Chapter 145: Tiger Soul Bandits
A few hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Unknowingly, they had already gone past the area where they were ambushed by the bandits before.
The journey was peaceful and uneventful. No beasts blocked their way and just like what Vena stated, the demonized beasts seemed to have gone silent.
Unfortunately, these peaceful times did not last long.
Far ahead of them, another convoy of horses could be seen blocking their way.
The guards immediately became vigilant as Vena informed Miguel of the commotion ahead of them.
"Looking at their posture, it was obvious that they came with ill intentions," Vena stated, seeing that the convoy of horses ahead had already drawn out their weapons.
At the same time, she also took out a dagger from her waist. The same case occurred with the guards arranged by Alderic.
Murphy took out his Summoning Crystal, ready to summon his sheep, the moment a battle occurred. A frown was on his face; it was obvious that he was tired of the situations they always encountered while traveling to Blazing City.
"State your purpose!"
One of the guards shouted at the convoy of horses blocking their way.
The convoy of horses did not reply. Instead, they just gazed at them coldly as one of them finally said, "It’s them. They have the Red Family symbol!"
From his words, it was apparent that they were the purpose of this ambush.
The guards and the others looked at each other. The vigilance in their eyes was replaced with courage as they unmounted their horses and prepared for a battle.
Even the summoners inside the respected carriages had already closed their eyes to summon their grimoires one after the other.
"They are from the Tiger Soul Bandits," one of the guards suddenly shouted, alerting everyone to the enemy’s identities.
It was a known fact that bandits were ruthless and greedy. Even a small village would be pillaged and massacred if the bandits wanted to.
The Tiger Soul Bandits were also famous bandits in Blazing Expanse. According to the information Miguel recently encountered, the Tiger Soul Bandits were a subsidiary force of the Tiger King Bandits—the bandits that previously abducted Erika and the others.
Miguel closed his eyes and sensed with his [Divine Sense].
After a while, he came out of the carriage along with Edith and said, "Leave this to us!"
While saying that, he walked to the front and confronted the Tiger Soul Bandits, blocking their way.
"Do you guys have any idea who you are dealing with?" He asked politely while holding the box containing the Spatial Meteorite in front of him.
The bandits looked at each other as one of them warned, "Be careful. According to our information source, his name is Journey. He might be the one who killed Kram and the others as well. Be careful; he’s very strong. It is suspected that he has a Gold Grade Beast summon."
They were well informed, to say the least.
Hearing them mention Kram also made everyone realize they came for vengeance.
The bandits’ information source was very reliable.
This could not be blamed entirely on them, though. Mercenaries were everywhere, and for mercenaries, where there was information, there was money. If mercenaries knew something, they would not hesitate to sell that information to others, as long as they would be rewarded for it.
In fact, there was a high chance that it was Murphy himself who sold the information to others, but thinking deeply, he would surely not do that as he was part of the group that would travel towards Blazing City.
Miguel suspected that it must be one of the guards arranged by Alderic. In the first place, none of them should be fully trusted, so Miguel was not particularly distraught about this sudden ambush.
Unlike before, he could now unleash his strength and all his means without care, so even if a Gold Grade Beast ambushed them, he would not be afraid of fighting them.
The Tiger Soul Bandits knew the fact that he had a Gold Grade Beast, yet they still dared to ambush them. This could only mean that they have the necessary strength to resist or at least stop a Gold Grade Beast.
"Get into formation and restrain that Journey!"
Without responding to ’Journey’s’ question, the bandits moved one after the other as they began to move backward in the same moment.
Seeing the movements, Vena was about to order the guards to attack when ’Journey’ raised his hand in mid-air to stop them in their tracks.
He said that he would handle this, so he will handle this without fail.
His eyes observed the movements of the Tiger Soul Bandits as Edith moved forward in front of him.
An exquisite-looking sword was drawn out of the scabbard on her waist as she made an arching posture.
This exquisite-looking sword was the sword in Alderic’s treasure vault. One day, he came to the library and handed this sword to her as a gift. As for his reason, he said that it was because he did not want the sword to remain hidden inside his vault.
Of course, Miguel knew that he was only making things up and just wanted to gain their favor. As a City Lord of the Red Family, it was not a problem for him to gain some inside information.
Even Erika herself already knew that Journey would become a guest elder in the Red Family. How much more he, who had more connections in the Red Family than a youngster like Erika?
Gaining the recognition and good will of a guest elder would not be a bad thing for someone like him.
And since Aaliyah did not have the time to forge them the item yet, Miguel and Edith accepted his ’goodwill’ without hesitation.
With the sword, even though it was ordinary, Edith would still be able to realize and show her potential and real strength.
Swoosh!
Edith’s figure speeds up like a released arrow towards the Tiger Soul Bandits.
A whistling sound echoed in the air as Edith instantly appeared before the now-terrified Tiger Soul Bandits.
No matter how confident and nonchalant they appeared earlier, a Gold Grade Beast was still a Gold Grade beast after all.
Edith raised her sword and prepared to slash the man closest to her.
However, a blinding light suddenly descended towards her at the next moment.
The moment it did so, Edith’s movement froze in place. Her sword was only a breadth away from the man’s neck.
"Success! It’s a success! Haha! This Gold Grade Beast is now bound in place for forty seconds. Kill the Gold Grade Beast first and then leave no one alive. Avenge brother Kram!"