The Medallion novel Chapter 1427

"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.

In no time, the whole team of guards was surrounded by the group of men in black. Upon closer inspection, the clothes of these men were marked with daggers, which was the symbol of the Robber Regiment.

"Dear friends, we are the guards of the Sword Spirit Sect. We just want to quietly pass. Please 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 than ten years. In his years of experience, he had to test the other party's reaction and motive first, so he directly told them their identity.

"We're not going to make trouble for you, but you have to leave the ethereal crystals to us." A figure in white suddenly walked out in front of the group of men in black. It was pretty dark but they were sure that the figure was petite and dainty. It was obviously a woman, but from the spiritual aura that she emitted, they knew that she should be at the seventh grade of the Spirit Realm, making the guards a bit panic-stricken.

"I'm afraid we don't have what you're talking about. We are just escorting our lady back to the Sword Spirit City," Eliseo said politely, doing his best not to agitate the robbers.

"Stop messing around! Should I rephrase what I said? Give me the ethereal crystals or you're going to be in lots of trouble!" the woman in white shouted sternly.

"I already told you that we don't have them. If you don't believe me, you can check it for yourself."

Hearing this, the woman in white narrowed her eyes and immediately gestured to one of 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 that they were all empty.

After inspecting every wagon, the man in black immediately rushed back beside the woman in white and whispered to her ear.

"Where are the ethereal crystals? Don't think that you can outsmart me." The woman in white was also surprised when his underling told her that he didn't find any, but she was sure that they were just tricking their group.

"As I said, we don't bear any ethereal crystal. You've already checked everywhere and found nothing," Eliseo replied as his tone gradually became serious.

"Oh? So, you're really going to make a fool out of us, huh? I've told you that you can leave without encountering any trouble if you just give us what we want, but this is how you want to play this out? Fine, then," the woman in white snorted coldly.

"Don't threaten us. Aren't you afraid of offending the Sword Spirit Sect?" Eliseo finally lost his patience and snapped back.

"Humph! Your measly sect is nothing before us! I assume that you won't hand the crystals over no 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 her men to make their move.