Chapter 8: The Leggy Hottie

Some drunks were staring at the gorgeous girl and drooling. One of them stood up, swaying as he walked over with a large wine glass in his hand: "Hey, pretty little girl..."

Slap! Before he could finish his words, this person was sent flying by the warrior as strong as a bull, which caused a burst of laughter from the people in the tavern.

Dwayne's eyes were filled with interest: Hmm, a warrior who is good at close combat like a bull, and an archer who can attack from a distance... The girl was surrounded by her companions, so she should be the leader. Could this be the legendary small adventure team?

After getting to know this world, Dwayne already knew that there were some adventure teams similar to mercenaries in this world. The large ones had hundreds of people, and the small ones had only three or five members. And there were often some low-level magical beasts in the southern forests, which would attract many adventure teams to take a chance, hunt the magical beasts and sell them for rewards. Also, some local governments, when lacking in manpower, were willing to hire these adventure teams with money to solve some problems, such as offering a large reward for capturing bandits and other similar matters.

Basically speaking, there hadn't been a large-scale mercenary guild in the empire yet. This was because the imperial laws didn't allow the existence of such large-scale armed alliances, for fear that such organizations would affect the imperial power. In Dwayne's opinion, this move was undoubtedly very correct, because controlling civilian armed forces was a necessary measure to ensure national stability.

However... there was actually a magician among these people? This was really surprising! After reading a lot of books, Dwayne already knew that in this world, magicians were extremely rare! Because to become a magician, one needed not only excellent talent but also more than ten years or even decades of hard work! All these factors combined could create a magician! According to the records Dwayne had read, there were only a few hundred magicians in the entire empire. Even some noble families might not be able to recruit a magician to serve them!

It was precisely because of the scarcity of magicians that their treatment was extremely high! If a family's financial resources were a bit poor, they simply couldn't afford to support a magician! Even in the palaces and noble families, if they could recruit a magician, it would be a matter of great pride!

And the fact that there was a magician in this seemingly makeshift adventure team in front of him was really a rare thing.

The three men and one woman found a table in the most corner and sat down. The warrior as strong as a bull was hugging a large barrel of ale and drinking it vigorously. The archer was carefully chewing a piece of roasted meat. The magician was closing his eyes to rest his mind, and the gorgeous girl was obviously a bit impatient with the excessive attention from the men around her.

Fortunately, since this group of people clearly didn't seem to be easy to mess with, no one dared to come up and strike up a conversation or cause trouble anymore. But quiet whispers were inevitable. Especially among Dwayne's group. These knights from the count's mansion, considering their noble status, didn't take this small makeshift adventure team seriously. Moreover, after drinking a few glasses of wine and influenced by the gloomy mood of being exiled, the knights needed to vent their emotions. Others were afraid to provoke the girl's group, but these guard knights of the Rollin family weren't so timid.

However, these knights still restrained their behavior in front of their master. No one actually went up to strike up a conversation, but just talked in low voices. Dwayne drank two glasses of wine and couldn't help but find it a bit funny when he heard his subordinates around him talking about the girl's beautiful legs. This feeling was somewhat similar to the scenes in his previous life when he and his friends went to bars and talked about beautiful women.

But these guys seemed to become more unrestrained after drinking two glasses. Their voices got a bit louder. And... it seemed that they didn't show much respect for him, the out-of-favor young master.

The gorgeous girl, on the other hand, seemed to be a feisty character. Facing the lecherous gazes of many men, she glared back at them one by one. But she didn't know that when a girl like her glared, it made men drool even more.

Finally, Dwayne heard a knight who had drunk two glasses of wine laugh in a low voice: "Look at those legs. My goodness, I've never seen such beautiful legs. Such a hot girl, if she were in the brothels in the imperial capital, she would probably cost at least a hundred gold coins..."

"What a hundred gold coins. Have you ever been to the brothels? Humph, the girls there cost at least three hundred gold coins at the lowest!" Someone beside immediately retorted and sneered at his companion's ignorance.

