Chapter 187: Peter's News 1
Currently, the sun had already set on the horizon, and the darkness of the night had already dominated the skies of the southwest coast of the Kingdom of the Waves.
At this moment, in the small town where the 20 soldiers of the Black Plain Army were, the gloom of the night extended over a large part of that place.
This was an extremely precarious environment, without any lighting array, with only a few fires on the streets of that town.
In addition, the streets were narrow, dirty, and with several animals that live in precarious places like this.
And coupled with the smell of garbage, the smoke from the fires, there was a noise in most of that place, which was basically a mixture of screams of pain, crying, and sometimes, strange laughter.
Two days ago, Minos' soldiers had arrived in this city following the trail left by the pirates who had kidnapped Sergeant Peter.
It was not difficult to track these people since, unlike Minos, these men had no concern with hiding their movements...
With that, after several days of investigation, the group of Sergeants had finally arrived in this coastal city, where several groups of bandits and pirates were congregating.
And in these two days, the group had calmly observed this place, checking the strength of the people around here and getting to know the area little by little.
This was a city without a name, which had been abandoned long ago. However, at some point in the more recent history of the north of the Central Continent, this place had become a crossing point for those related to the Black Market in this region.
There were some cities as it is all over the region, where criminals could sell, exchange, transfer, and get transportation for their 'items.'
Anyway, it didn't take long until the soldiers coming from the Dry City finally got a trail left by those pirates who kidnapped Peter.
They had discovered one person who knows that pirate gang in this city, and they were preparing at this moment to 'meet' this person.
The soldiers had snuck for several hours in the coastal part of this small town while waiting for the right moment to ambush their prey.
The group could not simply act hastily since the number of marginals in the 5th stage of cultivation in this place was not something they could handle alone.
Because of this, after knowing that this person could have crucial information about Peter's whereabouts, the groups coming from the Black Plain had started to prepare themselves to act decisively, attacking quickly and silently.
At this moment, while the 20 soldiers were lurking in the darkness of that seaport, a man was walking along the coast, carrying a bottle in his left hand, wearing only shorts.
When they saw this, one of the soldiers suddenly gave a signal, while someone said in a low voice. "Come on, let's act quickly. We'll leave the interrogation for later!"
After that was said, half the group stood by in the same places they were, as they looked around, ensuring that there was no one else in this place.
At that moment, the spiritual confrontation had finally come to an end, when the set of colored palms had destroyed the black hand that attacked them.
"Ahh!"
That man let out a brief cry of pain when he finally lost his consciousness in the middle of that place.
"Let's go quickly, get this guy and let's head into the woods east of this place!" One of the soldiers spoke in a low voice so that only the people in this place could hear him.
...
Sometime later, a group of 21 men was in the middle of a dense forest, while a fire lit the surroundings of where they were.
The night was cold, and the sound of the wind passing through the trees could be heard clearly.
In that place, the group was spread around that fire. Some of them watched the surroundings, others sitting and eating while resting from the previous dispute.
Finally, a middle-aged man was lying on the ground in that place, next to the fire. He was still unconscious and had a chain around his neck, which was sealing his cultivation.
This was the man ambushed earlier, and the 20 others around this place were Minos' soldiers.
And after a while, finally, one of the soldiers said something, breaking the silence of that place. "Look, he's waking up!"
Hearing this, other soldiers sitting and resting there shifted their attention and prepared for what was to come.
The man then blinked his eyes quickly, trying to understand what had happened, as he turned from side to side.
'Shit, my cultivation is sealed!' He deeply regretted feeling the leash around his neck.
At that moment, one of the Sergeants in the group sat in front of that man and began to speak. "If you want to live to see tomorrow, you better not hide anything from us!"
"Hide something from you? Who are you? Why did you attack me out of nowhere?" he asked angrily.
Pow!
"Ahh!"
However, the answer he got was a kick in the stomach, which made him cough up a mouthful of blood.
"You don't ask the questions here!" The soldier who had attacked him said with a menacing expression on his face.
Soon after that, Dumas, the leader of these soldiers, spoke again. "One of our comrades was kidnapped by a pirate group that passed through this city a few days ago."