Chapter Fifty-Seven: Surprising but Safe

  "Ruth..." Rayn shouted loudly, but Ruth had already rushed frantically into the woods by the side of the road. In a flash, Rayn's figure also darted towards the woods.

  "Captain Raine, Captain Raine..." Laddie and Little Fatty shouted in unison as they rushed forward, the soldiers exchanging bewildered glances before following suit.

  "Long... officer, I... am a hunter, please have mercy on me, I really didn't mean to, I..." As soon as Rain entered the forest, he heard a burst of sobbing and followed the sound to find an old man dressed in hunting attire kneeling in front of Rus, begging for mercy with tears streaming down his face.

  If it weren't for Rad's quick thinking, the crossbow bolt would have taken Reyn's life. Russ was furious and although he found out that the crossbow bolt was an accident by Old Hunter, Russ wouldn't let him off so easily. With a fierce glint in his eye, Russ raised his sword high, ready to...

  "Rus, stop! That's enough! Don't make it hard for him!" Rein shouted loudly, quickly rushing over to support the old hunter who was still wailing in pain, and pleading with Rus.

  "Renn, you... *sigh*!" Russ said with some dissatisfaction, but seeing Renn's serious expression, he put away his sword and shook his head, walking gloomily towards the forest with a disbelieving face.

  "Rades, where's Rhein? Why hasn't he come out yet?" Rudes asked breathlessly after waiting anxiously by the roadside for half a day without seeing any sign of Rhein.

  "Rus bro, didn't you tell us to come back? How was I supposed to know?" Lades said with an innocent gaze at Rus, defending himself in a low voice.

  "Ah......" At this moment, a miserable cry came, startling the birds in the forest to flutter their wings and fly high into the sky.

  "Fooled again!" Russ cursed, and once more wildly rushed into the woods, the other soldiers also quickly followed.

  In the clearing, the old hunter knelt on the ground with his head bowed, a short knife in his right hand, which was now plunged into his own chest. Fresh blood continued to gush out, and his body convulsed as he struggled to lift his head, looking at Lain with eyes filled with terror. He spat out fresh blood, fell to the ground, and closed his eyes unwillingly.

  "Rhein..." Rus rushed over with his sword in hand, loudly calling out.

  "Rus, it's all right, let's go!" Rayn shook his head and sighed, slowly turning around to face Rus as he walked over.

  "What's going on?" Rus drew in his sword, looking at Rain with a puzzled and uncomprehending gaze.

  "Alas... I find him particularly pitiful, wanting to take care of him, who knew..." Reyn said helplessly, as he stretched out his right hand clenched into a fist, with over ten glittering gold coins still radiating dazzling light.

  "Captain Raine, Captain Raine..." At this time, Lades and Xiao Pang also ran over, holding shields and military knives, with worried expressions on their faces.

  "Alas... Rus, Lades, little fatty, it's all right, let's go!" Rayn sighed, he never thought that this old hunter was actually here to assassinate him.

  "Raines, why didn't you leave a living mouth?" Russ did not leave, squatting on the ground to observe the old hunter's body on the grass, and said with some resentment.

  "Rus, come on, let's just head back quickly!" Lain urged, saying somewhat impatiently.

  "Renn, are you...?" Russ stood up, gazing at Renn and asked.

  "Rus..." Rayn glared at him and turned to walk away towards the outside of the woods.

  "Alas..." Rus sighed incessantly, waving his hand to signal the soldiers to continue on their journey.

  After Yegor rushed away with the soldiers, a figure floated down from under a large tree nearby and came to the long-dead old hunter's side, picked up his body and quickly ran deep into the forest.

  On the way, Rus had been wanting to find an opportunity to talk to Lain, but Lain remained silent. Seeing his appearance, Rus could only sigh and shake his head helplessly.

  Lades and Xiao Pang strengthened their vigilance, cautiously looking around, and from time to time running forward to scout out the situation.

  Shortly afterwards, Rain arrived safely at the General Robert's mansion in Xia Hai Guan under the escort of Rus and others. Under Rus' leadership, Rain came to General Robert's study with a sense of unease.

  "Rhein, you've finally returned!" General Robert sat in front of a green marble desk, looking at the letter, and asked in a low voice without raising his head.

  "General, I...I'm back!" Rayn said with a salute.

  When Ruth brought Rain to the door, she had already excused herself, leaving only the two of them in the room.

  General Robert did not continue to ask anything, looking at the letter in the book with a serious expression, and the room was extremely quiet at this time.

  At this time, Laine quietly raised his head and gazed at General Robert, then his eyes began to scan the study, now he was much more relaxed.

  The study is a wooden structure, revealing a classical European architectural style. Not far from the entrance of the study, there is a green marble desk with some books neatly placed on it. In front of the desk, a black wooden box stands upright with several colorful triangular tokens.

  The room is very spacious, with a long screen on the right side embroidered with various magnificent war scenes, and on the opposite wall there is also a topographic map of the entire Strait of Gibraltar.

  "Renn, I heard you encountered assassins on your way here? Is that so?" General Robert asked suddenly, his tone somewhat subtle, as he had already placed the letter on the desk and was gazing intently at Renn.

  "General, I..." Matters had come to this, and Rain could only confess the truth.

  Ruth and Rain arrived at the General's mansion, hastily rushing to the study. Unexpectedly, General Robert, who was tens of miles away, already knew about their encounter with bandits along the way. At this moment, Rain's admiration for General Robert grew even more. It seemed that General Robert's information network in the Strait of Haiguo was also very extensive.

  "Rhein, you abandoned me for a female thief, can you justify yourself to Julia who has deeply loved you? Can you justify yourself to me?" Suddenly, General Robert slammed his fist and said angrily.

  "General Robert, I..." Rain said, but then he didn't know what to say next and stood there with his mouth open for half a day without speaking.

  At this moment, a hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door, and then the study's big door was opened with a bang.