XG 187 - A courageous idiot

"He brought along a group of zombies with him," Chen Yibo reported.

"Let's go and greet them." The people from the temple would be joining the Musihada base, and it would be better for them to remain ignorant of her ability.

The first thing Wong Xue Guo noticed from the enemy was his gold ear piercing in a symbol of a cross, glinted under the bright moon. On his hand was an impressive-sized sword without a sheath with bright blue gemstone plastered on its hilt.

Although she does wonder how he would use his ability with that sword, she does not give him the chance to show it. Catching him off guard, her shadow swam up from the ground and absorbed his energy, as well as from the zombies behind him.

She was already mindful not to absorb all his energy, but it was actually harder than absorbing everything.

Control was easy to say but hard to do.

The swordsman gaped at the shadow, and then at Wong Xue Guo in shock. That sensation of being sucked dry was similar to the punishment his Lord had given him when he failed his task. None of the other vassals could duplicate their Lord's method in absorbing other beings' life force, and soon, everyone accepted that it was their Lord's sole ability, as well as their key to obedience.

Just who is this black-clothed person?!

Wong Xue Guo turned to the surprised Chen Yibo at how quickly the enemy was subdued. "Can you read him?"

"Yes..."

"Find out everything you can from him quickly. We can't let him recover enough to fight back."

"Okay."

By the time Chen Yibo got everything important from the swordsman, the others had finished digging out a path wide enough for their cars to drive through.

"Xue Guo, are you going to kill him?" Chen Yibo asked hesitantly.

"The probability of him dying if we leave him alone is high, but the chances of him getting rescued before he takes his last breath is also high. You did say one of his friends will be joining him later." Her current skill level should remain a secret from Zene for as long as possible.

"Yes, but-"

"I'm the sinner, not you."

"Wait, that's not it!"

Wong Xue Guo nearly had a heart attack when Chen Yibo stood between her and the swordmaster. "What are you doing!"

Even the swordmaster was surprised that this young man would stand between them.

"He says he wants to join us."

"That's not important!"

"It's not?" Chen Yibo eyed the angry Wong Xue Guo in puzzlement.

"If I had not reacted faster, I would have eaten you up cleanly! Are you not afraid of dying?"

"I'm afraid, but I know you won't do that to me."

A gunshot stopped their argument. The swordmaster had moved his sword, and his movement had L.L. shoot beside him warningly.

"Yibo?"

Chen Yibo rushed to answer. "He just wanted to place down his sword to show his surrender. He also says that as long as we aim to defeat the Lord, he will be our ally."

The swordmaster caught on that this young man has the ability of a mind reader and did not do anything to block it. Attempting to block his mind would raise suspicion instead.

"Why?"

"He is a loyal knight of Priest Jonathan, who was murdered by Zene and forced him to be his underling. He saw you as an opportunity to break free from Zene."

"Break free?" Wong Xue Guo stepped closer to the swordmaster until they make eye contact. "What if we fail to kill your Lord? Won't that mean you are joining the losing camp?'

Chen Yibo's eyes darted between them. "He is confident... that you will get stronger. If you continue to absorb more life force like how Zene does."

"Compared to a monster that had absorbed life force for centuries, how can the tiny me compare?"

Chen Yibo's translation was late, as he was hesitating whether to say it or not. In the end, he still conveyed it. "You have the chance if you absorb the Lord's vassals."

Wong Xue Guo arched an eyebrow curiously at the swordmaster. "Oh? Don't you have any emotions towards your comrade?"

"They are either in the same boat as him, or willingly join the Lord. Most of them are unwilling in the beginning but end up one of his most loyal servants."

["Yibo, since you used your life to save his, you can decide."]

Startled at her thought, Chen Yibo wanted to deny it. But no matter what he said, she was still angry at his recklessness.

["How can I be happy when I nearly kill the person I like?"]

Her honestly did something weird to his heart and he apologized without much thought. ["Sorry. I won't do it again."]

["You better!"]

