Chapter Twenty-Four: It Was Actually Her First Time

  "So that's what happened, you were overheard while using the restroom, huh?" A man wearing a black full-body leather armor asked nonchalantly from the soft sofa. His left eye had an eye patch, surrounded by a shocking scar. His gray hair was neatly combed, and his clean-shaven face made him look quite handsome.

  He is Sigurd, the notorious leader of the Lone Wolf Thieves' Guild on the Western Continent.

  "We can't wait until the next stop, that will give those little devils at Hope Garden a chance to alert the police. Our mercenary licenses are all fake, and they'll be exposed if anyone checks carefully." Siegfried crooked his finger to summon his deputy, "Go inform our insider to start unloading, we're taking action ahead of schedule."

  Then he turned to the two kneeling in front of him: "Take some brothers to catch all those students. Other civilians may not care about their lives, but I hope the students of Hope Garden will not dare to ignore them. If we can't suppress the police, those student hostages are our best leverage. Go, don't make such a low-level mistake again, otherwise my curved knife is happy to drink blood."

  They cast a glance at the two half-moon-shaped blades carelessly placed on the table in front of Siegfried, and the two men retreated with cold sweat.

  On the other hand.

  "Fabiano, there are only two days left until April 1st." Cecilia said with a subtle expression.

  "How can I joke about such a big thing?" Fabiano was almost sweating.

  "If that's the case, then your handling of Fabiano was quite unreasonable." Elisia said with a calm expression, "At the time, you shouldn't have turned back, but rather pretended to be an ordinary person and walked forward calmly without drawing attention, and then informed the police. What a pity to miss this rare opportunity."

  "What's the big deal? As long as the train stops at the next station, we can naturally go report it." Li Hua said nonchalantly, and also tried to touch the head of the mercury lamp sitting on the table, but was stabbed fiercely by the latter with a short sword transformed from feathers.

  "That's impossible." Eriol sighed, "Fabiano has already startled the snake. If I were the leader of that gang of thieves, I would start acting now and hijack the train before it reaches the next station."

  "Christ! I'll go tell the conductor right now. Who dares stop me?!"

  "It seems... it's too late now." Elisha heard the cry of surprise from the front car and smiled wryly, "Indeed, they intend to take us as hostages."

  With a loud bang, the train car corridor door was forcefully opened. A group of vicious-looking men appeared outside the door, led by the two soy sauce men whose conversation had been overheard by Fabiano.

  "Trigger mission 'Train Hijacking Case'. During the Lone Wolf Thief gang's hijacking, all of your aura except for those that have been exchanged will be unusable, but magic and exchange items are not restricted. Please ensure that none of your classmates die, otherwise the mission is considered a failure, but there is no penalty for failure. Ensure that all students survive without dying, reward: 2nd-level lightning system magic 'Chain Lightning'; defeat Lone Wolf before the national machine intervenes, reward: 3rd-level aura usage authority and Tai Chi swordsmanship; single-handedly defeat Lone Wolf leader Sieg, reward: a famous magical girl - Lolita version of Nayuki Nitta."

  Why is it a magic cannon? Are you saying that this yuri flavor isn't thick enough for you?! I'm going to make it a divine circle!!

  "Listen up, everyone! We're starting the robbery now! Men squat on the left, women squat on the right, cross-dressers and Hideyoshi squat in the middle, and hermaphrodites and eunuchs jump out of the car immediately! Those who don't want to die, do as I say at once!"

  With these thunderous words, the robbers swarmed in. The weapons in their hands shone brightly and almost dazzled the crowd's eyes.

  "Those eunuchs and court ladies would still die even if they did as told, uncle." After glancing at the students in the carriage and estimating their combat strength, Eriol said with a pout.

  "Little girl, are you looking for trouble!?"

  Alicia nervously pinched the hem of her skirt with her small hands, weakly raised her head to glance at the ferocious strange uncle, her face full of innocence and grievance, her pursed lips almost able to hang a soy sauce bottle, her beautiful big eyes overflowing with tears as if she was about to cry out loud. The entire person was surrounded by colorful bubbles, using an extremely cute tone that could make listeners' legs weak and those who heard it fall down, she stammered: "Why are you being so fierce? I-I've actually never been robbed before..."

  Lolis are invincible when acting cute, especially when their target is a weird uncle - even if it's just a pseudo-loli.

  The other party quickly bowed down and said in a soft voice: "Okay okay, it's uncle who is wrong, uncle shouldn't have spoken so loudly."

  If it weren't for knowing the true nature of this little loli, I estimate everyone would be deceived by her appearance - didn't you see Chasi cowering in the corner clutching his stomach and shaking?

  Alicia stretched out her hand and grasped the hand of the strange uncle in front of her who was dizzy, smiling sweetly: "Good night, uncle."

  Before the other party could react, Eriol had already unleashed a powerful electric shock, and at the same time let out a loud shout: "Everyone, get to work!"

  Li Hua's fist suddenly slammed into the stomach of a strong thief next to him, shouting: "I despair at this world that is still being robbed and deliberately selling Meng! You guys all get down for me!"

