When Kane said this, Edward's face turned blue, as if he was aware of some deeper problems...
If no one tipped off the Alat Bandits and gave them the exact location, how did they know the specific location of the arena in the Border Village of the Principality of Cheryl?
Furthermore, there were only about fifty people in the Alat bandit group that appeared in front of them. This group of people was obviously just a branch team and not the main force of the Alat bandit group.
In other words, the men of the Alat Bandit Group may have already begun to attack the border villages of the Principality of Cheryl. They sent a team to the arena just to kill people and silence them in order to prevent anyone from escaping and heading towards the Principality of Cheryl.
The lord sent a message.
As long as the lords of the Principality of Cheryl are kept in the dark, the Arat Bandits can do whatever they want in the border areas, traveling to villages and towns to plunder.
Admittedly, Edward thought so, it was only a relatively good situation, the worst was...
The neighboring countries that have signed a peace agreement with the Principality of Cheryl are colluding with the Arat Bandits. The current unbelievable bandit invasion is just a small link in the larger pattern.
Otherwise, how could the Arat bandits silently jump over neighboring towns and arrive at the border of the Principality of Cheryl?
"Are you the boss here?"
When Edward was thinking about how the Alat Band of Thieves managed to sneak into the Principality of Cheryl, the leader of the band looked at him and asked.
The Alat Bandits have probably known for a long time that Edward is the coach of the arena. After all, the people who train in the arena are mostly young boys and girls, and only Edward is a middle-aged uncle in his forties.
Therefore, before the Arat bandits appeared, someone hid in the dark and shot an arrow at him, trying to capture the thieves and capture the king first.
As long as Edward dies suddenly, the young people in the arena will be leaderless. Without actual combat experience, they will become a mess and be slaughtered by the thieves.
"That's right, I'm their instructor. What do you, the Alat Corps, want to do when you come to us?" Edward tensed every capillary in his body, concentrating on being wary of the other party.
Edward felt guilty, or he did not have the confidence to lead Andy and others to repel the gangsters in front of them.
Although there are only about fifty criminals, there are more than two hundred on our side, which is four times as many as the other party.
But excluding young children and women who are not considered to have fighting ability, there are probably less than a hundred people who can fight the gangsters.
What's more, the other party is obviously an experienced gangster, and we are a newcomer with no actual combat experience. If we really want to fight...
Edward could almost conclude that Andy and his group would be killed instantly.
It’s not that Kane, Hisoka, Andy and other young guys are weak, but that they lack actual combat experience and the ability to judge crises on the spot.
Edward will never forget the first time he went to the battlefield and fought against a real enemy. The moment of life and death is still vivid in his mind.
Edward clearly remembered the first time he went to the battlefield to fight the enemy. The situation he faced at that time was ten thousand times better than the situation Andy and others faced now.
It was a must-win battle, and the enemy had been routed and fled, so the legion commander asked a group of new recruits to go into battle to kill the enemy, allowing the new recruits to practice their skills and gain practical combat experience.
Since the enemy was already a defeated general who was exhausted from long battles, even when Edward first entered the battlefield, he appeared to be in a hurry, but in the end he defeated the enemy without any danger.
However, when the enemy begged him for mercy, cried out that he had family members, and hoped that he would let him go, Edward was stunned. He couldn't bear it and could not kill the enemy with a fatal blow.
What Edward didn't expect was that at the moment he was stunned, the enemy struck back with a sword and stabbed him hard in the heart.
Fortunately, the veterans of the legion had seen through everything and saved him at the critical moment, telling him that on the battlefield, hesitation would lead to defeat, and he must not be merciful to the enemy.
Andy and others are fighting against a living person for the first time. Whether they can abandon the innocence in their hearts is a serious question. As long as they have a slight hesitation and do not commit suicide, they may be killed by the thieves.
Furthermore, they are guardians, and they have to protect their helpless companions. This is undoubtedly an impossible task for Edward.
It's hard for Andy and others to protect themselves, so how can they protect others?
However, it would be impossible for Edward and others not to defend. Once the enemy breaks through the circle formation, seizes hostages and threatens everyone, there will be no chance of victory.
In fact, Edward had long realized that running away separately was the wisest strategy at the moment. Unfortunately, he did not have the courage to issue such a cruel order to the children.
Now Edward can only place his hope on the enemy, hoping that the enemy can offer reasonable conditions and then let them go.
Therefore, Edward took the initiative to admit that he was the instructor of the arena and tried to negotiate with the leader of the Arat Band to find out the other party's intentions.
Generally speaking, it is a good thing that the leader of the band of thieves is willing to communicate with him. This is much better than not talking about anything and just killing people directly.
Edward couldn't help but think, if the target of the thieves was Zhou Xingyun and his group, then he could only abandon the car to protect the commander and say sorry to Zhou Xingyun and others in advance. This cannot be blamed on them for not saving themselves, but because they themselves could not protect themselves.
We can only abandon outsiders...
