Chapter 54:

Saved

So What If I'm a Girl


Yu Tian approached Lan Du


"Is the situation that bad?"He asked

Lan Du nodded

"During the travel, I was able to capture the leader, he wasn't skilled in combat but his planning skills were superb, he knows when to send out the squadrons, I have taken care of most of them, including the group today, there is only 1 squadron left which is squadron 5, their assassins are trained for killing and are all night hunters, meaning they will attack tonight"Lan Du said bitterly

Yu Tian frowned

"I can try and call for help, I have a way to send signal to nearby military units, but the risk is that it can be caught on by assassins as well, so if the assassins arrive before our backup, then we will all die"He said hesitantly

"Why would assassins be able to pick it up as well, why use it if they can pick up the signal"Lan 

Du asked in mockery

"This isn't earth, there is a strange disturbance around this planet so very few signals can work around here, and none of them are the unique signals of the military"He shook his head and replied helplessly.

Lan Du covered her eyes with her left arm and groaned

"The mercenaries are useless, the employer isn't prepared and the assassins coming can comparable to even dragon ranked mercenaries!Dammit!Even after eliminating so much, the group is so damn useless to lose to only 6 assassins!Apart from Guan Ya, the rest are mere cannon fodder!"Lan Du cursed out loud, she didn't hide her vexation, she just let it all out.

"Screw it all, Yu Tian, call for help, we can only risk it on this and hope the military can find us before more assassins come"Lan Du slammed her left arm onto the tree, causing it shake.

"I'm just damn glad there isn't mechs coming after your damn life"Lan Du growled and stood up

She searched her backpack and took out a syringe, she moved it to her arm and and pierced her arm with it.She slowly injected a clear blue liquid into her arm as she gritted her teeth.

"This is 10 million in a single injection, I was hoping I didn't have to use this medicine to heal myself, yet the group is filled with idiots"Lan Du started to grind her teeth and pulled out the syringe.

She then unwrapped the bandages and apart from dry blood, the wound was completely gone.

Yu Tian scratched his head in embarrassment

"I-I didn't expect things to be so extreme either, I apologise, i will pay you extra when we get to our destination"He said apologetically

Lan Du stretched her arm and moved it to make sure it was completely fine.

"No need to apologise, if you dare withdraw on the extra pay, I would extort it our of you myself"Lan Du replied in a straightforward manner

Yu Tian felt as if he was being robbed at this moment, but he understood Lan Du's reasoning.She has saved him numerous times already and was even injured when pushing him out the way.

He held out a small device, it was circular and had a small button on it.He clicked the button and the ball started to vibrate, it then made a 'woosh' sound and stopped.

"The signal is sent, we can now only hope that its the military that comes"Yu Tina sighed and said

Lan Du nodded and went over to Guan ya

"If things get too dangerous, us two still has a chance of survival if we ditch the others and work together, the choice is yours"She said with a straight face, although Guan Ya couldn't see her face, he felt that she was sincere in the matter.

"I will think about it"Guan Ya held great pride in himself and Yu Tian was his employer, eh would feel guilt of he chose to leave them but on the other hand, he also didn't want to die so he wanted to think the matter over.

Lan Du nodded, understanding his principals, she walked away.

Currently, in a ship floating far from the planet...

"Sir, we received a rescue signal"

"hm, alright, prepare to leave, we're going there, this unexpected"A smile crawled into the man's face, his eyes were sharp as he sat there.

Lan Du suddenly had a bad premonition, she sat down to rest, to her, this mission was as good as over if the military does not arrive in time, if that was the case, she would leave and escape on her own.

She looked around, and didn't see anything out of the ordinary, apart from glares from other mercenaries, there isn't any other abnormalities.She then stood up, taking some strange objects out of her bag, she placed them around the area.

She then sprinkled some powder on the bushes and around where she sat before closing her eyes to rest.If she wanted to fight at the best of her abilities, she needed proper rest to do so.

Time passed when she closed her eyes, from seconds to minutes and from minutes to hours.The sun soon started to set and her eyes slowly opened.She didn't move however, she tightly gripped her dagger and sat there patiently.

Shua

Her ears picked up a sharp sound, then she saw a mercenary drop dead.A thin metal rode was stuck in the man's chest and blood was dripping out his mouth.

