12 Attacking the Red Bandits (1/2)

Underground of Solas Department Store.

”Where are Dylan and his men? It has been hours since they've been gone, they should already be back.”

”Tsssk that idiot, he is probably enjoying himself at the brothel. Tell him to report to me as soon as he comes back. Anything else ?”

”Ok Boss, the servants of the Solas Family are here to collect their share of the deal. What should we do ?”

”Give them what we agreed on. Tell them to put new requests for wolf furs, we can increase our hunting grounds. hehehe”

The important figures of the Red Bandits were all sitting around a table. On the side of the room, were dancers doing their performances. Though they were all young and attractive, the bandits focused their attention on their leader, after all, making money was more important. As long as they had money, they could hire beauties from anywhere.

”If we already discussed everything, let's eat brothers. Tomorrow, we'll have a lot of work to do” said the Red Bandit Leader while clapping his hands. Seconds later, servants came in carrying plates of food around the table.

But Suddenly

”Boom”

A young man dressed in red violently opened the door and rushed into the room.

”Alert! Alert !! We are under attack! The militia is here !”

”What? How did they discover our hideout ?”

....

Outside, on the main street, a large number of militia was gathered, completely surrounding the Solas Department Store. Many players were actually on the streets and were wondering if there was an event quest going to be triggered but nothing happened, instead, the militia formed a Perimeter of Security and strictly prohibited anyone from approaching the Store.

The commander went straight to the entrance and loudly knocked at the door.

”Sir, we are here for a surprise inspection, will you please open the door!”

A few seconds later, a servant opened the door and answered in a quiet and apologetic voice, ”Good evening commander, it is a bit late for an inspection, my master went back to his house. As much as I want to let you pass, I cannot let you in without his permission...”

But before he could finish his sentence, a shadow appeared behind him and hit him on his neck making the servant lose consciousness. It was a militia rogue. Contrary to popular belief, the militia was not composed solely of warriors and paladins, all the classes could actually be found but in different proportion.

The commander nodded at the rogue then raised his hand. It was the signal to begin the assault. Quickly, the militia went through the entrance in an orderly manner and seconds later, clashing of swords were heard.

Li Wei followed his team and quickly went inside, the scene in front of his eyes was really messy. Corpses were lying everywhere and many fights were happening everywhere in the main hall. Even if the Red Bandits were caught off guard, they were used to fighting and quickly reacted. They quickly held their ground, it was after all their territory.

Many Red Bandits first immediately surrendered, but the militia was not taking any prisoners. In such situation, they could not afford to spare some men to look after these prisoners and could only finish them off. When seeing that, the rest of the Red Bandits firmly held their weapons and fought back for their lives.

The commander was nowhere to be seen, from the look of things, he must have proceeded further into the shop.

Li Wei was observing the scene while sticking to his team but quickly, they received the command to engage the fight. Red Bandits were appearing out of nowhere and were sneak attacking the militia.

Having received the order, Li Wei Became excited. It was a good opportunity to get a lot of exp when he saw the messy fight, he immediately wanted to deal finishing blows to the Red Bandits but held that feeling inside and stayed with his team.

But now, he directly drew out his needles and threw them at the injured Red Bandits. He did not attack the newly arrived one but instead, dealing the finishing blow to the one engaged in fights. He received stares from the militia who were fighting the Red Bandits but they did not say anything. Li Wei was puzzled, did they mind it if he kills steal some Red Bandits? After all, the militia did not depend on exp to level up, from Li Wei's perspective, it would be a waste to lose all these juicy exp.

His 10 needles took down 10 Red Bandits and brought him a bunch of exp; all the Red Bandits here were at least level 7 and were all class holders. Having nothing else to throw, Li Wei drew out his sword and engaged a Red Bandit warrior.

The latter grinned, seeing Li Wei, who was young compared to the other militia, he judged that his opponent was just some random rookie that he could quickly finish off. But against all expectations, the young man easily dodged his sword and bashed his shield forward.

Li Wei focused, in such as messy fight, he could not afford any mistakes; he could easily get surrounded and focused by the other Red Bandits in the surroundings. He dodged the incoming sword by jumping to the right and used his imitation of [Bash] to strike the Red Bandit's head.

Li Wei successfully landed his attack and quickly followed up with a [Cleave]. A militia next to him also charged at the Red Bandit, completely overwhelming him. But before his HP bar could hit 0, a series of blue lights appeared, ”+20”,”+21”... Several Red Bandits appeared from behind a shelf as reinforcement.

”Crap! Mages and rangers, focus the priests !”

Li Wei tried to charge at the priests but the Red Bandits were not stupid, their warriors and paladins formed a wall, preventing anyone from reaching the priests. Li Wei and the militia, violently charged forward, hacking their weapons at the Red Bandits. In front of the Li Wei, was a level 7 Paladin, the latter was forced to stay behind his shield, Li Wei continuously slashed his sword down but could not break his defense.

The space was very limited, he could not attack from the side as there were other militias and Red Bandits present. Mages and Rangers continuously fired at the back lines but with the cooldowns, the priests could just heal up or drink potions safely at the back. With priests on both sides, the situation was in a deadlock, but that did not last for long.

”We are here to help! Charge !”