11 Kidnapping 2

"What kind of person's inside? Based on the size and weight, I'd say it's a girl."

Unable to contain his curiosity, one of the men carrying the sack asked the leader to check what was inside.

"Maybe it's a merchant or noble's daughter… Oi, open the sack!"

Curiosity getting the best of him, the leader displayed a vulgar grin and ordered the sack to be opened.

"Are you sure?"

"Hmph, that man never said we couldn't open the sack. And we need to find out if the contents are worth more than what we're paid for. We'll request another payment during the handover."

The subordinates cheered hearing those words while the leader snorted.

"You, watch the surroundings and don't let anyone come near. Well, I doubt anyone comes to this place anyway."

The leader ordered the man to set his bag on the ground. The man who was ordered from before had a "Let me see her face too" expression on his face.

But in Ling Tian's eyes, the lackey's vigilance was extremely sloppy.

"Well then…"

After confirming their surroundings, the man placed the sack on the ground and roughly opened it.

"Kya!"

With a thud, a soft slender limb was exposed, together with a scream coming out from the young lady in the sack.

"Hehe, now we can enjoy a young woman to ourselves."

Smiles crept onto the sketchy quartet's faces after hearing the young lady's cream.

They leisurely unfastened the ropes binding the sack.

Only 10 seconds were needed to finish the deed.

After seeing who emerged from inside the bag, the men leaked voices of admiration.

What they saw was a young girl around the same age as Ling Tian.

Silky violet-blonde hair, purple colored irides, and a determined expression; the charming girl had the appearance of an angel.

Due to her features and attire, she exuded the atmosphere of a high-class individual.

Possibly she was the daughter of a noble.

Her exceptional beauty mesmerized Ling Tian in an instant.

There was no mistake; a noble's daughter had just been kidnapped.

But for what reason? For such important cargo, they would not be handed over for transportation to some hooligans.

Ling Tian was speechless and had no idea what was going on.

It was safe to say they must have received inside help from guards of the noble's house.

"Ah— Curiosity killed the cat huh? This is bad… we may have overstepped our boundaries."

The leader nervously scratched his head with a difficult expression painted on his face.

They must have understood what it meant for them to kidnap the girl. They finally realized the gravity of the situation.

"Well good thing we only carried them this far. After reaching our destination, let's ask for additional payment. C'mon, let's go! We gotta finish this quickly."

The criminals' plans continued along with the girl's misfortune.

Being glared at by the goons, the young girl tightly shut her eyes.

"Well come on. Quietly get back in the sack again."

"No! Fire Ba..."

The young girl raised her hands up and recited something. Something started coming out from the palm of her hands.

However before the phenomenon of Spiritual Qi could be converted into a spell, the girl received a sharp kick from the leader.

"Agh— gah ho…"

Ling Tian was startled witnessing the young girl being blown away.

At the same time he was fascinated by the magic she was about to release.

Ling Tian could only use his Spiritual Qi for body and flesh Strengthening while that young girl was doing something else entirely using an unknown technique.

"Che, that was a close one. I let my guard down. To think she's a cultivator, as expected of a noble's daughter."

The unfamiliar word "cultivator" reached Ling Tian's ears.

"Uu~…"

Looking at the young girl clutching her stomach in pain, one of the hoodlums opened his mouth.

"E~tto, she's not dead yet right?"

"It's alright. She's still moaning in pain."

"We don't know if they'll give us our payment for damaged goods…"

"Ah? Ah, well we'll know at that time comes right?"

The leader's outrageous conduct made his underlings tremble in fear. They responded by giving him troubled smiles.

From their conversation, they were a bunch of worthless people.

(What should I do…?)

While suppressing his impatience, Ling Tian pondered at the question.

The young girl would not die from only that level of a kick.

But at this rate, she would be abandoned.

Or he could head over and provide her with some assistance.

But that was easier said than done.

There were four opponents, based on Ling Tian's estimations they were no threat to him.

Still, even with his abilities, he has not had doubts he could flawlessly defeat all of them.

Moreover, they were all armed while he was unarmed.

His opponents would not hesitate to kill him.

In other words, Ling Tian had to fight barehanded against a group of four armed men who had experience in committing murder.

Furthermore, if he was slashed by one of those cheap blades, the injury would most likely suffer an infection.

If he remained in his position, the scene before him would soon disappear.

But the incident would not end just like that; the young girl would be moved somewhere against her will.

Ling Tian heard from rumors that some brothels in the area sometimes held sadistic events where people gathered and tortured young girls.

There was a chance the girl in front of him would be sent to one such place.

However, the incident unfolding before him had nothing to do with him.

Hiding and watching the group depart the area would leave a bad aftertaste, but there was no need for him to risk his life for a complete stranger.