Chapter 118
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Chapter 118: Getting Carried Away
This slap across his face stung.
His archer unit was under attack, and Zhou Kai’s emotions could be described as incredibly volatile at this moment.
Are you kidding me?
Did they know how much time, effort, and resources it took to maintain an archer unit in the ancient era?
Even the death of one would make him ache for a long time!
Moreover, archers, as ranged units, had advantages and disadvantages that were equally apparent.
Once engaged in close combat, their fate was predictable.
Zhou Kai no longer had any desire to continue confronting Luo Ji.
His only thought was to rush over and rescue his archer squad.
However, would Luo Ji let him have his way?
Before he could even turn around, powerful attacks directly assailed him.
Zhou Kai looked up, and his expression twisted.
“It’s you two again!”
The two figures blocking his path were none other than Luo Yong and Liu Zheng, with whom he had fought during the day!
“Get out of my way!!”
Concerned about the safety of his archer squad, the anxious Zhou Kai decisively activated an offensive skill, attempting to break through their interception in one go.
But Luo Yong and Liu Zheng were not to be trifled with.
They both swung their weapons simultaneously, forcefully blocking his path.
In a 1-versus-2 situation, even with Zhou Kai’s skill advantage, easily breaking through their combined resistance was wishful thinking.
After an exchange, Zhou Kai, fighting two people, was forcefully pushed back.
His face turned pale in the darkness.
The burden from continuously activating skills during the day hadn’t recovered yet.
Now, forcing himself to activate skills again, he actually felt a momentary dizziness.
A hint of unwillingness mixed with deep regret flashed across his face.
He shouldn’t have gotten carried away and allowed his archers to attack earlier.
No matter how unwilling he was, he had to admit that the scoundrel Luo Ji was right.
In the current environment, archers couldn’t truly utilize their advantages or combat power.
It was wiser to remain hidden in the dim forest and avoid battle.
Once they made a move, their position was exposed, putting them at a complete disadvantage.
Facing such a disadvantage, Zhou Kai, in a moment of desperation, seized an opportunity.
With a sweep of his battle-axe, he didn’t attack Luo Yong and Liu Zheng.
Instead, he struck and sent the bonfire in their camp flying!
After a brief shower of sparks, as the last bit of firelight vanished, this area of the world, shrouded by dark clouds, plunged into complete darkness.
The sudden loss of visibility inevitably caused some panic among the crowd.
In the darkness, Zhou Kai, knowing he had no chance of victory, acted decisively and issued a retreat order.
Luo Ji did not order a pursuit.
Instead, he unhurriedly took down the longbow from his back and drew an arrow from the quiver at his waist.
For this night raid, he hadn’t brought his archer squad, but he had brought his own bow and arrow equipment just in case.
He waited for the thick clouds in the sky to be blown away by the wind.
As a sliver of moonlight shone down, Luo Ji’s eyes faintly caught a fleeing figure.
“Precise Shot!”
Without hesitation, as the skill activated, a sharp arrow instantly left the string and flew into the dim forest.
Luo Ji didn’t know if his arrow had hit, and it didn’t really matter.
The reason he brought his bow and arrows and made the gesture of drawing and aiming earlier was simply to wait for an opportunity.
If it presented itself, he would act, if not, then so be it.
Regardless, his objective had already been achieved.
From the nearby forest, a figure slowly emerged.
It was Savage Bear, whom Luo Ji had arranged earlier to ambush the enemy archer unit.
“What’s the outcome? How many did you take care of?”
“I don’t know, it was too dark in the forest, and I just frantically swung.”
As he said this, Savage Bear, covered in blood, was clearly in a good mood.
Before setting out, when he heard it was a night raid on the outsiders’ camp, he was more enthusiastic than anyone.
After all, Zhou Kai had attacked his Barbarian Bear Tribe during the day.
He never expected to have a chance for revenge so quickly.
Luo Ji chuckled softly, then gestured, signaling his shield-axemen to enter the forest to count the bodies.
While confirming the enemy’s casualties, all the weapons and equipment, as spoils of war, were naturally to be brought back.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Zhou Kai and his group, who had fled in defeat under the cover of night, could be said to have made one wrong move after another.
From the moment they fell into Luo Ji’s trap during the day, they had been at a disadvantage.
Zhou Kai had originally intended to gamble that the enemy would launch a night raid, then counterattack during the raid to regain the advantage.
It turned out he gambled correctly, but he messed things up by getting carried away for a moment…
Thinking of this, Zhou Kai suddenly felt a surge of anger and collapsed heavily to the ground, his body unable to bear the strain.
“Chief!”
Zhou Kai’s sudden collapse caused a panic among his subordinates.
It was only then that everyone noticed an arrow lodged in their chief’s back, seemingly from nowhere.
“Medicinal herbs!”
“Quickly, bring herbs to stop the bleeding!!”
Fortunately, the leather armor had obstructed it, and the wound was not particularly deep.
After removing the arrow and quickly performing basic treatment on the wound, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Early the next morning, Zhou Kai, who had been unconscious, slowly regained consciousness.
His parched lips parted a few times, and he felt an overwhelming dryness in his throat.
“Water… water…”
“The Chief is awake! Quick, someone bring water!”
Zhou Kai’s movement to sit up and drink water inevitably pulled at the arrow wound on his back.
The pain that instantly spread made his already pale face turn ashen.
After a few sips of water, Zhou Kai’s complexion improved slightly.
His deputy promptly offered him a piece of dried meat.
“Chief, have some food.”
Looking at the dry piece of meat, Zhou Kai had no appetite at all.
He shook his head and then asked.
“What were the casualties last night?”
As he asked this question, everyone fell silent, unsure how to answer.
Seeing their expressions, Zhou Kai’s heart sank.
The answer was already self-evident…
“Chief, why don’t we retreat for now?”
“At most, we can regroup later and come back for revenge!”
After two consecutive defeats, to be honest, they all felt they had no chance of winning.
If they continued to fight, the casualties would likely be even more severe.
Thinking of this, Zhou Kai’s deputy bravely offered his suggestion.
Zhou Kai’s expression was also dazed for a moment, then he looked down at his current disheveled appearance.
Taking two deep breaths, he finally nodded somewhat dejectedly.
“Retreat…”
