Chapter 123: Ki Jotu!
Ashen and Feng Xue rushed out of the chambers, only to find panicked workers and staff as they all gazed around them.
Multiple dark silhouettes of men stood at high altitudes, surrounding the carriages.
Soon these dark Silhouettes revealed themselves.
However, their faces were covered with dark robes and they carried weapons in their hands.
Meanwhile, in front of the carriage were huge round boulders that blocked the way for the carriages.
The explosion earlier was due to these boulders suddenly appearing in front of the carriages out of nowhere.
And due to the sudden brakes of the carriages, the carriage had started to shake.
While all the people on the Carriages were panicking, one of the dark-robed men came forward and revealed his face.
It was a Bald man with a cut mark on his right eye and a masculine and broad face. His lips were fat with a strong jaw. One could easily notice the bulging muscles that were hidden under his dark robes.
He opened his mouth as a heavy voice resounded: “I’m the leader of the Dark Hyena Bandits, Ki Jotu! I will now put forward our demand for letting your carriage pass, so send out the one incharge of these carriages!”
Hearing his announcement, murmurs of panic began to reverberate:
“What? Dark Hyena Bandits? Aren’t they infamous for looting everything if you refuse their demand?”
“Yeah, I’ve heard that they rape and loot the moment they hear no as an answer!”
“You’ve only heard that much, I heard that their leader Ki Jotu is infamous as the Bald Devil in the whole northern region! No one under King realm can defeat him!”
“Sigh… If only we had a king realm expert on this carriage!”
Meanwhile, an old man with white hair flew up from the first carriage before bowing to greet Ki Jotu!
Jotu nodded in appreciation before putting out his demands:
“Listen well and clear since I’ll only say it once. Give us 70% of the goods on the carriage!”
The old man’s eyes widened as multiple gasps came from the carriages before they heard Jotu continue:
“Or… Give us 20 women and 50% of the goods on the carriage!”
The old man’s eyes widened further as gasps resounded once again before they realized that Jotu wasn’t finished:
“Or… Give us 50 women and 20% of the goods on the carriage!”
This time the old man waited to see if Jotu was going to give another option, however, Jotu stopped speaking.
The old man began to think with a pressured expression. He knew he couldn’t say no, since that would lead to a loot of all the goods and women.
The old man kept on switching his gaze towards the carriages while he was thinking. All these carriages had 100 women in total, however, they were workers and not prostitutes that he could sacrifice.
However, the goods were too much in value to give 70% of them to the bandits.
He wanted to throw the name of the owner of these carriages to scare Jotu and the Bandits off, however, he wasn’t sure if that was a good idea since according to the rumors, Jotu would attack immediately if you tried to use influence to pressure him.
While he was in deep thought, Feng Xue kept on gritting her teeth in anger as she kept peeking at Ashen from the corner of her eyes.
Ashen had ordered her to only follow his commands and not take action herself. Going against that order will mean betraying Ashen and thus, experiencing excruciating pain.
Therefore, she wanted to see Ashen’s expression. Also, she was hoping that he would allow her to solve this mess, however, Ashen wasn’t showing anything on his face.
It was difficult to know what he was thinking.
Feng Xue was also afraid that Ashen would simply keep quiet in this incident and would let that old man sacrifice women just to save himself from trouble.
Ashen had told her that he didn’t want to attract attention on this trip since this trip was to gather information.
Meanwhile, Ashen was thinking about the way to make use of this situation. He wanted to use this situation against Feng Xue to change her sense of justice.
While this all was going on, a man from the Dark Hyena Bandits went to Jotu and whispered something into his ears.
Everyone saw Jotu’s eyes widen as a lecherous smile revealed itself on his face as he turned his gaze towards Ashen’s carriage.
His gaze swept over everyone before suddenly stopping on Feng Xue.
His pupils enlarged as he was taken aback by her beauty.
He, in a hurry turned towards the old man as he announced:
“Hey old fart, I cancel all my previous demands.” Then he pointed at Feng Xue and continued: “Just give me that woman and you can pass safely with all your goods!”
The old man’s gaze followed his finger’s direction as he spotted Feng Xue.
“Um… she is not with us and is just traveling to the Xue Mo Tribe in this carriage–” The Old Man told the truth.
“Do you think I care if she is with you or not? Just fulfill my demand, old man!” Jotu threatened with narrowed cold eyes.
The old man squeaked in fear upon hearing that as sweat began trailing down the side of his face.
He looked at Feng Xue as if he was being forced to.
Slowly he began descending before landing in front of Feng Xue and Ashen.
He fixed his helpless gaze at her: “Young Lady, I’m sorry for doing this, but I have no choice here. No matter how you look at it, the goods on the carriage are too valuable to lose. Also, If I refuse his demand, They will attack indiscriminately. Instead, won’t it be better to just sacrifice yourself for everyone and your companion here?”
He shot a glance at Ashen before taking out a pill Vial that only contained one pill in it.
Handing it to Feng Xue, he said regretfully: “This is a 4-star poison pill that will take your life in an instant. It’s a treasure, however, I’ll give it to you. Once we pass here, you can take this pill and escape from the suffering that you’ll have to endure otherwise!”
Feng Xue had a dumbfounded expression on her face when she heard him call poison a treasure and the fact that he had a smile on his face while giving it to her as if he was doing some good deed.
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(A/N – Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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