Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 billion people

Chapter 115: Slaughtering Bandits
In the dense forest, towering trees rise from the ground.

Countless treetops intertwined into a green dome high in the sky, blocking the scorching sun above. The sunlight barely shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves, forming a few discrete spots of light.

"Huh, it's finally cooler."

Xia Mingyu stepped on the moist ground covered with fallen leaves, and sighed as he sniffed the fragrance of trees in the air.

"Your Highness, we are now outside the outer areas of the South Wind Forest and can now set up the bear-attracting incense."

Berg, who was carrying a bag on his back, spoke.

"it is good."

Then, Berg put the bag on the ground, rummaged through it for a while, took out a piece of orange-yellow solid that looked like a honeycomb, and lit it with a match.

After the orange-yellow solid was ignited, it emitted a sweet smell that quickly spread into the depths of the forest under the continuous breeze flowing through the forest.

"Wind, impact."

Xia Mingyu released magic, and with the help of the recoil force of the wind hitting the ground, he jumped lightly onto the thick branch of a towering tree.

The agile Berg also jumped onto another big tree in a few moves.

Afterwards, the two hid in the dense foliage, quietly waiting for their prey to come.

One hour, two hours, three hours.
When the clear sky gradually became dark, the two people on the tree looked at each other helplessly and finally jumped down from the tree.

"Master, it seems that the Earth Bear Monster is not easy to find."

Berg looked at the half remaining bear incense in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

During these few hours, a few bears were indeed attracted, but they were not monsters, just ordinary wild beasts.

Before it could bite the bear-luring incense, it was scared away by the arrow he shot.

Of course, there were also some stubborn bears who wanted to eat the bear attractant incense regardless of the consequences, but as soon as they took a lick, two angry men jumped down from the tree and beat them up with punches and kicks. The bears could only run away with their paws holding their heads.

"After all, the demon beast is different from the wild wolf in the Howling Forest last time. Perhaps ordinary baits can't attract it."

Xia Mingyu pondered.

Now, it seems that he will have to stay in the dense forest of Nanfeng for a long time.

"Sensory enhancement."

At this time, Berg activated his ability, closed his eyes and listened carefully to everything around him.

In an instant, the originally quiet forest became countless times louder as if a loudspeaker was added.

The trembling of leaves, the fragrance of pine needles, the musty smell of rotting leaves, the stench of wild beasts' urine. His perception was like an invisible net, constantly expanding its range to capture all kinds of information in the woods, and finally converging in his brain.

Soon, he heard something unusual.

Somewhere in the dense forest several thousand meters away from here, there seemed to be miserable pleas and the wild laughter of a group of people.

Recalling the information that His Highness had mentioned before that there were bandits in the dense forest of South Wind, Berg instantly guessed what was happening there. It was nothing more than bandits robbing and killing.

Should I tell His Highness? Given His Highness's personality, he'll definitely help the other person.

As a servant, my greatest duty is not to help others, but to ensure the safety of my lord.

Berg thought seriously.

They are just a bunch of bandits. There shouldn't be any Morning Star-level warriors among them. In that case, it's better to tell His Highness.
"How's it going, Berg? Have you found any traces of the ground bear?"

Xia Mingyu asked after seeing Berg open his eyes.

"Your Highness, not at the moment, but I heard pleading and malicious laughter, they must be bandits."

"Which direction!"

Before Berg could finish, Xia Mingyu interrupted and asked.

"southeast."

"Berg, go!"

The two of them flashed and quickly rushed towards the southeast wind direction.

"Please, don't kill me!"

Yude looked at the bandits surrounding him with fear. He was terrified by their ferocious appearance and the bloody swords in their hands.

The leading gangster was a burly man with muscular build, a hideous scar across his face, and a line of dark green text above his head - Fighter.

"I'm just a pharmacist. I came to the jungle to collect herbs. I don't have anything valuable on me." Youde explained in a panic.

As a pharmacist, he would not come to collect herbs in person.

However, he was unable to hire anyone in a short period of time due to the problem of bandits, and his employer was in critical condition, so he stepped into the dense forest with a lucky mentality. Unexpectedly, he ran into bandits not long after he entered.

