Chapter 69: Capturing Gul

At this time, the four teams of the Black Plain Army were spread out in the south, north, west, and east directions, starting from the east entrance of Yellow City, and each team was only a few hundred meters away from each other, but Gul's group remained completely oblivious to their presence.

The reason behind it being Minos' teams much weaker than them, causing these outlaws to only underestimate them. From their perspective, nobody like that would have the courage to challenge them, much less attack.

As for when the attack would begin, Minos and his groups were waiting for the bandits to come right to the center and be completely surrounded by them before launching a full-scale attack.

At this point, Gul's group was finally approaching the eastern entrance to the city when they began to slow their carriages. To their surprise, the gates were closed, which was not expected by the group.

Lydo, who was in front of one of the carriages, voiced out in confusion, "Ehh, what's happening? Dugal wouldn't allow that muscular idiot to do something stupid."

"Let's get a bit closer and see what happened," Chief Gul said calmly. He wasn't too concerned about it, assuming that it must be a small issue...

Meanwhile, inside the cell carried by the bandits' last carriage, the mother fox suddenly raised her head for a second and then lay down there again. 'It seems that these humans are surrounded. I hope that you all die...' she thought, realizing the surroundings where they were.

After a little over a day of travel, she had already recovered a bit. Despite the fact that she still had numerous open wounds, they had stopped bleeding, and the swelling in her eyes had also significantly decreased to the point where she could see again clearly enough.

A few seconds passed, and finally, Minos' group took the initiative to launch the attack. A horn sounded in the air, and the four groups moved toward the three carriages.

Minos, Ruth, and Dillian were a part of the group that came directly from Yellow City's entrance gate. Meanwhile, Elen and Eduard observed the impending battle from above one of the city walls.

Though Minos did not ask for their assistance, being allies, they were present here to provide support if such a need arose.

As Minos' four groups approached to attack, the three carriages suddenly came to a halt. "Chief Gul, it looks like we're being ambushed." one of the bandits yelled to alert the others.

Upon hearing this, Gul got out of the carriage that was in the middle of the caravan and probed the enemy group. "Hmph, most of them are at most at level 40. How audacious. It looks like we have to teach these insects a lesson.

However, among them, there are two, at levels 45 and 47, that we need to be careful of. Leave the two of them to me."

Gul stated, looking in the direction of Ruth and Dillian. He had no way of knowing that Dillian was not a combatant just because of his level. Thus, Gul assumed that he was one of the enemy warriors.

Subsequently, the seven men who were on the side of the bandits all got out of their carriages and prepared to fight.

Seeing this, Minos couldn't help looking at the cell where the Nine-tailed Fox was and smiled.

"Hahaha, it looks like the fox wreaked havoc on this group. Three of them must have died, and looking at the rest, I can see that it was an uphill battle. Good! It only makes things easier for us," Minos exclaimed aloud.

And indeed, they had prepared to face ten enemies, but only six of them were in fighting conditions. The seventh thug didn't have a leg, making him an easy opponent, even for Minos alone.

As all the groups closed in on each other, Minos said aloud, "Attack!!"

Hammering the World!

Demon Court!

Blood sword!

Smashing the Air!

Iron fists!

Whoosh!

Boom!

The group of dozens of soldiers unleashed the might of their respective attack techniques, sending a barrage of blows in the direction of the bandit group.

Almost instantly, the local terrain was flooded with many lights and spiritual energy manifestations, each of its own varying colors and shapes that were running through the air towards the group of bandits!

At the same time, Gul's group began to prepare for the impending fight, activating their defensive techniques with everything they had.

After all, they could not underestimate the onslaught of all these attacks heading toward them. Moreover, even though their cultivation was clearly of higher levels, they were greatly outnumbered, with only seven people who were against the enemy group, which consisted of 54 cultivators.

At this point, Ruth also sprang into action as she headed toward the bandit leader, who was also advancing toward her and Dillian.