"If you are willing to bring your own head, I will tell you the purpose of the Alat Corps' visit here." The leader of the thieves looked at Edward with contempt, and mocked him in a moderate way: "Don't you think that
, I’m talking to you on condition, right?”
"Otherwise, what do you want?" Edward was a little confused. The leader of the thieves stopped attacking and took the initiative to talk to him. What if it wasn't negotiation?
"Of course it's to persuade you to surrender. This is my compassion for you." The leader of the bandit laughed loudly, looked around Andy, Mary, Zhou Xingyun and others, and said to Edward: "They are not the same as you, an old retired waste.
All the same, we are all young people with a bright future. Don’t you feel it’s a pity to die now? As long as you surrender, I can guarantee that your lives will be safe. Although life will be more difficult and you will probably only be a slave for the rest of your life, but at least you will survive.
Of course, you are an exception, we don’t need old waste that wastes food but can’t sell it for a few bucks.”
"Shut your stinky mouth! We will never surrender!" Kane glared and shouted angrily at the other party. He could not imagine what kind of treatment his little sister would receive after being turned into a slave.
In other words, it is precisely because Kane knows how miserable it is to be captured by bandits and used as a slave that he would rather die than surrender to the thieves.
Zhou Xingyun heard Seluvinia talk about how slavery in the Western Continent is very cruel. Being a slave is like a domestic animal and will be regarded as a dirty, disgusting and low-class untouchable.
Although there were slaves in the Central Plains, their situation was relatively peaceful. Sister Xunxuan, who was the most powerful woman in the country, was nominally Zhou Xingyun's female slave.
Perhaps due to the influence of Confucianism, the people of the Central Plains pay attention to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trust, forgiveness, loyalty, filial piety, and brotherhood. Even when they treat servants at home, they are relatively gentle.
At least on the surface, most dignitaries would not be proud of abusing slaves, nor would they abuse slaves in public, because doing so would be shameful and would make outsiders think that you have no magnanimity and grace, and that you are not a gentleman.
The Western continent is different. The attitude of nobles towards slaves can only be described as cruel. There are even noble children who often compare and show off their methods of abusing slaves, or let slaves fight to the death in the arena as a performance to please the public.
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Hengyu of the Wuteng Spirit Snake Palace is an inhumane and evil person. He likes to make beautiful women into dolls to satisfy his own selfish desires. Such dehumanizing behavior can be said to be outraged by both humans and gods and cannot be tolerated by nature. But among the great aristocrats in the West,
This is a common practice at home, and nobles will even hold private exhibitions and auctions to show off their masterpieces.
"Can't you take my kindness as nothing? I tell you sincerely that it's a miracle that you survived today. You should thank the beauties over there. If it weren't for their sakes,
Come on, we won't be polite to you. After all, swords have no eyes, so if they get into a fight, it won't be easy to scratch them."
The leader of the bandit spoke very straightforwardly. Their purpose in persuading them to surrender was just to avoid harming the beauty.
Because Xun Xuan, Wei Suyao and the other women are so breathtakingly beautiful that the leader of the thieves doesn't want them to get hurt. He doesn't want to leave traces of trauma on such beautiful women. It would be a waste of nature.
Furthermore, if scars are left on their bodies, their price as slaves will decrease.
Although the leader of the bandit group believes that the leader would never be willing to sell such a high-quality female slave, it is better to bring them back intact than to bring them back after being injured.
Even if the opponent doesn't surrender, the leader of the bandit team hopes that these beauties will not fight desperately, otherwise they will accidentally disfigure their faces and suffer great losses.
"Fart!" Andy yelled angrily. At this time, he was anxious and angry and didn't know what to do.
He wanted to rush forward and fight the bandits, but unfortunately there were people he had to protect, so he could only listen to Edward's words, maintain a circular formation, and be wary of the bandits ahead.
If Zhou Xingyun knew that Andy wanted to protect Wei Suyao behind him, he would definitely say to him with a smile on his face, my Suyao is stronger than me, and all these thieves combined are no match for her. Little brother, you should protect yourself first.
Bar.
"Are we going to take action?" Wei Suyuan kept her voice low and secretly communicated with Zhou Xingyun and others.
"Do you think they can beat the bandits?" Zhou Xingyun sighed helplessly: "We must take action. If we don't take action, Andy and the others will be dead. However, we can keep a low profile and prevent them from finding out.
We took action."
"Hey, do you know how to write the word low-key?" Mo Nianxi touched Zhou Xingyun's arm with her shoulder in a dubious mood.
"What do you mean? Can't you trust me? Watch my performance later!" Zhou Xingyun pretended to be angry and glared at Mo Nianxi, secretly saying that his previous behavior was indeed a bit arrogant and arrogant. What kind of punches can be used in ancient and modern times?
, are all slogans he shouted loudly.
Zhou Xingyun originally thought that the people in the world would never believe this bullshit, but who knew... these idiots would lift him up high and make him one of the most important figures in the world, making it impossible for him to keep a low profile in the world.
However, now and then, no one in the Western Continent knew who he was, so Zhou Xingyun could happily pretend to be cool.