Dominion's End

Dominion's End V4C5: An Unexpected Encounter, Part One (April Fool's)

Chapter 5: An Unexpected Encounter, Part One—translated by Translator 

(April Fool's)

"We'll split up for the rescue. Gather them up here, but only bring the quiet ones. Abandon them if there's the slightest resistance."

Xiao Sha nodded.

"The key point is don't push yourself too hard. If there's something amiss, prioritize your own safety first. If you really can't get away, then call out my name, and I'll figure something out. I mean it."

I couldn't resist giving out the order three times. I was worried that Xiao Sha didn't want to implicate me, so much so that he wouldn't even ask for help and end up sacrificing himself. If the sacrifice was worth it, then so be it. But I really didn't want him to die in vain when I could have saved him, simply because of some pointless misgivings.

Xiao Sha readily agreed, without any sign of struggle or hesitation. He didn't look like he would insist on not calling for help and taking on the burden alone.

Running out of time, I quickly instructed, "You'll save the ones who were running to the left and right, lead them here and don't go anywhere else. I'll save the others."

Only two people were running straight, the aberrants chasing after them were far greater in number, but a portion of the aberrants got distracted because the person climbing the house was unceasingly throwing stuff to lure away the aberrants, so that group of people hadn't been captured yet. However, they were unlikely to last much longer.

The house-climbing guy seemed to be in the most danger. The aberrants who had chosen to climb up after him had quite the skills, but that guy was surprisingly strong. He could actually climb up one building after another, pulling himself up, then jumping up and over. He didn't look particularly robust, and yet he had so much strength. He probably possessed a strengthened body related ability, or had already eaten evolution crystals... Someone is really gonna die if I keep wasting time thinking!

Xiao Sha had already jumped down, making a beeline for the two closest people. Seeing this, I followed him in jumping down, deciding to first save the two people who were running straight ahead. Their position was only about five meters away from death. If we don't go now, then we won't need to go at all.

Forming ice blades on the soles of my feet...

Translator: Ugh! Another fight scene. What a pain. Dialogue, descriptions, Sun speech... Anything's better than a fight scene! Except maybe translating puns... But puns don't go on for pages and pages!

Hm... I have a simple way out of this...
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Time skip machine set to five minutes! That should be enough for Shuyu to finish fighting so I don't have to translate it. Time for a quick second breakfast!

I suddenly felt the scene before me dissolve into darkness...

Translator: Weird, I don't think the story goes like that. Shuyu's supposed to win this fight. Did I not calibrate the time machine right?

The moment I opened my eyes, I was immediately aware of how weak my body felt, to the point where it was hard to even breathe.

Was I badly wounded? That said, I ought be grateful I was still alive in the first place, since the last thing I had seen before closing my eyes pretty much had me pegged as dead. I never imagined I'd still have a chance to open my eyes again.

I just hoped I wasn't injured too badly. In times like these, being a cripple was no different from being dead. That said...

Some might say it's better to be dead than alive.