81 The Hunt Starts - Part 2 (1/2)

'If only I follow the others to run… If only…' she regretted her stupid decision. After watching the fight, Kang Xue was aware that she was a burden to the man. If she was not here, maybe the man would be fine. But now, he had to fight the monsters while protecting her.

'Why don't you just let me die? Why are you protecting me so hard?' That was what she thought as she watched the scythes stabbed into the man's back.

But then, a husky voice flowed out of the man's mouth, ”Why are you being so dramatic? I am fine you, you Idiot Ugly Swan!”

Tang Shaoyang wagged his right arm to the back as he spun his body around. The five Dark Goblins were caught and slammed to the right by his right arm. The five goblins were stacked together on the left side.

[Wild Axes]

He activated his skill and the two axes flew to the five stacked goblins.

Splash!

[Wild Axes] merely killed the first three goblins. The three goblins had their bodies sliced up into three by the axes.

Tang Shaoyang then picked the battle-ax. Since he fought them in a limited space, he had been always holding the battle-ax in the middle of its shaft so he could use the Destroyer freely despite the limited space of the emergency stairs.

He swung the Destroyer vertically, hacking down the remaining two goblins.

Splat!

The two poor goblins split into by from their chest. Blood sprayed everywhere, the blue-tiled ground now covered by the blood of the goblin.

Seven out of twelve Death Scythes were killed. Without looking back, Tang Shaoyang walked out of the emergency stairs, ”Stay there, you Noisy Idiot Ugly Swan!” He did not forget to remind the girl to step out of the emergency stairs.

Even though there were Idiot and Noisy in front of her unwilling name, she was happy on the inside. Just now, she thought the five scythes would pierce through his back to his heart. But now she saw what happened.

The five scythes were still dangling on his back. However, only two inches of the scythe's blade pierced the leather clothes and his back. Blood flowed from the pierced clothes.

At this moment, Kang Xue already did not care what actually happened to the man. Whether he was transforming into something else, it did not matter anymore to her. What mattered was the man was safe and sound, though she was worried about the injured on his back.

However, since the man told her to stay back. She obediently abided by his words and stayed behind.

After killing seven goblins, the remaining five did not show themselves. They hid in the dark. Tang Shaoyang held the destroyer straight as he scanned the dimmed cafeteria.

He focused on his hearing more than his vision. Slowly, Tang Shaoyang closed his eyes, to his surprise, he could hear the woman's breathing behind him.

Kang Xue did not know what the man did right now. However, the quiet and dark atmosphere caused her breathing to be hurried slightly. She pumped out and breathed in the air faster which was caused by nervousness.

The game of patience, that was what Tang Shaoyang did right now. He had to be patient to kill the remaining goblins.

Ten seconds passed…

Twenty seconds passed…

In thirty seconds, his ears twitched slightly as he heard a movement.

'Two from the left, one from the top, and another from the right… One is missing…' He counted in his mind as he opened his eyes at the same time.

[War Cry]

Tang Shaoyang used his skill the moment he detected the movement. A deafening roar-like lion came out of Tang Shaoyang's mouth. The roar caused the wall and the ground to vibrate slightly.

At the same time, the five goblins showed themselves or maybe their skills got canceled by his [War Cry]. Tang Shaoyang was delighted by the surprise, without wasting any time he swung the Destroyer toward the five goblins. There was an additional goblin on top of him, he miscounted them.

Three swings of his battle-ax cleared the remaining five goblins. As soon as he killed the last Death Scythe, a notification rang.

[You have leveled up!]

[You gained 2 attribute points!]

[You can allocate the attribute point by opening the status screen!]

Despite the cold tone of the robotic voice, Tang Shaoyang grinned while raising his hand, ”Yes, Baby, level up…”

”Ouch!”

The celebration stopped midway as a throbbing pain struck his back. He just realized the five scythes were still dangling on his back. He immediately reached the scythes and pulled them over.

”Don't…!” Kang Xue called out but she was too late as Tang Shaoyang already pulled them off his body.

”What?” Tang Shaoyang turned back.

”Why did you pull it off?” She approached as she tried to see the wound on his back.

”Of course, I have to pull it off! It stuck on my body!” He did not understand why this Ugly Swan tried to prevent him from pulling off the scythe. It was painful when you had those things on your back. So to get rid of the pain, he had to take those things off his body.

”We have to prepare something to treat the wound and stop the bleeding,” She circled to Tang Shaoyang's back, ”See, it's bleeding a lot, we have to tend the wounds now or you are going to lose a lot of blood!” She anxiously examined the wound.

”Nah, it's fine! I have a high Vitality!” Tang Shaoyang waved his hand casually, ”You better go regroup with the others or at least get out of the hospital!”