After hours of travel, I thought we were far enough away to rest. All the new slaves were weak and if we continue with this march, there can be strong consequences. I'm not a ruthless slave, it's just the circumstances.
We left the road and camped next to some trees. This kingdom if it is beautiful there are many green forests and leafy meadows. It will be wonderful to live here.
I order the slaves to build the camp. And I call the girls, who are now my servants.
* New function unlocked *
[You have unlocked the guild function]
After listening to the system I enter to see but there was only one option. The follower but it was divided into two: servants and pets. The girls are my followers although that sounds like an evil cult and I'm glad to know that I can have pets.
With the girls we went to the mysterious chest of fat Ox. I wanted to know what I had inside, that fat man was rich and powerful. Using my merchant glass I unlock the lock.
Inside there are things that I do not recognize but I was happy when I saw several books. These should be skill books and start separating the articles.
There were 12 reinforcement books, 4 skill books, 5 gold ingots, a mysterious orb, a sales record, a bank certificate, a crystal egg, 3 old maps, a scepter, a sword and a bluish ring.
Try using the reinforcement books but they only work if a magician activates the spell. I'll have to wait until the academy (1 luck, 1 charm, 2 intelligence, 3 agility, 4 strength, 3 stamina). On the other hand, the abilities were Crushing Strike, Stealth, Armor Shot and Compose Remedy.
That damned fat man cheated on me because if I had skills for Herbalist. Use the skill and distribute the others to the girls.
[You have learned the skill of profession: Compose remedy]
Anila stayed with perforating shot. Vana chose the overwhelming Coup and Lara the Stealth. They are good profession skills. I feel bad for the slaves so that when I can I will try to give them something too.
When I checked the mysterious Orb, I did not find anything strange and the system did not have an explanation either. The same happened with the glass egg and weapons, none had properties.
The bank certificate was from fat Ox. And I could recover what I pipe inside when I get to the magical city. As for the record of sales, this was immense and there were all the dirty deals that fat Ox made; so I'll keep it and check maybe I can extort someone with this.
The bluish ring attracted my attention since I saw it, I reviewed it many times; but he had nothing special. There were only a few strange words that I did not understand inside and the blue jewel on the outside that was worn out.
It must be valuable sets of antiques but the fat one had not had them.
Night came and we had dinner at Lara, which is great. I understand why the fat man stayed with her. After dinner we all rested at the stake.
So far I have not stopped collecting plants. Each copper coin counts so the box of materials has been filled up a lot. But today I will use many of those.
Using the Compose remedy skill, prepare fortifying remedies for the slaves. They need to recover quickly, if they attack me they will have to help me defend ourselves. I have not been able to equip them well because they are very weak.
First I have to try to increase their morale, having hope will give them strength.
"Listen carefully. I'm Mark Walker, and although I bought them. I hope to release them at some point. Maybe I can not now but if later. Have hope and when the time comes you can be free again. Those who have a family will return to it and those who do not will be able to form one. "
Things are not easy. But I will keep my promise and I will take them until I can find my friends.
After giving them encouragement I distributed the remedies and organized the night guards.
When my tent was made at night, shadows approached cautiously.
I could not react until I was trapped but when I tried to see who my attackers were. I heard a voice that spoke to my ear.
"Master. We serve you during the day and also at night. "
Then I saw the girls closing the store. They were the ones who looked at me with eyes to stalk their prey. Anila who caught my arms and covered my mouth was the one who spoke to my ear.
I could not respond or defend myself and I was assaulted all night.
The system did not help because I did not think they hurt me. So the slaves just watched the store without worrying about going inside it.
When it dawned, I woke up alone. The girls had already disappeared and I felt a lot of pain in my body, I've been mistreated a lot last night. Luckily I had done many rubbing remedies yesterday so take a revitalizer to be able to walk.
When I left the store, the girls treated me as if nothing had happened. The slaves saw me differently.
Only the clergy girl was afraid in her eyes. You must think that I am going to attack her.
Leaving that aside. It seems that everyone is much better than yesterday.
The Wolf-skin are eating like wild and the dwarves are stronger than yesterday. Although the elf seemed to be very tired and depressed.
Well it's time to equip them all, 2 knight set (white), 2 barbarian set (white), 1 cleric set (white). But I did not have one of Druid. The elf will have to wait until he gets to the city.
When I was about to save the equipment, the girls came and each one picked up a class set. But that was not the problem but they took those of uncommon quality. Those set (blue) I was saving for my friends.
