Death of the Guards

"No! That bandit is deceiving you. As soon as you lay down your weapons, they will definitely kill you and will not let you go." Suddenly, the steward standing behind spoke up.

"Yes! Yes! You guys better watch your step! What that butler said is true." Xuan Ye, standing at a distance, nodded in agreement with what the butler had said.

The young woman beside the butler nodded hurriedly and said, "You must save me! My Wang Family has treated you well! You can't just stand by and watch me die. If you save me, I'll have my father give you a lot of money when we get back, lots and lots of money."

The five guards paused slightly upon hearing their young mistress's promise, clearly somewhat tempted.

Seeing that the guards hesitated, the bandit leader spoke up and persuaded them, "Brothers, we bandits are only after money. If you lay down your weapons, we will let you leave safely."

"I swear to God that if my brothers lay down their weapons, I will not harm you and I will let you leave safely. Otherwise, may I be struck by lightning."

"Brothers, I have already sworn an oath to the heavens. Do you believe me now?" The bandit leader stretched out his hand without hesitation and uttered his oath to the sky.

One of the five guards, who seemed to be the leader, stepped forward and said to the bandit leader, "Brothers, since you're after money, we're willing to hand it over in exchange for letting us and the young lady leave."

The guard leader was somewhat reluctant to part with Miss Wang Family's promise and wanted to negotiate with the bandit leader.

"That's impossible. If you put down your swords now, we can let the five of you leave. If not, then we'll talk to our men directly." The bandit leader's face suddenly turned cold. He grabbed his broadsword and pointed at the five guards.

A chilling aura suddenly emanated from the bandit leader. Although the bandit leader was not very strong, he had killed a lot of people!

Once a person has killed a lot of people, they will naturally become tainted with some malevolent energy. This malevolent energy is usually hidden inside the body and will not be leaked out. However, once emotions begin to fluctuate, the malevolent energy will naturally be released.

Soon, the five guards, sensing the boundless killing intent, no longer hesitated and immediately put down their only weapon, a longsword. "Miss, we're sorry. It's not that we don't want to protect you. As you can see, there are more than a dozen burly bandits in front of us. If we were to fight them head-on, we would suffer heavy casualties. So this is the only way we can do it."

After the five guards put down their weapons, they turned back to their young mistress and tried to explain their predicament, seemingly wanting to express their helplessness.

After saying that, the five guards did not hesitate to leave the place, without even glancing at their young lady.

Standing on a branch of a large tree several meters high in the distance, Xuan Ye watched as the five men laid down their weapons, wanting to leave this place that filled them with fear and unease. Faced with their choice, Xuan Ye could only shake his head helplessly.

"Sigh! You guards! I really don't know what to say to you, you're all so simple-minded!"

"Do you really think those bandits will let you go? Do you really think they're just after money? You're so naive."

Seeing this, Xuan Ye, who had lived on Earth for a long time, knew exactly what those bandits were up to. They wanted to trick the five guards into laying down their weapons and then kill them.

"What? You want to ask if that bandit swore he wouldn't kill those five guards?"

I can say this: oaths are nothing but empty words to those bandits. Even if they had just sworn an oath, those bandits would still be capable of killing those five guards.

Just as the five guards were about to escape the encirclement of the dozens of bandits, the bandit leader standing at the front suddenly revealed a cruel smile on his face and raised his large cleaver.

The bandit leader raised his machete, turned around, and shouted gruffly to the group of bandits behind him, "Brothers, get moving, it's time to get to work!"

Upon hearing their leader's call, the dozens of bandits gripped their broadswords tightly and suddenly ran towards the five guards.

Since the five guards had not yet escaped the encirclement, it would be as easy for the bandits to block them.

"Heh! Heh! Heh! I hope you'll be more discerning in your next life and never believe what your enemies say. If you do, you'll pay a bloody price."

After the bandit leader finished speaking, all the bandits raised their broadswords and slashed at the five guards.

At this moment, the five guards were all weak in the knees and collapsed to the ground. Since they had no weapons, they could only stare blankly at the group of bandits. Some of them were laughing stupidly, while others were staring wide-eyed at the bandits, seemingly angry at their dishonesty.

With a flash of silver light, five heads fell heavily to the ground. The five headless corpses continuously gushed out bright red blood, like a blood-red flower in bloom, a truly stunning sight.

Standing on the branches of a tree tens of meters high, Xuan Ye looked at the five streams of crimson blood gushing out in the distance, feeling utterly helpless.

"Alas! Just as I expected, all bandits under heaven are the same. Going back on their word is their specialty. So never believe what your enemies say! This is a painful lesson."

The deaths of these five guards strengthened Xuan Ye's belief that his enemies would regret it, and that showing mercy to his enemies was tantamount to being cruel to himself.

Because people who have personally experienced these two things will regret it, some while they are alive, and others after they die.

After the five guards died, the two men became even more desperate.

The old man, with his white hair, white beard, and wrinkled face, had no life in his eyes at this moment, as if he already believed that he was doomed to die.

The young woman sat slumped on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face.

The four bandits guarding the two women showed no pity for the young woman's tears; it was clear that their eyes were filled with only one emotion: desire.