Frontier, Cangmang Mountain.
At a place in the Frontier that was hidden, there was a tall gate to a camp. Long lines of torches were placed around the fence and the fire crackled under the nightly sky. Looking from afar, the camp was filled with the aggressiveness of bandits.
This was the headquarters of Pekar Bandit Group, the ninth-ranked bandit group of the Frontier.
Loud shouts and noises resonated in the area and it gave off a wild and recklessness presence.
In the middle of the camp, inside a black building that was made from black rocks, more than a dozen people were sitting around the hall; with weapons on them, they looked vicious. This was the most important and intense meeting Pekar Bandit Group had since they were established.
Pekar, the leader, was sitting on the throne at the far end of the hall. He glanced around with an unpleased expression as he lightly swung the letter in his hand. It looked like his hand was shivering due to the anger that was burning in his chest.
Provocation! It was pure provocation!
Pekar had read the letter in his hand more than once. The Bandit Hunters who disappeared a long time ago re-appeared and they sent a letter to Pekar Bandit Group, the group that was making headlines, asking for their belongings.
Give back their stuff?
Pekar sneered. This was something that bandits did. The only thing similar to this would be paying the ransom to the bandits, and the bandits would maybe return the items or people that they seized.
If this was before, Pekar would think about it. He might send someone to bargain with those people and ask for an amount of money.
But now? Pekar Bandit Group had become one of the top ten bandit groups on the Frontier and their strength had been increasing every day.
Even if you want to get your stuff back, you better come to me politely and pay respects. How dare you just send me a letter and ask for your stuff back?
Pekar thought.
[Pekar Bandit Group, I’m the Primary Guardian of Roll Family, Qian Jin. I heard that you robbed our property, so you better send all of them back to the Zence Empire in seven days and compensate for the losses that you have caused. On top of that, you need to swear that you won’t steal the Roll Family’s property again… Otherwise, the Pekar Bandit Group will no longer be one of ten top bandit groups on the frontier… You guys will be wiped out. Bandit Hunter, Qian Jin]
Qian Jin? Who is this Qian Jin? How dare you challenge me like this?
Pekar smashed the stone table in front of him and the thick stone plate chipped into a pile of dust.
All others in the hall also looked very angry.
Pekar Bandit Group, one of the top ten groups on the Frontier got threatened? If this news got around, others won’t respect us that much anymore.
They thought.
Big leader…
A bandit rushed into the hall and kneeled on the ground.
I have gathered the information on Qian Jin. He is a student at Punitive Academy, an ordinary warrior. He is scheduled to become the president of the Torrent Battle Fort, he already is the president of the Blacksmith Union at Yulee. I heard that he is also going to become the president of the Pharmacist Union and Wudo Group at Yulee as well….. Also, Feng Linacis was killed by him some time ago.
Every time this bandit said something, the expressions on the bandits in the hall changed. With all these experiences, they didn’t know what kind of a person Qian Jin was.
Feng Linacis?
They all gasped upon hearing this.
A strong warrior like Feng Linacis even died under Qian Jin’s hand? No wonder this man could be that dominating and just send a letter…
They all thought.
The letter was sent on the horseback. After Pekar Bandit Group got the news about more precious items being sent through the Frontier, they sent out 30 bandits to rob it. However, only the 30 horses returned with the bandits’ corpses on their backs.
Pekar wouldn’t be this mad over a provocative letter, but he was triggered by his subordinates being killed and a letter like this.
Big Leader, I think it is better for us to return the stuff. This Qian Jin doesn’t sound like a soft egg.
A fatty middle-age woman spoke. Her skin was white, and she dressed like a wealthy lady rather than a bandit.
A few other bandits in the hall agreed. They were all trying to make a living and each of them had killed a lot of people. After they inspected the corpses that were sent back, they would tell that there was more than one person who attacked their subordinates. There were arrow wounds, some got chopped in half, and some got their heart pierced.
It was more like a massacre. The attackers were all very experienced.
