Chapter 1319
The voice was cold and stern, the killing intent biting.
The dim campfire shone on the sword, reflecting the coldness of it.
The crowd fell silent, their expressions varying as they pondered.
There is a deep-seated blood feud between the two domains.
Even those of them who had lived in the North for a long time, in a small village near the far north, knew of this “heritage”.
The man looked solemnly at Master Kong Kong on the ground with a complicated gaze.
As he hesitated.
The man with the sword took another step forward: “If the chief is not comfortable doing it, I am happy to help.”
A stern and murderous intent emanated from the man with the sword.
The words had just left his mouth.
The leader swept his gaze over the men present and asked, “What do you think?”
The crowd was silent, except that the eyes of the people looking at the empty master on the ground were as cold as the wind and snow around them.
Apparently …… a silent response already counted as a response!
Further back, it was a crowd of old and weak women and children, grief-stricken and indifferent faces.
The unconscious Master Kong Kong, who was lying in the snow, had no idea that the so-called “blessing of the Buddha” would, in the blink of an eye, put his life in the hands of this group of barbarians.
The surroundings were silent.
Only the cold wind howled like the cry of an evil spirit.
Hum!
In the silence, the man with the sword looked hostile and raised his long knife.
Just as the knife fell, the man fiercely raised his sword.
Snap!
A large hand suddenly appeared from a slant and grabbed the wrist of the swordsman.
“Chief!”
The crowd changed their expressions.
The chief shook his head with a grave expression, “Forget it, he’s already like this, let’s leave him alive.”
“But he’s from the domain!”
The man with the sword was a bit indignant.
The blood feud between the Inner and Outer Regions was so deep that it was engraved in the bloodline of almost every Ebony after the long period of time.
As soon as the words left his mouth, his companions around him echoed them.
“Chief, this man from within the domain must not be left behind.
“There is no common ground between the inner and outer domains, Chief, why are you keeping him alive at this time?”
“Chief, kill him, kill him so we can continue our journey, or …… or leave him alone and let him fend for himself!”
……
The clamour was noisy, but without exception, all were in favour of the death of Master Kongkong.
Even the old and weak women and children who were silent now had ripples in their expressions.
The chief smiled bitterly and looked at the crowd, raising his hand in a vague gesture of silence.
He then looked at Master Kong Kong on the ground, “Is it really necessary to make such a clear distinction between the inner and outer domains? We have been shouting and screaming at the domain, but in the end it was the people from outside the domain who personally slaughtered our village in order to live under their butchers’ knives …….”
“I had to lead you all to nine deaths and vanish into this extreme north for nothing more than to save my life, nothing more than to be able to live as a human being in a dignified manner.”
Silence.
There was a dead silence around them.
Everyone’s expressions suddenly darkened and they bowed their heads.
The chief’s words stabbed everyone in the heart like a red-hot knife.
The gruesome bloodshed of the village’s slaughter was still fresh in their minds.
Their group, the entire village, was the only survivors.
It was the leader who, in the hour of need, organised their desperate breakout, while the rest of their companions stained the village with their blood.
They even remember the sea of fire that burned behind them as they fled in a hurry.
It was because they were the only survivors of the village that the slave party pursued them.
If they were pursued, they would be sold into slavery as a reward for the slaughter they had waged on the village.
If they were not pursued, the slavers would have paid a price that would have been in vain.
That is why they have gone out of their way to disappear directly towards the far north.
Once they had always engraved in their bones the idea that “there is no common ground between the realm and the realm”, but the village was slaughtered, not by the realm, but by the realm’s outsiders!
“What’s more, he was also a monk. Do you think that monks from within the realm are more brutal than those from outside?”
The chief slowly swept past the dozen hans around him, his gaze deep, his bloodshot eyes covered in tears.
All the men in the group fell into silence.
On the carriage, the little boy jumped out, holding the gauze and healing medicine, and ran up to the chief.
“Father, here.”
The chief squeezed out a smile and rubbed the little boy’s head, then he knelt down in front of Master Khongkong and bandaged him up.
“On guard!”
The man with the sword lowered his long knife and gave a stern shout.
A dozen men immediately scattered in all directions, standing guard.
On the carriage, the old and weak women and children did not make a sound, but all watched the leader who was bandaging Master Kongkong.
Time pa*sed slowly.
