213 Unexpected Problem in Sword City (1/2)

Last Wish System Alemillach 36150K 2022-07-21

Yale, Wyba, and Lar rushed towards the main plaza after hearing the message from the governor.

It had passed more than a year since Yale reached Sword City for the first time, but he had never seen that the members of the Sword Five had been called to the main plaza, so he supposed that something important happened.

When they reached the main plaza, the serious face of Ralen confirmed that their meeting wasn't for something good.

”You finally came. We are currently in an emergency situation, the doors of Sword City had been shut, and bandits had blocked any way to exit. They want us to surrender the city.”

Huge walls surrounded the city, so unless the bandits could fly, they would need to enter by one of the entrances of the city, and all the gates were closed at the same moment the governor detected the presence of the bandits near the city.

However, the same applied for those inside, with the bandits in front of their gates, they couldn't leave the city without flying or jumping from the walls.

”Don't they fear the retaliation of the Larken Clan or those big clans that support Sword City?”

Yale had only heard that sometimes there was someone with intentions to take over the city, but that was because they were ignorant and didn't know the background of Sword City. For a huge bandit group capable of blocking all the gates of the city, it was difficult to think that they didn't know anything about that.

”They didn't fear it. The bandits in all the area had been regrouping and trying to increase their power and influence. I don't know their reasons for stop fearing the background of Sword City, but this is quite a big problem because their numbers are quite high. Right now, they are waiting for our surrender as that would make the things easier for them, but if we start a battle, the others will start to attack the walls, and I doubt that the wall can resist enough time.”

Ralen didn't fear the bandits, but that only applied to protect himself; while he battled it was extremely possible for the city to be exterminated by the other bandits. After all, the bandits would use any means to kill; they wouldn't have a fair battle like everyone was used at the Sword Arena.

”How strong are they?”

The numbers were important, but the overall strength was also important; after all, it wasn't the same being surrounded by a huge group of bandits at the Expert Rank or by the same group but at the Mortal Rank.

If the overall strength of the bandits was too high, Yale was ready to put Wyba and Lar in his Storage Space and flee from the city flying; he was sure that there was no way the bandits could stop him from escaping.

”There is only one at the Expert Rank; I can deal with him. However, there are around thirty at the Practitioner Rank, more than a four hundred at the Apprentice Rank, and countless at lower ranks.”

Almost all bandit gangs in the areas surrounding Imperial City had made an alliance. Those bandits who had banded together to attack Sword City were just a tiny part of that force. Fortunately, the strongest members of their alliance weren't there because seizing Sword City wasn't their highest priority.

In fact, they weren't even interested because Sword City didn't have any true value itself, its value was by its government and training system for the younger generation; the leader of the bandits that attacked Sword City was the one with personal reasons to attack it. The only benefit from seizing the city was that would hurt the pride of those big clans and the Larken Clan.

If one truly looked at the numbers, Sword City wouldn't lose against the bandits, but Ralen knew that most of the members of Sword City lacked experience in such big battles while the bandits were extremely used to it. Moreover, the bandits were coordinated while the citizens of Sword City had never battled together and would block the others instead of helping them in that kind of battle.

At that moment, excluding Ralen, there were another four citizens at the Expert Rank in Sword City, but they were just at the 1-star or 2-star and couldn't be compared to Ralen who was at the 5-star or the leader of the bandits who was at the 6-star.

Moreover, even Selenia had managed to win against those members of the Expert Rank before, so Ralen wasn't counting too much on them.

”If you take care of the one at the Expert Rank, I will deal with the others before they could harm anyone in the city. Of course, if someone leaves the city, I can't ensure their safety.”

Everyone was shocked after hearing Yale's words, but when they thought about the previous times Yale shocked them, they could believe that the Sword Mage was ready to create another miracle.

”Are you sure?”