Chapter 43 - Ambush (I) (2/2)

suddenly, all of the soldiers moved their horses close to the carriages. Within a second, more than twenty of them were holding a round shield forming an umbrella around the carriage while the others ran towards where the attacks were coming from.

Even though their reaction was pretty fast, some of them still got hit. some of them got hit on the shoulders while others on their stomachs. their painful screams rang out within the forest.

~swoosh~~swoosh~~swoosh~~swoosh~

Soon, another wave of arrows rained down upon them again like an iron curtain in the sky. As for the imperial knights, they were protecting Shad who was outside the carriage.

Seeing that the twenty soldiers protecting the carriages won't able to protect it with Monalisa inside without most of them dying, Shad quickly ordered the four imperial knights to take action. The four imperial knights ran and stood in front of them. Each of hem brandished their long swords shrouded with battle qi and waved it in the air, making a huge dark cyclone which reduced the velocity of the arrows as well as their directions. The arrows started to fall on the ground one by one as their lost their Strengths.

It wasn't that Monalisa was a frail woman who could not defend herself, but Shad did not want her to use her power in front of people unless it was necessary.

As for Shad, since the moment the four imperial knights went to reinforce the soldiers, he disappeared, without a trace into the forest.

He was like a tiger returning to the wild. After the second wave of attack, he channeled the lightning energy within every cell in his body which increased his speed by threefold. With that, his stomped both of his legs on the ground which created a cloud of dust, as he pounced deep into the forest like a hungry wolf.

His movements and speed were smooth like a breeze weaving through the forest. As he got further into the forest, he climbed up a huge tree with leaves covering all his body.

He released his spiritual forces and scanned the area to find the exact positions of the attackers.

From the two waves attacked earlier, Shad had already deduced that were a large force behind them. Not only that, it was as though everything was premeditated and their target was him for some reason.

The only person he thought might want him dead that bad was the 3rd prince of the Nicholas Empire, except him, he couldn't think about anyone who would dare to go against his family that openly.

Soon, Shad stopped thinking about all those things. The only thing that was in his mind at the moment was to bring the killings into the forest because whoever was in that forest was the source of this ambush. If not, he might lose half of his soldiers. Even though he did not know any of them personally, he still needed them to accomplish his task in the Mulan kingdom.

Within the tree top, Shad's eyes were white as a demon beast as he was searching for his prey. One of the enemies that caught Shad's eyes was laying down on the ground cover in leaves. in front of him was a row of long-hidden crossbows. They were all already preloaded with more than seven shiny silver arrows, ready to be fired.

” I guess I'm gonna start with you first,” He said while looking for the rest of the enemies before making his move.