âNo, I donât want to die, I will not die!â Hei Juanâs heart roared, a strong longing for survival flooded his chest.
He quickly got to his feet.
The rolling dust obstructed most of his vision and the screams and calls for help of his comrades lingered in his ears.
CreakâŠâŠ
The damaged roof of the wooden house made a creaking sound, and the remaining walls were on the brink of collapsing.
âThis place is done for! Staying here will definitely kill us.â Hei Juan gritted his teeth, turned around sharply, and ran out of the wooden house.
A common bat monkey above him swooped down.
Hei Juan immediately rolled forward and nimbly evaded the bat monkeyâs attack.
The common bat monkeyâs attack missed; however, it did not continue to entangle itself with Hei Juan, rather it charged into the wooden house.
But just as Hei Juan was getting up, he saw another bat monkey flapping towards him.
This was different from the previous one, this bat monkey was a bronze level magic beast.
Hei Juanâs heart shook as he pulled out his sword.
Tinkle, the rapier he pulled from his waist seemed like a silver lightning bolt. The nimble action of pulling his sword displayed Hei Juanâs solid swordsmanship training.
However, in the flurry, Hei Juan was unable to hit the bronze level monkeyâs vitals. The sharp sword hit the bat monkeyâs abdomen but did not pierce its ribs.
The bronze level bat monkey was injured, it then revealed its vicious nature as it used its bat wings to speed up and shift the sword away, its talons then tried to grab Hei Juanâs eyes and nose.
Hei Juanâs eyes flashed with panic, after falling to the ground, he used the ground to support his back and lifted his right foot to ruthlessly kick the bat monkey.
Hei Juan kicked at the bat monkey, but the bat monkey did not move. Its flapping pair of wings and four limbs made it a shadow in Hei Juanâs eyes.
Hei Juanâs strength was not enough to drive it back.
Hei Juan felt that he was kicking like a wild colt.
He continued to kick, however contrary to his hopes, the bat monkeyâs talons slashed his boots and wounded his lower leg.
Hei Juan was worried that more bat monkeys would surround him, thus he had no choice but to swing his arms and abandon his sword.
The bat monkey did not think resistance would suddenly dissipate, while it was caught off guard, Hei Juan shoved it to the floor with the sword still in its chest.
Hei Juan took that chance to crawl away and run towards the forest around the camp.
However, the bat monkey quickly recovered, screeched, and flew towards Hei Juan.
As the gale approached him, Hei Juanâs heart filled with a chill and his bloodshot eyes showed his desperation.
âDamm it, donât tell me I am going to die here?â
At that moment, something whistled.
A delicate shadow shot out and brushed past Hei Juan.
âWas that a dart?!â
The strong burst of wind forced Hei Juan to narrow his eyes in bewilderment.
Afterwards, he heard the bat monkey behind him mournfully scream.
âThe others!â Hei Juan was overjoyed, he did not dare to turn around as he used all of his strength to run towards where the dart fired from.
The bronze level bat monkey seemed to suffer serious damage as it did not continue to pursue.
Hei Juan madly ran into the woods and found several people behind a tree.
âThatâs not Xi SuoâŠâŠand the others.â
Hei Juanâs eyes shined when he saw Zi Di among them, he couldnât help but look pleasantly surprised. He blurted: âZiâŠâŠâ
âYouâre Hei Juan!â At the same moment, Zi Di recognized Hei Juanâs face and slowly called, âHe is a mercenary I hired!â
âLord Zhen Jin, the people in the wooden house all should be from the Hogâs Kiss.â Zi Di said to Zhen Jin.
Zhen Jin nodded: âI have to save them as soon as possible! You guys stay here.â
Zhen Jin quickly got up, after a few breaths, he walked over Hei Juan and quickly sized up the dark skinned youngster before him: âCan you still fight?â
Hei Juan stood in place blankly staring and did not respond for a moment,
Zhen Jin secretly shook his head: âIt seems he has already lost his courage.â
Zhen Jin had observed Hei Juan fleeing.
The young knight then told Lan Zao: âTake good care of him, I will be going.â
âYes master!â Lan Zao immediately responded.
âLord Zhen Jin, you must be careful!â Zi Di ran a few steps with her hands held to her chest and gazed at him with concern.
Zhen Jin nodded towards the girl, then he accelerated into the camp.
âDon'tâŠâŠâ
At that moment, Hei Juan finally reacted, he opened his mouth and wanted to stop Zhen Jin.
âYou are going to throw your life away!â Hei Juan then wished he didnât say that because at that moment, he saw Zhen Jin fish out some wooden darts.
Whizz whizz whizz!
Zhen Jin threw three darts and three common bat monkeys fell from the sky.
More bat monkeys attacked Zhen Jin.
Zhen Jinâs arm powerfully shook, his wrist lightly flicked, and three monkeys dropped to the ground.
