At last, Han Shuo slowly reached the checkpoint. With just a glance into the distance, he spotted clusters of people gathered in the shadows, all waiting for him to leave the valley.
"Friend, things don't look good out there. Why don't you pay another eight hundred Black Crystal Coins and spend another night in Deep Valley? Otherwise, I believe you'll be a corpse on the street the moment you leave!" A guard at the checkpoint looked sympathetically at Han Shuo, who was walking at the front, and offered a kindly warning.
He had looked around the area and long since learned who those gathered crowds were targeting. The guards had all been secretly curious about just who could attract the attention of so many bandits, so they had kept watching.
Ever since those forces gathered outside the checkpoint, anyone who had intended to leave through it had either taken a detour or simply stayed inside Deep Valley, afraid to come out. After such a long wait, Han Shuo's group was the only one to approach, and the moment they appeared at the checkpoint, excited panting came from outside.
Clearly, Han Shuo was the target of those fiends outside!
"Thank you for the warning. We're leaving the valley!" Han Shuo smiled, not taking the guard's words to heart.
The guard nodded and said no more. With a wave of his hand, a broad passage opened through the checkpoint, letting Han Shuo and the others pass.
"Courting death!" Another guard curled his lip, staring disdainfully at Han Shuo. He had been expecting some formidable figure to appear, and when he discovered that it was only Han Shuo's group, he could not help feeling deeply disappointed.
"Let's go. Let's not keep them waiting!" Han Shuo was the first to leave Deep Valley. Behind