At night, the town was dark, with only occasional scattered lights coming from the houses.
Gray and Sarah came out of the mayor's house, wearing a long coat and holding a simple rune lamp, and walked towards the house they had observed before.
"Brother, wait what should I do?"
It was the first time she encountered this kind of thing. The little girl Sarah was obviously very excited. She touched the sword hanging on her waist and asked Gray.
After reaching the level of a low-level blood warrior, although he had competed with Gray and others, he had no actual combat experience and was obviously eager to get the opportunity to practice in actual combat.
"Nothing to do."
Gray rolled his eyes. He was just here to investigate, not to kill anyone. After all, it was not yet certain whether the disappearance of those girls was caused by this group of people.
"Why is this so!"
The little girl immediately pouted and said dissatisfiedly.
He originally planned to show off his strength and kill bad mercenaries with his sword, but he suddenly stopped when he heard from Gray that he didn't have to do anything.
"Don't worry, there will be a chance for you to take action."
Gray said after looking at the other party.
"We are still investigating the disappearance of those girls to see if it has anything to do with them. If so, I will leave one for you when we take action."
Relying on the light of the rune lamp, the two arrived near the house they had visited before.
I saw a faint light coming from the house in the distance. The people in the house must not have rested yet.
"You keep an eye on it here for me. I'll lean over to see if I can hear anything useful. If someone comes, shake the rune lamp left and right to remind me."
Passing the rune lamp to Sarah, Gray walked towards the house.
"drink-"
Walking to the house and leaning against the wall, Gray immediately heard voices and clinking of glasses in the house.
"Damn, there's not even a place for recreation in this town."
A man who sounded slightly drunk said.
"Why, I can't help it anymore."
Another man chuckled, with a meaningful smile.
"Can you bear it?"
The man in front choked back.
"Hey, don't say anything, I really can't help it."
A man chuckled.
"Okay, everyone, please bear with it for a while. We will leave in a few days. When the time comes, I ask everyone to have enough fun."
A middle-aged man's voice sounded, which immediately caused several other people to cheer, and there was a sound of clinking wine glasses.
Outside the room, Gray, who was leaning against the wall and listening, raised his eyebrows slightly. He felt that there was something wrong with this group of people.
Judging from the tone of this group of people, they came to the town to do something, but they didn't know what the other party was doing, whether they were kidnapping girls.
After continuing to listen for more than half an hour, Gray quietly left the room after hearing no useful information.
"how is it going?"
Sarah asked eagerly when Gray returned.
"Not sure yet. Follow them when they leave town tomorrow to see what they are doing."
Gray shook his head.
"What do you do now?"
The little girl suddenly looked disappointed.
"go back."
…
Early the next morning, a group of people headed out of town.
Seven people in total.
Although they are dressed in ordinary civilian clothes, judging from the slightly bulging clothes, the seven of them should be the type of people who often exercise their bodies and have stronger muscles than ordinary people.
After leaving the town, the seven people walked forward, looking back from time to time to see if anyone was following them, and they were very cautious.
After they walked a long way out of the town, two figures walked out of the woods next to the town. They looked in the direction the seven people left and followed them quietly.
The two people were Gray and Sarah.
"Hmph, he's sneaky, and you can tell he's not a good person at a glance."
Looking at the seven people who looked back from time to time, Sarah couldn't help but snorted.
Because she wanted to follow these seven people, Gray had already grabbed her from the bed before dawn.
She had never gotten up so early before, and she was a little angry about getting up. She was obviously very dissatisfied with the group of people who made her get up early.
"Let's go. You'll have a chance to vent your anger later."
Gray smiled and followed forward.
A few hours later, the two followed seven people and arrived outside a village.
"Captain, this is the village."
Among the seven, a man with a strong physique looked towards the village from a distance and said.
"What does it look like?"
asked a middle-aged man with a slightly disgusting birthmark on his face.
"Don't you know my taste? It's absolutely beautiful and will definitely sell for a good price."
The muscular man chuckled.
The middle-aged man nodded and asked again.
"Do you leave the village every day at noon to deliver food to the fields?"
"Yes, after my observation over the past few days, the other party will leave the village at noon every day and go to the fields to deliver food."
The muscular man replied.
"Which way did you go?"
"That one over there."
"Let's go and wait on the road."
The seven people quietly left the entrance of the village and finally hid in the bushes next to a country road.
In a bush far away from the seven people, Gray and Sarah paid attention to the woods where the seven people were hiding.
