Chapter 43
This isn’t about extorting money.
What’s in the wallets of third-rate thugs isn’t just simple coins, but the helplessness and despair of the original owners who were robbed by these scoundrels. Therefore, it’s better for their stolen goods to fall into someone else’s hands rather than those despicable villains.
What I am doing is a noble service, fulfilling the wishes of the victims.
“Empty your pockets. If I find anything after searching, it’s one hit per coin.”
The piggy banks began to whisper among themselves. Still trying to figure out the situation, they exchanged glances. Realizing they’d been tricked, one of them scrunched up his face.
He then pointed a knife at me.
“What are you idiots doing? If it’s not Lethe, there’s no problem killing him!”
Following his lead, others raised their swords, axes, and staffs and surrounded me.
I wasn’t afraid.