?"Your Majesty! This kid is talking nonsense! I''ve been careful to eliminate my footprints along the way, and I didn''t detect anyone following me during several anti-reconnaissance attempts... Your Majesty! Believe me! This... this guy couldn''t possibly have followed me from Ira Vige!!"


    Fuchs desperately argued, even standing up in his excitement.


    "Fuchs, don''t get so worked up. Sit down, sit down."


    Wolf, however, seemed quite rxed. He looked at Fuchs'' flushed, liver-colored face with interest, having already made up his mind.


    "Your Majesty! You must believe me! I really, really didn''t do anything to betray you!"


    Fuchs knew Wolf''s character well. Seeing that his argument was ineffective, he impulsively knelt down before Wolf in desperation.


    "Hey, don''t be like that, Fuchs. We''re all brothers here. What are you doing?"


    Wolf said this, but made no move to help Fuchs up, nor did he show any intention of doing so. He sat there, pretending to ponder for a moment, and then leaned down, looking directly into Fuchs'' eyes, saying, "How about this? You take two men and go to Luca Vige right now. You''ll be responsible for tying up any loose ends. Do a good job and make everyone believe in your abilities again."


    Upon hearing Wolf''s words, Fuchs'' face turned pale instantly. He tried to bite his lip hard to keep his emotions in check, and blood seeped from his broken lip, staining his entire chin red.


    Even so, Wolf acted as if he hadn''t seen it. He pped his hands and ordered people to "escort" Fuchs to Luca Vige. After Fuchs left, he turned his attention back to the boy who imed to be "Banning."


    "Young man, your tracking skills are quite impressive. You want to join our bandit gang, huh?" Wolf asked with a smile.


    Banning, looking like a naive youngster, thought his opportunity had finallye. He eagerly nodded while kneeling, his eyes filled with bright anticipation.


    "Alright, we happen to need someone to serve as a sacrifice for the heavens in this operation. You''ll do just fine. Hahaha!"


    Banning was about to say, "Thank you, Your Majesty," but upon hearing the words "sacrifice for the heavens," he was suddenly dumbfounded, frozen like a statue. Hisical, helpless appearance made Wolf and the other banditsugh heartily for a while. They all knew that "sacrifice for the heavens" was merely a title; what Wolf really meant was to kill this self-proimed clever brat.


    "Bring him! Lock him up! If he escapes, I''ll use you as the sacrifice!"


    Humph, no one can outsmart me when ites to cunning—Wolf thought smugly to himself.


    ·


    Fuchs, the vice leader of the Crimson Cloud Bandits, was now heading to Luca Vige with two other bandits toplete the final cleanup.


    On the surface, it was called "escorting," but Fuchs knew in his heart that this was actually "surveince" sent by the chief. This proved that the chief no longer trusted him.


    Long before this day, Fuchs had somewhat guessed that Wolf harbored suspicions about him, and the appearance of this unknown youth today was merely thest straw that led Wolf to make his decision. Alternatively, this youth could very well have been an actor arranged by Wolf to deliver the "final blow" to Fuchs.


    (Sigh, years of brotherhood gone, just like that...)


    (At least... we haven''tpletely torn our faces apart yet... but... Mary... oh, Mary... I''m afraid I''ll never see you again.)


    Fuchs'' current emotions were akin to those of a man who had narrowly escaped death at the cost of being castrated - life was tasteless, yet seeking death seemed a waste.


    ording to Fuchs'' original script, events should not have transpired this way.


    Approximately a year ago, the Crimson Cloud Bandits frequently operated around Luca Vige and Ira Vige. At that time, their team was notrge enough to attack an entire vige, so they primarily relied on robbing passersby and small merchant groups for sustenance. In the course of these daily activities, Fuchs happened to meet Mary, who was out picking medicinal herbs by chance.


    Mary was a married woman from Ira Vige, but her rtionship with her husband was poor. Taking advantage of this, Fuchs quickly ingratiated himself with her. Eventually, under Fuchs'' coercion, Mary reluctantly became intimate with him. Once infidelity began, it continued countless times. Over time, Fuchs unconsciously fell in love with Mary and decided to eliminate her husband and marry her.


    Unfortunately, the cavalry unit of Gudetown was about to sweep the bandits around Ira Forest. Under Wolf''smand, the Crimson Cloud Bandits fled en masse, and they were gone for a year. When they returned to Ira Forestst month, Fuchs was speechless to discover that Mary had found a new lover!


    Fuchs had never imagined that he, who had cuckolded others, could also be cuckolded. It was clear that he hadeter, so how could someonee eventer than him? Whose possession was Mary now?


    In a fit of rage, Fuchs intended to kill the two adulterers, but the bandits were nning a major operation (piging Luca Vige), so Fuchs reluctantly postponed his n. By the time the situation in Luca Vige had mostly concluded, Fuchs'' mindset had changed. He still loved Mary and decided that it would suffice to kill her husband and the lover named Joseph.


    Thus, Fuchs began secretly meeting with Mary in Ira Vige under the pretext of various reconnaissance missions while simultaneously preparing to assassinate the two men without her knowledge.


    However, fate once again yed a cruel joke on Fuchs. Their leader, Wolf, having tasted sess, now nned to plunder Ira Vige! Moreover, he ordered that no one act independently before the official attack, or they would be executed as traitors leaking information.


    Fuchs knew the ferocious nature of hisrades, and Wolf was a lecherous man. Once the Crimson Cloud Bandits attacked Ira Vige, there was a chance that Mary would be Wolf''s woman, and Fuchs would, unfortunately, get triple cuckolded.


    Left with no choice, Fuchs risked arousing Wolf''s suspicions by trying various methods to sneak out and persuade Mary to flee to the town for refuge in advance. However, Mary did not believe Fuchs. Not only did she think he was deceiving her, but she also demanded that Fuchs renounce his life of crime, as she did not want a bandit as her husband.


    Fuchs felt like he was going mad.


    Time passed day by day, and the Crimson Cloud Bandits'' three-day reconnaissance of Ira Vige was nearing its end. Fuchs unprecedentedly volunteered to conduct the final reconnaissance mission. He knew this would inevitably arouse Wolf''s suspicions, but it was hisst chance.


    With Fuchs'' abilities, he should havepleted the "reconnaissance" and returned to the bandits'' hideout before daybreak. However, this time two unexpected incidents urred.


    The first piece of news was good: Mary''s lover, Joseph, had died unexpectedly.


    The second piece of news was bad: Ira Vige had inexplicably hosted a barbecue party, causing Fuchs to waste two or three extra hours on cover-ups than nned. What was worse, he failed to persuade Mary and did not win her over in bed. Regretfully, he returned, hoping to stealthily whisk her away amidst the chaos during the raid.


    Upon Fuchs'' tardy return to the hideout, Wolf immediately sought him out for a "chat," even making an exception to have Fuchs sit beside him, leaving Fuchs trembling in fear. Everyone knew what happened afterward when the young man who came to submit appeared.


    ·


    Fuchs was miserable, but the young man "Banning" didn''t fare much better.


    Deep in the cave, Tyler was tied up like a bundle of rags and thrown on the ground. In his head, a silly loli taunted and mocked him.


    (Silly Nissen: Tyler, you big fool! I told-o you not to abandon the light-o for darkness! Now you see? Wait-o to be sacrificed to the heavens, you super invincible big fool-o, Tyler!)