The Cyan Bamboo Tribe's population was less than four hundred, and its usual defensive force numbered twenty men at most.
Among them, aside from the three Professional Knights led by Willie, the rest were commoners—farmers who became guards when they took up arms. They had no formal training. They were no match for Professional Knights; even the Guards Ronin had brought from Wushan Castle were stronger than them.
In truth, the battle was over the moment Ronin and his men arrived unimpeded at the outskirts of the Cyan Bamboo Tribe.
Not only did they fail to mount any real resistance, but no one even managed to send word out for help. The two teams led by Juliet and Sim, which Ronin had cautiously positioned on the roads, proved entirely unnecessary.
He simply hadn't expected it to go this smoothly.
