The bustling streets instantly descended into chaos with the arrival of the Sand Bandits.
Like a natural disaster, people cursed amid the chaos and fled in panic from what had once been a lively, peaceful market. Some even took advantage of the confusion to start looting valuables.
"Hide first." Dawn immediately gave the order to take cover. It was better to be cautious when they did not know who the enemy was, and he believed Rear Admiral Yak had probably heard the commotion and was already on his way.
Though a Rear Admiral-level fighter was nothing much in the Grand Line, in the Four Seas, where people had not even mastered Haki, a Rear Admiral was more than enough to handle most situations.
After a while, the dust storm in the desert subsided. Amid strange cries and the jingling bells on camels, Dawn finally got a clear look at the newcomers.
Each of the dozens of camels carried a rider. They wore hats and face coverings of various colors, and the corners of their exposed eyes revealed the Sand Bandits' dark, weathered skin.
The assortment of mismatched weapons in their hands had already revealed their identities—Sand Bandits!
As their name implied, Sand Bandits were thieves of the desert. They were also the enemies Rear Admiral Yak had warned them to watch out for before they split up.
They were no different from pirates or mountain bandits, except for the region they operated in. They burned, killed, looted, and plundered without caring about the consequences.
Yet when the two sides were still over two hundred meters apart, Dawn and his group were somehow discovered. The Sand Bandits on the camels pulled out guns from their waists and opened fire on them.
It was not just Dawn and the others; even the