Chapter 107: A hysterical ambush down to the most minute details (1/2)
Chapter 107: A hysterical ambush down to the most minute details
One had to say, Trunks was truly familiar with the terrain of this area. He was like another magical creature when he was on the back of his manticore. He had extraordinary abilities to begin with, add to that the help from the manticore, and his overall knowledge of the entire terrain, he was a top notch expert in every sense of the word.
If it hadn’t been for surveillance from Han Shuo’s original demons, the group would’ve been at a loss on how to deal with Trunks’ attacks. They would’ve surely suffered serious casualties in the dark of the night. After all, none of the seven adventurers present, including Han Shuo, would be able to take many of Trunks’ attacks if they fought him alone.
However, with complete end to end surveillance from the original demons, all this had changed. Originally the hunter, Trunks would possibly become someone else’s prey for the first time.
“He’s coming.” Han Shuo, sharing the same tent with Odysseus, suddenly opened his mouth.
Odysseus didn’t express too much curiosity with regards to Han Shuo’s remarkable perception. He only grasped the longsword in his hand tightly after hearing Han Shuo’s words and stared at him, “How should we handle this?”
“Don’t worry, Trunks is currently observing us. Let’s go into action when he makes his move.” Han Shuo closed his eyes and crossed his legs, opening his mouth in explanation.
Trunks was as agile as a monkey on several trees surrounding the area. He leveraged the pliable branches to pile up boulders between several trees and didn’t make any noise. No one could’ve noticed him within the darkness.
There was still a bit of distance between the manticore and the camp. It was now slowly circling the tents. As an animal exceedingly adept at hunting down prey, he was a hunter with quite a lot of patience, just like Trunks.
Trunks slowly landed on a tree above the tents of Han Shuo and the others. He looked down coldly at the tents below him, as if debating how to proceed.
He held a few small stones in his hands, sending two of them flying towards the tents, landing softly into the nearby bushes with a light sound. Several startled shouts rang out from the tents as Han Shuo and Odysseus abruptly walked out of the tents, investigating the area that Trunks had created a disturbance in with the little stones.
The manticore purposefully made a sound at the same time from the other side. Gordon and another swordsman looked at each other and headed in the direction of the manticore when they exited their tents. The two mages and archer remained where they were, observing the surroundings with alert eyes and guarding the area to provide backup for the others.
Just as Han Shuo and Odysseus had arrived at where the stones had created the noise and Gordon had also left with the other swordsman, Trunks suddenly made use of a pliable branch to swing over towards Gordon and the two others. It looked like he planned on taking care of Gordon and the two others first.
“Let’s go.” Han Shuo said lowly and circled around with Odysseus, approaching Trunks from another direction.
Gordon and the two others proceeded with slow footsteps, their gazes full of caution as they continuously patrolled and searched the bushes around them. The manticore was lying in wait in the shrubs ten meters away from them, and would immediately attack without warning as soon as the two drew closer.
Making use of the branches to swing back and forth, Trunks magically didn’t emit any sound and didn’t reveal any part of himself. He slowly drew closer to Gordon and the other, appearing swiftly above the two people’s heads.
A crossbow suddenly rang out at this moment. It appeared all the more ear piercing in the dead of the night. As he was swinging between the branches, Trunks suddenly discovered that this crossbolt was aimed at him and was incredibly astonished and shocked.
He didn’t have any purchase for his feet as he was swinging back and forth, and could only twist his body to land on the ground in resignation. At the same time, the two mages and the archer, who should’ve been standing guard near the tents, abruptly miraculously appeared, with a water dragon, a bolt of lightning, and three arrows suddenly flying in his direction.
Halfway through the air, Trunks had no way to stop his body from falling. He defended himself with great difficulty as snow white fighting aura flared out from his broadsword, but in his haste, it was apparent that Trunks had taken some hits. Although he could chop Nia’s three arrows in half, he was hit by the lightning blow and took the water dragon to the chest. He fell into the thick growth of shrubs after emitting a low grunt.