"Clank, clank."
The sound of the wagon rolling on never stopped. Sometimes, it was enough to drive a person mad, yet at other times, it sounded like pure enjoyment.
The emerald-green plains stretched as far as the eye could see. Flocks of birds flew overhead, and every so often, startled rabbits or fawns could be seen leaping high out of the grass. Whenever that happened, Kalli and Anderson would always give chase. Sometimes they returned with prey; sometimes, they could not even find the arrows they had shot.
But it truly was an enjoyable process. After all, nobody would refuse a meal of meat.
The wind came from afar, carrying a brazen thunder of hooves.
Fifteen riders burst out of a patch of woods ahead, howling as they came, like hyenas hunting across the grasslands.
"Turn the wagon sideways! Use it as cover and form up!"
As the veteran Robert's shout rang out, Zhang Yang had already urged his horse forward. He undid the three Imprisonment Spears and placed them in the Peculiar Pouch hanging at one side of his saddle.
The newcomers were a higher-class group of bandits, with status: four Rogue Knights, six Rogue Squires, and five Second Son Wanderers, also known as Second Son Explorers.
They all possessed noble status, and every one of them was a family's second son. Since they had no right to inherit their family's territory, they were driven out once they came of age. Some second sons became regular soldiers of the kingdom, like Tonks, or found ways to become knights in the regular army.
But some Noble Scions were unwilling to accept such restraints. Thus, they wandered through the kingdom in groups, living carefree lives through extortion and robbery.
That was why they were called Rogue Knights, Rogue Squires, and Second