Chapitre 108: Wounded arm in Exchange for Life

Jun Min continued to fight his way through the enemy ranks and finishing off most of the soldiers on his way in. This way, the number of soldiers from the enemy will reduce by a lot just from his and his soldiers' attack.

Jun Min finally faced off with a good general and matched with him for a lot of clashes. Both of them cannot get a higher hand and they were in a stalemate for some time. Jun Min didn't suffer many wounds from him since they are mostly well-matched with Jun Min starting to gain advantage bit by bit.

This continued until the sun started to set when Jun Min suddenly felt danger coming up from the side. His instincts told him that something bad would happen if he didn't take any action. Breaking apart from the stand-off, he quickly scanned his surroundings before his gaze locked in towards a certain direction.

Because of the faint light, he cannot see the surroundings very clearly, but soon he could make up a vague image of a person standing on top of a carriage holding a bow. The arrow was not aimed towards him, but towards Soujin, who was still busy fighting.

With Soujin fighting the great general from the Kai Kingdom, they could move freely and continue attacking the enemy with their more skilled soldiers. If Soujin were to get wounded, it might turn the tables around.

"Yabei!" Jun Min hurriedly called his general who promptly came forward. Yabei took the strike from the general when the latter charged again as Jun Min quickly thought of a way to protect Soujin from this far away place.

Soujin and General Wei were fighting at a close range and they can be said to be equally matched. If someone were to sneak attack him, he might get killed and this was something Jun Min did not want to see. He needed to stop the arrow at any cost.

The arrow fired and Jun Min turned to Yasha, who had been fighting on his side and didn't allow any enemy soldiers to come close. He ran to his direction and used the other party's body to stand above the soldiers.

"Stay still!"

Yasha was startled, but his body stayed still. Jun Min stood in the way between the arrow and Soujin, so he had the chance to stop the arrow. By standing on top of Yasha, he used his sword to block the arrow. In a few split seconds, the arrow arrived in front of Jun Min as he blocked it with his sword.

The powerful arrow pushed him back violently. Jun Min gritted his teeth as he received the heavy arrow with his sword. His feet left Yasha's shoulder, but at least, he managed to stop the arrow. He deflected the arrow towards the enemies on his side as he kept on falling backward.

"Young Master!" Yasha dashed towards Jun Min because behind Jun Min was the general from the Pan Kingdom. That general had released himself from Yabei and prepared his sword to strike Jun Min.

Jun Min promptly tried to move, but he was in the air which restricted his movements. Looking at the sneak attack from that general, he braced his heart to receive it.

STAB!

The sword stabbed into his left shoulder.

"I got you, General Jun!"

"You're not!" Yabei had caught up and he quickly killed that general. The happy general met his end because of his carelessness. Even before he could process what had happened, Yabei had finished him off.

Yabei turned towards Jun Min and pulled the sword out from Jun Min's shoulders. "General!"

"Ssss… I'm alright. Give me my bow and arrow." Jun Min said as he endured the pain on his left shoulder. The sword had penetrated him quite deeply and it seems like there will be some mark left behind after this.

Yasha quickly handed the bow and arrows to Jun Min who readied himself.

"Let me borrow your shoulder."

"Young General, do you wish to…?" Yasha got the feeling that Jun Min was up to something crazy, but he could not bring himself to not obey his words. He bowed down and held Jun Min firmly standing on his shoulder.

Jun Min looked towards the one who shot the arrow. He was still standing on the carriage and Jun Min could not make up his features with the sky darkening. It was not important anymore, what he wanted was to shoot that person down as payment for getting a wound on his shoulder. This is a battlefield and it's also normal to target the most threatening person first.

Enduring the pain on his left shoulder, Jun Min held the bow and aimed straight towards that person. That man had finally realized that his arrow failed to reach the target, but when he was about to ready his bow and arrow again, an arrow had already made its way towards him and pierced through his heart.

"Sixth Prince!"

Jun Min faintly heard their screams and his eyes widened a bit. Among the two kingdoms, only the Kai Kingdom has so many princes and it seems like that arrow man is also one of them. But really, that kingdom is amazing to be able to produce so many talented princes…

"General!" Yamin rushed up from behind. She was fighting on the other side thus, she failed to get here when Jun Min was wounded.

Yasha put Jun Min down as the little boy held onto his shoulder. "It seems the wound is quite deep. I won't be able to use my left hand for some time."

"We need to return. Please give your order, General."

Jun Min nodded and shouted, "Return!"

As Jun Min's side started to move back, the enemies were also starting to move back. Fighting in the dark is not suitable unless they have night vision. Unfortunately, the only one who has that among them is only Soujin who can still see things as clear as day. With that, he could match up with the great general in front of him.

"The battle today has been brought to a close. You should return, young lad."

Soujin noticed that his soldiers were returning, so he chose to stop his barrage of attacks and looked towards the calm general before him. The fight had been really fun despite them being enemies and he had been brought to death's door countless times.

"We should fight again."

"We'll see, young lad. Maybe you will, maybe you won't."

General Wei sighed in disappointment. If only Soujin came from the Kai Kingdom, there will be much hope for the future for them. Unfortunately, it was just his wishful thinking and Soujin won't leave his motherland easily.

Soujin led his soldiers back while thinking about that battle just now. When he returned, he was surprised to know that there was someone so shameless as to try to sneak attack him, but the one who got hurt is his best friend.

