Chapter 266: Captives (1/2)
Chapter 266: Captives
As Janet and her bandit gang snuck up on the House of Menlo with the intention of adding insult to injury, she didn’t realize that she herself had become someone else’s prey.
Adam Menlo was injured, and the roc had transformed into a blonde, middle aged man with blade wounds all over his skin. Both were under protection of the family’s elites as they slowly retreated in the direction of their headquarters.
As they passed by a thick shrub surrounded by several towering trees, Janet’s people immediately jumped out screaming and shouting. The old man next to Janet release several wind supporting “Acceleration” spells, enabling their people to quickly close the distance between them and the House of Menlo and begin their ambush.
Han Shuo had thought that Janet was lurking around here for the chance to pillage and loot. Contrary to his expectations however, Janet had passed down the order to kill as soon as she saw the Menlo family. Evidently, she hadn’t wanted to rob them.
“Unlucky old fart Adam. Serves you right! You even dared to scheme against me. You’re really tired of living aren’t you!” Janet didn’t make a move, only shouting loudly in high spirits. Her delicate cheeks were painted with glee.
“The House of Menlo is done for if we kill these people. See if they still dare to make trouble for us then!” The bandits screamed and shouted, furiously waving their weapons and attacking fiercely. They were hot on the heels of the heavily wounded Menlo experts, who were now escaping bedraggedly in all directions.
The major forces seemed to have come to a tacit understanding before tonight as they hadn’t sent too many people on this trip to the valley. The House of Menlo had brought roughly two dozen experts total. After the berserk Laureton had killed some and more had fallen to Han Shuo’s resurrected corpses, they only had a dozen members left.
Now that they faced Janet’s bandit group, who was thrice their number, taking a loss was just a matter of time.
“Protect my father well. Our people are near! As long as we return to the headquarters, these damned bandits won’t be able to leave alive!” A skinny, seemingly weak mage with brown hair waved his staff and shouted loudly.
Many sharp spikes suddenly shot up on the path that Janet and her bandits were using. Their momentum was quick and fierce thanks to the supporting “Acceleration” spell. They simply didn’t pay attention to the changes beneath their feet. When they landed one by one, their bare feet were immediately penetrated by the spikes.
“Damn it! Shoot them dead!” Janet roared, ordering the several archers behind her.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
The sound of arrows piercing the air resonated as a series of shining silver arrows whizzed towards the House of Menlo, abruptly throwing them into confusion. Even the earth mage, who’d casted “Earth Spikes” earlier, was affected by the rain of arrows. He was forced to release an earth wall in defense.
Han Shuo clearly saw the happenings of the fight between Janet and the House of Menlo through the three yin demons. Currently, his group was hiding in the dark about dozens of meters away, paying rapt attention to the intense fight, awaiting Han Shuo’s orders.
“Leave them to harm each other. I’ll have the earth elite zombie sneak attack them in a moment and grab our person!” Han Shuo said leisurely, not the least bit anxious.
“Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night. The Valley of Sunshine will become even more chaotic starting tomorrow, and our Soul Destroyer mercenary band will take this chance to rise up!” Trunks’ ambition flared as he spoke with excitement.
“You should be careful for the time being. After my brutal acts tonight, I think the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band and the House of Menlo may just cast aside everything to deal with us first. The current strength of our mercenary band isn’t enough to compete with them yet. Our base absolutely must not be compromised.” Looking at the blazing ambition on Trunks’ face, Han Shuo couldn’t help but speak out as a reminder.
“Heh heh, that’s fine too. With your madness tonight, our Soul Destroyer mercenary band is definitely going to become renowned. As long as we have fame, we won’t have to worry about gaining new recruits. As long as we have both money and manpower, we will grow rapidly. When we’re strong enough, that’s when the traitor Florida dies!” Trunks coldly said, his face solemn.
Nodding in agreement, Han Shuo said, “Indeed, the moment of the Soul Destroyer mercenary band has come!”
“Oh?” Han Shuo softly cried out and said, “I didn’t think that the experts from the House of Menlo were really waiting outside to help their own. It seems that Janet’s efforts are going down the drain!”
Patting the earth elite zombie, Han Shuo ordered it to quickly sneak into the ground. Then he turned to glance at Trunks and said, “I suddenly remember that since I have him, I won’t need your help. You guys return to the base first. I’ll bring Janet and catch up with you later.”
“You really don’t need backup? Since Janet can become the leader of such a large bandit group, her strength must be strong. Plus, her men are surrounding her. Are you certain you can succeed?” Trunks asked in surprise.
“Rest assured. This definitely won’t be a problem!” Han Shuo smiled confidently and turned to Gilbert and the little skeleton, ordering them both to go back. He then headed towards Janet with the earth elite zombie and silently lay in wait to ambush them.