Return the items? Are you dumb? We are in this business for so long that the humans, demons, and barbarians are scared of us, not the other way around. They dared to kill our members? They have to prepare to die.
A thin man sitting across the fat woman stood up ferocious with his blade in his hands. He shouted:
No balls! Women have zero balls!
Pekar looked at another middle-aged man beside him quietly and everyone else looked at this man as well. With a pair of triangular eyes, thick eyebrows, and a goatee, this man looked like a strategist for the group.
The reason why the Pekar Bandit Group was where it was today was partially due to the personal strength of the Big Leader Pekar and partially due to the intelligence of this strategist, Liu Sidian.
Liu Sidian squinted his eyes as he enjoyed the attention from everyone else, He fanned himself and said,
For now, let’s ignore what this Qian Jin did in his past. Just from how he killed the 30 members, we could see that he doesn’t have any mental barriers in killing our bandits.
Everyone nodded. Killing wasn’t something that warriors loved to do, they would be more or less a little uncomfortable. But after inspecting those corpse, everyone in the hall got another feeling.
If I’m not wrong, he is a very direct person. To him, bandits had already killed a lot of innocents… therefore…
Liu Sidian shrugged his shoulder and said,
The purpose of the letter is not to negotiate, but rather to establish dominance.
Chilling words came out of Liu Sidian’s mouth, and the temperature in the room dropped.
Killing? Establish dominance?
Using the Ninth Bandit Group on the Frontier to establish his dominance? Is he crazy? Does he want to take on an entire bandit group? Or is he planning to bring his forces from Yulee into the Frontier? If that’s the case, it will no longer be the battle between a family and a bandit group, but rather a war!
They thought.
If a war happened, Bhang Wusheng, the Bandit King would definitely join in and it would be the forces from Yulee who would suffer a great loss.
Pekar tilted his body forward as he stared at Liu Sidian. Since this strategist joined the Pekar Bandit Group, he had never been wrong. A while back, the Black Wind Bandit Group, as well as the Barbarians, tried to recruit him. Thanks to this strategist, Pekar was stopped, and the Pekar Bandit Group was able to be where it was today.
Advisor, you mean they would come here for sure?
The sneer on Pekar’s face got more and more chilly.
Then what do you think we should do?
He asked.
Put the items in the middle of the camp and pretend that we want to negotiate.
Liu Sidian lightly swung his fan and said,
We can trick them and bring them all in. After that, we can decapitate them and hang their heads on our gate. It would be a good demonstration of our power.
Not a bad idea, however…
Pekar’s sneered toned down as he thought:
If I’m not wrong, the Fifth Bandit Group – Mad Spike Bandit Group were visited by these bandit hunters….. That group had more than 500 members and they had all kinds of defensive magic arrays. I heard that most of the members were killed…
The facial expressions on most of the bandits froze as they heard that. Although Pekar Bandit Group was now the ninth most powerful group on the Frontier, they were still no match for Mad Spike Bandit Group.
Liu Sidian suddenly started laughing. The laughter got louder and louder as he raised his head.
Of course I know about it. But you might not know the details. The missing bandits of that group weren’t killed, they were captured alive.
He said.
Captured alive?
The expression of the bandits got even uglier. Capturing alive was harder to do than killing.
Those who got captured all got killed by the Bandit King.
A proud smile appeared on Liu Sidian’s face as he continued.
But there were still some bandits who survived all of that. I had found one former member and he told me that they weren’t defeated in a battle. They were poisoned during dinner and they all lost their combat abilities. They couldn’t even lift their arms after dinner.
Got poisoned?
A smile reappeared on Pekar’s face as he said,
If that is the case, even an ordinary person would wipe out the entire group.
All the bandits in the room relaxed. They all laughed at this news; if they could be careful about the food and water in the camp, they were undefeatable.
Please be more careful.
The anger on Pekar’s face was overtaken by his cautiousness. He said to the bandit leaders in the hall,
Those bandit hunters are powerful. They were merciless and direct when they killed our members….
