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Down below the rocks, the train was a mess. You could hear people moaning from the pain, some of them were yelling, people were rushing back and forth, pulling the injured outside of the wagons.

“How this could’ve happened?” someone asked.

“I don’t know. Those who aren’t injured, be on the lookout. I don’t think it was a natural thing”, a man that seemed to in charge gave the order.

They were about 20 men, but most of them were injured. They placed themselves around, the only wagon that mattered, the one with the gold.

It didn’t take long to hear horses approaching. Max, or let’s better say the Black Fox, and his gang were approaching rapidly. Against the expectation of the men in the wagon, they didn’t start shooting.

They stopped at a safe distance and Mox directed his horse closer to the wagon.

“We are the Black Fox gang. There is no need for a fight. This gold doesn’t belong to you, but to the Monero conglomerate. Do you think they will reward you with something or repay your loyalty? They are vicious people that care only for profits and money. They don’t care about you. Be smart and place your guns down and surrender the gold.”

A moment of silence passed. Nobody answered from the wagon. Mox turned the horse back, when a voice was heard.

“Does that kind of speech works? I know you Black Foxes robbed many Monero properties. Do you usually use that kind of speech?”

“Sometimes, yes. Depends on the situation. If I would be in your place, I would surrender, but it’s your choice, not mine” Mox replied. You couldn’t see it from behind his mask, but he was smiling right now.

“I suppose you didn't meet with the Silver Guard up until now. Fire!” the voice ordered and a few bullets flew near Mox’s ears.

“Goddamit!” Mox cursed. “Return fire, they prefer to fight,” he signaled his men, while retreating to a safe place.

Bullets started to rain from both sides.

Some of the members of the gang took cover behind the rocks that derailed the train, while others were riding around the wagon, shooting from the horseback. Screams and curses could be heard from both sides. In this kind of battle, you could expect some kind of casualties or wounds.

“We can’t drag this anymore!” Mox thought. “We don’t know if they have reinforcements or not. Mike, cover me!” he shouted to Mike that was near him.

Mox took a dynamite stick from his belt and run toward the wagon, throwing it with all his power.

A big blast followed, throwing dirt and rocks everywhere.

“Charge!” Mox shouted toward his men.

All the gang followed his order, approaching fast, shooting on the run. They stormed the wagon, breaking the defenses set up by the Silver Guard men.

“You lost!” Mox walked toward the man that seemed to be the leader. “Start gathering the gold. I don’t want to spend too much time in here!”

“Ha, ha, ha! We didn’t loose. We actually won!” the Silver guard leader laughed, holding his injured shoulder with his good hand.

“What?” Mox wanted to say more, but his attention was attracted by the image outside.

A small army of 50 men was approaching fast. They didn’t ask any question and started to shoot directly at the men outside.

In this moment, Mox realised he walked into a trap.

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