Vol 8 Chapter 32 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 32: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS THE NAVAL BATTLE AT JIANGXIA (3)

Liu Bei POV

I looked over and saw seaspray everywhere along the side of the boat as a blue-green figure leap out from the waters. Because of how quickly she travelled, the water on her clothes was left behind and she was not all too wet.

“Ahhhhh!” She continued to roar out as she slashed down at a warrior general nearby with gleaming weapons in both hands.

“Kuh! When did she!” The warrior general gasped as he pulled out his sword to block the attack.

The sword met the 2 white lights with a loud clang, sending out sparks as they did so. Immediately after the initial attack was stopped, another one was dealt, resulting in an even more thunderous clang as the steel sword broke into 3 pieces and the white light pierced through and cut down that person.

The blue-green figure swung her weapons to the side, sending the drops of fresh blood flying. Surprisingly, there was not a single drop of blood on her.

And now as she faced her weapons away from the sun, I could finally get a good glimpse of the forms of her weapons, which were a set of hookswords…

Eh? Hookswords?!

Lu Meng? I muttered under my breath, as she suddenly looked over, giving me a terrible shock and I hurriedly got into a stance and called for help from nearby soldiers.

“My lord! Be careful!”

At this time, my mind froze and before I could react to Chen Dao’s roar from some distance away, an enemy soldier had gone around Zhou Cang and slashed at me.

Geh! I couldn’t dodge in time, and tried to step back–

Eh?!

Just as I tried to take a step back, something blocked my heel and I keeled over backwards. Only now did I know that I had backed up to the edge of the deck.

Yaaa!

“My lord!”

And at this critical juncture, that enemy soldier slashed down at me once more. No matter if Zhou Cang and Chen Dao yelled at me, my feet were stuck and I couldn’t move at all–

“Imperial Uncle!”

*Sou*–

The sound of air being cut followed by a loud yell filled my ears as the soldier in front of me cried out.

I looked out to the distance and saw Chen Gong with her crossbow in a corner on the 2nd storey of the s.h.i.+p. Looks like she saved me.

“Thanks, Chen Gong!”

“Imperial Uncle! Stop looking about!”

“Ah… Got it.”

I didn’t think that she saw what happened before as well… Looks like I really can’t slip up at all–

“Get away! My lord!”

Un? Why is Chen Dao still yelling out at me?

Just as I was pondering why, I felt a pressure on my body and saw that it was the enemy who Chen Gong shot down.

He did die, but he was falling over at me.

Wu!!!

I tried to push him off but I couldn’t make him budge at all.

And just then, my feet slipped.

“Ah!!!!!”

My whole body was pressed down and I fell over with the dead man into the river.

As I fell, I could hear several people yell out to me.

Ah… It’s no good… I don’t know if I said this before, but I’m from the north and I don’t know how to swim…

If I fall into the water like this, I’ll probably sink into the depths. Even if I somehow manage to stay on the surface, I’ll probably be shredded by the dozens of Jiangdong naval troops in the waters.

As I thought about this, my heart rate was surprisingly stable. Perhaps I’ve been through many of such situations so I’m no longer as nervous as before when I meet with such situations.

I don’t know from when this began but my heart seems to have accepted that dying in war is something normal. But perhaps that is indeed the truth.

*Putong*

Before my thoughts could finish, I had completely submerged into the water.

The current was stronger than I expected and I tried to struggle against it but found that I was powerless to do so. Water began to seep into my nose and my body began to react as I began to drown and my eyes shut tightly, forcing tears out.

This is too much.

Instead of drowning, I’d rather have met a swift end like that dead enemy who fell down with me.

Wu!