Volume 10 Chapter 42: Of Course It’s you
<span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 10 Chapter 42: Of Course It’s you
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let me open a light," Keith raised his hand, and a light formed before them. Entering the cave, it was filled with darkness. There was only one way for them to move.
<span style="font-weight:400">Touching the sides, Keith understood this was man-made. Such ridgedness wasn''t something a tunnel would make by itself. It was actually blown to pieces by a pickaxe. As the trio continued down, that was when he saw it. Support beams to hold the tunnel up.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mining carts filled with stones, prepared to be moved out.
<span style="font-weight:400">An entire mining operation!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Be prepared for a fight."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Ho!" "Po!" The two were ready. Keith nodded as they headed down when the group arrived before arge opening. That was when he saw it: there was mining equipment around here. Heading down, that was when he touched around. What are they doing with all of these stones? While he wondered, lights shined down!
<span style="font-weight:400">"You guys don''t need to do something like that." Keith rolled his eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Well yed, child," A sudden pping caused the lights to stop shining onto him. That was when he saw the three were surrounded by a group.
<span style="font-weight:400">From how they looked, the two didn''t realize it. However, this was ounted for: heading into the enemy''sir and not fighting them? That was impossible.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I congratte you foring here."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Save it, and how about you call out your boss, you grunt." The man talking wore the same uniform as the grunts. That meant he was a soldier, not a general.
<span style="font-weight:400">"..." The ninjas didn''t say anything. They continued to stand there with a calm expression. However, a voice soon called out.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"To think you woulde all of the way here."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s you." Keith stared at Long Xiaowen.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Why do you sound so unsurprised?" Long Xiaowen was intrigued; this guy was way too calm.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Because I always felt you would do this." Keith was not an idiot. Long Xiaowen was a person that he couldn''t get a read on. Because of that, his eyes were always locked on him. Not out of curiosity but wariness.
<span style="font-weight:400">"And when you said execution, that made it even more so." Execution then agreed with him. That sudden change in heart was not because of his words; it was something else. It just caused more doubt against him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Haha, I did mess up on that," Long Xiaowenughed. That was definitely an oversight on his part. A little hotheadedness and impatience had gotten him.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"So what''s with all the stones?" Keith never thought about so many.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Coins."
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Coins? You really sacrifice all your people because of a few coins?" Keith scoffed, "Do you think of me as a child?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Haha, I guess you''re more than just one. Then let me ask you, has Long Lihua ever told you about the ind?"
<span style="font-weight:400">About the ind?
<span style="font-weight:400">"I guess she hasn''t told you much about it. This ind once harbored quite dangerous beasts. These serpents were as strong as him."
<span style="font-weight:400">...Strong as Cadmus? That him was enough to know it was Cadmus. That was something he was in disbelief.
<span style="font-weight:400">"However, with thebined might of the ancestors and that dragon, they were able to defeat them. However, these serpents were never truly defeated. Even with their might, the only thing they could do was to seal it."
<span style="font-weight:400">"...You crazy son of a-"
<span style="font-weight:400">"So you understand now." Long Xiaowenughed, "I''m going to use these stones to revive the serpents! Too bad you''re not going to find out about it." He didn''t even look at him any longer as he walked away from there. That was when a bunch of ninjas jumped at them!
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Hmpf!" Keith dashed at them while Aria flew like an arrow. The two of them were prepared to duke it out with all of them. There was no need to hold back as Keith swung his halberd ferociously! The ninjas were sent flying. But that was not the end, as more people came in droves to strike! It was a never-ending fight!
<span style="font-weight:400">How many are part of his ns?!
<span style="font-weight:400">"You want to y rough, then so be it!" Keith swung his halberd even faster than normal! And he wasn''t the only one in a fight like this. The Samui was surrounded by a group of ninjas. Yet, they couldn''t take him down!
<span style="font-weight:400">The furball threw them around left and right!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hah, I guess we need to waste some things if we want him gone," Long Xiaowen groaned. That was when the ground started to glow!
<span style="font-weight:400">"Damn!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Booom!
<span style="font-weight:400">A giant explosion vibrated the entire cave as the ground started to copse! Aria and the Samui slowly dropped down! Keith tried to use the rubble to get up. However, that was when someone appeared before him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re noting back up," With one strike, he was sent flying down.
<span style="font-weight:400">Long Xiaowen nodded, "Let''s go now." The ninjas nodded as they headed off; there were more ns.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We need to make a move now," One person warned. Keith, the one who stopped the Samuis, was now gone. That was something Zhu Liqin and Setsuna would realize.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"I know. Do you have it?" That was when a ninja had brought out a small vial of red liquid. Blood. This was going to be used as a way to do something to do this.
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Have everyone been on ce?"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmhmm!"
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<span style="font-weight:400">"Then we could make a move tonight." Long Xiaowen grinned. Everything was in ce.