Empire of Shadows

Chapter 58: An unexpected encounter

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Before I even arrived at the battlefield, I had already learned about the situation on the battlefield through Yaruo's eyes. On one side were packs of wild wolves, on the other side was a beautiful female magician whom I had met twice, and on the other side was Crade who was said to be going after me.

For a moment, I couldn't help but hesitate. Should I help or not? Or should I even kill that guy named Crade? Since I came to this world, I have believed in the principle that only dead people are the safest and most secure.

Kill that guy? What should I do with that female magician? Keeping her would be troublesome, but killing her? I don't have the heart to do it. Besides, how can I explain it to the two guards around me? If they leak it out, I will definitely be the unlucky one in the end.

Save him first. Besides, he and I were just having a verbal dispute. If I save him now, at least it won’t deepen the resentment between us.

When we approached the battlefield, the two magicians were already leaning against a cliff in a precarious situation. In front of them, the guy named Crade was trying to maintain a hemispherical water curtain to block the wolves from approaching. The female magician was rapidly firing a transparent substance like a CD disc, effectively killing the wild wolves lying on the water curtain.

But from the increasing fluctuations of the water curtain and Crade's pale face, it can be seen that the water curtain that the two magicians relied on to protect themselves can no longer hold out. And the beautiful woman with a red face and slower and slower moves is probably at the end of her strength, and her magic power is probably close to drying up.

With the help of the soldiers, I, two guards, and Yaruo climbed up two large trees that were close to each other and thick enough, and then began to attack the wild wolves with bows and crossbows at a rapid speed.

When Yaruo shot her first shot, I immediately knew why she was worth so much money. In addition to her beauty and the gimmick of the elves, her archery skills were simply shocking. A small elven bow, with three arrows on it at once, without any concept of aiming, shot casually, and immediately three wolf heads were shot through, and they were all shot in the same position without any deviation.

With just one hand, I don't think anyone would dare to say that they are not worth the price. Compared with Yaruo, the two guards who were born as archers became clumsy fools, but the crossbow arrows they shot almost hit the wolves that rushed up without missing a single one, and rarely missed.

I was the only one who felt embarrassed. The first four crossbow arrows fired had no effect except the first one that nailed a wolf's leg. I was very depressed. After several rounds of attacks, nearly half of the original hundred wolves were shot dead. The rest began to gather around the two trees, biting and climbing the two trees desperately. But if you can chew through a tree that two people can hug together, then I will really be convinced.

Yaruo and I, with two guards on the opposite side, were extremely relaxed at this moment. We shot down one wolf after another with our crossbow arrows, until the last tall wild wolf let out a mournful howl, and then all the remaining dozens of wolves began to flee in all directions...

"Yaruo, shoot that wolf..." In order to prevent the wolves from taking revenge, I immediately tried to have Yaruo kill the leader of the wolf pack that was already far away. But before I could finish my words, an arrow with a white glow shot out from my side like lightning, aiming directly at the fleeing wolf. When the arrow arrived, the wolf pounced... Then the wolf fell directly onto the big tree root in front of it, and as we stared in amazement, the wolf's body broke into pieces...

"This... what kind of magic is this? So scary? It... it... how could it break into pieces?" My tone of voice changed. If we hadn't caught her just now, that unlucky wolf would have been an example to the three of us.

"Master, that was a Feng Shui magic, an ice arrow. The wolf was frozen and then smashed to pieces..."

“….” Speechless, lucky, **** luck…

After sliding down the tree, the two guards and I looked at each other, and we both showed fear without reservation. But then we became happy. I was happy to get such a treasure, and they were very excited about their future prospects when they saw me happy.

"Thank you for your help... Ah! Why is it you?" The two mages who came over to thank us were more surprised than each other when they saw me. Then their faces almost turned into a dye vat, with endless changes of red, green, black, blue and purple.

"Hey, we saw you before we climbed up the tree. Why are there only two of you? Do you know any news about the others?" I naturally changed the subject and asked about the whereabouts of the others.

After hearing what I said, the mood of the two people opposite me improved a lot, but judging from their appearance, they must have suffered a lot to escape here. Their clothes were tattered, their bodies were covered with dust, and there were many scratches on their faces from branches. They looked as miserable as they could be.

"We got separated early in the morning, and we just ran into each other just now. If we hadn't met you, it might have been more troublesome."

After hearing what the beautiful magician said, I felt amused. What was the problem? It should be that I was given to the wolf as a snack. However, I didn't say anything to avoid further straining the relationship. It's better to have more friends than more enemies.

"Lord Clad, and this beautiful lady, I think we'd better get out of this damn place as soon as possible, otherwise if there are more monsters or wolves coming, we won't have enough arrows to spend..."

"Okay, this place is really scary, let's leave here quickly. But our horses are all gone, I wonder if yours are still there?" After hearing what I said, the two immediately agreed, but soon, they both showed an embarrassed look.

"The horses are still there, but it may be difficult for so many people to sit on them. However, you can take a rest on the horses first and recover some strength before you do anything else..."

"Ah, great elf! So beautiful..." Before I could finish, the guard who went to get the horse and Yaruo who went with another guard to retrieve the arrow came back. When the two magicians saw Yaruo, their eyes lit up and the beautiful woman even called out.

"Yes, we are lucky that we just met her. Let's set off now. You two can take a rest on the horses first. We can talk on the way if there is anything." After signaling the two guards to give their horses to the two magicians, I also sent Yaruo to the horse I was riding, and then went in the direction Yaruo pointed.