Chapter 359: Battle IV (2/2)
Ye Chong sometimes would grab the vines and swing himself further to preserve his draining stamina.
And he landed, with a stomp that caused the branches to deform, and he jumped once more to the ground ahead.
10 meters ahead there was a broad branch.
That would be a good launcher! And he accelerated.
Klink!
A few projectiles flashed by.
That was the fifth time he got attacked... He withdrew his dagger and blocked them away.
Klink! Klink! Klink! Klink!
His wrists felt numb as he struck them back. The force was very strong to overcome.
Ye Chong started distancing himself from the raiders again. Apparently this was the fifth wave of assassins awaiting him in the dark. They were extremely skillful in blending themselves in the woods, while the way they treated their prey was brutal. They were highly alert as they would hide themselves again once they had missed. To pursue they would do things slow and steadily.
The first wave gave the biggest shock. If it was not Ye Chong's quick reaction he would have died just there. The following raids were stronger and more sudden than before but Ye Chong had already anticipated them himself, so he faced them not as clumsy as before.
His dagger was his savior. Thanks to the Do-Kun stone enhancement, it was sharp enough to break the incoming weapon at one slice. The assassins noticed the successful counterattack as they fled the scene, back into the woods.
Ye Chong could do nothing else than running.
At first he thought those were from the Wang family, but it just felt different the more he fought. The Wangs would never fight such way. They were not the kind who would finish their foe without a fair fight. If they would, Ye Chong would not be alive by then.
Although in reality the assassins were feeling more helpless than Ye Chong, they believed their attack - whether on timing, the coverage, the way they did it - was flawless and perfectly demonstrated their skills, yet this ugly-looking boy had blocked everything successfully. How depressing.
Most importantly, they were attacking from the dark, which supposedly had given themselves a headstart, yet Ye Chong lived like an annoying cockroach.
That dagger! Dammit! Someone break that dagger! Curses!
The assassins were probably thinking so...
Ye Chong did not decelerate, as being chased by the Wangs and the assassins from nowhere. He just hoped his speed could last him long enough to lose these people, as he sprinted in straight line.
The woods had gotten denser, as the path got engulfed by the darkened leaves The air felt humid while exuding a faint rotten smell.
The light was starting to be engulfed by the trees.
The place got quieter, that sometimes he could hear the insect cries.
And it became dead silent, where breeze could hardly be felt.
Too quiet. Ye Chong was not feeling good on this. But he lacked the experience necessary to judge the forest just yet.
He slowed down at first, as hesitated. Then he made up his mind and kept running.
At far end behind , the bush started rustling out of sudden, with 3 men popped out. Their faces were painted in green stripes, hardly recognizable, while their outfits were strange - stripes of green and yellow, a blend to the forest's color scheme.
”He had entered the woods.” The leading one commented, as seeing the shrinking silhouette. His tone sounded relieved somehow.
The other two was also gasping in relief.
”Phew! Finally, we don't have to face that horror.”
The third person nodded, ”Right? He was such horror, scarier than the specter, faster than the specter too. The leader of Team T almost died in his brutality. And he has that ridiculous dagger, at least we don't have to face him. So does this mean mission accomplished?”
The leading one halted, ”...Yes... I guess? No one had ever come out of the deeper woods alive. So we don't have to worry on this. We just have to report as what we saw. Let the authority figure this out themselves, though what a waste of a good dagger.” The tone was filled with a great desire towards Ye Chong's overpowered dagger.
A voice rang behind them, ”The Wangs have arrived! Retreat.” And the shadows vanished into the forest.
Within half a minute, a large group of Wangs appeared right next to the bush, with Furry the fair white creature popping its cherry nose to the ground.
It rose its tiny body, as began roaring madly to the deeper woods, refusing to take a step further, as if something was convincing it to stop moving.
”He had entered the deeper woods, apparently. It looks like our job is done. We should be working on the other outsiders instead.” The speaker sounded very much relaxed, this was their most desirable scenario.
Everyone recognized the forces of Ye Chong, that they felt nothing could stop him, other than the greater Mother Nature that is. The deeper woods...
”Hah...” It sounded as if they had broken free form their greatest fear.
The group was wordless.
...
”Shall we go?” One wave and the group left the fearsome depth of the woods.
The deeper woods, silent as it acted, quiet as it was supposed to be, only had the whispers of the insects ringing in the silence.