Sword Among Us

Bloody Aquatic Dragon, a Class One Hall member, had just logged in, and he noticed that the atmosphere around him on the barren lands was off.

He no longer heard the constant chatter from his friends in his party. In fact, he did not see a single bit of light either. The small bonfires they lit up previously were now only left with the smell of ashes and flames, which will always be left behind after they were extinguished.

There were also some other people’s scents mixed in the air, and it was rather unpleasant.

“That’s not very appropriate, is it, youngsters? I just logged off to eat and pay some bills, and you decided to sneak off together? You even extinguished the fire… Are you not afraid of me making a report and asking the branch master to reduce your contribution points?”

Only his voice could be heard echoing through the dark barren lands.

It was so desolate around him that it was terrifying.

A few seconds later, Bloody Aquatic Dragon started scowling, and he subconsciously raised the volume of his voice. “Enough! Stop playing, youngsters! Come out! You must have left behind someone here, right?”

Once he finished speaking, he began calling out the names of the other three people in his party.

No one responded to him on the deserted land.

At that moment, as time passed, Bloody Aquatic Dragon gradually began to get used to this dark environment, and he could see the vague outlines of some people around him.

When he saw them, Bloody Aquatic Dragon was scared.

“Who are you?!”

They could not be seen clearly, but he can tell that there were three people lying on the ground, and their posture was very strange.

When Bloody Aquatic Dragon bent down, a pungent stench of blood wafted into his nose.

Uneasiness and fear instantly surged through his heart. A cold air mixed with the stench of blood rushed into his chest, and Bloody Aquatic Dragon nearly fell on his butt.

He fumbled around for a torch from his Universe Bag.

Whoosh!

The torch was lit in the face of the wind.

The crackling fire lit up everything within three miles of the barren land.

The fire immediately illuminated the circular area of 164 feet around Bloody Aquatic Dragon. The devastating situation of the camp caused him to feel a chill crawl down his spine, and his heart felt as if it was seized by something. He held his torch tightly while he stared at his three companions who remained in three different postures when they were ambushed and killed. Their faces were already blurry, and their blood had dried. Only the bonfire which had been stomped out by a flurry of footsteps still released a faint heat.

“Hiss…”

Bloody Aquatic Dragon sucked in a sharp breath. Then, as if he caught on fire, he extinguished the torch he just lit in panic.

Once the light died down, the area around him instantly descended into darkness again.

Since he descended into darkness from light, in an instant, Bloody Aquatic Dragon felt as if he had lost his vision.

But when his body was engulfed in darkness once more, some of the fear in his heart was gone.

He had already quickly snapped out of his fear and daze.

Even though his three companions were young, they could get by in Class One Hall and were actually pretty strong. Unless they ran into really powerful players, it was impossible for them to be ambushed and killed without them even noticing their enemy, and none of them even managed to flee.

Mu Clan!

Only Mu Clan had this strength in the entire plains.

Besides, Bloody Aquatic Dragon suddenly remembered that there was not just one single bonfire at this barren stretch of land. Class One Hall had set up a sentry point once every mile.

But when he looked around himself, he found that the entire barren stretch of land was in darkness, and no sign of life could be detected.

This meant that everyone in Class One Hall was dead.

Bloody Aquatic Dragon kept quiet and brought out a snow white messenger pigeon with a pale face before he gave up dejectedly. He felt incredibly conflicted.

‘Damn it, Black Bear even said that we’ll definitely be fine for the next two days and that the four sects will be preparing for the final charge against the Mongolian army. Look, something happened!

‘…What should I do?

‘Perhaps the people from Mu Clan are actually still around the area and haven’t left just yet. If I light up a fire and write a letter now, it’ll be the same as me charging to my own death.’

Bloody Aquatic Dragon’s mind raced while he quickly left the place where he stared and tried to think of what he should do about the situation.

‘But there’s no need for me to write a letter either. The people who died must have already sent a letter to the hall members to be on high alert.’

