Sword Among Us c1-1268

by Black Swordsman Online

  "Silly girl, your sword technique is pretty good."

  Yu Yan's expression turned quickly from dumbfoundedness to shock, then to disbelief, and before it quickly changed to a wide smile.

  She had imagined multiple times how her encounter with Happy will be in the game, but she never expected that it will be here in such a dangerous situation.

  The soft spot in her heart seemed to have been struck heavily.

  The dark and dangerous plains also seemed to have become brighter and also seemed to be swathed in a warm feeling of safety. At that moment, she could no longer even see the Mongolian cavaliers rushing toward her.

  *****

  He went forward and grabbed Yu Yan before they ran to the place with the least number of torches.

  Yu Yan activated her lightness skill like a wooden puppet. Her beautiful and charming eyes were fixed on Happy's face, and she did not even blink. It was as if she was not quite certain whether what she saw was a dream or reality.

  Chen Kai turned into Chen Kaixin.

  "Silly girl, if you continue daydreaming, we're going to die."

  Happy felt a little resigned.

  He did not expect that the Mongolian cavaliers serving as reinforcements will arrive so soon, and that they will even appear from everywhere. The number of torches soon exceeded one hundred, and these were from the patrol teams scattered everywhere. The fiercest rumbles came from the direction of the enemy's main camp…

  They seriously poked a hornet's nest!

  "Happy, it's really you! Why did you run off here alone to do a quest? Oh well, there're too many people around here. Let's talk when we get back! We'll get rid of these Mongolian cavaliers first!"

  Yu Yan finally got into the mood for battle. Her eyes became clear, and she followed behind Happy with her confidence now increased by leaps and bounds. She headed toward the direction where there were the least Mongolian cavaliers.

  "I'll stay in front. Just follow me."

  "'kay."

  "Remember to not be surrounded."

  "Got it."

  The two of them communicated briefly, and by that time, the Mongolian cavaliers could be seen.

  The patrolling cavaliers in that direction numbered the least. There were less than six squads over there, and even though there were around forty other cavaliers rushing toward them from the sides, compared to the hundreds of cavaliers that came from other directions, this side was relatively safer.

  "Be careful of their arrows."

  Happy rushed ahead of Yu Yan, and this time, it was Yu Yan who spoke up to give him a reminder.

  Right when she finished speaking, the Mongolian cavaliers ahead of her had already taken action.

  The arrows that could easily pierce through flagstone tiles gathered in front of him as densely as raindrops!

  Happy's gaze was serious and stern. He did not dodge, but went up against those arrows. However, his hands trembled slightly, and a force that brought fear to others' hearts swept up the grass and air around the area.

  An invisible power changed the direction of those arrows.

  At the moment the arrows that shot forth from different directions were about to touch Happy, it was as if they were s.u.c.k.e.d into a huge vortex, and they left their fixed trajectory.

  More than one hundred arrows circled round Happy, and with an even faster speed, they flew back toward the Mongolian cavaliers.

  Thud! Thud! Thud!

  "Ah!"

  The sounds of flesh being pierced through rose and fell. The horses neighed, and the Mongolian men screamed in pain, and a tragedy befell mankind under the night sky. Under the profound secret that was "do unto others what they do unto you", most of the one hundred Mongolian cavaliers were shot by arrows. Nearly one-third of them died, and the others either lost their steeds or were injured rather badly.

  Right when they were engaged in battle, a lot of people were thrown off their horses!

  Happy did not stop trying to break out of the encirclement. Once his Shifting Stars proved to be effective, he quickly brought out a green medicinal pill from his Universe Bag and tossed it into his mouth before he shot into the disorderly and scattered enemy forces without stopping even in the slightest.

  "Die!"

  The Mongolian cavaliers were very strong and fierce. Even if they were about to die, they were unwilling to admit defeat. Even if they were injured, they still pounced on Happy without hesitation.

  Clang!

