952 Asking for Money From Both Sides! (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Jiang Shaoxu's first instinct was to immediately call for backup.
Ai Jiangtu and the others were obviously not too far away. They could make it in time if they turned around now. The problem was, the villagers were being kept prisoners by the bandits. If the bandits used them as hostages, things would be rather tricky.
Jiang Shaoxu tried using the communication device and was not surprised to discover that it was not working. There seemed to be some sort of device blocking the signal.
”We'll head down the mountain now and find a place with a signal,” said Jiang Shaoxu.
”We won't make it in time, take a look yourself,” Mo Fan said, pointing at the crowd.
Xi Ge's men seemed to be running out of patience. They were staring at the young, energetic women among the villagers in excitement.
The women in the villages seemed to be more attractive than those in other villages, perhaps because they were nurtured by the beautiful sweetgrass. The bandits were not just here for the money. If time allowed, they would go from bad to worse and commit shameless acts. The villagers could not possibly hope the bandits could withhold the lust awakened by the chain reaction of the greed deep inside them!
”See, I'm actually trying my best to do business with you. Hand over the money, so my brothers can afford to hire whores. That way, they won't bother the ladies here. Everything has a cause and effect; if the men in your village aren't willing to pay the money, I can only take the women with us. Perhaps I can sell them at a good price. You have fifteen minutes to decide, as I can only hold these sons of bitches back for that long. I can't imagine what they will do in fifteen minutes!” Xi Ge said unhurriedly.
Xi Ge was acting like a king, as if he could make any decision he wanted. He was only giving the villagers time as a veneer of mercy and righteousness.
The villagers clenched their teeth. Since when were bandits so full of themselves?
”Just give them the money,” a villager said with a sigh.
”Yeah, we can't win against them. Let's give them our money before they do anything to us,” a woman trembled.
”Madam, even if we were to do anything, I bet my brothers aren't interested in you considering how ugly and how wrinkled your skin is, so don't be afraid, hahaha!” Xi Ge burst out laughing.
The Magicians with red ornaments burst into laughter too. They began to share who they were interested in among themselves.
The woman's face blushed and darkened after being humiliated verbally. It felt like her obese body was about to explode.
”We can't give them the money. The season is changing soon. If we give them the money, we won't have enough to hire Magicians to drive the sea monsters away. Even more of us will die by then,” a middle-aged, muscular man immediately spoke up.
Their village had once paid a great price after being raided by sea monsters. Giving the money away was simply placing their village in danger of repeating the same tragedy.
”Asshole, are you implying that we're more merciful than the sea monsters of the Caribbean Sea!” Xi Ge was enraged as soon as he heard the words!
He grabbed the middle-aged man out from the crowd. A cursed red string appeared between his fingers.
Xi Ge wrapped the cursed string around the man rapidly, drawing the energy of his soul out from his body and feeding it to the sinister blood-red spider above him!
The man was well alive just a minute ago, but now, his body had turned gray like rotten wood. His eyes were hollow, and his mouth was wide open. He had died a horrible death!
Many villagers fainted after seeing Xi Ge killing one of them with the curse. A man had died just because his words sounded unpleasant to the leader of the bandits!
”Stop challenging my patience, I can tell you responsibly that if I don't get a deal today, I'll turn your village into Hell, much more worse than being attacked by the sea monsters! It's you that forced the righteous Xi Ge to do so!” Xi Ge yelled furiously.
The villagers no longer dared to disagree with the bandits. The sea monsters would only attack their village during the next season, but the bandits could slaughter them right now!
”Humph, he really got on my nerves there, I'm regretting it now, you must now pay me double the price!” said Xi Ge harrumphed coldly.
”Where...where could we possibly get enough money?!”
”Very simple, I'll come back for the money again next year. We'll take your women for now, and hopefully, you'll fulfill your end next year. Otherwise, you can use their corpses as fertilizers for the sweetgrass. Perhaps it will make the sweetgrass grow better, and you can sell them for a higher price!” said Xi Ge.
”Didn't...didn't you say you won't bother them if we buy our stuff back?” protested the chief.
”I've changed my mind!”
”Boss, that's brilliant!”
”HAHA, to be honest, I really like the women here!” Xi Ge's men burst out laughing.
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”These bandits are so full of themselves in broad daylight. Are the authorities of these countries really that useless? Mo Fan, let's kill them all!” Jiang Shaoxu was at her limit.
”Miss, can you please calm down[ if we show up now, they are going to hold the villagers as hostages. I have a better plan, but it only works if we are good at acting,” said Mo Fan.
”What plan?”
”We'll need a name first, the Male and Female Bandits, how does that sound?”
”What the heck?”
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Xi Ge was grinning cruelly. He would sometimes treat his victims mercifully, as he realized that it was boring if he mentally destroyed them straightaway. He quite enjoyed pressuring his prey with fear gradually, as he enjoyed watching them vowing to die rather than obey him at the start, and then going to their knees begging him to stick to what he had promised in the first place.