"Yeah.. It has been a long time brother Zhao" the leader of the group replied with a bright smile. "So, what's in the caravan? How many mercenary and guards do they have and what are their ranks?".
"There's no need to worry Brother Shi, lot's of gold coins will be piling up in our stronghold soon enough kekeke" brother Zhao said laughing sinisterly, "there are 12 artifacts inside the carriage ranging from rank C~A, Crops and herbs, and other good stuff, they have 2 A rank, a hired mercenary and the butler, while the rest are B~D rank".
"With our current firepower, we'll be at a disadvantage. I'll ask for reinforcement first from the stronghold then we'll attack this caravan tommorow evening" Brother Shi said.
***
The next morning, Fatty Ma doesn't have the courage to talk with Feng Shaotian. Not because he was afraid of Ding Bang instead he was ashamed to show his face after what happened yesterday evening.
He still remembered how Feng Shaotian ridiculed him nonstop while explaining everything about Ding Bang. As he was already in a contract with him, Feng Shaotian didn't feel the need to hide this information.
A few hours later, Fatty Ma saw a group of Caravans up ahead travelling. Some of their carriages were damaged from attacks, not by human's but Magical beast. Unlike them who has Ding Bang's deterrence so their traveling time was much faster than them.
"Boss! There are caravan's ahead, I think they're going to Huangshan City like us. Should we join them?" Fatty Ma inquired.
"Just pass through them, I'm in a hurry" Feng Shaotian replied indifferently.
"Yes boss!"
Heya!
Fatty Ma urge the horses to pass by, however, a group of people wearing mercenary robes in different color blocked their path.
Fatty Ma frowned, "What's the meaning of this?! Why are you blocking our way?" he asked.
"Sorry to trouble you good sir but our Captain and the Butler of the Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce wants to invite your group for a talk" a person with a big build spoke. His name was Mo Zhen, Vice Captain of Blood Dragon Mercenary Group.
Thinking that he need to asked Feng Shaotian for permission, he hastily called out "Boss.."
"I heard what they said, there's no need to repeat“ Feng Shaotian said.
"...."
"Let's go over" he commanded and walked out of the carriage with Ding Bang following behind him. "Lead the way, make sure this is important as I'm busy".
Mo Zhen nodded his head in understanding, 'Such attitude, he must be a big shot'.
Mo Zhen and Feng Shaotian's group arrived at a Luxuriously designed Caravan. Red Tulip flowers were engraved on it and magic cannons attached on each sides.
Inside it, two figures sitting face to face could be seen. Feng Shaotian's group entered abruptly catching their attention. Both of them had eyes wide in surprise, they then stood up solemnly while saluting respectfully.
Mo Zhen was shocked to see such thing to happen. Someone like their captain becoming respectful and standing up just to welcome strangers were a rare sight.
Feng Shaotian nodded his head in response and sat down on the chair as Fatty Ma and Ding Bang remained standing behind him.
Mo Zhen also walked over and stood up behind the seat of his captain, Tang Jun!. Tang Jun was a middle aged man, he experience lot's of killings from the battlefield and become the youngest captain in the history of mercenary.
He has bright eyes that contains knowledge and experience, oval face with a build like an ox. He has a sword next to him shining with cold lights, and on his violet robe was an A rank marking on it.
The butler on the other hand was thin, he already forgotten his name a long time ago. Instead, he uses his alias, Shadow Killer. Feng Shaotian was surprised that this old man seems to blend with the surrounding, as if he didn't exist at all. He wore a Black Robe with an A rank marking, even though his looks were questionable, this old man still can't be underestimated.
After some time, maidservant came in with tea of herbal medicine. Tasting the tea, Feng Shaotian's eyes sparkle in surprised. He can feel his whole body relax as if he was floating in the cloud's.
"How do you find our tea taste like young man?" Shadow Killer asked smiling.
"It's good. May I know the name of this tea?" Feng Shaotian replied in courtesy.
"It's called Calming Cloud Nine Tea, made from White lotus, Calming dew, and Nine types of different precious herbs" Shadow Killer explained.
"Oh. I see" Feng Shaotian said nodding his head.
"I'll not beat around the bush. The truth is, we're in a predicament right now" Shadow killer solemnly said, "the situation is like this, yesterday evening we caught one of our people meeting a group of unknown people, If I guess correctly they should be the bandit residing this part of the forest"
"Because of his betrayal and giving the enemies information about our strength, I have a feeling that we'll be in danger if we don't take any countermeasure" Tang Jun added. “We were inviting adventurers to help us by giving them money as compensation"
"Are you saying that you want us to help you? Sorry, but I'm in a hurry" Feng Shaotian said shaking his head, "..although we want to help you, putting our lives in the line to someone we just met is a bit nonsensical right? And lastly, our strength is not sufficient enough to be of any help to you? Don't you think?"
