- Do you think the weed eaters will try to help the bandits? You said that they were in league with them.
- I didn't say that," the vampire was a little thoughtful, so he spoke quietly, "The peasants were cooperating with the bandits, not in league with them. And no. They won't help, for that they need to kill all of us, and that's impossible.
- I'll put up reinforced sentries anyway.
- Good idea, Lieutenant.
As Alexander predicted, there were no incidents with local attempts to rescue the bandits, the captives themselves made several attempts to escape responsibility, but all of them were suppressed and the vigilantes were not ceremonious with the rebels.
The column that stretched along the road in the morning presented a colorful sight. Dirty ragamuffins, some bloodied or beaten, walking in a tight ring of armed guards casting suspicious glances at them.
The first and only incident on the road, not the parking lot, happened almost immediately. A young guy, a bullish-looking guy, suddenly, right in the middle of the road, said that he would not go any further until they were fed, and in general there was no trial and they were supposed to be driven. Unfortunately for him, such a shortsighted act caused the whole movement to stop, and Lieutenant Tari and Knight Blood came to the bandit who had laid down on the road.
- Get up and walk," the vampire said in an even tone.
- And I don't have to go, the law says we have to go to the trial. Then take us! - defiantly defiantly replied the guy lying there.
And in some ways he was even right, the laws of the kingdom clearly stated that people had to be brought to the trial. Of course, this was not an act of mercy, but only the stupidity of the scribes who wrote the laws under the dictation of the aristocrats. And those as it is known do not walk on foot, and so it turned out that one said to bring, the second did not think so and wrote it down, and the guards are forced to observe the letter of the written down and exactly bring to the court.
Misunderstanding, which officials have not been able to correct for more than a hundred years, and many do not want to correct anything, because just one word in the law, allows you to demand large budgets and buy both carts and horses. And where there are purchases, there you understand and machinations with them.
- If that's the case, you don't need legs," the vampire didn't even address the bandit, but rather just spoke out loud, but he got an answer.
- And I don't need them, if we have to drive them," he said in a boorish manner, and immediately screamed from the wild pain
The flaming arrow burned both his legs below the knee.
- Stop yelling! - ordered the vampire, but the young man ignored this order, but this time not on purpose.
Alexander jumped down to the ground and approached the screaming god and grabbed him by the hair. The boy tried to free himself and get as far away from the mage as possible, but he was knocked unconscious by a single slap. And next, to the horror of everyone present, the knight reached his hand into the bandit's mouth and ripped out his tongue. After throwing the piece of flesh into the bushes, Alexander calmly climbed onto his horse and turned to the nearest captives:
- Take him and carry him! - The order was carried out with astonishing speed and the column continued moving towards Kas.
The vampire, accompanied by the lieutenant, who hadn't uttered a sound the whole time, returned to the beginning of the squad.
- That was an interesting spell you used to cleanse your hands of that bastard's blood," Knight Tari finally broke the silence.
- What?
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