Vol 8 Chapter 35 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 35: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WINDS (2)

Huang Zu POV

I don’t need anyone to acknowledge nor understand what I’ve done.

All I hope for is that I have not turned my back on my path.

Whether it’s leaving the city to draw in the enemies, giving up an advantage to defend my lord’s honour, or refusing to use Gan Ning because I suspect her; the end result may not be optimal but at the very least, I’ve never doubted that my actions were correct.

And it is because of this reason that I’ve lost; lost as though this was the way it was meant to be.

Perhaps it was meant to be. An eye for an eye. Back when I slew Sun Jian, I should have seen this end coming.

And I did but I thought it wouldn’t happen, and I’ve always felt conflicted and uneasy about this.

“I feel that I’ve done everything I can. There are many aspects during the course of this battle that you all might feel dissatisfied about and I don’t intend on explaining myself.” I began to calm down somewhat as I thought of this and continued in a calmer tone, “If you do not wish to return and defend the city with me, you can very well leave or surrender. I said this before and I’ll say this again, even if I’m alone, I will defend Jiangxia city–”

— I’m afraid you won’t have that chance!

Un?!

Just then, my words were cut off by another voice, a voice that made me shudder.

This boice came from atop a short cliff nearby.

“Who!” I was startled and hurriedly looked about for the source.

“Heiya!”

Just as I turned my head, the sky turned dark in an instant and when I raised my head to look, I saw several large rope nets fall down from the sky landing right for us.

I immediately raised my spear to slice at it and I was lucky that the ropes were not too strong and was able to slice through and escape the net above me.

Ha! Ha!

I then slashed at the net above me several times to try and make the opening wider.

“Chen Jiu, Su Fei! Get out, quick!” I yelled out to them behind me and went ahead to escape the net.

When I looked back, I saw that practically all of them were trapped and entangled in the net, unable to break free.

Kuh… Looks like I’ll have to turn back to remove the other nets.

“Don’t think you’re going anywhere!!”

And just then, another loud roar came from the side. I turned and saw another black shadow falling from the skies, in her hands was a full moon scimitar slas.h.i.+ng at me.

Wu! I raised my spear to block the attack but was nearly slammed off my horse by the sheer force behind the attack and it took me both of my hands to sweep her away.

“It’s not over yet!” She muttered as she was swept away, and several ropes flew out from the back of her head and flew at me.

Were they hidden weapons?! No, they’re actually purple braids! What the heck is this!

Mixed in with my bewilderment was fear and even though I wasn’t sure they were lethal, I still hurriedly made my horse gallop up.

But then I remembered the 2 behind me who hadn’t broken free.

“Su Fei, Chen Jiu! Be careful of that fellow!”

“Ah!!”

Just as I finished, a scream came from behind me. When I turned back to look, I saw that Su Fei, who had just made it out of the nets, was tied up tightly.

Chen Jiu who was beside her actually ignored her and hurriedly galloped over to where I was.

“Chen Jiu! What are you doing! Go and save Su Fei!”

Even if you don’t save her, you should cut the ropes.

As I said so, I swung my reins and stopped the horse.

“Administrator, we should hurry and leave–”

“No! Do you intend on leaving behind a comrade?!” I yelled at him but he had no intention of stopping even at where I was and looked like he intended to escape for good.

Kuh.

“Oi! Chen Jiu! Stop now!” I turned my horse around as I yelled out, “We have to save Su Fei! And the troops!”

I looked about, and apart from my a.s.sailant from before, the only ones around were the soldiers on the cliff controlling the nets. If we attack them, we can regain control.

I looked into the distance and saw that Su Fei was having a hard time, and she wouldn’t be able to last for much longer as her neck was being held.

“Administrator! It’s too late!” Chen Jiu exclaimed despondently, “We should cut our losses and head back to the city–”

Before he could finish, a gust of wind swept by.

This time, the one who interrupted him wasn’t me.

It was a blade.

“Ah!” Chen Jiu yelled out as the arm which held his sword tore away.

“Chen Jiu!” I yelled out, and hurried forward to him.

There were other generals about!

As I hurried forward, I looked about–

And just then, a blade came flying for me.

It’s fast!

A clear *ding* rang out as I was able to somehow muster up the strength to deflect the blade.

“Who is it! Who do you think you are, hiding in the corner?”

“We meet again, Administrator Huang Zu.”