Seeing this, a sneer appeared on the corner of Gul's lips as he thought, 'Hahaha, what does this little girl think she's doing? Does she think she can fight me alone?'

Instant Steps!

Fists of Pain!

Ruth activated two of her Silver-grade techniques and attacked without holding anything back.

Noticing the strength and energy rising within his opponent's attack, Gul stopped underestimating the black-haired girl and activated his defenses while sensing fear rising in his heart. 'Shit! What kind of technique is this?' he cursed while trying to evade the attacks that were coming his way.

However, Ruth's speed was breakneck, making it impossible for him to dodge any of her incoming attacks.

Boom!

Pow!

Several sounds of battle reverberated in the vicinity of the ambush while the 60 people were engaged in a fierce battle. As time passed, the bandits found themselves getting increasingly disadvantageous against Minos' soldiers.

Meanwhile, Gul was punched in the stomach and sent flying in the opposite direction from his initial spot. 'Ahh, what the fuck...' he groaned to himself as he struggled to hold himself together and not collapse in front of enemies.

"AHH!"

Suddenly, a piercing cry rang out, followed by a swift death.

That was the thug who had lost his leg. He had defended himself all this time, but his spiritual energy was finally depleted. After this, he could not defend himself anymore and succumbed to death after receiving two blows from Minos' soldiers.

As the fight raged on, the spectators had different reactions. Elen and Eduard took the opportunity to observe Minos' military capabilities and witness Ruth's formidable strength.

Minos and Dillian, on the other hand, were evaluating the performance of their soldiers.

The mother fox who was being held captive also enjoyed the enemies that kidnapped her and her daughter being destroyed right before her. But she was not completely happy about the result either, no, because it was likely that her future would remain the same, in the hands of these other people...

Time elapsed, and the battle was gradually coming to an end. The six bandits that Minos' soldiers were facing had already faced their imminent deaths, leaving only Gul alive.

Chief Gul was still conscious just because Ruth had been holding back since he was already severely hurt and had no spiritual energy left.

At this point, Gul growled, "Miserable, just kill me quick!" He was furious that the enemy had despised him in the middle of a battle!

As to why this group had attacked him, the reason didn't matter. As an experienced thug, Gul had done similar things in the past. If one possessed power then they could do as they pleased.

That was what Gul believed.

So, if the group wanted Yellow City and had the strength to take it, there was no need for an argument according to Gul. He had already done it not long ago in this very city. But he could not bear the fact that these foes were not tempted to kill him, and instead were treating him as a harmless worm!

At this moment, Minos addressed Ruth. "Knock him out."

Hearing this, Ruth swiftly acted, using a minuscule force to bring down the bandit leader. With that, the battle was finally concluded, and Gul's capture was successfully carried out.

"Okay, guys, that was a good battle. Gather the items left by these seven thugs and then pass on a report to grandpa Dillian," Minos declared with a smile on his face as he made his way to the last of the three carriages in this location.

He wanted to see this Nine-tailed Fox up close. After all, it was much better to see the whole thing with your own eyes than through memory.

Minos then thought and turned to Dillian, "Grandpa Dillian, come with me. I think that fox will need your help."

"All right, young master," the butler nodded as he walked side by side with Minos.

When the two arrived at the side of the cell where the fox resided, Minos and Dillian saw how badly injured the poor mother was. She also didn't seem to have drunk any water in days, looking completely dehydrated.

'Ah! She lost one of her paws...' Dillian briefly sighed upon seeing the condition of the fox.

Unlike Minos, he was not aware of the magnificent changes that one could go through when reaching level 70. Therefore, seeing that this beast did not have one of her paws was akin to seeing someone who was crippled!

But Minos didn't care about that. He knew that this would naturally be resolved as long as she continued to get stronger.

Minos then crouched down and looked into the mother fox's eyes.

"I would like to introduce myself. My name is Minos Stuart, but you can only call me Minos. May I know what is the name of this magnificent Nine-tailed Fox?"

Upon hearing this, the mother fox gazed at Minos with a look of deep astonishment in her eyes.