Rebirth: Pampered by the Lord-Chapter 1765: Great Bird
Long Rui became alert immediately. Holding Xuexue, he leapt and flew onto the City Gate Tower.
In the hazy moonlight, he was like a great bird spreading its wings, moving with incredible grace. Everyone was dumbfounded, unable to believe that this outsider possessed such high martial arts skills that he could ascend the city gate without any support. Instantly, they felt a bit relieved; even if the horse bandits came, with such a master, they might not necessarily lose.
The county magistrate was guarding above. Seeing Long Rui come up, he quickly whispered, "Prince, what’s going on?"
"The horse bandits are here. Tell everyone to be careful."
"No, they aren’t!"
Hearing the dog barking, the county magistrate also thought the horse bandits were coming. However, from his vantage point above, he looked for a long time but saw nothing unusual in the darkness below.
Long Rui pointed at a spot below the city gate and said, "Sir, take a closer look down there."
The county magistrate looked again carefully and said curiously, "Oh! Strange, I clearly remember there being no piles of grass down there. How come there are so many now?"
Suddenly, he realized sharply, "Oh no, the horse bandits are here!"
"Shh! Keep your voice down; don’t alert them!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
The county magistrate quickly agreed and then quietly instructed everyone to stay alert. He ordered them to pass the message along quietly that the horse bandits were coming, so everyone could be ready to fight back at any time.
Outside the city gate.
The Big Boss arrived with over three hundred men from the mountain stronghold. To avoid alerting anyone, they didn’t ride their horses this time but carried weapons, hoisting long ladders as they headed straight for the City Gate Tower of Hu’s Bay...
To be safe, they even cut some branches as cover, slowly approaching the City Gate Tower.
So, at first, the county magistrate hadn’t noticed they had already arrived.
The horse bandits finally climbed to the gate, no longer hiding, and threw off the branches covering them. They set up the long ladder, intending to sneak up to the City Gate Tower unnoticed.
All around was silent, except for the distant dog barks and the sounds of frogs. Everything seemed so calm.
The leader raised his lips in a triumphant smile, thinking that tonight’s massacre of the people of Hu’s Bay would surely succeed.
Just as they relaxed their guard, setting up the ladder and preparing to climb the gate.
Suddenly, a loud shout came from above, "Attack! Hit them hard!"
Before they could react to what was happening.
Stones and wooden blocks rained down from the City Gate Tower as if it were pouring, instantly striking the horse bandits, causing them to howl in agony.
The stones and wooden blocks were thrown down for just a moment then stopped.
The horse bandits breathed a sigh of relief, thinking they had narrowly escaped disaster.
"Splash!"
Just as they were feeling fortunate, water was poured down from above the tower...
"Splash!"
Bucket after bucket.
However, this water had a peculiar smell.
When the Big Boss realized what it was, it was already too late. He yelled, "Oh no, it’s flammable oil, run!"
However, before he could finish speaking, countless torches fell from above.
The horse bandits’ bodies were instantly all ablaze.
"Ah... help!"
The leader, who hadn’t been drenched in the flammable oil, remained unharmed. Watching his men instantly engulfed in flames, he was momentarily stunned, not comprehending what had happened.
"Big Boss, save us!" a burning man screamed in agony as he rushed at him.
Faced with a life-threatening situation, the leader didn’t care about brotherhood. Without thinking, he kicked him away.
"Boom!"
The burning man was kicked back over ten meters.
"Big Boss, you...!" The burning man slowly fell to the ground, no longer making a sound.
