Yun Zhe took a long detour, which was already considered fast for a vampire. He saw Jerry kick the miner, and then glanced over to see another woman sitting disheveled under a tree, staring at the old cat with a mocking look in her eyes.
"Damn it, I'll show you!" Old Cat slapped her, then angrily reached behind him for his crossbow, only to trip over his own pants. He cursed again, then pulled the bolt from the crossbow and turned to stab it into the woman's eye.
The woman continued to look at him coldly, her mockery even more pronounced.
One crossbow bolt struck him in the back, followed immediately by another bolt that struck the hand holding the bolt.
The woman, who had already resigned herself to death, suddenly saw a glimmer of hope and hurriedly rolled a few steps away, dodging the crossbow bolt in the corpse's hand.
Yun Zhe moved quickly to the other side and saw Jerry groping the mute woman.
One arrow, but unfortunately it missed.
Jerry suddenly jumped up, his eyes flashing with malice.
Two crossbow bolts were fired in quick succession, heading straight for Yun Zhe's position. After firing, he rolled over, crouched down, pulled the miner up as a shield, and continued reloading the crossbow.
Yun Zhe looked around and realized there weren't any good vantage points. This guy seems to be very experienced.
Jerry was horrified. With such a commotion, the old cat hadn't even come out; he was probably already dead. He loaded his crossbow, wondering who it might be, and then peeked out. There was no one in the woods, and then a crossbow bolt came flying. The miner and Jerry ducked, narrowly escaping death once again.
Yun Zhe inwardly groaned at his own impatience. After all, he wanted a quick victory rather than playing a ghost-hunting game with a group of vampire hunters.
Jerry turned around and saw the dead Aruru, and a possibility instantly occurred to him. Could it be that Barbaro had been attracted by the blood?
Jerry instinctively pulled out a scroll, shook it open, and muttered "Explode!" A golden light shot up from the scroll, flew into the air, and made a loud bang.
"Oh no, he's calling for his companions!" Yun Zhe instantly sensed something was wrong and wanted to run away.
Ellie was finally free from driving the carriage. She sat at the back of the carriage, with only two girls, Hee-hee and Serena, inside.
Xixi hasn't woken up since she fainted that night. It's common for mages to faint from exhaustion after overdoing their spells. But this is the first time I've seen her so soundly asleep. Serena, on the other hand, is much more normal. She slept for a while in the carriage last night, and her spirits and mood have improved considerably.
"It's rare to see someone with such a big heart." Ever since Serena developed a slight liking for Yun Zhe last night, Ellie has become increasingly displeased with Serena.
A loud explosion startled everyone.
Ellie looked up at the sky; this was the voice she was most familiar with among the group.
Lorraine rode up to Serena's carriage. "Miss, I know this. This is the work of vampire hunters. They've discovered vampires and are coming to capture them."
Ellie suddenly stood up from the carriage, looking towards the direction of the sound, where a golden light was spinning in the air. She immediately felt that the concern and worry in her action were too obvious, so she slowly sat back down.
“Vampire hunters shouldn’t be a threat to us, right?” Ellie asked Lorraine, who was looking at her.
Lorraine was taken aback by the question. Her instinct was to say it was impossible, but the words caught in her throat.
In this day and age, it's hard to say who else might be willing to lay a hand on me.
Lorraine looked at Serena.
Serena also stared at the golden light. She glanced at Lorraine and said, "Let's run! Just pretend they're coming after us."
Lorraine nodded and rode back.
The carriage suddenly sped up, and Ellie sat at the back of the bumpy carriage, her hands tightly gripping the corner of the carriage. At this moment, all she could do was pray that they were not after Yun Zhe.
Yun Zhe did indeed instinctively run quite a distance. But he quickly stopped. Running away now might allow him to escape the encirclement, but what would happen to the Aruru people if he did that?
I originally intended to save them, but by gathering all the hunters around and then fleeing like this, it seems more like I'm harming the Aruru people. One hunter is already like a wolf among sheep. If it were a pack of wolves, wouldn't these sheep be torn to shreds?
Yun Zhe looked back, but the campsite was no longer in sight. To be able to run this far on instinct, this body must have suffered greatly in a battle like this in its past life.
Unfamiliar with the terrain, surrounded, and facing his nemesis—even so, should he go back to rescue them?
Yun Zhe took a deep breath. Suddenly, he felt that this was a question that didn't require any thought.
When did Avery teach us to give up halfway, to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and to evade difficulties?
A senior once said that those who remain indifferent to violence are no different from the perpetrators. However, it seems that the senior was referring to domestic violence, but none of that matters anymore.
It's not to flaunt my own nobility, nor to prove that I'm still a student of Avery. It's just that I was once a volunteer, and even after time-traveling, I feel that some things shouldn't change.
Besides, I've become even stronger, haven't I?
Moreover, in a sense, these two were the ones he brought to them.
Yun Zhe talked to himself for a long time and finally convinced the body to follow his lead.
After sending the signal, Jerry ran out in a "Z" shape on the ground and awkwardly hid behind a big tree. He peeked out and saw that several Aruru people were already hiding under other trees, while his hostage was still lying on the ground pretending to be dead.
Jerry spat on the ground and switched to the wooden crossbow bolts designed for vampires. Mithril bolts were the most lethal, but they would melt and deform once inside a vampire's body, and they were also expensive, so hunters preferred to use these wooden-headed crossbow bolts.
Jerry waited and waited, but no one came. Suddenly, he realized that he had just fired a signal arrow, and he was afraid that he had scared the person away.
Thinking about this, Jerry couldn't help but slap himself. He suddenly realized that his poor performance today must be due to that Aruruman from earlier.
"Women are indeed devils. If I hadn't let my guard down when I was with you, would I, Jerry, have made such a mistake?" With this thought in mind, Jerry began searching for the mute woman, intending to shoot her to death with a thousand arrows.
However, those Aruru people have already hidden themselves very well.
"That rat escaped pretty fast, what trash." Jerry spat on the ground again. He then began to observe his surroundings.
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