The Soldier's Unsurpassable Honor
Chapter 1197

Only then did the crowd react. Puzzlement, shock, and surprise were written on their faces. It seemed that this man was truly a Woods.

"Ah, he's the heir of the family head?"

Moon gasped as she said, her eyes were widened as large as saucers and her lips parted widely. After a few seconds, when realization dawned upon her, she kneeled down before Fane and said, "Thank you for saving our lives, Young Master Fane! If it weren't for you, my Mama and I would be..."

"Yes! Thank you so much, Young Master Fane!"

The middle-aged woman plopped onto the ground on her knees. Her eyes swam with tears and her voice trembled. "We've not

met the Young Master from the main Woods family, so we thought that you're not from the Woods family. We've misconceived your identity, Sir! Please forgive us!"

"Please get up. How can I blame you when I know it's all a misunderstanding? Surely I'll forgive you!"

Fane approached the duo, flipped his palm, and two healing pills appeared in his hand. He handed the pills to the duo and said," Both of you, take one of these each. Hurry up and swallow it. It's for your injuries."

"This...L.how can we accept such a treasure from you, Young Master Fane!"

Moon lowered her head, somewhat embarrassed at her behavior toward Fane a moment ago. She thought that Fane was no different from the group earlier, that he was here to take advantage of them. What made her more embarrassed was that Fane did not only forgive them but also offered them healing pills for their injuries.

"She's right, Young Master Fane. We don't deserve it. You saved our lives; we don't even know how to repay you for your great kindness!"

The middle-aged woman panicked and quickly rejected Fane's kindness toward them. She was somewhat flattered at his kind gesture.

Fane was slightly puzzled at their behaviors. In the past, when the Third Elder and his men came over to collect martial resources and offerings from the branch families, they must have shown themselves in a high and almighty position. Even worse, they could bully these people from the branch families.

Due to that, the people of the branch families, each of them was obsequious when they met the people of the main family.

Moreover, Fane's status and position were much higher and nobler than the Third Elder and his men-who would become the next family head. If such a person offered them healing pills, it would naturally make them feel frightened and insecure.

"Heh, just take it. We all belong to the Woods family, and you've made great contributions to the expansion and rise of the Woods family in the past. These healing pills are nothing compared to your contribution all these while!"

Fane uttered with a gentle and radiant smile surfaced on his face.

"Take the pills! Young Master Fane is an amiable person; he always put us first before anything else!"

Mason chuckled and gestured to Moon and Tulipa to take the healing pills.

"Thank you very much, Young Master Fane!"

The duo took the pills and swallowed them.

Fane looked at the corpses on the ground." Who are these people? They seem to know a lot about Woods branch families, hmmm." Fane wondered.

"Damn, these b*stard again!"

Mason took a look at the bodies on the ground and huffed angrily. 'They're the mounted brigands who stay on the opposite side of that big mountain. They rarely go looking for spirited grass or resources or anything, instead, they always come down here and rob us of spirited resources! Their leader is a strong martial fighter, who possessed martial status of the early stage of true god level. That's why they dare to act so boldly and recklessly!"

One old man from the group stepped forward and said, "Fortunately, there're not many of them, only three to four hundred of men, whereas our branch family has nearly a thousand men. That's why they don't dare to fight with us. All this while, as long as they don't cross the limits, we won't do anything to them, after all, their leader is at the true god level and quite a number of their men possessed strong martial prowess. We can't afford the loss, we can't fight them."

"So, if things aren't too serious, you guys would just let them be?"

Fane's brows snapped together at this new piece of information.

"Yes, Sir. People of the main family rarely come to our place and we seldom go over too. So, we don't have the chance to report this matter to the main family." Mason responded with a bitter smile. "Before that, when the Third Elder came here, we've informed him about this issue. With his martial prowess, he could definitely eradicate these people and bring back peace to our branch family." Mason added, smiling dryly.

"Unfortunately, the Third Elder always has a reason not to eradicate them for us. Some reasons and excuses like he's busy recently or he will deal with them later, blah, blah, blah." Mason continued with a slight hint of anger on his face.