Moreover, with the previous groundwork laid, when the bandits first encountered the enemy, they all thought there was a mole within their ranks, making it impossible for them to unite. Some teams didn't even wait for the Fool to approach before they started fighting amongst themselves. In such a state, they naturally couldn't match the players and were hastily defeated and captured.
"Got 'em!"
"We're done here too, all three captured alive..."
...
Meanwhile, the Dawn City Group was abuzz with good news; shortly thereafter, the battles from the twenty-odd directions all ended successfully.
In the final tally, out of seventy-five bandits, seventy-three were captured alive. The remaining two were not accidentally killed by the players, but rather were killed as traitors by their own during the internal conflict. The bandits were truly ruthless when it came to their own, and the players couldn't stop them even if they tried.
