053, Who kidnapped

Diqi replied dissatisfiedly: "Of course all the things have been delivered. Didn't you see the convoy outside? But I came to redeem people, not to give gifts. When the things I asked for, you should let Princess Xiao Qian go, right? I want to see all of them!" The scene in front of me was different from what I imagined. These people didn't mention Princess Xiao Qian at all, and this was not the case for kidnapping.

Yusil said with a smile: "Don't worry, you must be tired from afar. You will sit down and eat something first. Of course, the kingdom princess is fine, but I have to find out if the things you send are what we want."

Someone set up wild game, dried fruits, and wine on the table. This was very similar to treating guests to dinner. Amon and others didn't sit down. How could they have the intention to eat here? Diqi took out a roll of grass stem paper from his arms and handed it to Yusil and said, "The things are all on this, do you want to count them?"

Just as Yusier took the paper roll and unfolded it, a big man next to him shouted angrily: "It's all on this! We have worked so much, are we going to come to this piece of paper? Let me see!"

Usier looked a little embarrassed, and turned his head and scolded, "What are you talking about? The registration above is an item list. The things are all in the carriage outside. You can count them accordingly! Show it to you, do you know the words?... I have reminded you that it will not be embarrassing if you don't talk nonsense, but you can't remember it!"

If there was another occasion, Amon might laugh out loud, but at this moment he couldn't laugh. Yusir began to read the contents on the list loudly, such as bread, jerky, seeds, farm tools, cloth, etc., and there were a lot of messy things. Every time he read one, the plateau giants would cheer, and someone asked in an incredible tone: "Really, are these things for us? That's great!"

Mayor Diqi replied, "Of course it is for you, as long as Princess Xiao Qian is safe and sound." The giant cheered again, "Princess? Of course she is fine, these things are all ours!" Hearing this, Diqi and others breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the princess is safe, everything else is easy to handle.

All the types and quantities of materials have been read, and the last item on the list is a large sum of money. Mayor Diqi asked: "The things are very clear, but how much do you want? The messenger didn't say the number."

A giant next to him with a beast's tail hanging on his head interjected, "Of course, you need a lot of money, you can get thirty gold coins!"

Upon hearing this, Amon almost reached out to support the table. Thirty gold coins were indeed a lot of money for ordinary people, but he kidnapped the princess of the kingdom and asked the other party to bring a bunch of worthless things in a group of cars and horses, but he only extorted thirty gold coins in cash. If Princess Xiao Qian heard it, she would jump up in anger! - Is she that worthless? Although the things sent by the convoy were not valuable, they were huge, and the total amount was far more than thirty gold coins.

"What? You want thirty gold coins!" Even if Mayor Diqi calmed down, he couldn't help but scream.

The giant who interrupted touched his big head: "Is it too much? Then... he has to ask for twenty gold coins!"

Usier glared at the interjecting giant and drank, "What more, is the princess of the Kingdom of Barron worth the little money?"

Another giant with a ring on his nose echoed smartly: "That's right, you want too little. How can twenty gold coins be enough? At least fifty gold coins!"

Diqi and others stopped talking, their expressions were so strange that they could not describe. Yusier's nose was almost pissed and almost fell off the stool. He slapped the table and said, "You only want fifty gold coins?"

The giants finally realized that fifty gold coins were still too few, and another giant with a tattoo on his forehead said in a muffled voice: "I told you not to talk nonsense long ago, it would be embarrassing to say it! If it were me, I would have to ask for a hundred gold coins!" These plateau giants were not stupid enough. When they saw that the situation was wrong, they began to raise prices.

Mayor Diqi quickly waved his hand: "One hundred gold coins are only one hundred gold coins, I gave it, but that's all, it can't be increased any more! But I didn't bring so many gold coins, so I'll give you five divine stones." He did not bring gold coins, all of them were divine stones. When he saw this scene, he adapted to the "huge sum" of 100 gold coins.

Amon also saw that this group of plateau giants had not fully discussed in advance. The supplies were what they wanted, but the money was not considered. These giants should come from different tribes, their outfits had their own characteristics, with beast tails, nose rings, tattoos, and you can tell them with a little attention. The giants in the tent were all the leaders of the tribe, and the three who spoke just now should be the big leaders of each of the three tribes, equivalent to the role of the clan leader.

It is really a headache to be able to organize these people to act together. Seeing Usir's appearance is already a headache.

When the giants heard that Mayor Diqi wanted to give five divine stones, they started arguing again: "Five divine stones? How do we divide the three tribes? Whoever takes one, whoever takes two?"

Their voice was loud, and the tent was buzzing. Yusir couldn't listen anymore, so he pulled out his short staff from his waist and knocked on the table and said, "Stop quarrel, I have the final say, six divine stones, two in each of your tribes!" Then he rushed to the mayor of Diqi and said, "The last condition is six divine stones, you can hand them over quickly."

The six divine stones were much less than what Mayor Diqi had expected in advance, but he didn't dare to take them too happily. He shouted in dissatisfaction: "You are too much from twenty gold coins to six divine stones! I can give you the money first in order to save the princess." He placed the six divine stones one by one on the table, and the three big leaders took them away on the spot, holding them in their hands and looking left and right, grinning and laughing.

