Heyo to all you random readers! Another week has passed so that means another chapter! I put in a few things about poison, venom, and stuff in this chapter. Like I said, I know nothing about that kind of stuff. Also there's some fluff in here. Anyway, enough talk, back to the story!
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Yun's POV
"It's almost time" Kija says as he re-enters the house as the rest of us gather supplies we will need.
It has been 2 days since Huan stormed out of the house that one night. Neither Yona nor Huan have told us what happened that night and neither show any inclination to tell us. But never the less, Yona was somehow able to persuade Huan into helping us. Night has just fallen and in these past two days we have been planning and gathering supplies to defeat Chung Lao once and for all.
"What is that?" I ask as Huan removes a shining, metal machete from a ceramic pot filled with a brownish, green and cloudy liquid.
"Do not touch it" she scolds when I reach to touch the surface, "this is highly lethal poison" she takes a towel and dabs at the blade, "It will not wash off your hands right away and if there is even a trace of it left of your hands when you touch your eyes, mouth, or nose, you will be at risk of death." She warns as she sheaths the machete. "One cut from this and the poison will directly enter the blood stream and within minutes half your body will be paralyzed."
I quickly withdrew my hand as Huan puts the lid on the pot before tightly tying her purple cloak around her neck so that it completely covers her body; only her feet, ankles, neck, and head are visible. The two of us then follow the others outside to initiate the plan.
"Do you really think this will get us through?" Hak asks Huan as he gestures to a traveling wooden cart that merchants use. There are two wheels on each side of the cart and a thick, burlap curtain on one of the sides to allow access to the goods inside of the cart. In front of the cart is a wooden bar being held out by two wooden beams that is pushed on to move the cart.
"Well, do you have any better ideas?" Huan asks as Zeno helps her, Yona, and I into the cart.
"Where did you get this cart from anyway Huan-chan?" Yona asks as we settle into the cart and Hak starts to push the cart up the small mountain to Chung Lao's 'castle'
"Chen obaa-chan lent it to me. She said that it wasn't really in use anymore" Huan responds as she pushes Hak's spear away after it moved it's way towards her due to the bumpiness of the road. "Geez this is bumpy" Huan says out loud to herself.
"I can hear your muttering you know" Hak grumbles to us.
"Can you try to make the ride a little smoother then?" Huan rolls her eyes
"Do you want to drag this thing up this damn mountain?" Hak complains.
Huan opens her mouth to retort but a sudden dip followed by a steep step up stops her. The sudden movement causes the four of us to tumble to the back of the cart. Yona carefully placed herself in the back corner of the cart so she doesn't move much but the rest of us don't have the same luck. Zeno, who was asleep somehow, rolls like a log to the back of the cart and, somehow, stays asleep. Meanwhile I slid to the back of the cart and Huan, who was looking for something to grab onto, accidentally grabbed on to me, ironically. And the both of us ended up in the corner next to Yona with my back against the corner and Huan awkwardly sitting on my lap.
"Damn that idiot" Huan mumbles, not noticing that she was on my lap
"...uh" I say awkwardly as I feel my cheeks heat up. I feel Huan tense up before hastily scrambling off of me to sit by Yona
"Err... Sorry about that" she mutters as she stares at the ground, a light pink dusting her cheeks
"N-No problem" I stutter out.
The rest of the ride was bumpy but silent, besides Zeno's soft snoring. It wasn't long before we ended up at the 'castle' of Chung Lao. And honestly, while it wasn't as large as Hiryuu Castle, according to Hak and Yona, it did seem like a castle compared to the other buildings in the town and Huan's cottage.
The building, made of carefully placed, gray stones,.. was only one story tall but the material itself showed us that it was constructed much better than the huts in the village. It was obviously much larger that Huan's cottage and had a slanted roof made of strong bamboo. There was a large space that we assume is the courtyard which is surrounded by a wooden wall made of logs and had many men standing guard.
"Meh, I've seen better" Hak says lazily as we carefully slide open the curtain. Hak cleverly hid the cart in the thick shrubbery so we could regroup and go over the plan.
"What took you so long?" Jae-ha jumps down from a tree branch above us and Kija and Shin-ah emerge from the bushes
"Sorry that I don't have super legs and had to drag this thing up a mountain" Hak says through gritted teeth
"Ne, no need to be grumpy about it" Jae-ha responds
"Anyway" Huan cuts in before Hak can retort, "Is everyone clear on the plan?" Everyone nods and Huan pulls out a circular, flat cone shaped straw hat. "Hak wear this and keep your head down. Just say that you were sent from the water tribe with a new shipment of snakes" Hak puts the hat on. "Is everyone clear about their parts?" And everyone nods, "Then, good luck" Zeno, Huan, Yona, and I all duck back into the cart and close the curtain while Kija, Shin-ah, and Jae-ha return to the bushes.
We feel the cart moving forward then an abrupt stop followed by mumbling. I start to tense up, was this a good idea? What if we fail? Huan said this man is ruthless and crazy, what will happen if we fail? Huan must have noticed how tense I was because I soon felt her hand give mine a gentle squeeze with a reassuring smile on her face. I take a deep breath as the cart moves forward into the courtyard. It isn't long before we hear the familiar grunting of men being blown back by the Thunder Beast. We take this as our cue and jump out of the cart.
Once outside we find at least 20 men surrounding us on all sides and I can see more men on the way. Jae-ha managed to get Kija and Shin-ha over the wall and are now standing with the Thunder Beast.
"Miss, you should stay behind me, Zeno will protect you" Zeno tells Yona to which she nods
"Yun and Huan dear should stay back as well" Jae-ha says as he gets into a fighting stance
"Once we finish off these brutes getting to Chung Lao will be easy" Kija states calmly
"I'm not useless you know" Huan scoffs as I notice her cloak moves slightly as her hand shifts to touch the handle of her machete
"You'll only drag us down" Hak bluntly states just as the men make the first move. They wielded a variety of weapons, most had short swords or spears but a good handful also had clubs while a few had axes.
The fighting mostly went well. Kija hurdled a good chunk of them off into the trees while Shin-ah cut many down with his blade. Jae-ha continued to kick a lot of them down and Hak already wiped out at least a quarter of the men. Zeno was acting as our human shield and didn't leave our side, careful to ensure none of us got hurt. It wasn't until a while later did things start to get a little bumpy.
"Where are all these men coming from?!" Kija says in between breaths as his swings start to become sloppy and weak
"I don't remember there being this many people last time..." Huan mumbles
"Zeno can keep going but if Zeno leaves the miss's side then the miss might get hurt." Zeno states as he punches back a few men
"Damnit, this is starting to take a tole on my body" Hak pants as he wipes out a good number of men, only for them to replaced
"Yun!" Huan shouts ask she pushes me away and quickly jumps in front of me then stabbing an attacker right through his stomach. Huan quickly pulls the machete out of the man as he falls to the ground and his blood splatters on her hands and cloak. "Pity, I just washed this" Huan coldly states, her bangs shading her eyes. "You know" she states and the viciousness in her voice causes everyone to freeze, "It is one thing to attack people who can fight back. But it is a whole other thing to attack an unarmed citizen." The rage in her voice is clearly evident as a purple aura consumes her and she sheaths her weapon. And in one flawless strike Huan strikes down at least ten of the men standing around her. Her hands now have long, red-violet colored nails, their tips so sharp they appear to be needle like.
"As the Yin Warrior, I will not stand for such a disgusting act"
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