The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"How was I supposed to know it would be such a coincidence! There are way too many robbers in this godforsaken place!?"

As they talked, they rushed out of the alley. Ye Xiao flagged down a carriage on the street, tossed a bag of gold coins into the driver's hand, bought it without a word, and then spurred his horse to chase after Decari in the direction he had indicated.

Using the crows spreading their wings in the sky to open his vision, Ye Xiao quickly spotted a freight wagon that matched Decali's description, thanks to the fact that the streets of Freeport were brightly lit even in the early hours of the morning.

The enemy headed south, venturing into a vast slum. Here, the buildings were mostly low, stone-built structures, but the materials and construction had a rugged, orcish style, and many were crooked and uneven.

Once you get here, the streets are no longer as luxuriously lit as the commercial area near the dock; it's pitch black as far as the eye can see.

But the crows had already landed on the unsuspecting freight wagons and followed the bandits who had suddenly appeared into their lair.

It was called their hideout, but it was really just a crooked, dilapidated building. Several men with their faces wrapped in cloth strips got off the carriage and dragged out a figure that was bound tightly with hemp rope like a dumpling.

This was none other than Agnes. Despite being an expert-level arcane mage of considerable rank, her guard, the knight Decali, was inexplicably poisoned, and several burly men of decent skill surrounded her in the narrow alley. She didn't even have a chance to cast a spell before being knocked down with a single blow.

Of course, mastering displacement or instant-cast techniques can compensate for this problem to some extent. Agnes originally had quite a few amulets and scrolls, but Teresa confiscated them while she was on the ship. Now, apart from her enchanted sanctuary uniform, she doesn't even have a staff, so she naturally can't deal with these bandits.

Fortunately, Ye Xiao's carriage arrived shortly after five or six minutes.

The perpetrators were just ordinary robbers; kidnapping and robbing in downtown areas was commonplace for them, and there were far too many such cases every day.

The guards of the Freeport have never bothered to investigate such thankless tasks. The few guard squads that venture too deep into the slums are unlikely to come out, so the robbers usually act with impunity and don't bother with counter-tracking or anything like that.

With the help of the crow familiar, Ye Xiao's search was effortless.

He and Decali got off the carriage and went straight into the dilapidated building, where the bandits quickly noticed the two uninvited guests who followed them.

Just as Ye Xiao stepped into the overgrown courtyard, several burly men wielding curved knives surrounded him from the shadows.

"Who are you!?"

"Don't you know whose territory this is?"

Ye Xiao and Dekari each picked up a stick from the ground, weighed it in their hands, and continued on their way.

"Stop! Are you deaf?!"

A group of people rushed forward, but a flash of cold light appeared, and the several curved knives they swung couldn't even graz the hem of the two men's clothes.

Instead, the two wooden sticks were able to easily and precisely pierce the strong man's vital points through the gaps in the blade.

Each of them was hit once, and in no time, the robbers who had surrounded them fell to the ground, clutching their stomachs or throats and groaning in pain.

After all, when a master or grandmaster gets serious, even if he's just grabbing a wooden stick, he's not someone a gang of thugs can handle.

After dealing with the henchmen blocking his way, Ye Xiao kicked open the door of the dilapidated building, where several burly bandits remained.

One of the most menacing-looking men sat on a stone stool. Seeing Ye Xiao enter, he opened his mouth wide, revealing his yellowed front teeth, and demanded, "Who are you...?"

With a "whoosh," the wooden stick shot through the air, cutting a straight line and striking Big Tooth Bro in the face.

Its distinctive front teeth broke in two, and its tall body immediately collapsed to the ground.

"I never listen to repetitive conversations."

Ye Xiao muttered something Decali couldn't understand, then slowly walked in and casually grabbed one of the terrified robbers, asking him about Agnes's location.

The robbers pointed nervously to a room in the corner. The two men went over, pushed open the door, and sure enough, Agnes, bound in a ball with rope, was trembling and huddled in the corner.

