Chapter 26 (2/2)

The sounds of gunfire began to spread in all directions, too.

What was more worrying was that as the sound of gunfire spread, the surrounding exotic beasts would definitely be lured over. It would truly be a huge problem then.

Even so, the soldiers were left with no other choice. Their reinforcements needed some time to rush over here. Every soldier here were basically prepared to sacrifice themselves.

“Hurry! Persevere on, everyone, we’ll reach the camp in just a little bit!”

Within the forest, the preparatory beastmasters of Class 2 were running out of breath. If it wasn’t for the fact that they knew the Five-Colored Poison Spiders would catch up to them if they stopped to rest, they would have collapsed on the grass field.

Lieutenant Qi was creasing his brow, cheering on the students as they ran. Currently, they were barely a kilometer away from the military camp. They would be in a much safer position if they held on for a few minutes more.

Anxiety could be seen all over Class 2’s homeroom teacher, Han Sheqing. He was similarly cheering on his students, telling the students who were at the limits of their strength to not give up.

“Everyone, hang on for another few minutes. We’ll be safe once we reach the camp. You mustn’t give up!”

Running with the group, Zhang Che felt his lungs burning, his legs turning limp. He almost couldn’t run any longer.

However, he felt embarrassed after taking a look at Huang Tielan by his side, who was only breathing slightly heavily. -I’m a freaking man; how could I possibly be weaker than a girl?-

Ugh… alright. Huang Tielan was surely not a weak little girl, but Zhang Che didn’t want to admit defeat, either. He was someone with a cheat, after all. How could he be so weak?

At this moment, the few people who were at the back of the ground suddenly heard ‘shasha’ sounds from the bushes behind them. They turned back in shock to take a look, and were almost scared into having their souls leave their bodies.

“Ah— the spiders have caught up!”

Everyone turned to look after hearing that scream, and saw three Five-Colored Poison Spiders as big as millstones scuttling in their direction, chasing them with their pedipalps raised.

“Teacher Han, you bring the students away first!”

Lieutenant Qi turned back resolutely, with his blade in hand and the Eagle-Beak Pheasant alongside him, engaging the three Five-Colored Poison Spiders.

There weren’t any traces of hesitation in his movements!

If Lieutenant Qi could easily win against a single Five-Colored Poison Spider with his original combat form-type beast, then two of those spiders would be able to stand against him evenly.

However, there were three spiders this time around. Even though Lieutenant Qi was unusually brave, he would probably find self-preservation difficult. Without any reinforcements, it was very likely that he would lose horribly and be killed by the Five-Colored Poison Spiders.

Even so, in order to keep the Class 2 students safe, Lieutenant Qi turned back without any hesitation, not taking his personal safety into account.

After witnessing this scene, every student felt a surge of warmth in their hearts. At the same time, they felt their eyes turning sour and were almost touched to tears.

As Lu Xun1 had once said: A true warrior would face a bleak life head on, and dared to look straight ahead at the dripping of blood.

And Lieutenant Qi, who intentionally faced off against three Five-Colored Poison Spiders, was definitely worthy of the title, “A true warrior”!

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Translator’s Note:

1: A reference to real life. Lu Xun was the pen name of an actual Chinese literature writer (AD 1881-1936)