Chapter 16: Crossed Paths

Potato and Blaze had left the ruined buildings since then. They headed to the forest to set up their camp so they won't have a hard time getting comfortable for the night.

"Do we still gotta keep on looking for a better spot?" asked Potato, holding a bundle of wooden sticks and planks. Blaze nodded and continued walking.

Suddenly, he paused and raised a clenched fist to signal Potato to stop. A cannon suddenly fired, followed by another. Two people just died as soon as Blaze and Potato arrived on that spot, while they witnessed a pair trying to hold off someone who was overwhelming them.

"Wait. We'll ambush."

They both hurried behind a tree as they wait for their opportune moment while watching the fight ensue.

It was Unikern fending off BlueSlime, who was trying to snipe him from afar with a bow, and Soccer, fighting him fair and square in a sword duel.

Arthur and Ryan however, were already killed, implied by the two cannons that fired moments ago. Arthur was stabbed to death, while old Ryan's neck seemed to have been snapped by a stronger, less senile opponent.

Unikern and Soccer both used a sword and a fishing rod, usually trading hits and parrying each blow the other sent against their opponent, while both the fishing rods entangled with each other in the heat of battle.

While all of this was happening, BlueSlime patiently waited from behind Unikern's view. He had already adjusted his position well, with his bow aiming for the head. Once he lets go of the strings, Unikern goes too.

Blaze knew what BlueSlime was capable of at that moment and went in for the kill, stabbing his unsuspecting opponent from behind with his enchanted rapier. Potato then followed, jumping out of a bush and knocking both Unikern and Soccer back with his bamboo pole.

There, Soccer met his demise as Potato impaled him to the ground with his pole. Before he could even make another move, Unikern was already behind him, decapitating him with his iron sword in one clean slash.

Two cannons fired once again, just as Unikern storms off and hastily makes his exit from the ambush.

Blaze was left alone at the scene, along with everybody's loot. He tried to catch up to Unikern but his opponent was fast enough– He was nowhere to be found.