The Hidden Myth of Ji Dara - Chapter 66

Then that meant the reason they were here was to collect something important;

“Could it be uncle Min’s father’s secret about the dark energies!?” Dara thought to himself;

That was the only probable reason someone would send out a troop of this magnitude since it was a very powerful secret…

But just as he came to that conclusion, he saw four people at the very back of the entire troop and he scrapped all that thought within two seconds…

These four figures made Dara’s expression really solemn and dark; in fact, it was like he was looking at his mortal enemies;

“Ji Hai…”

Dara almost growled like a beast out of pure hatred for Ji Hai whom he still blamed for his sister’s death after he abandoned her to rescue him alone and also faced all the Obun’s that chased them…

“They are obviously not here for me out of goodwill, otherwise, they wouldn’t need to sneak around like rats, and I wouldn’t have felt that sensation of deep danger either…”

Dara mumbled to himself, and allowed the entire troop to move past him first, and then he whipped out his bow, picked an arrow which had been stained by beast blood as well as two rocks which he had picked along the way here…

He struck the rocks together and as a flint touched the arrow tip, it was set ablaze and Dara turned towards the direction of the plateau and aimed…

He shut his eyes and tried to attune himself with the elements of nature as well as he could, and after about three seconds, one of the leaves on the ground got moved by a slight breeze, and instantly, it was like everything around Dara slowed down;

Then the moment the leaf got flipped, Dara opened his eyes, and just as the leaf fell on its front, Dara released the taut bow;

Toosh! Psium!

The moment the arrow left his bow, the little wind which blew past simply hit the arrow slightly at the bottom and changed its position to slant upward a bit, and that was all the arrow need as it tore through the air towards the plateau…

By the time the arrow was to pass overhead the invading troops, the wind had reached their spot and rustled all the leaves on the ground, and as a result, the sound of the rustling leaves masked that of the passing arrow…

Uncle Min had only just finished rolling all the beast carcass he brought back into a ball and filled it with beast blood when a flaming arrow landed just inches beside him…

He initially squealed in fright but the moment he saw that the arrow was completely wooden, he knew they were the only ones probably on the entire planet using a featherless arrow, and he instantly understood the meaning;

“They are here unh… Honey!”

Uncle Min called out to his wife who came out still boiling with intense fury;

“What is it!?”

She asked almost aggressively which  didn’t surprise Uncle Min because she had been grumpy ever since he returned and he didn’t know what happened between her and Dara, and he had planned to ask when Dara returned, thus, he didn’t bother to think too much about it;

“They are here…”

He said as he leaned a little backward for her to see the flaming arrow which had just landed beside him;

“… and then seem to be only one hund-”

He had barely completed his statement when another flaming arrow landed two inches closer to him…

Dara lit up the third arrow, and after about another three seconds, he let it loose, and the arrow went off like a happy free bird with so much grace and stillness that made it travel like a bullet;

In a total of fifteen seconds, Dara had let all five arrows loose which in itself was extremely fast, and that was also including the fact that he had to calculate the movement of the wind to mask the sound of his outgoing arrow…

Uncle Min felt like the arrow was directly shot into his heart when he realized that his initial thought of them having to defend against 30 to 50 men was a pipe dream so large it could fit an airplane…

He quickly finished his preparations and had Aunt Lin stay at her post which was inside one of the buckets of the water wheel…

She would have to lie within the bucket and hide, and it was from there that she would be doing all her real life target practice, and based on her current mood, one can only feel sorry for anyone who would be on the end of her raging arrows…

Uncle Min went down to his post which was between the ring of fire and the ring of death, and just started doing any random chores, but the one Dara had picked for him was to actually sweep since that would keep him busy long enough…

He was supposed to back them and stay aware of any incoming potential threat…

Dara had opted for a unique battle tactic, Aunt Lin was going to start the attack from the front and whilst all their attentions are being drawn to that forward attack, Dara was then going to start getting them from behind, and once their formation has been split, it would be time for they mayhem which is where Uncle Min himself comes in…

Dara descended from the tree and ran faster than most wild beast in this jungle;

He was literally flashing through the jungle, and for someone who had a godlike superpower in terms of fleeing when he had no cultivation at all, there is little that could be said about his speed now that he has 104 unlocked meridians…

He reached his destination in less than 5 minutes, and whilst still on motion, Dara whipped out a completely black arrow which had been soaked in beast blood to completely meld it with the night darkness and fired it with aggressive force;

Clack!

