Chapter 1026: Incessant Kidnappings And Unreasonable Demands
In the Royal place of the first branch of the Hu clan, chaos could be seen.
“What do you mean Lord Pei Shao was kidnapped?”
“Huh? His son is gone too?”
“We are also getting reports that the three merchant representatives from eighth district are gone too!”
The people of the clan were in a frenzy trying to sort through the information. They were getting multiple reports of people going missing or being kidnapped.
The most shocking thing was the fact that it was all witnessed openly and even the kidnapper had shown his face.
“WANDERING HEAD BANDIT!” The First branch head of the Hu clan roared in anger.
This wasn’t a scene that was exclusive to the First branch of the Hu clan either. In fact, all six branches were getting similar reports and along with them, they were getting ransom requests too.
Of course, some of these were sent to them directly, while some were sent to the family of those that were kidnapped.
What made them the most confused though was the fact that they couldn’t track the culprit at all.
It was clearly a way to mock them, and it was like pouring salt into an open wound.
After all, the tenth direct heir of the Hu clan had been kidnapped just a few days ago, and now more people were going missing. It had angered the branches of the Hu clan to no end and now they were at a point where they couldn’t do anything.
A couple more days passed like this, as they tried to solve this on their own, but what the branches didn’t realize that it only made things worse.
“It’s not good, branch heads…” A high ranked elder of the second branch brought a report.
All the six branch heads were currently sitting together in a hall, showing just how dangerous the situation had gotten. These branch heads would usually cultivate on their own, and left most matters to the new heirs or the trusted elders.
But now the matter had reached the point where their own positions were getting threatened, forcing them to take decisions personally.
“What is it now?” The fourth branch head rubbed his forehead in frustration.
The constant kidnappings had given him a severe migraine that he had never felt before. He never expected that he would experience a mortal’s illness in his lifetime.
“Several juniors who had gone to investigate the Wandering Head Bandit have disappeared.” The second branch elder reported.
“What?” the other clan heads said in shock.
So far they could understand that the Wandering Head Bandit was mocking them by kidnapping their subordinate and servants. It was a way of provoking them after having kidnapped their tenth direct heir.
But now that their own junior members were being kidnapped, it showed that the goal of the Wandering Head Bandit was far greater than they had initially thought.
“Also… the First branch Heir, Young master Hu Xinghai has gone missing as well.” The Second branch elder added.
~KACHA~
Upon hearing this, the first branch head directly shattered the armrest of the chair he was sitting on.
“This damned Wandering Head Bandit!” The first branch head shouted.
Anger roiled in his eyes, and he did his best to hold it in. He knew that if he lost his composure right now, he would be falling into the enemy’s ploy to provoke them. A minute later, the man swallowed a calming pill and took a deep breath.
~HUU~
“Is there a ransom request for my son?” The first branch head questioned.
“Y-yes… There are ransoms for all of them.” The Second Branch High elder gave a sheet to the first branch head.
The first branch head looked at the sheet and read it. A lot of details were written on it, which made the man grit his teeth in anger.
~RIP~
After reading the sheet, it was ripped apart into fine pieces as sharp metal spirit Qi was released from the first branch head’s hands.
“Fine! If it is a war that he wants, a war he’ll get!” The first branch head stated.
The other branch heads were stunned by this sudden change in the first branch head.
“What was the ransom demand?” They asked.
“That Wandering Head Bandit… He wants us to give the First Royal palace to him!” The First branch head said with anger.
“Audacious!” hearing this, the others were similarly angry.
One must know that each of the six royal palaces was worth was basically a composite spirit tool, and could compare to a peak grade spirit tool. And when all six of them were combined, its might could even reach the Pseudo Immortal realm.
There was no way they could give even a single royal palace to the Wandering Head Bandit.
Not to mention, it wasn’t theirs to give in the end. It belonged to the core of the Hu clan and was only given to them as branches. If they wanted to, they could snatch it back whenever or lock them out of all the arrays.
“What are the other demands for the juniors?” one of the calmer men, the third branch’s head asked.
“Here they are.” The second branch high elder handed a long scroll this time.
~SHUA~
The third branch head unforced the scroll, finding it to be nearly three meters long. There were a lot of demands written on it, along with the names of all those that had gone missing.
“This… this is worse than robbery! He may as well come and ask for our lives!” Even the Third Branch head couldn’t keep his calm. “He’s asking for entire spirit stone mines as well as spirit herb orchards!” he revealed.
“A fiend! An outlandish Fiend I say!” The sixth branch head cursed. “We should’ve contacted the core of the clan right away.” He spoke.
~SIGH~
“Seems like we really do need to contact the patriarch… at this point, things will only get worse.” The Fourth Branch Head spoke with anxiety and disappointment.
