Vol 8 Chapter 14.2 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 14 PART 2: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A SKIRMISH AT JIANGXIA (4)

TL: Part 2 of 2.

Liu Bei POV

“Ha!” Just then, the slender woman roared out as she swept Zhou Cang aside and sprang towards me. I know, she is ready to kill me.

With no hesitation whatsoever, she raised her spear and stabbed at my heart.

It’s over.

I closed my eyes as I thought, and recited, the name of the one who could save me.

…

*Dingling*–

…

Eh?

The clear ringing sound from a bell came from beside my ear.

Following closely after the ringing was a faint scent that I thought was the scent of flowers on the sh.o.r.es of the river leading to the netherworld.

I opened my eyes but a piece of white cloth obscured my vision.

The gentle winds blew up the dust, and the ringing continued while the figure of the person was obscured by the white cloth.

“Who are you?!” The slender woman got into her stance cautiously while the person in front of me just stood there normally.

From where I was, I could see that she had long, beautiful and strong legs. She didn’t wear any armour, or rather she wore very little, and had bandages on her thighs. Looking to the side, I saw that she held a crude but powerful chopper. What seemed out of place was how she held the chopper with the blunt end facing her enemy and the sharp end facing herself.

“I am a guarding general of Jiangxia and I have come to rescue him under the orders of the Administrator.” Because of her long white scarf which covered her mouth, her voice sounded a little m.u.f.fled.

The scarf girl then raised her chopper with the hilt to her ear in a stance that was similar to baseball batter’s pose before she continued, “Let me be clear about this. I don’t kill, and I hope that you can give yourself a chance.”

(TL: Three Kingdoms version of Rurouni Kens.h.i.+n!)

“Hmph! I already said– Cut the c.r.a.p! Get lost!” The slender woman charged at me, or rather the girl in front of me, once more as she yelled out.

Just then, Chen Gong raised her crossbow and a heaving Zhou Cang made to come over as well.

“Everyone else stay out!” But the girl in front of me lightly yelled out, which jolted the 2 of them and they stopped their movements. Even the one charging at me seemed to have lost her balance.

“Ya–” She regained her footing and used the same moves as she did before, and did a twirling feint before taking a big step forward and stabbing at the girl.

And just as the tip of the spear was about to pierce the girl, she suddenly let out a low grunt ‘un’ and slashed upwards with her chopper.

“Ah!” A strong gust of wind blew out as the slender woman cried out in shock when she saw the spear in her hands break into 2.

Hu–

But the girl wasn’t done yet, and followed up with a slash aimed at the slender woman’s abdomen. The slender woman tried to dodge but it was too late. Along with an exhalation, she sent the slender woman and the broken spear in her hands flying.

“Geh!” The slender woman let out a cry when she finally on the ground more than 20 paces away.

“Yi Feng!” The black clothed woman cried out when she saw the slender woman fall and shrugged off Chen Dao before running over to her.

“You must be the Imperial Uncle right?”

“Ah?”

While I was still trying to figure out how the situation was completely reversed, the white scarf girl turned to me and sheathed her chopper before extending a hand to me.

“Ah, un.” I hesitated for a moment before I accepted her goodwill and held her hand and got up.

As I got up, I dusted myself and thought back to how pathetic I was just now. But when I remembered that I was still alive, relief filled my heart. Humans are creatures that always seek life and abhor death. Even if I am Liu Bei, I am still the same.

“Umm, thank you esteemed lady.” I hurriedly bowed, “May I ask what the name of this esteemed lady is?”

“Introductions will have to wait. We have more urgent matters to deal with presently.”

Ah, that is right. I turned to the 2 generals and saw the black clothed woman supporting the slender woman as they both got up.

“I told you, I won’t kill you. And I also hope that you will give yourselves a chance.” The white scarf girl continued.

“Hmph, even if you have extraordinary martial prowess, you are heavily surrounded by our troops so how could you possibly make it out? All that awaits you is death.”

Wu… That’s right, my troops should be about finished by now.

I turned and looked at my surroundings as I remembered the present situation we were in.

… Eh?

Not only did the troops on our side in the surrounding area increase, there were even cavalry and spearmen units. I don’t remember having very many of these at all in our army. What’s going on?

“What the heck is this!” The black clothed woman cried out the same thing I was thinking about when she detected this as well.

“Oh! Now I see!” Just then, Chen Gong seemed to have come to a realisation and she slapped her head, knocking her official hat askew, “The main force has emerged from the city.”

“That is so.” The white scarf girl nodded.