Fairy Tale: Little Red Riding Hood's Wolf Mentor

Chapter 39: Shadow of the Copycat
"So, the dungeon in the village is located here?"

Poro stared at the bandit leader with his green eyes and asked.

"Yes, yes... Devil-sama."

The little leader was trembling all over, and was describing the terrain of his own stronghold in a trembling manner. On the top of the distant mountain, several people could already see the gate of the stronghold.

Poro did not object to the title of "demon". After all, in a sense... this name is useful.

"Lake, mark this place and leave a place for guarding."

The Poro thought for a moment, stretched out a claw and tapped a certain spot on the sketched blueprint of the copycat in front of Lake.

Lake picked up a pen and made a mark on it.

"What else? Are there any other powerful characters in your village?"

"In our village, there are two bosses, and the rest are small leaders like me, responsible for daily robbery... ahem, doing business.

The small leader trembled and cried, "We were forced to become bandits, and we have long wanted to change..."

"Don't say useless things."

The Poro said, revealing the scarlet blood on his white fangs.

"Tell me what's so special about your first and second in command..."

"I don't know much about it either. I only know that a few years ago, they were not the head of the village, but suddenly one day, the head of the village died.

The current boss was only the second-in-command before..."

The bandit leader swallowed his saliva and said, "More than that, we, the minions, don't know. We can only guess... The boss must have connections in the Kingdom of Sinuo."

"Someone?"

"It's probably nobles or something, so soldiers have never come here."

"Nobles... No wonder there's a gang of bandits on the roadside near a big city..."

Hearing this, Poro narrowed his eyes, as if he had thought of something, but also seemed to be a little confused.

After that, after further improving the rough map in Lake's hand, Poro nodded:
"There are quite a few people guarding the main gate, let's go through the back door..."

He pointed to a few more places and asked Lake to circle them, then looked at Hans on the side.

"Don't reveal any flaws when the time comes, got it?"

"But isn't there a guard at the back door as well?"

Lake was a little confused.

"The guards at the main gate have higher status and are stricter in checking."

Poro pointed at the bandit leader who was tied up on the side and said, "This guy is a small leader. If we take you two in through the back door, the chances of being stopped will be much lower."

"Oh……"

Lake is very smart. Although she doesn't quite understand some things, she still roughly understands Poro's "infiltration thinking" and what he will do next.

In general, it's about sneaking in, starting from the least vigilant areas -

First, find out the dungeon to prevent the robbers from killing the hostages, then find out the specific strength of the strong men in the stronghold and come up with targeted ideas.

Finally, we found an opportunity to catch most of the bandits in one fell swoop.

"but……"

Lake hesitated for a moment, then carefully examined the detailed sketch in her hand. "Polo, why are you so skilled? Do wolves use these?"

“Oh, it’s my first time too.”

Poro looked at Hans who was also looking at him with admiration, and explained, "This is called - preparation is the key to success, while lack of preparation leads to failure.

Mr. Hans' luck is very strong, but the way it is realized is largely uncontrollable."

Poro glanced at Lake and continued, "His luck only applies to him. If we two want to get involved, we need to be more prepared."

……

"Seventh Brother, these two are..."

There was a smaller back door behind the cottage, the robber guarding the door asked.

"I brought in some new brothers."

Poro, using the appearance of a small leader, smiled and nodded, secretly took out a few copper coins, stuffed them into the gate robber's pocket and said, "I'll treat you to a drink next time."

"Okay, Seventh Brother!"

The robber, who was already a little sleepy, happily stuffed the copper coins into his arms and opened the door.

"The security inside is much worse than outside."

As Poro spoke, although some passing bandits looked at them strangely, most of them just said hello and no one became suspicious.

"Um……"

Lake became quite nervous. After all, they had only prepared for this infiltration for a few hours.

Passing the boss and the second in command, they hurriedly walked towards the dungeon in the middle hall where they were most likely to appear.

The dungeon has guards, but most of them are aimed at the interior.

According to the description of the small boss, the dungeon is pitch black most of the time.

But when they arrived at the dungeon, they found the light of torches flashing inside the door.

"Brother, have more prisoners been sent to the dungeon?"

Poro handed a few copper coins to the bandits in front of the dungeon door.

"Hey, you guys are the ones who do the most lucrative work."

The guard greedily collected the copper coins and shrugged. "Second in command is in jail now. After all, tomorrow is the day when those big shots come again, and there's a piglet they specifically want."

"Second in command..."

The Poro nodded, narrowing his eyes as he studied the guard before him.

It’s really troublesome, but you still can’t avoid it?
……

Inside the dungeon, the flickering flames of torches on the wall illuminated several terrified and desperate faces inside the prison.

A tall man with pale skin, who looked more like a military advisor than a bandit, stood at the end of the dungeon.

In front of me, the iron door of a prison was open.

Among them, a small bandit leader was putting a bloody dagger back into its sheath, standing up and picking up a ball-shaped object on the ground.

"Well, well done, very complete."

The second in command narrowed his eyes, and in the light of the fire, he carefully looked at the spherical object that was lifted in the air, and nodded.

It was a human head with a face full of pain and blood coming out of all seven orifices!
"This is what subordinates should do."

The bandit leader in front showed loyalty on his face and wrapped the head with a square cloth.

"Well, pack up everything you need to prepare for tomorrow, load it into the car, and personally watch over it so that those idiots with dirty hands don't steal anything!

Whoever is greedy will have his hand chopped off, understand?"

"Yes, the second boss!"

The leader wrapped the head, thought for a moment, and finally asked, "Whose head is this? Is it the same as last time?"

"Ah... a servant of the Duke, a mere knight, who knows something—and still wants to leave?"

The second in command snorted coldly and did not explain any more.

"That's not your place to ask. Just do what you should do!"

"Yes, the second boss!"

"I'm going to deliver something to the envoy tomorrow. You keep an eye on the bottom. Do you understand?"

"I understand, Second in Command!"

The bandit leader nodded in agreement, then carried the head and walked out of the dungeon.

The second-in-command watched his men leave, then narrowed his eyes and looked around, scanning the surviving prisoners in the other cells.

"How pitiful..."

He shook his head hypocritically and walked out.

After all, there are always some people who are captured in the village. If no one pays to redeem them...

We can only beat him to death and bury him in the ground!
No one cares, and no money can be squeezed out of it - that's really pitiful!
But at this moment, he saw the guard who should have been at the door walk in with two people.

"What's going on?! Are those two new members? Why don't I know them?"

The second-in-command glanced at Lake and Hans, feeling a little unfamiliar, and an angry look appeared on his face. "Didn't I tell you - you are not allowed to go to the dungeon without permission?!"

"Oh, Second Master, you misunderstood. We have something urgent to ask you."

The guard saluted respectfully and walked towards the second in command.

"What's the matter? Do you want to chase me into the dungeon to ask?"

The second-in-command had a gloomy expression as he looked at the three people who walked up to him.

"Regarding... the nobles of the Kingdom of Sinuo who are supporting you behind the scenes, and tomorrow's... envoy?"

"How brave!"

The second in command shouted, "Who do you think you are—"

But then, he couldn't say anything, because a silver dagger was pressed against his ribs!

"If the Second Master doesn't answer, we might have to resort to some tricks. I think... this dungeon is quite hidden. No one would come here when there's nothing going on, right?"

(End of this chapter)