1084 Abandoned Again (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
”Ayleen can go, she just needs to hand over the loot, but we won't forgive those two easily!” Jack made the decision as if he was the leader. He planned to do Herbert a favor, and as a way to express goodwill to Ayleen, too.
Herbert immediately looked grateful. He did not want anything to happen to Ayleen.
He was fairly confused, too. He did not understand why the well-educated Ayleen, who had inherited the rank of Great Duchess, would follow a riffraff like Mo Fan and commit such disgraceful acts. It was surely going to bring shame to the name of Great Britain, and the people would be very disappointed in her...
Little did Herbert know, Ayleen's popularity had skyrocketed, just because she was a member of the bandit group. Normally, the Ayleen they knew was the Great Duchess of their country, spotless as a sculpture. She was like a fine piece of art that was only allowed to be viewed from a distance. However, since Ayleen had joined Fan Xue Bandit Group, the people had witnessed how smart, and slightly rebellious, in an aggressive way their Princess Ayleen was. They saw the joy on her face as she successfully robbed some valuable loot, like a little girl successfully pulling a prank on someone. The emotion she displayed was utterly sincere. The people no longer felt like she was just a piece of art for display, but felt closer to her, and most importantly… the people loved her even more after seeing how she came out bravely, unwilling to abandon her teammate!
Unfortunately, the simple-minded Herbert would never understand what the people felt. He only assumed that the detestable acts would only damage Ayleen's reputation and her title of the Great Duchess!
”How about this, I'll give you everything, but you must let the girls go. I can help you get more loot, too. Aren't you all after the treasures? I can help you get them,” Mo Fan said.
”Do you really think we're going to believe you?” Jack laughed hollowly.
”Stop trying to be a hero, they won't be leaving either!”
Mu Ningxue and Ayleen had no intention of leaving, either. They knew the women had strong hostility towards them, as they were all glaring at them...
”I'm really flattered by how infatuated you girls are with me, I'm so touched that I feel like crying, but it's really unnecessary, just run away,” Mo Fan said to the girls.
”Would you abandon us if we were the ones that were trapped?” Ayleen asked in return.
Mo Fan was immediately left speechless. Of course he would not sit still and watch. He would surely beat the crap out of the enemy!
”Jack, I think a group is heading our way,” Shreev of the Egyptian team said after sensing movement through the vibration of the ground.
”Who are they?” Jack frowned.
”I think… they are members of the Chinese team,” Pinole recognized the leader of the group.
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On the spacious field, a few members of the Chinese team were approaching the alliance. They initially thought the people had found some remarkable loot considering how many people there were, yet when they came closer, they realized those people were surrounding Mo Fan, Mu Ningxue, and Ayleen.
”If you guys want to lend them a hand, just come over, we won't go easy on you!” Jack said proudly, provoking the members of the Chinese team that had just shown up.
A few members of the Canadian, French, and Italian teams stepped forward, too.
”We didn't mean any harm, we're just here to see what's going on,” Zu Jiming let out a hollow laugh. He was absolutely shocked. Why did these strong countries form an alliance just to hunt Mo Fan down? What exactly did he do to infuriate them?
However, Zu Jiming was quite happy about it too. Well done, they can teach Mo Fan a lesson on my behalf!
”How about the others?” Jack asked again.
Mu Tingying reacted instantly, ”We're ashamed to collude with someone like Mo Fan. You can deal with him however you please.”
Nanrong Ni lifted her gaze and looked at the Observer Eagles in the sky. She whispered to the others, ”The people are watching us. It's going to damage our reputation if we abandon them...”
Nanrong Ni was better at seeing the overall situation. She knew that if they had not happened to stumble into the group, no one would criticize them, but now that they had, it had suddenly become a tricky question. After all, they were on the same team representing China. It was fine if they had a personal conflict between themselves, but it was inappropriate to show it in front of the world!
”Are you saying that we should fight them? Look at the countries that have joined the alliance! If we really try to help, we're only going to be wiped out too! We know the people aren't going to be happy about it, but at least we're still in the match. Besides, we're going to lose all the loot we've gained so far, and if we go out empty-handed, not only will we lose the upcoming matches, we're going to suffer too! Who cares about those idiots, we'll just say that we're trying to preserve the ranking of our team, have our clans hire people to justify our actions, and people will simply side with us,” Zu Jiming sniffed.
Nanrong Ni pondered for a while to evaluate the potential gains and losses. She also agreed that it was better if they stayed out of it, since being scolded for a short period was better than losing everything...
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”Wait a second, did they seriously just leave like that? I thought help had finally arrived, yet they really just left like that!?” Pang Lai slammed the table and rose to his feet angrily!