued to sabotage.

"So it's you guys? Then all of you stay." Hearing the name of Gust Trading Company, the sturdy man showed a smile of realization.

"Sir, we are from Gust Trading Company."

"Yes, you are the ones I want to keep."

"Idiot, they just want to kill people to silence them, why are you so stupid?" The girl already knew that this time she might be in great danger.

"No, no, the young master will not abandon us." The old butler had obeyed the family all his life and couldn't believe that he would be abandoned by the young master.

"I don't want to die, I want to leave." Suddenly, a mercenary in front couldn't stand the pressure and chose to escape.

"There is still a glimmer of hope if we fight back, but if we fail and run away we will surely die." The girl's dissuasion could not stop the mercenaries from being defeated.

"Kill!" In an instant, the robbers rushed into a flock of sheep like wolves, without encountering any decent resistance at all.

"Sir, she is the leader of this group. She is very beautiful. I will give her to you." After taking off the woman's mask, revealing her beautiful face, the girl wanted to commit suicide, but was stopped by the man and directly gave herself to her boss.

"Wash it clean. I want it fresh. I want to eat it in the evening." In the eyes of the cannibal monk, there is no distinction between men and women, only the desire for food and drink.

"Okay, sir." Although the man felt regretful, he was not in a hurry. It was still early and he had plenty of time to enjoy himself in advance.

"My lord, it's bad. There is a cavalry approaching from behind. What should we do?"

"What? There are cavalry behind us? Damn it!" The bandit leader was horrified. After all, most of his men were infantry, and the cavalry's charge would be difficult to resist.

"Tell the brothers to quickly transfer the fire, and then ambush in the woods ahead. We must kill this cavalry, otherwise we will all die!" The bandit leader's face was gloomy, and finally he made up his mind to fight this cavalry to the death.

"Hurry! Don't just stand there! Get ready!" Faced with the sudden arrival of the cavalry, the bandits were terrified, but they also knew that there was no way to retreat.

When the surrendered mercenaries heard the news of the cavalry, they stood up and prepared to flee. They thought that because of the Gust Trading Company's identity, the bandits would not dare to do anything to them, but who would have thought that the bandits did not care at all. Now that they saw the cavalry, they felt like they had grabbed a life-saving straw, and of course they had to escape quickly while the bandits were resisting the cavalry.

When the girl saw the mercenaries running away, she also tried to flee, but the bandits around her watched her closely and wouldn't let her go. The girl gritted her teeth, kicked over the two bandits who were holding her, and squeezed into the crowd during the chaos.

"Report to the lord, there is a group of bandits blocking the road ahead." The voice of the reconnaissance team leader Gulis sounded in the distance.

"Lord Apollo, the mercenaries fleeing in front of us are the same group as before, and their families are also among them. The mercenaries we dispersed are approaching us, and there are about fifty of them."

"Warning shots will be fired at 100 meters, indiscriminate attacks will be launched at 80 meters, and those lying in the corner will be considered surrendering and will not be killed." Alpha had a murderous look on his face and it was obvious that he would not show mercy.

The cavalry that Alpha brought this time were all elite, and they didn't take these bandits seriously at all.

"Look, that's the regular army. Brothers, run!" When the bandits found out that the other side was actually the regular army, they were scared out of their wits and immediately split into two groups to escape the battlefield.

"Miss, please leave quickly." The butler helped the girl who was knocked down up, and the two of them ran away together.

"Want to run? Stay here." When the sturdy man saw them running away, he immediately ordered his men to chase them and prepare to capture the beauty.

"Who are they? Put down my food." The cannibal monk became furious when he saw that the food he had caught was about to be snatched away.

"They are all from Gust Trading Company. They all deserve to die."