"Humph, he is indeed not a good person."
When they arrived outside the village, the seven people did not enter the village. Instead, they peeped secretly, and finally hid in the bushes beside a path. Seeing the seven people acting like this, Sarah became more and more sure of her guess.
"He is indeed not a good person."
Gray nodded in agreement.
The sneaky look is indeed not something normal people can do. These seven people do have evil intentions.
At noon, on the road where the seven men were ambushing, a girl wearing coarse cloth and carrying a basket appeared.
The girl has long brown hair, which is tied into a ponytail behind her back. She has a beautiful face. She is sixteen or seventeen years old, has a curvy figure, and has fair skin.
If you take off your coarse clothes and put on the clothes of a noble lady, no one will question you if you say you are a noble lady.
"Hmph, hum, hum..."
The girl seemed to be in a good mood, humming a song while carrying the basket forward.
Just as she passed a bush.
Suddenly, seven people rushed out of the bushes and rushed towards him quickly.
"ah… "
The seven people have a clear division of labor.
One person covered her mouth, one person grabbed her hands, another person grabbed her feet, while the other four people were watching and watching.
Snap!
The basket she was holding fell to the ground, and the food in the basket fell to the ground.
"Woo-"
She panicked and wanted to call for help, but her mouth was covered, and then she was carried by three people and quickly dragged into the bushes.
"Bad guy!"
Seeing that a girl about her own age was caught by seven people, Sarah's beautiful face showed an angry look, and she was immediately ready to draw her sword and charge towards the seven people.
"Wait a moment."
But Gray held her back and shook his head at her.
"Now is not the time to take action."
"Why?"
Sarah wondered.
"You don't want to save other people?"
Gray looked in the direction of the seven people and narrowed his eyes slightly.
When the seven people returned to the town, they all returned empty-handed. Obviously, they did not bring back the captured girl. In other words, these people should have hidden the captured girl somewhere.
Now the seven people, taking the girl with them, will definitely go to the hiding place. If they follow, they can rescue the girls.
Although after knocking down the seven people and interrogating them, he should be able to find out where these girls were hidden, Gray did not want to go to such trouble. After all, interrogation is very labor-intensive.
When you meet a hard-boned person, no matter how hard you torture him, the other person won't say anything. Although such people are rare, they are not unheard of.
After a while, the girl was tied up, gagged, put into a cloth bag, and carried by seven people in one direction.
A few hours later, taking turns carrying the girl, the seven of them entered a woods not far from Maifeng Town and came to the side of a mountain.
There is a naturally formed cave on the side of the mountain.
"who?"
"Captain, you are here!"
There was someone in the cave. As soon as the seven people arrived near the cave, there were sounds of alert. When it was confirmed that they were seven people, the sounds of alert stopped.
Obviously, this cave should be where the seven people hid the girl, and they had someone to guard her.
Carrying the cloth bags, the seven people walked into the cave. In the cave, there were two men, and in addition, there were eight tied up girls.
"Did you catch something good again?"
One of the two guards looked at the struggling bag and said with a smile.
"Yes, it's definitely a good product and can definitely be sold at a good price."
One of the seven people laughed.
"Hey, let's take a look. Hey, this figure is really good. I can't help it."
Looking at the girl released from the bag, the former stretched out his hand and touched the girl's chest, causing the girl to scream in terror, but he didn't take it seriously and was filled with excitement.
"It's okay to take advantage, but don't really do anything to her."
another quipped.
"Those nobles all like things that others have not used. If they are used, they will be worthless, and the price will be several times different."
"I know, I know, don't you hold it back? It's just a little hard."
When money was mentioned, the man's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Just hold on for a few more days, and we'll leave if we gather ten."
The middle-aged man said.
Having said this, his expression suddenly changed, he suddenly looked at the entrance of the cave, and shouted loudly.
"who?"
His eyes were sharp and his whole body was full of murderous aura.
"Is there anyone?"
"What, is there anyone?"
…
When the other people heard his shouting, their expressions changed drastically. They stared at the entrance of the cave and touched the weapons hanging on their bodies.
Da da da!
Amid the nervous gazes of several people, Gray led Sarah into the cave with the patter of footsteps.
His eyes swept over the nine people, and finally landed on the tied girls behind them, with a hint of chill in his eyes.
"How courageous you are to kidnap and traffick girls in the Fergus family territory!"
(End of chapter)