I could only look at them with my head down, when they were happy to change.
Oh no, they will come for you too. I quickly begin to deliver them to the slaves; two swords and two shields for the Wolf-skin. I give dwarves a couple of axes and clubs. And the elf chose a long sword; although it seemed strange to me, I was in a hurry to close the trunk.
When I closed it I felt there was something that prevented it. When I opened it to see what it was, I saw a foot that was stretched from behind me. I knew that Lara had used stealth to get there fast. Resigned, I opened the trunk and chose a weapon for each of them.
For Anila I gave him a war bow (blue) and a quiver with 20 arrows.
For Vana I gave him a two-handed war hammer (blue).
For Lara I gave him two daggers (blue) and 3 throwing knives.
They were very happy. As they are my servants I have to invest in them, if any of them get hurt it would be very difficult for me.
Even if I try to use my complete set again, it's still too much for me.
After distributing equipment, we keep the camp and move on. We will only make small stops every 3 hours. This day passed very easily and without incident.
We were about to stop, to prepare the camp. Anila told me that there was something strange. After telling me that, I asked everyone to stop. Lara said that she would go to investigate, and her sigil was activated.
Meanwhile I was looking around for a good place to defend but this is a meadow. We left the woods half a day ago and the only thing we could use was a hill. When we arrived at it, things improved a lot.
Where we climb is inclined and on the other side there is a drop of 4 meters. We will only have to worry about a single front.
We climb the carts pushing them from behind and pulling them with all the horses. We barely finished raising the two wagons. Lara returns with bad news.
Lara: "Master, there is a small army of 30 or 40 goblins ahead. They were hidden in the bushes. Although they are not well equipped, they have a commander and a few goblin champions. They also have a few archers and shamans, it can be very problematic. "
Then they are goblins. For a moment I thought they were Fat Ox's friends. Although it is still very difficult to act against an enemy he did not know.
Talking to the girls, we decided to make some defenses before setting up camp.
"All very well tonight will be difficult, first everyone takes the remedies. Then two take the shovels and dig a small hole in the center. There we will place the trunks and chests. We will dismantle the wheels and the awning of the wagons, and turn them over; they will serve as small walls. "
We were all on high alert. After flipping the wagons we had protection against projectiles that were my biggest fear. Then we set up the camp, although I would like to cheat, no one here has that ability.
The bad thing is that it was night, and the good thing is that there is only one place where they could attack us. We took the shovels to dig an improvised pit between the two wagons and the sides. The horses are left behind in case you have to use cavalry to attack or escape.
I think I have to get more slaves, with these few I do not feel very safe. After the warning I am being very paranoid. I do not want anyone to die, and the best way to be sure is to have more people.
As the defenses are ready, it was time for the formations. On the left and right will be a wolf-skin and a dwarf respectively. Among the wagons will be Vana, the elf and me. Behind we have support for Anila, Lara and the clergy girl.
Before going to rest, I took 20 more arrows for Anila, and also 5 throwing knives for Lara.
Now I'm so worried about everyone's safety, I can not sleep. Outside was the elf standing guard, so I went to the trunks looking for something useful. But there was nothing, so I went back to bed and slept.
After feeling a blow, I got out of bed scared. A little disoriented I saw Lara was standing next to me.
Lara: "Master they are approaching, they will arrive here in 5 minutes. But they have increased, they are more than 50 goblins. "
"How can they increase their number so much in such a short time?"
Lara: "Master, there must be some village or burrow of them nearby, and they have asked for reinforcements"
The fight is getting more and more difficult. I can only trust the field to win. When I left the tent, everyone was equipped and ready for battle.
Each one takes their positions waiting for the goblins to arrive. When in the distance you can see them approaching.
They looked like an excursion for elementary school children, all measuring something of 1 or 1.2 meters. There were only about eight that measured 1.5 meters. The closer they got, the better I could see them and I also recognized their equipment.
They were equipped with torn clothes, pieces of cloth or worn leather; and armed with swords and rusty lances. This army looked very poor, but they were well combined. There were eight archers, four shamans, six champions, a sorcerer and the commander; the rest were warriors.
This should not be the first time they attack a camp, they were far from the reach of Anila's arrows.
I told Anila to finish with the archers and shamans, and then if he can support us with the champions. We are few, if the archers hurt us, the battle is over.
I want to stay alive, and be able to find a peaceful place to live. I just hope I can achieve this desire.
A wild cry forced me to remember that I was on the battlefield. I knew that this would not be easy, but right after that I listened to the system.