Never Die by Rob J Hayes

Author:Rob J Hayes [Hayes, Rob J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-29T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Whispering Blade and The Emerald Wind vs The Master of Sun Valley

Iron Gut Chen's left arm fell to the forest floor and his eye closed for the final time. He lay still. The Master of Sun Valley held on, pinning the big man's right arm down with strong legs, his arms almost invisible among the folds of flesh at Chen Lu's neck. Cho just watched.

"Should we, um, help?" Zhihao asked.

Cho shook her head. "Iron Gut wished to fight the man alone. As a matter of honour, I will respect that."

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Zhihao look to Ein, but the boy said nothing. He and the leper sat near the wine keg, both watching the fight through eyes as pale as fresh snow. Ein knelt, but the leper sat with legs crossed.

Iron Gut Chen did not move. Eventually the Master of Sun Valley loosened his grip, and wriggled out from underneath the fat man's fleshy bulk. He dusted himself off, walked around Chen Lu, and approaching Cho and Zhihao. Despite the contest, Bingwei Ma still looked surprisingly calm. His topknot of hair was still perfectly in place, and he was not even breathing hard. At that moment, Cho could well believe the man had not lost a fight in the past thirty years.

"He isn't dead," the Master of Sun Valley said. "Though he will have an aching head when finally he wakes. It will likely be a few hours. I cut off the flow of blood to his brain, not long enough to kill, but to render unconscious."

Zhihao laughed, picked up Chen Lu's folded parasol and walked over to the unconscious fat man. He opened out the parasol and planted it in the ground to shade Iron Gut's face from the sun streaming in from the canopy above. "Just nobody tell him it was me," Zhihao said as he rejoined the others.

The Master of Sun Valley bowed. "Are we finished?"

"No," Ein said, his voice harsh and insistent. The boy did not stand, but his eyes were fixed on Bingwei Ma. He fiddled with the ragged end of his red scarf, rubbing it in his fingers. "Whispering Blade and The Emerald Wind will fight you next. With weapons."

"As you wish. I will remain unarmed." The Master of Sun Valley straightened from his bow. "Whenever you are ready." He backed off a few steps and waited.

Zhihao joined Cho and they turned away from Bingwei Ma. When they had fought Chen Lu it had been without a plan, and it had nearly ended in Zhihao's death. They needed a strategy if they were to beat an opponent as dangerous as the Master of Sun Valley.

"You can't use your sword," Ein said before they could even start to strategise. Cho just nodded to the order.

"What?" Zhihao said sharply. "We have to beat a man who can't be beaten, and she's not even allowed to use a sword."

Ein shook his head, his eyes wide. "She can't use her sword. At least not to kill him.

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