99 The Capture (1/2)

The first horse was in pursuit and was aligned with the carriage. The knight raised his blade to hack at the teenager on top of it.

Gu Shenwei did not have time to think about why, as his left hand still clung to the edge. His body was then swung into the air. He circled around and finally fell back onto the top of the carriage.

The knight raised his arm, but then stopped moving. The horse rode on, but his sword fell to the ground. Then, he fell over as well with his feet tangled up in the saddle. He was dragged to some distance by the horse.

”Let's go, don't get left behind,” the attackers shouted. Then, the four horses caught up.

Pleasure Alley was the only straight street in South City, but it was not very long. After Gu Shenwei had killed the first attacker, Xu Yanwei had already ridden out of the alley and turned into the maze-like small alleys.

Four horses could not ride aligned. He managed to kill one attacker at a sharp turn. Another two were standing on their horses and jumped onto the top of the carriage. Then, the last one followed suit.

The knights were ordinary machete-men, who were ruthless but lacked techniques. Thus, they would stand to attack, even on top of the carriage. Gu Shenwei held on to the edge left-handed and crouched like a cat. He swung his knife first, slashing one's heel, and then pierced another's thigh.

The two knights fell off screaming. Seeing this, the fourth knight ceased his pursuit and slowed down to join his companions.

Gu Shenwei successively defeated two groups of attackers, but did not capture anybody alive. He was taught to kill, not to capture while he was being hunted down.

Another knight caught up. He snuck behind the carriage and rose up suddenly in the air. He flew over Gu Shenwei into the coachman's seat.

The knight looked resolute but his age was hard to discern. He was about 30 to 50 years old. He had a pair of cold eyes. And just like Gu Shenwei, as he landed on the top of the carriage, he clung to the edge and swung his sword.

”This man is a master,” Gu Shenwei thought. In the meantime, he had swung his saber toward his enemy's leg.

Fortunately, this man was not a master like the knight of Stone Kingdom. The sword and the saber collided. They were both at the same level.

Golden Roc Fort's machete skills were for assassination. Killers were supposed to kill in one move. In a duel, their skills would stretch thin. Although the two people were fighting fiercely on top, neither of them could fully perform their skills. They could only quickly and ferociously attack. In an instant, they had already performed a dozen moves. Blades were tangled, but neither had gained the upper hand.

The rest of the attackers caught up. One of them fell from the top of the carriage when he tried to climb up. Thus, the other five knights stayed on their horses. They followed the carriage and struck out a knife from time to time. This flustered Gu Shenwei and soon left him in a bad position.

As the carriage turned into another alley, Gu Shenwei had two wounds in his legs. The wounds were not fatal, but they limited him more.

The knight on top probably thought this was the time. Thus, he shouted, ”It's your death”, and struck at Gu Shenwei fiercely, who could only defend himself without any resistance.

Moreover, a knight sped up to the front of the carriage. He wanted to kill the driver. Gu Shenwei was far from that seat and unable to save her.

It seemed that they were losing, whereas, opportunities arrived.

The driving Xu Yanwei let out a scream, but was free from the attack. It was the knight who was shot by an arrow. He immediately fell to the ground like a falling sack.

From the rooftops on both sides, people jumped down. As they landed and slashed, four knights were hit and fell off their horses.

Seeing this, the knight on top of the carriage became flustered and he screeched. An arrow came from inside the carriage and pierced through his feet.

Gu Shenwei took the opportunity to jump on him and knock him unconscious with the saber handle.

The carriage slowed down and stopped. It turned out that Xu Yanwei had taken them back to Pleasure Alley again. It was at the same time that the apprentices had returned from capturing the attackers.

It also turned out that Xu Xiaoyi in the carriage had already woken up. After his careful scrutiny, he finally took the opportunity to pierce an arrow through the knight's feet.

Gu Shenwei sat on the top sweating. He originally thought there were only one or two assassins. He did not expect that there would a group of machete-men. Moreover, they did not target the bait that he had set up, but himself.

Something still went wrong, which he could not understand.

The apprentices gathered around; some carried a body, another held a wounded captive. Moreover, Shangguan Yushi wore a long face.

The dead man was Slave Liu, one of the killer apprentices. He had been on their team. He used to be smart, but not that proficient at machete skills.

In Golden Roc Fort, losing your members in action was a mistake. Thus, killer leader Shangguan Yushi would have to justify herself. No wonder she was in a bad mood.

”Stupid. We shouldn't have chosen him.”

She meant Slave Huan. The apprentices stayed silent. They were survivors of the slaughter in East Castle. They did not share the same side as Master Yu of the Inner Residence.

”They'd better have something to justify you, otherwise you'll take the entire blame. You came up with this action without even consulting me,” Shangguan Yushi snapped at him.