Chapter 545 - Being Used (1)

"We are ready to go in 10 minutes," A bandit came in and reported the progress.

"Speed up!" The young man barked at the bandit, who nodded and bowed towards him.

The young man knew that the kingdom would not stay silent on this attack. However, it was still in the middle of the night. So, even if the kingdom was quick in response, it would still take them around 1 hour to arrange and dispatch the troops.

Unfortunately, even though he had that thought, he still had a bad feeling. Hence, he barked at the bandit previously to speed up the process.

And, the young man's bad feeling was proved to be true. A young bandit hurriedly rushed towards the room, "We are under attack!"

The young man and the Pauper Bandit Group's leader frowned. The Pauper Bandit group's leader asked, "Who is attacking? How many people? Is it that man?"

The young bandit gasped for air, and he answered, "There are 15 people. Yes, that man is present!"

Auron led the group of 14 elite soldiers from the academy. These soldiers were supposed to be dispatched to clear the Pauper Bandit Group. However, they were sent to act as reinforcements.

These 14 soldiers were different from the village's guards. They were at an average level of 175, only 25 levels above the village's guards. However, their fighting capability and their equipment were very different from the village's guards.

"Quick! We need to escape!" The Pauper Bandit Group's leader was panicked.

A bandit mostly was a selfish person. So, when a dangerous situation appeared like this, they would think about themselves first.

The Pauper Bandit Group's leader even wanted to escape first. However, he still realized that there was the young man's presence. So, he toned down his panic state.

The young man was also someone who feared death. So, he was also panic and didn't realize that the Pauper Bandit Group's leader wanted to leave him.

The young man said, "Block the attacker while we escape!!"

It was a nonsense request. The young bandit immediately said, "We cannot block them! They are too strong. The 14 soldiers are as strong as that man!"

The 14 soldiers were actually weaker than Auron. However, the bandit could not care about that. The soldiers could easily kill them. Hence, they generalize that Auron and the 14 soldiers were at the same level.

"Use every means to block them! Sacrifice all of our subordinates!!" The young man gave the order while escaping using the back door.

The young man quickly escaped the room, followed by the upper management bandit, including the Pauper Bandit Group's leader. In a matter of seconds, the space was completely empty and leaving the young bandit shocked. He could not say any words.

The young bandit wanted to follow the young man. However, before he left, he turned around and exited the room.

Outside the base, he could hear the sound of battle already going on. However, the young bandit didn't join the fight. Instead, he went to find the nearest bandit and said, "The leader had given orders to hold the fort for 10 minutes. No... No... 5 minutes are enough for the reinforcements to come!"

The bandit who received the young bandit's statement nodded his head and immediately leading the other bandits and joined the fight.

On the other hand, the young bandit turned around, entered the base once more, and followed the young man's escape path.

Auron was leading the 14 soldiers and quickly killed all of the bandits around here. Since most of the bandits that attack the village escaped here. This place was the place where the bandits most concentrated in.

All in all, there were more than 100 bandits here, almost 200 bandits. Although these bandits were small fries, this place was the main base of these bandits. Hence, the area was already modified and fortified to support the defender and weaken the attacker.

Fortunately, Auron was not alone. He brought these 14 soldiers that proved to be helpful comrades for him. All of the bandits had a lower level than them which made them easy to kill. The difficult part was only the fact that there were too many bandits here.

Auron slowly pushed through the front line, and he was getting closer and closer towards the base. It didn't last long as Peter's squad arrived at this place after clearing the bandit's base he was assigned to.

With the addition of Peter's squad, the bandits quickly eradicated. In 5 minutes, after Peter's squad arrived, all of the bandits either died or surrendered.

However, Peter and Auron didn't have any time to care about these bandits as the leaders were escaping. Peter quickly delegated some tasks to the soldiers and brought Auron and several soldiers to chase the young man.

Auron was already behind more than 10 minutes from the young man's group. It was difficult to chase the young man with this 10 minutes behind. Moreover, the bandits obviously knew this terrain better than them.

However, with Peter in the lead, Auron and the other soldiers kept chasing. 5 minutes after chasing, Auron could hear a faint sound of metals clashing.

Auron's mood began to brighten while Peter commanded, "Speed up! The enemies are at the front!"

With that, the group quickly increased their speed. The young man's group met with one of the soldier's groups and was caught in battle.

The young man's group still had the advantage of number even though they were weaker. Moreover, the young man had utilized the traps planted around here to keep their base safe.

It was a tough fight, but the young man's group was the winner by paying a heavy price in the end. There were only less than 10 people left in the young man's group.

When Auron's group arrived at the battle scene, the battle had already over. The young man's groups already continued to escape. Fortunately, from far away, Auron could see the small silhouette of the young man's group.