  Yu Yan did not manage to see how Happy reacted while she followed behind him, but she only sensed a great qi that brought fear into her heart rise from Happy's body.

  Whoosh! WHOOSH! Whoosh! Whoosh…

  A faint sword glare swiftly intersected with each other in the air to form sharp sword glares that traveled at astonishing speeds. There were more than one thousand of them, and they quickly went to a few Mongolian cavaliers and seeped into the areas that were not protected by their armor before they shot out of their bodies!

  The sounds of bodies being pierced through rose once more!

  Yu Yan was stunned while she remained behind Happy.

  She watched with a dumbfounded expression while Happy charged to the center of the enemy forces alone.

  While he was surrounded by a qi that brought such great fear in others that it will cause them to freeze, waves of sword glares seemed to appear out of the blue. They appeared in dense waves, and they grew clearer and fiercer.

  Those sword glares traveled freely, and they killed depending entirely on Happy's will.

  Before the Mongolian cavaliers reacted to the situation, countless fierce sword glares had already pierced through their bodies!

  Thud! Thud!

  The Mongolian cavaliers who had not died had their built bodies pierced through by those sword glares like tofu. A few seconds later, they fell dead one after another on the plains.

  'So fast…'

  At the moment they fell dead, there was still disbelief and fear remaining in their eyes.

  At that moment, they still had not registered just how exactly they died, and neither did they know where those sword glares appeared.

  Chapter 813 - Night Falls, War Achievement Points Rank

  When night fell on the plains, the main Chinese camp had already been reorganized. The soldiers were on full alert, and most of the players who had been wandering outside to carry out quests had returned to the back of the army when the war drum was beaten as a signal for them to return.

  "Everyone, you had a pretty good haul, right?"

  Some people said nothing.

  "I've been killing for an entire day, but I only obtained seventy points."

  "Darn it… At least you were able to get some points. I've only been serving as a nobody. I ran around the area outside the camp, but everywhere I go outside the camp, I was surrounded by disadvantages. There's fights everywhere… I ran into a few of those who went astray from their squads after a lot of effort, but those were all lured by other sects. After a day, I didn't even get a single point."

  "It's already good that you didn't die. Those Mongolian cavaliers are too strong. You don't know the situation by our side. There were tens of thousands of people who followed the infantries to stop the Mongolian cavaliers, but in the end, we were sent into disarray by just a few thousand cavaliers. We couldn't stop them at all, and a few hundreds of us died with just one arrow shower. Tsk… Fortunately, I saw that the situation was bad, and I avoided the carnage, otherwise, I would have died there, just like them."

  "Huh? How many of your people died?"

  "We were doing the quest to intercept cavaliers, and at least five thousand people at our area died!"

  "...What the heck."

  "Thank goodness I was smart and chose the Logistics Quest right from the start to protect the food and hay."

  "Same. I wandered about the camp for a long time before I went to the bow camp to fire some arrows. Over the day, I managed to get fifty points."

  Hundreds of pl
ayers gathered together in a dense group at the back of the Chinese camp, and their group occupied an area that was several miles wide. They were like a huge beast that sat at the back of the Chinese camp.

  However, this was a large, restless beast.

  All sorts of discussion had been going on nonstop since night fell.

  "This is the first day we've been carrying out our quests, and I heard that there are a few groups of Mongolian cavaliers who did not suffer much damage at all. Meanwhile, we lost quite a lot of our infantrymen and cavaliers."

  "Yes, we lost hundreds of our soldiers. There aren't many who obtained points in an admirable manner on the battlefield either. Instead, those who feared death managed to get a few points at the army rear."

  "The world just doesn't make sense!"

  *****

  "We had quite a lot of players die, and I heard that many of us left as well."

  "There's no helping it. The Mongolian cavaliers are much stronger than the ones we ran into in the plains. As expected of an army constantly fighting at the borders, and as expected of Hu Bilie's soldiers."