Usier glared at them fiercely, with a feeling of regret in his eyes, and said to Mayor Diqi again: "You have paid the money, and you should hand over the rest one by one, right?"

Medanzo, who had not spoken, couldn't help it and shouted: "After talking, you always want something. Where is Princess Little Qian? I can hand over her safely so that I can give it to you."

Yusier shook his head and said, "No, no, what if you take Princess Xiao Qian away and regret not giving anything?"

The magician Jake also interrupted, "This is your territory, and everything has been sent to the mountain, so how can it be taken away so easily? We are sincere, but you can't negotiate like this. First of all, we have to let us know where Princess Xiao Qian is and confirm whether she is safe!"

A tribe leader raised the divine stone and said, "Of course that princess is safe. She is fine now, but if we want us to bring people, she has to agree."

When he heard this, Diqi and others were shocked. Yusier quickly knocked on the table and said, "Tell you not to speak, just shut up, otherwise I will not care!"

Seeing that Yusier was really angry, the three big leaders nodded quickly and said, "Okay, we won't say it anymore, listen to you. You can get all the things we want with just a message. Sure enough, someone has sent it up the mountain. From now on, everyone will listen to your orders." Then, he shouted to the little leaders behind him, "Shut up, just listen to Lord Yusier."

The tent finally became quiet, and Yusir said to Diqi: "I only saw this list. The supplies on the list have not been counted yet. I have to know if the things were sent in full?... As for the Kingdom Princess, as long as we get all the things, we will definitely put them away."

For some reason, Mayor Diqi no longer wanted to get entangled with Yusir anymore, and did not insist on meeting Princess Xiao Qian first. He thought for a while and replied, "You can count the supplies first. I see there are three tribes here. First count them and divide them into three parts, and finally send someone to transport them away... When you really need to transport things, hand over the princess and her entourages. This is OK, right?... Send someone to count them first, and we will go back to the convoy to wait."

They finally ended the amusing and crying negotiation and returned to the convoy. Youledu anxiously came up and asked, "How is it? Have you seen the princess? Is she okay?"

Jake waved his hand and said, "The situation has changed. Princess Xiao Qian may not be in their hands. Let's discuss it later."

Just now, when I heard the messy conversations of the plateau giants, Amon and the other four were not fools, they all noticed the flaws - those tribes should not have caught Princess Xiao Qian. The situation was like the letter from the injured warrior. Princess Xiao Qian was besieged in a valley, and the giant tribe was anxious to ask for things, so they sent messengers to the town to blackmail. It was not easy to organize these people to act together, and it was Yusir who was the leader who came up with the idea.

Back in the middle of the convoy, everyone hid behind a carriage to discuss. Youledu asked Mayor Diqi: "Since that's the case, why did you agree to let them count the supplies?"

Mayor Diqi smiled bitterly and said, "They did not catch Princess Xiao Qian. This is just our guess. Even so, the princess will definitely be besieged and unable to escape... You haven't seen how those plateau giants negotiated today. They may not even be able to count their fingers. How long will it take to try to sort things out before dividing them?"

Amon echoed: "It's getting dark. They want to count these supplies and at least drag them until dawn tomorrow. With these things to attract their attention, we can take advantage of the night to find out the situation. At least we must first determine where Princess Xiao Qian is. Is she safe?"

Medanzo nodded and agreed, "Yes, this should be done. We know where Princess Xiao Qian is, and we can touch the nearby high ground with the cover of darkness. Although the warriors of the Giant Tribe are fierce, they can still bypass the guards in the dark. If they can really let Princess Xiao Qian go, everything will be fine; if we regret not keeping our promise, we can also work together inside and outside to rescue people."

Youledu pondered: "Kidnap a princess of a kingdom and must be severely punished! If you do not bear serious consequences and get a large ransom, you can only encourage and indulge this behavior. You must send the army of the city-state to wipe out them. But these are all later stories. At present, the safety of the princess is the most important, and it is best not to have conflicts."

Mayor Diqi opened a volume of things, which is the city-state topographic map album collected by Akkade Town, which marked the location of Princess Xiao Qian being besieged. It was an open valley with a steep peak backed by the mountains on both sides. The valley entrances were narrow, and the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it was difficult to break through if it was blocked inside. If you use flying objects, such as high-end air scrolls, you should also beware of the crossbow arrows with extremely long range in the Giant Tribe, so that the princess could not take risks.

Mayor Diqi's plan was to take advantage of the night to travel through the mountains and climb the mountains on both sides of the valley. If you confirm that Princess Xiao Qian is still safe, don't rush to act rashly. After the agreed time, the giant tribe did not let the princess go, so they would surround the two sides to respond to the princess' breakout. Diqi also arranged the route of retreat after rescued the princess, but some differences occurred when assigning specific tasks.

Mayor Diqi himself wanted to go, but Jake and Amon both insisted that he stayed because he was the leader of this group of people and wanted to supervise the other party to count the materials. If there is any situation, it would definitely arouse Usir's suspicion. In the end, Amon and others decided to go.

