256 Chapter 256 - A Road in the Blind Spo (2/2)
”Their search will most likely prioritize places like the forests and blind spots of that mountain's vantage point. Since this forest is the closest to that mountain, won't they make their way over here first?” Brother Assist asked, alarmed.
As Young Master Han nodded his head, War Without Wounds asked this with a tinge of doubt in his voice, ”Are we climbing up the trees again?” While it appeared to be relatively safe when they had employed that PvP maneuver against Water Flower mercenary group in the last match, they realized afterward that that had only been due to the enemies being at their wits' end with Gu Fei constantly changing position using Blink and conducting sneak attacks using AOE spells from within the treetops.
”No; the method we used that day won't work today. There are certain conditions for that to work, and the forest we are currently in simply do not meet those. We just can't hide people within the tree lines here,” Young Master Han rejected.
Indeed, the forest they were presently in was rather small in size, and the trees were not dense enough to allow players to hide within them. While they could hide themselves from prying eyes at a distance, any nearby players looking up from beneath the trees would easily spot them.
”Let's quickly vacate this place. We will promptly be spotted if they get any closer to us.” The opponents were already halfway down the mountain when Young Master Han began to lead them away from their position within the forest, ”This way.”
”Won't the people on the mountain peak spot us if we exit the forest like this?” Brother Assist was fretting as usual.
Young Master Han simply smiled at him. Everyone was already used to his stinginess at divulging his tactic, and since they knew that this particular arrangement of his would more or less be dangerous, none of them asked any further questions. Following him out of the forest, the view from the mountain top temporarily became obstructed. Young Master Han led the five along the tree lines for some time before the remnant of a half wall appeared in front of them. Young Master Han made his way behind the wall and beckoned the rest to join him.
Everyone bewilderedly followed suit. The wall perfectly blocked the view from the mountain peak, and War Without Wounds could not help but ask with incredulity, ”Did you happen to draw this map or something?”
”We'll talk about that later,” Young Master Han said instead as he led the group once more. While the wall stretched for some distance, its varying degree of disuse had the six men crouching as they advanced forward. In fact, they even had to occasionally crawl. All in all, everyone trailed after Young Master Han while employing the appropriate stance to get them across. When the path ahead suddenly dipped, Young Master Han faced backward to say in an undertone, ”Move faster!” With that, he rolled down a depression.
The others' advance toward the land depression did not look any better. When it was Sword Demon and Gu Fei's turn, the former activated his Stealth and sauntered his way down while the latter used his Blink and appeared in the land depression. The two smirked at the others.
The four did not bother to react to their antics. War Without Wounds once more asked Young Master Han, ”Did you actually draw this map?” They knew that this was improbable, but Young Master Han's knowledge of the wall that conveniently blocked the view of the people atop the mountain made them think otherwise.
Young Master Han languidly replied, ”Keen observation.” He considered this to be a sufficient answer to War Without Wounds' question.
”So where do we go from here?” Brother Assist's eyes were drawn toward the road that lay before them.
”We are almost at the mountain base. We'll just wait for most of the enemies to leave before we proceed further,” Young Master Han replied.
”Have you already observed all this?”
”It's not observation per se, but something I've found,” Young Master Han had that educating expression on his face, ”Upon checking the mountain's altitude and surrounding terrain, I noticed that this road is essentially a blind spot for the mountain.”
”I see!” Brother Assist expressed his admiration for Young Master Han's observational skills.
Young Master Han was elated with his compliment, but when he saw that the other four were not even listening to his explanation, he could not help but feel irritated. War Without Wounds and Sword Demon were deep in their thoughts, while Gu Fei was more occupied with asking about Royal God Call's hand-woven straw hat, ”You're pretty good with your hands. Where did you learn how to do this?”
”He he. This is not much!” Royal God Call felt very pleased with himself.
Young Master Han disdainfully stared at the four men and said, ”We'll sneak up the mountain once the men have advanced further.”
”Since this is a blind spot of that mountain, won't they come over and search this place as well?” Brother Assist asked.
”This blind spot is hardly noticeable. They are bound to miss this spot from up there.” Just as Young Master Han said this, his eyes shone with anger upon seeing something, ”Miles, keep yourself hidden! Stay to that side!” His plan was almost ruined by the dolt's careless action.
”Translocation! Blink!” Gu Fei chanted to change his position even as he continued to talk with Royal God Call, ”How did you weave this part here?”
”Oh. It's like this… Then, you do this…” Royal God Call took the straw hat from Gu Fei and started explaining the weaving process to the latter.