basic swordsmanship

Chapter 29 The Devonshire Rogue

After walking for a while, it was daybreak. They continued on their way without rest, until the sun rose, which was the most painful time.

It's hot and under the direct sunlight, no matter how strong your physical strength is, you're still tired and sweating profusely.

At least Tang An was like that.

Along the way, the four temporarily hired guards hardly communicated with each other, and they didn't even know each other's names. It might be because the weather was too hot, and even Charlie the Bald didn't talk a lot.

Tang An was idle and bored. Apart from comparing their route and the direction the pointer was pointing along the way, he opened the vocabulary book he had recorded in his hand to learn Lassia during his break.

To explore the plot world of No. 16, mastering the language here is a prerequisite.

At night, they chose a safe place to light a campfire. At this time, several people who had not interacted with each other much before began to chat.

Of course, it's just chatting.

They certainly wouldn't tell each other about their past, everyone has secrets, so the topic turned to the cargo they escorted this time.

"Do you know? In fact, this Mr. Charlie has a bad reputation. I heard that he will deliver goods to Devon every once in a while, but the strange thing is that anyone who is hired by him has never been They haven't appeared again, they have all disappeared." A hired guard whispered at this time.

These words obviously surprised the other three people.

"I've heard of this rumor, but I think it's just a rumor. At least I'm leaving. I don't believe anyone can stop me." The man holding the long-handled flintlock looked confident.

"But this Mr. Charlie is indeed a little suspicious. The goods he transports are all covered tightly, and he never reveals what he transports. Just at noon, I took a sneak peek while they were not paying attention. This carriage It contains some strange things, including various bottles, test tubes, and some ores and herbs." The guard who spoke at the beginning was obviously full of curiosity, and he actually violated the rules and secretly inspected the goods.

Another guard who had been silent said at this time: "According to your description, it should be something used by pharmacists."

"Pharmacist?" Obviously, for low-level people like them, pharmacists are very mysterious and high-end existences. They only know that extraordinary potions are made by pharmacists.

It is said that even the most common extraordinary potion costs tens or even hundreds of gold coins, and it is possible that the price will be even higher.

At this time, Charlie and his two followers came over there, and they stopped talking at that moment.

Bald Charlie told them that they needed a vigil tonight, because they were spending the night in the wild, and they needed to worry about some thieves and wild animals, and the four of them needed to be on duty separately.

Tang An was arranged for the second half of the night.

So he could sleep for a while, but when Tang An was lying on the ground wrapped in a smelly blanket, he couldn't sleep. It wasn't that the stone on the ground was too hard, but that Tang An sensed a little danger.

Tang An never thought that he was so great, so he was always alert and cautious. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was cautious.

Before talking at the bonfire today, Tang An sensed that something was wrong.

He found that someone was carving words under the carriage. His Chinese language was not good, but he happened to know these words.

"Charlie kills!"

This word is engraved on the underside of the carriage, so if you don't look for it specifically, you won't be able to find it at all. Tang An looked for an opportunity to look down. Around the engraved words, there are some blood fingerprints that have long been blurred. Obviously someone was injured, panicked and hid under the carriage to carve it with something like a knife.

Looking at the traces at that time, it should have been engraved a long time ago, so who, when, and why engraved these words?

When Tang An discovered this, he felt a little uneasy, and finally heard some other weird rumors about the bald Charlie, that is to say, it was not the first time that the bald Charlie hired someone to go to Devonshire, and the rumor said that anyone who The person hired by Charlie the Bald disappeared.

If you connect the clues you found with this rumor, then Tang An feels that this should not only be a groundless rumor, but at least have some truth, and this possibility is only [-]%, Tang An I feel that I should not continue to 'adventure'.

As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

What if there was something wrong with this bald Charlie?

If this is the case, you may not be able to help yourself when you arrive in Devon, so you must take the initiative when you can take the initiative.

No.

Take the initiative to escape.

Tang An decided that although it would be dangerous to go to Devon alone, at least the danger can be controlled. Unlike now, you still need to be careful of the people around you. Someone may stab you in the back at any time.

The so-called open guns are easy to hide and hidden arrows are hard to guard against.

So I decided to leave when I was on duty for the night.

Thinking of this, Tang An was also in a daze, getting sleepy, and finally fell into a deep sleep.

In the middle of the night, Tang An was woken up by a gust of cold wind. When he opened his eyes, he realized that the burning bonfire had been extinguished at some point.

Is no one tending the bonfire?
This was Tang An's first thought. After all, people on duty at night need to take care of the bonfire. In the wild, there is no bonfire for warmth, and sometimes it can freeze people to death.

Looking up, Tang An immediately held his breath.

Bald Charlie and his two attendants were holding sharp knives and hiding behind the carriage. Some of the others were sleeping, and the night watchman, like Bald Charlie, ducked and hid, not daring to move.

Tang An also discovered that the bonfire was put out with water.

No need to ask, it must have been Bald Charlie and the others, but why did they do this?
The latter also found that Tang An had woken up, and hurriedly made a gesture to silence the sound and not move around.

Tang An didn't dare to move now.

Now Tang An was anxious and curious. He was eager to know what happened, but it turned out that Charlie the Bald and the others were facing an enemy.

wrong.

That is simply fear, fear, there is no doubt that there must be something in this dark wilderness, something, something terrible.

Tang An tried his best to look around.

Finally, I saw a tall black shadow moving slowly in the distance. The height of the black shadow was a bit exaggerated. The normal height of an adult is between 1.5 meters and two meters, even if it is a little higher , Two meters one or two meters two is the limit.

But the dark shadow in the distance, Tang An reckoned, was at least five meters long.

Can people grow to that height?

At least Tang An has never seen it before, but the one in the distance is indeed more than five meters. The height alone makes people feel frightened, especially in the dark, it is not clear at all, which adds a sense of mystery and weirdness. It makes people more and more afraid.

No wonder Bald Charlie and the others would put out the bonfire and dare not make a sound, because if that thing is brought over, the ghost knows what terrible things will happen.

Fortunately, that tall black shadow is quite far away, and it should just pass by.

For the next few minutes, no one dared to make a sound, and the horses seemed to feel threatened, so they also remained motionless. It was thanks to the bonfire being extinguished, otherwise the dark shadow in the distance would definitely have spotted them.

Finally, the tall black shadow walked away.

Bald Charlie and the others just got up, all of them looked scared.

Next, Tang An learned the name of the shadow from Charlie, the Devonshire Ranger.

(End of this chapter)