Leon also learned that a few flying beasts had appeared on the side of the wall where Muging, Rongyu, and Yue had gone to fight; the three of them had been spectacular and managed to deal with all the flying beasts before assisting with the land beasts.
They didn't encounter any ranked beasts.
"Well, at least everything went all right," Leon mumbled to himself. He had finally arrived in front of the inn where he was staying with his Senior sisters and was about to open the door when he heard voices, they belonged to his Senior sisters. Experience new stories on empire
"I already said we should give up on looking for him, he's a useless person and must be dead already,"
Leon's eyes twitched when he heard these words, the voice belonged to Linxu.
'That bitch!' He clicked his tongue.
"Don't say that, let's go find him once more. Let's check the area where you guys encountered the ranked beasts."
This was Muging's voice, Leon could sense the worry in her words. He felt touched.
Senior sister cares about me!
"It's no use, we already searched thoroughly. We can only wait for the soldiers if they find anything." Feifei's voice rang out and Leon immediately began to sweat.
'Goodness, good thing Fengxue suggested going deeper; we would have been caught in the act, and my good reputation would have been ruined!' Leon thought to himself as he breathed a sigh, he didn't wait to hear what anyone else had to say and pushed the door open.
Pairs of eyes immediately landed on him the instant he stepped into the place, they all had surprised gazes as they stared at him.
Leon turned to look back at them as well. His Senior sisters were the only ones in the inn currently and they were sitting around a table that was close to the door.
They stared at each other for a moment before Leon flashed a smile.
"Hello, Senior sisters." Leon greeted.
"Junior brother!" Muging screamed and jumped to her feet before running toward Leon and hugging him.
"I'm so happy you're all right," Muging said as he wrapped her arms around Leon tightly.
Leon hugged her back while smiling, enjoying the feeling of her breasts pressing on his chest; it took him a lot of willpower to stop himself from groping her ass, they were in public after all
Muging pulled back after a few seconds of hugging Leon, a flushed look on her face.
"Good thing you're back, I thought you really died. Your Master and Elder sister would have eaten me alive after we returned." Feifei sighed from the side; she felt very relieved to see that Leon was all right. After all, she was the one who left him to deal with a ranked beast.
The others also expressed their happiness to see him but of course, not everyone was happy to see him. Linxu and Yue glared at him and didn't come to welcome him, Leon didn't mind and ignored them as well.
After inviting him to sit, Rongyu immediately began to interrogate him.
Leon was prepared for this and swiftly gave a response. He said that while he fought with the snake, another ranked beast suddenly appeared and joined the snake in attacking him.
Out of fear, he ran in a random direction to escape the two but ended up getting lost. He only managed to find his way back after a long time of roaming the forest.
"What?! There was another ranked beast? How strong was it?" Feifei rose to her feet with a strong movement and asked.
"Umm, it was at the second level, too, just like the snake," Leon answered after a brief pause; he had been startled by her reaction, and it almost made him forget his planned story.
"Damnit, damnit! How did I miss it? It would have been very bad if something happened to you, good thing you were sensible to escape." Feifei sighed, small beads of sweat forming on her forehead.
The others also thought the same as well, it was wise of him to have fled after encountering two ranked beasts if he wasn't confident.
" Tch, you should have just died there."
A low snicker entered everyone's ears, the culprit was Yue.
Leon glared at her but didn't say anything, he didn't feel bothered since his story was a lie.
" Don't say such, he's a fellow disciple. We should look after one another." Rongyu scolded Yue before asking Leon not to take her words to heart.
After they chatted for a bit, Rongyu brought up serious matters.
"We already know that the bandits usually attack immediately after the beasts attack the town or the next morning; everyone can rest in their rooms, but keep your ears open in case they come this night." She informed.
Everyone nodded, they were just about to leave for their various rooms when they suddenly heard screams from outside.
"Bandits! The bandits are here!"
"Bandits are attacking the town, they have killed all the soldiers outside the town!"
"Lock your doors, close the gates, hurry!"
"Ahh, they got me. Run!"
Screams quickly spread through the town; it was night, and voices traveled particularly farther at night; the panicked screams of the people outside the gates quickly reached those behind the wall.
Rongyu's expression turned serious, she immediately jumped to her feet with her weapon in hand before running outside. Leon and the others quickly followed her.
Getting outside, they saw some soldiers in plate armor running in the direction of the gate.
"Those damned bandits, shameless of them to attack immediately after we just finished fighting off the beasts. They must have been waiting somewhere close by."
"I don't think so; they would have known that there were martial artists in the town if they were hiding close by. Hehe, they must think that we are as exhausted as usual after fighting the beasts, so they want to take advantage of us; I'll definitely kill them all this time!" A soldier carrying a huge hammer roared in fury as he ran with his hammer on his shoulder.
Leon and his group quickly mixed with the group of soldiers and ran toward the gate.
Upon getting there, they saw a lot of people in ragged clothes and rusty armor gathered in front of the gate and slaughtering soldiers. Many of them were riding horses and other domestic beasts like salamanders and bulls, while more were on foot.
The bandits numbered up to two hundred!
"Hahaha! Kill, kill!"
"Cut them to pieces, take their possessions!"
The bandits shouted as they attacked the soldiers guarding the gates, the soldiers who had just arrived immediately rushed to help and engage the bandits in close fights.
One of the bandits spotted Leon's group at this time, his eyes lit up with lustful light as he gazed at the women around Leon.
'What beautiful women!'
"Men, some of you go and capture their ladies for me. We'll play with them to our heart's content later." He ordered while pointing his huge sword at Leon's group.
Many people turned to look in the direction that he was pointing, including the soldiers.
The eyes of the bandits lit up as well when they saw Rongyu, Muging, Feifei, Wanxu, Yue, and Linxu. Their lustful intentions were not hidden.
As for the soldiers, they immediately recognized Leon's group as the people who had saved them; they were the martial artists!
Were these bandits courting death today? They want to capture powerful martial artists and play with them, what other way was there to seek death in remote places?