NOVEL NEXT Chapter 57: Time to collect payment!
Everyone was shocked, from their perspectives, Leon had suddenly moved like a ghost and left afterimages. He dodged the saber attack and slapped his attacker, his hand speed was as fast as lightning.
The next thing they saw was the man in a purple robe flying away and crashing into a table; he instantly lost consciousness.
A martial artist, this person was really a martial artist!
Everyone from the Chen family was startled, their souls almost leaving their bodies from fright. They had actually tried to rob a martial artist, Wouldn't the Chen family be in trouble if this martial artist held a grudge against them? The master of the Chen family would definitely blame them if that happened.
"I-i-i…" the young man in an expensive brocade robe stuttered as he stared at Leon with wide eyes and trembling lips, the guards behind him had long turned as pale as paper and didn't dare to say another word.
" What do you want to say? Should I still give my sword to you?" Leon took a step toward them and said with a teasing voice, but his voice was nothing but teasing in the ears of the Chen family's young master and guards. Leon was like a devil at the moment to them and his words were more threatening than that of a bandit.
'Ah, what a great feeling. Having strength is really the best thing in the world, I'm enjoying it!' Leon chuckled inwardly as he watched the reaction of the young man and his guards.
The young man moved back subconsciously and fell to his butt, his eye still fixed on Leon.
"I-I dare not; how about you sell it to me, Senior? I will pay any price you want!" The young man managed to say after a lot of struggle.
Leon's eyes lit up and a menacing smile formed on his lips.
"Eh, any price I want? Ok then, give me 300,000 gold coins, and the sword is yours," Leon said with a reasonable look on his face, but a greedy glint could be seen in his eyes.
The faces of the people from the Chen family turned pale as if they had lost all blood when they heard Leon's words. 300,000 gold coins? They might not be able to gather that much even if all of them here were sold.
"S-senior, please don't tease me so much. I don't want to take your sword anymore" the young man cried out in humiliation.
Leon raised an eyebrow.
'Was the price too much?'
He thought that the money he called was too much, which was why this brat gave up on the white sword; he couldn't help snorting out the words "Broke Chen family" while shaking his head.
The faces of everyone from the Chen family darkened when they heard this but no one dared to say a word to retort Leon.
"Get out of the way, remember to pay for the damage before leaving," Leon grunted before walking out of the pavilion; they immediately moved out of the way for him while nodding their heads like chicken pecking rice.
Leon suddenly stopped just after passing the door and turned to look at the people from the Chen family, causing them to flinch. They all gulped nervously and sweats appeared on their faces.
"W-what is it Senior?" One of the guards asked in a trembling voice.
"I forgot something, all of you slap your young master five times each. I'm in a good mood, so I won't kill you if you satisfy me," Leon said casually.
The eyes of the young master of the Chen family widened in horror when he heard this, he wanted to escape but was quickly tackled down by his own guards.
"What are you doing? My father will kill you if you touch me!" The young man screamed in panic as he tried to struggle free, but it was pointless under the weight of many full-grown men.
"We're sorry, Young master. I'm sure the master will understand"
For a while, sounds of slapping accompanied by painful screams filled the place and made one's skin tingle.
After a few minutes, the sounds stopped and only the sobbing of a single person could be heard.
Leon looked at the face of the young master, which was now swollen and unrecognizable; he nodded in satisfaction and left without saying anything else.
"Let's go gather information elsewhere" Leon mumbled to himself as he walked further into the town.
Time passed quickly, and night soon arrived; the huge full moon hung high above Broken Sword Town, and tiny stars decorated the black sky.
The light of the moon was so bright that it allowed one to see as if it was almost day.
The streets of the town felt lonely and silent as few people could be seen patrolling from time to time, most of the houses were dark; it was as if no one lived in them.
In a certain inn, Rongyu, Wanxu, Linxu, Muging, Yue, Feifei, and Leon sat around a circular wooden table on short stools as they discussed their findings during the day.
"The beasts will either attack this night or the next if nothing changes and the bandits will appear soon, some of the top families of the town have sent troops to assist so we don't have to handle the ordinary savage beasts personally and can leave them to the soldiers and private troops from the various families. We'll be on the lookout for the rumored ranked beasts and deal with them together when they appear, try to conserve your strength for when the bandits appear and immediately retreat and report if you spot the martial artists working with them." Rongyu instructed everyone after each person was given the chance to tell the group what they had gathered.
In short, all of the information that each of them had gathered was almost the same; only Feifei had found out that there were more private troops sent by families of the town, and they reached 200.
"Everyone can go rest in their rooms for now, but stay on alert in case anything happens; we'll gather here before heading out together," Rongyu added.
Everyone left to their rooms to rest for the day, with the exception of Leon obviously; he had a payment to collect!
After waiting for a few minutes and making sure that everyone had entered their various rooms, Leon canceled the transformation skill and returned to his cat form, which was now as big as a mother cat.
'I haven't been in this form for a long time; I almost missed how it felt,' Leon exclaimed inwardly before jumping toward his window and standing on the edge.
He stretched his neck and saw Muging's window was also open and the light was on.
"Time to get payment for my pill" Leon laughed before jumping down and running toward the open window.
He didn't go to knock on her door as that would be stupid and wake up the others; he also didn't stay in his human form because his cat form was more convenient for sneaking around, and no one would suspect a cat if he got caught before he could sneak in.
Leon reached Muging's window and jumped on it, he glanced inside and only saw her robe and underwear on the bed. He could hear the sounds of running water from the bathroom.
She was taking her bath!