L’AVIS DES CRÉATEURS
Sorahana

Bonus chapter~

Edit (12/8/2019) Editor: Gigglypuff and Yuki

commentaire Commentaire 72

Voter

ENVOYER LE CADEAU

Chapitre 109: It’s Worth it

"You're saying that Jun Min got hurt because he was trying to hold back the arrow?" Soujin looked towards the soldiers who told him the news with a complicated feeling. He was just feeling happy about the fight, but this news had brought him great displeasure. That Kai Kingdom would actually use such an underhanded method.

Another feeling he had was worry. He's worried about Jun Min's wounds especially because the other party got wounded because of him. He doesn't want his best friend to lose his life just from protecting him.

With that in mind, he walked in large strides towards Jun Min's tent only to be stopped by his best friend's two guards, Yamin and Yasha.

"You're not allowed to go inside."

"I want to know Jun Min's condition."

"He's fine. The doctor is treating him and you're not allowed to distract him."

No matter what he did, the two loyal guards won't let Soujin step inside. Soujin also could not forcibly force his way in because he's worried that he might get in the way of the treatment for the other party. Because of that, he was forced to wait outside.

"General, you need to rest first." Soujin's bodyguard, Lou, was telling his Master to rest. Lou would not appear by Soujin's side often, but he's a guard that has been watching over Soujin and protecting him from the shadows. There are times when his enemies sent some people to get Soujin and Lou would be the one to handle them.

He only appeared right now because he and the other guards were worried about their master. Soujin's body was riddled with wounds from the fight with General Wei and he needed treatment fast.

Soujin glared coldly and Lou quickly disappeared.

"Jun Min, are you alright?"

Jun Min only wounded his left shoulder and it was not really that bad, it will only limit his movement for the next few days. The doctor whom he brought along with the army was currently cleaning his wounds, making him constantly grit his teeth to bear with the pain.

Hearing Soujin's question, Jun Min took a deep breath. "I'm going to be alright. You just go and rest first."

Despite Jun Min's voice sounding weak, Soujin was relieved to hear that the other party can still talk. At least, it means he is still conscious and not really wounded heavily. Only after hearing the voice of Jun Min did he return back to his camp and treat his wounds. The guards who were watching in the dark clasped their hands towards Jun Min in secret. They were thankful for him for easing Soujin's worry.

Jun Min looked towards the doctor and said with a weak voice.

"Is it done yet?"

"Bear with it a bit, this time the wound is quite deep. It might leave some mark on your back." The doctor said with a tinge of regret. Because he is one of the personal doctors of the Jun family, he knows that Jun Min is a girl. Before this, Jun Qing would make sure that no wounds were too deep to leave a scar and he would prepare all kinds of medicine to erase the mark. But with the wound this time being this big, the doctor knows that it will be pointless.

'Such a beautiful lady yet she has scars on her body, what a pity.'

"I know," Jun Min had thought about this possibility from the start. When he got wounded by the sword from his recklessness, he knows that the wound is deep with the possibility of leaving scars. But, he doesn't regret it.

"I will try to make a good medicine, so it won't leave any scars."

"Thank you."

After Jun Min finished with treating the wound, he called Soujin who unexpectedly was willing to come so quickly. It didn't take even a minute for the man to appear, fully bandaged in his arm and several other body parts. The man is looking towards the also bandaged Jun Min with a creased brow.

"You shouldn't have blocked that arrow."

"It's fine, an arrow for a life is worth it." Jun Min answered.

Soujin felt that that line is familiar. He soon remembered when Jun Min had taken an arrow to protect that Lin kid. Who would have thought something similar would happen to him? He smiled in return.

"Thank you then."

"In return, why don't you rally the soldiers tomorrow? With how wounded I am, I can only participate by the sidelines, but it doesn't mean that this wound cannot rally the soldiers, right?"

Seeing the crafty smile on Jun Min, Soujin nodded in agreement. Since he has been wounded, it was better to use this chance to the fullest. With their general wounded, the soldiers would be adamant to take revenge. Especially since this wound was from a covert attack.

"Leave it to me."

…

The Kai Kingdom Side

"The Sixth Prince is killed?" General Wei had not expected to lose another prince from this alliance war.

The soldier nodded and reported everything very clearly. General Wei's eyes flashed with interest when he heard about that wounded general. Despite being wounded, he was still able to hold the bow and attack the other party amidst the darkness.

"That formidable general, what is his name?"

"Reporting to General, his name is Jun Min."

"Jun Min… Soujin…" General Wei muttered these two names. He would never expect that there will come the time when two exceedingly formidable young generals would appear at the same time from the Ming Kingdom. It seems the words from the Pan Kingdom are true, powerful people are starting to emerge from the Ming Kingdom.

The news about Soujin indeed already resounded across the east while Jun Min more to the south, but he didn't pay much attention to any youngsters. A very small number of them could possibly match up with him, so he never asked about them and focused his attention on his peers and training.

From General Wei's point of view, he doesn't really want to get involved with politics whatsoever or whatever the plan those imperial family members had up their sleeves. What he wants is a formidable opponent to make his days on the battlefield more exciting. Now, he was waiting for the next battle impatiently.

As an old man and a veteran general, the only thing that could make him excited is formidable foes. After all, fighting in the battlefield without a worthy opponent would only make the fight too easy and boring. As though he was still young, his eyes gleamed with fervor.

"Call the Fourth Prince. He needs to discuss with us the plan for tomorrow."

"Yes, General!"