The existence of the Bandit Mountain was traced back to a few years ago. At that time, the late Emperor of the Skalan Empire had passed away, and a great uprising had occurred. Later on, a group of people who were implicated by this event escaped the Skalan Empire.
Soon after, they came together to Bandit Mountain. They hated the Skalan Empire, its ministers, and the Empress. They also hated that the death of the late Emperor of Skalan had brought them endless pain.
If he had been around for a few more years to protect them, everyone would be able to make preparations for it. In the end, the late emperor died suddenly. He died so very suddenly that everyone was dumbfounded for days. All that was left was an imperial edict to appoint the current emperor, Kati.
Just like that. And then these outlaws at the Bandit Mountain started to rise up within these few years. Did the Skalan Empire really not know about these traitors?
They knew. It was precisely because the Empire knew, that the bandits were able to survive until now. They still had ways to contact the ministers in the Skalan Empire. They had not completely left. They were outside of the Skalan Empire, and there was nothing the Skalan Empire could do. What could they do?
The bandits had also encountered beastmen before, but at that time, the beastmen were still in turmoil and had yet to merge into one. It was completely different from now. They did not expect that the groups of loose tribes would actually merge together and become such a great force.
They had even begun to attack the Skalan Empire. From the looks of it, the beastmen had the upper hand.
The bandits knew about this. How could they not know about such a huge battle between two armies? A lot of countries knew.
“The Orc Race thinks that they can take down the Skalan Empire. Are they planning to test their strength against us now?” The female bandit on the leader’s seat muttered to herself.
She used to be a high-ranking official, but she was now reduced to this state.
Right now, she was holding a revolver.
She had obtained this gun from a businessman. It was said to be for a game called Russian Roulette.
According to the businessman, it was a cruel gambling game. Unlike other games that used poker and dice, the Russian Roulette used revolvers and human lives.
The Russian Roulette rules were simple: put one or more bullets into the six slots of the revolver, spin the cylinder at will, and close it.
The participants in the game took turns to have the pistol aimed at their heads and pull the trigger. Those who were shot would naturally die, and those who were scared off would also lose. The one who persisted until the end would be the winner.
The bystanders placed their bets on the participants’ lives.
This thing could also kill people.
However, there were only so many bullets. It would be a pity to use them to kill those beastmen. There were not enough bullets either. But they could use it to intimidate them.
“Is the beastman tribe very powerful?”
At this moment, many bandits of the mountain had been called over into the main hall. After all, this was an important matter, and they had no choice but to come together for discussion. They were completely surrounded.
There were traps along the way, but so what? A trap could only kill one beastman at most. It was impossible to kill many.
At the same time, the deafening roars outside stopped.
Another scout ran in, perspiring profusely all over. “Report!”
That was not any weaker than 800 miles.
The moment the female leader saw the scout, she knew something had happened again. What was going on? The angry roars outside had stopped. This meant that the traps must have caused some interruption. But what she was more afraid of was that the beastmen would continue striving forward and come up to them.
Surely not, right?
They had no enmity with the beastmen!
This bit of deterrence should be present. The traps they set could only kill a single person. It would be difficult if there were too many of them, especially the armies. She hoped the traps would intimidate them and make them retreat.
Helpless, the female leader said, “Speak. What happened again?”
“The leader of the beastmen found the core of the traps, and destroyed them all.”
“What did you say?!” The female leader suddenly stood up. Everyone’s faces were plastered with shock. “How is that possible? The only ones who know about the core of the traps are me and the other leaders. How can there be anyone else who knew about it?”
“This… I don’t know.” The scout was also extremely shocked. Even he did not know that the stone tablet was the core of the traps, yet a group of outsiders actually knew about it.
“How many casualties did the beastmen suffer?”
Right at the moment she asked this, the roars from the beastmen were heard again, even more powerful than before. So frightening, imposing, and loud to the point where one’s legs went weak.
“No one was injured…”
The female leader’s legs gave way as she crumpled down into her seat. It was over!
The Skalan Empire was not even a match for the Orcs, so how could they, this group of bandits, be a match?
Ridiculous!
Right now, it was not the time to be conflicted about how the beastmen had found the core of the traps. Their main concern now was how to break out of this situation. Who knew if there was a traitor or not? They would put those worries aside for now.
Just then, the first scout who had left earlier, once again returned with another report.
“They’re here, the beastmen are here!”
The rest of the people trembled. So fast?
“The beastmen came so quickly?”
“What about the traps outside? Are they not enough to stop the enemy?”
…
At the same time, Sous led the way and arrived at the gates of Bandit Mountain.
The guard on top of the lookout tower hid in terror, hands still holding on to his bow and arrow.
“Bandits, come out! What are you waiting for? If you don’t come out soon, we’ll barge our way in!” Sous shouted from the doorway. If they had the ability to shoot me to death with an arrow, I definitely wouldn’t be able to dodge it.
There was only one thing for him to do here. Either he would be killed by his enemies, or he would be the one to beat them to death!
The people above were angry but did not dare to say anything. They looked at Sous in anger but there was nothing they could do.
“It’s Lord Sous!”
Some people were shocked.
Many people here came from the Skalan Empire, and there were many who knew Sous. Now that they saw Sous, they were astonished. What they did not understand was why Lord Sous was with the beastmen.
When they left, the Empress already had Sous by her side. At that time, the Empress was still visiting outside the palace, when she met Sous and kept him by her side. At that time, everyone despised Sous, this gigolo.
Now that they saw Sous actually standing at their gates. None of them understood the situation. Not many people knew that Sous had gone to the Orc Tribe to be an envoy.
Many still thought that Sous was still with the empress.
Thus, the ones who knew that Sous had already become a member of the Beastmen Tribe were only a handful. None of them wanted to reveal such an embarrassing matter. Wasn’t this a slap to the Empress’s face?
After all, Sous was the Empress’s trusted aide. Now that he had been thrown out into the Beastmen Tribe, this was a disgrace to the Skalan Empire.
The man realized that it was Lord Sous who had arrived, and backed down to give his report.
“What? It’s Sous, the trusted aide of the Empress?” The female leader who received the news was stunned. Then, she hurriedly left the hall.
If there was someone familiar with Sous, it would be easier to handle the matter.
Maybe they could even reach a settlement.