Yu Shun and Luo Lan had their backs facing toward the portal while around twenty people blocked the way out of the mansion.
The two sides were separated by eight meters with three dead bodies laying down between them. The three dead bodies had their heads crushed.
Yang Wen looked at the corpses of his subordinate before he looked at the black-cloaked figure who protected his target. No matter how he looked at it, he was sure behind the black cloak was not a human but a monster.
'Tch, this Huo Zhengsheng surely knew how to incur a disaster,' before he was dispatched to chase after Yu Shun, he had heard what happened. It was his Boss's nephew who did his misdeed but encountered a tough man. Looking at this group, he realized if the man was not killed now he would be a disaster for the Castle Flame.
Yang Wen cautiously scanned the four black-cloaked before he looked at Yu Shun, "Stop the futile resistance and surrender!"
Luo Lan tightened her grips on her boyfriend's hand. The killing was something that she often encountered since the disaster broke, but the experiences did not help her in this situation. She was scared since the opposite party had more people.
Yu Shun did not reply to Yang Wen. He might be young but he was not that stupid to surrender just because the opposite party said so. He scanned the people one by one carefully, checking their equipment to estimate the opposite party's strength.
'They sent the elite to chase after us…' he gripped his girlfriend's hand to soothe her, 'There's no other choice,' Without any words, Yu Shun pulled her girlfriend to the portal.
Yang Wen noticed what the young man was about to do, "Take them down!" He ordered his subordinates to chase but they were too late. Yu Shun, Luo Lan, and the four black-cloaked figures entered the portal before they could reach them.
"Damn!" Yang Wen kicked the chair next to him. He did not dare to enter the portal yet, the same for his subordinates. They stopped around the portal as they looked at their Leader.
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Inside the portal, Urgunda Lowland
"Orc?" Tang Shaoyang blurted while furrowing his brows. Compared to the goblin, the orc looked more organized, and they wore armor. The armor did not cover all parts of their body, the chest area, shoulder, and the boot.
The Orc Warrior was equipped with a proper spear too. Despite the ugly craft and uneven shape at the spearhead, it was actually decent compared to random tools the goblin used.
The Orc Warrior growled at him, it was trying to speak as it waved the spear toward him. Tang Shaoyang did not bother with it as he glanced to the other sides. More and more Orc Warriors rushed toward his direction after he cut down one watchtower.
He then noticed there were houses around back further. More Orc Warriors came out of these houses.
The plan was a success, he attracted these monster's attention toward him. He then glanced toward the boulder where he left his team. Zhang Mengyao led the people to the left side and they remained unnoticed by the orc since all the orcs came toward him.
"Since the plan is a success, I have to clean you guys," he grinned at the Orc Warrior who growled in its language. Ignoring the incomprehensible growl, Tang Shaoyang rushed toward the speaking Orc.
He raised the battle-ax and pulled it down toward the Orc Warrior's head. The orc tried to use the spear to block the battle-ax. It raised the spear and put the spear horizontally in hoping to block the battle-ax.
Unfortunately for the orc, the wooden staff could not bear the pressure from the battle-ax. The wooden shaft broke and the ax descended to the Orc Warrior's head and split the head open.
Tang Shaoyang kicked the dead orc with his right foot and chased after the new prey. Witnessing their kind died in front of their eyes, the other Orc Warriors charged toward.
Meanwhile, Kang Jiayi's eyes locked at the fight on the other side. He could not see clearly the fight from the distance but he could see the blurry figure fighting many monsters.
Mu Liqiu and Huo Hongmei were staring at the bear next to them. They were surprised when Li Na summoned Moon and scared at first. But then, noticing the cool-looking was friendly, it guarded them instead of attacking them.
They were wondering how the young girl could make the bear appear. Since joining Tang Shaoyang's force, the two women's common sense was under turbulence. A portal led to another world, taking the cold weapon out of nowhere, and lastly a girl who could summon a big beast.
