Credit? What Credit?

"He instructed you to deal with me, Magnus Valorion. What did he promise you? What benefits did he offer?" Magnus asked in detail.

The second-in-command, "One-Eye," seeing that his leader had already given in, quickly replied, "Victor Blackthorn, the manager of the Blackthorn family, gave us 20 gold bars and said we could sell the high-quality grain we robbed from you to them for business."

Magnus smiled coldly, secretly admiring the generosity of the Blackthorn family.

Although Magnus had earned over 100,000 taels of silver in Willowbrook Town and Greenwood City through Galen Veritas and John Falstaff, he had never seen gold bars until now.

Now, to deal with his grain store, the Blackthorn family had offered 20 gold bars. Such generosity!

But "One-Eye's" reminder made Magnus realize there must be a lot of gold and silver treasures looted by The Crimson Vultures.

Magnus took a bottle of herbicide from his pocket and waved it in front of the two men.

"This is the antidote. Do you want it?"

Tuco and "One-Eye" immediately showed a glimmer of hope in their previously dull eyes.

"You two have been bandits here for many years, surely you've looted a lot of gold and silver treasures! Heh, if you hand them all over, the antidote will naturally be yours."

Facing the prospect of death, Tuco and "One-Eye" were no longer stingy with their possessions.

Moreover, The Crimson Vultures didn't have hidden traps or secret rooms like in novels. Even if Tuco didn't take Magnus to the treasures, it would only take a little more time for Magnus to find them.

By voluntarily leading Magnus to the treasures, they were essentially surrendering.

"Once this guy sees the piles of gold and silver, he'll be momentarily distracted. Then we can ask for the antidote. Once we take the antidote, maybe we can kill this poisoned devil," Tuco thought, feeling more confident in his plan.

Tuco, thinking himself clever, smiled and led Magnus to the treasures.

The rest of the bandits, seeing their leaders bound and unable to fight back, quickly lost their will to resist and surrendered.

"Tie up these small fries for me!"

The soldiers, who had been fighting fiercely, finally stopped outside the hall.

Since Tuco and "One-Eye" had been poisoned for three days, they walked very slowly. It took a while for Tuco to lead Magnus to the treasure stash.

The Crimson Vultures had looted enough gold and silver to fill two chests. In such a poor and remote area near Willowbrook Town, the fact that The Crimson Vultures could amass so much wealth showed how much evil they had done.

But what surprised Magnus the most was not the gold and silver, but the weapons and armor in The Crimson Vultures' warehouse.

The warehouse contained over a hundred long knives, dozens of hard bows, and even three sets of armor.

Even though several blacksmiths had arrived in Greenwood City recently, the few blacksmiths and their apprentices couldn't produce enough weapons.

Magnus's Greenwood City was most in need of weapons and equipment.

Seeing the gleam in Magnus's eyes, Tuco quickly said, "My lord, about the antidote?"

Magnus ignored him and asked, "Are you two sure you want to lead your men to surrender to me?"

Tuco, thinking he had fooled Magnus with his poor acting, quickly patted his chest and promised, "Of course, my lord. My brother and I will be loyal to you to the death. Even if you want us to kill our own fathers, we won't hesitate."

"How many men do you have in The Crimson Vultures? I need to prepare enough antidote for everyone."

Tuco and "One-Eye" were overjoyed, and a murderous glint flashed in their eyes as they exchanged a glance.

"One-Eye" quickly said, "My lord, including my brother and me, there are three hundred and eighteen men in The Crimson Vultures."

Magnus nodded slightly and said to William Anderson, "Take half the men here and join the others outside. Leave no one alive except the two leaders. Make it quick and painless."

"Everyone else, move these things to the hall."

William immediately gathered a few men and went outside with his sword.

Tuco was stunned. He had thought Magnus would take his men in, but he hadn't expected the young man to be so ruthless.

"You despicable man, you said you would give us the antidote. You don't keep your word!"

Feeling deceived, Tuco and "One-Eye" rushed at Magnus, but two soldiers kicked them to the ground before they got close.

"Credit is only needed when dealing with people. For scum like you, what credit do you need?"

"Don't kill them. I still need them for something back in town."

Magnus walked to the armor in the warehouse and said slowly, "No credit? You bandits are amusing!"

"Besides, this herbicide is a deadly poison with no antidote. You've already been poisoned to the bone. Even God can't save you now."

The soldiers' kicks nearly knocked the wind out of Tuco and "One-Eye." After a while, the ferocity in their eyes turned to despair.

Magnus didn't order the massacre of the bandits out of cruelty.

They had all consumed poisoned wine and rice. Letting them live would only prolong their suffering.

Killing them now would end their misery and harden his soldiers with blood and combat.

If Greenwood City's equipment, location, and manpower weren't lacking, Magnus wouldn't have resorted to such underhanded tactics to deal with Tuco's bandits.