Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 48 Defeat the Enemy
Li Wei was completely dumbfounded!

What's going on? Why did these robbers attack immediately?
Didn't Penny and the others call Anderson's name from afar?

Furthermore, shouldn't the normal procedure involve conversation, interrogation, capture, and demanding ransom?
Are these guys real savages or bandits? How can they be so ferocious!

Forget about conversations, interrogations, and pretense; just kill them first.

Or, smash it half to death?

No, in fact, just four or five seconds later, several lines of chilling, blood-red information appeared directly in front of Li Wei's eyes.

[Family member, your fiancée Missy was tragically killed after being struck on the head with a stone by robbers.]

[Family member, your sister Penny has fallen into a coma due to injury.]

[Monthly Special Family Main Quest - Foreign trade suffers a major setback; if the head of the family, Penny, dies, the family will be devastated.]

[Penny, the head of the family, has caused serious consequences with her family development strategy. Her abilities are being questioned, her completion rating will be significantly lowered, she has been forcibly deducted fifty family contribution points, and she has been stripped of her title as a family elder. For the next two months, she will be unable to obtain the title of family elder. All plot-driven deaths targeting her only require one family contribution point to initiate, but she needs five family contribution points to be immune. Similarly, plot-driven deaths she initiates also require five family contribution points, assuming she can still come back alive.]

[WARNING! You can choose to rescue Penny, or you can choose to let her die.]

[Warning! The bandits have discovered that Penny is a woman and believe she is a witch spreading the plague among them, so they burn her alive.]

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Grass!
So that's where the problem lies—the woman, the witch!
In a flash, Li Wei realized that he didn't understand why these bandits hated and feared two women disguised as men so much. Could this really be a medieval setting with witches running rampant and plagues spreading?

How to do?
To save or not to save?

Li Wei hesitated for only a second before making a decision. He could be saved, whether he could actually survive was another matter, but he couldn't stand by and watch someone die; he absolutely couldn't accept that assessment.

The last time Penny's fiancé Sam was killed by a pack of wolves, she chose not to help him, and the consequences were dire.

Sam's position in the family was not important, so his death was no big deal.

But Penny is currently the head of the family. If he chooses not to help her in her time of need, Li Wei thinks he might have to be removed from his position as a family elder.

With time of the essence, Li Wei didn't have time for detours. He simply dropped the package containing dry food and water, picked up the iron spear in his left hand, and the recurve bow and hunting bow in his right. A bold plan took shape in his mind.

Although he could shoot from a distance with a bow and arrow, the eight opponents were clearly bandits skilled in mountain warfare, and he was unfamiliar with the terrain. How could he possibly win?
Therefore, it is necessary to inflict maximum damage on the enemy's manpower before they can react.

This requires first showing weakness to the enemy.

At that moment, Li Wei started yelling loudly, seemingly in a great hurry, and his voice echoed continuously in the mountain valley.

He then ran wildly down the road along the mountain ridge, attracting the attention of the eight bandits a few hundred meters away, while also throwing his iron spear, the recurve bow, and five cone-headed arrows behind a large tree.

Then, holding a hunting bow and three wolf-tooth arrows, he charged forward.

Li Wei's strategy was very successful.

The bandits, who had originally intended to enter the trap to investigate, were alarmed. When they saw Li Wei rushing down the mountain ridge alone, they didn't laugh out loud. Instead, they exchanged a few words briefly and then strode towards Li Wei.

But they didn't all rush over at once.

There were only four bandits charging straight at Li Wei from the front.

The other four robbers split into two groups, flanking them from the left and right.

There was absolutely no sign of disrespect. Li Wei's heart pounded with anxiety, but he knew he had no other choice. He tried to calm himself down to avoid expending too much energy, while slowing his pace and looking around cautiously.

When the four bandits charging straight at him were more than a hundred meters away, he shakily drew his bow and fired. A wolf-tooth arrow flew weakly and landed more than forty meters away.

Then he turned and ran, while the four robbers did not shout anything, but remained silent and chased after him frantically, closing the distance to more than fifty meters in just a moment.

The other four bandits, who were flanking Li Wei from a distance, were cutting off his retreat.

Li Weiyi gritted his teeth, desperately trying to calm himself down. He took a deep breath, drew his bow again, and a wolf-tooth arrow flew up, hitting the target well and landing a few steps in front of a bandit.

Calm down, killing one is enough!
A resolute expression appeared on Li Wei's face. He stopped running and stared intently at the biggest bandit. That guy was like a wild beast, with fierce eyes. His thick, brown beard and bushy hair made him look like a lion. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and the momentum of his high-speed charge was truly terrifying!

That was murderous intent.

Go to hell!

Ignoring the four bandits who had begun to flank him from both sides, Li Wei slowly and steadily drew back his hunting bow, aiming at the burly bandit who had already charged twenty-five meters away.

"Buzz!"

With a slight twang of the bowstring, the burly bandit simultaneously slid away.

He couldn't dodge the barrage of arrows, but he could observe Li Wei's movements in advance.

Damn, this guy is a pro.

However, at the last moment, Li Wei was not actually aiming at him, but at a short but strong middle-aged bandit who was three or four meters away from him and three or five steps behind, wearing a mismatched leather armor.

If that big bandit hadn't slid, Li Wei wouldn't have even been able to shoot him, because there wasn't enough range.

But now, within an effective shooting range of less than thirty meters, with the short, middle-aged bandit not even having a warning or reaction, and even with his speed slowed down, Li Wei's arrow was shot perfectly, and the 40% accuracy bonus of a professional hunter was perfectly utilized.

"call out!"

The distinctive whooshing sound rang out belatedly, and by the time all the bandits realized what had happened, the wolf-tooth arrow had already accurately pierced the right eye of the short, middle-aged bandit, penetrating more than ten centimeters deep.

No matter who he is or what boastful past he may have, at this moment, he is beyond saving and doomed.

Li Wei didn't care about his victory at all. In that instant, he dropped his hunting bow, turned around, and ran away like a greyhound.

The speed is very fast.

Following this were piercing screams and angry roars.

All the bandits began to accelerate their sprint, and their heavy breathing could be clearly heard.

Closer, closer.

The burly bandit even threw away his weapon, a heavy stone hammer, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up to Li Wei within a dozen meters.

Meanwhile, the bandits flanking Li Wei from the north and south were only thirty or forty meters away.

He had nowhere to run!

But in the next moment, he rushed behind a big tree by the roadside, crouched down, picked up a recurve bow, grabbed three cone-shaped arrows with his other hand, put two of them in his mouth, and nocked the third one with lightning speed. He turned around, slid out of the tree, and drew the bow in unison. The big bandit had already closed to within ten meters.

His face, contorted with rage and frantic running, was so clear that before fear could even flash in his eyes, a sharp, cone-shaped arrow pierced his right eye, the arrowhead even penetrating the back of his head!
With its sharp, steel-tipped arrows and a recurve bow weighing at least fifty pounds, it was virtually unstoppable at such close range!
(End of this chapter)