There was a door not far away, and the wooden box for transporting water will be put down there. The guard slaves would take out the pots that were filled with water, and then place them in the location where the water was stored, so that the slave masters could enjoy the pure water.
Su Gu glanced at the wooden box and didn’t feel that anything was wrong with it. He felt that his current behavior was quite embarra.s.sing. However, Shao Xuan’s words echoed in his mind again and he finally decided to avoid going near the wooden box.
If I don’t encounter any danger today, I’ll punish the three people of the Flaming Horn tribe vehemently, thought Su Gu.
Wu Shi, who was just following Su Gu, didn’t know what the young master was thinking at the moment. As he kept on walking, Wu Shi suddenly felt a chill, the hair behind the back of his neck stood up.
“Young master!”
While Su Gu was walking, he heard Wu Shi scream and then found himself getting picked up by Wu Shi. Bewildered, he could only see the scene from which they were quickly retreating.
Bang!
The large wooden box that had been carried exploded.
Splintered wood and fragments of broken pottery sprayed everywhere. Some of them whistled past Su Gu’s ear, hitting the surrounding wooden walls with resounding force, enough to make continuous “bangs” like that of a dense volley of arrows.
As the wooden box exploded and the splinters and pottery fragments scattered, three figures rushed out from the box.
The size of the three people who had been curled up in the box like a ball, doubled when they rushed out. Different from ordinary slaves, these three people didn’t have any slave marks on their body or face that could a.s.sociate them to any slave master.
They were slaves specially trained on the art of a.s.sa.s.sination, just like the men of Martyr tribe. Not having any unrealistic expectation on their survival after a.s.sa.s.sination, they solely focused on the target, which seemed to be the city’s most powerful slave master, the Fallen Leaves Lord Su Lun.
The surrounding slaves roared, while the a.s.sa.s.sins howled like beasts.
From a calm atmosphere in one second to a chilling and blood curdling atmosphere in the very next second, the air filled up with the stench of slaughter, bloodl.u.s.t and breathtaking killings.
When Su Gu was taken away from the place of skirmish, he caught a glimpse of red liquid squirting from the distance, and he heard the sound of broken bones and a scream which got cutoff abruptly.
Crash.
Shortly after Su Gu left, several people were impacted by violent forces and slammed against the wooden wall, and broke through it. The people who broke through the wall, fell to the ground and curled up their bodies, which were mangled beyond recognition. These were the slaves of Fallen Leaves City who had been guarding the palace.
The trunk of the Sunset Tree was much stronger than other trees. The more it ages, the stronger it gets. The slave masters in the city sometimes used the Sunset Tree to make swords, arrows and other weapons. The tribesmen who came there, especially those who liked to use bow and arrows, would also trade a lot of items in exchange for the resources of Sunset Trees.
Many of the woods used in the palace were from the Sunset Trees which were more than 100 years old. Those hard wooden walls were not as hard as stone walls, but were enough to block ordinary slaves. However, at this moment, Su Gu only heard the sound of walls being broken. The so-called hardest tree in the desert turned quite vulnerable at this moment.
While Wu Shi was taking Su Gu away from the conflict, they continued to hear the sound of fighting and slaughter.
At the edge of the palace, Wu Shi stopped to rest. There were a lot of wounds on his back, but they were not fatal. They had escaped quickly, and it was safe for the moment. However, when the surprise attack began, if he was closer to the a.s.sa.s.sins, he might not have had the time to escape.
I’m really lucky, otherwise I’d have died just like the other “Liao” slave. Thought Wu Shi.
Looking at the young master, whom he brought over with him, Wu Shi found that the young master was acting unusual – He was staring straight ahead but his eyes were unfocused. Wu Shi didn’t know what he was thinking.
Was he having a panic attack?
The situation had indeed been dangerous, but there had been a.s.sa.s.sination attempts in the city every year. As a Lordship compet.i.tor, he shouldn’t be so cowardly.
“Young master?” Wu Shi tried to talk with him.
But Su Gu didn’t reply.
“Third young master?” called Wu Shi, with a louder voice.
Su Gu ignored his words again.
“Third young master, are you okay?” Wu Shi poked him.
Su Gu, who was immersed in his thoughts, almost jumped up.
“Third young master, are you okay?” Wu Shi asked again.
“No…no…it’s nothing!” Su Gu’s voice was quivering.
Was the third young master really having a panic attack? Thought Wu Shi.
Ignoring Wu Shi, Su Gu listened carefully for any movements in and around the conflict zone. After waiting for a moment, Su Gu said, “Let’s go over and have a look.”
After distinguishing the sounds over there, Wu Shi knew that the situation had been temporarily handled, but he didn’t know if there were any other unknown a.s.sa.s.sins out there. However, the young master wanted to go over there and he could not stop him – only protect him while they walked back towards the location of conflict.
Around the cracked wooden walls, red blood could be seen clearly, and the dead slaves were being dragged away.
There were also some slaves cleaning up the collapsed places.
Su Gu saw a man who was on the ground. The man was not a slave of the Fallen Leaves City, but an a.s.sa.s.sin.
Asking Wu Shi to remove the wood chips off his body, Su Gu carefully looked at the dead a.s.sa.s.sin.
The a.s.sa.s.sin was pierced by sharp weapons all over his body. However, even with such grave injuries, he persisted and fought for a period of time. This clearly showed that he was much stronger than the normal slaves.
On the a.s.sa.s.sins’ hands, the black and raised phalanges of fingers and the sharply pointed and poisoned blades, seemed to shine with a cold light.
There were no special marks on their bodies, so their ident.i.ties were unknown.
They were really good at hiding, so it was difficult for others to detect them, otherwise they would not have managed to enter the city secretly.
These a.s.sa.s.sin type slaves were carefully trained from an early age until they were a.s.signed with a task. Their whole life was dedicated for executing an a.s.sa.s.sination. Such slaves were extremely dangerous and were one of the sharpest weapons of great slave masters.
In addition to battles and skirmishes in the desert from time to time, the compet.i.tion between the great slave masters also involved numerous a.s.sa.s.sination attempts. Su Gu knew that his father also owned such slaves but no one had seen them, including Su Gu himself and his two brothers.
“Third young master?” A “Liao” slave came over. The Lord had ordered me to deal with the post-conflict issues, but why was the third young master here?
Su Gu moved his eyes away from the “Liao” slave and waved his hand, signaling the other slaves to continue cleaning up the conflict zone. After asking these slaves about the details of conflict, Su Gu left.
Twenty-three slaves were killed, this number consisted of nine “Liao” slaves and fourteen “Pu” slaves. All the twelve slaves who carried the wooden box died and ten of the fifteen slaves who guarded at the gate were killed. Moreover, among the slaves who came to help, some were dead and the others were wounded. However, those wounded slaves with serious injuries would also die soon. The death toll would eventually exceed thirty, or even forty…
If Su Gu had not avoided going near the wooden box at that time, would he have become another number in the death toll?
Su Gu recalled what Shao Xuan of the Flaming Horn tribe said. Was it a coincidence? Or had Shao Xuan actually known, that this would happen, in advance?
The more Su Gu thought about it, the more confused he felt. Su Gu had been walking towards his Chambers, but now he began heading for the exit of the palace.
Wu Shi, who was following Su Gu, saw the young master suddenly turn around – he paused for a second and then continued to follow him.
Thus, the slaves of Fallen Leaves City, who saw the third young master rush into the tribe area in the morning and then come out with a cold face, again saw him rushing into the tribe area.