Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 32 — Broad Bandit Robbers
The group of warriors were entering the inn more and more, the number was about 50 people not to mention those outside, almost every one of them was holding a machete that had been removed from its sheath.
Zhou Bing realized that the situation was now abnormal, the merchant entourage had also felt the same way. Before Zhou Bing wanted to say anything to his grandson, one of them suddenly shouted out loudly.
"I don't like pleasantries so we get straight to the point, this is a robbery, hand over every property you have then give it to us or else you'll regret it!" One of them shouted menacingly by brandishing his weapon, the other moved following.
The merchant guards actually wanted to act to help but seeing the number of robber groups more than him made the guards stop moving, however they still loved his life.
Even if they fight also they do not necessarily win, fighting is not much different from delivering lives in situations like this.
The robber who shouted earlier smiled widely after his shout no one replied, it meant that no one dared to his group.
The robber who shouted earlier was the leader of the group of robbers. He then told some of his members to carry large leather bags.
"Price money or jewelry, all put in this leather bag. Sword or any kind of weapon, take it off and put it on the floor right now!" The robber leader's orders.
The merchants or bodyguards felt heavy hearted to do so but they could not resist after seeing the number of robbers.
However, life was more important than money, merchants began to issue money and jewelry as guards placed their weapons on the floor.
One of the robbers began to walk around picking up merchant treasures and escort weapons one by one, weapons remained valuable and very expensive if sold, they could also use them back to rob.
"Yuan'er put your sword on the floor, don't fight them..." Whisper Zhou Bing.
Zhou Yuan did not refute, he understood what the situation was like then immediately put down his sword.
Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing were not afraid of the group of robbers but the current situation did not support the two to fight back.
The group of warriors were on average in the Bronze Realm and a few were Silver Realm, their leader was the only swordsman who was in the realm of the Early Stage Gold Realm.
The group of robbers was definitely no match for Zhou Yuan let alone Zhou Bing, the two did not fight back because if doing so it could harm the others.
Zhou Yuan could see the robbers were wary of the surroundings, if anyone resisted then the robbers did not hesitate to take the merchants as hostages to save themselves.
The robbery in charge of taking the property of the traders then turned to the innkeeper in the administration. Without responsibility he then asked all the money to him.
"Master, please have mercy on me. If all this money is taken, then I don't have any money for my daughter's medical expenses." The owner of the inn begged.
The robber laughed, seemingly indifferent to the innkeeper. "You think I'll care, give up all your money."
The innkeeper tried to plead for leniency, he could hand over half his money at this time but still the robber did not care, he asked the innkeeper to give up all the money he had.
"You seem so stingy as a person, give me all your money or you want to die right now." Said the robber who was now getting upset.
"Sir, I can't do that, I..."
"You're talking a lot." Before the innkeeper finished saying, the robber had already raised his machete prepared to attack the innkeeper.
The speed of the chopsticks Zhou Yuan threw was like a released arrow, the Bronze Realm or Silver Realm swordsman could not see his speed, only Zhou Bing could see the movement of the chopsticks.
The chopsticks that Zhou Yuan threw right hit the palm of the robber's hand at once pierced through it.
The burglar held by the robber suddenly slipped and fell to the floor, he screamed loudly realizing that his palm was hollow.
The robbers were all shocked to see the incident, while their attention was drawn to the chopstick thrower who turned out to be a young boy.
The leader of the robbers shouted furiously, he was about to tell his members to kill Zhou Yuan but before they did so suddenly there was a powerful aura enveloping the room of the inn.
The aura was from Zhou Bing, he could not stay silent seeing the robber wanted to harm his grandson. Zhou Bing was actually very surprised by Zhou Yuan's earlier actions which were so sudden but now was not the time he thought about it.
Instantly the robbers broke out in cold sweat after sensing the aura that Zhou Bing had released. They soon learned that the grandfather in front of them was a high-ranking swordsman.
"If you want to live, get out of here!" Zhou Bing said in a cold tone.
The robber leader gulped, his body trembling slightly in fear. Hearing Zhou Bing's words, he then ordered his other members to immediately rush away from the inn.
The robbers did not dare to bring the treasure they had previously collected from the merchant entourage, so frightened they immediately came out and fled.
After the group of robbers disappeared everyone in the inn breathed a sigh of relief, they immediately thanked Zhou Bing for saving them.
The company of merchants or bodyguards paid their respects when they found out Zhou Bing was a high-ranking swordsman.
"I just found out there's a band of robbers around here, who are they?" Zhou Bing chose to be interested in the group of robbers.
Zhou Bing had not taken the route he was going for so long that he did not know there would be a band of robbers.
One of the traders then there who knew the group after seeing the shape of the machete used them, the group of robbers named Bandit Buas, a group of robbers who formed only in recent months.
The Buas Bandit group is very famous in this region, their victims are countless. In addition to robbing they also dare to kill their victims, in certain cases they even kidnap women.
Instead of just attacking the merchants, they sometimes attacked small villages.
"Grandfather, we better not let them go, otherwise there will be many casualties in the future." After hearing all of his stories, Zhou Yuan felt unable to remain silent.
Zhou Bing was silent for a while, he actually agreed with Zhou Yuan's proposal but they were currently having other goals.
After a minute of thought Zhou Bing finally decided to chase after the bandit robber. He could not let them act as he pleased anymore.
"Yuan'er you stay here, Grandpa will..."
"Grandfather, let Yuan come." Before Zhou Bing spoke, Zhou Yuan first cut him off quickly.