Global Lords: Hundredfold Increments Starting With the Undead

Otherwise, his reign as Lord would come to an end.

"They are not bandits, open the city gate, let them in," ordered Ma Hong immediately.

Upon hearing that they were not bandits, the militia breathed a sigh of relief.

They quickly opened the city gate.

The city gate was opened.

It was only when Fang Hao's group entered the city that Ma Hong realized the seriousness of the situation.

The once glittering guard squad was now distinctly disheveled.

Many were wounded, and some had even died.

Some had dented armor, some still had arrows lodged in their bodies.

They looked like defeated fugitives.

Upon seeing Fang Hao in the group, Ma Hong immediately approached him, "Lord Fang Hao, was your group attacked?"

Although Fang Hao looked reasonably okay, just weary from the journey, it was evident from his expression that he was suppressing his anger.

"Let's go to your lord's mansion to talk. Have someone close the city gates and strengthen the patrol," Fang Hao said.

"Oh, okay," Ma Hong agreed, albeit somewhat confused.

Still, he carried out Fang Hao's instructions.

The city gate was closed again, and additional personnel were deployed on the city walls.

...

Inside the lord's mansion.

Fang Hao, Demitrija, Aseti, Anjia, Rebecca, and the leaders of the four mercenary groups were present.

The mercenary groups had suffered the most losses, with casualties in every team.

Following them were the trusted aides and the Lionheart Knights.

These individuals, bodies stained with blood and emanating anger, sat there, making Ma Hong, the host, rather uneasy.

Without allowing anyone else to speak, Fang Hao took the lead, "Bring in the man we captured."

Soon, a bandit with both arms broken was brought in.

He had been captured during their retreat.

Since there were no pursuers on the road, they had brought him here.

They roughly tossed the bandit onto the ground.

He was pale and weak, looking decidedly unwell.

Everyone watched him with anger in their eyes.

"Who are you people?" Fang Hao asked him, his voice deep.

The bandit struggled to lift his head and glanced at Fang Hao, "If I tell you, will you spare my life?"

He may have been a bandit, but he wasn't foolish. He realized this was the only time he had a bargaining chip.

Once he revealed everything, he feared he would lose even that much.

Fang Hao eyed him deeply, "That depends on whether you are truthful or not."

"Alright, ask away!" said the bandit.

"Who are you people?"

"We belong to the Life-taker's camp. This time, as per the orders of Boss Tyrant, we set up an ambush specifically for you," said the bandit without hesitation.

Upon hearing Life-taker's camp, Ma Hong's face paled.

Fang Hao was indeed in conflict with the ruthless bandits of Life-taker's camp.

And it seemed, Fang Hao had suffered losses.

Feeling satisfied with his demeanor, Fang Hao nodded and continued his inquiry, "How did you know we would pass through there today?"

"Half a month ago, we began monitoring that route. Last night, we suddenly received a message about your whereabouts."

"Why were you watching us? What is your goal?"

"That... I'm not sure. The order we received was to kill all, except the woman in the middle carriage."

Upon hearing this, Fang Hao and the others looked at Rebecca in sync.

Rebecca's carriage was extremely luxurious and conspicuous.

Sparing only Rebecca and killing all the others was indeed ruthless.

This meant these reckless bandits had attacked an official unit, all for the sake of capturing Rebecca.

All eyes turned to Rebecca, but she just shook her head lightly, "I have no idea."

Indeed, had she known something, they wouldn't have been ambushed.

Fang Hao turned to the bandit again, "Tell me about your stronghold, who is the leader, and how many people do you have."

"Uh, our boss is called Tyrant, the second in command is Greedy Wolf, and the third is Li Zhenhu, they...."

"Wait... Did you say Li Zhenhu?"

As the bandit was speaking, Ma Hong, who had been quiet, suddenly interrupted.

The sudden exclamation startled everyone.

"Ah... Yes, he is called Li Zhenhu..." confirmed the bandit.

From the name, it could be inferred that Li Zhenhu was a transmigrator.

Those weapons and armors amongst the bandits were probably exchanged by Li Zhenhu through the area channel.

However, what was the reason for Ma Hong's surprise?

"What? Do you know him?" Fang Hao turned to Ma Hong.

Ma Hong hesitated for a moment, as if something dawned on him.

He angrily muttered, "Damn, that Li Zhenhu bastard is fishing here."