When he thought of this, Bloody Aquatic Dragon instantly released a breath of relief before he sucked in a sharp breath.

‘Those from Mu Clan should have gone to the Town of Kui. There isn’t anything for miles in this place, where am I supposed to go…?’

Before he could even finish that train of thought, a cold presence suddenly came from beside him.

‘Oh no!’

But Bloody Aquatic Dragon could be considered to have reacted quickly. When he noticed killing intent coming at him, he widened his eyes, and without another word, he activated his body fortification as well as his qi realm! He then moved like a cannonball in the opposite direction.

Whoosh!

The deep sounds of robes fluttering could be heard.

Thud! Thud!

Two hidden weapons sank into the ground in succession.

Bloody Aquatic Dragon successfully avoided the attacks from the dark.

But before he could release a sigh of relief, an even faster sword glare came at his face.

There was the sound of wind and thunder accompanying the sword glare traveling forward without turning back.

‘An elite!’

Bloody Aquatic Dragon sucked in a sharp breath, and all his blood rushed to his head.

Unfortunately for him, during his explosive charge, he had practically used up all his strength in his body, and in an instant, he was no longer able to use his qi the second time. He did not have the chance to avoid the attack, and as if he went to the blade himself, his chest crashed straight into the sword!

Thud!

The sound of a body being pierced through was incredibly clear in the dark stretch of barren land.

Bloody Aquatic Dragon could only let out a short groan before he hung limp on his enemy’s sword.

“Big Brother Knife, you’re awesome!”

Bloody Aquatic Dragon could vaguely hear an unfamiliar but young cry of surprise in the darkness.

“That person really went to your side.”

Bloody Aquatic Dragon said nothing. He nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. ‘I’m already dead, and I have to be regarded with contempt?’

But that “Big Brother Knife” who brought Bloody Aquatic Dragon fear did not say a word, and he remained silent even until the moment Bloody Aquatic Dragon’s consciousness completely disappeared.

Thud!

Knife lackadaisically pushed Bloody Aquatic Dragon’s corpse away from him, and his gaze landed on his lackey.

It was a freshman from the University of South China.

“Remember this! Since this is an ambush, before the enemy dies, keep quiet.” His tone was cold and firm.

The new kid was so terrified that he quickly nodded and showed that he will not make the same mistake.

Knife no longer lectured him. He looked over the desolate land before his gaze landed on the corpse. He mumbled, “Thank goodness I stayed back, or else when you figure out that we don’t actually have a lot of people on our side and those people from Class One Hall run out, then things will truly go insane.”

“Big Brother Knife, where are we going now?”

“We wait.” Knife came from the army, and he was the incredibly stern type. When he faced a newbie, he did not have any desire to talk. Even when he talked with the boy, his words were kept as crisp and simple as possible.

But the newbie was filled with admiration to this elite from Sky Demon Branch.

‘Elites should be cold, anyway!’

A few minutes later, the sound of messenger pigeons flapping their wings could be heard in the barren land.

Immediately after, Knife’s voice rose once more. “Come. We’ll go to the Town of Kui now.”

“Alright!”

The newbie was already used to Knife’s manner of talking, and his answer was also short and crisp. He did not ask about the situation over at the town.

*****

In the dark streets in the Town of Kui were more than thirty Class One Hall elites who held torches in their hands. They surrounded the five Mu Clan elites who walked out of the darkness.

Even though the vice branch master had ordered Silver Extinguisher and the others to immediately surround the Mu Clan elites and learn about the number of people who came from Mu Clan, when their torches illuminated the street, they saw that Mu Clan only sent five people over here, and they still chose to get rid of the five people in front of them first.

Mu Clan might be the strongest sect in the Chinese server and had plenty of elites, but the five people in front of them were unfamiliar faces, and they should not be forces to be reckoned with.

“The people from Mu Clan should have already gone to the branch!

“We’ll end the fight quickly!”

Once the vice branch master finished speaking, the five people in the encirclement put on thought-provoking smiles at the same time.

“We’re being looked down on, Thunder.”