"Boss Ike, it seems that this ugly guy really doesn't have anything valuable." The bandit came to report after searching through his bag and only found some herbs and bottles and jars.

When he heard the word ugly, a hint of gloom flashed in Youde's eyes.

"Damn."

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader named Ike seemed very dissatisfied. He grabbed the short Youde's neck with one hand and lifted him up.

Yoder suddenly felt a sharp pain that made it difficult to breathe, and he struggled to break free.

Fortunately, Ike quickly threw him to the ground in disgust.

"Is such an ugly creature really human? It's bad luck to meet it."

Ike wiped his hands on his men's clothes, looking disgusted.

"Can you please let me go? My employer is in imminent danger and needs my potion to save his life."

Enduring the pain of humiliation, Youde forced a smile and begged.

Snapped!
"No, it's even uglier."

Ike kicked the pharmacist away. The heavy blow caused him to fall to the ground, holding his stomach in pain.

"You're unlucky. If you were so ugly before, I might have sold you to a circus. But now, those lords in the southern border have gone crazy and killed people at will after listening to that rubbish sage. We're hiding in the dense forest and dare not go out at all."

When the sage was mentioned, a trace of deep hatred flashed across the face of the bandit leader.

He used to have his own gang, and usually worked as a dog for a nobleman, collecting protection fees from prostitutes and lending money at high interest rates. He didn't know how happy his life was. But now he can only hide in the deep jungle with his men and live like wild beasts, suffering from wind and rain.

"Kill him," Ike ordered.

A gangster walked towards Youde who was lying on the ground with a knife.

"Is this how I'm going to die?"

Looking at the increasingly approaching bandits, Youde felt a sense of relief unexpectedly flashing through his heart while feeling desperate.

There seemed to be nothing in his past life worth living for, and his only regret was that he could not treat his employer's illness.

This world is too cruel to him.
Swish!
At this moment, an iron arrow broke through the air and instantly pierced the head of the bandit who was walking towards them with a knife.

Before the bandit could even utter a single wail, he suddenly fell to the ground and became a corpse.

"Who? Enemy attack!"

The bandits were horrified and immediately picked up their weapons and looked vigilantly in the direction where the arrow came from.

Yude, who had escaped death, also raised his head with difficulty, trying to see who had saved him.

A young man wearing a black top hat pushed aside the dense grass and slowly walked out.

His face was so handsome that it looked like a carefully carved statue. Under the brim of his hat were a pair of flawless eyes like black gemstones. His skin was fair and delicate, and glowed with a healthy luster in the sunlight.

What a perfect face!

Youde sighed in his heart with great envy.

How could such a perfect person die because of an ugly monster like him?

"Run, there are extraordinary bandits here." Youde shouted with all his might.

But it was too late. The bandits who had reacted had already rushed towards the young man with sharp swords.

Then, Yoder saw something that he would never forget in his life.

Snapped!
The black-eyed young man simply snapped his fingers, and the bandits who rushed over fell flat on the ground where there was no obstacle, one after another, as if they were cursed.

Many of the bandits were unlucky enough to bump into the sharp weapons in their hands and died in a ridiculous way.

Afterwards, the bandits who got up again looked at the young man with a hint of fear in their eyes. They hesitated and prepared to retreat behind the boss.

Cuckoo!
However, the black-eyed young man did not let them go. He took off his top hat, and the next moment countless white doves flew out of the hat.

These white pigeons appear peaceful, but are actually extremely aggressive. They rush towards the bandits at such a speed that only their afterimages can be seen.

A pigeon swooped down on a robber and scratched his eyes with its sharp claws.

The bandit screamed and fell to the ground.

Another swooping white dove pierced the throat of another bandit with its sharp beak like a dagger.

The man covered his throat and screamed, blood gushing out from between his fingers, and he soon fell down, staining the soil red.

Under the crazy attack of the flock of white pigeons, in just a short moment, the group of vicious bandits became voiceless corpses.

Only the leader of the bandits barely blocked the attack of the white pigeons. He looked at the black-eyed young man with extreme fear, as if he had seen a devil, just as he was afraid of him before.

(End of this chapter)