Dwayne looked at these subordinates who were full of grievances and had been following him all the way. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he smiled and said: "Is she really that beautiful? I think she's just so-so. But these legs are really something."

"..." The knights were stunned. They didn't expect that the young master, who had been so taciturn all the way, would say such words! Didn't they say that this young master was a little idiot who didn't talk much? It was precisely because they heard that the master was a little idiot who knew nothing that these knights dared to speak so recklessly and without proper manners.

"What's the matter? Aren't you all men?" Dwayne laughed heartily: "She's just a girl. You are all knights with excellent martial arts skills. Since you're tempted by her, but you only dare to sit here and talk behind her back? Hey, I'll offer ten gold coins. Whoever dares to go up and strike up a conversation with her will get the ten gold coins as a reward."

The knights finally laughed. In everyone's eyes, although the young master was out of favor and his words were a bit improper, he was quite to their liking. Immediately, a brave one laughed and said: "Young master, give me those ten gold coins!"

After saying that, he stood up, slapped the table, and shouted loudly towards the corner: "Hey! Girl, how about I buy you a drink?"

The gorgeous girl glared over with an angry expression. Then she seemed to be about to stand up, but her companion beside her gently pulled her. The magician pointed at Dwayne and whispered something. Presumably, they saw Dwayne's noble attire and realized that he had a different status and didn't want to cause trouble.

Seeing that the girl didn't respond, the knight who had spoken couldn't help but scratch his head. Just as he was about to say something, Dwayne suddenly stood up, whistled towards the corner, and then made a middle finger gesture!

It was these guard knights who were stunned by this action! After all, they were well-trained guards from a noble family. When had they ever seen a noble of high status make such a vulgar gesture? And he was the eldest son of the respected count!

While these knights were still gaping at their young master, the gorgeous girl reacted much faster. A large wine glass was already thrown towards Dwayne. The knight sitting in front of Dwayne reacted the fastest. He immediately stood up and blocked with his arm. The wine glass was deflected, but the wine inside spilled out, and even Dwayne's sleeve got wet a little.

The many knights were immediately enraged. They jumped up one after another, drew their swords, and shouted, surrounding the group in the corner. And the girl in the corner had already drawn her scimitar. After shouting and cursing at each other for a few words, they immediately started a melee.

The tavern was in chaos. Some timid people had already run away quickly, while the brave ones hid in the distance to watch the excitement. The warrior as strong as a bull alone attracted the围攻 of five or six family guard knights. Although everyone had drunk some wine, they still held back a bit at the beginning. Especially the few adventurers. The magician in the corner had shouted something loudly at the start of the fight, probably reminding his companions not to use excessive force.

But as the warrior as strong as a bull was surrounded by several knights, he accidentally took a punch on the nose. Immediately, his nosebleed spurted out and his nose bone was broken on the spot. After that, he didn't care anymore! He blocked with his large shield and smashed it over. Immediately, a knight let out a scream, spat out blood, and was sent flying, crashing into the counter in the distance and smashing the tavern's counter to pieces!

However, the place was too small to move around freely. The knights attacked with their swords, and the warrior as strong as a bull immediately had several wounds on his body. The archer was the worst off. Archers were originally only good at attacking from a distance. In such a small place, his longbow, which was almost as tall as a person, couldn't be used. He could only hold a dagger and try his best to deal with the attack of one knight. Soon, he was knocked down with a kick.

The gorgeous girl blocked the long sword of a knight with her scimitar. Her movements were light and agile, but seeing that her companions couldn't hold on, and seeing Dwayne sitting beside them, who was obviously the leader of this group, she had an idea in her mind. She sidestepped a knight beside her, then slipped forward and rushed towards Dwayne first.