The chief’s face was heavy, and as he bandaged Master Kongkong, fear and disbelief gradually appeared on his face.
After half an hour, he finally finished bandaging Master Khong Khong’s entire body.
The chief man did not get up immediately, but crouched down in front of Master Khong Khong, sweating profusely and staring Avray at the unconscious Master Khong Khong.
“Abba, wipe the sweat.”
The young boy pinched up his sleeve and wiped the man’s forehead.
At that moment, a man approached, “Chief, can we go now?”
“I really can’t believe that someone with such a serious injury can still survive.”
The chief sighed with emotion and let out a long breath of turbid air.
The hanyou beside him was surprised, “Is it badly injured?”
“At such an old age, the body is surprisingly terrifying like this.”
The chief’s lips were mouthing, his voice gruff as he slowly looked at the hanyou beside him, “All over his body, he is almost wounded like a hornet’s nest.”
“Hiss~”
The man couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air.
Being outside the domain, he was most aware of how horrific the cruel and harsh weather could be to people.
Once one was injured when stranded in the wilderness, the cruel and harsh weather was enough to pronounce a death sentence.
But this old man, who was dragged out of the snow pile by the hounds, survived with a hornet’s nest of injuries!
What kind of life force does that …… require?
“Take him and move on immediately!”
The chief did not dare to stay any longer and gave an order at once.
Just as he and Han were helping Master Kongkong up, there was a sudden change.
Whoosh!
In the darkness, the wind blew.
An arrow, shooting with a cold aura, broke through the air without warning.
“Ah!”
Accompanied by a miserable cry, the arrow instantly pierced through the head of a man on guard duty, hitting him squarely in the eyebrow.
The suddenness of the scene left no one with time to react.
At almost the same time, the sound of horses’ hooves was heard in the distance, and the ground shook.
“They’re coming after us, they’re coming after us!”
The small group instantly panicked and the scene was in chaos.
The leader’s face changed dramatically and in his panic, he let go of Master Kongkong, raised his long sword and said in a stern voice, “Brothers, if we can’t escape, let’s fight them!”
Chapter 1320
Rumble ……
The ground shook and tore the wind and cracked the snow.
As the horses charge closer, they wrap up in a rolling wave of snow.
In the darkness, a campfire danced and swayed with a dull yellow glow.
The scene was chaotic.
There was more shouting and screaming, one after another.
“Kill!”
The leader waved his long sword and charged ahead of the oncoming hors*men.
A dozen or so men followed suit, their blood and courage rising to the fore, their faces full of hostility as they waved their long swords in determination.
It was clear to all that there was no turning back!
If the village was destroyed, they would be the last trophies of these slave caravans!
If you don’t die fighting, you become slaves!
The horses neigh and the bloodshed is immediate.
In the dim light of the fire, shadows and blood splattered.
The old, the weak, the women and the children in the two wagons did not even think of running away.
The men were their last protection.
If they had all died, they would not have survived the extreme northern cold, even if the slave caravans had stopped chasing them.
Cries of prayer echoed through the wagons.
Old people, children, all curled up in a helpless ball.
But the women, in a rare moment of determination, jumped out of the carriage and surrounded it, their swords in hand, ready for the final bloodbath.
A dozen men, facing a dozen times as many hors*men, were instantly thrown into a precarious situation after only a brief contact.
Overwhelming!
Pure slaughter!
The hordes of barbarians, mounted on their horses, wielding their blades, whimpering and whistling, crushed a dozen men in an almost brutal and overbearing manner.
Blood splattered and wails were heard everywhere.
Even though all the men had already put their lives and deaths on the line, against a dozen times more enemies, there was not even the possibility of death!
Although it was pure suppression, the horse band of rabblemen all knew clearly that these men were their spoils of war, their bargaining chips to be sold as slaves in exchange for payment.
So, even when they were surrounded and hung, the blades in everyone’s hands fell in a measured manner.
For them, it was enough to ensure that these people lived, no, it was enough to ensure that they did not die at their hands before they were sold into slavery again.
The scene was chaotic and the smell of blood filled the air.
“Abba …… Abba ……”
The little boy had been crouching beside Master Khong Khong, looking off into the distance at his father, surrounded by a caravan of horses and covered in blood, crying out in fear and shivering.
