Chapter 622 - Hunters Hut (1/2)

Chapter 622 Hunter’s Hut

According to the sheriff’s description, Zhang Heng could determine that Cook’s marksmans.h.i.+p had surpa.s.sed Lv.2 but hadn’t yet reached Lv.3. Also, his horseriding skills were outstanding. He could now fire his gun while he was riding on his steed. Of course, it was not as accurate while he was standing still.

Considering Cook’s age, Zhang Heng was confident that he could defeat him if it were a fair matchup. However, if one took into account the thirty thugs in the Cook Gang, the situation was not optimistic.

But luckily, they still had time.

Cook would not expect that the ten people he left to be stationed in Bliss would be killed, causing their whereabouts to be exposed ahead of time.

According to Zhang Heng’s estimation, Cook Gang should still need to travel for another day before they reached Lincoln County. While they were thinking about how to deal with those thugs, there was a key problem for them to figure out, and that was how to intercept Cook and Matthew before they got to Lincoln County.

“The intel that I have on hand about the Cook Gang is two-months-old,” the sheriff frowned. “They have always been like this. They come and go like the wind. Some people call them the Crimson Scourge. No one knows where they would appear or where they were heading to. The only thing that everyone knows was that wherever they went, and blood would be spilled.” “I probably know where they will be,” Zhang Heng said. Bailiff Morton has been tracking those bandits disguised as fur traders. As long as Cook and Matthew are not stupid, they will find Morton first. So they should arrive at the scorched town now.” Undoubtedly, 80% of them would believe what Morton told them, thinking that Zhang Heng was the one that took the forty kilograms of gold and the object Cook had deposited in the bank.

In fact, Zhang Heng couldn’t really determine if the thing really existed, or whether it was just an excuse for Cook to draw Matthew out.

Apart from Cook, the only group of people who could answer this question had been killed by Zhang Heng. Getting an answer might prove a little challenging Zhang Heng told the sheriff about the direction that Cook and the others might be heading in. The latter spread out a map and pointed to a forest trail twenty miles east of Lincoln County. “If your intel is reliable, Cook will first group up with the ten people he left in Bliss. After that, he will attack the county seat. Considering that there will be a gap between their arrivals, the first person should find a place to settle down. And this is the best location.”

Wendy then interrupted, “My father and I went there in the summer. I remember a hunter’s hut over there. It has no owner, and any hunter can rest there.”

“If Cook didn’t see anyone in Bliss when he arrived, he would probably rest in the hut too,” the sheriff said.

“Can we set up an ambush there?” Zhang Heng asked. “It’s difficult,” the old cowboy shook his head. “I haven’t been to that place yet, but Cook is a very cautious person. The bailiff who pursued him said he’d first sent some scouts to garrison the location. Once the place is secured, he will set up a perimeter around him. This is why the Cook Gang has been so difficult to eliminate. Even if we want to surround him, we cannot hide nearby. We’ll have to charge at them from a distance.”