"The people in my family...my father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother are all very powerful in magic. But I don't know magic at all. I never have. After my father and mother passed away, my uncle doubted whether I was his father's child. , kicked me out...that was already three years ago."
Under the moonlight, Ella lowered her head and talked to herself.
"In the past three years, I have been lucky and have done several great things. Everyone said that I am so awesome, praised me, and held me in their hands. I gradually felt that I was a person... But I just But he was almost killed by an ordinary robber."
Ella wiped her eyes.
"I'm not afraid...I'm fine. I just feel a little uncomfortable...It turns out that as long as I leave the people around me, I am nothing."
Gregory shook his head and sighed.
"I see that you are obviously very talented in mathematics, but you were kicked out of your home because you don't know magic?"
He knew that in countries with polytheistic beliefs, nobles and wealthy people would practice magic. Although those magics were extremely childish in Gregory's eyes, those people would regard them as a symbol of honor and status.
"In fact, apart from hurting people, what other uses does magic have? This kind of skill should not be mastered by people. If you could create a world where most people don't know magic, your situation might be completely different from now. On the contrary."
"A world where everyone doesn't know magic...?"
Ella was obviously shocked by the implications of these words. She raised her head and looked at Gregory, and was about to say something, but Gottfried ran back shouting: "Below, there is a group of people walking by, all armed with weapons, they are robbers!"
"Of course, looking at the surrounding environment, we are now reaching out to the largest mountain range in the Duchy of Angria. It is said that there are hundreds of bandits entrenched nearby."
Gregory looked at Gottfried with a half-smile. He deliberately moved Gottfried here in order to explore the details of Gottfried's magic.
"Master, our safety will all depend on your magic."
"I don't want to! I just managed to succeed once, I'm lucky enough! I don't care, I have to run away first! The Dukedom of Angria...the village of Brizania is to the east, east, where is the east?"
Gregory silently pointed in one direction, and Gottfried ran over in panic. But not long after he ran out, he ran back with a sad face: "Another group of robbers is coming from over there! It looks like they just robbed the caravan! Let's run!"
"But that's the only way down the mountain. If we run further up, we'll end up at the bandits' old stronghold. Master Gottfried, you'd better use magic to find a way."
"I...I fought with them!"
Gottfried stamped his feet and rushed down the mountain. His shouts could be heard all over the mountains and plains: "Elberith (the one who made the covenant)! elberith (the one who made the covenant)! elberith (the one who made the covenant)..."
After a while, the shouting stopped. A group of bandits led the bruised Gottfried up the mountain. When the leader saw Ella and Gregory, he whistled happily: "I didn't expect that we were all ready to go home, and we could catch two little pheasants."
Gregory signaled Ella not to panic with his eyes, and then faced the group of bandits calmly. Everything is according to his plan. Although he could destroy them in a flash of his hand, he would not be able to learn the details of his magic from Gottfried.
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He was extremely interested in that person who clearly believed in the one true God but could still use a little magic.
Besides, he has another purpose for coming here. As for that matter, we can only find an opportunity to talk one-on-one with the bandit leader here.
"Everyone, this is the eldest lady of our family. I hope you won't make things difficult for her."
"Miss?" The bandit leader glanced behind Gregory, pushed him away, walked up and roughly took Ella's hand.
He pulled Ella's hand to his eyes, looked up and down, and let out a "tsk tsk" sound of admiration, just like picking meat at the market. Then, he glanced at Ella again, and saw Ella glaring at him angrily, and let out another exclamation of praise. Finally, he brought Ella's hand to his nose, smelled it, then smiled and let Ella's hand go.
"Judging from the condition and smell of this hand, this is really not an ordinary young lady. She is also very courageous, and her eyes look like she wants to call thousands of people to chop me down. If you ask me, this should be done. Isn't she the daughter of some grand duke?"
The bandit leader abandoned Ella and returned to Grigory, shaking his head.
"I really don't want to mess with such a person. But I think your eldest lady also wants to save face. She wouldn't want to owe a favor to a bandit, right?"
"Of course, as long as you let us go, I will prepare a gift for each of you." Gregory stretched out a finger: "How about this number?"
"One nomism horse for each person?" The bandit leader scratched his head, "The sincerity is not enough. A young lady like this should give at least three nomism horses to each of my brothers. That is in line with her status."
"You misunderstood." Gregory said solemnly, "What I said was one hundred nomis horses per person."
For one hundred nomis horses, thirty-three cows could be bought in the market.
The bandit leader's eyes suddenly widened: "Are you kidding me?"
"I'll write you a letter, you take the letter to the place I designated, and when you get the money, come back and let us go - if I say this, do you still think I'm joking?"
"There are more than three hundred of my brothers together!"
"Then based on four hundred people, the total is 40,000 Nomisma, right?" Gregory said lightly, "Of course, the premise is that you must take good care of my eldest lady, and you can't neglect it."
The bandit leader looked at Gregory with suspicion, but could not see his true identity.
Not to mention him, even Ella couldn't understand what Gregory wanted to do. Logically speaking, it is impossible for Gregory to know her true identity. Could he really be able to take out 40,000 Nomis horses from his own house? But why is he dressed in such rags?
The bandit shook his head and said: "If you can really give us 40,000 Nomis horses, don't say you are negligent. We will definitely feed your eldest daughter with a lot of money. But I don't really believe you." , the eldest lady can provide for you well, I have to tie you two men up tightly!"
Gregory spread his hands without changing his expression: "Of course, tie them up."
The bandits looked at each other, not knowing what to do. When the bandit leader nodded, they hesitated for a while before rushing forward and tying up Gregory.
