Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 557 - What a Manly Man

Chapter 557: What a Manly Man (Part One)

Xu Cheng nodded. He turned to go back to the car and asked Luo Yi, “Who are these people?”

“Local bandits. This area isn’t rich, and the people are good at raising horses and using them as means of transportation. When they reach a certain scale, they become a team of bandits. Although they are poor and aren’t as properly armed, they usually win in numbers, and most of the time, they pick on the weak, rob some cars and resources, and then sell them to some other military groups in the area right after. Especially cars. Cars are pretty expensive in this area because they can’t be imported by normal means. Like our Ford pickups, the normal market price is about 30 thousand dollars, but it’s over a hundred thousand dollars here. Which means, right now, our fleet of ten trucks are worth at least a million. It’s no wonder they are tempted to rob us.”

Xu Cheng understood.

He turned around to look at the bandits’ captain and asked, “Sorry, it’s our first time out and we don’t know the rules. But, we have a lot of engineers with us, and if we give you our cars, we wouldn’t be able to move to our destination. I hope we can work something out; we have a hundred thousand dollars in cash here, is that alright? It will be us paying the toll for this road, so let’s all just take a step back and work something out.”

“Are you trying to dismiss a beggar?” the captain snorted. “10 trucks, plus about a hundred people, and you are giving me a hundred thousand dollars? It’s fine if you don’t understand the rules, I will teach you. 1.5 million dollars, if you can take that much out, you can leave. If not, then I guess we will just have to take whatever’s valuable or kill you all if you don’t want to give it up.”

Then, the bandits surrounding them all pointed their guns at them, numbering over 40 rifles in total.

At this time, Chris shouted, “If we have the money, just give it to them. They have too many people, so if we don’t want to risk losing too many people, we should just avoid conflict.”

The African man also chimed in, “Yeah, if we weren’t escorting these guys, we would’ve fought back already. We are professional mercenaries, how could we not handle them? But right now, we have too many ordinary people to take care of.”

Xu Cheng looked at the head of the bandits and asked, “How much is your life worth? To buy your life for 1.5 million, do you think it’s worth it?”

If he were to compromise today, then on this road, they would keep on getting bullied.

The bandits directly pointed his gun at Xu Cheng’s head and said with a grin, “It seems like you don’t speak the human language, huh? 1.5 million dollars for a toll, or leave behind all the cars and valuables, or... you can leave behind both the cars and valuables and also your lives! You can make you pick.”

“I pick to resist!” Xu Cheng said as he suddenly dragged down the muzzle of the gun and pulled the bandit off of his horse. He whacked the end of the rifle against his face, almost knocking him unconscious. Then, taking control of the rifle, he held it against the bandit boss’s head and shouted at the other bandits, “Don’t move, or I will take his life first!”

With more than 40 guns pointed at Xu Cheng, Xu Cheng was already hiding behind the bandits’ boss and holding him hostage.

“Let him go!” the bandits shouted at Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng didn’t flinch at all. He said fiercely as he smacked the bandit boss’s head again, “Do you want the money or want your life? If you want money, I will kill you off right now. If you want your life, then let my cars and people go.”

The bandits’ boss smiled. “You are not going? You want to trade your life for mine? If I die, my people would travel through this whole land to find your people and kill them all!”

“Just shut your mouth up. If you want to live, hurry up and let my men leave,” Xu Cheng said to him.

The bandits’ boss nodded and immediately shouted at his subordinates, “Let them leave!”

The bandits on horses gave way, gesturing impatiently that the pickup trucks could leave.

“Is this enough?” the bandits’ boss shouted at Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng said to Luo Yi, “You guys go first.”

Luo Yi nodded and started the engine and drove out from the siege of the bandits

The other cars also followed.

Chris caught up to Luo Yi’s car and shouted from a parallel angle, “Are you really leaving your boss behind like this? He will die a very gruesome death. He doesn’t have a car, so if he snatches a horse and tries to run, he will be caught very quickly.”

Chapter 557: What a Manly Man (Part Two)

Luo Yi just smiled and didn’t reply as he continued to drive. When the cars drove to be a thousand meters away from the bandits, he stopped the car.

After the other trucks stopped too, Luo Yi said to the other mercenaries in the group, “Change the tires that were popped earlier.”

“Here? You aren’t scared that those bandits will catch up?” some people asked, a bit confused. They were still too close to the bandits right now.

Luo Yi didn’t respond, just watching the distance as the bandits surrounded a person in the middle. He said, “Prepare a car to go and pick him up after. Send two more people there along to pick up all of their guns.”

The other guys were quite confused and they stared off into the direction that Luo Yi was looking at.

Xu Cheng was completely surrounded by over 40 guys, and that meant, someone could shoot a bullet at the back of his head at any time. In this kind of situation, no one could escape from it at all.

“There’s probably one person that’s capable of being this kind of solo hero, and that would be the King of Mercenaries. If your boss dies, does that mean our Deviant Corp will be disbanded?” Chris asked Luo Yi, “Have you thought about letting me be the boss? Don’t worry, I can lead you guys to a better future.”

Luo Yi didn’t look at him but responded, “If you want to be the Deviant Corp’s boss, you are still not qualified. If it were you, in that kind of situation, what would you do?”

Chris: “Probably the same as him, trading life with those bandits’ boss. But, if I’m lucky, I could take down at least two people! Oh well, in this kind of situation, you could be shot full of holes in just one second. I would already be considered skilled enough to take down 2 before I die.”

Luo Yi looked into the distance and faintly said, “Those people will all die.”

“You are saying your boss can come out of that safe and sound?”

Luo Yi nodded. “Just wait and see.”

Just then, several gunshots sounded, accompanied by horses neighing and people screaming miserably.

But from Luo Yi and the others’ point of view, they could only see dust waves setting off. Several horses seemed to have had their legs sliced as they fell. There were gunshots constantly firing towards the center of the encirclement.

With the horses and people surrounding Xu Cheng, Luo Yi and the others couldn’t see Xu Cheng at all. But with more and more horses falling down and miserable cries one after another, after a full 3 minutes, there were several horses left that panickingly ran away.

Then, with everyone on the ground, there was just one left standing there.

Luo Yi saw it was pretty much over so he started the car and drove over. Chris and some other mercenaries jumped on.

When they got to the scene, they saw that the 40 or so bodies formed a little pile, and Xu Cheng sat at the top of the pile, with a cigarette lit as he blew smoke gracefully. With the blowing gust of sand, his eyes were deep as ever.

So facking masculine.

This was the first time Chris and the others were deeply impressed by this boss of Deviant Corp