Vol 4 Chapter 15 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 15: Don’t tell me this is the second attack on Xu state (6)

Liu Bei POV

Ah…

I slowly regained my senses after breathing out. When I finally recovered, I realised that my arms were swinging in every which way.

What was going on?!

I hurriedly stopped and looked at my surroundings and at myself under the light of the torches.

I don’t have an accurate bio-clock and thus I can’t tell how much time has pa.s.sed since we were attacked. But no matter how much time has pa.s.sed what filled my eyes were people killing others and people being killed, and what filled my ears were the sounds of slaughter and coa.r.s.e shouting.

I looked at my arms and saw that they were dyed in blood up to the tip of my blades. I was very clear that, whether or not I was conscious of it, I had killed. And it wasn’t just one person.

As I stood there bathed in the light from the torches and soaked in blood, I realised that the twin swords in my hands didn’t seem very heavy anymore. My hands have also stopped shaking as well, perhaps from the adrenaline rush.

I felt hot from the heat from the torches and used my sleeves to wipe the sweat off my head but what came off were bloodstains.

Ah… My nearly 10,000 strong force has been completely swept away.

But that’s well within expectations since a large portion of them were originally from Meng De’s army and turning on us at this time was something natural.

I placed my now-trembling hand on my face and wiped the dust off.

What is it with me? Am I crying?

“I finally found you.”

“Eh?”

A once familiar cold voice came from behind me. I turned and saw a silver line that was aimed at my chest flying toward me.

Wa!

I instinctively stepped back but stumbled to the ground in my panic and my armour was dismantled by the silver line.

“What kind of form is that? I almost want to give you a negative score.” I heard a contemptuous voice as its owner dismounted. As my a.s.sailant got closer, I saw that it was a girl with long hair covering one eye, “It’s been a while, Lord Liu Bei.”

“You’re… Li Dian?”

“Oh? Lord Liu Bei has a pretty good memory huh.” She said as she pointed her long spear at my chest that scared me speechless, “Personally speaking, I think highly of Lord Liu Bei. But as a warrior, you are merely an enemy in my eyes on the battlefield. That is what I would consider to be a life worthy of 100 marks.”

That’s it.

Seems like that’s what she means but my ears seemed to have stopped working.

Is this where it all ends for me?

Yun Chang… Yi De…

— We’ll get married once this battle is over.

— When we get married, we’ll definitely have to have a grand and exuberant banquet!

…

I can’t close my eyes. Not now, not yet. There are still things I have to do.

Both official and personal things.

“Ya!!!”