This time, Yuledu was determined to go there in person, so Jeke had to nod and agree. In this way, Jeke insisted that the five people in his group would form a team alone, and said that they would quietly travel through the mountains and jungles in the dark, and they should be familiar with each other and be good at cooperating. It was inconvenient to bring other people to fight back.

This is somewhat an excuse. Jeke does not want to expose Yuledu's identity. The first thing he needs to protect when encountering situations is this "Your Highness". The five of them have received good training and are skillful in cooperation with each other. Jeke obviously does not take ordinary mid-level warriors seriously and does not want to bring Amon and Medanzo with two burdens.

The result of the discussion was that the troops were divided into two groups, including Jeke and five people, Amon and Medanzo, touched the mountain from the left and right sides. If they found the princess safe after dawn, they would hide quietly. Diqi agreed to act at noon tomorrow. By then, the things should be counted in any case, and the Giant Tribe should also order the release of people. If they still did not let them go, they could only save the people and cover the princess to break through and leave.

With a skilled magician leader, walking on the night road in the mountains has a great advantage. Detection of magic can help you discover the ambush positions of the plateau giants in advance and can quietly circumvent them. No matter how many giants surrounded the princess, they cannot be densely guarded by all places. Such a large mountain can always dive into the surroundings.

However, during the arduous journey of a continuous night, he always used magic to detect various complex terrain situations and discovered all lurking enemies from a distance without neglecting and omission. This is definitely not something that ordinary magicians can do. In this team, I'm afraid that only Jeke has this ability.

Mayor Diqi also wanted to send a magician to Amon and Medanzo. Amon smiled and refused, "I am a hunter in the mountains. I am used to chasing wild animals in the mountains and ridges and detecting all kinds of dangers. Therefore, I dare to walk into the mountains at night and have the confidence to touch them quietly. A magician cannot walk on such a road. If you accidentally fall off the cliff, only a strong warrior has this physical strength and skill. I will just take Medanzo."

Amon's words made a lot of sense, so Mayor Diqi did not insist anymore. He could only wish them good luck and remind them to be careful. Walk at night and launch the detection magic tricks at any time. Amon, the fifth-level magician, is more good at than Jake's sixth-level magician, which is his usual habit. So Amon doesn't want to work with others, as using magic tricks is inconvenient, and accidentally reveals his identity as a magician.

Jake Ben did not expect any of these two people, but out of kindness, he warned Medanzo: "This is not a rush on the battlefield. Wearing heavy armor, climbing and climbing is a burden. Even if your armor is very light, the metal collision sound from accidental metal will reveal your position, and the shield is even less suitable to be carried. Your shuttle gun is not a weapon for combat in the jungle. If you have to carry it, I suggest smearing it with sludge first, because it will reflect at night."

Jeke is a teacher at Barron Academy of Theology. He usually teaches not only divine techniques, but also various combat skills and precautions, and provides systematic guidance and training for students. Amon agrees with his words, so he leaves Medanzo behind armor and shields to Mayor Diqi. After leaving, he put away the shuttle gun. Amon changed Medanzo to an axe and a set of soft armor worn in his clothes.

As for Amon himself, he did not wear armor and had other weapons, he was still just leaning on a branch-shaped cane.

The two rescue teams left one after another, quietly went down the mountain to circumnavigate, but no one was discovered. The Giant Tribe also sent people to count the supplies, and the leaders were still leading the team. Yusier stood aside to supervise the statistics, and Mayor Diqi accompanied him with the secretary. He unloaded the things in a car and classified and counted them. The scene was messy and noisy.

Mayor Diqi deliberately did not send anyone to help, and let these plateau giants work on their own, which was enough for them to be busy until dawn. Many torches were lit on the plateau at night, making the open land look like daytime, and the surrounding mountains and fields seemed particularly gloomy and dark.

Not to mention how to count the supplies on the mountain, Amon took Medanzo down the mountain first, crossed the mountains and ridges and walked upwards, and rushed to the designated location on the map. Medanzo had visited the cave-dwelling savage tribes in the deep mountains many times. He is now a third-level magician. It is no problem to pay attention to the situation under his feet like during the day. The disciples taught by Amon are different from ordinary magicians. They do not use staff at critical moments, and they naturally use magical skills to help, even if they are just to shelter from the wind and rain.

As for Amon himself, he was probably better at walking on mountain roads at night than a great magician. In order to prevent it, he also used an iron branch staff to monitor the surrounding situation at any time.

They were going to go around the other side of the valley where Princess Xiao Qian was besieged, and walked a further way, but they arrived much earlier than Jeke and others. At midnight, the two had already quietly climbed up the ridge on one side of the valley. Looking from a high place, there was indeed a group of people stationed in the middle of the valley, and the light of the bonfire could be seen in the dark night.

Amon felt a little strange because he did not find anyone on guard near the ridge when he climbed the ridge. To be cautious, he asked Medanzo to find a place to hide. He held his staff and secretly investigated along the ridge. He found a guarded giant warrior near the entrance of the valley.
Chapter completed!