The Medallion

"What? I don't think so. You're going to tell me what you're doing, or I will report what I just saw to Miss Hannah. Are you stealing the ethereal crystals, Captain?" Rocky asked with a mischievous smile on his face.

"You, idiot! Miss Hannah specifically asked me to do this!" Ramon commented angrily but tried to maintain his voice lowered.

"Wait. Miss Hannah was the one who asked you to take the crystals away? What the hell is going on?" Rocky asked as he instantly felt that something shady was going on.

"Mind your own business, brat! If I were you, I would just do my job well. Now, get out of the way," Ramon warned sternly.

"All right…" Rocky's eyes narrowed, but he decided to let the matter go at the moment. Then, he went to the sidelines and continued to observe Ramon.

After all of the ethereal crystals in the wagons were sucked into the Spiritual Treasure Sachet, Ramon returned to the side of Hannah's carriage and informed, "Miss Hannah, I already finished the task. I'm leaving now and I've asked Eliseo to take the command. If an ambush occurs, they will protect you with all their strength."

"Go ahead. You need to leave now," Hannah briefly replied.

Then, Ramon quickly checked the surroundings before he walked into the dark.

Hearing the conversation between Ramon and Hannah, Rocky had no clue what the ambush meant, but he certainly knew that they might be running into some trouble.

'It seems that something interesting is about to happen. I need to be prepared,' Rocky thought to himself as he let out a faint smile.

About an hour later, the guards continued their journey and they soon entered the Night-wolf Gorge.

The Night-wolf Gorge was infamous because of the dangers that lay within it, and it was known that a notorious group of robbers commonly brought misfortune to those who passed this place. The terrain of the gorge had several twists and turns, and the road was surrounded by cliffs on both sides. Thus, it had become an easy target for the Robber Regiment to set up an ambush. Especially when it was late at night, these robbers could move freely as if the area was the back of their palm.

Before Ramon left, he strictly instructed Eliseo to be on high alert at all times. He had to pay attention to his surroundings in case there was a potential emergency.

Finally, they were already about to get out of the gorge, but they didn't encounter any trouble.

With this, the guards breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little. However, just as they thought that they wouldn't come across any mishap, they suddenly saw that under the cliffs beside the road, several black shadows that looked like house lizards flew down along the cliff at such an incredible speed.

by the group of men in black. Upon closer inspection, the clothes of these men were marked

do not be too hard on us." Eliseo appeared to be in his early forty's and he had already worked as a guard for more

of the group of men in black. It was pretty dark but they were sure that the figure

talking about. We are just escorting our lady back to the Sword Spirit City," Eliseo said politely, doing his best not to agitate

around! Should I rephrase what I said? Give me the ethereal crystals or you're going to be in lots of

don't have them. If

the men in black. Then, the man instantly leaped forward and landed on the wagons to inspect them. He eventually opened the boxes that originally contained the ethereal crystals but saw

back beside the

also surprised when

checked everywhere and found

of us, huh? I've told you that you can leave without encountering any trouble if you just give us what we want, but

afraid of offending the Sword Spirit Sect?" Eliseo finally lost his patience and

matter what. So, don't blame us for what's going to happen next! Take their lady! Let's see if they will still act all high and mighty afterward," the woman in white commanded firmly, gesturing

out! Protect our lady!" Seeing that they had no choice but to fight back, Eliseo immediately issued the order to safeguard

all of the guards surrounded the carriage, where Hannah stayed put, in order to protect her

other hand, the members of the Robber Regiment also encircled the guards and started

at least at the third grade of the Spirit Realm. However, the members of the Robber Regiment were far more powerful, so they easily gained the upper hand. Soon enough, the guards' defenses

time, Rocky, who had been hiding behind

doing here?" Hannah asked, extremely surprised to see him at this

said as he pressed his

here," Hannah said as

worry. I'm here to protect you, Miss Hannah," Rocky said as he dismissed

need your protection. It is the guards' job. Now, get out of here," Hannah refused with a

asked me to protect you." Rocky didn't have a choice

her attention, but the