Chapter: Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 93: Next Time For Sure
Loli heard the words and felt both shy and happy, biting her lips, she said tenderly, “Really? Master, you can’t lie to Loli~”
“A lord’s word is as good as a chariot pulled by horses.”
“Hee hee~”
A sweet smile spread across Loli’s lips. Having received the answer she wanted, she happily pecked Xi Wei’s neck a few times with her rosy lips. Then, like an octopus, she clung to Xi Wei’s embrace and gradually fell asleep.
Fortunately, Loli didn’t understand what “next time for sure” meant, nor did she know what “coo coo coo” implied.
Xi Wei thought to himself, he was a knight first, and a lord only after that.
What is the spirit of a knight? It is protection!
Loli still seemed a little young. He mainly couldn’t bring himself to let go. His feelings for Loli were so deep that he couldn’t bear to hurt her.
Holding the little maid, who was sleeping soundly like a little pig, tightly in his arms, Xi Wei’s mind wandered for a long time until he finally felt a wave of drowsiness.
Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the moon peeked out from behind the clouds.
The dark gray sky was adorned with a few sparse stars.
The curtains on the balcony were blown by the night wind, and a silhouette flashed in the bright moonlight.
Before Xi Wei could even process what was happening, he felt someone beside him.
A soft touch came from his arm. Xi Wei looked in shock at the fox-eared girl leaning against his arm, his mind racing with a million thoughts.
Ruoyi’s mysterious blue and gold eyes flickered in the cool moonlight, like two beautiful gemstones.
She raised her slender white fingers to her rosy lips and made a shushing gesture to Xi Wei.
Then, without bothering to ask for his opinion, she casually wrapped one of his arms around herself, a sweet and happy smile on her lips, and fell into a deep sleep.
She was content as long as she had an arm to hold onto.
The fox-eared girl was never a greedy person; on the contrary, she was easily satisfied.
For instance, the starry sky was beautiful, the night wind was gentle, and the person she loved was by her side.
…
Dozens of miles outside Winter City, in the wilderness.
The night was as dark as ink, and the cold wind howled. Under the frigid moonlight, it was far from the peacefulness of Winter Fort; instead, it was filled with a sense of killing intent.
Alence wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and leaned against a low bush to rest.
His armor was somewhat damaged, and a gruesome sword wound ran from his shoulder to his waist on his back.
His Qi was almost depleted, and he could only barely infuse it into his long sword to increase its lethality.
The young knight with flaxen hair, who looked somewhat effeminate, now had eyes full of killing intent and vigilance.
Tramp, tramp, tramp…
“Gee!”
The sound of horse hooves approached, accompanied by the shouts of knights, and stopped nearby.
“Hee-haw—”
There were three knights who arrived nearby, their chest plates engraved with the crest of the Jinshi Family.
“He’s somewhere around here. Find him, and be quick about it.”
“Absolutely must not let him return to Winter Fort.”
The three knights spurred their horses into the bushes, holding their knightly spears or long swords high. They vigilantly channeled their Qi to protect themselves and began a careful search along the bushes.
“Clatter.”
Hearing a sound, the leading knight’s eyes sharpened, and he thrust his knightly spear fiercely in the direction of the noise. The glow of his Qi illuminated a patch of bushes around them.
But it was just a stone that had been deliberately thrown.
The knight’s mouth was covered by a hand from behind, and he could only make muffled sounds of shock and anger.
“Ching—”
A long sword infused with Qi pierced his heart from behind.
Backstabbing was Alence’s specialty.
After killing the knight, Alence did not hesitate. He crouched down and darted back into the bushes.
“Who?”
“Damn it, Garet is dead!”
The two knights rushed over, looking at the corpse of their companion on the ground in fury.
One of the knights looked around and said through gritted teeth:
“Set it on fire! Force him out!”
He then took out the lamp oil from his leg armor, poured it into the bushes in front of him, and lit it with a fire starter, throwing it in.
Watching the bushes gradually catch fire, the two knights spurred their horses and prepared to leave.
This patch of bushes was not very large. They would guard outside, and it wouldn’t be long before that brat was smoked out, or he would die inside.
Alence watched the increasingly fierce flames and knew he couldn’t wait any longer. He was injured now, and the bushes were his only chance.
Having made up his mind, he, who had been lurking for a long time, darted out like a leopard. His long sword, infused with Qi, rose high into the air as he slashed at the knight who was falling behind.
“You’re looking for death!”
The knight roared and swung back. But Alence only feinted. His long sword brushed past the knight, his real target being the warhorse beneath him.
The long sword pierced the warhorse’s body. The horse, in pain, became panicked and violent. Alence followed suit, squatting down and severing the horse’s leg with his sword.
The knight, along with his horse, fell to the ground amidst the steed’s shrieks. By the time he tried to get up again, the long sword that arrived later had already pierced his heart.
Alence pulled out his long sword and hastily grabbed the lamp oil from the knight. By then, the flames had already reached behind him, and he had to follow the knight in front of him out of the bushes.
The next part was a fight for survival.
“Alence, I must admit, you are very resilient.”
Outside the bushes, the only remaining knight sat astride his warhorse, waiting in anticipation, his eyes coldly fixed on Alence.
“Oh? I think so too. There are only two geniuses in the entire Jinshi Family, one is Young Master Xi Wei, and the other is me.”
Alence smiled slightly, glancing at the knight’s waist. Even in a moment of crisis, he couldn’t resist making a flippant joke.
“Just a Great Knight, and you dare call yourself a genius.”
The knight sneered and stopped wasting words. He charged forward on his warhorse, holding his knightly spear pointing forward, with an incomparably sharp momentum, determined to pierce the enemy before him through and through.
The knight’s charge was fierce, and Alence dared not meet it head-on.
In a hurry, he immediately took out the lamp oil he had just obtained from his waist, poured it onto his own long sword, and then quickly rolled on the ground to dodge.
By the time he stood up, the knight had already charged at him again on his warhorse, but the momentum of the charge was gone.
Alence closed in on the knight’s body and took a spear thrust head-on. With the reinforcement of the warhorse, the knight’s immense strength made him spurt out a mouthful of blood.
He looked at the knight at close range with a cold smile and said softly, “Genius isn’t just about relying on strength.”
“It can also rely on brains.”
Then, he pushed his long sword to parry the knight’s spear. Taking advantage of the knight’s exhaustion and before his new strength arrived, he lifted the oil lamp bottle at the knight’s waist, and the pungent lamp oil immediately drenched the knight.
Before the knight could understand Alence’s meaning, he saw the effeminate and handsome young man before him draw his long sword across his knightly spear.
“Screech—”
A sharp friction sound, accompanied by a series of sparks. First, Alence’s long sword ignited, followed by the knightly spear. Fueled by the highly flammable lamp oil, the flames quickly engulfed the knight’s entire body.
The knight, in agony, rolled on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames on his body. His face was also splashed with lamp oil!
However, he was protected by Qi, so he could hold out for a considerable time. But Alence gave him no chance, pouncing forward and killing him.
Alence, in a disheveled state, staggered a few steps, spitting out another mouthful of blood. His eyes were fixed on the direction of Winter City. Without stopping, he staggered and gradually disappeared into the bleak night wind.