  "Fortunately, we won't have our statuses fall when we die at the battlefield. It's just that the points we gathered will fall to zero."

  "Of course, or else, I would have left with those people."

  *****

  "Calculate the number of people who died today."

  "We should already know about the data regarding the Mongolian cavaliers. We'll have to change our strategy tomorrow. When the Mongolian cavaliers gather together for a charge, we must absolutely not face them head on. Even if someone takes a gun and points it at your head, do not face them head on. When they split up into smaller squads, those with higher defense will seize the chance to send their formation into disarray. Kill their horses and eat them up one by one."

  "Tomorrow, we must rack up those points!"

  *****

  A bleak, faint breeze blew through the grass on the plains during the night, and it also caused the loud and lively plains to quiet down slightly.

  In a place very close to the main camp was Mu Clan, Class One Hall, and Chivalry Sect. The three top-class sects' people gathered at the closest place to the eight logistics camps. They formed defense lines that formed circles as well as claimed areas as their own territories. They formed the shape of a pair of horns that flanked three directions of the logistics camp and surrounded the area.

  The other sects did not dare get too close to them. Other players also circ.u.mnavigated them. They were sensible enough to not go over to harass these sects. Perhaps this was a form of acknowledgement and respect from the elites of the Chinese world of martial artists toward the three top-class sects.

  At that moment, a group of elites with lavish equipment and varying presences gathered around the camp that announced the quests.

  "Silver Wolf."

  "Dream Clouds…"

  "They're all there."

  "You are… Flower-pinching Gentleman on Famous People Rank. I've heard of your name for a long time."

  "Huh? I see, you're Snowflakes Descending, forty-seventh on Dragon Rank. I've been rude to you."

  No weak players could be seen in the crowd. All of them appeared familiar to the others, and some of them even knew each other. Very soon, they began chatting with each other.

  "How're your rewards today?"

  "So-so. I got about two hundred points."

  "Hey, did you come to look at the War Achievement Points Rank?"

  "Yeah. But there're so many people around…"

  "Say, I've never seen that elegant beauty over there with the red lipstick and red robes."

  "Elegant beauty? Which one? Urk! Shush… Bro, don't let him hear you. You… That person's Lu Mingyue, palace master of Cold Moon Palace. This time, he's ranked at the third place in terms of points."

  "Ack…"

  "Stop looking over there. I reckon he already heard you."

  Flower-pinching Gentleman said nothing.

  "Most of the people who came to look at the ranking board right now are the elites who chose to check the ranks. They're all on Famous People Rank, Dragon Rank, or Phoenix Rank… Hey, isn't that Red Dust, who defeated Drifting Sword? Whew… Just as I expected, Mu Clan's relationship with Chivalry Sect is really tight. Even the people from Class One Hall have been squeezed to the side."

  Thunderous Battle, Silver Wolf, Momo, Little North, Phoenix Dances, and the other Mu Clan elites stood together with Red Dust, Wind Void, and Lin Xiao. They occupied one side of the ranking board, and the area around them had few to no people. They also stood out like sore thumbs.

  Those from Class One Hall stood on the other side. However, they had fewer people, and they also did not seem to be as imposing. Even if Barren Murderer, Blood Robes, Dream Clouds, Zhou Yu, Evil Wolf, and the rest were all there, when compared to the other elites from the two top-class sects, they simply did not appear to be as impressive.

  After all, Happy had still not appeared, but those from Mu Clan and Chivalry Sect already appeared very imposing. And who knew just where Happy was right now?

  "Why don't I see the people from Towering Palace?"

  "What nonsense are you even spewing…?"

  "Towering Palace suffered really bad losses this time. I heard that Six Pulses Divine Sword's successor, Vast Heaven, and Nine Solitary Swords' successor, Grim Green died more than twice. Right now, Mu Clan still has not decided to stop their war against them. Wind Assault Tower's people are also eyeing Towering Palace's territory. They're longing to occupy the remaining cities in the east of the coastal area. If the people from Towering Palace dare come to this place, I'll find it strange."

