Chapter 10 Red Silk Valley

Under the scorching sun, three hundred-meter-high hills formed a concave shape, surrounding a commercial road more than four meters wide.

This terrain has a very common name, but most people will shudder at the mention of it: Red Silk Valley.

Red Silk Valley does not mean that there is a grain called "red silk" growing here.

Instead, in this canyon, there is a group of bandits with red ribbons tied on their heads. They are called "Red Silk Bandits" by the outside world, and this place is also called "Red Silk Valley".

This is an important passage between Bidiya City and other cities, and caravans often pass through here. The Red Silk Bandits target these caravans.

Of course, the Red Silk Bandits would not rob every caravan. They would not even touch those that looked difficult to deal with at first glance.

The caravans they targeted were those with no guards or few guards. They would rob 30% of those with a lot of cargo and 40% of those with a little cargo. They lived a very comfortable life.

However, on this day, the leader of the Red Silk Bandits suddenly discovered that large numbers of people had come to their territory, and many of these people were familiar to them.

These are all bandits from the nearby hills. They have always only robbed passing caravans in their own territories. Why did they all come to the Red Silk Valley this time?

Could it be that they wanted to expel me and others and seize and occupy this place?

However, have they forgotten that the reason they were able to occupy the closest pass to Bidiya City is because they are the strongest among all the bandits in the vicinity?

Just when the Red Silk Bandit leader was puzzled, news came from their scouts.

A large caravan of more than 40 carriages, and a caravan of more than 20 individual carriages behind the large caravan, were heading in this direction.

If nothing goes wrong, this large caravan will arrive here at noon tomorrow.

After hearing the news, the leader of the Red Silk Bandits suddenly realized.

He knew what these neighbors were trying to do by coming here.

Sure enough, that night, a dozen bandit leaders entered the Red Silk Valley and reached a cooperation with the Red Silk Bandit leader.

……

A long convoy of cars is moving forward.

However, unlike the relaxed atmosphere of the previous two days, the guards today all had serious expressions.

The scouts that followed the convoy completely disappeared last night.

If nothing unexpected happens, we will meet again in the Red Silk Valley.

From time to time, the guards' eyes would look at the most magnificent carriage in the convoy.

Everyone knows that the main reason why President Luqi was able to organize this large caravan this time was because of the existence of that adult.

A sixth-level magician...

Although the level 6 magician is still a little weak when facing a level 7 strongman.

However, before reaching level seven, a magician's level is one level higher than a warrior by default. For warriors who have not reached level seven, a level six magician is no different from a level seven warrior.

No, a level six magician is more terrifying than a level seven warrior.

Because even if he is a level seven warrior, if he wants to kill someone, he has to chop with his sword one by one.

Even if he consumed a large amount of his fighting spirit and used tactics like releasing his fighting spirit, he could only kill a dozen people at most.

What about the sixth level magician?

When a level six range magic is cast, anyone within the range who has not reached the level seven level of warrior will be seriously injured if not killed.

And how many times can a sixth-level magician cast sixth-level magic?

At least ten times!
In other words, in terms of killing efficiency, a level 6 magician is more than ten times that of a level 7 warrior. However, because the magicians are so powerful, most of them are recruited by the Frost and Snow Empire to fight on the battlefield with the Temple of Light.

It is difficult for ordinary people to see a magician.

Because of this, after getting Locke's promise, Luqi resolutely formed a large convoy.

Other businessmen were also willing to believe Luci and Locke.

This is the deterrent power of a sixth-level magician.

However, under normal circumstances, people rarely see magicians.

After all, almost all the young men in the Frost and Snow Empire who have an affinity for water will be sent to magic academies for training, and after graduation they will be incorporated into the legion to fight for the Frost and Snow Empire.

Perhaps on the battlefield, water magicians and light magicians are not everywhere, but across several teams, you can always find one or two military magicians.

Some of these guards or bandits are retired soldiers from the legion. They are the ones who can best appreciate the power of magicians.

Time does not slow down according to anyone's subjective will. The convoy formed by President Luqi gradually approached the Red Silk Valley.

Then, the carriage in front stopped, and a dozen guards quickly ran to the front of the convoy, drew the weapons behind them, and looked forward solemnly.

At the end of everyone's vision, there were nearly a thousand people standing clearly in the ravine formed by the three huge mountains in front, staring at the entire convoy menacingly.

The movement in front was soon discovered by the merchants in the back. After causing a slight chaos, everyone quickly calmed down with Luchi's comfort.

In addition, some of the merchants' guards were sent to the front for defense, and the rest surrounded the carriage where Locke was.

Surrounded by so many bandits, the only person who could help the caravan break the impasse was Lord Locke.

They must ensure that Lord Locke has enough time to chant the magic spell.

In front of him, a middle-aged man with a red scarf on his head strode forward and shouted to the people in the caravan:
"Friends who travel this business route, this is not the first time we have dealt with each other."

"My Red Silk Valley still follows the same old rules."

"If you want to pass through my Red Silk Valley, you have to leave 20% of your goods behind."

"However, there are quite a lot of customers coming to my Red Silk Valley today, so friends who want to pass through Red Silk Valley must leave 50% of their goods behind."

"Of course, in the name of our Red Silk Valley, all caravans that leave goods behind can safely pass through this trade route for a thousand miles!"

"What? Fifty percent of the goods?"

When these merchants heard what the leader of the Red Silk Bandits shouted, they were so angry that they started cursing.

"What do they want to do? Just pass through a Red Silk Valley and want 50% of our goods? Why don't they just rob us?"

"Ahem, calm down, aren't they just fighting over it now?"

"Then what do we do now?"

"Do you want to hand over 50% of the goods?"

"How is that possible? If we hand over 50% of the goods, won't we lose everything?"

"Everyone calm down. Although they are outnumbered, we still have Lord Locke on our side."

"Yes, yes, we still have Lord Locke."

"President Lu Qi, please go and ask Lord Locke what we should do now?"

(End of this chapter)