Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 511: Warriv's Commission
After Tyrael explained to Sun Huang in his broken Chinese that this place was Eastern Europe and roughly how they got here, the two guys started to chatter.

"Tsk...you...didn't even tell us in advance, so we were completely unprepared." Huang Donglai was telling the truth. At the moment, except for a few small portable props and a small number of elixirs and hidden weapons, he didn't bring anything else, not even the Village Sword.

Sun Yixie's situation is similar to his. The good news is that Brother Sun at least still has a trident and protective armor.

All of their "everything you need" luggage was left in an inn and was not taken to the Cao Gang's base.

After all, they originally just wanted to go to the base to help "interrogate" Feng San, which wouldn't take too long, and they had to go back to the inn to sleep that night. Who knew that something like this would suddenly happen?
Fortunately, Linghu Xiang, Qin Feng, and the Niu brothers were all staying in the same inn, so there was no need to worry about Shuang Xie’s luggage getting lost if he didn’t go back.

However, their "leaving without saying goodbye" would still cause some problems. Of course, we will have to wait until they return to Central Plains to deal with that.

Speaking of the present, Tyrael listened to Huang Donglai's complaints and apologized repeatedly, but he also explained that there was really no other way; there was no telephone in those days, and it was too difficult to communicate from Eastern Europe to Central Plains. If you ask a few "old wizards" organized by them to use their skills to contact you, the cost might be higher than sending you here directly, so it's not worth it.

When Sun Huang heard this, he didn't say much. Since he was already here, why not help his brother?

This can be regarded as showing the elegance of our Central Plains knights in front of their European martial arts colleagues.

So, after chatting for a while, Tyrael brought Shuanghe to several "old wizards" of this ranger organization.

These old men really look like the stereotypical image of a magician. They are all dressed in tattered robes, have white hair and beards, and have wrinkles on their faces. At first glance, they all look like demigods who are over 150 years old.

When we asked, we found out that most of the guys were under 60.

Otherwise, how could we say that Europe was in dire straits at the time? If the medical, dietary, and sanitary conditions were all very poor, it would have caused a chain reaction...

But these uncles in their fifties are considered long-lived here.

After a brief exchange, Sun Huang discovered that these old men had a very bad first impression of their "foreign aid".

Huang Donglai could understand what the old men were saying because he had already activated his "Ke Di Xun Wei" technique, and Sun Yixie could tell just by observing their expressions that the other party thought the two of them had no strength and were not very reliable.

As the conversation went on, the old men's words revealed disappointment and a bit of resentment towards Tyrael.

Under normal circumstances, if Sun Huang had encountered such treatment, he might have jumped up and scolded these old men, but this time, considering that they had just arrived and were unfamiliar with the place, they had to rely on this organization in many places, and they did not want to make things difficult for Tyrael who was caught in the middle, so they chose to play dumb.

Fortunately, the meeting didn't last long. Although the old men didn't have high expectations for Shuang Xie, they finally said that since they were guests, they should be entertained. They let the two find a tent and settle down first.

The group then left the old wizards' tent and came outside. Sun Huang wanted to say a few more words to Tyrael, and at this moment...

"Greetings! strangers!"

Along with the greeting, a middle-aged man wearing a blue hat and shawl appeared in the sight of Sun Huang and Tyrael.

Tyrael obviously knew this man and immediately introduced him to Sun Huang, saying that this guy was the leader of a caravan currently stationed in this camp, named Warriv. If they wanted to start traveling westward from now on, they would most likely need to follow Warriv's caravan.

Sun Huang then exchanged greetings with Warif, and then he found that this old man came over to greet them on his own initiative. Firstly, he was curious and wanted to find out something about Dazhen; secondly... he also had a request of theirs.

What's the matter?

It is said that last month, a group of robbers came to the mountains and forests a few miles west of this camp. It is said that this group of people is quite brutal and fierce.

Many travelers have been killed by them when passing through there, so Warriv's caravans are now reluctant to set out.

Warriv knew something about the Ranger Organization and understood that the "foreign aid" they invited would also travel westward, so he came to ask them if it was possible to deal with the bandits out of "common interests" or to serve as bodyguards for his caravan.

After listening to this, Sun Huang thought about it and thought to himself, this guy is quite cunning. He talks so much, doesn't he just want us to help him eliminate the threat?

If it were someone from the Ranger Organization, they might agree right away. After all, they would just go for the chivalrous cause. As for the reward... after the deed is done, you can just give it as a token of your appreciation, Old Wa.

