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"...All of it?" Garen's smile was a little stiff, and he couldn't help but suspect that he had heard it wrong.

"Yes, all of them." Lian Yun smiled a kinder smile than Garin had just given him. After a pause, he added, "It would be best if you could bring the boxes too. We don't have any storage facilities."

Everyone in the caravan gasped in surprise. They had seen bandits before, but they had never seen such bandits.

At least, they didn't expect that two people would dare to rob more than ten of them.

Garin's expression finally turned serious. The brown-haired man was on the verge of tears. He never expected that he would put the caravan in danger.

Someone in the caravan uttered a trembling voice: "Is it... is it a robber?"

Lian Yun was stunned for a moment and looked at the person who had just spoken. The latter shrank his neck and fell silent.

"I didn't explain it clearly," Lian Yun said with a raised eyebrow and a smile, "What I meant was that I want to buy all your goods."

The caravan members breathed a sigh of relief, and Garin's smile returned: "It turned out to be a misunderstanding."

As long as it's not robbery, we can negotiate.

"But some of our goods may not be worth buying." Garin said apologetically, then quickly said, "That's okay, we can go to town and you can review them one by one."

"Okay." Lian Yun agreed happily.

The caravan members began to pack their luggage. A few timid-looking camels were led in front, pulling the cargo boxes, trembling as they walked.

The little girl rode on a camel and lay on it, whispering comforting words.

The Luo beast looks very much like a camel, but without a hump. It can be said to be a horse, but with a camel's head. It is so ugly and cute.

For some reason, he was shaking violently, his two big brown eyes filled with sorrow, as he tried to squeeze them together.

Lian Yun stared at the Luo beast and had been envious for a long time.

She had stockpiled thousands of camels in the early days of the game in order to get out of the desert. Now she finds the real camels even cuter. She doesn't know when she can return to the peak of breeding.

"It's not that I'm too heavy," the little girl met Lian Yun's gaze and added with a pout, "It's that there's the scent of flying gerbils nearby, and they're too scared."

Lian Yun looked at Lana without comment, and the latter shook his head.

On the way back, Lana had deliberately avoided the place where the flying gerbils were fighting. Now that he had walked some distance, he should not be afraid of the camel beast anymore.

Lian Yun turned around thoughtfully.

Along the way, Garin led the caravan at a very fast speed. Lian Yun vaguely guessed the reason, but did not point it out.

When the town appeared before their eyes, everyone in the caravan was shocked.

First, they had never noticed such a big town.

Second, it's just too broken.

Their village was not as miserable as it was when it was swept by the beastmen.

Especially that shaky circle...

"Am I dazzled? ...Is that a fence?" the brown-haired man quietly asked his companion.

"Anyway, this thing definitely won't be able to resist flying gerbils, right?" the companion said in confusion.

The caravan was silent.

Garin tried to utter a word of praise, but his mouth opened and closed, and nothing came out.

Lian Yun was as steady as a rock: "Well, this is my town."

Garen forced a smile. "...very special."

"It doesn't matter, I know what you are thinking." Lian Yun said indifferently.

"I took over this town not long ago because it was so run-down, so I wanted to build it up."

She pointed to the cargo boxes pulled by the camel beasts. "So whatever you have, I can find a suitable place for it."

Garen suddenly admired Lian Yun very much and even had the urge to give her a discount.

The caravan reluctantly accepted this fact and walked into the town pulling their camels and cargo boxes.

When they stepped into the large open space in the west and the soft sand under their feet turned into stone bricks, a long-lost feeling of stability came over them.

"Huh? There's no wind?" At the same time, some people also discovered that as soon as they stepped into the area surrounded by the fence, the wind and sand in the desert seemed to be paused.

Garen understood instantly and became more convinced of Lian Yun's identity.

After Lian Yun asked Lanna to take the caravan to settle down first, he walked up to Garin alone and talked to him.

"There are only Lana and I in the town. You can find any house to live in if you don't mind it being too shabby." Lian Yun pointed to the residential area in the east.

And...if you are not afraid that the house will collapse at any time.

"Thank you, sir." Garin said gratefully, "We are used to staying in tents at night, so we won't wander around the town anymore."

That's good.

"You don't have to worry. You should understand that it's safe here." Lian Yun said with a smile.

Garin was embarrassed for a moment, but quickly covered it up. "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, sir. The camels are always afraid of flying gerbils, but today their reaction was too extreme, causing panic among the caravan. I had no choice but to find a place to stay as soon as possible."

"Your Excellency's town is well concealed. Even our magician hasn't noticed it," Garin said, lowering his voice. He glanced at the cloaked man who had been sitting silently beside him and said with a smile, "Mr. Rock is the only magician in our village. Don't look down on his age. He is a retired teacher from the main city's magician's association."

"He's just usually stubborn. He doesn't like to show up nor does he like to be offended, but he cares about us younger ones. So today's confrontation was really not intentional on our part," Garen apologized.