But the family guard knights hadn't forgotten their duty of protecting their master. As soon as the leggy girl moved, a knight beside her casually threw a table over, immediately knocking the girl off balance. Then a knight beside her struck with a sword,piercing her leather armor. However, this leather armor was obviously enchanted with magic. A white light flashed on the leather armor, deflecting the sword edge, and the girl wasn't injured.

The magician who had been standing back and not taking action in the distance, seeing that the girl had been struck by a sword, couldn't help but look gloomy. He stood up, raised his hands high, quickly drew several symbols with his fingers, and chanted a string of strange incantations rapidly. Then a string of faint light rings emanated from his fingers.

The Rollin family knights who were brandishing their long swords and fighting with the opponents immediately felt their bodies suddenly become heavy! Then every movement seemed to slow down, and the swords in their hands seemed to become several times heavier all of a sudden!

This change made them suffer consecutive losses immediately. With their slow movements, several knights were soon injured and bled by the opponents.

Dwayne, watching from a distance, couldn't help but light up his eyes! A slowing spell! This was real magic! Seeing that the magician was retreating while quickly drawing and pointing with his fingers, Dwayne saw a fireball burst out from his fingertips and shoot towards several knights. Fortunately, one knight had excellent martial arts skills and slashed the fireball apart with a sword. But sparks flew everywhere, and several other knights were hit by the flames, crying out in pain and becoming even more flustered.

There were flames spreading everywhere in the room. The magician seemed to turn into a huge flamethrower. As a result, the Rollin family guards who had originally had the upper hand immediately lost their advantage. Twenty of them were fighting against a few opponents, and they could only manage to fight to a draw.

Dwayne felt that something was wrong. The magician had already cast seven or eight fireball spells in a row! Although he didn't know exactly how powerful a first-level magician was, being able to cast so many fireball spells in one go... And Dwayne noticed through observation that the magician almost didn't chant incantations! Every time he just waved his hand and shot out a fireball, and the speed was astonishing! Such performance had far exceeded the strength that a first-level magician should possess.

Dwayne remembered that in the books he had read about magic, it was clearly written that magicians were good at long-range attacks but extremely weak in close combat. Seeing that there were no warrior guards beside the magician in this melee, he immediately picked up a wine bottle and threw it over.

Magicians could cast powerful spells, but their close combat ability was extremely weak. The wine bottle forced the magician to almost dodge in a sad way. With a "snap", the wine bottle smashed against the wall, and the flying fragments even cut his face! The magician covered his face and cried out in pain. Dwayne had already rushed over, grabbed his neck with both hands, and pushed the magician down to the ground!

Dwayne's strategy was right, but he forgot to consider his own strength. After all, he was just a thirteen-year-old child now. How much strength could he have? The magician's close combat ability was indeed a bit weak, but after all, an adult wouldn't be unable to defeat a thirteen-year-old child with bare hands, right?

After struggling for a few times, Dwayne was instead pressed underneath. His arms were grabbed by the opponent and he couldn't move. Just as he was about to shout, suddenly...

Bang! The magician rolled his eyes, fainted, and fell on Dwayne. Dwayne pushed him away with effort and saw his loyal servant Mad standing in front of him with a panicked expression, holding a wooden table leg in his hand.

Without the help of the magician, without the interference of the slowing spell, and without the random fireball attacks, the Rollin family knights immediately perked up and rushed forward again. After a chaotic fight with the sound of clashing weapons, they were immediately invincible.

The warrior as strong as a bull couldn't withstand the large number of opponents. Soon, he was struck by two swords on his legs and was knocked down to the ground. And the archer had already been knocked unconscious.

The gorgeous girl was the most difficult to deal with. Her strength was average, but the leather armor on her body was obviously enchanted with magic. Her movements were very agile, obviously due to the magic enchantment. And her scimitar was no ordinary weapon either. It actually cut off the long swords of two knights. Finally, several knights had the chance to join forces and knocked her down, then held her down on the ground with much effort.