Tang Jun and Shadow killer look at each other and sighed.
"Alright, enough feigning ignorance. You're an Intelligent person Mr. Feng Shaotian, you must know the reason why we called you here for, am I right?”. Shadow killer said in helplessness.
“We felt the oppressive aura of your servant and knew that if it was him, our safety would be guaranteed" Shadow Killer said, "So as the manager of this caravan, I would like to ask for your help. We'll offer 10— no 15, 000 gold coins and you can asked one request from our Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce, we'll surely help as long as it's within our ability"
Feng Shaotian pondered about what Shadow Killer just said, weighting the pros and cons in this situation. Seeing Feng Shaotian's pondering look, Fatty Ma can't take it and whispered to Feng Shaotian's ear.
"Alright then, Shadow killer what's your plan? As long as it's within my ability, I promise to help you out of your predicament" Feng Shaotian said seconds later after Fatty Ma finished whispering.
Tang Jun and Shadow killer smiled happily as they were able to asked help from a strong party. 'This young man..' Mo Zhen thought shile staring fixedly at Feng Shaotian.
Shadow killer explained the plan to everyone about their role on this upcoming battle. He also shared the information they got from interrogating the spy of the bandits that the enemy have 1 S rank warrior in their group.
After he said all that is needed, Shadow killer coolly took a sip of his calming tea. As it was already evening, Feng Shaotian and company bid their farewell first with Mo Zhen accompanying them.
***
"Good work you two" Shadow Killer and Tang Jun suddenly heard a hoarse voice near them. Turning around, they saw an middle aged man holding a battle worn staff. He wore a red robe with an S rank marking on it.
"Master!"
"Brother!"
Shadow Killer and Tang Jun called out respectfully. Hesitating for a moment, Shadow killer built up the courage and asked "Master, I don't doubt your decision but, why are we asking help from strangers? I think we can ma—”
"I know what you want to say but, don't you ever provoke that kid. I don't even have the confidence to stay alive for a few seconds fighting that servant of his" the man said solemnly.
"Brother, does that mean..?" Tang Jun inquired.
"Yes, and that kid, you know that there are artifacts that can hide one's talent right? He might be using one. Even if it's true that he's just an F rank, this would mean only one thing," pausing for a moment, he then continued. "That kid was someone from a hidden family, to have a butler who's stronger than S rank can only be friended".
"I forgot to tell you, these bandit groups are not easy to deal with. If it's just a normal bandit group then we don't need outsider to get involve, however, " he paused for a moment while looking around cautiously. "This bandit's are backed up by the underground faction. Their secretive leader was also a triple S ranker, even if our Red Tulip Chamber of Commerce attack with all our powerhouse. Only one outcome is evident and that would be the annihilation of our Chamber of Commerce".
"Master don't trust them, they hid something from us. I felt that there was something suspicious about them inviting so many adventurers just for bandits, also someone was watching us from the shadows. Based on the aura it exude, it should be stronger than the two just now" Ding Bang said after arriving in their carriage.Feng Shaotian's expression froze hearing what Ding Bang just said. Even though he's half intelligent, there are still things that only powerhouses like Ding Bang can do.'I need to become stronger, money— I need money to become strong immediately' Feng Shaotian thought, he even considered robbing the empire's treasury just to become strong much faster.Thinking about the legend of someone doing it in the past. The scroll mentioned the history of “Feng Duo”, a Legendary Figure from 15+ years ago. Feng Shaotian couldn't help but think, 'this name is quite familiar. It felt so close
His other friends were alarmed and flee to other places. His wife can't endure it any longer and committed suicide. Their children was sent to an orphanage after their mother's death. A few days later, news spread saying that they were poisoned.When he arrived back to the city after several months. What awaits him were news of their death.The family he loves the most left him. His loyal brothers vanished for the sake of his family while some others silently left. He was overcome with grief and sorrow. His happiness was taken away from him, he felt alone.In that same day, two people showed up saying that if he agreed to join their Faction, they'll help him take revenge. His mind was in chaos that time, so he agreed without thinking.Days later, one sect after another got attacked suffering heavy losses. Even to the point that some of their elders and sect leader died from assassination.