Gone is her previous arrogant demeanor. Agnes' eyes are now filled with tears and fear, and her face bears some bruises from a beating.

Ye Xiao could roughly guess that this guy probably got carried away with his emotions and cursed at the robbers, which resulted in him being dealt with.

The Templars are well-mannered, but the robbers are anything but. They don't behave when they fall into their hands and always end up getting a lesson.

Seeing this, Dekari was about to go inside, but Ye Xiao pressed down on his shoulder.

"Wait a minute, bro, don't rush."

"No, she's already like this..."

"That's perfect."

Ye Xiao waved her hand, "Look how well-behaved she is now, she's saved us a lot of trouble."

"But if she goes back to the family looking like this, we'll be in big trouble..."

Decari's lips twitched.

"It's not us, it's you who will suffer."

Ye Xiao smiled and patted the other person on the shoulder, "So, shouldn't you consider changing jobs?"

Chapter Ten: Take a Stick!

The two closed the door again.

Ye Xiao didn't have a deep-seated grudge against Agnes, but he felt from the bottom of his heart that the suffering Agnes had endured was commensurate with her heinous acts.

Moreover, this meant he wasn't in a hurry to have Ella use the spatial gate to send Agnes to the Sanctuary dungeon. Since they had inadvertently found a good place to detain this guy, he could use his connection to the Holy Casket to continue guiding Ye Xiao and the others.

After all, if the message were sent back to the Sanctuary of Loren, it would be separated by a vast ocean, and Agnes would no longer be able to discern the direction she sensed.

Of course, the most important thing is that Ye Xiao doesn't really care about this guy's safety. Anyway, as long as she doesn't lose an arm or a leg, Teresa probably won't care either.

Given this premise, for the sake of everyone's great goal, we can certainly make Agnes suffer a little more.

"But how can we get her to point out the location of the Holy Box?"

Dekari was puzzled. "Wouldn't asking directly reveal that we were the ones who kidnapped her?"

"I'll just ask her. I can just change my identity and she won't recognize me anyway. You just stay here and keep an eye on her."

Ye Xiao said, "However, I often have to go out to investigate the Holy Box. I can call these robbers over and see if I can get them to help me out."

As he spoke, Ye Xiao kicked the burly man lying on the ground in the buttock with the tip of his shoe. "Stop pretending to be asleep, Big Tooth Brother."

The burly man immediately opened his eyes, did a somersault, bowed his head and kowtowed three times, his robust body performing this routine with exceptional skill.

"Brother, brother, we were blind to kidnap your men. Please spare our lives."

Big Tooth Bro... no, now it should be called Broken Tooth Bro, he knew all too well that these two unfamiliar faces in front of him were not people he could afford to offend.

He could take down more than a dozen of his brothers with just a wooden stick; the difference in strength between them was like heaven and earth.

Strength often implies an unpredictable background, and the "holy box" mentioned earlier sounds like something very complicated.

They were just a bunch of ordinary bandits who made a living by fighting and robbing; getting involved in this kind of thing would only bring them harm and no benefit.

"Oh, you don't need to be so polite. You've been a great help to me."

Ye Xiao helped Broken Tooth Brother, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet. "I have some errands to run and I need your help."

"Please, sir, spare us! We can give up this place, and we'll take the money. Just let us go."

Broken Tooth doesn't want a job; he just wants a stable and happy life.

"You've misunderstood me. I'm not a robber; I just wanted to borrow your place for a bit."

Ye Xiao showed a bag of gold coins, "Look, I will pay a lot of rewards."

Unexpectedly, Broken Tooth Bro looked even more terrified when he saw so many gold coins.

If the other party is not stupid and offers a reward that is beyond their ability, it only means that the other party has no intention of paying the money, and they will probably be eliminated directly afterward.

Ye Xiao continued his persuasion, but Dekari, standing to the side, was completely confused. Weren't all robbers supposed to be ruthless and dangerous? Why was this guy becoming more and more cowardly after seeing so much money?