Dwayne gasped for breath for a while. Some panicked knights helped him up and found an undamaged chair for him to sit on. These knights felt a bit ashamed. After all, as guard knights, they had let their young master be frightened.

But Dwayne didn't care. He had already understood the situation clearly: These adventurers were all very ordinary people. Their martial arts skills were average. The only outstanding one was probably the warrior as strong as a bull, who was just stronger in strength. The most fundamental thing was... there wasn't even a single martial artist among them who could use Dou Qi! They couldn't even use low-level Dou Qi. They were just some unskilled people.

However, from this aspect, it was enough to show how little Young Master Dwayne was favored! The twenty guard knights assigned to him seemed to be the worst ones in the Rollin family. Twenty of them fought against four opponents and still had so much trouble.

"It seems that my father is really desperate for me to only send such a group of people to be my entourage." Dwayne smiled bitterly in his heart. Otherwise... Humph, in the Rollin family, which is the second-in-command of the imperial military high command, would there be no masters?

This wasn't strange. After all, who among the knights with excellent martial arts skills would be willing to accompany this good-for-nothing young master on his exile? Only those without real abilities would reluctantly accept the order of exile.

The knights under him apologized with a tone of shame, but Dwayne didn't care at all. Instead, he took the weapons seized from the opponents and examined them. He took a look at the large shield of the warrior as strong as a bull and lost interest. Then he walked up to the hot girl and carefully studied the leather armor on her body. After looking at it for a while, he cheered: "As I expected!"

After studying a lot of books on magic knowledge, Dwayne's interest in magic had grown more and more. He had already confirmed that there were at least two magic enchantments on this leather armor, one for agility enhancement and the other for strength enhancement! With two magic enchantments on a piece of armor, the value of this leather armor was already quite considerable. Even if it was sold in the high-level weapon shops in the imperial capital, it could fetch a very good price. Many excellent martial artists would be willing to pay a high price for it.

And how could this leggy pretty girl, whose martial arts skills could almost be described as "inferior", possess such a good thing?

He also picked up the scimitar in her hand and took a look. He found that there seemed to be a gemstone on the handle of the scimitar, which was a tool for storing magic power as described in the books.

"Hmm, another weapon enchanted with magic."

There was something even more valuable. Obviously, it was the silver bow and arrow the girl was carrying! Silver, this metal is relatively soft and not suitable for making conventional weapons. But this metal is the best weapon against magicians! Because it is a well-known common sense that metal has an innate repulsive force against many kinds of magic!

Many high-level magicians, when casting magic, in order to make up for the weakness of magicians in close combat, would cast a protective magic on themselves first! And this silver bow and arrow was obviously a sharp weapon for sneak attacks against the defensive magic of magicians! This was a rare bow and arrow with the attribute of "magic-breaking"! It wasn't very useful against ordinary people, but it was a very good choice for dealing with magicians.

Dwayne couldn't help but look the leggy girl up and down twice. Such a low-level martial artist was carrying such high-level magic-enchanted weapons, even including a very rare magic-breaking weapon!

Dwayne's gaze stayed on the leggy girl for too long. This probably made the female captive misunderstand, and even the family guard knights beside Dwayne couldn't help but have some thoughts about the young master's intentions - after all, a young teenager staring at a girl's chest would inevitably lead to misunderstandings from others.

"Take off the leather armor on this girl." Dwayne casually gave an order. In fact, he was just simply interested in the magic weapons the girl possessed. He even had an urge to immediately find a quiet room to study these things carefully and then verify many of his academic doubts in his heart one by one against the things in the books.

However, the knight who was to execute the order was in a dilemma: "This... Respected young master, do you really wantto take it off her here..." The knight's words were a bit ambiguous, and his expression was somewhat suggestive. Because, it was quite obvious that from the hot curves of the leggy girl's chest and the exposed cleavage, she clearly wasn't wearing much under this set of leather armor. At most, there was only a small undergarment inside.