Chapter 160: You shouldn’t have chased after me (1/2)
Chapter 160: You shouldn’t have chased after me
After leaving the back yard, Han Shuo immediately focused his concentrations. Although he held Lisa within his arms, his speed was still as fast as lightning as he sped along the path.
It was noon, but there were no pedestrians on the road during such a frosty winter. Add to that, the fact that the soldiers had been turning Valen City inside out over the past two days, the civilians were all hiding in their homes and didn’t dare to walk about. Thus, Han Shuo’s dashing figure rather stood out along the road.
Two airborne patrolling Gryphon Knights spurred their gryphons on and detected Han Shuo’s figure. The gryphons screamed as the knights hefted their three meter long spears and flew towards Han Shuo.
“There are gryphons in the air!” Lisa’s face was frozen red from the cold bite of the wintry air. She raised her head from her position in Han Shuo’s grasp and noticed the pursuit from the two Gryphon Knights, hastily voicing a reminder to Han Shuo.
‘I know, don’t worry!” Han Shuo had long since noted the pursuit and he responded in a low voice to Lisa without a change in expression. His body continued to dash quickly through the scattered streets as his mind spun, searching for ways to react.
Han Shuo had thoroughly remembered all the places they’d passed on the way to Lawrence’s. Now that they had been spotted by the Gryphon Knights, Han Shuo was quickly thinking of ways out.
He couldn’t expose the Dark Mantle stronghold, so he couldn’t return there at the moment. Now that there were Gryphon Legion members patrolling Valen City and two Knights in the air had set their sights onto them, he had to quickly shake them off or find a place to kill them. Otherwise, more trouble would quickly descend upon them.
As his thoughts raced, Han Shuo suddenly changed direction and didn’t dash in and out of alleyways. He ran towards the direction of a patch of trees, circulating his magical yuan, making it so that he seemed to have a boundless source of energy. The speed of his dash was faster than the two knights’ expectations.
The two knights had planned on landing as soon as Han Shuo had left the cover of the houses and killing him. Who would’ve thought that Han Shuo would speed forward like he was riding a fierce and swarthy horse as soon as he left the area, catching them off guard.
However, the knights naturally held an advantage being in the air. When they regained their composure, they spurred their gryphons onwards to catch up to Han Shuo and circled above the trees, locking their sights onto Han Shuo.
They were already a few li away from where Lawrence lived. Han Shuo had observed for a little bit just now and noticed that only these two knights were pursuing him, so he hadn’t been unduly worried. His body halted as soon as he entered the cover of the trees and suddenly came to a complete stop, swinging Lisa up and around him so that she was on his back.
“Hold on tight and don’t let go no matter what!” Han Shuo ordered lowly.
She nodded her head docilely and said resolutely, “I understand. I won’t let go even if I die.”
“Don’t worry, we won’t be the ones to die.” Han Shuo comforted Lisa confidently and took out a firm, supple rope from his space ring. He firmly tied Lisa onto his back to prevent her from sliding off halfway through. Han Shuo gripped the Demonslayer Edge in his right hand after doing all this and looked coldly at the two Gryphon Knights hovering overhead, preparing himself to kill two men and two beasts.
“Let’s see where you’ll run to now!” A Gryphon Knight laughed disdainfully overhead, shaking the sharp spear in his hand and digging his heels into the gryphon beneath him in an odd way.
The gryphon circling in the air suddenly screamed out bizarrely and dived down towards Han Shuo. The metal claws of the gryphon could rip apart a buffalo. As it dived down towards Han Shuo like this, the aura formed by its enormous body and the knight’s coldly gleaming spear was enough to stun an enemy senseless.
The other Gryphon Knight moved his steed closer to Han Shuo, but didn’t immediately make a move. The arrogance and disdain on his face seemed to indicate that having one out of the two of them was more than enough to take care of Han Shuo, and that his attentions weren’t needed at all.
Han Shuo’s demeanor was aloof and remote as he held his ground without moving, staring intently at the diving knight and gryphon. A white bone staff suddenly appeared in his other hand when the Gryphon’s metal claws was skimming the tops of the trees and Han Shuo quickly released a “Dark Mist” spell.
With the enhancing effects of this bone staff, the area of coverage by Han Shuo’s “Dark Mist” spell had increased by one third, completely enshrouding an area that measured ten meters in diameter.
“Ugh, damn it, I can’t see anything!” The Gryphon Knight bellowed furiously, some panic evident in his tone of voice.
He’d been chasing after Han Shuo all along and had witnessed Han Shuo’s speed with his own eyes. That agility was something that a strong swordsman should possess, and a sword shaped Demonslayer Edge had appeared in his hand when he’d reached the treetops. His posture completely resembling that of a swordsman.
However, when it really came down to the actual fight, a white bone staff had suddenly appeared in Han Shuo’s hands and he’d released a “Dark Mist” spell in the nick of time. This greatly astonished the Gryphon Knight, who’d also fallen into Han Shuo’s trap.
The diving Gryphon Knight exclaimed in astonishment, alerting his companion that something was wrong. His companion moved quickly, intent on coming over to rescue his comrade.
It was too late.