Battle for Shuozhou Pass: Part 3

Gui's POV

As me and my team ran towards the Ladders, arrows flew past our head

I looked on, as soldiers climbing the ladder were pelted with arrows, or crushed by stone thrown at them

Seeing the accumulating death at the ladder, I advised my teammates

"Everyone ready your shields, yun grab one that's littered on the ground, for you to use"

I ordered, as I quickly picked up a shield on the ground, as I raised it above my head, to protect me from the projectiles headed our way

Mimicking my action, yun and the others raised their shields above their head to block them from the incoming projectiles

Reaching the ladder I climbed up, I gritted my teeth as the impact of the boulders thrown at us were heavy, as I tightening my hold on my shield

Nearing the top, I threw my shield towards an enemy who was about to swing down his sword at me, disorienting him

As I stepped foot on the wall, I didn't miss a second longer, as I unsheathed my sword and decapitating him

After that more enemies came my way, but not fazed by their sheer number, I stood beside the ladder as more of our men joined the fight

One of them swang their sword at me, as I blocked and let the residual force glide pass my blade putting him in a defenceless state

Taking this chance I killed him, quickly as his head flew off his body

Not slowing down, I went to the next person as i dodge his strikes

Finding an opportunity, I disarmed him literally, as he screamed in pain as he held his stump

I aimed my second strike to his head, as he tried to block with his bloodied arms, but it was futile, as I just sliced through giving him a more gruesome death

And so one by one bodies littered the ground I stood on, and as they inflict wounds on my body, I took an enemies life in return

After killing more than 15 enemies, there were finally enough ally soldiers, to lessen my burden on fighting the enemy

As we continued to fight our way through them, with Yun fighting along side me

"Boss.., there's too many of them, were getting overwhelmed"

Yun exclaimed in a strenuous tone, as he fought against 2 enemies at once

~Tsk~

"We just need to hold out, swap out with someone if you need a short break"

I instructed after I just killed another enemy with a quick blow to the head

Just as I was about to fight another enemy, I jumped back instinctively, as a saber swang down at my original location cracking the floor in the process

"Well..,what do we have here?"

Looking at the man holding a saber, an invisible pressure was emitting from his body, as I felt that I couldn't let my guard down around him

"Who are you!?"

I asked him as he narrowed his gaze at me

"Hmm.., you've killed too many of my men for me not to notice you"

After he said that, he charge at me as he readied his saber for a swing

"You need to DIE!"

Startled at his speed, I tried to blocked his strike, but It was futile as his blow blew me backwards towards the edge of the wall, almost making me fall

As my body shook from the amount of force that strike gave me, blood flowed out from my mouth

I held on to the parapets of the wall to keep myself standing

Looking at the man headed towards me as he killed my fellow soldiers who stood in his way

"Boss, come on lets get you out of here"

Yun came to my side, as he helped me stand up, he then led me towards the ladder as my other teammates try to distract him

Just as we got to the edge the man caught up to us, as blood drip down his weapon signifying the fate of our teammates

"Fuck!!, stay back"

Yun exclaimed in fear and anger, as he stood in front of me, his body shaking from the pressure the man was emitting

"Hm?, your bravery is admirable, but your far too weak to save your friend and yourself"

The man said as he looked at yuns shaking figure

"Well, If I left him here to die, what kind of friend would I be then?"

Yun answered with a fake smile of bravery, as he tighten his grip on his sword, as readied himself to confront this monster

~Sigh~

"Truly, a shame"

He muttered in slight regret, as he swang his saber intending to end yuns life painlessly

"Shit!!"

I screamed as I struggled to stand up

As the saber was about to hit yun, the man suddenly changed its direction, as it sliced an arrow headed towards him

Although he destroyed the arrow, it's residual force caused the man to slid back a step or two

Suddenly more arrows were fired towards him, as he sliced them down sparks flew off his saber, as he hits the arrows head piece

After more than 10 arrows were fired, it finally stopped, as he was pushed back for more than 15 step

He looked at the distance to see who it was that fired those arrows

Seeing this chance, I held on to yuns back and let our selves slide down the edge towards the ladder, letting us escape him

...

Song's POV

~Sigh~

I sighed in relief as young master yun retreated safely, thanks to that man with a mask

I let down my bow, as I looked on at the man atop the walls

As I assess his aura, I concluded that he was as strong as General Gau Shun

After staring each other down for a minute, the man finally turned around and left

~Sigh~

I sighed again, as I scratched my head noticing the gaze he gave me

"Ahh fuck.., I hope I don't run into him in the future"

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End Chapter