Wandering through the Desert Metal Mercenary Group, Xiao Le strolled about with great interest, curious to see what his two elder brothers had accomplished over the past few years.
Passing through the rear courtyard and arriving at the front courtyard of the Desert Metal Mercenary Group, Xiao Le found that the group was like a massive machine. Even without Xiao Ding and Xiao Li overseeing it, it continued operating in perfect order.
Everyone he encountered along the way greeted Xiao Le with friendly, respectful looks.
Before he had gone far, a discordant voice interrupted his enjoyment.
"You damned ***, get lost!"
As he approached, he saw a man dressed in mercenary clothes pointing at a girl sitting on the ground and berating her harshly.
She wore a green dress, and her porcelain-doll-like face was now filled with panic as she stared helplessly at the man. Her eyes brimmed with terror and sorrow.
"That's enough!"
Xiao Le truly could not stand watching any longer and spoke up.
Xiao Le's appearance immediately drew everyone's attention. Once they recognized him, they hurriedly greeted him respectfully, "Young Master Xiao Le!"
"What happened?" Xiao Le pointed at one of the bystanders.
Before long, Xiao Le learned the full story. When he discovered the girl's identity, he was even more delighted.
That was right—the girl was Qinglin, one of Xiao Le's objectives on this trip.
Because Qinglin was the child of a human and a snake-person, that man, who had once suffered humiliation at the hands of snake-people, had taken out his anger on her.
"Hmph!" Xiao Le's expression turned cold as he snorted. "Bullying an unarmed little girl is all you're capable of? So what if she has snake-person blood?"
After hearing his words, the mercenaries all lowered their heads in shame, not daring to