Chapter 636: Chapter 473, Fishing (Well, are there any recommendation tickets or something, give some…)._2
Aseti placed his two fingers in his mouth and blew a whistle.
Soon, the sound of clustered hoofbeats could be heard.
Aseti’s mount, Wind Demon, hurried over, followed by hundreds of horses from the original group.
Among them was a humongous four-legged Giant Lizard that looked somewhat foolish.
In the current situation, the horses left behind would only become targets for arrows.
Apart from the horses that were tied to carts and got killed by arrows immediately, the others were led away by Wind Demon.
No one hesitated. Those who were injured mounted up and continued moving northwards.
…
Outside the mountains and forests.
The faces of the three leaders of the ‘Life-takers’ were shrouded in gloom as they listened to reports from their subordinates.
This gloom did not only contain anger, but mostly fear and helplessness.
The excitement they felt last night upon hearing Rebecca’s news was proportional to the fear they felt today.
They could clearly imagine Rebecca’s revenge.
And also the relentless pursuit of the Federation.
From now onwards, they would have nowhere to hide, there would be no place for them in the human world.
“You goddamn wastes of life, you let them escape with so many people on our side. Chase them! If Rebecca escapes, we are all doomed!” the tyrant roared.
Listening to the furious rebuke of their boss, the underlings’ legs trembled. “B-Boss, they have Mages in their ranks. The entire forest is blanketed in fog that releases lightning. We can’t tell where they have run off to.”
Bang!
Hearing his subordinate’s explanation only added to the tyrant’s fury.
He kicked him onto the ground, spitting curses. “Keep looking! Spread out further! Whoever finds them first will become the fourth boss. If you don’t find them, I’ll slaughter all of you.”
“Yes, yes! We will chase them immediately!” The underling got up and rolled away, conveying the boss’s command in a hurry.
On the side, not only the face of the tyrant was ugly.
The expressions of the second boss, Greedy Wolf, and Li Zhenhu were also frightful.
If they allowed their targets to escape, their glory days would end.
“It’s all over… all our efforts have been wasted. After attacking the City Lord of the Hundred Cities, the Federation will never let us off,” said Greedy Wolf, his voice trembling.
Just yesterday, he was suggesting they “have fun” with Rebecca.
Now, all he could feel was fear towards Rebecca.
“Don’t panic, we are more familiar with this area than them. Outsiders won’t be able to escape this forest easily.” Li Zhenhu tried to console them, but he didn’t have much confidence.
Li Zhenhu had his own concerns. Rumors were that Fang Hao had connections with Lyss City. He wasn’t sure if Fang Hao was with the group.
If Fang Hao wasn’t there, or if he escaped, Li Zhenhu feared immediate retaliation from him due to his character.
Li Zhenhu’s words seemed to have reminded the tyrant as he said, “Right, we should split up to search for them. They can’t get out of this forest so easily.”
The other two nodded, leading their respective men into the dense forest to search.
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The next night.
The doors of Ma Hong’s territory were tightly shut.
After taking a relaxing hot bath, Ma Hong was about to go to bed.
Then he heard loud bell rings outside his room.
The sleepy Ma Hong sat up from his bed abruptly, looking out of the window with a serious expression.
This bell ringing was the second time he heard it.
The first time was during the installation of the bell, to test whether it still worked.
This second time indicated that enemies were approaching.
He didn’t have time to think much. Simply putting on his armor, he rushed out of his room.
He climbed up the city wall and looked in the direction the soldiers were pointing.
He saw rows of torches forming a dragon of fire.
Moving fast towards them.
This area was sparsely populated, so there was no doubt that the long fiery dragon was coming for them.
Ma Hong’s heart was thumping rapidly.
“Damn it, it better not be those despicable bandits!” Ma Hong cursed.
If it really was those bandits, his troop count wouldn’t be enough to defend the city.
“City Lord, what do we do?” a civilian soldier asked in a low voice.
“What else can we do? Identify the enemy, if it’s the bandits, we will defend the city to our deaths,” Ma Hong replied through gritted teeth.
As more and more refugees came into the city, the news of the Life-Takers spread further.
Any village they had visited had been turned into ruins, not a chicken or dog survived.
The fear of Life-Takers was deep-seated in everyone’s heart.
Not only Ma Hong, but also the civilian soldiers and residents of the city were fearful.
Once they heard Ma Hong’s command, they all started moving immediately.
They began to move rocks and prepared arrows.
Their eyes were filled with fear as they watched the approaching fiery long dragon.
Whoosh!!
When the crowd came within a certain range.
An arrow was shot towards the front of the crowd, forcing the advancing crowd to stop immediately.
“Who goes there? Advance any further, and we will attack,” echoed the voice of a guard in the silent night.
“We are from Lord Fang Hao’s team and we need to rest in the city for the night,” someone in the crowd shouted.
Everyone turned to Ma Hong upon hearing this.
Meanwhile, Ma Hong’s Book of Lords received a private message.
It was from Fang Hao, saying his squad had encountered some problems and needed to rest in his city again.
Knowing it was really Fang Hao’s squad, Ma Hong heaved a sigh of relief.
No matter who it was, as long as it wasn’t those damned bandits, it was fine.