Light Spirit Epic Chapter 2256: The King of Puppets (7)
Chapter 2256 The King of Puppets (seven)
After leaving the mercenary union, Arthur and his party first went to a place to stay. After finding a cheap and not expensive hotel to settle in, and after leaving the luggage that was too heavy and inconvenient to carry, Arthur moved his muscles: "Next, do we have to wait until the afternoon. What should I do? Good."
"Go play!" Verne replied without thinking.
"You know how to play." Arthur gave the kid a white look: "Listen. In addition to the equipment I need to use now, I plan to prepare some special equipment. Do you know what a telescope is? Where is it in the city? Can you get it?"
"The telescope? The one used by the sailors? I saw that the knights who guarded the castle sometimes used it. If I bought it, I don't know. I haven't been from the castle to the outside."
"Tsk, it's really useless." Arthur thought about it again: "Forget it. Just walk around the city, there should be a grocery store or something that can buy this."
(It may be expensive.)
"Why don't you ask the knights in the castle to borrow one? Then you won't have to spend any money."
"Maybe it will be used in the future. It's better to buy one at your own expense. You can't just borrow it and not pay it back." Arthur said as a matter of course.
"Okay." Verne shrugged and followed Arthur out of the room.
"Doesn't the door need to be locked..." Arthur turned to lock the door, but found that the hotel room door had no lock at all, and couldn't help complaining.
"This is a very peaceful city, and there are not many thieves. It's normal for hotels to have no locks. Anyway, just bring valuable things with you. If the luggage in the hotel is stolen, it will be Find a hotel and take care of it."
"Is that okay?" Arthur smiled wryly. But think that he did bring valuables with him. The luggage in the hotel was nothing more than some changed clothes and some less important spares. Whether it's weapons or armor, Arthur and the others are already on their backs. Anyway, just leave without locking the door. If something is stolen, you can find someone at the hotel to settle the account.
It seems that France is still fighting between the two countries and the people are struggling, but there is such a peaceful city on the British mainland that even thieves are rare. It's a **** and a paradise.
As Arthur wished, the telescope he wanted was finally bought at the grocery store, and it cost Arthur five gold coins. This thing is not sold as a combat tool, but as a boutique or handicraft. Infuriating. But it is not wrong to say that it is a handicraft. Arthur bought a hand-held monocular. It is really an ancient thing. It is estimated that it was a tool used by those sailors on the ship in the past. The reason was that I got the **** shop and sold it. The lens is very clear under wiping, and can be used to look at a considerable distance.
"So what the **** are you buying this for? Don't tell me you're going to peek at people in the city taking a bath at night." Verne complained.
"You bastard, you are so young, why are you thinking so badly?" Arthur scolded: "Let's go, go to the mountain over there."
"Wait, are you serious? The mountain is already in the range of the [Bone Pickers] bandit group. There are no patrols in the city to guard it, it is very dangerous." Verne said with a stare: " Are you planning to fight the [Bone Collector] without waiting for the support of those mercenaries?"
"Don't worry, I'm not that stupid." Arthur hummed: "Just find a tactical commanding height and observe the [Bone Pickers]'s force configuration and range of activities from a height. Note that we will be evacuating before and there will be no formal engagement."
"So that's what you bought the telescope for?"
"Probably. Is your stealth ability acceptable? If not, don't follow me and drag me back. I'll stay in the hotel by myself."
"It's alright, I used to be chasing me in the castle and being chased by the guards. As long as I hide, they can't find me."
"Humph." Arthur didn't know what kind of situation it was. Was the guards in the castle too low-level or the kid's peekaboo skills were too high? Anyway, Verne said so, let's just believe it for now. "Follow me, then. But keep close with Bedi. If you get lost, even Bedi can't protect you, just wait for the bandits to take him away."
"I see." Verne replied with a grin.
This guy always has a lack of tension on his face and is what upsets Arthur the most. I still don't know whether this kid's psychological quality is good or bad, we can only observe it in actual combat. But no matter what, things like bandit suppression should be an actual combat that Arthur can solve by himself. It is enough for this kid to assist him from a distance, as long as he doesn't shoot an arrow on Arthur. After all, accidental injury to friendly troops is the most annoying thing.
After they left the city, the two of them and a wolf began to sneak up to the mountain. Verne has been very quiet since he left the city, and he didn't ask Arthur why he was so cautious. From the beginning, he used the method of sneaking up the mountain. The time is about two o'clock in the afternoon, which is the most violent time of the day, and it is also the most drowsy and easy to relax. Of course, Arthur had his reasons for choosing this time to touch the mountain. During this time period, he could most easily see the movements of the bandits in the mountains and forests from a height. Know the loopholes in these people's defenses.
