Chapter 45: Encountering with Danger at the River (1/2)
Chapter 45: Encountering with Danger at the River
By the side, Li Dong seemed ill at ease as he bit into a bread and suddenly said: “Qin Jia Gui, it’s already noon time but all we see is forest and more forest. Are we still going to continue forward?”
Although Su Yu was the strongest within the group, he was rather low-key and did not make many decisions. Most of the decisions within the group were made by Qin Jia Gui who liked being in the limelight and as a result Li Dong decided to ask for Qin Jia Gui’s opinion.
Although Li Dong had only asked a simple question, his meaning was clear and he was saying that going forward had no further meaning because there was only endless forest ahead of them.
Qin Jia Gui had not spoken up when Zhou Hua Kang nodded and said: “That’s right, originally we planned to spend two days searching and we’ve only got half a day left. There’s only forest in front of us and no reason to continue heading forward. Should we just…… head back to the school and make a decision then?”
Hearing their words, the group had expressions of deep thought before Qin Jia Gui spoke up: “No way, since we’ve already decided we should continue on. Even if there’s only an afternoon left, we should not give up till the end. Who knows, maybe hope will appear at the final moment.”
Li Dong saw that Qin Jia Gui was still firm in his decision as he turned to Su Yu and asked: “Su Yu, what do you think?” Within the group, only Su Yu had the possibility of changing Qin Jia Gui’s mind.
Su Yu muttered: “About that……” He tousled his hair before continuing: “I agree with Qin Jia Gui, till the final moment we should not give up……” He paused for a while before sighing. The truth was, he felt that chances were slim and once they headed back, he would be faced with a difficult decision.
Seeing that Su Yu was of the same mind, disappointment clearly showed on Li Dong’s face but he did not say anything else.
After a short respite, they packed up their belongings and continued hurrying down the road.
The route they continued on was as Li Dong had predicted, the front was still endless sprawling trees and occasionally Lesser Goblins and Gnomes would appear. Finally Zhao Shi Chang also promoted and became the fifth tier one dark iron warrior within the group.
The strange energy within Zhao Shi Chang and Qin Jia Gui were located similarly in their right hands but when he promoted to tier one, his right hand was covered in a black shell-like layer and when he attacked enemies it was different from Qin Jia Gui who would smash down with his fist. A sharp one chi* long blade that was snow white and similar to jade, would actually extend from within the black shell and pierce outwards.
[Chi = ⅓ metre]
When he received the information regarding it, he realised it was known as ‘Bone Blade’ and while wielding it he could easily pierce through the trunk of a small tree, its sharpness was evident.
Seeing the time go by minute after minute, the group became more and more despondent. It was at this moment that Qin Jia Gui walked by a shrub that was approximately as high as him and let out a soft exclamation of surprise.
Ma Zi Ye who was following closely behind also saw this and cheered before suddenly rushing forward.
Past the shrubs, there was a slope and below it there was a river that was over ten metres in length and one could not see the start nor end of it. The river passed through the forest like a white strip amongst the boundless greenery.
At this moment, the appearance of this river made the group fill with elation.
In these two days, they had experienced countless slaughters and their clothes had long been stained with blood and the stench and discomfort could not be described in words. At this moment the river was like a life saver and their elation was evident, it was no wonder that Ma Zi Ye would suddenly just rush forward.