Chapter 45: Objective

Human nature is difficult to change.

This is especially true for bandits.

Right now, the caravan had secretly changed direction, heading deep into the forest within the mountains. Their purpose was obvious without saying.

‘It seems they plan to rob Eileen and me along the way. Maybe even more than just robbery, heh heh… I’ll show you who’s going to have the bad luck.’

Amelia thought to herself.

Regarding the Bullet Comments’ concern about being poisoned, Amelia had also taken note. She leaned close to Eileen’s ear and whispered, “Eileen, these guys are bandits and most likely intend to make a move against us. Be on your guard, especially against poisoning.”

Eileen’s eyes flickered. She lowered her head and whispered back, “Miss Lia, since they’re bandits, why did we join them?”

“Because I felt our funds were a little tight and I want to earn more money. But I can’t just steal or rob. That’s why I had us earlier by the roadside, pretending to fix the carriage, waiting for bandits to attack us so we could rob the bandits in return.”

For her various previous actions, Amelia found a reasonable excuse, making both Eileen and the viewers suddenly understand.

So it was to rob the bandits…

It felt strange to say out loud. After all, it’s usually bandits robbing others. The idea of turning it around and robbing bandits was quite bold, one had to admit.

“Miss Lia, are we really short on money?” Eileen asked softly, somewhat puzzled.

The Luban Duchy lived up to its reputation as a country infested with bandits. Usually, people traveled in convoys to guard against them. But they were just two seemingly delicate young women with a lone carriage, having attracted the attention of countless bandits along the way. And those bandits who targeted them generally didn’t have a good outcome.

After dealing with so many bandits along the road, they had collected quite a bit of Kerr. Although Eileen hadn’t counted it, she felt it was at least several hundred thousand, which should be enough to live on for a long time.

Besides Kerr, they also took various valuable and easy-to-carry items like jewels, which were also money.

“Not enough. Of course, it’s not enough.” Amelia replied affirmatively.

“Alright.”

Since Amelia said it wasn’t enough, Eileen naturally wouldn’t question further.

By this time, the convoy had arrived near a forest and stopped.

Because the bandits’ carriages had surrounded Amelia’s carriage during the journey, she and Eileen were forced to stop as well.

Sensing this movement, Amelia knew those guys were about to make their move.

“Two beautiful young ladies, running into us is just your bad luck.”

Bryce drew a blade and walked over, a mocking look on his face. He was no longer bothering to disguise himself.

One by one, the surrounding bandits also took out their weapons.

They didn’t choose methods like poisoning. After all, in their eyes, Amelia and Eileen were like two little lambs fallen into a pack of wolves, utterly incapable of resisting them.

“Kill them all!” The innocence on Amelia’s face vanished as she commanded.

“Whoosh!”

At Amelia’s order, Eileen shot directly toward Bryce. The Alchemical Equipment “North Wind” appeared in her hand, and with one sword stroke, she cleanly cut off Bryce’s head. It happened so fast, no one had time to react.

Almost simultaneously, Amelia took up her own Alchemical Equipment, “Silver Moon”. She drew the bowstring, causing the wind to coalesce upon it into an arrow, and instantly loosed it.