Chapter 489 - Safe Location For The Bandits?
The cages were made out of hardwood which could be found anywhere in the forest. If it were a normal adult man, or even a teenager with little body tempering realm cultivation, they would be able to break through the cage easily, but for children, something like this would not have been possible.
Lin Mu could see the traces of the cages being used extensively and there were even scratch marks on the cage which showed that whoever was imprisoned within them struggled a lot.
His spirit sense spread around and discovered two more cages kept inside the tents. But these cages were not empty. Each of the cages had a child trapped in it, both of them being boys of around six or seven years of age.
From their clothes Lin Mu could tell they were probably low born peasants and seeing their tan skin, they were probably from this region since they got more sunlight here than in the north.
"Seems like they were kidnapped by these bandits to be sold as slaves..." Lin Mu muttered to himself as his eyes trained on the bandits.
The scarred man who was carrying the sack with the child put it down and opened it, revealing the unconscious girl within it. She looked to be of five years of age but was wearing better clothes than the other two boys.
’She doesn’t seem to be a peasant... perhaps the child of a merchant or businessman?’ Lin Mu thought.
Lin Mu did not act right away, as he wanted to know what these bandits did with the other children. Even if he could save these three children right now, and kill the bandits, he would be missing out on the information about the other children.
He could also interrogate them, but obtaining information that way would be a bit inefficient. Whereas just by eavesdropping on them, he reckoned, he should be able to obtain plenty of clues to the whereabouts of the others.
"Today was a good haul, we’ll get a good price for this girl. Look at her, she got better skin and face, in a few years she’ll be worth ten times her price." The scarred bandits spoke.
"You’re right. Though, when will those people be coming to buy next?" Another short bandit questioned.
"They come around every week, so perhaps today or in a couple of days from now. Shouldn’t matter much, we just need to watch them for a bit and keep them here." The scarred bandit spoke.
Lin Mu’s eyes narrowed as he checked the distance between the bandits and the cages where the children were held. Confirming that the distance was sufficient, Lin Mu decided to act.
He sank into the ground using Phase and appeared below the group of bandits. They were completely unaware of him and were joking around when suddenly a squelching sound was heard.
~splatter~
"XI LAO!" The bandits shouted as they suddenly saw the legs of a bandit pretty much explode.
"AAAAAAA!!!!" The bandit named Xi Lao cried in pain.
Xi Lao was sitting at the very back and hence the rest of them had not seen what had happened. But they didn’t have to wonder about it for long as it happened another time.
~splatter~
And again.
~splatter~
And once again.
~splatter~
"What the hell is that?!" Ba Lian exclaimed, not knowing the cause.
"I-I... I think I saw a hand..." another bandit said while stammering.
"What?" Ba Lian questioned again.
"A HAND CAME FROM THE GROUND!"nôvel binz was the first platform to present this chapter.