Despite not yet witnessing the might of the swordmaster, they still ended up deciding to bring him along, but no one dared to share a car with someone that had tried to kill them for days.

L.L. just tossed the swordmaster into the car boot, wide enough for his broad shoulders. His big sword would be held by Wong Xue Guo first until he was deemed trustworthy by the expert interrogator, a.k.a. Godbrother Chin Chun.

Pulling down the face mask, Wong Xue Guo took in a breath of fresh air and wiped her moist cheeks. She needs a breather before hiding herself again when they reach the base.

With an uncertain variable at the car boot, Chen Yibo paid most of his attention to the swordmaster's mind, even if he had vouched the swordmaster was sincere in cooperating with them.

Thus, the one who reacted the fastest was Wong Xue Guo. Her shadow enveloped the car the moment she sensed something wrong.

The defence completed right in time before their car was sent flying and hit the ground with a loud crash, sending them tumbling a few more rounds before stopping.

Unfortunately, her shadow was not a bubble wrapper, and the passengers still suffered light injuries from the tumbling.

"Gr...Grandma... are you okay?" Bel Eum gingerly touched her grandmother to find any injury.

Before anyone could get back their bearings, they felt the car being lifted.

L.L. could not step on any pedal to control the car, and his gun was useless if he could not see his target. "Xue Guo, let me out."

"No, you stay here. I will see who it is." The shadow parted at her side and she found the door was missing. She quickly jumped out, her cap flew away from the breeze, and sealed the hole again with her shadow.

She landed on her feet just as the car was once again tossed away, flying straight to a building.

Now that she could see the situation clearly, she controlled the shadow inside the car to forcefully have it land on the ground gently.

The car was crushed badly from the earlier attack, and it was no longer usable.

Other than them, the car behind them that was driven by Max had been attacked as well. There was no protection in their car and the passengers' injuries were likely to be very serious.

The sharp exhaustion nearly had her sit down just from doing that shadow trick, and her vision became slightly blurred. Rubbing her eyes, she scanned for any source of energy as best as she could with her foggy eyes.

It was not so bad since the swordsman had quite an ample amount of energy and recovered her energy, but the trick with the car interior had chipped quite a bit of her energy.

Catching the sight of the enemy, she thought to herself that she definitely needed more to fight this... humongous guy.

The attacker was a humanoid-shaped walking rock, resembling Fantastic Four's rock character. The ground shook as he walked towards her, sending dust flying everywhere that her nose suddenly felt itchy.

Her face mask had flown somewhere and unfortunately, she does not have a spare.

Just as she covered her mouth and nose with her hand, the humanoid rock started running, his large statue did not hinder his speed at all.

Her shadow took the shape of a big feline and sprinted to meet the humanoid rock.

Both of them collided, and she smiled like a victor. But the humanoid rock continues forward without interruption. The arrogant expectation dropped from her face when her shadow could not absorb anything.

To think she discovered her weakness so quickly?

Her shadow had removed itself from the car, returning back to her side. Once L.L. got out of the crushed car, he started shooting the moving rock, not that the bullets could penetrate it. Other than creating more dust, it does not hurt the humanoid rock at all.

With the swordmaster's huge sword, Chen Yibo ran over to help her.

Her guns and knives were in the bag inside the car, leaving her with no choice but to use her fists. Unfortunately, she had forgotten to take her brass knuckle, which yet had the chance to have its first taste of battle.

The humanoid rock was as tall as a street pole, and the thickness of its arm was as wide as a car. Even its incoming fist felt like a wrecking ball demolition!

It will definitely be painful but...

Using all her strength, she swung a punch to greet it, and her arm was nearly crushed into pieces from the impact. The pain did not hinder her sense of pleasure when it succeeded in recoiling the attack.

L.L.'s eyes were wide as he cursed under his breath, "She is definitely becoming more courageous. A courageous idiot." 

Author's Note:

Sorry, WATTPAD only allows 200 chapters per book, so the next chapter will continue with a different book, which you can find under my profile page!