While Janet and her band of bandits lay in hiding, planning to kick the Monroe Family while they were down, she had no idea that she, too, had become someone else's prey.
Patriarch Adam Monroe was wounded, and the Golden-Winged Roc had transformed into a blond, middle-aged man whose skin was covered in blade wounds. Under the protection of the Monroe Family's elite, they gradually retreated toward the Monroe Family's territory.
When they reached a densely overgrown patch of shrubs shaded by several towering trees, Janet and her men, who had long been lying in ambush, immediately charged out with shouts. The old man beside Janet cast the wind support spell "Acceleration" over the bandits, one after another. The fierce bandits rushed into the Monroe Family's ranks, swinging their weapons as they attacked.
This caught Han Shuo by surprise. He had originally thought Janet was lying in ambush here merely to seize an opportunity to plunder them. He had not expected her to order an immediate slaughter the moment the Monroe Family appeared. It seemed plunder was not her objective this time.
"Adam, you old bastard! You deserve this rotten luck! You even dared come after me. You must be tired of living!" Janet did not join the fight, but shouted boisterously, brimming with confidence, her pretty face filled with smug excitement.
"Kill them, and the Monroe Family is finished! Let's see if they still dare cause us trouble!" the bandits shouted, swinging their weapons in a ferocious assault. They chased the Monroe Family's experts, who had already suffered heavy losses, into a desperate rout.
On this trip into the valley, the major factions had perhaps shared a tacit understanding, as none had brought too many people. The Monroe Family had brought several dozen experts in total. After Loretta's berserk