Chapter 39: Unsettled Land

Originally, Rand planned to quietly deal with the affairs of the hideout while Ellie and Olenna went to the town to deliver instructions, and then complete the teaching materials to be provided to the believers to prove his strength.

But in reality, it is impossible to do so. Once people have experienced a leisurely life, it is difficult to adapt to a busy life in a short period of time.

Perhaps he had exploited Ellie and Olenna too much in the past and pushed all the things onto them, so that Rand temporarily lost the ability to handle miscellaneous matters. Now that he has picked it up again, he is not only confused but also overwhelmed, so much so that he can only stay up late and work overtime.

Starting today, stop being lazy!

Just as Rand was eagerly waiting for Ellie and Olenna to return.

The two of them looked solemn at this time.

Ellie and Olenna were surrounded at this point, with ten horses in plain sight and perhaps some hiding behind the bushes in ambush.

Unexpectedly, just after the baron was killed, not long after the peace came, bandits appeared in Crescent Moon Territory.

Ellie raised her staff while Olenna fixed a pauldron around her shoulder and drew her sword.

The two men were back to back, surrounded by ten horse bandits.

When the bandit saw that they were two weak women, he was not in a hurry and even laughed smugly.

And when they got closer and saw the faces of Ellie and Olenna clearly, they were even more shocked. Their greedy eyes were as real as if they wanted to eat them alive.

The leading bandit rode his horse and walked in front of Ellie and Olena, smiling with a fierce look on his face: "Two beauties, can you smile?"

He did not move closer, but returned to the bandit group, and allowed his bandits to come forward one by one to watch: "Serve me well, and I might let you go, hahahahahaha."

This is of course false.

After confirming that there were only a few of them, although Ellie and Olenna were still on guard, their expressions relaxed. They were not angry about being treated as ornamental animals. They were just dead people.

Ellie instead observed these bandits and even had the time to chat with Olena: "Olenna, don't they feel weird? Normally, which woman would wander around outside by herself?"

Olenna responded in a low voice: "Maybe you don't have enough experience. Be careful Ellie, otherwise it would not be good if you get hurt because of carelessness."

Seeing the two women chatting among themselves and ignoring them, the horse bandit became a little angry. They actually looked down on them.

In a moment of rage and shame, one of the bandits drew his bow and shot an arrow directly at Olenna's feet.

Because they are beautiful women, even if they are angry, they have no intention of hurting them immediately.

Olenna remained unmoved, watching the arrows fly to her feet.

Seeing that Ellie and Olenna didn't move, the bandits thought they were scared silly and started laughing again. Then one of the horse bandits felt that the time was almost right, so he rushed over on his horse, ready to hug one of them and put him on the horse and take him away.

He was seen riding towards her on horseback, passing Olena.

Then Olenna casually shook off the blood on the tip of the swift sword, and the horse bandit rushed forward for a distance along the horse, then fell off the horse's back, twitched twice on the ground, and then stopped moving.

Now this group of horse bandits finally realized that something was wrong. These two beauties, who were alone in a foreign land, seemed to be very difficult to deal with.

Olenna whispered to Ellie, "Don't let them escape. The den is in great need of horses."

Ellie rolled her eyes, feeling that Olenna was too involved in the identity of a member of the hideout, but her subordinate was not vague. She raised her staff slightly, and she would give priority to attacking anyone who tried to escape.

But the loss of just one person is not enough to scare them off. If they were scared off by this, it seems that they would lose the spirit of being bandits and might not dare to rob anyone in the future.

So they decided to attack together. Under the leadership of their leader, they arranged their formation and then charged towards Olenna.

Seeing that they were not running, Ellie tilted her staff, and as the spell was prepared, a scarlet spherical energy body rolled on the top of the staff.

Then there was a staggered encounter. Olenna was not afraid of the cavalry rushing towards her at high speed. When the horse bandits charged in front of her, she jumped lightly, as nimble and sharp as a hummingbird.

It seemed as if he was walking on flat ground, flashing and moving in the air.

Ellie fired two or three energy missiles and then jumped away, avoiding the bandits' head-on charge.

Just after the charge, the remaining nine bandits all lost their breath. Olenna landed lightly, shook off the blood on the sword, and then put it back into the scabbard.

Then remove the shoulder armor fixed on the left shoulder and put it in the bag.

The ten horse bandits now only have ten horses left, and since the battle pressure is light, Ellie and Olenna both have enough energy to control their strength to avoid hurting innocent horses.

These horses should be well-trained. Once they lost their owners' control, they all stopped and stayed where they were.

This reduced a lot of workload for Ellie and Olenna. As adventurers of this era, they were quite familiar with horses and quickly tied the horses together and prepared to take them back to the hideout.

As they walked, Ellie suddenly asked, "Didn't Rand say before that the food and lodging weren't free?"

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Olena nodded, not understanding why. "Yes, what's wrong?"

"Then shouldn't we give these horses to Rand for free?" Ellie said seriously.

Olenna's soft and bright eyes widened slightly, and then she burst into laughter: "Then our Lord Rand will be worried."

Since they were the ones who handled the miscellaneous affairs of the den some time ago, they were well aware of the financial situation of the den.

A qualified warhorse costs about three gold coins, and ten horses cost thirty gold coins. I don’t know where these horse bandits got such good horses, but now they are all in their hideouts.

That is, provided Rand can afford it.

Now it seems that Rand has to use the gems that Ellie funded to build the big bath, which he originally wanted to keep. War horses are a very scarce resource, and Rand will definitely not let go of such a valuable property.

Thinking of this, Ellie and Olenna both laughed. They had been exploited by Rand before, and now they finally felt proud.

When they returned to the hideout, Rand was already waiting at the door with eager eyes. Seeing Ellie and Olenna leading five horses respectively, Rand showed a surprised expression.

"Where did the horse come from? Did you go shopping somewhere else?"

Ellie shook her head: "No, we encountered horse bandits on the way back."

Rand's expression suddenly became serious. The horse bandits were very dangerous to the villagers. Once they appeared, they had to be eliminated in time. Fortunately, they met Ellie and Olenna.

It now seems that the war between the Kingdom of Lensa and the Northern Alliance has had a great impact. In addition to the Crescent Moon Territory, it is estimated that other nearby territories are also in chaos. Therefore, due to the poor public security, or the villagers and citizens cannot survive, they become bandits and flee to the Crescent Moon Territory.

But the most important thing now is these horses, which are a huge fortune.

Rand kept signaling with his eyes, looking at the horses behind Ellie and Olenna with a longing smile.

Ellie smiled as well, then ignored Rand's gaze.

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(End of this chapter)