They can even be considered enemies.
"Hehe... it's my idea." Hu Er adjusted the translation equipment and leaned over to say, "The three of us brothers want to ditch the bandit and robber lifestyle and follow you.
Since you've just arrived in the Outer City, you must lack some errand runners. The three of us grew up in this district, so we're more familiar with many of the rules than you are, making us easy to command."
"Wait a minute..." Li Zheng was slightly stunned, "Aren't you players?"
"Of course we aren't..." Kota said sheepishly, "Strictly speaking, it's only after dozens of generations that someone in our family got the player status; the rest of us were born in the Outer City."
Hu Er chimed in, "What player has our kind of strength, only reaching the Extraordinary Level? We became bandits mostly to rob those from other districts with the same status as us, though we haven't succeeded many times..."
