Chapter 28: Lying in Wait

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Bai Xiaowen watched as the auxiliary soldier walked to the river to draw water. Then, he carried the bulging water bag and returned at an even slower speed. When the auxiliary soldier passed under the tree where Bai Xiaowen was on the way back, Bai Xiaowen suddenly jumped.

Before the auxiliary soldier could react, he was slashed by the sharp Fang Dagger!

The auxiliary soldier made a choking, gurgling sound, his eyes bright with fear. Following that, he fell back hard on the ground.

Prompt information:

“Your attack has struck the vital point of the Empire’s auxiliary soldier, Miao Lan, causing 11 points of damage (Ignoring Defense).”

“The damage value of your Vital Strike has exceeded 1/3 of the target’s HP.”

“Imperial auxiliary soldier Miao Lan is dead.”

Bai Xiaowen took a deep breath. The feeling of killing someone for the first time was actually not that bad. This was the Spiritual Realm. In the eyes of the Awakened, they were just NPCs in the game.

In addition, Bai Xiaowen had trained with Plague Rats and other mutated monsters on Earth. He did not have any psychological barriers, be it when he saw blood or when he slit someone’s throat.

After the death of the auxiliary soldier, Bai Xiaowen’s machinery specialty had also increased by a large margin. The use of daggers was also included in the machinery specialty of the single-handed sword type.

Above the auxiliary soldier’s corpse, a slightly illusory small treasure chest was revealed. From the looks of it, this small treasure chest was slightly inferior to the treasure chest that Bai Xiaowen had gotten when he killed the Elite Zombie Rat.

Bai Xiaowen placed his hand on the treasure chest and mentally ordered it to open.

This time, the evaluation score of his battle was C (Qualified) because the auxiliary soldier was relatively weak. If Bai Xiaowen had not ended the battle cleanly, the evaluation score might have dropped to D (Poor) or even E (Extremely Poor).

There was only one chance to draw the spoils of war card in the C-rank battle rating. Fortunately, there would definitely be something dropped and no blank cards would appear. However, in a D-rank battle, there was a 1/3 chance of drawing a blank card, while the E-rank rating was the worst. The possibility of a bye was as high as 2/3.

Bai Xiaowen randomly chose one of the four bronze cards.

“You have obtained the Imperial Army auxiliary soldier’s name badge.”

“That’s it? There’s nothing else?” Bai Xiaowen was a little stunned, but he soon came back to his senses.

“If I take this auxiliary soldier nametag back to those two men, it can be considered that I have completed the mission assigned to me. From this point of view, for a newbie, this spoil of war is considered very useful. However, what I want is not only to complete the mission but to do it exceedingly well!” Bai Xiaowen thought.

He put the auxiliary soldier’s name tag into his temporary spatial storage and looked in the direction of the camp.

“This place is about two kilometers away from the imperial military camp. In another 20 minutes, they will notice that the auxiliary soldier who fetched water hasn’t returned…” Bai Xiaowen stripped the clothes off the auxiliary soldier and then took off his clothes.

Of course, Bai Xiaowen did not have a strange fetish or any sexual attraction to a dead body. He put his clothes on the auxiliary soldier’s corpse and then wore the auxiliary soldier’s clothes. Then, he wiped some blood on his face and neck and messed up the surrounding snow to disguise the traces of an intense battle.

Bai Xiaowen lay on top of the auxiliary soldier’s corpse, pretending that he had perished together with the soldier. Then, he waited.

Not long after, there was a slight tremor from the ground.

“There are two of them.” Bai Xiaowen could clearly sense his opponents with his 10 points of Spirit. He could even tell that the footsteps of these two people were slightly weak, similar to the strength of the dead auxiliary soldiers. They should be the other two auxiliary soldiers in the camp.

As for that Giant Hammer Warrior, he had a higher status, so he should have stayed in the tent. He would not personally search for an auxiliary soldier who had yet to return.

“Very good… The most ideal situation has occurred. I can carry out the plan!” Bai Xiaowen remained silent.

The two auxiliary soldiers saw the two “corpses” that overlapped and perished together from afar. After a cry of surprise, they ran over at the same time.

If there was only one dead auxiliary soldier, the two of them would have to think about whether the attacker was still nearby. But now that the attacker was also down, it meant that there was no danger nearby.

However, what the two of them did not expect was that the danger came from the “corpse” on the ground.

Just as one of the auxiliary soldiers was about to flip over Bai Xiaowen’s body, thinking that this was his comrade, and bring his corpse back to the camp, Bai Xiaowen suddenly opened his eyes and launched another vicious stab!

The auxiliary soldier collapsed.

The last auxiliary soldier cried out in alarm, but Bai Xiaowen had already leaped up and pounced on him.

The two of them were about the same level of cultivation, but Bai Xiaowen had been planning this for a long time. Furthermore, he had just killed two people, so he was full of fighting spirit. The auxiliary soldier did not know how powerful Bai Xiaowen was, so he did not want to fight. He only wanted to escape.

Bai Xiaowen’s Agility was boosted by the Fang Dagger to 6 points. He easily caught up to the last auxiliary soldier and stabbed him to death.

At this point, the three auxiliary soldiers in the imperial military camp were completely wiped out.

Unfortunately, these two auxiliary soldiers did not drop any treasure chests. It seemed that not every kill would be rewarded with loot.

Bai Xiaowen removed Dirty Cloak from the first auxiliary soldier’s corpse. He took a deep breath and stuffed the cloak into his temporary spatial storage instead of changing back into his clothes.

After pondering for a bit, he took out the bottle of “Rotten Blood” that he had obtained from the zombie rat Blacktooth from the storage space and smeared it on the Fang Dagger.

Bai Xiaowen raised his head to look at the sky. The dark sky was full of fluttering snowflakes, making it appear even more gloomy.

“The visibility is just right.”

Bai Xiaowen muttered under his breath. Then, he stumbled toward the campsite in the linen uniform of the auxiliary troop, behaving as if there was a terrifying enemy chasing after him.

Bai Xiaowen put on a very realistic act. He even started his performance before he reached the camp. Reality proved that he was right to be cautious because seeing that the three auxiliary soldiers did not return at the same time, Bjorn—who felt unaccustomed to the empty stronghold—had already left the camp.

“Help!”

Bai Xiaowen shouted in a hoarse voice as he limped in the direction of the giant hammer warrior.

The Giant Hammer Warrior Bjorn was bewildered and shouted, “Why are you the only one left?”

“They’re dead, they’re all dead!” Bai Xiaowen was afraid that his voice would be recognized, so he kept speaking in a hoarse voice. “Rebels, it’s the Rebellion Army!”

When he reached Bjorn, Bai Xiaowen slipped and fell toward the giant hammer warrior.

Bjorn’s attention was not on Bai Xiaowen. Instead, he was staring at the end of the path. When he saw Bai Xiaowen fall, he subconsciously helped him up and said, “I’ll stop them. Go to the other camps and inform them of the attack by the Rebellion Army…”

However, in the next second, a poisoned dagger stabbed into Bjorn’s vitals!