387 Chapter 387 - Trap, Yet Another Trap (2/2)

”So will Miles make it in time?” Everyone was still rather worried.

Young Master Han did not reply to them.

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Outside the Prison, Oathless Sword and Vast Lushness were standing on Todd's left and right respectively. At the moment, there was a group of Archers right outside the entrance blocking their path into the building.

Up on the roof, Deep Waters had already stood up, condescendingly regarding them with folded arms as he gleefully said, ”Bet you didn't think I would make an appearance here, am I right?”

”Why would you be here?” Oathless Sword was also a veteran of the MMO Jianghu, talking to stall for time even as he noted the current situation he found himself in. Deep Waters did not seem to have too many men with him; He would have no problems holding on if he had more men with him right now, but it was a pity that all he had was Vast Lushness and himself.

”So? Bet you didn't expect this at all!” Deep Waters laughed.

”Yeah. I totally did not expect this at all. How did you track us down?” The three-man team of Oathless Sword, Vast Lushness, and Todd had managed to elude everybody trying to get a bead on their whereabouts, yet they did not think that Deep Waters could so confidently camp out by the Prison like this. While that was truly surprising to him, he was honestly not too bothered by the answer to this question; all he was thinking about at the moment was how he could drag this out as much as possible.

”I'll just tell you this one detail. As a guild, it is a requirement for members to wear their emblem in the most prominent place, just like you!” Deep Waters did not fall for Oathless Sword's ploy, saying all this as simply as possible after picking at the emblem he wore on his chest.

”What do you mean by that?” Oathless Sword asked loudly.

Deep Waters was already ignoring him by this point, and raised his hand. ”Kill them both!”

Just as he gave this command, a flash of light appeared among the Archers at the top of the steps. Someone had actually been insta-killed. A fiery red figure had already appeared on the top of the steps, looking absolutely chivarious and heroic as their short dagger flurried in the air in rounding slices. That figure even used its body as a weapon, knocking people all around as it capitalized on the uselessness of Archers in melee range.

As predicted, this person's rampage within the two ranks of Archers left them all at a loss as to what to do. Quite a few of these Archers had already dispersed and fired off their arrows, causing a whole mess of arrows to fly in every direction. Deep Waters up on the roof quickly retracted his head back from the edge, as an arrow brushed within centimeters of his hair.

”It's you again!” It was now Deep Waters' turn to get mad. The red figure that appeared was none other than Svelte Dancer, the same lady that had slain him back in Linyin City. He was somewhat frustrated that she had once again appeared to upset things at such a crucial moment, yet he was even more aware of just how indomitable this woman was; sending this lot of Archers to face her head-on was as good as courting death!

Svelte Dancer did not even bother to look at Deep Water as she stabbed her dagger wildly at any Archer that looked to be firing their bows, while these Archers attempted to flee in all directions in their panic. Oathless Sword was over the moon when he saw this, using the opportunity he had been given to continue his charge to the Prison, but he did not expect an arrow from behind to land on his foot.

Oathless Sword believed he would definitely not be insta-killed by this one shot, so he did not take it seriously. However, he heard the sound of metal clanking in the next moment by that foot as a trap, a size smaller than the usual Hunter's Trap that Hunters use, sprang out and snared his foot in place.

The jaws of the trap might be small, but Oathless Sword instantly found it difficult to move even an inch from his position. All the Archers had been scattered by Svelte Dancer and distanced themselves sufficiently by this point, and the metallic door that opened into the Prison stood freely before Oathless Sword, yet he was unable to even move. The level of anxiety he was feeling right now almost caused him to puke blood.

Svelte Dancer had been busy clearing a path, yet she spotted no movement behind her. She turned her head towards Oathless Sword and yelled furiously, ”Get in there already, what are you posing for!”

Oathless Sword felt like crying, but no tears came out as he replied, ”I'm trapped!”

Two thud sounds could be heard as two more arrows found their way into Oathless Sword's body. Svelte Dancer was powerful, but fighting an enemy that numbered far above her own forces. While she may have managed to kill off two players in this one charge of hers, the remaining Archers had dispersed in different directions and those who had the chance made sure to fire an arrow towards Oathless Sword.

Thankfully, Oathless Sword was a Warrior through and through, so taking two arrows like this was not too much of a problem. Vast Lushness was also by his side, hastily bestowing her Heals on him.

However, no one knew how long the trap would take before it ran its course. Using those traps they encountered in Linyin City as a reference, Oathless Sword figured it would at least take a minute before he could move again, causing an insurmountable level of anxiety to surge within him… and suddenly felt something loosen by his ankles. He looked down and saw that the Trap had actually fallen off. Without a moment of hesitation, he took a large stride to continue his way onwards, yet instantly heard another metallic clang by his foot.

Oathless Sword felt his stomach lurch as he lowered his head to look. The old trap was gone, yet a new metallic jaw was now clamping down on his foot. Oathless Sword was almost driven crazy at this point, certain that it was Deep Waters' handiwork, who was still up on the roof behind him. He spun his head around, looking to curse and vent his anger for a bit, yet was instead the recipient of an arrow hurtling right towards his temple, which left him speechless as his mouth hung agape.

Vast Lushness was shocked on her end; seeing him like this made her think he was about to die, so she quickly threw two more Heals over to him. Because Vast Lushness had advanced into the Dark Priest job class advancement, the effects of her Heals were nothing like before. Fortunately, she was a Priest that focused her stats purely on Intelligence, so the Heal she bestowed reflected this perfectly. It was at least able to do what it was meant to do.

Svelte Dancer was hoping she could help alleviate the danger and was chasing the Archers in a hurry when in her carelessness, she heard the clank of metal underneath her feet. She looked down and discovered that she had actually been ensnared by a trap as well!

She glanced about at the ground around her and finally realized that the whole lot of these Hunters that Deep Waters had brought along had been tossing out traps all over this flight of steps as they escaped. Normally, this sort of trap that was not properly buried would not be able to catch anybody, but the steps that led up to the Prison were not particularly wide, and with how many traps they had tossed out, all it took was a moment of negligence for Svelte Dancer to be caught in one...