SWDnovel Chapter 41: A Mishap!
Chapter 41: A Mishap!
Both Shi Lan and Yan Su knew that being discovered was inevitable.
I just hope that I won't be targeted as late as possible.
Patrol teams patrol the vicinity of Dusk Valley City frequently.
The city guards at the city gates would not stand idly by and allow trouble to break out near the city.
Therefore, as long as the caravan can hold out until it reaches the outskirts of Mugu City, it will be basically safe.
But the caravan had only traveled halfway when they encountered other people...
Shi Lan observed the other party through binoculars.
Seeing that the other party was fully equipped, carrying large and small bags, and had a black iron badge on his chest, he breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Don't be too nervous, it's a demon hunter team."
Upon hearing this, Wei Dongming and Shen Mo, who had been on high alert, couldn't help but relax.
Given their current state, they are not afraid of being targeted by other demon-hunting teams.
On the one hand, their shipment was not only large in scale, but also not expensive.
Even including the eight mules, Yan Su's shipment is worth at most a hundred thousand yuan, not worth the risk.
On the other hand, these escort missions are usually taken from the Demon Hunter Center.
Once your goods are registered at the Demon Hunter Center, they're very difficult to sell...
Shi Lan and Yan Su's biggest worry was encountering robbers.
Secondly, it attracted a large number of scavengers, causing unrest.
But more likely, both things will happen at the same time.
After all, the relationship between scavengers and robbers is inherently very close...
Sure enough, after observing from a great distance for a while, those people lost interest.
From beginning to end, they never made any attempt to approach the caravan.
But this does not mean that the caravan is safe.
After traveling another two or three miles, the caravan encountered scavengers.
Three scavengers who were collecting wild vegetables and herbs immediately approached the convoy carrying livestock, chickens, and ducks.
They were about a hundred meters away when they shouted for the convoy to stop and begged the crowd for things.
They didn't come any closer.
Upon seeing Yan Suhe and his men raise their guns, or Shen Mo and Wei Dongming raise their bows and crossbows, they would immediately run away or hide.
Like annoying flies, they shouted and yelled around the convoy, putting pressure on everyone.
Yan Su's face paled, and she asked Shi Lan in a panic, "What should we do? Should we throw them a few chickens?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Dongming quickly replied:
"No, if they see you throwing chickens, they'll want ducks instead."
If you throw away the ducks, they will want the sheep!
In the end, they'll take your money, they'll take your life...
Wei Dongming knew these scavengers all too well.
Cowardly and cruel, foolish and greedy.
When they saw Yan Su's caravan as a fat sheep, they already knew how to profit from it.
They live at the very bottom of society, yet within the cruelest laws of survival, they have developed a set of methods for acquiring the resources necessary for survival...
Upon hearing Wei Dongming's explanation, Yan Su's expression darkened further, and she urged her subordinates to speed things up.
They hadn't walked far when they saw some more scavengers and rushed over when they heard the noise.
Shen Mo's gaze swept over the scavengers, finally landing on a person a hundred meters away.
The man was holding something that looked like a brick in his hand, excitedly saying something with his face close to his.
"He's on the phone!" Shen Mo said, pointing at the man.
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and their expressions turned somewhat grim.
Because that person was most likely contacting the robbers...
Yan Su simply took out his rifle, aimed at the man, and pulled the trigger.
boom!
Gunshots rang out amidst the scavengers' panicked expressions, but they came up empty-handed.
Upon realizing he was unharmed, the man burst into laughter and made a provocative gesture.
The other scavengers, recovering from the gunfire, shouted and moved closer to the convoy.
Upon seeing this, Yan Su turned pale with anger.
But then, he heard the sound of strings.
The next moment, an arrow pierced the scavenger's head, and his body fell straight backward.
This arrow made Yan Su's eyes widen in surprise.
This also brought the excited scavengers to a standstill.
Seeing Shen Mo draw his bow and nock an arrow again, they scattered like birds and beasts, running more than a hundred meters away.
"Good shot!"
Shi Lan breathed a sigh of relief, praised Shen Mo, and then urged the convoy to hurry up.
Some unsecured goods fell off along the way, but no one had time to deal with them. Instead, they caused cheers and scrambles among the scavengers.
However, as they got closer to Mugu City, more and more people followed behind the carriage.
A rough estimate suggests there are already twenty or thirty people.
Just then, cries of alarm and screams rang out.
The cargo on the third mule cart shifted, causing the vehicle to lose its balance and overturn!
After a chaotic scene of people and horses stumbling and falling, they nearly collided with the mule cart behind them.
Hearing the noise, Yan Su turned her head and immediately started cursing at the driver:
"You idiot, what are you good for? Push the car up!"
The coachman was thrown around and was completely disoriented.
Hearing the cheers from the scavengers behind him, he was so frightened that he got up and ran away.
They didn't care about the mule carts and goods anymore.
Even more unfortunate than the coachman was Zheng Hao, who was sitting in the third mule cart.
His leg was run over by the car, and he let out a painful and terrified scream.
Li Zitao tried to lift the car to rescue him, but he was too weak.
Wei Dongming, who was sitting in the fourth mule cart, quickly told the driver to stop and jumped off the cart to help.
"Silence!"
Upon seeing this, Shi Lan shouted, jumped off the mule cart, and rushed to the back of the group.
Shen Mo understood, and instructed the mule cart driver to stop. He then drew his bow and shot an arrow at the scavenger who had suddenly accelerated and was approaching the mule cart.
Whoosh!
An arrow flew out, and the scavenger at the forefront was shot down.
Then a second arrow came, and another scavenger fell backward, his face still showing excitement.
Then came the third arrow, the fourth arrow...
After shooting down five people in a row, the scavengers who were surging forward were finally stunned.
They looked at Shen Mo with fear in their eyes, not daring to step forward.
Yet they coveted the overturned and stopped mule carts.
Fortunately, Shi Lan had already arrived at the mule cart by then.
With a strong push of both hands, they lifted the mule cart.
Wei Dongming and Li Zitao quickly pulled Zheng Hao out from under the mule cart and lifted him onto the fourth mule cart...
"You guys go first!"
Shi Lan left behind a sentence and came to the scavenger who was eager to try and was slowly approaching.
The exaggerated battle axe in their hands and the bronze badge on their chests calmed the crazed scavengers down a bit.
And when the fourth mule cart went around the fallen third mule cart and rejoined the caravan.
Shi Lan slowly stepped back, leaving the overturned mule cart and goods to the scavengers, before turning and running to catch up with the convoy.
"You could have easily flipped the car over!"
Seeing Shi Lan return, and then glancing at the scavengers scrambling behind her, Yan Su, her face grim, questioned with obvious displeasure:
"Don't tell me to bring the goods over."
At the very least, bring those two mules back to me!
In order to save your people, I lost a truckload of my goods.
You have to compensate me!
"Shut up!" Shi Lan glared at Yan Su. "If you say another word, I'll throw you down!"
Yan Su was furious upon hearing this.
Seeing the murderous intent on Shi Lan's face, but not daring to say anything, he could only vent his anger on the mule, whipping it hard...