'They're here'

Lan Du got up, she listened carefully to her surroundings and suddenly jabbed to her left.A hand caught her dagger and was followed by a knee.She twisted her body to avoid the knee and returned a kick at the source.Her kick however felt as if it struck a metal plate, not a human.

She jumped back and stared at the person who attacked her.She looked around and realised that the entire group was already surrounded, there was a total of 15 assassins which was barely within her expectations, but was something she hoped was not the case.

'This isn't good, one is already enough to restrain me, 15 will be enough to kill the group in less than ten minutes' Lan Du gritted her teeth, she stared at the one she kicked, his body was burly and was much taller than her.

'run'

The thought went through her head but she then shook her head.

'There's too many of them, I would get caught even if I run'

Lan Du took out a small device there was a small red button on it which was covered by a plastic lid.She flipped the lid open and clicked the button.

A beep sound was heard and followed by trails of explosions at where some of the assassins were at.Some were sent flying while others barely avoided it with light injuries.Those that were sent flying crawled back up but their footing was no longer stable.

'I prepared so much yet it only caused them to get uneasy footing and light injuries, monsters...' Lan Du frowned, she reached into her pockets and tossed out a strange powder which spread in all directions.

The assassins retreated when the powder got closer, seeing the explosions from before, they were much more wary about their surroundings.

'This can only hold them off for a few minutes'

Lan Du took out daggers and threw it at the assassins, the mercenaries also retreated from the powder not knowing its origin while Guan Ya stood near Yu Tian to protect him.

'Useless bunch'

Lan Du wanted to curse at the mercenaries, they just stood there doing nothing yet they still had guts before to mock her.

The daggers she threw were caught by some of the assassins bare handed, but strangely, only some of the ones that caught the daggers dropped to the ground under the poison applied.

'The ones that dropped are probably newer members, the remaining should have some immunity to poison, troublesome'

Lan Du was about to throw more daggers when a hand came from behind her, being too distracted in keeping them at bay, she neglected her back.The hand grabbed her neck and pinned her to the ground.

"Lad, you had skills but no strength nor helpers, if not, we might have been in trouble, but now, die"He raised his hand and jabbed down at her stomach.

His hand punctured her body, blood splattered everywhere and Lan Du's mind became hazy.


"You took out quite a few of our members, but now you have died in my hands"The man stood up and walked towards the remaining mercenaries.

Yu Tian and Guan Ya were shocked, to see Lan Du get defeated in such a manner, it took a heavy blow to their motivation.Liu Bu was also shocked, he has seen what Lan Du has done before, to him, Lan Du was already such a monster, yet in front of these men, she was defeated so easily.

Lan Du coughed, but her face didn't show despair beneath her mask, it was a large smile.

'hehehehe, it hurts, this is fun'

From beneath her sleeves, she took out a syringe almost identical to the previous one she used.

'Can't believe I resorted to using two of these, my money....'

She jabbed it into her waist as secretive as possible, her breathing was weak and her face was pale.But her smile only got wider.

"Yu Tian, you're quite lucky, to have someone who took care of three squadrons alone in your group, but now he's dead, do you have any last words?"Not including the ones who fell to Lan Du's poison, there was still 11 assassins standing normally.

The assassin didn't wait for a reply and shot at Yu Tian, it was at that moment the bullet suddenly stopped mid air.

"What!"The assassins were shocked, the bullet just stopped there and no longer advanced.They looked up as a bright light showered them.Above their heads was a ship so big that they could not see teh full thing with just one look.

A figure descended from the ship and stood in front of Yu Tian

"Brother Tian, its been a while"The figure turned his head and said with a smile

Yu Tian blinked

"Yuan Min?Ha...hahahahahaha!To think you were the one who received my rescue signal, good, hahaha"Yu Tian laughed and felt a sense of relief wash over him.

Yuan Min turned to the group of assassins

"Quite daring of you to try assassinating my good brother, die"He reached out his hand, and as if space itself was sealed, the assassins all froze in place, unable to move even a muscle.

"Die"He said in a deep voice, the group suddenly burst into blood and splattered everywhere.