  "By the way, I haven't seen the ranking board, and I don't know the ranks right now.'

  "This is easy. Just go over and take a look."

  "Urk…"

  "What's wrong?"

  "Forget it. There's a group of leaders over there. What if someone over there takes a fancy of my skills and requests me to join them? And at that time... To join or not to join, that is the question…" Flower-pinching Gentleman hesitantly gulped.

  Snowflakes Descending was instantly rendered speechless.

  "Brother Snowflakes, you should have already seen it. Why don't you give me the general gist of what is going on?"

  "About that…" Snowflakes Descending hesitated for a while as he surveyed his surroundings. He lowered his voice. "I heard that the three top-class sects also suffered quite a lot of losses today. They didn't get a lot of points either. Right now, the one with the most points is Barren Murderer. He has around four thousand and three hundred points. The second is Silver Wolf, and he has nearly four thousand points. The third is Lu Mingyue, and his points are around the same as Silver Wolf. The next few are practically all people from Mu Clan, Chivalry Sect, and Class One Hall."

  "More than four thousand points? That means that he killed more than four hundred Mongolian cavaliers in one day?" Flower-pinching Gentleman looked shocked. He could already be considered an elite, but he obtained less than three hundred points today…

  "That's the strength of the higher ups in top-class sects. People like us, who formed parties or fought on our own, can only get around three hundred to four hundred points in one day. But I reckon that once dawn arrives and war breaks out again, the competition will be even fiercer."

  Chapter 814 - Shifting Stars

  "Successfully killed one Mongolian cavalier. Obtained 10 points. Current points: 765!"

  "Successfully killed one Mongolian cavalier. Obtained 10 points. Current points: 775!"

  "Successfully killed one Mongolian cavalier. Obtained 10 points. Current points: 785!"

  "Successfully killed one 10-man cavalier commander. Obtained 50 points. Current points: 835!"

  "Successfully killed one Mongolian cavalier. Obtained 10 points. Current points: 845!"

  This continued on.

  "Successfully killed one 10-man cavalier commander. Obtained 50 points. Current poi
nts: 1,155!"

  Happy heard the system tell him that he had at least four 10-man cavalier commander confirmed kills from the group of patrols in front of him, and that was a total of two hundred points.

  He managed to gain more than one thousand points in one go, and while Happy felt excited, he stared at the Mongolian cavaliers who were rushing to him from the distance, and his gaze became much more fervent.

  There were more than four hundred Mongolian cavaliers who came from three different directions. If he could kill all of them in one go, he should be able to get more than five thousand points.

  Even though it was not enough for him to get the title of a middle-rank captain just yet, one day in the game was the same as half a day in the real world. It was already very impressive that he obtained so many points in half a day.

  But sitting around waiting while twiddling his thumbs was clearly not Happy's style. His current condition also did not support him in staying around the area.

  The qi requirements for Ten Thousand Swords was incredibly astonishing. In one breath, his qi dropped to Blessed Realm. If Happy did not have Small Reversion Pills with him, which had astonishing recovery abilities, it will clearly be very difficult for him to recover five hundred qi points with Dew Pills within a short period of time, since it was just a low-class recovery medicinal pill. However, there were only a few people in the game who could use the extremely valuable Small Reversion Pills like normal Dew Pills on the battlefield.

  "Let's go!" Happy growled, and Happy fled with Yu Yan in tow. He never stopped moving.

  The thundering horse hooves behind them gradually became louder and clearer.

  A sense of danger quickly closed in on him.

  There was no need for them to turn around and look. They knew that the cavaliers who were chasing after him from three directions were slowly gathering together behind them, and they will soon form a sizeable cavalier unit!

  However, not a hint of anxiety could be detected on their faces.

  Under the not very bright starlight, Yu Yan's pretty face could be seen to be filled with an excited, red flush.