But Sun Huang is different. He will bargain with you and make you bleed, right?

So, Tyrael just watched the two of them fooling around with Warriv, and they were satisfied when they saw that if they kept talking they would soon become deputy leaders of the caravan.

After sending off the sweaty Warriv, Tyrael advised the two of them: "Bro... that group of bandits has quite a lot of people, and our organization is already short of manpower. If you lead a team to fight them, what if there are more casualties..."

"What?" Sun Yixie's voice was raised. "Just a few bandits... do we need to lead a team to defeat them? Damn it, I'm going to go over right now and let them know what 'killing' means!"

"Alright, alright... you're only loud when you're bullying weaklings." Huang Donglai pouted, "It's dark out here, it won't be easy for you to search for them if you go there."

"Do we need to go find them? I'll just hold a torch and walk along the road, and then wait for them to rob me," Sun Yixie said.

"Everyone must be asleep at night, leaving only a few sentries to watch." Huang Donglai said, "We will just go over with a torch, and when they see that we are just a few men and don't have any carriages or supplies, they will probably just ignore us."

"Hmm..." Sun Yixie pondered for a moment, "Now that you put it that way...it seems to make sense."

His eyes rolled, and the next second, he blurted out to Tyrael: "Bro, are there any young girls in our camp?"

Tyrael's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he blurted out, "Bro, I told you not to fight the bandits, so you have to do this?"

"Tsk...what are you talking about?" Sun Yixie explained with a crooked mouth, "I mean to find a girl to go with us, so that maybe we can lure the robbers out."

Tyrael thought for two seconds and continued, "It's late at night, and the other party can't see clearly anyway. Wouldn't it be the same if you changed into women's clothes and covered your face with a cloak?"

After he finished speaking, Sun Yixie was speechless for a moment.

“Hahahaha…haha! Hahahaha…” What followed was Huang Donglai’s loud laughter.

"Fuck it... shut up!" Sun Yixie was very annoyed at this moment, because he had realized that Tyrael's plan was indeed correct.

An hour later, the three of them were already walking on a road far away from the camp.

This road is the only way to go west through the valley. A large section of the middle of the road is covered by mountains and forests, which provides good conditions for the bandits to hide and raid.

At this moment, Sun Yixie had changed into a nun's uniform borrowed from the camp, with a headscarf covering most of her face. She walked among the three people, playing the role of being "escorted".

Huang Donglai and Tyrael, who were walking in front and behind Sun Yixie, were both dressed in "guard" outfits, with leather armor scattered all over their bodies, weapons around their waists, and two large luggage bags on their backs symbolically. Of course... they were filled with very light dry grass.

For such a group of people, the probability of being targeted, whether for robbery or rape, is greatly increased; and their personnel configuration also fits the impression that "because there are so few people, they can only travel quietly in the middle of the night, hoping to avoid the eyes and ears of the robbers."

Sure enough, as they walked, the torches in their hands attracted the attention of a robber who was on night watch.

There were indeed quite a few bandits, more than twenty of them, but they were bandits after all, not a well-trained army, so there were only two people on guard every night, and they took turns to guard the first and second half of the night.

That is to say, there was actually only one person on guard at the same time.

If this person dozed off or something, some travelers might have slipped away during this time.

Of course, even if he was awake, he might still let them go, just like Huang Donglai's previous analysis... If the lookout saw that there were only two or three male travelers coming, without any carriages or supplies, or even very little luggage, then he would most likely not wake up his companions to rob them.

Because for "prey" like this, there is not much profit even if you succeed in robbing them. In the end, all you get are a few tattered weapons and torn clothes, plus some dry food. The people being robbed may even put up a desperate resistance, resulting in casualties on the robbers' side.

Generally speaking, unless it was winter and food was so scarce that they had to eat humans, they would not consider attacking an all-male team with a small number of people and luggage.

However, the states that Sun Huang and Tyrael are pretending to be at this moment are quite different.

Regardless of how much valuables were in the two large bags, the presence of a woman in the team was still very tempting to the robbers.

The night watchman saw from afar that there was a girl wearing nun's clothes among the three people, and he immediately became alert. He ran back to the cave where his companions were sleeping like a flash, and quietly woke up the three brothers who were on good terms with him, and was about to set off.

Seeing this, some people may ask, why didn’t he wake everyone up?

