Chapter 185: Black Wind Re-appearance (1/2)
Chapter 185: Black Wind Re-appearance
Translator: UdongEditor: Udong/Chrissy
The rain didn't stop.
The rain drops that were the size of beans fell from the sky for a whole night and a whole day next day. Until the next evening, the storm didn't have any sign of toning down. As the chilling water fell from the sky, the temperature was also dropping fast.
Most of the demons guarding the boarder went back to the military camps. Some Belia Demon even went back into their blankets and lit up fires in braziers to get more warmth.
On the tall watchtowers, some Belia Demons who were there due to mandatory reason wrapped their arms around the chest and walked back and forth on the watchtowers to get rid of the chilliness that they were feeling. They all complained, ”This damn weather. Why is it so cold just after one storm? It's still early Autumn. I'm freezing! I wish I'm also back at the camp in my blanket sleeping.”
In the heavy storm, a horse carriage slowly proceeded forward on the muddy road and stopped when it reached the Boarder of Demon Empire.
A Belia Demon looked out of the watchtower at the horse carriage that looked like it belonged to a merchant as he spat out a mouthful of stinky spit. He tugged in his head and shrunk in his neck into his clothes as he slowly walked down the watchtower. He crossed his arms and placed his hands under his armpits as he complained, ”Doing business in this kind of weather? The merchants from Zence Empire are all crazy!”
”Where are you from?” The Belia Demon asked with a hostile tone as he walked towards the back of the horse carriage. He pulled out his spear and was about to pierce at the merchandizes that were protected by a layer of straws and grasses.
A gold bar suddenly appeared in front of this demon's eyes, and the demon's spear that was about to stab into the straws suddenly paused in mid-air. Two big eyes stared at three gold bars with greed as he forcefully swallowed his drool. For a moment, he forgot the urgent and strict order that his superior gave about carefully inspecting and examining every demon or person, items, and caravans that passed through the border.
Qian Jin mimicked Boss Leong's friendly smile as he handed over a gold bar with both of his hands with great respect; at the same time, he watched this Belia Demon's reaction with great awareness. If this demon accepted the gold bar and let them go, everything would be good; otherwise, he might have to attack and get through the border by force. It wasn't hard killing this demon, but Qian Jin didn't want to attract any more demons soldiers...
There were about a thousand demon soldiers who reside here. He would be turned into a hedgehog with all the arrows, spears, and knives stabbed in him. Even though he was a Level 9 Demon Fighter and had Wind and Cloud Golden Body to protect himself, he was no match to a thousand demons. He could barely get away, but the three guys lying in the straws couldn't get away for sure.
Gold bar! It was equal to a hundred gold coins! The Belia Demon started to breathe heavily. ”A hundred gold coins! How long will it take me to get this much money being a soldier here?” He thought.
”General. I'm very touched by your kindness. You gave all your soldiers a break and is guarding this place yourself. It's hard to see a general that cares for his men this much nowadays.” Qian Jin smiled as he spoke. As he said that, he got a ton of goosebumps. He knew that even the fatty Rollin would praise him for saying such flattery.
”General?” The Belia Demon was surprised; then, a bright smile appeared on his face. The more he heard Qian Jin's words, the brighter the smile he got. He raised his head and nodded as he casually answered back, ”You are a hard worker; traveling in this kind of weather.”
”Yeah, have to make a living. I'm just earning some small money. General, you are the real hard worker.” Qian Jin complimented the demon more as he carefully observed the surroundings. Although Belia Demons were known for their laziness, he was afraid that they might come out to take a leak or something after drinking all night.
The Belia Demon took the gold bar with a big smile; he was very pleased with Qian Jin calling him a general. He got so buttered up that he felt his pores were opening up. For a moment, he couldn't even feel the chilliness of the rain, and Qian Jin got more and more pleasing in his eyes. The demon asked, ”What kind of merchandise do you have?”
”Some of that Long River Fruits. You know, they could be sold for a good price at Zence Empire.” Although the demon's tone was friendly, Qian Jin's guard went up.
”Long River Fruits?” The Belia Demon nodded. ”Good stuff. They are the fruit that could only be seen at our great Lucifer Empire.”
”That's right, that's right.” Qian Jin laughed along. He was getting quite anxious. ”That's why I need to rush this horse carriage back to Zence Empire. If these fruits were rotten on the way, I will lose a lot of money.”
The Belia Demon laughed as well. Selling this Long River Fruit in Zence Empire would make money, but how could a carriage full of fruit make more than a hundred gold coins? Even idiots won't believe what Qian Jin said!