Fortunately, after Ye Xiao said, "That's a pity. Since you're unwilling to help, I can't let you go anytime soon," Broken Tooth Brother readily agreed to the deal.

Ye Xiao didn't need these people as combat troops; they were just for guarding and occasionally interrogating Agnes on his behalf.

After making the arrangements, Ye Xiao changed into simple clothes and returned to the small dark room where Agnes was being held.

In the dimly lit room, a girl, soaking wet and with bruises on her face, was bound and lying prone in a corner.

Ye Xiao brought a blanket with him when he came in. It was so cold, he couldn't let the other person freeze to death. However, it was inconvenient to change the other person's wet clothes. Fortunately, as a mage, this kind of small problem was not a problem for him.

He picked up a stick and used the spellcasting ring on his hand to start a fire, turning it into a torch. Using this thing to warm the fire would at least keep it warm.

Agnes, however, watched tremblingly as the expressionless man walked in and suddenly swung a burning wooden stick, her face turning deathly pale with fright.

"You...you...what are you going to do?! Don't come any closer!!"

Some unpleasant images were already flashing through her mind.

Having fallen to this point, and seeing the man's wicked expression, she felt overwhelming fear.

"What else can it do?"

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow. What else could a torch be used for? It's not like it's a torture device.

"No...don't come any closer..."

But as Agnes watched the other man approach with a torch held high, her terrified eyes widened even more, and she desperately retreated against the wall, her legs tightly shut. When the crimson flame swept past her head, she, already like a frightened bird, immediately screamed again.

"what!!!"

Ye Xiao inserted the torch into a slot on the wall next to Agnes, adjusted it, and looked down at Agnes in surprise, "Do I have to call out for this too? Are you sick?"

"what……"

Agnes opened her mouth slightly, and her voice became weak again.

With the firelight shining, this corner became much warmer.

"You can sense the location of the Holy Casket, right?"

Ye Xiao then asked, "Give me a direction."

"I... how could I possibly tell someone like that?"

Agnes bit her lip tightly, "You...you can do whatever you want to me, but I won't tell!"

"Huh?"

Ye Xiao smiled, crumpled the blanket in her hand into a ball, and threw it at Agnes.

Unexpectedly, the latter screamed again, this time startling Ye Xiao.

"Are you crazy?! You have to yell even to throw a blanket?! Can't we just have normal communication?!"

"you……"

Agnes then realized she had been thrown a blanket. She paused, a strange blush creeping onto her cheeks. "You…don't think I don't know what you're up to!!!"

With her hands and feet bound, she was weak and powerless, and her thin clothes soaked with sweat would surely arouse the bestial desires of these brutal robbers.

The thought of her pure and innocent body being defiled filled Agnes with despair.

"Nonsense, of course you know, because I already told you I wanted to ask you where the Holy Box is!"

Ye Xiao was speechless.

Ye Xiao's unintentional loud words terrified Agnes even more. She was about to be defiled and then insulted; what an injustice this was.

Damn it, if I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have come out in the first place!

If I hadn't come out, I wouldn't be in this situation! If I hadn't escaped, I wouldn't have been treated so roughly by this slovenly man!

Overwhelmed by emotions, Agnes's pent-up fear and resentment erupted, causing her to let out a helpless wail.

"Damn it! You think my family will let you get away with this?!"

What did I do to you??

A question mark appeared on Ye Xiao's forehead. He spread his hands and said, "I haven't done anything yet!?"

"What else do you want to do?! You damned bastard, what else do you want to do?!"

"I want to ask you about the location of the Holy Casket!"

"You defiled my body, and you still dare to curse me?!"

"Huh?? When did I... no, don't slander me based on your appearance???"

"You're complaining after doing something like this?!?! You're not even human!!! Rude and vulgar!!! You damn beast!!!"

"Nima!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Ye Xiao picked up a wooden stick and slammed it down on Agnes's head.

Chapter Eleven: Honest Agnes

The air was quiet for a moment, but only for a short while.