Keep Flirting and Don't Get Killed

Prison Star Calendar

May 6, 187

7:36 am

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The first thing Woodall, the village chief of Ella Village, did when he got up in the morning was to lead a patrol. There was no formal security force in their small village, and it was all up to Woodall and several other men and youngsters to protect the village from wild animals.

"Summer is here. Wild boars will start to run rampant, and you have to be more careful about the farmland."

After explaining the matter to everyone, Woodall went to the house arranged for Banning to see if there was anything he could help with.

However, he saw that Banning was not in the house, and there was no sign that he had slept on the bed. As a hunter, Woodall knew immediately that Banning did not spend the night here last night.

Strange...

Woodall toured the village again, but not only could he not find Banning, the other villagers had not seen him either. Woodall thought that Ella Village was so small, it was impossible that no one saw him, unless... unless Banning had left quietly overnight.

Woodall was very confused. He couldn't think of any reason for Banning to leave so suddenly. Asking around, he found that nothing had been stolen.

...Should we mobilize everyone to look for him nearby?

Woodall felt that it was not worth mobilizing a large force for someone who had just joined the village for less than a day. If he was not found in the end, it would affect the atmosphere of the village. Small villages like theirs were most afraid of depopulation.

At this time, Woodall saw Violet, who seemed to be looking for someone, so he asked her and learned that she was also looking for Banning.

"It's nothing serious... I just saw that his clothes were torn, and I wanted to ask him if he needed help... or something..." Violet stammered, lowering her head.

Woodall sighed and then told her the truth. "Banning might have left the village. Although he seemed very happy with everyone yesterday, we don't know much about him... Maybe he has something to hide."

Violet didn't seem to listen to what Woodall said later. She just stood there blankly, and after a long while, she stiffly replied "Mm-hmm" before leaving in a daze, without even saying thank you or goodbye to Woodall.

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In a cave more than twenty kilometers away from Ella Village, the bandits of the Scarlet Cloud group were making intensive preparations before the attack.

Wolf, the leader of the Scarlet Cloud Bandits, left the cave without being seen by his companions and came alone to another small cave nearby. He followed the marking that only he knew, took out a treasure hidden in the cave, and carried it with him.

A year ago, the Scarlet Cloud Bandits fled to the border of the Lord Green Lizard's territory to avoid the spotlight. During that time, Wolf once led a small scouting team and happened to rob a passing caravan. He thought that he had robbed ordinary goods, but he did not expect to find a treasure box engraved with the emblem of the Purple Unicorn Clan.

The Purple Unicorn Clan was one of the five major lord families in the Kingdom of Wester. Most people wouldn't dare touch their things. If they did, they would be mercilessly hunted down by the Purple Unicorn Clan.

If Wolf knew in advance that there were things of the Purple Unicorn Clan in the caravan, he would not dare to rob them even if he had ten guts. But now that it had already happened, and this wasn't actually the Purple Unicorn Clan's caravan, but it just happened to be something of theirs in the merchandise, he might as well go all the way.

As soon as he decided that, Wolf ordered his men to kill all the people in the caravan, and then set fire to destroy the bodies and make the caravan disappear from the face of the earth. Later, on the way back to join the main force, Wolf found an opportunity to kill all the men in the scouting team. On his return, he lied to the others that he had encountered a caravan with elite guards, and all his companions were killed, and he was the only one who broke out of the encirclement.

This way, Wolf was the only one who knew about the treasure box.

In the treasure box of the Purple Unicorn Clan, there was a scarlet gem with unknown effects. After Wolf carefully inquired around, he learned that the scarlet gem was not a common thing, but it would cost a lot of money to hire a jeweler of the corresponding class to identify and process it, and this was exactly the main motivation for his recent continuous pillaging of villages.

After raiding the Ella Village, the Scarlet Cloud Bandits had to leave the area immediately before the news spread, so before this operation, Wolf took the treasure box out. He felt relieved only when he carried this treasure with him.

Well, that brat has been left out to dry for quite some time. If I go and scare him now, I should be able to get something out of him.

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In the cave, Jiang Ran listened to the stupid loli scolding him for more than an hour without saying a word. He concluded that the stupid loli's vocabulary for scolding people was really scarce. It was all emotion without any skills. If she were to fight with the selling aunties in the vegetable market, she would be scolded to tears in a minute.

Besides appreciating the stupid loli's scolding skills, Jiang Ran reorganized the information he had obtained since entering the bandit cave and formed a clear idea of ​​what to do next. Originally, he thought that the main ability of the Super Dimensional Eye was to predict death, but now it seemed that the power of reading minds was really not inferior.

After a while, Wolf came over and Jiang Ran immediately entered the acting mode.

"My king, spare my life!"

"My king, I really want to surrender!"

"My king... please don't kill me... I... I am willing to do anything for you... wuwuwuwu..."

Banning, whose hands and feet were tied, wriggled on the ground like an earthworm while shouting and crying bitterly.

Wolf sent the guard away and walked toward Banning.

"Okay, you go down and rest for a while. I have something to ask this kid."

Only Wolf and Banning were left in the simple cell. Wolf stepped on Banning's head mercilessly and twisted his shoe left and right. The rough sole scraped Banning's face, drawing blood, and almost crushed his ear.

As Banning rolled over in pain, wailing continuously, Wolf squatted down and began to ask questions in a low voice.

"Okay, kid, shut up if you want to live."

Upon hearing this, Banning immediately shut up and stopped rolling around as he lay there quietly staring at Wolf, his face full of fear and tension.

"Hehe, not bad, I like obedient dogs."

Wolf smiled and got straight to the point.

"Listen, kid, you don't have to act anymore, I already know you and Fox are in cahoots. Fox told me everything."

Hearing this, Banning opened his mouth in surprise, and even his pupils trembled. Wolf did not miss the changes in his expression that exposed his inner thoughts, so he knew that his tactic had been successful, and this stinky boy had been completely shocked.

"If you tell me the truth now, I can spare your life and let you stay in the bandit group, but if you dare to lie to me again, I will drag you out and chop you up as a sacrifice. Do you understand?"

"Understood! Great, great king! I, I, I will tell you now!!!"

Banning was so excited that his body was shaking. His face was covered with blood, snot, and tears, which was horrible to look at, but he didn't care about it and immediately began to confess to Wolf.

"Great king, I, I, I didn't follow Fox here at all. I… how could I have that ability, right? In fact, Fox wanted to bring me to this cave..."

Banning began to explain the things between him and Fox without reservation. Wolf listened with a smile. He enjoyed playing with others the most.

In fact, Fox had already set out for Luka Village, and Wolf didn't ask him anything at all. Now that this kid had told him everything, Wolf was going to kill him, take his head, and then go to settle the accounts with Fox.