Dominion's End

V4C3: Foray into Lan City, Part One

Dominion's End Volume 4: Battle for Lan City

Original novel in Chinese by: 御 我 (Yu Wo)

Chapter 3: Foray into Lan City, Part One—translated by Miaka_Mei

We abandoned the car at the outskirts of the city. It was actually still a ten minute drive to Lan City from here, but along the way, we'd noticed a lot of suspicious activity, so it seemed like a bad idea to continue traveling by car. Although a car was fast, the target it created was too large and would easily attract the attention of aberrants. The enemies would be hidden while we were out in the open. It was too disadvantageous for us.

I glanced at Xiao Sha and asked, "Can you produce wind blades with sufficient destructive power yet?"

Before I got kidnapped by the bird, I had previously taught everyone in the JDT. At that time, their results were hardly anywhere near satisfactory. Although their ability had rapidly improved, they weren't able to use much of it during actual combat. Contrarily, they were more efficient at using it for housework. This was both funny and extremely embarrassing.

Xiao Sha shot me a glance and made a casual flinging motion. I could faintly sense a sudden gust of wind. A squeaking noise sounded nearby.

I walked right over and lowered my gaze to see a mouse-like thing on the ground. It was just that its tail had sharp thorns growing all over it, and the head was hairless and seemed to have a hard, outer layer. Its four claws were black and shiny, and there was even a horn protruding from its forehead. This thing was called a horned mouse. They weren't very strong but were very difficult to guard against. They'd often charge out of the dark, tear off a piece of your flesh with its horn, and then scamper away.

This mouse was split into two halves across the middle. Its limbs were still twitching, but there was no trace of the lethal weapon which had injured it. The wound was so clean that it seemed as if it had been caused by a single slice from a sword. So clean and precise. It seems that Xiao Sha has really made a lot of improvement.

"Not bad. Your ability has improved a lot."

Xiao Sha replied with a faint smirk, "We encountered a few aberrants along the way, so everyone got better."

I asked a bit confusedly, "Dàgē said you guys hadn't come across any powerful aberrants."

After a brief silence, he finally answered, "Back then, anything that blocked Boss's path, no matter if it was strong or weak, he'd only say a single word, 'kill.' If we didn't get rid of whatever was blocking the way in five minutes, he would lose his patience and start firing bullets like they were free of charge. If guns were ineffective, he and Shujun would step in. The number of times that Shujun passed out was too many to count, while Boss ended up fainting two times. So we had to do everything we could, in hopes of finishing off the opponent within five minutes."

I felt my eyes stinging with tears, but I resisted with great difficulty. This was the apocalypse, so there was no safe and sure way of getting stronger. I'm not even sure how many times I've collapsed. However, this was the only method to strengthen oneself. Only by forcing oneself to their limits, even to the edge of life and death, would one be able to attain new heights.

"Looks like I was right to take turns in bringing people out." I lightly remarked, "Training at home is basically useless, so getting straight into combat is the right thing to do. You should prepare yourself. If you can't keep up with my pace, I'll have you stay and wait for me on the outskirts of Lan City to avoid dragging me down."

Xiao Sha grew stern and quickly nodded. Then, he hesitantly asked, "But didn't you tell Boss that you'd only be strolling outside the city?"

I rolled my eyes at him. If I hadn't said that, would Dàgē have let me go? We might as well just lock the door and set Junjun on me, okay!