Chapter 515: Dark Souls (1/2)

Chapter 515: Dark Souls

Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_

”My name is Charles. Would you please be so kind to take me to Lothar's camp? It's not very far from here.” Charles said.

”We are heading towards the Jade City, and we are not planning to veer off too far from our course.” Duo Lun said reluctantly. The stranger didn't seem to be a warrior type to Duo Lun, so he would only be a dead weight if the situation got hairy.

”Jade City? Lothar's camp is on your way. If you can take me there safely, I can get you guys a maglev. That should save you at least a few days worth of time, considering what you are using now.” Charles pursed his lips towards the run-down old maglev the group was using.

”Well, if it's on the way, we might as well escort you there free of charge. We can get by with this old clunker.” Wang Tong said.

Charles was delighted after hearing Wang Tong's decision. He turned to Ye Zi and said, ”Thank you so much, my beautiful lady. I will reward you handsomely for your trouble.” Charles exclaimed.

After the group started their journey again, they found that Charles was a very talkative fellow, and a very funny one at that. The conversation revealed that the Jade City had been victorious in the recent series of skirmishes against the Zergs, although it was on the defensive side during every assault.

Although they had to sidetrack slightly to get to Charles' destination, they conceded that saving a man's life should be their priority, particularly when they were not in a hurry to get to Jade City.

They had been walking in the direction that Charles pointed out for a day and still didn't see the sign of any human activity.

”Tan Bu and Duo Lun, scout ahead and see what's going on.” Wang Tong commanded.

”Yes, captain.”

Charles stood up and volunteered to join the two.

”Mr. Charles, we are on a mission. We can at most escort you until tomorrow noon.” Wang Tong said politely and assertively.

”No problem! We should be there before noon.” Charles replied, and then he started off with Tan Bu and Duo Lun.

Ye Zi heaved a sigh. ”I like him. He is a goofball.”

Charles had a great sense of intuition when carrying out a conversation, and it didn't take long for him to catch the subtle reluctance in Ye Zi while she was talking to Wang Tong. So, Charles added a joke here and there and quickly made Ye Zi open up to Wang Tong after waves of lighthearted laughter. Wang Tong appreciated his help, and therefore, he had decided to escort him for another half a day after the next dawn.

Who wouldn't try to suck up to his or her savior out of desperation?

After the three scouts walked for a while, they arrived at the bottom of a hill. Against Tan Bu and Duo Lun's will, Charles insisted on getting to the other side of the hill.

”Please help me out. I remember that there should be an outlook post on the other side. If someone happens to be on duty, it will save you guys another half a day worth of walking.”

Charles was able to convince the two soldiers, and he led the way through the jungle to the other side of the hill.

After thirty minutes of walking and climbing, there still was no sign of any lookout tower.

”Are we close yet?” Tan Bu was losing his patience.

”Almost there… Look! there is a light!” Charles pointed to the distant and smiled,” We are lucky today!”

”We are finally here!” Duo Lun heaved a sigh of relief. Behind him, Tan Bu saw something in the shadows of the trees and shouted, ”What was that?”

Duo Lun turned towards the direction where Tan Bu was looking, and from the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a dagger in Charles's hand. The dagger went towards the unsuspecting Tan Bu and slashed a large opening on his belly.

”Charles, are you crazy?” Tan Bu shouted out, hands cupping over his wound. Suddenly, he noticed a few dozen dark shadows emerge from under the trees.

Charles flipped and twirled the flat dagger in between his fingers as he smirked at the two young soldiers. The band of outlaws that had surrounded them sneered at them.

”Idiots! Our boss Charles is not crazy. He is just going to kill you.”

”Haha! I was waiting for the merchants to pass by, but I ran into a racy little medic. It's even better! Haha! ” Charles laughed pruriently.

”What a great catch, boss! I have heard many good things about the medics from the Divine Mastery Sect.”