Chapter 3 Silent Hunter
It was about three o’clock in the afternoon, and the sun was still retained its most sinister heat.
Just after paying the price of over a dozen lives for their “great victory”, the bandits gathered together, drinking low-quality wine.
A robust man with a beard that was so lush it almost covered his entire face abruptly drained the cup of wheat wine in his hand.
“Bang!” He threw the cup on the table and howled with a drunk voice.
“In my opinion, if we had come together and surrounded the old man at that time, we wouldn’t have needed so many people to die. Although, with fewer people, we would receive more money, it would have been embarrassing!”
A thin, sharp-faced man next to him gave a tap to the back of the bearded man’s head.
“Alright, Sean, weren’t you the fastest one to run away when that old knight went berserk? Why didn’t you join in?”
“Maybe your useless muscles can block the sword of that initiate knight, and then we can kill him and avenge you, right, Mr. Sean who ran away?”
“The bandits thing… How… how can you say that run away? Billy, how can you talk nonsense.”
The bearded man named Sean explained hesitantly, and his face suddenly turned red.
No one knew if it was because he had drunk too much or because he was ashamed into anger, but there was a burst of mocking laughter around him.
“No… I won’t lower myself to your level. I, I’m going to the toilet.”
Probably because there was really an urgency of urination needed to solve it, Sean rushed to a corner of a house amid the laughter of the crowd.
When it was still a village, there was probably something like a toilet.
But now, the bandits wouldn’t go farming, and they weren’t willing to bitterly deal with these things that they thought were useless, so, relieving oneself anywhere had become the norm.
Sean was very dissatisfied with Billy for mocking him, but he didn’t have a good tongue to refute. He felt very wronged and remembered what had happened in the past.
Before he became a bandit, he, Sean, was the strongest young man in the village, and the beautiful daughter of a blacksmith, Johnnie, liked him very much.
Back then, relying on his strength, he excelled at herding cattle, carrying heavy loads, and blacksmithing. Among his peers, he was a highly admired figure.
When he thought about it carefully, he occasionally thought that if he didn’t become a bandit, it would be good to have married Johnnie and lived a simple life as a farmer, at least having enough to eat, clothing, and a beautiful wife.
However, Sean, who was opening the floodgates to pee, quickly shook his head and threw this idea away.
Johnnie was long gone… And besides, that thrill of controlling and taking others’ lives, even as someone considered a coward among the bandits, he couldn’t resist the impulse and pleasure of dominating others.
He licked his lips, a metamorphic smile curved on his mouth. Tomorrow, they would have the old knight’s squire to fool with.
It was rare for Obi-Wan to give them the opportunity to torture and kill prisoners. Perhaps it was because there were too many people killed this time around and it was difficult for him to suppress his anger.
Thinking of tomorrow’s fun, he couldn’t help trembling slightly and couldn’t control his excitement.
Then, a longsword silently pierced through his back, piercing through his heart.
Blood gushed out of the gaps between the blade and the body, and the pain surged like a floodgate being opened. Sean opened his mouth wide and tried to scream.
But a crossbow arrow pierced his throat faster and turned the scream that was about to come out into a gasping “heh heh heh.”
Then, when he tried to use his last bit of strength to struggle as the final struggle of the trapped beast, a powerful elbow was suddenly stuck on his neck.
Great force was applied at the junction of his head and neck, and with a crack, Sean’s consciousness completely dissipated into endless darkness.
Looking at the heart pierced, the neck pierced by a crossbow arrow, and the dead bodies that the head strangely folded backwards, Evia trembled all over.
Killing people with his own hands… This word seemed to be very far away from him. He grew up in a noble family, so it was almost difficult for him to understand this word.
Although he was not valued and knew that dead people were very common, but he had still never seen bloodshed from killing with his own eyes…
This was the first time that he had killed someone? “Ugh…” An indescribable disgust brewed in his heart.
This kind of killing discomfort made him completely unable to stop the discomfort and dizziness from seeing the death of his own kind.
So vomiting occurred spontaneously, but he hadn’t eaten anything in the past few days, so only air and sound came out when he dry heaved.
“There’s no need to overreact. Evia, either they or we will die. Your archery is very powerful. You’ve really helped us a lot.”
Wang Yu stood next to Evia and patted him hard on the back. His strength was not strong, but he almost patted Evia to the ground. Wang Yu couldn’t help but sigh again that this guy’s body was thin.
With two strong slaps, although Evia almost lost his breath, that feeling of nausea from his first kill finally eased a bit.
“I’m fine. Thank you, but it’s just a little hard to accept for the time being. I’ll get used to it. Yes, I’ll…”
Evia recovered and thanked Wang Yu for his help.
“Alright, then hurry up and clean up this place. We’ll just remove the blood along with the soil.”
Seeing that Evia had recovered and soon said that he was fine, Wang Yu gave him a thumbs-up in his heart.
