The girl lowered her head and answered in a trembling voice. "It's my medicinal wine. I can only take small amounts but it keeps me healthy and full of energy."
The leader looked like they did not fully believe the story of the girl so turned to the others and spoke in a cold tone of voice. "Make her drink it first to test it before you try it and also do the same with the food in case she has tampered with it. If she shows no reaction then they are safe."
The likelihood of the food and drink being tampered with or poisoned by the child was low but the leader was still vigilant towards outsiders.
The men quickly brought back the hood of the girl which displayed her cute and beautiful face which lead some of them to gasp in astonishment.
A small amount of them displayed perverse looks in their eyes as they gazed towards her beautiful features and small body and began to whisper among theirselves. "Such a little beauty, she will definitely grow into a beautiful woman and she just fell into our hands hehe."
"Quiet or the boss will notice and try to claim her for himself."
"Tsk he always is the one to ruin or break the women with his violence and roughness towards them, we can sneak her to a place out of his sight when we get the chance and keep her for ourselves."
"Good plan. Hehe"
The moment they noticed her potential for becoming a beautiful lady that would be coveted by many they quickly decided to keep the child to themselves and covered her face with the hood once more.
The small beauty mark beneath her eye enhanced her charm greatly and her cute and pretty features were slowly becoming a little more mature so her attractiveness towards the opposite gender.
Although her body was small and petite, she was beginning to show small curves on her body as she grew older everyday and her skin was very clear and healthy which made some of the men within the group with lesser morales to have some darker thoughts.
Some of the women within the group looked at her beauty with eyes filled with jealousy when they noticed the looks of the men.
As a small group of the men discussed this, a cold light flashed in the girls eyes but continued to display her fear towards them as her body was bound by rope.
One of the men held the large flask and brought it to her mouth and waited for some time and saw no changes and then brought a spoon to her mouth and fed her a new bowl of soup.
After seeing there were no issues with either the food or the wine they began to focus on their discussion once more while they ate and drunk merrily.
As they discussed their plans to invade the village merrily a small figure sat while restrained.
She kneeled on the ground with her hands bound behind her back and a confident look appeared on her face.
Her hands travelled down to the back of her shoes and began to use her nails to open a small compartment in the heel part of the sole on the shoes and then slowly removed a small and sharp piece of metal.
Upon closer inspection the metallic item looked like a small version of a scalpel or a knife.
Her hands moved and began to slowly bring it towards the rope and slowly began to move it up and down against the rope binding her hands.
Looking towards the group that was looking towards her with eyes filled with ill intent after drinking the alcohol, the girl kept an eye on their movements and their watchful eyes upon her so kept her hands together as if bound together after freeing her hands.
She moved on to place the blade against the rope that retrained her arms and chest after freeing her hands and feet while remaining vigilant.
She stood up as the moonlight hit her small figure and spoke in a tone containing coldness and murderous intent she held towards them all. "It's about time that I put an end to this play."
The group of northerners stopped speaking and enjoying themselves the moment the small girls voice was heard.
The girls voice carried a special kind of evil charm within it but contained an unspeakable amount murderous intent that was not supposed to come from a small child. "Stay where you stand and do not resist capture or you will be immediately die and I will tell you why right away. You have already ate what I have tampered with and it is deadly, the moment I choose to do so I can send you all to your deaths."
The leader frowned and then displayed a confident smile. "You are lying, we checked beforehand on both the drink and the food so anything in our bodies will also be in yours and there is still nothing wrong with you."
Ki removed her hood revealing her beautiful face which was filled with absolute confidence in herself. "You see… that was the final trap. Both the food and drink was tampered with to distract you but you did not know that someone could be immune to what was added while you aren't. So… do you want to test your theory? It would be best to choose someone who you don't find as important to the group to test it out. Go on… feel free to step forward if you are so sure of yourself."
The leaders eyes began to show a little doubt but then turned to another man within the group who was smaller and weaker and pointed towards them. "She is lying. You… prove her wrong. Step forward and capture her immediately."
The smaller man looked a little hesitant but because his leader gave the order he had no choice to submit to the peer pressure of the group and stepped forward.
After his first step he noticed no change so a small relieved smile appeared on his face and then he looked towards Ki filled with malice and then continued his second step.
Suddenly he felt his strength draining as he placed his foot on the ground and as he went to take his third his legs began to weaken and he fell to the ground in a lethargic state.
The leader saw him fall to the ground and his eyes contained visible fear and confusion. "You.. how?"
As the man fell to the ground the blood on his face began to drain away and he passed out because of his lack of strength and vitality.
As if receiving a signal the man's face began to stop growing more pale at a fast rate and stabilised, he lay on the ground weakly with his eyes closed and barely clinging onto life by the look of him.
Ki turned to them and continued. "I have spared him for now but the next person you send forward will not receive any mercy so don't test me. Split into several groups right now and do not try to escape or get close to me and kneel down after finding your group. Remove all of your belongings, any weapons or tools on your body. You, you, you and you are to stand over there because you are guilty of several sins, you all had the intent to attack and pillage my home so you are all guilty but some of you have additional crimes to be added. First group are those who had the intent to carry out the plans alone, the people I pointed out group together because you had ill intentions towards an underage girl and wished to act upon it to satisfy your own desires. You and you… these two ladies are guilty or wishing to inflict harm upon a child. You over there are guilty of committing murder, you are an accomplice and the leader of the group is guilty as the person who has directed all of these actions so you are the most guilty. On top of that are charges of stealing from me, restricting my freedom and having the intention to either kill or keep me while restricting my freedom and human rights."
The leader remained rooted to the spot but then walked to the position he was directed to with his eyes full of unwillingness. "How?"