· Elchea!

"That smells amazing—big bro, look over there!"

"Look what I found! Three fair, cute, fat little lambs!"

"Hey! You three! This is a robbery!"

Just as Sora was gulping down the Century Soup in his hands, three men emerged from the grass not far away. They had been wandering nearby in search of prey when they suddenly caught an enticing aroma, and instinctively followed the scent straight over.

Sure enough, just as they had expected, following the scent had led them to three fat little lambs who looked easy to take down. The three bandits charged right up to Lu Qiming and the others with an imposing air, grinning viciously as they declared a robbery.

"Big bro, big bro! That thing's almost finished!"

While Sora was observing the bandits who had appeared out of nowhere with a puzzled look, a guy across from him who was as skinny as a bamboo pole suddenly pointed at the Century Soup in Sora's hand, which only had one last mouthful left, and shouted.

"Hey, kid! Didn't you hear us? You're being robbed right now, and the thing in your hand is part of the stakes too. You're not allowed to drink any more of it—at least leave us that last sip!"

"Huh?"

Sora was a little dumbfounded by the three bandits in front of him. Were they sure they hadn't come here to put on a comedy act?

They kept talking about robbing them and all that, but they did not even have weapons in their hands. And even setting aside the lack of weapons, from the start they had acted as if they had no intention of using force at all—or rather, they wanted to use force to rob them, but had no way to actually do it.

Suddenly, Sora remembered what