Chapter 207: Everyone was stunned and surrendered.
"If you lay down your weapons now, I can spare your lives and let you go down the mountain, how about it?"
"It's better than you all following your leader to your deaths..." Lin Luoxi continued to encourage the troops as she saw that their morale was beginning to waver.
When the hundreds of bandits heard Lin Luoxi say she would let them go, their eyes turned to the mountain of corpses—the bodies of their former brothers.
If there were a way to survive, they would naturally be willing to lay down their weapons and go down the mountain to find a way to live.
"Brothers, don't listen to this bitch! We're bandits. If we surrender, we'll only be dead!" Just as the bandit henchmen were about to put down their weapons, the leader of Bear Ridge lost his temper.
He glared at Lin Luoxi with hatred in his eyes. His stronghold in Bear Ridge, which he had held for decades, was almost destroyed by this bitch.
"Don't worry, I, Lin Luoxi, keep my word. As long as you lay down your weapons and go down the mountain, I will not make things difficult for you."
"Of course, if you choose to follow me, then you must listen to me. I will never treat you unfairly." The last sentence revealed Lin Luoxi's true purpose in attacking the bandit's den at Upper Bear Ridge.
Just think about the 800 acres of wasteland she just bought. If there really isn't someone to help guard it, those envious and malicious people will definitely come and cause trouble from time to time.
With these people helping to keep watch, who would dare to cause trouble? She has no time to worry about anything on her own.
Those bandits who wanted to lay down their weapons and go down the mountain heard Lin Luoxi's words and a glimmer of hope flashed in their eyes. If the woman in front of them really took them in, they would be more than happy to do so.
After all, they had been bandits in the mountains for decades. If they wanted to come down the mountain to find work, they were already lucky if they weren't ostracized or suppressed by the local people. It would be difficult for them to support their families.
"Brothers, listen to what she's saying! Following her is like selling yourself into servitude, working like cattle for her. Is that the life you want? This woman is clearly just using sweet talk to deceive you."
Upon hearing Lin Luoxi's words, the leader of Bear Ridge scoffed disdainfully and continued to fan the flames.
He just didn't want his brother, who had followed him for many years, to go and join the enemy in front of him who had cut off his arm and made him a cripple.
Hearing the noisy noise, Lin Luoxi didn't say a word. She swung her knife and the leader of the Bear Ridge was decapitated. His head fell to the feet of the bandits.
He never expected that Lin Luoxi would kill him so easily; he still had so many words he hadn't even uttered.
The leader of Bear Ridge never imagined that his descent from the mountain, drawn by the aroma of delicious food and intending to rob someone, would lead to his own demise.
The sickly-looking handsome man and Old Man Li, standing in the distance, never expected Lin Luoxi to act so unpredictably. The leader of Bear Ridge killed him without hesitation, leaving the two of them stunned.
They quickly sat up straight, staring intently at Lin Luoxi, as if afraid that Lin Luoxi's knife would fly towards them.
Not to mention that Old Man Li and the sickly handsome man were stunned by Lin Luoxi's actions, even Lin Jize and Ji Feng, who were standing in front of Lin Luoxi, were stunned by Lin Luoxi's swift and decisive method of beheading someone who was trying to reconcile them a moment ago.
As their heads rolled to the ground, they instinctively took a step back.
It seems you can mess with anyone, but you absolutely cannot mess with a fierce woman like Lin Luoxi, otherwise, your head might be split in two the next moment.
Lin Jize squinted at Lin Luoxi, who was so determined to go up Bear Ridge. Could this be her purpose?
The bandits, who were wavering, saw the head of their leader, whom they had followed for many years, staring at them with wide, unwilling eyes.
The head was split open, and blood gushed out like a fountain from the bear's neck, spraying everywhere.
Some blood, with a fishy smell, sprayed onto the bandits standing next to the corpse.
They were terrified, swallowing hard to suppress their fear of Lin Luoxi.
This woman is too fierce; she really means what she says. If they disagree, will they end up like their boss? Heads torn off, with no chance of survival?
“I’m giving you two choices. First, follow me and change your bandit ways. Second, if you continue to listen to this big bear, then fight with all your might to save your lives from my blade.”
Lin Luoxi stopped emphasizing it and just waited for these people to make their choices.
Of course, she would never give those who refused to surrender a single chance to live.
"We are willing." With a gleaming four-meter-long sword hanging over their heads, and intimidated by Lin Luoxi's scare tactics, the bandits quickly surrendered.
"It seems you're all smart people. If you had surrendered earlier, so many people wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have wasted my energy for nothing." Lin Luoxi said, having gotten the answer she wanted, and still acting innocent after getting the benefit.
The bandits who survived were heartbroken. It wasn't that they didn't want to live, it's that you didn't give them any chance to live at all.
If you had said so earlier, these brothers wouldn't have died in vain. But given Lin Luoxi's strength, they wouldn't dare to say it even if they had ten times the courage.
"Since you're willing to come to me, then take me to your old hideout and show me your sincerity." This was also one of Lin Luoxi's purposes.
Lin Luoxi didn't believe that these bandits, who had been entrenched in Bear Ridge for decades, didn't have some wealth.
“This, this…” The bandits hesitated once again upon hearing Lin Ruoxi’s words.
"What, you're not listening to me anymore, or are you just pretending to surrender?"
"Or do you miss your boss and want to reunite with him next time?" Lin Luoxi asked, seeing the bandits hesitate. She drew her long sword again.
"We brought our master up the mountain, but the terrain of Bear Ridge is treacherous, and we need his blood to reach the safe passage..."
“But he’s dead now. Even if we get him to the mountain gate, we won’t be able to unlock the mechanism…” one of the more perceptive young men stepped forward and said with difficulty.
"That's easy." Lin Luoxi took out a white porcelain bottle from her bosom, took a dagger, walked to the corpse of the large bear that had already fallen and split up, and stabbed it into the heart.
Blood gushed out instantly, and Lin Luoxi quickly used a bottle to collect the blood.
"Alright, we can go now." The thought of raiding Bear Ridge for money made Lin Luoxi not want to stay a moment longer.
“Master, there’s still the second-in-command guarding the mountain stronghold. If you go up there rashly, you’ll surely die…” The young man told Lin Luoxi about the situation in the bandit stronghold of Bear Ridge again.
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