The guards at the city gate stared at the lion mercenaries, who were weeping and clinging to their legs.
Robbed?
These notorious bandits had actually been robbed.
How novel.
And to be fair, judging by their current state, they did look like they’d been robbed. Not long ago, they had exited the city with great fanfare, but now, not a scrap of cloth was left on them to cover their shame.
It was just…
They had been robbed far too quickly, in less than half an hour.
“You were robbed?”
The mole-faced guard frowned.
“Ah…” The lion mercenaries cried, their noses running and tears streaming. “It’s too inhumane! They stripped us brothers completely, didn’t even leave us a single pair of underwear! And they, they… they even wanted to cut off my balls, saying they’d soak them in wine! They’re not human, they’re truly not human!”
The sheer desolation in their voices made even the city guards feel a pang of pity.
“Hiss!”
Someone among the guards suddenly gasped.
“This is bad!”
“What’s bad?!” the other guards asked, confused. The bull-headed guard said gravely, “These lions are already notorious. Whoever robbed them must be even more terrifying. This means there are bigger bandits around our city, and they might even raid our city!”
“This…”
All the guards were greatly alarmed.
“Who robbed you?” the mole-faced guard pressed for details. The lion mercenary said in a low voice, “It was, it was that guy with a black cat perched on his head~”
“Huh?”
Instantly, all the guards who heard this froze, and then they apprehended the lion mercenaries.
“Take them away. If you intend to rob others but get robbed yourself, who can you blame?” The guards apprehended the lion mercenaries. “Come on, let’s go claim the bounty!”
“Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? We’re the victims!”
“We are the victims, hey!”
“Who told you to try and rob others? Serves you right! They should have robbed you down to your underwear. Now, obediently come into the city and wait to be jailed!” The guards said coldly, pushing the mercenaries. “Back to the city!”
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“These mercenaries are quite rich indeed!” In the wilderness, Chen Yu squatted on the ground, tallying the lion mercenaries’ resources. There were six storage bracelets and rings.
The psychic energy on the bracelets hadn’t dissipated yet, so he’d have to wait until they returned to the camp for Kuka to deal with it.
Chen Yu tossed the looted equipment into a bracelet meant for cloth.
He stretched lazily.
His face was full of contentment!
This was great.
He was already preparing to return to camp and managed to earn some extra cash.
“It’s just that there weren’t enough of them, right?” Chen Yu murmured to himself, and Hei Dou on his shoulder nodded in agreement, “Too few.”
The craftsmen: ⊙﹏⊙∥
What do they feel?
This boss they found wasn’t a good person!
Just a few minutes ago—
“This road belongs to me, this tree belongs to me, if you’re not convinced, find your parents!”
Chen Yu stood with one hand on his hip.
In his hand, he held a sword shimmering with multicolored light, pointing at the lion mercenaries.
They were the ones who came to rob, but in the end, they were robbed themselves. And looking at Chen Yu and Hei Dou’s fierce expressions, their practiced lines and movements…
It was clear this wasn’t their first time.
Upon closer inspection, they were seasoned veterans of plunder.
Imagine.
Who would encounter robbers and not flee, but instead lie in wait to ambush them?
This action alone…
Proved so much, didn’t it?
Too ruthless.
They didn’t even leave them with underwear.
These craftsmen felt sorry for those robbed bandits.
“What a shame, even though there weren’t many, they didn’t cut off the balls. Such big balls would have made great wine,” Hei Dou muttered.
The suggestion to cut off the balls had come from him.
“You seem to have a serious problem,” Chen Yu said, tapping him on the head. “Are you insecure about your own small balls that you keep staring at others’ all the time?”
“Who’s small!”
“Heh…”
Chen Yu said no more, glancing at Hei Dou’s crotch with a hint of disdain.
“You’re looking down on me!” Hei Dou exclaimed from his shoulder. Chen Yu pressed his head down to quiet him and turned to the craftsmen. “Were you scared just now? Don’t worry, stick with me, those little robbers are nothing.”
“This…”
The craftsmen exchanged glances.
Scared?
They weren’t scared of robbers at all, but rather of Chen Yu and his group!
“Master, I suddenly remembered something,” a pig-headed orc among the craftsmen said, grinning. “My wife is about to give birth, I need to go back and take care of her. I don’t think I can do your work anymore.”
“Right, right, my wife is also about to give birth!”
“I suddenly remembered my child has a parent-teacher meeting tomorrow, I need to go.”
“My mother needs someone to take care of her…”
More and more craftsmen began to make excuses, and Chen Yu watched them silently, a hint of a smile appearing on his face.
“Hiss, how inconvenient.”
“Yes, yes, yes…”
The craftsmen nodded their heads incessantly, like little chicks pecking at rice.
“If you say so, you want to return to the city?” Chen Yu chuckled again, and a bunch of orc craftsmen kept nodding. “Master, we’re truly sorry, we…”
“Let’s go!”
Chen Yu made no move to stop them, subtly shifting his body.
“Boss~” Hei Dou called out from his shoulder. Chen Yu, with a smile in his eyes, said, “Since you want to return to the city, hurry back. A wife about to give birth, a child’s parent-teacher meeting, and taking care of one’s mother are all important matters. Go back.”
“Thank you, Master!”
Having received Chen Yu’s permission, the craftsmen bolted like a shot.
Afraid that Chen Yu might change his mind if they delayed for even a second.
“Boss, why did you let them go? They were clearly lying earlier,” Hei Dou said, glaring. “If they leave, who will build houses at our camp?”
“You can’t keep someone who wants to leave, and you can’t force someone who doesn’t want to stay.”
Chen Yu leisurely looked around again. Indeed, there were no discarded equipment or coins on the ground. He then withdrew his gaze.
“Why should I try to keep them? They are narrow-minded frogs in a well.”
Watching the orc craftsmen rush out one after another, Chen Yu felt only a deep sense of regret.
Regret that they missed the opportunity for a turnaround.
“It’s their loss for not joining our enterprise, not mine! With our company’s conditions, what kind of craftsmen can’t we find? Isn’t that right?”
“Boss is right!”
Hei Dou also nodded fiercely, gritting his teeth.
“These orcs, they’re ungrateful!”
“Alright, it’s their choice. Besides, there are still some who haven’t left, right?” Chen Yu gestured to the two craftsmen who remained. “Why didn’t you two go back with those craftsmen?”
“We…”
The craftsmen who stayed trembled uncontrollably.
They also wanted to run.
The problem was, their legs had gone weak and they couldn’t move.
“You will be grateful for the decision you made today in the future,” Chen Yu walked up and patted their shoulders. “Working for me is absolutely the wisest choice you’ll ever make.”
With that said, Chen Yu withdrew his gaze and raised his wrist.
In his friend list,
Chen Yu opened Kailin’s chat window.
“Send your location, I’m returning to camp!”