“Child ……”
In front of the carriage, the woman’s face was pale, even though her eyes were filled with fear and she was even trembling all over.
But at this moment, hearing the little boy’s wailing call, she also burst out with unprecedented boldness, clutching the sharp blade in her hand and stumbling towards the boy.
Whoosh!
As she ran wildly, a whistling sound suddenly rang out behind the woman.
Poof!
An arrow, pierced through the woman’s left shoulder blade.
“Ah!”
The woman screamed in pain and fell heavily to the ground.
But she didn’t stop, even though her body was trembling in pain, she still grabbed the ground with both hands and ran towards the little boy.
The scene was tragic and unbearable.
The old and weak women and children in the carriage looked on, but did not dare to come to their aid.
“The boy …… ama is coming, ama is coming ……”
The woman crawled towards the front while the crimson blood at her left shoulder blade stained the ground, her tearful eyes but only the boy who was crying and howling in fear.
A woman is weak, but a mother is strong!
When faced with a life-and-death situation, even if she is afraid, a mother will put her own life and death on the line for her child!
“Mother!”
The man surrounded by the hors*men, covered in blood, caught a glimpse of the scene outside the battle circle and his eyes burst into anger.
“Hahahaha …… Bind your hands to have a chance of survival!”
On the horses, the hideous man swung down a sword brazenly, forcing the leader man to retreat back to the very centre.
“You beasts, even if I die today, I’ll take you with me!”
The leader fell into a frenzy as he failed to break through.
On the outskirts of the battle circle, a few men on the horses were looking playfully and mockingly at the women struggling to crawl not far away.
In their eyes, these people, who were about to be sold into slavery, were worse than animals.
The tragic scene before them was, in their eyes, nothing more than a game.
“One more arrow!”
The man who shot the arrow opened his bow again.
But a big hand stopped him, “It’s more fun to shoot children!”
Several people looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
Just then, too.
“Ooooooooo …… amah, amah ……”
The little boy saw the blood-stained woman crawling towards him and instantly cried and howled as he was about to pace up and down.
“Don’t come over, stay where you are, son, Amah is coming over!”
The woman’s face was pale and terrified, and she hissed harshly, but the sharp pain in her left shoulder blade made all her features tremble.
“Ama …… afraid, afraid ……”
The little boy paced, unconcerned.
For him, such a horrific scene was only safe in the arms of his apa and ama.
Yet little did he know that cold arrows, in the distance, were already aimed at him.
Snap!
At the critical moment, a big hand wrapped in bandages in the snow, however, suddenly lifted up and grabbed the little boy’s ankle.
The little boy’s footsteps lurched.
Almost simultaneously.
Whoosh!
The arrow broke through the air, the cold light was biting.
The life-threatening arrow shot directly at the little boy, who was crying out in fear.
Time became slow in this moment.
The little boy, caught by the ankle by Master Khong Khong, struggled and wailed, snotting and crying, unaware of the arrow coming from afar.
The woman, however, who was on the ground, crawling with difficulty, had her scalp explode, and her pale face suddenly rose in determination.
“The child!”
In the nick of time, the woman stood up with all her might and pounced on the bawling child, despite everything.
Poof!
The arrow pierced through the woman’s chest cavity, and the woman stopped half a metre from the little boy, mouth open and closed, looking at him with a forlorn expression and hot tears.
Soon the corners of her mouth curled into a relieved smile.
She …… had shielded her child!
Splashes of blood spilled all over the little boy’s face.
It made the little boy cry louder, tears blurring his vision, and he could only see the blurred outline of his mother, but the hot blood on his face was terrifying to the core.
“Amah, Amah ……”
Bang!
Master Empty grabbed the little boy’s ankle with such force that the little boy lost his balance and fell straight into the snow.
“Child ……”
The woman stumbled forward a step and plopped down on her knees in the snow, using her own body to hold back the little boy.
Meanwhile.
The unconscious Master Khong Khong slowly opened his eyes.
With pale, purple lips, he softly mumbled, “Amitabha Buddha, blessings of the Buddha, your saving me was a chance, the poor monk should return the favour, planting melons and reaping beans, karma is no different.”
The incomparably weak murmuring voice echoed softly.
Immediately afterwards, Master Kongkong glanced down at the young boy who was dragged to the ground.
“Little monk, the poor monk can save you, you have to do one thing for the poor monk!”