Chapter 828 - The Bandits of the West

Chapter 828

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Mystique Trading Shop,… that is the name that Shin Jiao decided to call his traveling merchant group. He has used this name when he was in the town of Gipard in the immortal land, and he decided to use the same name even in this world.

It was easy and seem to go with what he planned to do in this world.

The trading shop gradually increases that the nearby village also learned of the unique items that the shop is selling. Although there are only three items, those three items are truly something they have not seen before.

The magic light bulb in particular made their lives shine brightly even at night. Plus the magic battery seems to contain enough energy that is useful for experiments providing magic energy and in lighting the magic light bulbs.

The magic battery could last for 1 day and needed to rest for 12 hours before it could be used again. The 12 hours rest is the time that it needed to charge its mana energy to its full capacity.

Meanwhile, what sells the most is the canned meat. The ship will always have many requests for the canned meat processing, which made the mages on the ship very busy.

But they did not dare complain because they would be generously compensated with magic stones. The mages needed those magic stones for their practice, and some even use the magic battery to do so. Though magic batteries can provide a stable source of mana energy, it would not be enough to boost them to the next level. But for their daily consumption and backup energy, magic batteries are the best and cheapest option.

With the increase of the popularity of the trading shop, so did the news spreading outwards that it has already reached the most notorious bandits in the area, the Bandits of the West.

The Bandits of the West was formed long before the war between light and darkness began. They have been controlling this border area outside of the borders of Main Arjing City.

They have pillaged and robbed merchant groups, travelers, and even attacked some of the border villages and laid waste to the armies sent by the Main Arjing City.

The strength of the bandits is nothing to scoff at. Every leader of their assault group is either a High Mage or a level 30 something warrior. And their forces are really good in battles as they seemed to be well-trained in combat.

Since most of them lived deep within the forest, they would always be faced with danger. So their danger sense and ability to survive is top-notch than the soldiers in the cities.

Because of this, the Bandits of the West have been feared since then.

And this is one of the reasons why General Xentong Han was called to Arjing Village. He is to try and find a way to defend the border villages especially Arjing village which holds importance to the city. If Arjing Village falls, then the only thing that stands in the way of the bandits is the Arjing Central Town.

But they could not afford this result. Arjing Village is where most of the agricultural produce are coming from and is distributed throughout the whole area of Main Arjing City. So, if the village falls, then a food shortage would surely happen.

At this time in the deep forest, there is a hidden cave. This cave is surrounded by many natural defensive structures forming a natural fortress.

Inside the cave is a castle and there are many people busily working roundabout. Most of the people are practicing fighting techniques and casting. And some, who seem to be only normal mortal humans, are doing the menial works.

The houses on the side of the main brick road are made of either stone or wooden planks. If someone from the outside world could see this, they would say that the living conditions of these people are pitiful.

Living in the forest and are always in danger from beast attacks, how could these people live a normal life?

And this group of people is exactly the Bandits of the West.

Inside the castle within the cave, a few people are sitting behind the large marble table with many types of delicacies served in front of them.

But no one dares to eat at this moment as the man sitting in the main position of the table is standing in front of these people clad in leather armor.

"My dear generals, captains, and leaders of a squad… I have called you here today to discuss something." the tall and burly man said while looking at the rest of the people in front of him.

He then claps his hands and a few beautiful figures wearing thin robes walked in. In their hands, they are holding a strange object.

When the figures walk to the side, they saw those ladies arrange those objects on a raised stand on the wall.

Then suddenly, bright lights illuminated the entire hall making everyone inside gape in amazement.

"This… what is this chief?"

"This is too amazing… Hahaha… with this we would not be living in darkness anymore!"

"Yeah, even if we are besieged by those pesky beasts outside, we could stay in our cave without the worry of some darkling lingering around us."

"This is truly a great item, where can we get these things chief?"

The bandit generals and some of the people inside the hall began to get excited.

How could they not be? With this thing in their hands, they would not be afraid in this dark place anymore. And they could also prevent any sneak attacks from those beasts that lurk in the dark or what they call the darkling.

"Hold on… That's not all of it yet… In front of you, there are canned meats. Open them…"

When they heard these words from their chief, their eyes immediately shifted to the strange square-shaped metal objects on the table.

Although the smell of the food on the table is a bit enticing, most of them are already used to these kinds of meat. In fact, it only smells good, but the taste of these foods on the table is horrible.

So when they opened the canned meat, the savory aroma of the food inside wafted through the air even overcoming the smell of the dishes on the table.

"This… what is this thing?"

"Umm… This thing tastes heavenly… This is quite amazing! I never tasted anything so delicious in my entire life…"

"You're right, and the meat… these are high-level beast meat. How could it be?"

The words from the people sitting behind the table made the chief showed a contented smile on his large burly face.

He did this because he knew that, with this enticement, everyone in the cave would work as one this time with a common goal in mind.

As bandits, they are all together working only on the premise of a mutual benefit. Some of them would even backstab each other to get that benefit for themselves.

But of course, that would only happen if they are not discovered. Because once it is known, the culprit would die and the benefit will go to the next highest person, of course, that is the chief.

So no one would be a fool to do such a thing.

But now, with these enticements, the chief knew that he already have gotten the attention of everyone.

"Ahem… These things came from a merchant ship outside of Arjing Village. If we attack that merchant ship, then we can get the way they were able to process high-level beast meat. If we can get that, then our days in this place would be more comfortable… Hahaha…"

Upon hearing the words from their chief everyone was excited.

"Let's attack that village!"

"Let's plunder and kill! Hahaha…"

Almost everyone behind the table shouted with glee and excitement.

But not all showed the same expression. A few of them are actually contemplating and frowning. How could they not know the danger of attacking that village?

Though it is considered a village, it is actually as big as a town with many soldiers.

So this plan is a bit dangerous and these people who hold power in this place are considering the consequence of attacking the village. They are trying to weigh the pros and cons in their mind.

"Chief! Chief! We receive great news from our scouts... That merchant group is offering to process high-level meat. The price is not that stiff and they even accept trades…"

Upon hearing these words, the expressions of the bandits changed. Of course, they wanted to get these things. But they are not fools to just deliver their lives to their enemy. But this option they have now is very tempting.

If this is true, then they could only go down and check things out.

Stealing is a good thing for them. But fighting against an army is something they did not want to happen.

"Are you sure about this?" the bandit chief asked with glowing eyes.