Chapter 31: Unjust Involvement (2/2)
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Very quickly, following Ding Qingshan's lead, the Southern Mountain Village hunting squad members had rushed to the source of the fire.
Ding Qingshan frowned. Because, looking at the scene in front of him, screaming sounds cried out continuously, and the thick smoke completely covered the entire landscape.
He was absolutely unable to see clearly what was happening.
”Deputy captain, Northern Mountain Village people seems to be caught inside. Should we help?”
”What are you saying, obviously we should help!” Gritting his teeth, Ding Qingshan didn't hesitate much. Even though the situation in front of him looked very dangerous, but, the Northern Mountain Village and the Southern Mountain Village were ultimately intrinsically linked.
The usual fighting over hunting was unpreventable, but turning a blind eye when others were in peril was impossible.
”Quick, go help them!” When a few hunters heard Ding Qingshan's orders, they immediately lifted their arms, broke off some nearby tree branches and quickly rushed into the smoke.
Of course, the faster they rushed, the faster they fell. Without much ado…
The Southern Mountain Village hunting squad also landed into the traps.
”Aiya, what the hell!, Why is there a hole here!”
”Damn… it!, Where did this trap come from!”
”Fire? Where's the fire?”
After the entire Northern Mountain Village hunting squad had ”fallen”, the Southern Mountain Village hunting squad was also unfortunately dragged into this. In a blink of an eye, the entire squad had fallen inside the traps.
The already rather small area was quickly filled with over thirty men. This made some of the traps somewhat squeezy. The more unfortunate ones had three or four people falling into them.
”Eh? Why did you guys also fall in?” A Southern Mountain Village hunter was slightly shocked when he saw the Northern Mountain Village hunter in the same trap as him.
”Ah… don't mention it anymore, we were robbed by a seven year old kid!” The Northern Mountain Village hunter sighed, shaking his head.
”Robbed?! Isn't it a fire?”
”There's no fire, that kid only smoked out the area, he didn't set any fire…”
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Half an hour later, the smoke began to disperse, revealing a huge mess. The ground was filled with all kinds of bow and arrows, blades and spears, and even a few tightly bound prey.
On the other hand, the Northern Mountain Village and Southern Mountain Village hunting squad squatted in their traps, their faces filled with tears.
The Northern Mountain Village hunting squad didn't have a choice. When they were waiting on top, they also thought of standing still to avoid the pitfalls. But the smoke was too suffocating.
Compared to standing on top and suffocating for half an hour, they honestly rather waited in the traps. At least, smoke rises upwards, it was actually quite comfortable inside the traps.
The Northern Mountain Village hunting squad was now comfortable, but on the other hand the Southern Mountain Village hunting squad was filled with indignation. They were here to save the fire, but what happened? Not only did they not manage to save any fire, the entire hunting squad was now also in trouble.
”Robbery?! You Northern Mountain Village people are the ones being robbed, how does this even concern us?” When many of the Southern Mountain Village hunting squad members realised this, they began to scold angrily.
But in the end, even though they were indeed unhappy, they ultimately accepted their fate. Luck wasn't on their side...
Fang Zhengzhi had no idea that the Southern Mountain Village hunting squad had rushed in, he was just leisurely hiding behind the rock and tossing smoke bombs.
When everything was finally silent and no movement was left, then did he decide to stop. Once the smoke began to disperse, he carefully assessed his surroundings, realised that there was no one hiding in ambush and finally began to relax.
Ambush? Without a gas mask, how can anybody stand it? This thing was advanced technology indeed. How suffocating is it? Whoever tried will definitely know!
”Oh, what a nice blade!” Fang Zhengzhi seemed very delighted, picking up a glinting long blade as he walked. Then, without any remorse, kept it inside the big basket.
”Nice sword!” He kept it too.
”This spear isn't bad either!”
”Eh? This bow… might come in useful someday. ”
When the Northern Mountain Village hunting squad, entrapped in their respective pitfalls, heard the voice coming from outside, they faces turned black. They naturally knew who was the one picking up stuff on top.
The Southern Mountain Village hunting squad on the other hand was filled with shock.
Because, this voice was too familiar. This young voice, could it be… Fang Zhengzhi?