Chapter 393: The Robbery Orcs

Yi Xing set off after dinner.

He didn't get lost and left the forest smoothly.

On the way, Yi Xing passed by a place with many beehives.

He guessed that this was probably the residence of the bee girl just now.

Honey bee, can you actually keep bees?

Yoshiyuki always felt that this fact was a bit subtle.

By the way, can she make her own honey?

If possible, it feels like it can be sold for a lot more than ordinary honey.

After all, even if it's just bread these days, as long as you put out a slogan saying it was made by a beautiful girl, you can sell it for a lot more money.

Not to mention honey, something that only bees can brew, how popular it would be if it were made by a bee girl.

After Yoshiyuki left the forest, he didn't go far before he came to a small village with a railway passing by.

He also inquired about the whereabouts of Xuekikaze Maru and others, and learned that Big Gouzi had also passed by here.

As for Kitajima Sayo and others, no one has seen them.

Did the divination say that the big dog headed northwest?

In this case... let's first investigate what cities and villages there are in the northwest.

Yoshiyuki decided to try to find a map of the area here.

As a result, I really found it.

So, he sat on a bench in the village and studied the map.

Very little information is known.

There is only vague information about the northwest and distance, but not too far.

It is simply impossible to make perfect decisions with it.

All in all, Yi Xing still plans to implement the habit he has always had - start first and then talk about it.

Other things will be considered later on the road.

With no clear destination, taking the train is expensive and pointless.

Therefore, Yoshiyuki prepared to continue walking and look for traces of Yukikaze Maru along the way.

However, just as he was about to leave, a caravan with three carriages attracted his attention.

These people were in distress, talking to each other worriedly.

This attracted Yoshiyuki's attention. When he went over to listen, he learned that the caravan had heard from travelers that orc bandits had recently appeared on a certain road they were going to take back.

When the caravan came, they passed by that road before they came out to rob.

It would be troublesome to go back now.

After all, these people are just businessmen and have no fighting ability at all.

It can be heard from the conversation that these people have been reselling goods along this route for many years and have never encountered danger, so they would never think of hiring guards. That will only increase costs.

They were baffled that the orcs were robbing.

Because in their impression, the orcs in this area should be very friendly.

They attributed the orcs' dramatic change in temperament to the influence of nightmares.

So, while chatting, they began to pray to the witch, hoping that she could save them and stop letting the nightmare spread.

Yi Xing listened for a long time. Now, I finally couldn't help but go up and talk to him.

Yoshiyuki: "I'm sorry, I just overheard your conversation - but if you are afraid of being robbed, can't you go back another way?"

Businessman A: "Hey, brother, you don't know something. If we can change the route, we won't have to worry here!"

Businessman B: "That's right."

Businessman C: "Uh, what's your name? It's so rude! It's obviously a woman, right?"

Yoshiyuki: "...Gender doesn't matter. Just call me Maekawa."

Yoshiyuki: "So, why can't we change the road? That's the only way to go?"

Businessman B: “Uh, not really.”

Businessman A: "The main reason is that it would be too far to take any other route, and I would miss the delivery time."

Businessman A: "Besides, even if the delivery is late, there will be a penalty...but we brought a lot of fresh fruit back! It can easily rot."

Yoshiyuki: "I see..."

Businessman B: "It's all over now... How much money will we lose on this trip?"

Businessman C: "So what should we do? There are no mercenaries in this village... If we can't hire anyone to protect us, how should we deal with the orcs!"

Businessman A: "We are all running a small business... Wow, I didn't expect to be so unlucky!"

Businessman B: "To be honest, even if you have mercenaries, you have to hire a lot of them to defeat the robbers, right? How much will it cost... Maybe it will be more than the money we made this time!"

Businessman A: "Hey... If we really can't do it, we have to give up the goods, right? Let's take a detour and go back. If the fruit is rotten, it will rot... Just admit defeat."

Yi Xing listened to their words and fell into deep thought.

He felt that they were just a few robbers, not very powerful, and he should be able to deal with them easily by himself.

This way, you can make some money while helping.

It would be better if they were going to the northwest.

Even if these people are moving in the opposite direction, the money gained from this trip is enough to cover the cost of the ticket.

So Yoshiyuki asked about the destination of these people.

He checked the direction and found that it was indeed northwest, just as he wanted.

Therefore, Yoshiyuki immediately made this suggestion: He said that he was going that way, so he might as well be their guard.

When the three businessmen heard that he was the only one to be the escort, they were a little hesitant at first, not knowing whether they could trust him.

However, after Yoshiyuki picked up a stone and crushed it to pieces and demonstrated his strength, they did not hesitate and decided on the spot to hire Miss Maekawa to escort them home.

As expected of a businessman, he always bargains.

After a lot of intense push and pull, Yi Xing finally negotiated the price down to three silver coins.

Since the fruit has to be delivered as early as possible, there is no time to waste. Yi Xing immediately set off with the caravan.

He sat on the front carriage and chatted with the merchants, talking about a lot of things related to nightmares.

These people often meet travelers on the road, so they know a lot about nightmare-related rumors.

Of course, how much of this is true is open to debate.

I'm afraid that a lot of it is fake news that has been spread far from the truth.

For example, here, Yoshiyuki heard rumors about the nightmare beast appearing near Qianhe Pond.

He had seen that guy's body before.

It's completely different from what these businessmen described.

The businessmen are exaggerating. Think of it like a giant centipede with many hands.

After carefully imagining that appearance, Yoshiyuki still felt a little bit dissapointed.

It would be even more terrifying if it had two legs and could stand upright and twist and walk upright.

According to historical records, such monsters have really appeared before. Its pale skin even had blood oozing everywhere.

All in all, it's extremely disgusting.

I kept hearing them talk nonsense all the way, which made Yi Xing doubt whether the story of the orc bandits was true.

But he soon no longer doubted its authenticity.

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