Qian Jin looked at the Belia Demon as he bends his back a bit more to show his sincerity. He was also prepared to kill this demon in a blink of an eye if the latter was going to say something unexpected and rush out of Demon Empire's territories by force!
A whole gold bar! The Belia Demon caressed the gold bar with his rough fingers. If he was going to inspect this carriage full of merchandises earnestly and did find something suspicious, most of the credits and money would be taken away by his superiors. He would be lucky if he got a few gold coins as a reward. But, if he left this horse carriage go, he would get a hundred gold coins for sure!
How was this demon going to choose between a few gold coins and a hundred gold coins? The Belia Demon laughed as he said, ”Yeah, these fruits won't last that long. It's better for you to go as soon as you can. Let me open up the roadblocks for you.”
Majority of Qian Jin's worries disappeared as he slowly rode the horse carriage out of Demon Territories. The Belia Demon stood by the side of the watchtower as he put the gold bar back to his pocket. He waved and said to Qian Jin, ”There are a lot of bandits at the Frontier, be careful! If you are going to continue doing business, make sure to get across the border by this watchtower and checkpoint. I will make sure that you can travel through safely.”
Qian Jin looked back and said, ”Ok, general. How should I address you?”
”Me? Ben! Ben Sogen!” The Belia Demon straightened his back as he announced his name proudly.
”I will remember you, general.” Qian Jin laughed on the carriage and answered back. Ben? There was such a family name in Belia Demon species, but it was a very ordinary family name and was at the lower end of the social classes. ”It looks like calling him general was really useful.”
Ben Sogen took out the gold bar from his pocket, exhaled onto the gold bar, and used his sleeve to cleanse it. He then placed it carefully into his pocket again and got onto the watchtower again with a satisfied smile on his face.
The noisy clip-clop stepping sounds mixed with mud splashing noise resonated in the sky as if there were numerous thunders sounding at the same time. Ben Sogen quickly formed two hollow fists and placed them in front of his eyes to help him see farther. When he saw who came, he shouted out subconsciously as he inhaled a ton of cold air through his yellow and uneven teeth: ”Black Wind, it's Black Wind Bandits!”
On the black horses, every single bandit was wearing a black wooden armor. As they rushed towards the border of Demon Empire, the flag of Black Wind fluttered in the wind despite the fact that it was completely soaked. Even the dense raindrops couldn't hold the flag back from displaying the two dominating words ”Black Wind”.
The top ten bandits groups of the Frontier wasn't just famous at this long and chaos territories; they were equally famous at Lucifer Empire and Zence Empire.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Ben Sogen couldn't see through it anymore. With a rare sad expression, he rubbed the gold bar in his pocket as he shook his head and said, ”Eh, looks like I don't have any other chances of getting gold bars. Black Wind is known for their cruelty and not leaving any lives after a robbery.”
Black Wind! Qian Jin was surprised to see that the bandits of Black Wind that was led by Hayen Brianna!
Under the pouring rain, the black soft armor tightly stuck to her body that Gomez Jane couldn't even compare. Hayen Brianna's long legs held her body firmly on the horse, and the black metal mask was still on her face.
The horses stopped charging and started to walk in the mud anxiously and splashed up more mud.
A friendly smile appeared on Hayen Brianna's face behind the mask as she said, ”Wow, what a coincidence. We met again.”
Qian Jin squatted on the horse carriage and stared at Hayen Brianna calmly with the horsewhip in his hands. He thought, ”I don't think they are passing by here out of coincidence. Although Lucifer Empire won't send their army into the Frontier to wipe out all the bandit groups, they don't mind killing the bandits who dared to get this close to their border.”
”I heard that a Two Stars soldier and three members of the Dark Group was killed. Did you guys do it?” Although Hayen Brianna's voice was mixed into the heavy rain, her crisp voice was still not covered by it. ”Where are your peers? Are they injured? I heard that after the Dark Group investigated the battlefield. They said that the ones who killed their members are also severely injured.”
Qian Jin got more understanding about the Dark Group more. He thought that they could think having their members killed would be a very shameful incident, so they would cover the matter up and send more powerful members to deal with the killers. He didn't expect them to spread the news out and let everyone chase after them. It looked like the Dark Group was a special department of Demon Empire that would only care about the result and not the process.
”Did you know? The Dark Group have placed a lot of money on the killer's head.” Hayen Brianna covered her mouth under the mask as she giggled. ”A lot of bandits are looking the killers. I thought you guys are probably the perpetrators, so I came here to wait for you.”