Actually, if you think about it carefully, this is very simple: he felt that there were only three people on the other side, and only two of them were male guards who would resist, so the nun was a burden... With such a configuration, four of their bandits would be more than enough; if fewer people went, wouldn't he be able to "enjoy" the nun as a trophy more later?

This is how this kind of bandit thinks. Also, don't think that he is overconfident in his fighting ability. In fact, his judgment is basically accurate.

Take the caravan as an example. At that time, most caravans had between 20 and 30 members, with a few dozen or so, and only a very large caravan would have more than 50 people. Among them, the proportion of "professional guards" would not exceed a quarter of the total number of people. The caravan could not afford to hire more than that.

Of course, there were many civilians in the caravan who were not guards and were also equipped with weapons, so they could put up a little resistance; but the fighting power of these people was such that even if fifty of them attacked together, they were no match for these twenty or so bandits.

These bandits, who were born in this chaotic era, all have blood on their hands and have killed people without hesitation. They also attack women and children without any hesitation, and many of them have eaten humans.

It can be said that they are a group of "people" whose animality outweighs their human nature. When it comes to life-and-death struggles, they have a huge psychological advantage over ordinary people from the very beginning. Only those professional guards with rich combat experience can fight them on equal terms in a one-on-one battle. Guards who do not have much killing experience and civilians with weapons do not even have a 20% chance of winning against them.

To sum up, when the four bandits went to raid Sun Huang and Tyrael, they were full of confidence and did not even think of the possibility of failure.

After these four people approached the target following the firelight, they skillfully dispersed to both sides of the road, forming a small encirclement.

Then, they took advantage of the fact that the enemy was in the open and they were in the dark. Chuachuachua first shot four arrows from the woods, shooting at Huang Donglai who was walking in front of the team from four different angles.

The arrow left the bow, and before the man fell, the four robbers had already put down their short bows, replaced them with swords and axes, and rushed out of the woods.

This was their usual tactic, because they knew their archery skills were only average, and since they were attacking at night, they didn't expect to kill a moving target wearing protective gear with just a few arrows...

The purpose of this first round of volleys, to put it bluntly, is to "stop" the enemy in the front, causing the entire team to stagnate.

The subsequent wave of charge is the main course.

The four bandits, two men in front and two in back, rushed out from the woods on both sides of the road and almost simultaneously attacked Huang Donglai and Tyrael from both sides.

If an ordinary traveler encountered this skilled raid in the middle of the night, he would probably be killed in this round.

It's a pity that the robbers met no ordinary people today...

The two men who were attacking Huang Donglai, when they rushed up to him and raised their weapons to chop him down, suddenly discovered that the guy who was "shot" in front of them, for some reason... actually had four arrows in his left hand.

"He caught all our hidden arrows at that moment?" As soon as this thought flashed through the mind of one of the robbers, he felt a chill on his left rib.

Then his advance stopped.

Two seconds later, when he turned around belatedly, he found that he had been pierced by a trident stabbing at him in the air, with both feet off the ground...

And the one holding the trident was the "nun" who didn't look like a threat at all.

The robber who attacked Huang Donglai from another direction had a little better luck, because Huang Donglai intended to leave him alive, so he easily dodged his slash with his body skills and then punched him in the stomach.

The robber had never been hit by such a punch with internal force before; normally, even if he was hit by such a powerful punch from a very strong person, he would at most kneel down and vomit, then have convulsions all over his body due to stress, and his breathing would stop for dozens of seconds... But Huang Donglai's punch directly made him lose consciousness in pain and fall into a coma.

At the same time, Tyrael in the back also used a long hammer held in both hands and a few dodging steps to safely resist the attack from the two robbers.

Tyrael, who had been in Daejeon for quite some time, had obviously reached the dimension of "knowing martial arts" in terms of "physical skills". Even though the two bandits had rich combat experience, they were definitely no match for Tyrael.

After three or five moves, Tyrael killed the two men without using any special abilities.

"It seems there are only these four." After the attack subsided, Huang Donglai turned his attention to his ear skills to confirm whether there were any other fish that had escaped the net nearby.

"Then ask the one who is still breathing where their base is." Sun Yixie followed up and walked towards the unconscious robber while speaking.

Huang Donglai was not vague either. He slapped the man repeatedly and successfully woke him up. Then he grabbed the man by the collar and asked, "Hey, where is your lair?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, a sharp arrow flashing with three colors of light suddenly appeared in the distant night sky.

In a moment, the arrow came flying at an astonishing speed like a precisely locked bullet, and with a "swoosh" it pierced into the robber's forehead.