Chapter 54: Ace, Let Me Show You What a True Strong Person Is

In Lu En's memory,

Windmill Village had always been peaceful, safe, and tranquil.

The vicious pirates from the sea could not threaten the simple villagers of Windmill Village.

Rather...

The bandit groups in the mountains near Windmill Village were simply too numerous to count.

Compared to the pirates, the bandits here posed a far greater threat to Windmill Village!

Lu En vaguely remembered.

In the future,

Ace and little Lufei would both be coerced and harmed by the bandits.

In order to prevent such things from happening as much as possible...

Lu En decided.

Before leaving Windmill Village for Marine Headquarters, he would wipe out every last bandit group around Windmill Village!

This way, he could effectively prevent some tragedies from occurring.

Lu En had developed a certain affection for these simple, honest villagers of Windmill Village.

He did not wish to see,

That group of kind, amiable villagers being oppressed and threatened by the bandits all around.

Therefore,

He had to strike first!

Sweep away all the bandits in this area!

Make Windmill Village an absolutely safe zone.

"According to what you said, there's a bandit group here of up to three hundred men."

"You plan to take on this group of bandits all by yourself?"

Ace widened his eyes, a hint of worry in his gaze.

"That's the idea."

Lu En smiled and nodded.

"Are you out of your mind?"

"A bandit group of fully three hundred men, and you want to take them on all alone?"

"What if something goes wrong?"

Ace looked utterly shocked.

"Something going wrong?"

"With me here, nothing will go wrong."

"A mere three hundred men..."

"You can rest easy."

"In a moment, don't you dare blink—keep your eyes wide open and watch this battle carefully!"

"And this is the main reason I brought you here."

Lu En cast a deep glance at Ace, his expression somewhat meaningful.

"You—!"

Ace opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.

At this moment,

Before Ace could react,

A sudden change occurred!

Thud thud thud!

A burst of hurried, chaotic footsteps came drifting from the dim mountain range ahead.

A rough, conservative estimate...

The number was no less than a hundred men!

The footsteps rolled like thunder, loud and resonant.

In no time,

A bandit group of several hundred men emerged from the mountain range ahead.

The very first moment, they spotted the two small figures of Lu En and Ace.

"Huh..."

"There are actually two fair, clean little brats here?"

"What a surprise."

"Brothers, we've stumbled upon two little brats—now we can have some fun playing with them."

One after another, rough voices rang out in all directions.

Seeing the bandit group appear so suddenly,

Ace's little face turned deathly pale; his eyes filled with fear, tension, and anxiety. He instinctively stepped back half a step, his hands and feet going cold.

"Th-they're here!"

Ace looked at Lu En's back with an almost pleading gaze, full of anxiety.

At this moment,

Lu En's back, as seen through Ace's eyes, appeared incomparably tall, imposing, and reassuring.

Ace, whose heart had originally been in a panic, the moment he saw Lu En's back, seemed as if he had grabbed onto a pillar of support, and the fear and unease within him gradually began to subside.

"Lu En, you must be careful!"

Ace bit his teeth, enduring the fear in his heart, and hurriedly spoke up to remind him.

He was well aware,

that with his strength, not only would he be unable to help Lu En, but on the contrary, he would very likely become a burden to Lu En.

Therefore,

he had no intention of participating in this battle.

At this moment.

This group of several hundred mountain bandits had already fixed their gazes upon Lu En and Ace, and with ill-intentioned looks, they closed in step by step.

In less than a moment,

approximately three hundred mountain bandits had completely surrounded Lu En and Ace.

Tight as a drum,

airtight.

The way this group of mountain bandits looked at Lu En and Ace was as if they were looking at lambs about to be slaughtered at will, their eyes filled with brutal and murderous emotional fluctuations.

"You two little brats, hello there! Didn't your elders tell you that this isn't a place you kids can set foot in?"

"However, since you're already here, how about letting you two little brats take us to your village for a visit? Be our guests?"

"We'll definitely behave ourselves and absolutely won't lay a hand on your village, how about it?"

Several mountain bandits stepped out from the crowd, sizing up Lu En and Ace with strange smiles, their words filled with a ghastly and cold aura.

The bandits' words,

naturally could not be trusted.

Once they were truly allowed to go to Windmill Village…

The consequences would be unthinkable!

Those villagers of simple, honest customs and kindly dispositions could not withstand the torment of these three hundred-plus mountain bandits.

"Little brat, take us to your village."

"Otherwise…"

"I'll kill you right now!"

A burly, muscular man came before Lu En, looking down at the latter from above, his gaze icy, murderous aura surging, his momentum fierce.

"Dashan, don't be so impulsive now."