The Low-Key Life of a Necromancer

Chapter 449 A Poor Performance

Lucy escorted the goods and slowly approached the border between the north and the south.

This area is far away from the royal capital, but is not under the jurisdiction of the North.

The number of wild animals on the road began to increase gradually, but the most troublesome thing was the robbers standing in the distance and watching.

The news of the auction to be held in the North spread not only among the nobles, but also among the bandits.

In this last pure land of bandits, there are countless gangs, and some large bandit groups even have hundreds of people.

The bandits' sentinels stood far away on a high place, looking at the heavy transport convoy.

Lucy sent cavalry to drive them away several times, but with little effect.

The further they walked, the more silent the atmosphere in the team became, and everyone felt that this transaction would not go smoothly.

"The robbers have appeared!"

A sharp-eyed sentry was the first to notice something unusual. He saw a figure swaying behind a slope.

The transport team stopped immediately and everyone was waiting for Lucy's instructions.

"Form up defense!"

Lucy fired a fireball into the sky, letting everyone see her order.

Just as the fireball flew into the sky and exploded into a ball of fire, a war cry suddenly came from the hillside where people had appeared before.

Hundreds of bandits on horseback rushed onto the road, shouting, and behind them were hundreds of infantrymen.

The soldiers in the Northern team realized that something was wrong at a glance.

Although the robbers who suddenly appeared had their faces covered with cloth, the armor they wore and the weapons they held were all expensive and valuable items.

Even a fool could see that these bandits were not roaming thieves, but black gloves raised by the nobles!

Seeing so many people rushing towards her, Lucy shook her head helplessly.

"Everyone, act according to the plan!"

Under Lucy's command, the team formed a circle to resist the robbers who were charging over.

The bandits on the opposite side smiled smugly when they saw the Northerners using classic tactics against them.

"These northerners are not that great. I thought they were so powerful!"

The circular formation can indeed withstand the enemy's attack, provided that the number of people on both sides is similar.

But the number of Northern soldiers led by Lucy was less than fifty.

The number of robbers was close to one thousand.

When Norton was planning the robbery, he did not dare to underestimate the guards of the North. He spent nearly a thousand gold coins and hired a large number of bandits to take action.

The bandits had the advantage in numbers, so their morale naturally rose.

When they charged towards the circle with a roar, their momentum was quite terrifying.

"Don't panic! Aim your weapons at the enemy! Shield bearers, hold your positions and focus on the enemy in front of you!"

Lucy opened the magic book and tore off a page with wind magic printed on it.

A sharp wind blade flew out horizontally, cutting the rushing robber in half.

The horses, whose heads were cut off, fell to the ground and twitched. The bloody scene instantly aroused the ferocity of both sides.

The bandits attacked the circle at all costs and soon broke through the defense formed by the Northerners.

Lucy had to organize the Freyr cavalry to launch a counterattack.

The battle formation composed of many knights repelled the first wave of attacks from the bandits.

There were many bodies left at the scene, most of them were bandits, but there were also a few people from the North.

"Damn bandits! You dare to make enemies with the Northland, what awaits you will be a strict elimination!"

After Lucy made a harsh remark and used fire magic to turn the two bandits into torches, the northern guards began to retreat.

The Northmen abandoned the items of the trade and ran away in shame, carrying only the bodies of the dead soldiers.

The bandits won and they shouted loudly to celebrate their victory.

The captain of the thugs hired by Norton came to the carriage abandoned by the Northmen to check. After confirming that the goods left behind were the target required by Norton, the robbers celebrated even more arrogantly.

Lucy organized the guards and gathered them in an open space a few hundred meters away from the bandit group.

Lucy wanted to counterattack and take back the lost valuable goods, but the knight beside her dissuaded her, saying that it was more important to save her life.

The escort team has suffered considerable casualties, and it is not a wise choice to fight head-on with the robbers who have only suffered minor injuries.

"Northerners! Go back and tell your manager that we have taken over these machines!"

"Please bring more good stuff over next time. This little bit of goods is not enough for the grandfathers to share!"

The robbers' mocking voices drifted into Lucy's ears on the wind.

Lucy was so angry that she threw a fireball into the bandits from a long distance.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far, the magic lost its accuracy, and the robbers had plenty of time to avoid magical damage.

The robbers saw Lucy in the distance being pulled away by the guards beside her, and the robbery ended with the robbers' victory.

The robbers escorted the looted goods towards Norton's territory.

Norton has prepared a reward, and they will get a generous reward if they transport the things back.

However, it is not easy to get the reward from the nobles.

"There are too many people claiming the reward. If we reduce the number of people, the remaining people will get more~"

The captain of Norton's hired thugs secretly communicated with a bandit leader.

This bandit group of about a thousand people was formed by the patchwork of many bandit groups. Now, the thugs are instigating the bandits to kill each other.

"Don't think I don't know. You bastard has no good intentions either!"

Anyone who can become a bandit leader is certainly not a fool. He saw through the plan of the captain of the thugs and did not run to attack other bandits.

But the nobles' methods are not as simple as sowing discord.

A team of knights suddenly appeared on the road.

By the time the bandits realized something was wrong, the Knights had already launched an attack on them.

When Norton made this plan, he didn't expect the robbers to solve the problem.

Norton's original plan was to let the bandits and the Northmen fight to a draw, and then Norton's privately raised cavalry would jump out to finish the job.

Now, the situation was going surprisingly smoothly, and the cavalrymen only had to clear out the extra bandits.

Lucy and the others, who were at a distance, silently watched the sudden internal conflict between the bandits and the lord's private army, and one by one they took out melon seeds from their pockets.

On the flatbed behind Lucy, those who died in the battle uncovered the white cloth and sat up.

A big hand snatched the melon seeds from Lucy's hand and stood beside her, watching the killing in the distance.

"Dad, what are you doing~"

"What's wrong with giving Dad some food?"

Lucy and her father started arguing over some melon seeds, and the others looked at this and smiled.

The soldiers who followed Lucy to be responsible for the transportation today were all people who were resurrected by Lee. Their lives had been changed, and the bandits’ weapons could not kill them at all.

Just as Norton was acting with the old methods of the nobles, special forces were also dispatched from the North.

"Phase one completed, ready for the next phase!"