Dominion's End

V4C3: Foray into Lan City, Part Two

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 Two—translated by Miaka_Mei

Xiao Sha sent his opponent's kitchen knife flying with a strike from his dagger. At the same time, he delivered a single kick, knocking the other person a few steps back. The opponent clutched his stomach as he keeled over, groaning in pain. Xiao Sha turned to look at me, then ran straight back without a word or question. He glanced around before saying, "That one."

I looked over. There was a row of townhouses, and all of them looked exactly the same. The external wall was made of stone and appeared fairly high-grade. The door was even sturdier, just like the gates of a city. Good choice!

After nodding with approval, the two of us quickly started to run toward the building, with Xiao Sha easily taking the lead. As expected of a user of the wind ability. He turned to look back and suddenly paused in his steps, seemingly wanting to run back to the rear.

I rolled my eyes at him. "Keep running! Think of a method to get inside first."

Xiao Sha continued to charge toward the house again, jumping up and down to look for an entrance. I gained a moment of reprieve and so turned to look back. Three or four of the looters were collapsed on the ground, while the man in the puffer coat was still standing, his left hand tightly clutching his right. Needless to say, this method of applying pressure to staunch the bleeding was rather effective, as his hand was no longer spurting blood.

He was observing our movements with suspicion clouding his face. But this doubt didn't last for long. Faint tremors ran through the ground, causing the both of us to simultaneously look in the same direction. Billowing smoke and dust emerged from the horizon, immediately followed by a distinct sound—the sound of footsteps. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say the sound of hoofbeats?

The clip-clop sounds did not seem as strong and powerful as a horse's. They were more likely to be from creatures of a smaller size. But this also indicated how large in number they must be, to be able to cause such strong vibrations.

"Shuyu! Hurry up and get inside!"

When I looked back, Xiao Sha had already opened the door. Such astonishingly high efficiency. My dear friend, were you by any chance a thief before joining the JDT?

I remembered Dàgē saying that Xiao Sha had been picked up. However, he wasn't an orphan, so I wasn't sure what exactly "picked up" meant in this case. Back then, Dàgē hadn't returned home for so long, and in the midst of a cold war, both Dìdì and Mèimei had refused to respond to his words. Afterwards, I had forgotten to ask further.

As the sound of powerful hoofbeats approached closer and closer with increasing intensity, I quickly ran inside the building. Hearing the sounds of footsteps from behind, I looked back and saw the man in the puffer coat running over, while also shouting to the others, "Let's go! Hurry up and follow them—hide inside the houses."

Well, he's pretty smart. But what a pity, who said you guys could come in?

The man in the puffer coat shot Xiao Sha a glance. He then went around him cautiously and rushed toward the neighboring home.

Ok, I guess he's very smart. The moment he noticed something was amiss, he pushed all other matters aside to go straight into hiding first. He had even chosen the same kind of building as us, simply jumping next door. Moreover, under tight time constraints, we'd most likely not confront each other again. What a perfect example of killing two birds with one stone.