What bad thoughts can a paladin have?

Chapter 53 Then, it's really...a dragon!

"Goblins, trolls, kobolds, and even dragons... Oh, Madam Lucky, what did I do wrong to be punished like this?"

After returning to the campsite, the captain of the guard, Delite, reported the findings of several people to Sodick.

After hearing this, the halfling had a look of collapse and disbelief.

His goddamn sixth sense worked so damn well!

There was no other reason. Just before Rennes and the others returned, the guards who went to investigate in other directions brought back news.

They found traces of the kobolds, which were also mixed with huge footprints, suspected to be dragon beasts raised by the kobolds!
These little kobolds are fanatical fans of giant dragons and super little licking dogs, and the kobold tribe that can raise dragons and beasts also hugs the big thick legs of giant dragons in all likelihood.

This news was nothing at all, but compared with what Dwight found, it was enough for the halfling to understand how bad the situation around the caravan was!

"Tell everyone, be more vigilant when you sleep tonight! Also, double the number of people on duty at night!"

Sodick gave the order with a dark face.

"Delit, let the brothers work harder, and set up some traps outside the camp tonight. When the caravan arrives in Lahar City, I will double the salary of the guards this time!"

The halfling gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, boss, I'll talk to my brothers."

The captain of the guard sighed and nodded in response.

They were all recruited by Sodick in Port Bess, and they were old people who had traveled several times with the caravan.

Almost all of them are innocent professionals who are tired of exciting adventure careers. The average occupation level is above level 7, and they just want to earn pension money safely.

If these guards abandon the caravan and flee at this time, not only the survival problem in the wilderness, but the fact that they abandon their employers and flee will make the mercenary union a black spot in their future guard careers and become everyone's ridicule. Object.

Unless they are desperate, wandering in the wilderness, and start a bandit business.

But anyway, things aren't that bad yet, are they?
"Ren, what shall we do?"

Just when Sodick was having a headache, how to soothe people's hearts, Angelica quietly found Ren and asked this sentence.

"What should we do? The two of us are grasshoppers on the same rope as the caravan. Let's sleep well and see what Sodick will arrange tomorrow."

"Ren, how about we quietly go back to Fanlin Town?"

Miss Ranger timidly asked a word.

"That's a dragon, a legendary dragon!"

"So what?" Ren yawned, thinking to himself, it's not like I haven't killed dragons before.

Not to mention giant dragons, I have killed more than one of the dragons who conferred the gods!
"Aren't you afraid?"

the girl asked puzzled.

"Angelica," Ren sat up straight, looking at the girl with serious eyes, "Remember, from the moment you step into the wilderness, you are no longer Angelica from an orphanage. I am an adventurer, the darling of the forest, a ranger. In the future, the danger you will face may be more terrifying than the giant dragon. Do you want to be like today, just seeing the footprints and you are so scared that you want to go back to your mother ?"

This girl, I have to turn her thinking around.

Only by making her realize that her identity has undergone earth-shaking changes, and she is getting farther and farther away from the identity of a commoner, can she abandon the unrealistic fantasies of so-called girlish romance, face reality squarely, and gradually transform into a real adventurer , a teammate who can trust his back in a critical moment.

Only by making her aware of the danger of the wilderness, perhaps can she stimulate the viciousness in this girl's bones.

Perhaps it was the first time that Miss Ranger saw real blood when she killed the gangsters of the Red Label Gang in a fit of rage a few days ago.

However, seeing things like blood, you will get used to it if you see it more often.

Adventurers live a life of licking blood.

"I……"

Looking at the paladin who had never had such a serious expression, facing these words, the girl's face was changing under the light of the fire.

She had never thought about it so much, she just wanted to follow the boy's figure closely...

"Ren, can you tell me why you left town and ventured out?"

After a while, Miss Ranger finally bit her lip and asked aloud.

"I?"

Ren's eyes flickered for a few seconds before he chuckled.

"It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that I'm looking for traces of evil. Although this is indeed a part of the truth, to be honest, it's because I am a teenager, and I am more eager for blood, rather than an ordinary life where you can see your head..."

Men, they will be teenagers until they die!

Besides, there are cheats, and you have to stay at home to death, what's the point of that?
…………

That night, except for Ren, everyone did not sleep well.

Early the next morning, everyone looked at each other's dark circles and smiled "you too" to each other.

But Wren and their joys and sorrows are not connected.

He wrapped himself in a sleeping bag last night and slept soundly.

The reason for this was that he could tell from the footprints of those wild creatures that these guys were not moving in the direction of the caravan.

That being the case, what is there to be afraid of?

Sleep is over!

As for the green dragon, we'll wait until we actually meet it.

"Sir, what shall we do next?"

A businessman found Sodick and asked aloud.

This caravan was organized by halflings. Although he did not control and organize the caravan, whether it was his contacts, knowledge, the strength of high-level professionals, or the legendary halfling's luck plus As a result, Sodick's opinion is very important in the caravan.

"There is no turning back after opening the bow. We will continue to go to Lahore City according to the original plan."

The halfling said lightly.

"But, didn't Captain Dwight say that there are creatures that look like giant dragons on the road?"

"It's just a suspicion..."

Sodick waved his hand.

"Even if there is a dragon, we have to bite the bullet and move forward. Don't forget, we have a time limit for delivering this batch of goods. If we don't arrive at Rahal City on time, we will be in big trouble. Don't you Are you willing to pay a large amount of liquidated damages and then bear a bad name?"

"Anyway, I don't want to! The sixth sense tells me that there may be danger, but it is possible to get through it safely."

Sodik's words made the face of the businessman who asked the question change a few times, and finally the other party gritted his teeth and laughed at himself:

"Okay, let's listen to your lord! After all, our business is no different from mercenary guards. They all live with their heads tied to their waistbands. It doesn't matter if I die, but I can't hurt my wife and children. !"

The people in the caravan quickly reached a consensus, and after a simple breakfast, the caravan set off again.

Within a few hours, the caravan came to the river beach that Rennes and the others explored last night, and passed the old wooden bridge to the other side of the river bank.

At this time, a guard who was acting as a scout in front ran back in a panic, and reported to the halfling out of breath:

"My lord, something is wrong ahead!"

"what happened?"

Sodick shouted in a deep voice.

"Dragon, dragon...it's really a dragon!"

The guard managed to catch his breath, and then said tremblingly.

"Go, go and see!"

The halfling quickly made a decision, and rushed forward with several leading merchants and guards.

"Angelica, let's follow up and have a look!"

Ren got on his horse, turned his head and shouted at the girl.

In any case, it is necessary to see the situation before talking about how to deal with it.

A group of people galloped on horses, and soon came to a hill.

Looking far away, at the end of the field of vision, a few miles away, thick smoke shot straight up into the sky, and under the thick smoke was a burning town.

All eyes were attracted by the winged long thing hovering around the thick smoke.

As the unknown creature opened its mouth and spit out a cone-shaped green smoke, everyone couldn't help but let out a soft "click" in their hearts.

It was the crisp sound of the luck in my heart being shattered by the ruthless reality.

That, really... is a dragon!
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