Shadow Killer handed over the 15,000 gold coins reward. Almost all the adventurer's saw that Feng Shaotian's reward money was double and even triple the money they received. Some of them were envious while other's have eyes shining with greed. Shadow Killer saw their reaction and couldn't help but shake his head in pity. Even though he didn't saw what Feng Shaotian did in the fight, he still got some information. According to his master, there were two S rank talent that showed up from the group of bandits but, they haven't even able to land a hit in a 2 vs. 1 fight. Although his master doesn't know all the details, he still know how monstrous Feng Shaotian's butler is. If it was him fighting those two S rank, he would be lucky enough to leave unscathed. After bidding each other farewell, Feng Shaotian went back to his carriage to continue on their journey. Their
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Feng Shaotian and Fatty have the same look. It was as if their soul was taken out of their body. Their faces was pale as they just stood there staring blankly.Moments later, their complexion went back to normal. Feng Shaotian looked at the surrounding and saw that it was in ruin. “Jiang Fu, stop them from unsealing the demon. Ding Bang, help those people that needs help while evacuating. As for you Fatty, I don't want you to die”.Feng Shaotian instructed Fatty Ma to empty his mind and do nothing even if something weird happened. Afterwards, Feng Shaotian finally sent Fatty Ma in the Mini World. “You can go now. Let's end this fight once and for all”.Jiang Fu and Ding Bang immediately dashed forward to execute Feng Shaotian's command. They both vanished within seconds truly a double S rank talent. Feng Shaotian on the other hand left the battle scene and went to somewhere no one would expect.
Shen Yusheng stabbed his spear right in the chest of Xiu Xing that was covered in golden brilliance. He had put all his strength on it added up with the energy he had in his body. A friction appeared as sparks splash.However, Xiu Xing was still intact standing on the ground. Not because he was able to endure the force but was because of Sea God Domain skill that Tian Ningzi executed.Xiu Xing's golden brilliance defensive skill started cracking. The impact of Shen Yusheng's attack was so great, although he look not hurt outside. His internal organ was still affected by the force.Blood came out out from his mouth as Shen Yusheng retrieve his spear as he was about to attack again. But not wanting to experience another all out attack. Xiu Xing cancelled his defensive skill and executed an attack skill instead.However, just as he move his sword. He notice that a dagger was about to hit him from the le
The soldier who stepped forward and warned the patriarch of the triad clan to stop dropped on the ground headless. He didn't even finished what he was going to say when it happened.Hiss!The spectators on the side took a deep breath of air. Some of them slowly took a step backwards afraid to get implicated. Some of them wore serious expression on their faces as they started calling their masters.“If you only have that little strength and wasn't able to dodge such slow attack. You better leave this place and preserve your dog life”. The Patriarch of the triad clan coldly spoke.The soldiers together with the guard's inside the commerce had cold sweat all over their face. They didn't anticipate everything to escalate this far in just a few minutes. They tried using their communication devices to call their captains.“Old Xiu, why don't you stop here and re
At night. The construction of the training camp and villas were on the way. Feng Shaotian didn't have much work to do as Jiang Fu was there to facilitate. He left the mini world with Ding Bang.How could he left his one and only butler and Marshall?. The first thing he did after coming out of the mini world was went to his new office. The city lord's mansion.Hui Chen and Hui Qing was waiting for him when he arrived. Hui Qing had a cold air surrounding her that Feng Shaotian wasn't used to. It must be because of what happened this morning.She didn't even bother to cast a glance at him. Thankfully, Hui Chen was still fine and approached him. “We'll be taking our leave now. About my soldiers stationed here, take good care of them. They'll listen to you for 15 day's, after that all my men will leave this city”.“Got it Uncle Chen”“One more thing
“Uncle Zhu!” Hu Nian shouted. He doesn't want his master to be humiliated.Feng Shaotian raise his hand to stop Hu Nian. Shaking his head he said. “I know I can't turn back time. But I can help you have a better place to live in”.“You think I'll accept that?. You must be scheming something, I've seen lots of people like you. I, Zhu Zheng will not be deceive by you” Zhu Zheng said patting his chest.Feng Shaotian frowned. “Prideful people had millions of regrets than ignorant ones. You're only thinking for yourself, what about those people behind you?. The people outside who has babies to feed. Do you think they want to live outside the city for the rest of their life?.”Don't let your pride consume you. Accept the reality, if you accept my offer. I'll give you a place to live and identification to erase the label of being illegal settler's bound in you