Aunt Lin nearly saw her heart leap out of her throat because of the abrupt loud sound of something hitting her hideout bucket with insane force…

The moment she realized it was the sign which Dara had promised wouldn’t be subtle, she whipped out her quiver filled with arrows poisoned with beast blood, and whilst Uncle Min was still sweeping and the relaxed group from the Village of Sang where waiting to see how everything would pan out;

Piiuu!

A homing sound which was almost silent rang out, and just like everyone looked up to see what it was, two men suddenly fell lifelessly to the ground stunning everyone…

But just as they looked at the duo, they noticed the left of the first man was bleeding like a fountain and his eyes was 99 percent popped out of his skull;

They looked to the second guy, they saw an arrows which had sunk half way through his  neck, and he was now clutching his neck and choking on his own blood;

“What!?”

“What is going on!?”

These experts exploded into a frantic hubbub as their voice gave away their position within the wood;

“Shit, we have been spotted!”

The elder they call Left was the first to blurt out with a solemn expression;

“Chief, we should advance now, and take that man as a consolation for this…” Right added from the side;

“We know nothing about their territory and we have lost the element of surprise, we would be at the mercies of their familiarity with the landscape if we advance carelessly, and that would result in a much larger casualty…” The Chief analyzed calmly as he held his stance and waited…

It was dark and they could barely even see Uncle Min in the distance and it was also windy, something which rustled all the fallen dry leaves in the area which served as a perfect cover for the nigh invisible arrow that was fired earlier, but whilst they were still debating on what to do, another six expert fell lifelessly to the ground;

Aunt Lin was obviously raging due to her emotional frustrations at this point;

“Chief, we can barely see them, but they can obviously see us, we will obviously keep suffering much casualties if we just stood here and planned when they pick us out in twos and sixes!” Left added frantically;

“It is the useless Dara, and two other experts according to my spy father, if we overwhelm them with our numbers, then we should be able to finish this in less than a quarter of an hour…” Ji Hai added from the front;

“Chief your son has analyzed wisely, you should consider his suggestions…”

Right added from the side; but the chief simply called one of their archers;

“Kill that man…” he said, and the archer aimed and targeted Uncle Min…

But just as he was about to fire, another arrow hit him right in his forehead, and he went straight to the ground lifelessly as his hands loosened firing the arrow straight at another one of their men who also joined him in death…

It had barely been 2 minutes and they had already lost ten men, and they haven’t even seen the person who was shooting the down…

The chief instantly got pissed off; “Archers! Get us a clear vision!”

Instantly about 50 men set their arrows ablaze as Aunt Lin tried to bring as much of them down as possible, and this rapid firing led the Chief and his elders to think they were getting frantic;

But she was only able to kill five of them who then killed three others before over forty flaming arrows took to the skies, purposely heading straight for Uncle Min;

“Are you all insane!”

Uncle Min blanched like a frightened cat when he saw over forty flaming arrows headed for him…

He sprung like Tom [Tom & Jerry] and sped off towards the plateau as arrows began to fall on either sides of him, creating a small explosion that scattered flames across the entire field, until he crossed the ring of water which the light couldn’t reach…

“Kill them all and I want Dara alive!”

The Chief bellowed as these men roared battle cries before bolting towards the fence, and they were barely two meters off the fence when one of them had his leg catch a trip wire;

Instantly, the massive spikes lined at the fence which they thought was there to ward beasts away abruptly catapulted towards their stunned group…