Mike: “Ehh, what happened?”
Mike's vision then started to blur until he passed out.
Elowen and Rod were shocked when Mike suddenly collapsed. Rod then checked Mike, but he was still breathing, though his breath was weak.
Rod looked at Elowen and asked: “Big sister, what happened to the lord? Why did he pass out so suddenly?”
Elowen shook her head: “I don’t know, but one thing I am sure of is that he is alright. He just needs some rest. I don’t know the reason why he was drained. I can feel his breath was weak, and his energy was also weakened, which means he exhausted his energy.”
Rod asked in confusion: “But he didn’t do anything.”
Elowen looked at the sleeping Mike: “I do not know. Let's wait until he wakes up and ask him what happened.”
Rod nodded his head in agreement, and he put Mike in a proper position. On their way, while Elowen was controlling the boat, Rod noticed a caravan being attacked by 20 bandits, with 15 of them at the middle Foundation establishment stage and 4 at the late Foundation establishment stage, and 1 at the early gold core stage. This line-up of bandits targets caravans, since caravans carry more goods than a lone wagon, which is why Mike and Rod only met Qi concentration warriors.
The reason why Rod was still alive despite roaming alone was that Rod always gave his goods to the bandits. The bandits were hesitant to kill Rod when they saw the Freeway VIP card. For the bandits, the Freeway was troublesome because of Elowen, and Elowen was famous for being merciless toward bandits. That's why the bandits only robbed Rod but didn’t dare to kill him.
Rod said: “Look, big sis, a caravan is being attacked by a group of bandits, and it seems like they are being overwhelmed.”
Elowen also noticed the fight and nodded her head: “Yes, I noticed it. They only have 10 guards, and all of them are at the late Foundation establishment stage. But they are on the losing side because of the numbers, and the bandits also have 4 late Foundation establishment stage and 1 early gold core stage.”
Rod then asked: “Should we help?”
Elowen then looked at Rod and smiled: “Of course. I can see that they are moving towards Chopolis city. They might be going to the capital to do trade with us. I am going to help them, and you stay here to protect the lord.”
Rod nodded his head, and Elowen then controlled the flying boat and changed its direction toward the caravan. She descended the boat fast, and it landed on the ground. Elowen then stepped out of the boat. The bandits saw her, but they couldn’t recognize her since Elowen was wearing a skin mask to hide her identity.
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The 10 guards started to panic since they could tell that the woman was a Gold core stage powerhouse.
The early gold core stage bandit looked at Elowen and offered: “If you help us, we can give you 50% of the loot, but we must keep the woman.”
Elowen looked at the bandit and smiled. The bandit suddenly felt that his skin crawled. In the blink of an eye, Elowen used the flash technique and appeared behind the early golden stage bandit. She then used the shadow strike technique with her dagger and stabbed the bandit in the head, and the bandit died on the spot without even knowing why.
Everyone was shocked by the sudden turn of events. While everyone was still stunned, Elowen said a single word, “Freeway.”
Upon hearing the word Freeway, the bandits' faces turned pale because the Freeway warrior was known for being merciless toward bandits. They did it for every merchant because bandits were trouble for Freeway. Fewer merchants meant less income. That's why the Freeway warrior killed all the bandits they saw as long as they were capable of doing it. And now their leader was dead; all the bandits started to panic, and they started fleeing in different directions.
Seeing this, Elowen used flash again, and her movement was too fast for those low-level bandits to catch. Elowen killed all the bandits just like chickens, since they were all Foundation establishment .
After Elowen was done, she went to the caravan and asked: “Where are you guys going?”
The guards didn’t answer. A moment later, a beautiful woman with white skin and black hair appeared. She had two huge mountain peaks in front and a slim body with a well-made bottom, and she wore a blue dress. If Mike saw this, he might lose all his saliva.
She bowed toward Elowen: “Greetings, Sr. I am Sophia, the daughter of the clan leader Ronin of the Serenity clan. We are on our way to Chopolis to sell our goods to the Freeway, and I’m also on my way back to the imperial academy.”
Hearing this, Elowen nodded her head and tossed a blue token toward the lady, saying: “Take this token with you and show that to the receptionist, and they will take you and your clansmen to settle in the VIP room for a while. Take it as compensation from our guild, since it is our responsibility to ensure the trade route's safety.”
Sophia received the blue token: “Thank you, Sr., for your help just now. Without your interference, we might not have made it to the capital.”
Elowen nodded her head, turned her back, and started moving toward the boat. While Rod, on the other hand, was smiling seeing Sophia, especially when he knew Sophia was attending the academy. Rod could see the future, how Mike will act when he meets Sophia in the academy. Thinking about it, Rod couldn’t help but smile.
While Elowen was moving toward the flying boat, Sophia looked toward Elowen's direction and saw the smiling, handsome Rod while holding a child. When she saw the child, she thought that Rod and Elowen were a couple.
Sophia asked with concern: “Sr., it seems like your child was exhausted. I have a body recovery potion. It might only be a low-grade body recovery potion, but it can still be used to recover body energy.”
When Elowen heard Sophia's kind and concerned words, her skin crawled. While the smile on Rod's face only froze, and after a while, Rod recovered, and he blushed. Sophia saw Rod blush, she thought Rod and Elowen's relationship was cute.
After a couple of seconds, Elowen returned to her senses, and she blushed. She replied without turning back: “No, thank you. We can handle it. And the child was not my child; it was my junior brother's little brother.”
And she continued moving forward while looking at the ashamed Rod, who was looking at Mike's small hand as if there was something he wanted to see in Mike's fingers.