He sighed again, "Thanks to the Lord's timely appearance, otherwise we would have been in real danger. Even if Mr. Rock was here, we wouldn't want him to risk fighting."

Lian Yun was silent for a few seconds. She remembered Lana had told her that the mutual destruction of the three groups of flying gerbils probably wiped out the flying gerbils within a radius of dozens of miles.

…But she decided to hide this fact.

Lian Yun nodded: "What about our deal?"

Garen knew that she had been waiting for this. Now that she had a place to rest for the night, he clapped his hands happily and asked someone to bring the box over.

The cargo boxes were carried in front of the two men one by one and opened one by one.

One of the boxes contained several cloaks of different colors. Lian Yun squatted down and touched the fabric. It felt good, solid and heavy.

Garin explained, "This cloak was enchanted by our Mr. Rock himself. It can hide the face, change the body shape, and also has defensive properties."

In fact, without him saying anything, Lian Yun had already seen the small words on the cloak:

[Rock's Cloak: A cloak crafted by a stubborn magician himself (including the selection of fabric and meticulous sewing), though he would never admit it. Functions: Disguise, Defense +55.]

"Yes, I want it." Lian Yun nodded without hesitation.

"Not for sale." Rock, the cloaked man, had stood behind the two of them without them knowing when, and every word he said revealed his dissatisfaction.

This hoarse voice now carried a hint of disdain and provocation: "Aren't you a powerful wizard? Do you still need to buy a cloak made by someone else?"

"Every profession has its own expertise. I prefer to appreciate the fruits of others' labor." Lian Yun remained calm and refused to face the topic of "magician" directly.

She turned to Garin, who was, after all, the leader of the caravan.

"How much gold coins? I'll pay double the price."

"Tsk." Rock seemed to have heard a huge joke. "What are you going to buy it with? A pile of scrap wood outside the town?"

Garin coughed twice, awkwardly interrupting Rock's sarcasm, and said to Lian Yun with an apologetic look: "Sir, Mr. Rock's cloak is very expensive. I can give you a discount, but I'm afraid you still have to consider..."

“Crash—”

"!!" The caravan members who were originally watching the show were frightened by the small group that suddenly appeared out of nowhere around Lian Yun and retreated one after another.

Lian Yun pointed to a small pile of glittering gold and said, "Here are two hundred gold coins. Is that enough to buy one?"

"What...!" Rock cried out in disbelief. Everyone seemed to be able to see the disbelief in his dark face. "What kind of magic is this!"

Lian Yun made a gun-like gesture with his right hand, blew away non-existent smoke, and smiled harmlessly at Rock: "Amazing space magic, haven't you seen it before?"

Galen: I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Mr. Rock’s face seems to have become darker.

"They are all genuine gold coins. You can check them." Lian Yun picked up two gold coins and handed them to Mr. Garin and Rock, saying with a smile.

...It's true.

Rock admitted reluctantly.

"But this is all your savings, right?" Garin asked worriedly. "Sir, I suggest you reconsider. These two hundred gold coins can buy these cloaks, but they can also buy a lifetime of food and clothing for an ordinary person."

“You can buy a lot of other things with that money.”

"I know." Lian Yun snapped his fingers, and a larger pile of gold coins appeared around him.

"..." Garen swallowed back his words of dissuasion.

"Here are four hundred coins. Buy these four cloaks. The extra coins will be used as a reward for Mr. Rock's hard work." Lian Yun smiled at Rock and then turned to Garin. "Is this okay?"

Mr. Rock suddenly fell silent, turned around and walked away without saying a word, then sat down with his back to them.

"Mr. Rock spent a whole year preparing these four cloaks," Garin said helplessly. "He wanted to help us, and before he left, he was worried he wouldn't be able to sell them."

Lian Yun looked puzzled and said, "Then my offer is reasonable, right?"

Garin stroked his chin. "If Mr. Rock's original price allowed us to save a year's work, then your offer would allow us to turn back and retire now."

Lian Yun nodded and gave Gai Lin a thumbs up in his heart.

As expected of the caravan leader, he remains calm in the face of so much money.

Garin wiped the sweat from his hands and walked to the second box, continuing to explain to Lianyun, "What a coincidence! Our original destination was another new city. They just cleared out some low-level monsters there, and opened up a new area that needs a lot of supplies and equipment."

"That's great!" Lian Yun urged with bright eyes.

What could it be!?

Farming tools? Construction tools? Or some other equipment?

The box was slowly opened, and Lian Yun, with a look of anticipation on his face, suddenly choked.

“…”

The box was one meter wide and half filled with soil. The soil was sparkling and shimmering as if it were mixed with gems.

And there was only a lonely plant in the middle of the soil.

The round yellow fruit of this plant is half buried in the soil, with a few stems and leaves hanging on it, and the leaves are a little yellow.

Lian Yun tried hard to maintain a smile.

This is definitely not a carrot, right? Absolutely not!