RIN

Chapter 153

When An Sun and Bai Han left the inn early in the morning, the sky was starting to become slightly brighter. The night had passed just like that.

It took them only an hour this time to arrive in the next town. They passed by a merchant with his window of ivory, cotton, and wool, and the butcher with his bloody lumps of meat on display and naked chickens hanging up.

From a distance, An Sun could perceive four people surrounding a well-built carriage. Instinctively, the aura around him turned cold, his lips tugged into a frown.

"We can start asking some of the people at the—" Bai Han had been in the middle of speaking when he suddenly saw An Sun's horse rush forward.

"Hey!" Bai Han shouted after him, quickly following behind.

...

"Come on! Leave us the goods, and we'll leave you your life!"

"N-No..." The old man trembled, but continued to protect the carriage entrance. "S-Somebody! Somebody help us!"

That hoarse and raspy voice caused goosebumps to rise when the people around heard it, the utter despair and begging plea in it enough to make people tear.

However, they all merely watched silently - showing no sign of helping. A few whispered among themselves.

"To bring such a fancy carriage, they clearly must be newcomers."

"Yeah, perfect prey for thugs like them."

The old man stared at the citizens with a pleaded gaze, but they all turned their heads away. He had assumed out of all the townsmen; someone would be willing to help him.

In the end, everyone ignored the scene before them as if it wasn't even happening!

The old man clenched his fist till his knuckles turned white.

How could he defend himself against three men?

"Move it!" At that moment, a bandit shoved the old man out of the way.

Hitting the ground, the old man turned to see the bandit opening the back of the carriage, his heart swelled with dread.

"Hey, boss! There's a young lady and a little girl in the back of the carriage!" The bandit sneered, his yellow teeth flashing at the girls huddled in the tent.

The oldest girl hugged the small one in her arms, who was crying and shivering in fear at the bandit's unsightly appearance. The boss glanced over and his eyes lit up upon catching sight of the two.

"We'll take them and the goods with us!"

"No!" The old man suddenly screamed and tried to stand up.

The boss standing beside him twisted his lips into a cold smirk and thrust a foot into the old man's stomach. Falling back onto the ground, the old man let out a cough and clutched his stomach.

"As for you old man, you have no purpose to us." Pulling out the sword from his shaft and wielding it around, a sinister expression appeared on his face.

The moment the boss bandit struck his sword down toward the old man, he detected the clattering sound of rushing hoof beats entering his direction.

With a slight frown, he shifted his direction to the sound and was startled to see a horse charging right at him!

Without thinking, he backed away from the old man to dodge the incoming horse.

"What the hell?!" The boss bellowed fiercely.

Before he had the chance to understand the situation, An SUn mounting off the horse had already swung a fallen piece of wood at one of the bandits. The split wood pierced into the man's throat, blood spurting out immediately like a waterfall.