The Devil Sword Swordsman
Ch. 237 - Chairman's Order
The moves from the Forbidden Book were reused, the moves he trained every night with the Red Devils in this dimensional space had its own advantages. Anyone a hundred meters away from it could be hit by a chain of fire and burned to ashes, the more chains that were released the more burden on the body of the user.
The man who was about to break through the entrance was startled as his hand was wrapped around by an incredible hot chain, as he was about to escape the flames radiating from his hand and obliterating his body in a matter of seconds. He did not have time to shout, the man's mouth had now been filled with smoke and burned to the ashes of the corpse afterwards.
Xin Fai could feel tremendous pain while using this stance but he had no other choice, now dozens of enemies were trying to barge in with his torch fire. He could not allow this village to become a sea of fire like Daan Village.
Zhu Yue finished off the rest of the incoming enemies, she approached towards Xin Fai then propped up her body. "Chairman, you're pushing yourself too much. That power... Looks like it's me–"
"No need to worry about me."
"But Chairman-?"
"Focus on the enemy, there are hundreds of lives we have to save. One step they'll lose their life."
"Ba-good."
The chain of flames evaporated in the air then disappeared without a trace, slowly the enemy that was besieging at the passage of the gate weakened. Some were killed by self-contained torch fire. The remnants of the enemy were successfully cleared out by the ten Holy Sword Alliance who moved in groups, they were led by Ho Xiuhan and Chang Wei. It seemed that the two lovebirds had become familiar since the fight a few days ago.
The meadow is now a pool of blood, again the loss of life is inevitable. Some members of the alliance started to get seriously injured, not a few of them were dying.
Xin Fai sat resting by the campfire, she pensively stayed there for a long time and only responded to it when asked. How else, they can't move in this state. Faced with two fights in a row and in numbers that were three to five times more than their own numbers made the condition of its members deteriorate.
The sound of wood consumed by fire filled the night atmosphere, one of the villagers came to him in a polite manner. "Mr Swordsman, we have a small supply of food and medicine to heal your wounds. If you don't mind accept this."
The young man commented as much as possible to make the 40-year-old woman relieved, she was not alone but came with several other women who brought various items. The Holy Sword Alliance itself was now resting in a large stage house, where at least nearly twenty percent of the members were lying in an injured state.
"Follow me, they'll be happy to accept all of you've given."
They followed Xin Fai into the house, dozens of people lying with their feet and stomach bleeding. Xin Fai glanced at a useful leaf to stop the bleeding, she took a quick glance and decided to help the figure of the man who was now lying weakly accompanied by Chang Wei.
"You, after I got hurt today, you got hit yourself." Chang Wei grumbled as he bandaged Ho Xiuhan's wounds which could only grimace in pain.
"How else, it's happened anyway."
The two of them fell silent as they realized who was coming, immediately Chang Wei saluted and shifted her seat giving space for Xin Fai to sit down.
"How's your wound?"
"At least this takes three days to heal, Chairman Xin," said Ho Xiuhan somewhat regretfully. "Chairman Xin, you can go first with the members who are still able to fight towards Renwu City. We'll be coming later."
Zhu Yue approached upon hearing the chatter. "Chairman, the current situation is indeed very complicated. It's so precarious. If you wait any longer I'm afraid Renwu City will fall into the hands of the enemy."
Actually Xin Fai had been thinking about this since sitting for hours at the bonfire earlier, he just could not bear to let the injured members survive alone in such a vulnerable village. But if you think about it if this village will really come a second wave of enemies, today's fight will also be in vain. All the inhabitants will be killed with that number of enemies.
After careful consideration Xin Fai decided to leave half of the members of the Sacred Sword Alliance in this place which would follow a few more days to cross over to Renwu City. The troops were moved directly without wasting any time, but the decision that made Zhu Yue surprised was that she was ordered to stay in this place with the injured members.
Zhu Yue still could not agree to it, after all in retrospect perhaps her strength would be needed upon arrival in Renwu City later.
"Vice Zhu, in Renwu City there we have many warriors who will help while in this place... Most likely the enemy will come even more, hold on while we have not returned. If you can not get involved in a meaningless fight. Prioritize the safety of the citizens and members, if circumstances do not allow you to escape with the others."
"But Chairman, how can I run when this village will be burned by them?"
"Vice Zhu, the ultimate life. Have you seen how many enemies they bring in a group? Their numbers are at least two hundred, while later you have only forties. Please don't risk a member's life while I'm not around."
Although it was heavy to accept but Zhu Yue forced to nod in agreement, about 41 people were left with her while the rest went with Xin Fai on board.
Gradually the ship increasingly disappeared from the sight of all of them, Zhu Yue turned her head around to look at the warriors she had left with her. It felt like the lives of everyone in this place were his responsibility, Zhu Yue became a little uneasy. Come to think of it this was what Xin Fai had felt all along and she had only realized it now.
The previously evacuated residents have now been allowed to return to their homes, Zhu Yue allows them to move as usual because they cannot sniff out enemy movements everywhere. After all in the near future it was likely that there would be no assault coming, he just needed to think of a way to protect the village remotely like Xin Fai did before.
That night Zhu Yue moved some alliance members and men from the village to cut down trees to make the village fortress. He was about to make a strong protector in order to last for the next week.
"Ah we were left here with the villagers, Chairman Xin is too worried about the residents compared to the Imperial city."
The chatter sounded not far from Zhu Yue, they were whispering so that nothing else could be heard but still Zhu Yue knew what they were talking about.
"Already, Chairman Xin is still too young. He's just trying to protect the people he can..."
"What is there to protect in this village? Just a small village, I'm not sure the enemy will come again after seeing the pile of corpses in front of the village."
Zhu Yue walked about to reprimand the two people, she felt they were underestimating Xin Fai too much just because she was born into the world first. Not yet had time to reprimand the two people, the sound of screaming villagers was heard asking for help. Zhu Yue climbed up the tree branch and her eyes opened wide when she realized what Xin Fai was worried about was really happening. His bad feeling had a reason.
The houses were engulfed in a huge fire and the inhabitants screamed as the fire burned their bodies. Zhu Yue threw a glance towards the house where the injured alliance members were laid, the house had been burned to the ground by fire.
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