LORD WORLD: START

CHAPTER 34: BANDIT GROUP MEETING

Unbeknownst to many, in the Mountains of Atrof Province, the leaders of the high-ranking bandit group were currently gathering at a log cabin located in neutral territory that was not the territory of any bandit. Except for the leader of the Red Sword Bandit, all the other high-level bandit leaders were there.

In the room there are 6 people who are sitting opposite each other, Anrateon with Yovan on 1 side, an old man of about 50 years old sitting in his chair showed that he was the leader of the Blood Storm Bandit group as well as a 2 meter tall man with a body filled with muscles standing behind him, he was the bodyguard of the Blood Storm bandit leader.

On the other hand there was a beautiful woman around 25 years old with long black hair and snow-white skin that was able to attract the attention of many men, she was the leader of the Gold Coin bandits.

Do not look at his face that looks very young, Anrateon has a great belief that the age of this woman must be above 40 years. Her face being able to stay young was most likely a help from magic, for that reason many people called her an old fox because her beauty was only an illusion from a fox.

A female bodyguard who had a strong aura also stood behind the leader of the Golden Coin Bandit. In addition, around the log cabin, each group brought their own 100 troops in case the situation changed.

"Chairman Anrateon, why did you suddenly call us here? You know, even though our bandit group is called the Gold Coin Bandit Group, we are actually short on money so every time is precious. Therefore, I hope that what you are talking about here is an important matter for the time I waste to be useful" said the Gold Coin Bandit leader with an attractive smile on his face.

Anrateon ignored the attraction that the old fox showed "Chairman Tila, I gathered you here to invite you to cooperate. I'm sure you all must have felt the pressure under the Red Sword Bandits, so I offer you a cooperation with you here. As long as our bandit group joins, even the Red Sword Bandits are not opponents".

"There seems to be a misunderstanding here, Chief Anrateon" said the Blood Storm Bandit leader smilingly mocking "Our relationship and the Red Sword Bandits are very good, we are like partners protecting each other. So, we're rejecting the cooperation you're giving us".

"We from the Gold Coin Bandit also refused, after all our relationship with the Red Sword Bandit is very good" said Tila who helped provide the answer.

Anrateon stared at these 2 bandit leaders coldly, what they said just now, everything was a lie.

Their true goal was that they refused to take the losses from fighting against the Red Sword Bandits, they preferred to wait for the Anrateon army to fight against the Red Bandit army. After 2 parties were injured, they just took the last advantage of defeating them all with one attack.

A cold smile appeared on Anrateon's face, ever since he called them here, he had also prepared a weapon against them "Is that so? If all of your relations are good, then I will accept the offer from the leader of the Red Sword bandit this morning. You don't mind, Chairman Tila, Chairman of the Ravines?".

Ravines who was the leader of the Blood Storm Bandits immediately asked curiously "What offer?".

On the other hand, Anrateon also showed the letter that the leader of the Red Sword Bandit gave as proof that what he said was not a lie.

The faces of the other 2 leaders turned grim, they certainly understood as long as the Anrateon merged into the Red Sword Bandit, though, the Red Sword Bandit group would have enough strength to defeat them even if their 2 bandit groups joined.

Do not see the leader of the Red Sword bandits is a rank 7 figure like them, based on the news that spread from the battlefield he used to be, the leader of the Red Sword Bandit was able to fight 2 rank 7 people alone.

Breathing in, Tila tried to persuade Anrateon "Don't be rash Chairman Anrateon, we are indeed partners who protect each other, but as you said before, as you said before, lately the Red Sword Bandit has been showing too much of its ambition to rule over the entire mountain range which makes us feel disturbed. Therefore, we of the Gold Coin Bandits agreed to work together to weaken the strength of the Red Sword Bandits".

The Ravines also nodded "It turns out that the Red Sword Bandits are so bold as to expand their strength by recruiting you guys, they seem to be indeed planning to rule over the entire forest, how could we allow their reckless actions? We of the Blood Storm Bandits agreed to work together to destroy the evil plans of the Red Sword Bandits".

Although Anrateon's face was still smiling kindly, he was actually smiling mockingly in his mind. After all these 2 people initially acted as if they were on good terms, whereas what they were looking for was only the best advantage for their own group. While the friendship relationship with the Red Sword Bandit, from the beginning it did not exist at all.

Anrateon maintained his friendly smile "Then, what plan do you guys think? Although we are joined so that our strength is above the Red Sword Bandits, but their strength is not something we should underestimate. As long as we are rash, there is a possibility of the Red Sword Bandits counterattacking which is causing defeat to our group. Therefore, we need to come up with a plan to reduce the casualties on our side".

A confident smile appeared on Ravines' face, he said proudly "I've actually thought of a plan! As long as we use this plan, I'm sure the Red Bandit troops will suffer heavy losses while our combined forces will suffer fewer losses".

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A week later, the Red Sword Bandit received a letter from Anrateon stating that he accepted the offer and decided to surrender.

But the leader of the Red Sword Bandit refused to believe so easily from Anrateon's surrender letter, he brought his 1000 troops as well as 1 deputy to Anrateon's territory while the others remained at the headquarters.

As long as Anrateon surrendered then there was no problem, but if Anrateon deceived him, then the leader of the Red Sword Bandit was ready to directly move his troops to clear the bandits at Anrateon's headquarters.