Chapter 8: The Bandit Camp

After Jessica pulled the bandit to the ground and whispered to him to be quiet or she would slit his throat, the others came rushing toward them, two of the guards grabbed the bandit, tying his hands together and putting a cloth in his mouth to make sure he can not make any noises, in case any bandits were nearby, as the guard tie the man up against one of the trees multiple ropes to make sure he had no way of escaping, they also took all his equipment that could be used to escape, leaving him behind at the tree, they sneak around, while one guard stayed behind with the bandit, just in case.

As they all move forward nineteen guards, the head guard Dean, Jessica, and Vanessa, quickly rush to the secret treehouse, Jessica sighs, ‘after this I will need to move houses, too many know of this one now’, as she quickly climbs up, getting two bows and a dagger, herself a bow since she already had a knife on her, she gave the dagger to Vanessa who did not know how to use it, she puts it away as she grabs the bow with full confidence, as both of them have ten arrows on their back, after Jessica got them from the camouflaged treehouse, after this little stop they moved on, Jessica showed them the way to the bandit hideout.

Before they left the bandit behind with one of the guards they questioned him, he was stubborn, but Dean the head guard got him to talk, well it took a while but he made him talk in the end, the things he did were on another level, not something a normal head guard would do, but then again Dean was not someone who originally came from the village himself nobody knows a whole lot about him, but that is not the point at the moment, they got him to talk about their hideout, and they made sure Jessica was talking about the same place, which indeed was the hideout of the bandits they did not move since a week ago, Dean got him to tell them there was a captured woman there tied up at a tree just like he was now.

It did not take long before they could see a lot of light from a distance away in the forest, as they all sneak around the bushes, bandits were patrolling all around the camp, multiple were drinking, and one massive guy in the middle, two big swords on his back, and a cut on his left eye, he was wearing a red mask, dark black hair, this guy could actually be big trouble, and probably was the boss, Dean instantly recognized the massive man in the middle, he whispers to the others, ‘that is Scar, pretty ironic since he did not have a scar until I fought him, I can recognize a scar I made even after years, but that scar is not the problem, this guy is bad news, especially… since he is here, that means, they are here too…’, nobody knew what Dean was talking about but one thing was for sure, it could not be anything good.

The group decided to shadow the camp for a while, seeing if there were any weak spots they could attack from, or try to sneak up on most of the bandits at once, to avoid useless loss of men, but suddenly one of the bandits rushes to the massive guy, he whispers something into the massive guy his ear, as the massive guy stands up, he is even taller then you can imagine, he walks off in the opposite direction from where they were at.

To Be Continued.