  Ilya reacted quickly and punched one of the robbers in the face, causing him to immediately spit out a few teeth.

  Cris was the most ferocious, her two hands grasping the necks of two robbers and directly lifting them into mid-air, throwing them into the crowd with force, instantly making them roll on the ground. (You're indeed from the Martial Arts Department, aren't you?)

  Cecilia and Charsi were straightforwardly using beginner-level magic, although the former relied heavily on that magical girl costume (big fog) staff to gain a great advantage.

  Mishka's attack was quite funny, she actually stepped on the robber's toe next to her.

  As for Sophia, the sinister woman, she was in the midst of the chaotic army, covering her mouth with a fan and laughing lightly, elegantly lifting her leg to kick the root of some poor devil's two legs with great force. Then that guy rolled onto the ground amidst an earth-shattering scream, tripping over the nearby bandit who was holding his foot and jumping up, their heads miraculously colliding together, falling silent.

  "You deceitful little soul!" Another soy sauce man roared and swung his sword behind Erihlya.

  A gust of wind whizzed past the little loli's head, blowing her bangs back, and when she looked again, the sword in the bandit's hand had been knocked flying by a feathered arrow, and he was standing there in stunned silence.

  At the back of the carriage, Yuè Gē stood proudly with her bow at the ready.

  A pair of icy daggers appeared silently from behind and were placed on the neck of this unlucky bandit, Granna blew a breath into his ear and laughed: "Welcome to try moving."

  It wasn't until then that the other students in the carriage came to their senses and launched a counterattack.

  However, since it was their first real battle, they were nervous and didn't have any coordination with each other, making the situation quite chaotic. For example, two warriors who drew their weapons at the same time attacked one person and bumped into each other, students from the magic department who weren't even as skilled as a novice mage threw spells that hit the warriors in front of them, people who charged forward were tripped by others next to them, healing spells were cast on the thieves' heads, and Vakyssa was startled by a boy passing by while chanting and bit her tongue. This kind of messy attack should have been easy to deal with, but unexpectedly, the thieves were also caught off guard by Eriol and company, and they all fled in disarray. The two sides somehow managed to turn what should have been an intense and possibly bloody battle into a hilarious slapstick comedy.

  In the end, this completely off-the-rails play ended with a certain blind robber attempting to hijack the mercury lamp sitting on one side, coldly observing and disdainfully dispatching miscellaneous soldiers. The result was that it transformed into a human-shaped feather duster and finally came to an end.

  These robbers are just slightly stronger ordinary people, bullying civilians is still possible, but encountering those who have been trained a bit will be miserable. Only the small leaders above them have the strength to compare with regular adventurers, but unfortunately, those two small leaders were taken down by Eriol and others, directly leading to the collapse of the robbers.

  Although the students were also driven a bit crazy by themselves.

  Looking at the large number of injured students, Eriol finally realized how important it was to turn off the damage before starting a fight.

  Mishael and the other students of healing magic had become the most popular people, all busy beyond recognition. Meanwhile, others were also busy: Ilya was leading the warriors to tie up the thugs; Fabiano was arranging the order of the wizards' next battle; Sophia was organizing a large group of noisy students at the carriage door, forming a rough but reasonable combat formation - although a magician was arranged in front of the warriors who were responsible for facing the enemy in the front row, no one would have any complaints about this, because that guy's name was Norman Kerry.

  This guy was able to get into the magic department in the first place is a huge joke, right?

  As for Chris, who should have been responsible for comforting the students and leading them to fight, she was now sitting on one side with her legs crossed, eating a chocolate bar with a pleased expression. If there was a sign above her head that read "Come find me after you've finished fighting", it would be as if an ACE-level fighter was resting...

  I am a divider line

  With a soft creak, the bathroom door was opened and Joey walked out with a triumphant expression, accompanied by the angry roar from inside, and made a V sign to Eliya and others waiting outside.

  "It seems you've managed to trick words out of me. So what's their goal?" Eriol asked.

  Joey casually closed the door, isolating the two soy sauce men's muffled voices: "Ah, it's really not challenging, in just a short while they've already revealed their gay relationship. If the opponent is too stupid, there's no sense of accomplishment in deceiving them. As for the target of this time's Thieves' Guild - Roland Empire's Antasy Greig, who controls most of the merchant guilds, you all know, right? His youngest son Jebutan Greig is in one of the front cars."

  Li Hua made a weak appearance: "After messing around for half a day, it turned out that it wasn't robbery, but kidnapping?"

  "If we're going to rob someone, it should be a merchant caravan, not a passenger train," Cecilia suggested. "Shall we go help that person?"

  "Cecilia's proposal is good." Eriol thought with her arms around her chest, "The lone wolf originally planned to use the insider to put something in the food of the guards to make them lose their combat effectiveness. But the lone wolf was forced to launch the plan hastily at this time when it wasn't mealtime yet, so the insider would probably only be able to do something with the drinks - not everyone will go drink, so we can assume that the guards still have some fighting power left for now. However, up until now, none of them has appeared in the front cars, which also means that the lone wolf used manpower to suppress them."

