Joining Forces to Meet the Enemy

People from an unknown faction, disguised as bandits, blocked the path Amy and Li Qi had to take.

Li Qi's attitude was calm. He hid behind Amy, confirming that this group of people, aside from a limited two Tactical Rank and two Level Three individuals, were all ordinary people.

But...

They had guns behind them.

It wasn't just a few people with guns; everyone here had guns.

At a time when Firearms were still exclusively for the military and Nobles, a group of 'drifters' who were so desperate they had to become bandits actually had guns?

Li Qi didn't know whose intelligence this group was insulting.

But none of that mattered anyway. Looking at the current situation, they definitely didn't want Amy to survive.

"Who are you?"

Amy ignored Li Qi hiding behind her. Her face was grim as she stared at the group, her gaze sweeping over each person.

She was looking for someone.

The 'bandits' walked up to Amy. They cocked the Single-Shot Rifles in their hands and aimed them at Amy and Li Qi.

One of them, who looked like the leader, said:

"Us? You see it, we're bandits! I advise you to be honest and not make any unnecessary moves, otherwise... you'll have a few more holes in you!"

"Do you want money? Or people?"

Amy suppressed her anger, asking as calmly as possible.

Who knew that as soon as she finished speaking, the bandits burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha!"

They laughed wildly, their laughter echoing through the mountain forest. The bandit who had just spoken said while laughing:

"At this point, do you think you can still negotiate with me?"

After speaking, his face instantly turned ferocious: "People and money, we want both! It just so happens that we brothers are tired of staying in this godforsaken forest, so we'll use you two 'Young Ladies' to spice things up!"

"Do you know who I am!!"

Amy finally couldn't suppress her anger and roared at them.

But the bandits who heard her words not only didn't cooperate by asking who she was, but instead wore mocking smiles on their faces.

Seeing those smiles, Amy's heart instantly went cold by half.

They knew who she was. They really knew who she was.

"Idiot."

Li Qi softly muttered from behind her.

Amy heard him clearly but didn't retort.

She said in a low voice:

"...It looks like we can't escape today. I'm sorry, I got you involved."

It was clearly Li Qi who insisted on following her, so even if something happened now, the responsibility wasn't on Amy.

But she still apologized to Li Qi.

Li Qi didn't know if she was apologizing because she was interested in him, or if it was just her nature.

But either way, Amy's apology significantly improved Li Qi's impression of her.

Poking her back with his hand, Li Qi softly asked:

"If I can distract them, how many can you handle?"

"...?"

Amy's eyes widened slightly. She turned her head and glanced at Li Qi out of the corner of her eye, asking, "What are you going to do?"

"Stop wasting time, answer my question."

"...I... I don't know how strong they are. If they're all ordinary people..."

"There are fifteen people in total, two Tactical Rank, two Level Three, and the rest are ordinary people. The problem is they have guns."

Li Qi quickly stated what he saw.

Amy was even more surprised.

How did Li Qi know the strength of this group?

However, Amy didn't have time to be surprised. She quickly estimated the power gap between the enemy and herself and asked:

"...How many can you tie down?"

"Besides those two Tactical Rank individuals, the others... I can handle them all by myself."

"..."

Amy thought Li Qi was bragging.

But at this point, she could only treat a dead horse as if it were alive.

The worst possible outcome was just dying anyway.

"What? You guys finished discussing? Decided to surrender now, or get beaten up by us first and then surrender?"

The bandit leader's words were playful.

He saw Li Qi and Amy talking, but they didn't stop them.

Perhaps in their eyes, with fifteen of them, each with a gun, and a Tactical Rank Knight holding down the fort, even if a Strategic Rank Mage Master showed up, there was no way they could escape their encirclement.

Let alone two delicate young ladies.

Normally, the bandits' thinking was correct.

To truly break out of their encirclement, only a Title Rank expert who had experienced battlefield slaughter and possessed a special Title could do it.

And they didn't think there would be a Title expert here.

It was just a pity that Li Qi was here.

So their 'normal' was about to become 'abnormal'.

Under the bandits' gaze, Li Qi hid himself even more discreetly.

He was like a frightened little girl, completely hiding behind Amy, as if only that could give him a sense of security.

The bandits didn't pay attention at first.

Not until they heard the faint sound of thunder.

Crackle—

The sound of lightning rang out behind Amy. By the time the bandits realized something was wrong, Li Qi's figure had already shot out from behind Amy like a swift leopard!

Golden electric light flashed in the air, and the 'girl's' figure formed an afterimage on the road, heading straight for the bandit closest to Amy!

"Fire!!!"

The bandit leader reacted quickly.

When he saw Li Qi's figure shoot out and run towards them, he immediately ordered his subordinates to fire, trying to shoot Li Qi down outside!

But Li Qi was too fast!

Golden electric light flowed on his legs. Stimulated by the golden current, he crossed a distance of over ten meters in almost the blink of an eye, arriving in front of the nearest bandit!

His left hand reached behind him, grabbing the Dagger hidden behind his waist. Mixed with a few strands of dark blue Magic Power, it slashed across the neck of the first bandit.

Before blood could spurt from the severed artery, Li Qi's right hand had already pulled out the Revolver and pulled the trigger on the few people further away on the other side!

Bang!!

With one shot, the bandit furthest away holding a gun fell down. A bloody hole appeared on his face; this shot blew his head off.

At such a close distance, there was no possibility of Li Qi missing.

It was only when Li Qi used the handgun to take care of the person further away that the blood from the person he had just slit the throat of finally sprayed out.

At the same time, the bandits' gunfire followed.

Grabbing the first bandit he had slit the throat of, he used him as a shield in front of himself.

Li Qi adjusted the Revolver in his right hand with one hand and fired at another person through the gaps in the corpse.

Bang!

The second bullet also accurately hit the enemy.

In less than five seconds, the enemy force was reduced by three.

"Damn it!! Kill her!!"

Seeing this, the bandit leader immediately dropped his previous cat-and-mouse attitude. He immediately ordered his subordinates to surround Li Qi.

He himself charged towards Amy.

Li Qi wasn't important to them; Amy was their target!

But just as the leader turned back, he saw Amy already charging straight at him.

At the same moment Li Qi was distracting everyone, Amy had made her move. By the time the leader turned back, Amy was already in front of him!

At such a close distance, the rifle in the leader's hand couldn't be used. He simply used the rifle as a melee weapon and smashed it down towards Amy's head.

Amy reached out and grabbed the rifle barrel, raising her knee high to kick the leader's chin.

The leader's other hand blocked Amy's knee in time. The hand holding the rifle carried red Magic Power, trying to increase his strength and push down Amy, who was holding the gun!

The two were in a stalemate for a moment!

But the leader wasn't alone on his side. Another Tactical Rank, after hesitating between 'going to deal with Li Qi' and 'completing the mission', chose the latter and turned to help the leader deal with Amy.

But this was undoubtedly a wrong decision.

While the two of them were suppressing Amy, Li Qi on the other side... had gone berserk.