In ten minutes, the team reached the barricade. Thanks to Tang Shaoyang, the monsters did go toward the right side of the barricade. He baited the monsters from the left side toward him, and they smoothly entered the barricade safely.
As soon as they entered the barricade through the gap, Kang Xue ran toward Tang Shaoyang's. Not she was concerned about her man's safety, she wanted to kill the monster to level up.
After witnessing how strong Zhang Mengyao was, she did not want to lose to her. She wanted to be strong as well.
Kang Jiayi who noticed his daughter's movement also followed her. The pair's daughter and father ran toward where the monster gathered. It did not take a long time for them to reach Tang Shaoyang's side.
However, what they saw was only Tang Shaoyang standing with the monster's corpses around. Most of the corpses were incomplete, some lost half of their bodies, and some had their heads either crushed or separate from the body.
The old man held his breath at this sight. It was only ten minutes but the man handled dozens of monsters already, he slaughtered all the monsters who guarded the barricade.
"Why didn't spare some of them for me?" When Kang Jiayi heard that question, the old man immediately turned toward his daughter. He blinked his eyes a few times, wondering if he heard wrong.
He looked at his daughter's expression and realized the girl was genuinely upset, 'Why do you want the monster alive?' He asked that to himself.
"There!" Tang Shaoyang smiled and pointed at the crashed watchtower. Next to the crashed watchtower, there were five Orc Warriors alive. The five orcs lost all their limbs while they wriggled their bodies around, the five orcs would let out a painful groan.
"You can have them!" There were thirty-one Orc Warriors in total, he killed twenty-six of them and spared five.
"I don't want the freebie, I want to fight them," Kang Xue slightly pouted as she looked at the pitiful and immobilized orcs. She approached them, but then her eyes brightened up.
The girl wanted to gain more experience in the battle. Not that she did not appreciate what Tang Shaoyang did to her. She did not say anything as she turned around and ran back toward the group.
When she came back, she was not alone. She brought her mother and sister-in-law together with her. But the two older women were frightened at the sight of the orc being slaughtered. They freaked and screamed, Huo Hongmei tried to run while Mu Liqiu's leg went weak.
"You can't run!" Just like a stern teacher, Kang Xue raised her voice and pulled her sister-in-law back, "Sister, you have to get used to this kind of sight! Our world has changed, sooner or later you will face the monster! Strong still, we can't rely on the men, we have to fight for ourselves!"
Kang Xue was encouraging her mother and sister-in-law. Her voice was loud and clear, she wanted them to adapt to the new world. Of course, she did not scold her mother as she was gentler to her mother. She told her mother about her status and told her that if her level was high enough it was not impossible to regain her youthful vigor.
Zhang Mengyao merely laughed at this sight. She shook her head while heading toward Tang Shaoyang, "Find anything else?"
"Nope, but since there's a border that means we entered someone's territory. Maybe there's a fortress ahead," Tang Shaoyang guessed as he looked further at the flat land.
"You stay here and settle up. If we can't find the fortress today we will use this place as our temporary base during our stay in the portal," there were a few wooden houses around, it could be used for them to sleep.
"Where are you going?" Zhang Mengyao asked the man. Since he asked her to say, that meant he was about to go somewhere else.
"I am going to scout the area ahead, we have to take a momentary break," he pointed at Huo Hongmei and her mother-in-law with his chin. Kang Xue was still lecturing the two to kill the limbless orcs.
"Mnn, be careful," Zhang Mengyao nodded her head. She did not feel burdened with the old man, an old woman, and a weak woman within her team. In fact, Zhang Mengyao had regarded the three as her own family since they were Kang Xue's family.
After bidding his farewell to Zhang Mengyao, Tang Shaoyang went ahead. He saved the battle-ax into the inventory and ran with her maximum speed.
Since he was alone, he did not need to be considerate to the others. Ten minutes, after he ran for ten minutes, he found the first target. Hiding behind a small mound that was created naturally by the terrain, Tang Shaoyang peeked at the black-walled fortress ahead of him.
"I have found the first fortress…"