Chapter 111 (1/2)

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Chapter 111 Black Bird

To go forward or to go backward It had always been a difficult decision to make as team leader The more information one had, the harder it was to ht step into the trap set by the enemy if one moved forwards and similarly if one moved backward

The enemy was like a city which seemed to be empty, but no matter how the suspicious commander dwelt outside the city, he would always think that the enemy had foreseen his ideas

To choose was to gamble There were countless potential leaders who had rolled the dice again and again; some of them succeeded, and some failed The one with the best luck became the final winner and were labeled as a 'hero'

Gu Shenwei hadin East Castle, but at that tiroup of familiar enemies They learnt the same lessons, had sih each other's thoughts But now, he was gaer, Gu Shenwei didn't knohich side he should bet on

To move forward or backward?

No matter how hesitant he was in his heart, Gu Shenwei didn't reveal even the slightest trace of doubt He couldn't discuss it with too hts and affect thefamily He called Dao San'er over and asked hiot a plan by dawn

They had only finished about one third of the total journey, so the tiinally selected safe road which would take only four or five days On the other hand,forould take another six or seven days to arrive at the Iron Mountain

Gu Shenwei decided to move forward, but he didn't want to passively wait for the enemy's attack

Servant Huan led three brown-belted killers and five sabreuan Yushi+'s assistance, Shangguan Ru took charge of the re sabremen to protect the team and followed behind

Although Shangguan Ru preferred to scout along the road, she was also satisfied with taking charge offamily

What Gu Shenanted to do was not sialloped forithout caring about the nearby conditions There were several tie on the roadside Gu Shenwei still didn't stop and told the forward

They rode for two days and one night in total During the journey, they only had so the horses The sabremen were exhausted and didn't understand why the several teenagers who had ridden with them didn't look tired at all

Actually it wasn't a big deal for the brown-belted killers They had all experienced not drinking, eating and sleeping for several days during the slaughter period At that tiiving up one's life

Along the way, they found another camp that had been wiped out There were six corpses that looked to be real nozi

These six corpses surrounded a pit of extinguished fire with their faces up Their feet pointed at the center, and the blood flowing from their chests and abdomens had stained the earth nearby, which orgeous

They were apparently killed by surprise and then disemboweled

The five sabremen were shocked and their faces turned ash pale They all nervously looked at the young lead

Gu Shenas indifferent He was already used to corpses and cruel bloody scenes Sier shock him He merely sniffed his nose at the corpses' post It was le one attack

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Gu Shenwei dismounted and carefully examined the corpses One of thees in the stomach This was the tool used to break the stomach, but he couldn't find any more clues He knew very little about the eerated wounds

The nine of them moved on They left a mark so that the team behind would know that they were here

Gu Shenwei found out nothing about the ene techniques, but he obtained a valuable clue The six wandering bandits had died not too long ago, which meant that they were not far away from the enemy’s' main forces

On the second evening after they left the cauard team saw another campfire

Gu Shenwei ordered the five sabrerass nearby He led the other three brown-belted killers to go on a fishi+ng expedition

Facts proved that the sabreood Gu Shenould rather let theerous tasks Even Liuhua as lonesome was more reliable than them

The four arranged the circle as they slowly approached the fire They didn't find any hidden sentries

Gu Shenas hiding in the grass about twenty steps away from the fire when he discovered that these people were not the ene for

Eight ed clothes sat around a bonfire So to the fire but no one spoke Their heads were lowered, their scabbardless long sabres leaned against their body; they were like a group of ghosts who had lost all of their hope

This was a group of no hunks ofbowls of ere scenes that only occurred in their dreams

Gu Shenwei had not only caught up with his enemies, he had even overtaken them

This would be an irreversible mistake made by Gu Shenwei if the eneht now

One always has to take risks, Gu Shenwei thought If he were those bandits hidden in the dark, he would definitely not attack rashly after giving a series of scary warnings

Gu Shenwei started assigning tasks to the brown-belted killers This was the advantage of being trained together at East Castle: everyone could quickly understand Servant Huan's intentions even as former opponents

The next thing was to wait; waiting patiently was one activity all killers were good at

After awhile, the clapping sound of nearing horse hooves caht bandit’s spirits lifted They held their sabres and dashed to the road, but before they could yell for the travellers to halt and leave theirby, nine horses had already sped by and only left a pile of dust One of the noed slowly and was almost hit

The eight of the sabres and returned to the fire pit after they finished They angrily exchanged a feords and fell silent again They then fell asleep with their head tilted one by one They didn't even have someone to keep watch