This time he waited a long time for Nora to come back, her face covered in blood.
"Injured?"
"No, I killed a sentry during the reconnaissance, and this is his blood." Nora wiped the blood off her face with her arm and continued, "I only saw ten robbers, including the man in the portrait."
"Reynard?"
Nora nodded and responded, "Yeah."
"Are there any other secret sentries nearby?"
Nora shook her head: "I only see one."
Reiner took a deep breath and began to think.
Ten people will definitely not be able to win in a head-on fight.
"Nora, you assist us in the dark and kill as many as you can. The two of us will be in the front to attract their attention. Be careful."
"You too." Nora slipped out from the side, she looked sneaky.
Reiner turned back to look at Martina and said softly, "Just follow me. Do whatever I do. Be smart."
"Understood."
After waiting there for a while, Reiner suddenly stood up and walked towards the woods.
It is evening now and the sky is getting darker.
Not long after walking, Reiner saw a fire in the woods in the distance.
That should be the camp Nora mentioned.
Reiner continued walking forward until he saw several bandits sitting around a campfire.
One of the men was the Leonard the old blacksmith had mentioned.
Leonard also looked at Reiner, but perhaps because of the bad light, he couldn't see his face clearly.
"who?"
Reiner pretended to be timid and lowered his voice, "I'm lost. Which direction is Melody?"
Reynard pulled out a dagger from his waist and walked over with several bandits.
He had a malicious smile on his face: "Lost?"
Reiner quickly took a few steps back, holding his round shield in front of him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean any harm. I just came to ask for directions."
Leonard smiled without saying anything, his eyes fixed on Martina.
"Merlord is not far from here. You can see it if you walk a little to the east." Leonard stepped forward and put his hand on Reiner's shoulder.
Just then, someone in the camp screamed.
The robber looked back in confusion.
Reiner took the opportunity to hit Leonard on the back of the head with his shield, knocking him unconscious.
The other bandits came to their senses and rushed towards Reiner at the same time, waving daggers.
Martina swung her sword, and with the sound of whistling wind, the two bandits in front were beheaded before they could even utter a cry.
It was too late for the remaining three robbers to realize that something was wrong.
Martina chopped it into pieces as if it were melons or vegetables.
Nora also walked out of the camp at this time: "Master, I have taken care of everything here."
"So do we."
Nora nodded, crawled back into the bushes, and began to be alert to her surroundings.
Martina looked at Leonard lying on the ground and raised her knife to strike him again.
"Stop, you can't cut this." Reiner quickly grabbed her.
"Why? Isn't he a robber?"
"He's the leader. He's still useful. He's more valuable alive than dead."
Martina nodded, not quite understanding.
Reiner took out a rope and tied him up like a twist.
Then he took Martina to search the camp.
This group of robbers didn't seem to be very rich. After searching for a long time, they only found a dozen or so copper coins.
Seeing that it was getting darker and darker and this remote place was not safe, Reiner called Nora and carried the still unconscious Leonard away.
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