True Cruelty

Their entire conversation was in English. Based on their temperaments and the firearms they carried, they must be mercenaries.

"Instructor, the people they've captured are from Jun Country!"

Just as they walked past them, Yun Xi heard one of the three captured prisoners say a few sentences in their national language. She could almost confirm that those who were captured were experts from Jun Country.

"I heard." Yan Shuo's eyes lowered and his brows twisted as he looked forward, seemingly estimating the plausibility of a rescue.

"We can't just watch them die without doing anything. But there are quite a number of them, while there are only two of us. We are way underpowered compared to them."

On top of that, they were still unclear about how many people were at the destination where the mercenaries were heading. The possibility of a successful rescue at this point wouldn't be high.