He liked this kind of person very much. It didn’t matter if he didn’t know how to do it or not. The most important thing was to learn it.
The two of them quickly began to make arrangements according to their agreement.
From Wang Yu’s secret observation, the layout here seemed to be a small village surrounded by a circle of dilapidated walls.
Although the walls were in a poor condition and probably couldn’t even stop a cow, the watchtowers at the four corners are quite impressive. Wang Yu was uncertain about getting close to the walls without being noticed.
The overall layout was quite loose, and the bandits were not well-disciplined. But in the key places were gave Wang Yu a professional feeling.
The walls and watchtowers were one of them. The walls were very damaged, but the watchtowers were very important and useful. It could be said that they had completely grasped the important parts.
However, the watchtowers would only observe the people near the wall and not care what was happening inside the village. This was also the result of the observation of Wang Yu.
Therefore, if he wanted to escape, he had to start from the inside. If he forced his way out from the wall, he would definitely attract the attention of Obi-Wan and the mages. In this way, it was impossible to escape.
Therefore, what Wang Yu needed to do was to kill Obi-Wan and the mage before breaking through these rabbles.
He was currently executing the first part of the plan.
They attracted the attention of the bandits who had no combat training, and then gave them some good stuff to drink.
“Why did Sean take so long? Is it because something down there blocked?”
Billy smirked in a sleazy manner, drinking and mocking Sean’s slowness.
This short and thin guy used to be jealous of Sean’s physique. When Sean suffered a setback, he ridiculed Sean without any guilt at all.
“Bang!” The sound of a heavy object falling and shattering appeared in everyone’s ears.
“Hmm? What’s that sound? Does Sean get drunk and fall? How much did he drink? It’s so funny.”
Some of the bandits immediately began to laugh.
“Well, let’s go and take a look. It’ll be quite entertaining to see Sean make a fool of himself.”
Billy naturally wouldn’t let go of this opportunity to mock Sean.
“Alright, let’s take a look at this big stupid bear!” The other bandits were also happy to watch the fun.
The group of people walked toward the place where the sound came while teasing Sean.
When they arrived, they didn’t see anyone, but they smelled the fragrance of wine.
A box had been broken open, revealing glass bottles filled with amber-colored refreshing liquor, looking very tempting.
And at this moment, a bunch of liquor bottles rolled out of the broken opening of the box, with some of them already shattered, and alcohol spilled all over the floor. The strong smell of wine wafted into the noses of these drunkards.
“Isn’t… isn’t this the Amber Drip that Boss Obi-Wan brought? How… how could it be here.” Someone among the bandits immediately asked.
“Yes, why are they here? Didn’t Boss put them in the cellar?” someone replied in a daze.
“If Boss Obi-Wan finds out, he’ll definitely hack us to death…” Someone said in fear.
Billy who was in the crowd was also shocked at first. Then, he felt fear. He was afraid of the anger of Obi-Wan. Originally in poor physical condition, caused his character was very timid in the deepest part.
But then, his eyes suddenly lit up and he shouted at the top of his lungs.
“It’s Sean. It must be this guy. He drank too much, so he wanted to drink the good wine of our boss and secretly moved this thing out of the cellar.”
“He didn’t expect that when he wanted to steal a few bottles, he would break the box. This guy must be so scared that he stole a few bottles and ran away. He deserves to be called Sean who ran away.”
“Boss won’t spare him. Why don’t we drink it first, and then push all the problems to Sean later!”
After hearing what Billy said, the bandits immediately came to their senses.
Yes, didn’t they come to look for Sean in the first place? Regardless of whether it was as Billy had analyzed, there was absolutely no problem in passing the buck to Sean.
First of all, the wine had been smashed, so Boss’s anger was already beyond control. They might as well have a few more drinks and enjoy themselves. After that, they could shift all the blame onto Sean.
In this way, after the boss tortured and killed Sean, they would not suffer too terrible punishment.
“Yes, yes, it’s Sean.” The bandits immediately threw the question to Sean, who had been stuffed into the box forever. They couldn’t wait to open the bottle and start drinking.
“It’s really good. I knew that the rabble would not be very vigilant. I didn’t expect that someone would add a scene for himself.”
Two pairs of eyes observed everything from a distance, hidden among the bushes. Wang Yu said in an inexplicable tone.
“I didn’t expect it to go so smoothly. Once they drink this good liquor, they’re done for…”
Wang Yu muttered to himself. He did not expect things to go so smoothly. When he pretended to faint and was sent to the dungeon, he heard the bandits discussing
Chapters
- Chapter 5 A Bloodless Fight September 26, 2024
- Chapter 4 Revenge Raid September 26, 2024
- Chapter 3 Silent Hunter September 26, 2024
- Chapter 2 Dungeon and Allies September 26, 2024
- Chapter 1 Falling into A Dead End September 26, 2024
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