"Sigh, a gang is a gang. The young mistress is about to become the mistress of your gang, yet she doesn’t even come over to pay respects..." someone muttered.

"Stop the nonsense. Escort the young mistress according to the routine." said the Captain of the Guard.

"Yes!"

After walking several more kilometers, this area had completely fallen under the control of the Xiao Organization, with many distribution points for bread and water visible along the street.

Every child could receive a small fist-sized piece of bread, not enough to be full, but enough to not starve.

If you want more bread and water? Then join the Xiao Organization, and you will have endless bread and water.

Thus, often a distribution point needed to be replenished within a few hours, while nearly a thousand children were brought back to the Xiao Organization.

Watching this scene, the guards here were all astounded.

"It’s really a waste to bestow such white bread to the commoners."

"Heh, perhaps the leader of the Xiao Organization has become arrogant, but he has the capital to be so. After all, he might become a member of the Alben Family in the future, maybe even change his surname." At this, they all showed envious expressions.

Their greatest wish was to change their surname to Alben.

However, after leaving here, they would briefly enter a war buffer zone, which was once the territory of a noble, but the Xiao Organization didn’t care about that and would strike wherever they could.

If the nobles were polite, the children on the lower levels might not attack. But if they dared to strike, they would face what the nobles called "riots".

However, their convoy, always holding high the banners and family crest of the Alben Family, in general, the Xiao Organization and other nobles wouldn’t take action; only the disrupted gang members might cause trouble.

But now this battlefield buffer zone was actually calmer than the ones controlled by the Xiao Organization.

"Captain, it’s so quiet here, and there’s no trace of the Xiao Organization or other gangs. It feels completely different from other areas," a guard said.

"Yeah, maybe this area has been completely swept clean by the Xiao Organization, which is why it’s so quiet," the Captain of the Guard nodded in agreement with this young guard.

After all, they had been traveling for half a day, and were actually starting to relax, needing topics or engravings to keep them focused.

"It seems that this Xiao Organization is really strong. No wonder the Patriarch is allied with them. At this rate, a single gang like the Xiao Organization could unify all the other gangs in Roland City. By then, won’t all the resources of Roland City belong to our Alben Family?" The young guard smiled, very relaxed.

The Captain of the Guard looked at the dilapidated Roland City, on the contrary, feeling reassured. After all, after the young mistress’s marriage with the Xiao Organization, they would also stay with the Xiao Organization—one, as private soldiers of the young mistress, and two, to assist the Xiao Organization, as well as assist the young mistress in controlling it.

In other words, today the Xiao Organization would essentially bear the Alben surname, so it’s naturally better if the Xiao Organization’s power is stronger. The stronger it is, the more power they will have at their disposal.

"The wisdom of the Patriarch is beyond our reach. This way, the Xiao Organization is completely subdued. Our family’s centuries of operation was not in vain, and now it’s time to reap the rewards. Once we get to the Xiao Organization, we must work harder as well," said the Captain of the Guard.

"Yeah, we must strive too. By then, maybe we could have titles like the second or third leader of the Xiao Organization," the young guard laughed.

They looked at the road stretching far into the distance. The Alben Family would keep moving forward, never stopping.

This time, it would be an opportunity for their family to rise again.

"Woo!" Suddenly, the speeding shadow of a carriage barreled in from the end of the street. In the confused gaze of all the guards, suddenly countless longbows and short crossbows on the carriage aimed in their direction.

"Whoosh!" The piercing sound of arrows broke through the air, directly hitting one of the horses and causing the others to panic.

"We are from the Alben Family, who goes there?" The Captain of the Guard immediately roared in anger, yet the words fell on deaf ears. The arrows and crossbows rained down like raindrops.

"Protect the young mistress! Take cover, quick!" the Captain of the Guard shouted.

Yet at this moment, it wasn’t just the attacking carriage, masked figures on the rooftop on both sides of the street pulled their longbows aiming below; not only bows and crossbows, from behind came people with muskets, loading bullets into the barrels. As the Magic Rune lit up, the bullets were propelled by fire elements at supersonic speed.

"Damn it, who are the enemies!" the Captain of the Guard roared.

Someone with sharp eyes noticed the black robe with red clouds, immediately saying, "Sir, it’s the Xiao Organization, the Xiao Organization is attacking us!"

"Xiao Organization?" The Captain of the Guard was momentarily stunned.

This convoy not only carried the young mistress of the Alben Family but also countless precious metals, materials, Magic Runes, and other items as a dowry.

The Alben Family wouldn’t want the Xiao Organization to underestimate them. The treasures in this convoy alone could bankrupt an ordinary noble family.

But these were meant as gifts for the Xiao Organization, how could the Xiao Organization possibly ambush them here?

Besides, are the people of the Xiao Organization accustomed to using bows, crossbows, and muskets?

It’s not that the Captain of the Guard underestimated the Xiao Organization; he had witnessed their battles. They tended to operate in small groups, using squad-sized tactics, even in collective actions, they moved one squad at a time.