HHYL Shortfics

The Eagle

#Lu Cang before he met Jing.

The Eagle

'Thadump!Thadump!'

Lu Cang as if could hear his own loud heartbeat. All of his senses were of the sharpest at the moment. His eyes could clearly see the vast and long procession of his prey. His ears could even hear the sound of a butterfly flapping its wings. Adrenaline rush made his heart beat in all excitement.

Today, in all of his seventeen years of life, was the day he had to prove his self as a man.

If he succeeded, he would go down in history as the man who committed the biggest robbery in Jiangnan.

He was found on this mountain, abandoned, left to perishby himself. But the mountain bandits found him and raised him amongst them as a bandit.

Since his young ages, he had displayed his brilliance and made the others sigh in awe. The Bandit King even personally taught him kungfu upon seeing his potential.

The King of the bandits was not a position to be inherited. To be the Bandit King, one had to prove his worth and quality. Respect only came from the bandits if they acknowledged one as their leader. Such was the unwritten rules amongst the mountain bandits.

Among the brothers, Lu Cang had always shown that he had the quality to be the leader despite being the youngest. And today would be the day he showed them all that they were correct. That he was indeed worthy to be a leader.

Clenching the long sword on his waist, he patiently waited for the right moment to strike. Throwing his eyes all around, he could see all of his brothers had the same excitement brimming in their eyes. They were watching their prey as well as waiting for the signal from Lu Cang.

This very prey was one of most corrupted officials in Hangzhou. This official was about to send the betrothed gift. There was no doubt that the carriages would be filled with numerous valuables as well as the rarest treasures. The heavily guarded carriages affirmed it.

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The mountain was bustling with excitement despite it was already so deep in the night.

Cheers and praises were coming without stopping. The center of all the praises was none other than Lu Cang. The youngest member of Mount Lu Cang's bandits.

Lu Cang himself calmly stood and with his usual stoic face received the congratulatory speech from his brothers. Only pride could be seen from his handsome feature --- a feature unfitted to be a bandit.

"You should see how Brother Lu flew to the guard and killed him in one stroke. It was like an eagle flying towards its prey."

"True true... For a moment, I thought I saw an eagle there. His movement was too swift and too precise!"

Lu Cang knew that his air kungfu was the best among the brothers. Not only that, his skill was also the best. He had been their unofficial leader since the previous leader died. ---They were ambushed by the government and all got caught. At that time, Lu Cang and the whole junior members were away on their hunting duty. They escaped those terrifying ambush and went on living as the mountain bandits even though they had no leader. Most of the junior members had been living as a bandit since a young age; therefore, a decent life as normal citizens wouldn't appeal to them.

"Hey, why don't we have Brother Lu as our Big Brother? Everyone knows that this is the greatest achievement even our previous leader hadn't achieved before."

"Yes. Why not? We need a leader after all..."

All of the bandits shouted out their excited cheers. All of them agreed that Lu Cang should be the leader. The official leader.

"Big Brother..."

One by one they came to him and saluted him by calling him 'Big Brother'.

Ego burst forth from the pitch of his stomach.

To be honest, his distinguishable handsome face was trulyunfitting to be a bandit. He had a Prince like handsomeness, which made him standout among the other crude and fierce looking bandits.

Yet, his pride and ego was the highest. He was extremely prideful even though he was the youngest. He bent to none and he feared of nothing.

He was only seventeen, yet he had already committed the greatest robbery in Jiangnan's history. With 'The Eagle' Lu Cang as their leader, Mount Lu Cang's bandits were the most well-known bandits in the area. The mere mention of 'Mount Lu Cang' would make everyone tremble in fear.

Their prey was particularly chosen from the corrupted officials, the official who increased the tax on their own and used the money for their own interest. For this, they were also known as heroes of the black path. They were hated and loved at the same time. Hated by their targets but loved by the people for indirectly avenging them.

They built their stronghold in the depths of the mountain. Their leader was not only very capable, but he was actually a caring leader too. Under his leadership, Mount Lu Cang's stronghold had significantly grown in power and the members also steadily growing in number.

'The Eagle' was soaring higher and higher in .

In Jiangnan, even if they had never met 'The Eagle' Lu Cang, the name was very familiar. Most people would spell the name in awe and admiration and some would say the name in fear and fright.

However...

The young and handsome capable leader needed a lady of the stronghold.

Since he himself didn't seem to care for that, the brothers felt that it was their obligation to find one for him.

Thus, even though the leader kind of disliked it, they still kidnapped beautiful girls to be presented to Big Brother, 'The Eagle' Lu Cang.

'The Eagle' huh? Not a bad name.'Standing on the highest tower of the Stronghold, Lu Cang watched the entire mountain with a satisfactory smile on his face.

End.