On the mountain road about a mile away from Valley Town, a large gang of brigands was rapidly marching towards the Town. Every one of them looked fierce and the gang was led by Miller, the chief brigand of the Black Mountain Fortress. He made his way forward on a red horse and his head bowed a little.
Only few people knew that Li was Miller's family name. Lanny, the leader of the Li Clan, was his brother. And the brigands of the Black Mountain Fortress were actually the Li Clan's secret fight force. The two brothers were similar, since both did dirty work for a living—one was known to the public as a business, the other was part of the underworld.
When Miller got wind of what was going on with the Li Clan, he immediately made preparations to go to Valley Town to support his brother. But even before he left his Fortress, his spies reported that all the principal members of the Li Clan had been killed, including the leader, Lanny.
Miller was furious, his rage knowing no bounds. He soon asked everyone in the Black Mountain Fortress to gather and the band immediately started for Valley Town to avenge his brother.
With Miller were a huge number of brigands with all kinds of weapons in their hands.
"Be quick. Move forward at the highest speed! Once we get to Valley Town, we will kill everyone belonged to the Zhang Clan! None should be left alive!"
Miller's voice was full of fury, urging the group of brigands into faster movement and more butchery.
The exhausted brigands took in Miller's anger and marched quicker. It didn't matter that they had been running for a whole day already.
After a while, they came to a crossroads from where the first glimpse of Valley Town could be seen from afar.
Miller felt his heart race.
"We will soon reac
afe."
Saying this, she whipped around fast as an arrow. Moments later when the whirlwind had stopped, her sword was shining and two brigands nearest them were now headless.
Violet laughed softly. The paw of a black fox appeared before her, one that obviously contained a powerful demonic force. And before anyone could comprehend it, it had attacked the brigands, quick as thunder.
A few brigands fell to the ground, frothing blood at their mouths. They were dead before anyone could utter a word.
The other members of the Zhang Clan stood there, stunned, not knowing what to do.
"Mindy is right. You need to step back. If you join the fight, she will need to take extra effort to protect you guys. All you'd do is to bring her trouble," Violet told them.
Embarrassed, the members walked away, far from the battlefield.
A brigand rushed towards Austin, waving an enormous knife in his hand. Judging by his vital energy force, he was probably at level six of the Energy Gathering Realm.
Austin smiled coldly and threw a fist at the man's chest before the knife could graze him. The knife fell from the man's hand as he was propelled backwards, instantly dead.