Yu Tian walked over to Yuan Min

"Thank you, I would have been in a pickle if you haven't come in time, ah, brother Min, you must help me one last time"Yu Tian grabbed Yuan Min and said

Yuan Min lifted his brows

"Oh?What is it?Much less one time, I can help you a hundred times if you ask me to"Yuan Min replied

"One of my mercenaries, during this trip, he has saved my life countless times, but to hold the assassins off, he was severely injured, please help him"Yu Tian said hurriedly

Yuan Min smiled

"No problem, take me to him"

Yu Tian thanked him again before pointing at where Lan Du was pinned, La Du was laying there with blood all over her.Her breathing was so faint that it was as if she was dead.

Yuan Min was shocked by how injured she was, he hurried over but to his surprise, he found this mercenary very familiar.

Lan Du looked up, her hair was no longer white, rather, it was black now.

'Thank goodness I brought a wig' She thought to herself, seeing Yuan Min was out of her expectations so the moment he appeared, she searched her bag and took out a black wig.

Yuan Min frowned when he saw the injury on her, although she had medicine to heal it, it wasn't completely recovered due to how severe it was.

"w-who are you"Lan Du said warily

Yuan Min smiled

"Its alright, I'm Yu Tian's friend, you can call me Yuan Min"He said gently

"Y-Yuan Min?C-Colonel Yuan Min!"Lan Du sounded shocked as she quickly bowed her head, but she let out a painful groan the moment she moved.

"Don't move, your injury seems to have healed through the medicine made my Blue Genus plant, although it has amazing healing effects, on your wound, it won't be too helpful"He said and carefully helped her up.

Lan Du nodded

"Helpful or not, it saved my life, thank you colonel"Lan Du changed her voice as well in order to fool Yuan Min, she had to e especially careful around him as he had a vey high spiritual strength.

'Being able to kill dragon ranks like ants, he must at least be in domain realm' Lan Du thought to herself

Spiritual strength is split into different categories, from 1-99, it is the Spirit realm, from 100-999 was imperial spirit realm, 1000 to 9999 was Royal Spirit realm and beyond that was the domain realm.Being in Domain realm meant that the spiritual strength will create a domain based on the owner's own nature.

Yuan Min had always been overbearing so his one suppresses people, making it hard for people to move under its effect.

"You save Yu Tian countless times, as his brother, I owe you one"Yuan Min said lightlyLan Du shook her head

"It is my job to help him, but you were the one who saved us all"Lan Du said warmly, he held his stomach as he followed Yuan Min over to the medical group.

"Take a rest in here, your injury should be treated with care"Yuan Min turned his head and went to Yu Tian who had a worried look.

"Will he be alright?"He asked

"That lad had his own medicine, he was already stabilised when I went over so he isn't in any danger, now, tell me about what he has done, I'm very curious in someone who has caught your attention"He smiled and hung his arm over Yu Tian's shoulders

Yu Tian smiled

"That lad stayed in the dark the whole time, apparently he took out three squadrons of assassins on his own, he wasn't far when he was pinned by one of the assassins you killed, I heard everything they said, little Devil took care of two sniper unit and a scout unit when we were on the move, I couldn't help but feel amazed thinking how he kept up with us the whole time while eliminating any dangers along the way"Yu Tian chuckled thinking how peaceful the first day had been.

"Oh?So many, he is talented no less, I'd want to recruit him to become my subordinate if not for the higher ups always sending me around"He sighed and shook his head

Yu Tian laughed

"Don't be so glum, by the way, how's your wife"Yu Tian asked

Yuan Min smiled bitterly and scratched the back of his head.Lan Du who was just in the tent behind them perked up her ears.

"And I heard that your son is growing up quite well, he is already 12 and made quite a few achievements in school"Yu Tian chuckled

Lan Du gripped her hands

Yuan Min sighed

"He is doing very well, but not to my expectations, Yuan Cai is kind hearted, too kind in fact, he won't be able to succeed in the military like he is now"Yuan Min sighed and said

Lan Du who was inside felt as if the world had just crashed down upon her

'That bastard...if his son is 11, it means he did it 12 years ago...the moment he left mother, he went and found another woman'

Lan Du began to grind her teeth

Yuan Min sighed again

"and my wife died a few years back..."He said regretfully

Lan Du's ears perked up once again

'She died huh?That makes things easier'

Yu Tian gave Yuan Min an apologetic look

"I haven't met you in so long, I didn't realise such a thing happened"He shook his head and said

"It's fine"