Messed up love

Chapter 11- Monster

     Everyone tried their best to block the blows, by kicking the soldiers' arms and knocking their swords down. Xue Yang was mainly protecting Xingchen who wanted to fight, but wasn't allowed to.
    Xingchen tried to hit someone but Xue Yang jumped in front of him and drew his sword from his sleeve, "Xue Yang! Stop it!"
   Xue Yang walked around Xingchen in a circle and blocked every hit, "No thanks," he said.
   Xingchen took his own sword from his sleeve and jumped away from the circle Xue Yang was walking in. He fought the men and watched them fall to the ground wounded enough to hurt and knock them unconscious, but not enough to kill them.
   He turned around to Wei Ying who was talking to Wen Chao, "That's right, those who count on their clans and do evil things at will, will be executed." Wei Ying walked closer to Wen Chao and Xingchen followed close by, "You want me to repeat it? I'll repeat it then , those who count on their clans and do evil things at will, will be executed. Not only executed but also decapitated and reviled by the people to warn future generations. Do you get it?"
    "How dare you day such outrageous bullshit!" Wen Chao yelled.
     Wei Ying laughed loudly, "Whar? Outrageous? Bullshit? Aren't you talking about yourself? Wen Chao, didn't you know who said that sentence? That's clearly written in your clan's, The Quintessence of the Wen Clan. That was said by your ancestor, a great, great, great, gentry, Wen Mao. Saying such things about an ancestor's words is a death wish."
    "You-!"
    Wei Ying ran forward and took Wen Chao, he jumped to the rock in the middle of the water and put the sword next to Wen Chao's throat.
    "Stop where you are," Wei Ying said. Everyone looked to him and stopped when they saw Wen Chao's situation, "Don't move or I'll spill some of your young master's blood."
     "D-don't move!" Wen Chao yelled.
    "Now, put your swords down," Wei Ying said.
     Nobody obeyed until Wen Chao yelled, "Do what he says!" They all put their swords down in fear that their master would die.
     Wei Ying was about to speak when he felt something beneath his feet moving, "Jiang Cheng is it an earthquake?" He asked.
     Jiang Cheng looked down at the ground then looked back up, "No, it's just you."
    The man looked down and saw a snake like figure come out from below the rock. He threw Wen Chao away and jumped down to where his brother was.
The remaining Wens threw their torches and their swords at the monster trying to kill it, but it only made it even worse. The monster leaned forward and took a disciple in it's mouth, it thrashed it's head around before throwing the man to the side.
Wangji and Xingchen were near the front fighting against it, they aimed at it's eyes, knowing very well that it was it's weak spot. They heard a scream from behind them and turned around for a brief moment, it was MianMian. She was being held by some guards while Lingjiao was walking towards her with a branding iron.
The monster was coming straight at them so Wangji nodded at Xingchen who smiled gratefully. Xingchen ran to where MianMian was but was held back, "Move," Xue Yang said grabbing the man's arm. Xingchen moved back and watched as the man shot an arrow, hitting Lingjiao's arm.
"Good shot," Xingchen said.
"Thanks I've been practicing," Xue Yang said then stopped, "Wei Wuxian don't you dar-!"
"Too late!" His friend called back and jumped in front of MianMian. Lingjiao had thrown the iron at the woman but since Wei Ying was standing in front if her, he was hit.
The man fell and groaned at the burn, he stood up carefully and Xue Yang ran to him, Xingchen running close behind. "You idiot!" Xue Yang yelled.
"What?" Wei Ying asked, "That would leave a permanent mark on her face, and she's young!"
"Well now you have a permanent mark on you!" Xue Yang said.
     "It's fine," Wei Ying said, "it's a battle scar!" He smiled cheerfully and Xue Yang shook his head.
     "Fine, it's a battle scar. Just don't do that again," Xue Yang said, "Jiang Xing, do you have anything for his wound?"
   Xingchen searched in his sleeves and found some herbs, "Here," he said pulling a bottle out, "it's for pain. But I'm afraid that's all I have."
    "It's fine," Wei Ying took the bottle and took a small pill from it.
     "Let's go!" Wen Chao yelled at his soldiers. The men nodded and ran to where the ropes were, they all climbed up leaving everyone else down to fight the monster.
    Xue Yang helped Wei Ying up and yelled to everyone else, "Let's go!" Everyone nodded and ran with them to the ropes. Zixuan was the first to grab one of them and pull on it, the rope fell.
    "They cut the ropes!" Zixuan yelled throwing the rope to the ground in frustration.
     "It's alright," a man said, "my parents will notice that I'm not there, they'll come for me."
    "That won't work," Xingchen said, "knowing them they'll probably make up some stupid story."
    "And who are you?" The man asked.
    "Just call me Xing," the man said.
    "What are we going to do?" Jiang Cheng asked.
    "Maple leaves," Wangji said.
    "What?" Wei Ying asked.
    "There are maple leaves in the pond," Wangji said.
    "You're right," Wei Ying nodded, "there must be something that let's the maple leaves get here, and there must be a river or creak."
    "But how do we know how big it is?" Jiang Cheng asked.
    "We can have someone check," Wei Ying said, "who is it going to be?"
     "I can go," Jiang Cheng offered lifting his hand.
    "Alright, you can go check," Wei Ying said, "I can try to get you past the monster." Jiang Cheng nodded and walked with his brother to the a wall, the peaked past the rocks and saw the monster moving it's head around, "It's blind I think."
    "It is," Xingchen said, "he made sure of that," he pointed at Wangji who nodded in confirmation.
    "Good," Wei Ying commented, "but it can still hear us, so we have to quiet." He took out a talisman and slammed it on the ground, a line of fire expanded on the floor from Wei Ying to the monster.
     The monster moved its head and got close to the fire. Then flinched when the heat got too much.
    "Go," Xue Yang whispered. Jiang Cheng nodded and ran silently to the other side of the cave, he walked into the water carefully and dunked his head in.
Everyone watched, waiting for the man to come back to the surface. After what seemed an eternity, Jiang Cheng broke the surface. He swam over to the edge and climbed out, "There's a hole that can fit around 5 to 6 people," he whisper yelled.
"Alright," Xingchen said, "5 to 6 people, that should be fine."
"Yeah," Wei Ying said, "those who can swim help those who can't, those who are not injured help those who are. Let's go." Everyone nodded and ran forward to where Jiang Cheng was.
Wei Ying and Wangji stayed in the back and got closer to the monster that had blown out the fire. "Wei Wuxian!" Xue Yang called, not minding the monster, "Hurry up!"
"I'll be right there! Just get everyone to safety first!" Wei Ying yelled back as he took a torch and threw it at the monster.
Xue Yang sighed and nodded. He ushered the people to the water and helped them in carefully. "Hurry!" Jiang Cheng yelled.
"You go!" Wei Ying said, "I'll be right behind you!"
Jiang Cheng nodded and walked with Zixuan into the water. They looked at each other and nodded before dunking their heads underwater and swam down.
Xue Yang turned to Xingchen, "I hope you know how to swim," he said before pulling the man by the arm to the water.
"I do," Xingchen said and dived in the water, Xue Yang behind him. Xue Yang opened his eyes in the water and looked around, he saw Xingchen swimming down and followed him. They swam through the translucent water and saw a dark hole.
The two men smiled and swam down even deeper. They got to it and Xingchen grabbed Xue Yang's hand, he pulled the man close to him and went through the dark hole.