My Fusion System: Fusing a Thousand Chickens at the Start

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Chapter 86: The Bloodied-hand Bandit Gang
It had been two months since Watson defeated the manor’s allied troops.

Two months was neither too long nor too short. Many people had seen Folson when he left for the border with a few water-elemental mages. It was normal for mages to collect necessary supplies while they were on a mission, no one would care if they did not head back for ten days or half a month, but two months was too long.

Besides, Folson did not leave by himself; he had taken a few people with him, but none of the mages had returned.

The Mage Guild had initially sent some men to scout for news, but they were shocked when they heard the reports. They did not expect to learn that Blackmoon Castle had killed Folson while he was on a mission. It also looked like the other five mages were detained too.

The Mage Guild could not bear with losing six mages at once; it even shocked their president.

If it were not too close to winter, and the weather was too cold and inconvenient, the Mage Guild’s president would have brought men to the border to get an explanation from Blackmoon Castle.

Zeke and Zenoah had been able to get that information because they had established their own caravan in Monte Town, called the Blackmoon Caravan, a name derived from Blackmoon Castle.

They had been part of the Good Luck Caravan and also Wind Journey Caravan. However, they had left those two caravans about a month ago. They had nothing more to learn from the caravans’ leaders, and the twins thought they should not rely on other people anymore. Instead, they wanted to use their own fleets to help Blackmoon Castle obtain more resources.

They had managed to rely on their wits to recruit more than 50 subordinates in a month, and they had managed to become quite famous in Monte Town. They even formed an alliance with the Good Luck Caravan and the Wind Journey Caravan. They would become the most prominent merchant group in Monte Town in a few years if they continued to progress with Blackmoon Castle’s support.

Unfortunately, the Mage Guild had targeted them because of their ties with Blackmoon Castle. As a result, the twins had to take half of their subordinates and leave the town. The rest of their group would organize their supplies and prepare for their future departure.

At that moment, the twins and their group had decided to take a rest. Then, suddenly, they heard horses from a distance.

Bang!

Bang!

The earth shook as the horses’ hooves struck the ground.

“Something terrible has happened, Lord Zeke! Bandits! Those men seem to belong to a famous bandit gang at the border—the Bloodied-hand Bandit Gang!”

A guard had run to Zeke with cold sweat all over his head.

The Bloodied-hand Bandit Gang?

Zeke’s expression changed when he heard that.

At the border, a large number of magical beasts would leave the Misty Forest in search of food during the winter. Many people would take advantage of the chaos to kill and plunder. Those people were called bandits, and the Bloodied-hand Bandit Gang was quite well-known. They had more than 100 people, which included warriors, archers, mages, and priests. The division of labor was clear, and they had no less than ten men at the bronze tier.

Since it was winter, the Fairy Castle had to work hard to deal with magical beasts, so they could not deal with the bandits. That was why those bandits would appear at that time. Most merchants would not trade unless it was absolutely necessary; Zeke did not expect his luck would be so back. They had met a bandit gang not long after they had left Monte Town.