With a "clang", Iyas heard the sound of a cage being opened.
Starting with this sound, crackling sounds followed one after another. Those were the sounds of cages being opened.
This is clearly a place where slaves are held, so why can we hear the sound of cages being opened
There is only one answer.
This is a trap.
I saw fully armed men one after another lifting the black cloth on the cages and standing in the aisle between the cages. More than thirty pairs of eyes were focused on the dazed Ias.
These people are bounty hunters active underground, and there is only one thing that would make them go to so much trouble to wait here.
Iyas hurriedly took out the bow and put the arrow on the string, but for a moment, she didn't know who to aim the arrow at.
"Finally here, we've been waiting for so long!"
A man carrying a shield and axe stood at the front of the team, his bearded face full of dissatisfaction and ill intentions.
“You guys are so slow, we have been in the cage for three days.
Three days, do you know how I spent these three days
If we hadn't been patient, we would have run away like other underground bounty hunters."
After gathering intelligence, Hei Yao calculated based on Yang Yu and his team's actions so far that it would only take two days for Yang Yu and his team to reach Hidletra. However, it took Iyas five full days to reach Hidletra.
It wasn't that Iyas wanted to delay, she also wanted to reach Hidletra as soon as possible.
But without Lothkar's support and Yang Yu's clear direction, Iyas groped for a long time, stopping and starting along the way, bumping into things, and finally arrived at Hildela by boat with the help of kind people.
This was a tough time for the underground bounty hunters who were waiting for Iyas and his group. In order to capture Yang Yu and his group in this confined space, they really spent three days here like slaves.
What’s even more infuriating is that even though they worked so hard, the people at the auction house didn’t even let them eat, and asked them to bring their own dry food and water.
You say, is this something a human would do
Some bounty hunters couldn't stand the experience of being a caged slave for N days and simply gave up the mission the next day.
However, more bounty hunters chose to stay. They had not encountered such a big deal for a long time.
As long as they can catch Yang Yu and his group, they will have no worries about food and clothing and can live happily for a while.
However, the leading underground bounty hunter looked around but could not find Yang Yu and Bai Jin. He only saw Iyas drawing the bow alone.
“Did the two people with you act separately from you
It will be troublesome if we don't act together, because that's where the big problem comes from.
Forget it, let’s capture you with the two million first, and they will naturally come to us with the ten million!
Hey, woman, if you don't want to suffer, just surrender."
As soon as she finished speaking, Iyas released the bowstring and used a combo of [Hunter's Mark] and [Gas Break]. The arrow created a hurricane-like force wind and rushed straight into the chest of the shield axe man. The shield axe man drew out the shield axe from behind, and the illusory shield unfolded in front of him, perfectly blocking Iyas's attack.
"Same skills as that guy's."
Seeing that her attack was ineffective, Iyas immediately started running. It was a bit difficult for her to face ten people, let alone thirty people at once.
Iyas jumped onto a cage and wanted to escape immediately, but she saw that several underground bounty hunters had already blocked the door with prepared ropes and sticks.
"You're quite angry. If that's the case, don't blame me for leaving a scar on your lovely face!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a man next to the shield-axe man reminded him, "The employer told us not to hurt her lovely face. She is a kidnapped slave and a commodity. If her face is damaged, she won't sell for a good price."
"Alright, alright, I know! No need to remind me, just solve it quickly and go find those two people. Don't let anyone else get there first!"
The shield-axe man roared, and the bounty hunters behind him swarmed towards Ias.
These underground bounty hunters are not a single group, but are made up of several loose groups. Upon hearing that the person offered a bounty by the Silver Orchid Chamber of Commerce might appear in Xideletra, they temporarily reached a consensus and began to cooperate.
According to the agreement made in advance, whoever subdues the target first will get the biggest share.
Therefore, everyone on the scene was scrambling to be the first.
Ias ran and jumped on the cage, shooting the attacking bounty hunters from above with a bow and arrow.
But these underground bounty hunters are no pushovers, they are experienced in many battles, and each of them has one or two skills that can block long-range attacks, so the strafing method simply won't work.
Iyas was forced to change her strategy and shot arrows at a person. After several rounds of shooting, she barely killed an underground bounty hunter.
Taking advantage of this gap, other bounty hunters came closer and closer, and one of them almost grabbed Ias's heel.
Fortunately, Iyas reacted quickly and barely escaped the disaster.
But Iyas didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, as several people stood on the cage like her and surrounded her, squeezing her space for movement.
The trouble with using a bow and arrow is that you have to reload arrows every time you attack. Even if Iyas reloads quickly, she can't handle the large number of people.
Of course, Iyas can also shoot multiple arrows at a time to attack multiple targets.
Iyas' current limit is to shoot three arrows at a time, and with the skill [Split Arrow], theoretically she can hit up to six targets at a time.
However, using three arrows at once will result in a decrease in hit rate and power.
Iyas didn't care about all that now. She put three arrows on the string and shot them out at the same time.
The three arrows split into six arrows in the air and flew towards the six people who had just used the blocking skill.
Three out of six people were hit.
Just as two people were wailing at the same time and fell into the cage because their bodies were pierced by arrows, Ias jumped down from the cage with the bow in one hand, stepped over the two wailing bodies, and ran straight to the gate.
She tried to remove the wooden bars and chains that sealed the door, but even after that, Iyas still couldn't open the door.
“It’s useless. This door was locked from the outside when you came in. It cannot be opened unless I use a prop to order it to be opened.
Your every move has long been seen by others.
You didn't expect that we pretended to seal the gate to lure you here!"
A group of people surrounded Iyas from inside and outside, and the shield-axe man showed a smug look on his face.
"Now, you have no way to escape, just surrender and tell me the whereabouts of those two people.
As long as you tell me the whereabouts of those two people, I promise not to hurt you."
(End of this chapter)