Unlike the man with the silver mask the group of men with bronze masks fought in a group. They had impeccable coordination and changed from one formation to the next. These men made it hard for Zhang to use their numbers against them. All of their movements were in unison and hard to predict.
Although they were able to overpower Zhang with teamwork did were not able to stop him from drawing blood. The five masked men were covered in cuts and bruises and were in a much worse off condition then Zhang was.
“Brothers that armor is strong and this brat isn’t a walk in the park either. I think we need to use a different strategy.” One of the masked men said to the other four.
Once the smoke filled the corridor there was utterly no visibility.
Now that there was no visibility Zhang was at a greater disadvantage. The five masked men clearly were adept at fighting with no visibility or else they would have not created the smoke screen.
Sending energy into his legs Zhang jumped back to avoid the 2nd blade. And with a thump his back slammed into a wall.
Zhang knew he had to act or he would eventually be killed. So he gathered all his strength in his fist and punched the wooden wall, shattering it into many pieces.
The daggers nailed themselves into the wall in front of Zhang. Then the five men rushed in and began twisting the chains and making overlap roping Zhang. Moments later Zhang was wrapped by chains.
The moment after he finished his sentence to his surprise a blade punctured from his back through his chest.
At the spot where the man had been standing stood a beauty that was out of this world. The four remaining masked men stared in disbelief, how could someone be so beautiful they thought.
Without saying a word, she bent down and placed one of her fingers on the dead masked man’s forehead and strange runes formed on her hand and flowed onto the corpse. Just like before she was taking control of the corpse.
The four remaining masked men stared in horror as their fallen comrade slowly got to his feet and charging at them.
Once on the ground Zhang started rolling trying to loosen the chains.
She rushed toward the nearest masked man to her and began swinging her sword. From behind her shadow yet another out of this world beauty appear and lunged at the man Yuying was fighting with her sword.
By the time the two masked men who had fallen had gotten up Yuying and Ai were already overpowering their comrade. The two beauties had unbelievable coordination and every movement they made seemed to just blend together.
With a strong yank Zhang made the man fall to the ground. Once the man was on the ground again Zhang pounced on him and began strangling him with the chains. Slowly the man’s face turned purple, his eyes bulged outward and tongue stuck out because he was gasping for air.
Zhang pulled the daggers that were attached to the chains out of the wall and skillfully embedded them into the man’s leg and should.
“You’re not going anywhere.” Zhang said sternly as he slowly reeled the man in by pulling on the chains.
“Tell me why have you guys attacked us!” Zhang questioned the man.
“Fine I’ll spare you.” Zhang said as he plucked the daggers out of the man’s leg and shoulder. Once the daggers were taken out Zhang took the dagger and with a sweep sliced the back of the man’s other leg.
“Of course I’m letting you go. I’m keeping my word of course. Obviously this won’t kill you, I’ll make sure of it.” Zhang replied with a smile as he slashed and cut at the man’s tendons.
“If one is prepared to take a life then they must be prepared to lose a life.” Zhang said softly.
“He’s still in the room before, we were worried about you brother so we came to see if we could help.” Ai replied.
Before heading out the door Zhang made sure to loot the things on the bodies of the five men and of course take the daggers with chains with him. These would be handy things to have.
Of course these pirates would serve as cannon fodder in front of the trio. Zhang made sure to take anything that was of value on these pirates as they made their way back to the room where Jian Wei was.
The pirates in the back kept pushing forward trying to enter the room. While the pirates in the front were pushed into the room where they would be met with spears and swords.
Now the pirates were sandwiched between the trio and the sailors and their numbers began to dwindle until none were left alive.
“Hold your swords it’s us!” Zhang yelled out.
Zhang closed the door and with a sweeping motion of his hand sealed the door into the wall. Once the door was seal Zhang began treating the injured, the Underworld Heart could be used to mend wounds and regrow limbs so Zhang was able to bring everyone’s bodies back to perfect condition.
“Who are you to question our lord?” One sailor said angrily.
“Ok Zhang I will tell you the truth.” Jian Wei said as he pulled a chair and sat on it.
Zhang did not reply but he nodded and continued to listen.
“That still doesn’t explain why all these men are after you. Also as the ruler of Aurora City why are you here at sea?”
Then recalled receiving a letter from the alliance for a meeting between the rulers of the various powers. They would meet and map out a plan to reclaim the land that the Siwang Empire had occupied and possibly invade parts of it.
But somehow on their way home they were hit with a storm and the trip became delayed. This allowed the plotters enough time to assemble forces to attack.
So they needed to capture Jian Wei and then use him to subdue his loyal subordinates and slowly usurp his power and rule the city.
“I see” Zhang said as he nodded.
Zhang did not know how to reply to Jian Wei’s request. Had he not already been tangled up in this mess he would obviously decline. No reward is worth one’s life. But no that he was already so tangled up in it he obviously had no way out. The pirates would not let him off even if he declined.
“Since things are already like this I will stick with you in return for letting us aboard your ship. Of course we will take the reward that is being offered. That is if we all make it out here alive” Zhang said with a slight smile.