  On the other hand, Jeb Tann, being a member of a large family, would not have gone out alone and must have had attendants with him. This is another force to be reckoned with. They are the main target of Lone Wolf and will definitely be attacked by the enemy's main forces. Since Lone Wolf dared to take action, he must have done his homework beforehand. Jeb Tann's guards should not be weaker than the enemy, but they won't lose in a short time either. If they get reinforcements, they can turn the tide of battle.

  These two parties would definitely not be able to get rid of their disadvantages on their own without external help, so as a third party, it is very necessary for us to take action before it's too late. Don't forget that if we can kidnap such a large group of students who are the hope of the village, we can also get a lot of ransom."

  "What should we do?" she asked. "We'll do as you say," Yue Ge nodded in agreement.

  "No way," Eriol shook her head. "Our main task is still defense. After all, most people are newbies, I couldn't possibly expect them to charge into Lone Wolf's blockade, that would be a disaster. So my idea is to form an elite squad for the assault, and leave the rest of the people behind to defend. Oh man, this personnel allocation is such a headache!"

  "So I have an idea to solve this problem." Li Hua said, raising his hand, "How about drawing lots?"

  "...I know you're trying to lighten the mood, but can't you also consider the occasion?"

  In the carriage, Eliya suddenly turned her head and found that the train was rushing past a station platform.

  The train didn't stop. The locomotive control room has been taken over by Lone Wolf!

  Elisha hastily took out the map to look, but found that the train was about to enter the famous Maltese Desert in the Tanzan Empire. This desert is not actually desolate, with many wild animals and plants on it, only because of soil problems, it is not suitable for planting crops, making it impossible for humans to live here on a large scale, and most areas are Gobi, so there is such a name. The Maltese Desert has rich mineral resources and animal and plant resources, but it is not suitable for human development. Even the Tanzan Empire did not arrange troops in this uninhabited border area, as supplies were too costly, and adjacent to the weak military power of the Roland Empire and the permanently neutral city of Reiz, so this became a no-man's land.

  It is also a paradise for poachers, smugglers, mercenaries, adventurers and thieves.

  The control room is now in the hands of Lone Wolf, if they stop the train there... With good luck, everyone can only go home in their underwear. If not, Xiaolongnu really can't imagine what would happen to her beautiful friends who fell into the hands of Lone Wolf. (You didn't think about yourself?)

  We must seize the time now.

  Eriol thought for a moment, first whispering to the mercury lamp beside her. After it nodded, she raised her head and said: "This time we're making a surprise attack, so we need people with extremely agile movements. Slow-moving mages don't have to come. How about this? Iliya, Huayin, Granna, and Yuègē, the four of you will accompany me. Of course, this isn't an order; you can refuse."

  But none of the four people spoke out against it.

  "Are you a lawyer yourself? Are you going too?" Cecilia asked in doubt.

  "Yes, I am a wind-element mage who can cast 'Acceleration'."

  Now everyone had nothing to say. Anyone knew the benefits of fighting under the blessing of accelerated magic.

  On the side, Kris, who had been listening for half a day, pulled out a new chocolate bar and stuck it in her mouth, patted her chest and said: "Go ahead, go ahead, I'll take care of the defense here, you can rest assured. However, since you've decided to attack, you'd better win for me, you bunch of little rabbits!"

  The Monster Sweeping Five-Man Team arrived at the train car door amidst the blessings of other students——Uh, okay, using "Monster Sweeping" isn't quite right, so how about the Justice Five-Colored Battle Team?

  Elisha looked at the four of them in a low voice and said, "Once you go out that door, there's no turning back. This isn't an ordinary training session; we may get hurt in battle, or even worse - although given the overall style of this book, that possibility is small, but it can't be ruled out that the author suddenly has a brain spasm. It's still possible to quit now, so?"

  Ilya gripped the sword in his hand, with a resolute and heroic look on his face; Li Hua's expression was "I'm counting on you"; Granna had an indifferent look; while Yuè Gē remained silent as always.

  "Alright." Eriol smiled and began to retrieve weapons from her spatial bracelet. Although she had wasted an opportunity to exchange for a divine artifact earlier, she didn't regret it, as she still had plenty of good stuff. What Eriol took out this time was extremely powerful, enough to make the world tremble with fear - of course, it wasn't the Oath Victory Sword. Eriol hadn't planned on using martial skills yet, and her trump card would naturally be saved for last. Besides, she only knew one move, Double Dragon Flash...

  Then the little loli took out a god-level cheating device for miscellaneous soldiers - two Colt M1911s that can fire infinite magic bullets and adjust attack attributes at any time.

  You should change into sailor suit and dye your hair crimson red before taking them out, right!?

  "Let's make a big fuss!" Eriol nodded at Ilya in front of her.

  The door was pushed open with force, and five people rushed out like a tiger coming down from a mountain.

  On this speeding train, a bloody and violent battle breaks out between the lone wolf thief group and the "Baskerville Team" consisting of a former (divine beast) palace boy (Eliya?), a fake detective (Erichiya), a married woman (Rihuaon? What, how is that even possible!?), a phantom thief (Guranna), and a sniper (Tsukika).

  Fine, in the end I still couldn't help but talk nonsense for a bit.