It was already dark, and most of the guards were holding torches in one hand and weapons in the other.
The dim firelight illuminated Killian's round face.
"Sir Livia, are you okay?"
Although it was obvious that Livia was unharmed, and it was unlikely that anything would happen to him given his abilities, Killian still showed great concern.
Livia dismounted and looked around. There was a group of bandits ambushing in this place, which made him a little confused.
"It seems like these bandits have been lying in ambush here for a while. It's impossible for them to lie in ambush here for no reason in this remote area. Has your information leaked?"
He thought for a moment and asked calmly.
"Uh..." Killian was stunned for a moment, then his face changed, and he turned with a gloomy expression to look at the guards and the caravan behind him.
He was certainly not stupid. When Livia reminded him of this, he naturally thought that there might be a bandit spy in his caravan.
Thinking of this, his face turned a little ugly. He had obviously specially checked and examined each one personally because of the incident with the thief before, but he didn't expect that a rat would still sneak in.
Allison, who had been guarding Killian, looked even uglier. As the leader of the guards, he was naturally responsible for the safety of the caravan, but problems occurred again and again, which made him feel embarrassed and a little scared. If it weren't for Livia, their caravan would probably suffer a disaster again.
Livia's words and Killian's change of expression were naturally heard by the other guards nearby. These newly recruited guards looked at each other, and clenched their weapons with vigilant eyes.
"Okay, everyone, follow me back to the caravan first. We will check each of them later. If you have nothing to hide, don't worry. Just do what you are supposed to do!"
Seeing that the guards were on guard against each other and that an internal conflict seemed to be about to break out, Allison shouted in a serious tone.
He had already failed in his duty. If he allowed these newly recruited guards to become suspicious of each other or even engage in infighting, he would no longer have the face to continue as the leader of the guards.
However, having been the leader of the guard for nearly seven years, he naturally had the means to catch those with bad intentions who infiltrated the team, but it just required some conditions and time.
Killian nodded silently beside him. Even though this kind of thing happened again, he still believed in Allison. After all, the trust built over the years could not be broken by just a few things.
"Um, Lord Livia...
"Don't worry, I will help. After all, I don't want to encounter any problems and waste time on the road.
“As soon as he opened his mouth, Livia guessed what he wanted to say and spoke in advance.
The next thing was very simple. Livia would sit on horseback outside the caravan camp to prevent the bandit spy who had sneaked into the team from escaping. At the same time, he would protect Killian who was standing nearby. After all, Allison had to conduct the investigation in his own way and could not protect Killian, lest the bandit who had sneaked in would become desperate and be temporarily protected by Livia.
It was just a convenient thing to do, and he couldn't let a robber kill someone in front of him, so Livia agreed without thinking.
Of course, the task of vigilance was also undertaken by Livia, and Killian promised to add some to his reward after Ravikaman sold the goods.
Allison's method seemed very simple to Livia, which was to call people in one by one and ask them about themselves or other people, and compare what everyone said to see if anything abnormal could be found. Although this was very slow and time-consuming, it was undoubtedly the best way now.
However, the plan to set up the iron pot and cook dinner had to be put on hold, and I could only make do with dry food for the time being.
Half an hour later, they only asked five people. If they continued like this, they would probably be busy until almost dawn. The winter night was extremely cold. The people in the caravan still felt a little cold after setting up two fires. Even the strong guards felt the same, not to mention Killian who was standing next to Livia.
He was now shivering with his arms folded in the cold. If it were not for his own safety, he would have returned to his carriage which was covered with several layers of blankets.
Not to mention him, even Livia himself felt a chill seeping into his body, but this chill did not have much impact on him, and he did not even mobilize the strength in his body.
However, he was getting a little impatient to keep waiting like this, and he kept emitting his senses to carefully observe all the people gathered around the campfire. They all had different expressions and were a little nervous, so he couldn't tell who the robber was.
Um?
He shifted his gaze to the carriage, where Allison walked out with a gloomy face and a guard who had just entered.
Any results?
Livia narrowed her eyes slightly and began to carefully look at the caravan members around the campfire. At the same time, she exerted a little strength on her body to keep herself ready to take action at any time.
"Kurt!"
Allison suddenly looked at a coachman at the campfire and shouted in a deep voice.
Livia clearly observed that the coachman trembled and then became stiff after his name was called.
It looks like it's him.
Livia tapped the horse's belly lightly with her heels and drove the horse towards the coachman.
Killian hesitated for a moment and chose to follow, but he did not follow very closely, but kept a certain distance.
"Master Allison, what's wrong?"
The coachman named Kurt looked around and found that the guards next to him were slowly approaching. He swallowed nervously and looked at Allison who was gradually approaching him and asked in a low voice.
Although he had remained calm before, he would still get nervous when faced with such a situation. After all...
He was indeed a bandit who had sneaked into the caravan.
"You still don't admit it? I've heard from three people that you went out last night. It can be said that most of the guards who were on night watch saw you. I only told you about your departure this morning at dusk yesterday. Don't you know what you were doing when you went out at night?"
Allison spoke with an extremely serious expression, almost shouting at the end.
Kurt's body stiffened. At this point he knew that he could no longer hide it. His face darkened and a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
“Drink!”
He took out a dagger from somewhere and stabbed the guards who had surrounded him. Unfortunately, although he was quite skilled, the guards who were prepared could not be stabbed by him and dodged his attack with a quick move.
But his goal was achieved, and as the guards moved out of the way, he quickly ran out of the camp.
“Catch him!
!”
Allison shouted angrily, and quickly drew his sword and chased after him.