Chapter 9: A temporary plan

While the situation became critical, Marina understands that she doesn't have much time to think anymore. She came up with many different plans, but in the end, none of them worked. Thoughts of self-impelling appeared in Marina's mind again and again:

- “Come on, Marina, come up with the best plan. Hurry up! If you are taken away by the bandits and taken to their place, you will not be able to find your way back home.”

In the midst of danger, Marina suddenly thought of an applicable way. This method was devised after she observed strange expressions on the robbers' bodies.

At first, the robbers' bodies had small spots that resembled stingers.

Second, even though it was quite cold here, they were still sweating profusely.

The third is that many of the same bodies are feverish, pale, and debilitated.

With the above three things, Marina had dimly guessed that the disease they were suffering from was malaria, which is very easy for people living near the forest like these bandits to catch. Because of the urgent situation, Marina immediately implemented the plan she had just come up with.

She let out a long sigh. The leader of the bandits seeing Marina sigh, smiled sarcastically and asked:

- Well, did you know that you couldn't escape, so you resigned to follow us?

Marina did not pay attention to the robber's words, she smiled and said:

- You are wrong, I sigh not because I surrender to you, I sigh because I feel sad for you.

- What? Why are you sad for us? What do you mean, say it.

- I'm sad for you because you're sick and dying and you don't even know it. It is pitiful.

Marina's words made the robbers feel scared, they looked at each other in confusion, the leader ferociously approached Marina and shouted loudly:

- Huh! That's right, kid, on what basis do you say we're sick? We have been very healthy so far. Are you too afraid to speak without thinking?

But in the face of the robber's ferocity, Marina did not feel afraid, instead, she was calm, she pointed at the robber and said:

- Have you been feeling cold lately, and often have a fever? The body still sweats even when it's very cold, right?

The robber could only open his mouth and nod rapidly. But for the robbers, that was not enough, they continued to make a fuss:

 - Then what is the disease, we are still very healthy. Why do you say we're going to die?

- Yes, you can only talk nonsense.

Without letting them say more Marina continued to observe if anyone had a worse expression, after finding the target, she pointed at that guy and said:

- Then this guy, you are even worse, in addition to the symptoms like the other guy, you also often have diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting, right? Answer me!

The name that Marina just pointed to immediately blinked because he was so surprised, didn't expect that she could correctly guess the symptoms he was experiencing recently. Even if he was told them, that this guy was very cunning, he didn't accept it, but immediately denied it:

- No, I don't have a disease, I don't have a single drop of sweat, let alone vomit. You don't have to be there and pretend like a prophet, we're not afraid of you! ha ha ha.

The other guy didn't forget to wipe the sweat from his boredom as soon as he said it, but the next action was like slapping himself in the face. Because of:

- Ooh... ooh... ooh...

That guy vomited, vomited a lot, maybe he had suffered for a long time, so when Marina mentioned vomiting, he couldn't hold back any longer. The other robbers saw their accomplices suffer like this and felt uneasy.

But that alone was not enough for Marina to escape, so she took the next step of the plan. Since Marina knows that this vomiting can easily feel contagious, she chose the names with the symptoms of illness that she observed earlier to refer to:

- You! You! You! And You!...

Wherever Marina's finger went, the bandit immediately fell to his knees and vomited. This scene was like she was using magic to punish the wicked mountain bandits.

The leader was also panicking, his head was in a mess when Marina's finger was almost pointing to the position where the guy was standing. Terrified, the leader immediately ordered a retreat. Those who still had the strength to run away, while those lying on the ground vomiting, had to try their best to get away from the witch-like woman.

For a moment, the space became quiet, the bandits had gone. Marina breathed a sigh of relief. But she also knows that this is not a perfect plan, so soon they will find out what is wrong and her scheme will be exposed. so Marina immediately went to find shelter to hide from the bandits first and then thought of the next plan.

After a while, the bandits had run away a long way, when the leader was the first to realize something was wrong, he felt like he had just been tricked. Ordered the crowd to stop, after stringing together the information they had, they dimly guessed that Marina was the recently rumored God of Trick-Riding Medicine.

After a while, the bandits decided to come back and capture Marina because besides her beauty, if she was really the god of medicine, she could cure the disease they were suffering from.

It was faster to run away and faster to return, but the bandits arrived late, this place was empty, Marina had left since when.

The leader was nowhere to be found, so he was very angry and ordered the people to disperse to find Marina. Because if he can't catch her, the fact that he was deceived by a child will be told by his juniors for the rest of his life.

At this time, Marina was hiding in a rock crevice, constantly hearing the footsteps around and the whispers of the bandits made her extremely scared, her heart was pounding wildly. Because the content that Marina heard if she was caught, was terrible, they would rape her and then make her a slave to treat them,...

Fortunately, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, but no bandit found her shelter. But when Marina thought she could escape, her donkey was cut by a sharp stone edge, causing it to scream in pain. Although Marina immediately covered her mouth, the screams went a long way, reaching the ears of the bandits, who immediately remembered that there was a donkey next to Marina, so they turned back to look.

The sound of footsteps continued to pound around the rocky cleft where Marina was staying, she could only close her eyes and pray that they would not find her. Unknowingly, the sound of footsteps lessened and disappeared completely to Marina's surprise, thinking she had escaped, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

But a treacherous voice suddenly appeared in front of the cave, interrupting Marina's budding joy:

- sigh so soon girl, playing hide and seek with you is really interesting but you are still very young, ha ha ha.

The other voice had just died when a big, rough hand quickly grabbed Marina's hand and pulled it out, even if she grabbed the donkey, the other person's strength was still too strong, pulled for a while. both people and donkeys out.

When she went outside, Marina saw that the owner of the voice and the other hand was none other than the leader of the bandits.