Vol 4 Chapter 13 (2/2)

“Oh!” I replied softly, and concentrated on my posture on the horse.

It’s been quite a few days since I’ve ridden a horse and my poor horse riding skills have become poorer still.

There was very little light, as the moon was not out tonight. The night was thus, exceptionally dark and I could not see very far in front of me. The only things I could see were Yun Chang on my left and Yi De on my right.

But that was enough.

Jia!

We called out in unison and the horses neighed and began galloping. In the blink of an eye, we were quite a distance away from Xu state city.

Even though it was very dark, we did not use any torches as it would expose our presence and could only rely ln the weak star light to guide is.

Along the way, I found that my psychological defenses were slowly being eroded by the darkness.

This battle would be a difficult one and I might even die here. Needless to say, it would be the same for Yun Chang and Yi De. In that case, I should probably say something to prepare them for what may come.

“Yun Chang, Yi De.” I lowered my head and called out to my little sisters.

“Un?” “Yun Chang is here.”

I looked to my left and to my right and saw that they were smiling at me. It didn’t seem like they were unaware of the situation. Their smiles were those of ones who understood the fate that awaited them and had accepted what may come. And as for me, my nerves calmed down the moment I saw their smiles.

And I changed the words I was about to say, “When we get married, we’ll definitely have to have a grand and exuberant banquet!”

When they heard what I said, the 2 of them looked stunned. But that was only for a moment, as wide smiles with a tinge of shyness soon appeared on their faces.

“Ah… Un, of course we will!” “*Ke*… Th, though I don’t quite like noisy environments, it’s something you do once in your life after all…”

I smiled as I listened to what they said and continued galloping toward the perimeter camp to the north.

“Charge!!”

Yi De lighted her torch first and yelled out as she charged toward the camp. I and Yun Chang followed behind closely.

But we soon found that there was something wrong.

“Big brother, there isn’t anyone in this camp?!” Yi De said with a frown after running to me as she dispersed the troops throughout this camp.

d.a.m.n it! I slapped my head as I couldn’t believe what I was seeing before me. No matter how thin the surround may be, it cannot be this thin.

Kuh! Did we lose the gamble?!

“Yi De, gather the troops immediately. We need to quickly…”

In an instant, yells for slaughter drowned out my words. Within the blink of an eye, troops came from all directions under several flags. A rough gauge put them at several times our size.

And to add to that, they were charging down the 2 hills to the sides of the camp.

As I saw this, I drew my twin swords this time instead of closing my eyes like I did before.

Whatever happens, I will fight today!

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