The Guardian's Sword

"Stop!" Sean ordered under his breath.

The city defense soldiers at the front stopped, and the city defense soldiers behind naturally followed suit.

"Zander, keep guard here while I take two city defense soldiers to investigate. If I confirm that the bandits are the ones who took Dorodo's residents, I'll signal you with a flare!" Sean said to Zander.

Zander wanted to say something, but Sean had already headed that way with two city defense soldiers.

Sean did not take these 200 city defense soldiers with him because it would be too loud with so many people riding together. The bandits would notice them before they got close. It was why he approached so quietly with only two soldiers.

After confirming they were their targets, he could create chaos with his men to delay them while firing a flare to inform Zander to pursue them with the rest.

200 city defense soldiers and Zander were about three kilometers away from the camp.

soldiers were now about

close in on foot!" Sean

"Yes!"

the three of them dismounted and approached the camp on foot, finding

or so men in the stray mercenary regiment. Sean found out the number of people in the stray mercenary regiment by counting the horses tied to the outskirts of the camp. These mercenaries were drinking

and found two dozen poor women sitting together tied up with ropes when they reached the

ranged from 11 or 12 years old to over 30. The 11 or 12-year-old girls had gone to work in the fields outside the city with the adults and were kidnapped because they failed to escape in time. Regardless of

you. I'll kill you if you cry again!" A drunken strong man yelled with a riding crop in his

the women were silent. None

"You set fire to all the tents. And you cut the horses' ropes and let them all go. Without them, these

"Yes!"

two city defense soldiers nodded immediately

crept closer to the

the women. They showed expressions of