Chapter 870: Chapter 31: Elves Catastrophe_4
A black-clothed man shouted, "Are you folks trying to rob robbers?"
Yan Li roared, "I’ll hack all you bastards to death." Since the day he was deceived by Yan Ju, he had been seething with rage. Coupled with the repressed atmosphere among the people these past few days, he finally found an opportunity to unleash his fury, charging like a crazed tiger toward the black-clothed men holding the elves. By that time, Ah Dai and the others had also arrived. Due to his slow wit, the main focus of the techniques that Owen taught Ah Dai were momentum and strength, so his attack style was almost the same as Yan Shi’s. However, Ah Dai, being of a kind nature, would only smash the opponent’s shield with each sword strike, then use the Tian Gang Sword to hook onto his opponent’s joints, incapacitating them without killing. Unbeknownst to Ah Dai, each black-clothed man he wounded and knocked down was being killed by the furious Elf Arrows once their shields were gone. Moon Scar’s Silver Sword and Miao Fei’s Soft Sword might not break through the shields, but they always struck from tricky angles, not very strong in their martial arts, the black-clothed men suffered quite a few casualties under their joint attack. Particularly Miao Fei, whose sword moves were cruel and lethal, targeted the enemy’s vital points, leaving nearly no survivors with Yue Ji’s assistance. From the side, Yue Ji supported everyone; any black-clothed man who showed a flaw was struck by a silver streak from her Silver Arrows, her accuracy hardly inferior to that of an Elf Archer.
In a short while, dozens of black-clothed men were being steadily beaten back by Ah Dai and his group, despite being outnumbered. Suddenly, seven or eight more black-clothed men sprang out from the bushes. Their attire was slightly different than those before, wearing no shields or ropes, each holding two short blades that gleamed with cold light.
All the elves except for Ruo Ma had already been rescued. Although they were not harmed, they had all been knocked unconscious by the enemy.
The tall black-clothed man who had captured Ruo Ma rapidly retreated to the newly arrived seven or eight black-clothed men, saying in panic, "Boss, we almost had it, but I don’t know where these formidable guys came from. They took many of the elves we caught, and many of our brothers are heavily injured!"
A skinny black-clothed man snorted coldly, "You bunch of trash, can’t even handle a few people, tell them to fall back."
The tall black-clothed man quickly agreed, blowing a loud whistle. Following the whistle, the remaining less than ten black-clothed men retreated to the group with short blades under the cover of shields.
Ya Yuan and the uncaught elves met up with Ah Dai and the others. Ya Yuan gratefully said, "You really are friends of the Elf Clan. We are truly sorry for what happened earlier."
Yan Shi said, "Let’s not talk about that now, let’s deal with these enemies first. Those guys who came later seem pretty skilled; everyone be careful."
Ya Yuan nodded, "I have already sent a signal. Since this is the outskirts of the Elf Clan’s territory, we don’t have many people here, and it might take a while before reinforcements arrive."
Moon Scar frowned, "Looking at the attire of these newcomers, they must be from the thieves’ guild. They dare to openly come to the Elf Clan to abduct people, aren’t they afraid the Federation will trouble them? Those black-clothed men that came later could at least be high-level thieves, everyone be careful."
Yan Shi glanced at Moon Scar, then shouted to Ya Yuan, "Elf Brother, you support us from behind, and we’ll go confront these bastards." After that, he walked forward with Yan Li. Ah Dai and the members of the Mercenary Corps followed, with seven of them approaching the group of black-clothed men.
The seven black-clothed men that came later also stepped forward, one of them speaking in a deep voice, "Regardless of which side you are on, you’ve been a bit too ruthless today. Twenty-two of our brothers have lost their lives here; you owe us an explanation."
Yan Li bellowed, "Explain my ass, you bastards come here to capture elves, don’t you deserve to die?"
The black-clothed man snorted coldly, "We’re all trying to make a living on this continent, everyone is out for money. Since you’ve been so ruthless today, don’t blame us for breaking tradition."
Ah Dai startled, quietly asked Moon Scar, "What tradition do they have?"
Moon Scar whispered back, "The thieves’ guild has a rule against killing during theft or robbery. Looks like these black-clothed people are desperate now. A high-level thief’s skills are quite terrifying. If there are catchers among them, we could be in trouble. Be careful later, these high-level thieves are extremely fast."
Yan Shi shouted at the black-clothed men, "For selfish gains, you put the kind-hearted elves in dire straits; your actions are too selfish. You people all deserve death; how is our trying to rid people of a menace wrong?"
A black-clothed man whispered to the lead black-clothed man, who then nodded and called out to Yan Shi, "How about this? There are seven of us, and seven of you. Let’s have a match. If you win, we’ll immediately leave Elf Forest; if you lose, don’t interfere with our affairs."
Moon Scar quietly said to Ah Dai, "It seems these thieves still respect the guild’s rules, otherwise they wouldn’t be so polite. This condition is suitable for us. If we can defeat them, naturally they’ll retreat; otherwise, we wouldn’t be of much help to the elves anyway."