Hei Juanâs Adamâs Apple rolled, Zhen Jinâs darts were too accurate, each had unfailing accuracy with not a single one missing!
A bronze bat monkey dropped to the ground and used its hands and feet to attack Zhen Jin.
It quickly dashed forward and in a startling move, it did not attack in a straight line, rather it zig zagged on the ground as it charged at Zhen Jin.
âGood brute!â Some of the chill in Hei Juanâs heart poured out.
Zhen Jinâs darts were very accurate against flying monkeys. But on the ground, the bat monkeyâs ever changing position made it hard for Zhen Jin to aim.
âIt seems this bat monkey does not have low intelligence.â Zhen Jin stopped walking and no longer threw darts, rather he waited for the bat monkey to charge in.
âWhat is he doing?! Hurry up!â Hei Juan could not help but shout.
At that moment, Zhen Jinâs right hand naturally grabbed the rapier hilt.
The rapier was the one Hei Juan had, when the bat monkeyâs body was blocking him, he had no choice but to abandon it.
The bronze level monkey was knocked to the ground and with the rapier in it, it pursued Hei Juan until Zhen Jin ended its life with a wooden dart.
The rapierâs point was stuck in the ground.
The bat monkey suddenly dashed forward, its delicate purple and black body was like an artillery shell and in the blink of an eye, it was next to Zhen Jinâs face.
But Zhen Jin already had a sword in hand!
Whoosh.
The sound lightly echoed.
Everyone in the woods felt there was a flower before them as they watched Zhen Jin smoothly lift up the sword. The rapier pierced the bronze level bat monkeyâs head and suspended it in the air.
It wasnât dead yet as it continued to struggle.
But at that moment, Zhen Jin swung the flower sword in a glittering silver arc.
The bronze level bat monkey was thrown to the ground, it wanted to get up and support itself, but its strength was leaking like the brains and blood from the hole in its head.
At that moment, it fell to the ground, its eyes wide with shock, and its face filled with disbelief and fear.
Hei Juan breathed.
He gazed at Zhen Jinâs back and shook.
âHow can he have such frightful strength?â
âBattle qi cannot be used here.â
Against the bronze level monkey, despite using all of his strength in the thrust, Hei Juanâs attack was stopped between the monkeyâs ribs. It was evident that the skull was the thickest bone.
Zi Di nodded: âI hired you all to protect me when traveling to the Wilderness Continent and White Sands City, Lord Zhen Jin was always hiding at my side. The purpose of that was to pull wool over the eyes of others and to guard against malicious rivals that wish to obstruct our journey. I believe that Lord Zhen Jin will lead us out of this island alive.â
âSo thatâs how it is.â Hei Juanâs Adamâs apple rolled, and he quickly accepted this reality.
Zhen Jin held a sword in one hand and a dart in the other.
He threw darts at the bat monkeys that approached.
He used the rapier to reap the lives of the bat monkeys near him.
He seemed to have a human form, but in actuality under his clothes, his arms had already transformed into bear arms.
His powerful strength and innate accuracy turned the darts and rapier into deathâs sickle.
Those in the wooden house were being attacked and were in an abyss of suffering.
But gradually, they felt the number of attacks they had to bear was lessening.
Originally, the entire camp was filled with the bat monkeysâ ear-piercing screeches.
But now, the camp became strangely silent.
âWhat is the situation?â Mu Ban was leaning on a wooden wall powerless with a bloodstained chest, suddenly he felt someone come over to take a look.
The dust was now slowly scattering.
Mu Ban looked at the youngster, he was blond, handsome, and had a nobleâs posture and grace.
He held a sword and a dart as he slowly walked over.
The surrounding bat monkeys were flying in the air or lying on the ground grimacing in pain and malice.
But the blonde youth did things at a leisurely pace, he strolled through the battlefield like it was some elegant garden.
An impatient bat monkey suddenly rushed like a wild dog.
Whoosh.
A dart suddenly shot out and pierced the bat monkey.
The bat monkey died on the spot, however because of inertia, its body was flung into the distance and left a scarlet path in its wake.
Zhen Jin lightly lifted his fee, stepped over the bloody trail, and arrived in front of Mu Ban.
Mu Ban looked up foolishly at the youngster.
Although the youngsterâs crude clothing had been damaged in battle, Mu Ban swore at that moment, that he felt the youngsterâs body was covered in silver armor, he was riding a white horse, and that there was a flag fluttering behind the noble knight.
Notes
Mu Ban, stop hallucinating on blood loss, the armor is actually gold, the horse is a giant rhino, and the flag is just another bat monkey flying over to lose its innards. What kind of employee immediately addresses their employer by their first name instead of by honorifics? Let's be honest, after dealing with the bullsh*t scenarios that Zhen Ren has put our poor mc through, a group of bronze and iron level magic beasts is nothing, especially since he finally has an actual sword this time around.
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