"You can climb trees, right?" Arthur asked in a low voice, almost at the top of the mountain, in front of an ancient and towering cedar tree.
"Well, I can climb the city walls, of course the tree can't get over me." Verne said.
"Then follow along and move lightly." Arthur was also a little worried that this kid was wearing armor and carrying a bow and crossbow, which might affect his agility. But in fact, this kind of worry is completely unnecessary. Verne, who is wearing armor and carrying a light crossbow, is still a leather monkey, and the speed of climbing the tree may be faster than that of Arthur. On the other hand, Arthur put on his breastplate and arm armor, carried a dagger and his Seraph holy sword on his back, and put on the monocular with a slightly luxurious appearance and an unreasonably large size. The equipment on his body was already It's quite heavy. This made him climb trees harder than usual. Knowing that the telescope was heavy like this, he should have gone to a few more grocery stores and found another pair of lighter telescopes.
Anyway. Arthur finally climbed to the tree, found a thick branch and sat down. The dense leaves and branches of the cedar tree have become his best cover. As long as he stays on the tree and does not move around, it is impossible for people under the tree or far away to notice his presence.
"It's more interesting than I imagined." Verne sat on another branch next to him and whispered: "What about the big wolf dog? He can't come up?"
"Beddie will find a bush to hide himself. It's better for him to help us ventilate below." Arthur replied casually, while taking out a soft cloth, covering the back of his palm, then arching his palm, covering it under The front end of the telescope: "Now let me see where the old den of these bandits is------"
"Why cover with cloth?"
"The reflection of the telescope will let us be found, so we need to cover it." Arthur replied casually: "You should also pay attention to this when you use it."
"Understood." Verne replied, honestly waiting for Arthur to get down to business. His own eyesight seemed to be very good, so while Arthur was looking through the binoculars, he was looking around, watching every move in the forest.
"Hey, the big dog is scratching." He said, "Hey, he's scratching his neck with his hind legs. It's dirty."
Arthur didn't reply, a vein appeared on his forehead.
From the very beginning, he had received information about the bandit from Duke Sirnante, and knew roughly where the bandit's den was. In fact, he observed from this vantage point with a telescope, and easily discovered a secret entrance hidden in a cave on the opposite hill. The size of the bandit group seems to be not as big as he imagined, and it is not far from Fort Hernant, and judging from the laxness of the bandit team patrolling near the cave, these guys are completely rookies who lack combat training. can defeat. This is completely a den of bandits that can be wiped out by sending two or three teams of knights at the Duke's order?
Arthur was then curious as to why the duke hadn't taken action against the bandits until now. Is it because he cherishes his subordinates too much, and is unwilling to waste one soldier and one soldier in order to exterminate this kind of bandit? Or did he deliberately keep this opportunity from the beginning, and let Arthur and the others go and make meritorious deeds?
No, it only took a day or two for Arthur and Duke Sirnant to contact him. The Duke didn't know Arthur at all before, how could he have thought so far.
Anyway, when they meet up with the mercenaries in the afternoon, and then attack in one fell swoop, things will be known. Arthur has not completely forgotten his promise of "can't kill". As a time traveler, his every move in this era may have an irreversible impact on this era. So no matter how outrageous he did, at least he couldn't kill humans indiscriminately—in actual combat, he could only use the unsheathed Seraph holy sword in his hand to knock his opponent unconscious. But he can't kill, it doesn't mean that the mercenaries he brought can't. Just let the mercenaries do the killing, and Arthur's hands don't need to be stained with any blood.
The plan is so. How it will be implemented is hard to say. In the worst case, when the situation is very urgent, Arthur may kill an enemy or two. After all, knocking out an opponent with a scabbard is sometimes not enough--if the opponent wears a heavy enough helmet, Arthur won't be able to.
"Shh!" Verne suddenly let out a low hum: "See? Over there!"
"Huh?" Arthur, who was focusing on observing the distance with his telescope ~IndoMTL.com~ put down the telescope and followed the little ghost's prompt to look over. Sure enough, there are also three thieves patrolling here, and they are very close to the tree where Arthur and the others are.
Nevertheless, because Arthur and the others were hiding in the tree and hiding well, the other party didn't notice the two of them at all. The fir trees were so dense that Arthur doubted that even if the other party looked up, it was impossible to see the two in the tree.
"What should I do? Just wait for them to pass by?" Verne continued to ask in a low voice.
"Apart from the three patrolling, are there any other thieves elsewhere?"
"No, at least I didn't see it from here."
"Then------" This is of course the best way for the action in the afternoon, in order to avoid stunned snakes. But Arthur had another idea: "Arrest them."
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