Chapter 249 Jiang Man, The Ra (1/2)
Chapter 249 – Jiang Man, The Rat
Zou Jing's instinct shouted that he had to run as his trauma relapsed. Zou Jing jumped off his horse and hid behind his bodyguards, who were looking at their boss in confusion.
A second later, light arrows flew at the soldiers on the frontline. All arrows curved and flew against the physics laws, piecing the heads of the men.
”Kill that man!”
”It's a lone archer! Kill him!”
Though the noble armies charged and rushed at the lone rider, more arrows stopped them on their tracks.
All fast runners who managed to get closer to the rider were shot down.
Furthermore, the horse archer kicked the side of his horse and turned it around, escaping from the charging footmen. After getting a good distance, he turned around and fired more light arrows.
Several hundreds of light arrows withered down their armies, which made the noblemen realized who they were up against.
Desperate cries and death throes shocked the onlookers.
”Is that the Goddess of Death?”
”But that's a man! It's Zhang Tong!”
”Zhang Tong is here!”
Some nobles panicked, but several commanders were excited. All commander with fighting experience galloped their horses to chase Tong.
*SNAP*
After firing several hundred arrows, the bowstring snapped. Tong tossed the bow away and was about to take his spared bow, but he stopped.
The oncoming chasers came with horses. Tong did not have enough time to lock-on or shoot an arrow.
Tong exhaled and took out his gun, which had been stored inside the weaponry package on horseback. He regulated his breath and fire, one shot at a time.
*BANG*
A bullet penetrated the skull of a charging horseman. Ten others were still coming after Tong.
*BANG* *BANG*
*BANG* *BANG*
All horsemen were shot down from their horses, shocking the volunteer forces and Zou Jing. Liu Bei and his brothers stared at the gun in shock as well.
With all the chasers gone, Tong put away his gun, switching his weapon to a bow again. He continued firing homing arrows at any locked target without bothering trying to search for Zou Jing.
The anxious volunteer forces still rushed at Tong because of the command of their bosses. They wanted to run away, but they were afraid of the repercussion from the noble clans, so they had no choice but to charge.
Tong picked off the enemy footmen with leisure, slowly withdrawing while shooting at the pursuers.
Five minutes later, the bow was broken as the bowstring snapped yet again.
'No more homing arrow. How many bullets I have left again?'
Tong retreated back to his army while he was counting the 9mm bullets he had. He almost emptied a clip just now, but he still had four full magazines left, which had a total of 60 bullets.
He reloaded the clip and stored the remaining magazines in his cloth, preparing for the long battle.
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Meanwhile, the chasing army was still relentless. Despite that they lost several thousand men from the light arrows, they again came after Tong.
”We still have the superior number. After them!”
”Kill. Kill. Kill!”
The nobles gave the commands, forcing every force to go after Tong.
Because the footmen and the horsemen were a mixed force which did not belong to everyone's association, all officials and nobles did not care about their lives. As long as Tong and his Yellow Turban force were eliminated regardless of casualties, every surviving noble could claim the credit.
None of them had a sense of comrade among the troops, only the political interest.
Liu Bei and his men did not chase after Tong. Instead, they follow behind Zou Jing's groups. They were boycotted by the nobles as they were afraid that this no-name army would steal their achievements.
”What's with those light arrows?” Liu Bei was astonished.
”Is that sorcery?” Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were shocked, too.
Jiang Man watched the battle in solemn. He knew that it was a skill that Tong displayed.
'He has a gun, but the bullets should be limited. As long as he wastes all of that with the soldiers, we'll still be fine. But ... It's odd. All skills should have been nerfed to oblivion. Zhang Tong should have been able to use that skill once a day.'
'Lilim, do you hear me? I want to know if it's legit or not to be able to use a skill multiple times a day!'
Jiang Man tried to report the [Bug] to Lilim.
And he received a reply!
[Indeed. All skills should have been limited to once a day and have an upkeep over 2,000 lifespans a year. Let me investigate this.]
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[You're right. Zhang Tong has used a loophole to cheat the system. I'll do something about him.]
'Hey, I reported a bug. Can I get a reward?'
[Okay. What do you want?]
'Return my skills, of course! Can you cancel my quest and give me a skill?'
[No. I won't give you a skill unless you complete your mission. But, I can do this instead.]
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'Virtue?'
[You can think of it as an evolutionary process. You have been infected by an angel's blood so you can evolve into an immortal. I'll accelerate the angel blood growth in your circulation system, then you won't have to wait 20 years for it to awaken. I'll leave a note in your status menu about all the details. It's up to you if you can cultivate it.]
[This is the only reward I can give you.]
Jiang Man sniggered in his mind as he enjoyed being a rat for the system.
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Tong sudden felt a sick headache, which he almost fell down from his horse.
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The message was the answer to why he suddenly had this sickness despite that he had illness immunity passive.
”Lilim!” Tong groaned while he was gritting his teeth.