Chapter 412: Trapping
Sam looked at the groups as they are at rest. He felt that it would be okay to let them deal with this hub.
As for the rewards, he can come back at that time.
Meanwhile, he went towards the last hub which was occupied by the ThunderBolt sect. They are only four of them, but they still decided to go to the hub and try to deal with it all on their own.
When Sam arrived near the hub, he noticed that the two people who escaped from the first hub are already here.
The 'man' from the herb garden is scanning through the group of four and said.
"Did something weird happen to you guys?"
The leader of the thunderbolt sect asked in return.
"What do you mean?"
"At the first hub, someone somehow got the Monkey warriors to go berserk and targeted us. They came after we wave after wave and finally, he made his move. We couldn't even see him, but he took down five of us.
If it is a real battle, the body count would be huge."
The thunderbolt sect seemed to have been surprised. But they still replied.
"Nothing of that sorts happened. In fact, it is quite peaceful. We tried to take down the monkey warriors, but we could only handle four at a time. We feel like if we take the ten of them at once, we would be able to finish the group and no additions would happen."
Sam looked at them, he couldn't hear their conversation, but that didn't matter. He wanted to see their performance at first, but since these two people came here, they would alert the rest of them, even if he used wave after wave of the monkey warriors.
So, he decided to deal with them all together.
There is no need for them to stay here anyway. But he wants to use them one last time. So, he slowly started formulating a plan.
The first thing he did is take out some Grenades which also act as Landmines and started planting them in the area. He covered almost all the escape routes leaving only one. Even that one route is not completely clean, rather they are planted in such a way so that he can use them.
He did the work until it is evening and stopped. He went to the second hub and see how much progress they made.
He was surprised to see that there is only one group left.
They are making progress and by the time Sam went there, they are already making preparations to deal with the last group.
He didn't do anything there and instead ran towards the third hub.
Here, even though there are only six people, they still were able to deal with the first group. This is something he didn't expect.
But that is all they are going to do.
As they are recovering Sam appeared on the closest tree to the hub and aimed at the groups.
There are four groups of monkey warriors.
But before he shot, he noticed that the 'man' from the herb garden is keeping a close eye on the hub. She wants to see if he will come back and the same thing will repeat all over again.
But she doesn't know that Sam has improvised.
He aimed at the first group and shot one of them and he didn't stop there, he moved his aim to the second group and took one of them too.
He did the same to the remaining two groups.
He provoked all four of them. Thirty-six monkey warriors all of them started running towards the exit of the hub.
The 'man' from the herb garden didn't know what is happening. She is looking at the hub without blinking an eye, but before she knew it, the Monkey warrior was dead. She knew that the person who played with them at the first hub came here too, but before she could react, all she saw is the remaining three groups also raging.
She doesn't have time to mind that guy anymore. She turned around and ran like crazy. She started yelling at the rest of the group.
"Leave. Run. All the monkeys are on loose." She started yelling at the top of her lungs, Sam felt funny when he heard her struggling to keep the male voice.
He didn't stop there and ran after the group, but he only used shadow transfer and shifted from tree to tree.
As the group wanted to run in different directions and split up, he aimed the rifle and shot into one of those directions and all of a sudden.
*BOOM*
An explosion happened and that triggered the nearby two more grenades and the candidates who wanted to run in that direction halted in their tracks and even some monkey warriors got their sanity back which increased the trouble for these candidates.
The same thing repeated again and again and the forest around them is completely burning like hell.
They only have one way left. The 'man' from the herb garden and the chosen of beast faction could see that guy already came and he is trying to lead them into that way, they don't want to do that, but they couldn't stop. Because the thirty- six monkey warriors are on their tails.
They couldn't help but feel frustrated and wanted to kill that guy to death. But they still ran in that direction.
Sam kept on shooting from time to time as he blew the grenades that are buried as he guided them towards the second hub, where the group is battling the last group. When they heard the explosions, they are stunned. But they don't have the luxury to divide their attention.
They could only continue the fight.
When they saw the group of six running towards them, they are relieved. That relief only lasted for a few seconds, as they saw the large group of Monkey warriors coming towards them. Their faces paled.
All of them combined there are only eighteen of them and the monkey warriors are forty-total which is more than two times.
The Monkey warriors are already a pain in the asses even when they are lesser in number, but now they are outnumbered by them and to their bad luck, they are surrounded too.
At this moment, Sam made his way towards the second hub.
There he saw the archer of the group, still dealing with the last monkey warrior of the hub which appeared just now, he used the same way, the arrows continuously rammed until the arrowhead finally reached the brain and killed the monkey warrior.
The archer also noticed the commotion of the group and decided to check, Sam wanted to wait there and then, but at this moment, the archer suddenly nocked the arrow to the bow and shot it towards Sam's location.
Sam didn't move from there, he aimed the rifle and shot down the arrow.
He didn't expect that the intuition of the archer is this sharp. He probably felt his gaze and shot an arrow.
The Archer narrowed his eyes and yelled.
"Who are you and which power are you from?"
Sam didn't reply, he just waited there. The other person also wasn't surprised by what Sam said. He looked towards the commotion and spiritual energy gathered in his eyes.
A frown appeared on his face. Sam looked at his actions and felt like that it is some kind of eye art. He might have seen the fight happening there.
A suitable art for an archer. Sam thought in his mind.
The archer looked at Sam and said.
"You are the one responsible for this, aren't you?"
Sam still didn't answer.
He started loading the arrow on the bow.
Sam also stored his rifle and took out the handguns.
All these actions are not seen by the archer because, even though he sensed Sam, that is purely based on instincts and also because of Sam's action of shooting the arrow. But Sam is still concealed at this moment.
As for why he changed the guns, it is simple, he cannot be seen with the rifle and there is a chance that he will be seen if the fight broke out.
At the same time, the rifle is too large to freely move and the time taken to shoot is higher. The handguns are the best at this moment.
Archer aimed at Sam again and started shooting. Sam just aimed his gun at the arrows that are coming towards him and took them down. It is a piece of cake.
At this moment, Archer smirked and loaded two arrows and shot them, and followed by that he shot another two. But surprisingly the second ones are faster than the first ones and as Sam concentrated on the first pair, the second pair already reached the tree. They are not even aimed at him. As soon as the arrows impaled into the tree, the tree shook and cracked at the contact point.
Sam revealed himself and jumped to another tree. But this time, he took the initiative to shoot. His speed is obviously higher than the other guy and it would be hard for him to keep pace with the bullets and shoot the arrows.
So, the archer also lost his stable position as he had to dodge the bullets.
As such, the battle between the Arrows and bullets went on.