Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
[TLN: Concealed Weapons is changed to Fake Concealed Weapons]
Perhaps because these Carthaginian soldiers were already familiar with the sound of guns, they had only been startled. Afterwards, they pulled out their javelins and threw at this direction after taking a deep breath.
For soldiers in the BCE, as long as they were trained well, then throwing three javelins consecutively was a normal thing.
At this time, the first wave of javelins was about to hit Wei Xiao Bei, but with one leap and a grab using his hands, he had caught all the javelins flying towards him. Before he landed, he twisted his body and threw back the javelin.
In ancient China, any concealed weapons expert were also experts at catching concealed weapons.
The reason was simple. Concealed weapons were not just as they are considered to be underhanded tactics.
Even if knights were to use concealed weapons, they would always shout, “Take this!”
However, it was impossible to change how martial artists looked at concealed weapons.
Anyone who used concealed weapons could not complain about they were used against them. This meant that catching the opponents’ concealed weapons was very important.
Naturally, in Wuxia novels, the people who were the best at catching concealed weapons was the Tang Clan.
In reality, the Tang Clan was indeed such an existence.
Wei Xiao Bei had also pondered about this. His own skill was called [Fake Concealed Weapon]. Just the name itself was strange.
A concealed weapon should just be a concealed weapon. Why did it have to have fake in the title.
Even if he had not learned a system of concealed weapons, his skill should only be a bit inferior to real ones.
However, Wei Xiao Bei had slightly understood.
It was not that he did not learn concealed weapons, but it was from his fundamental understanding of them.
He remembered the teaching when he was learning military boxing. His leader would always say, “If you want to punch someone, then you need to also take punches!”
Naturally, Wei Xiao Bei had not yet understood these words. As a new recruit, he had been pulled by his leader to to the mud ground and learned the martial art of handle falls, Dao Gong, causing his arms to be inflamed.
Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei had understood it. Dao Gong was used to protect oneself. If one had been hit and fell down, then the pain would be excruciating.
However, after learning this, the pain and damage of being thrown down by the enemy would decrease, giving one the chance to counterattack.
Concealed weapons were also the same. Just learning how to throw them was just the surface. The most important points was learning how to catch them.
Wei Xiao Bei had truly understood this point.
In many ancient Chinese concealed weapon arts and secret books, throwing concealed weapons was only 30% while catching weapons was more than 60%.
Wei Xiao Bei had already tried catching concealed weapons before, so he could be considered as lucky.
Catching concealed weapons was several times harder than throwing them.
At the very least, with Wei Xiao Bei’s agility, catching his own concealed weapon was not a problem.
Without learning the proper method, it would be hard to catch the concealed weapon of an enemy with the same strength.
Naturally, this was limited to equal strength or enemies that were stronger.
Just like these Carthaginian soldiers, the javelins that they threw, whether it was power or speed, were a lot inferior to what Wei Xiao Bei threw.
Even if Wei Xiao Bei threw his own weapon, it would not change much.
It could be seen that concealed weapon techniques were only one small item in the big scheme.
Thus Wei Xiao Bei had easily grabbed the javelin that was thrown towards him and then threw it back.
On the other hand, the Carthaginian soldiers did not have this kind of ability.
Pu! Pu! Pu! The sounds of a javelin running through something echoed as the Carthaginian soldiers who were preparing to fire a second wave had been decreased by more than 20 people. Every one of them had been pierced through the chest while half of them had been hit as the javelins pierced through the first line.
However, the Carthaginians were well trained. Even if their allies had been killed, they continued to act like robots as they followed protocol and threw their javelins.
This time, Wei Xiao Bei did not stay on the spot to let himself get hit anymore. He jumped up and grabbed the javelins with both hands. Then like an elastic net, the javelins were shot back at the Carthaginians.
Crazy counterattack!
In an instant, more than half of the Carthaginian soldiers had died.
However, this was not the end. When he landed on the ground, he let his entire body land on the ground and used all four limbs to steady himself. Then like a big spider, he shot his body forward to the Carthaginians.
In less than half a minute of punches and kicks, only two remaining soldiers could stand their ground. The rest of the soldiers were on the ground, groaning in pain.
Wei Xiao Bei did not kill the rest of the Carthaginian soldiers. He only stopped them from moving.
On the other hand, Wei Xiao Bei left the last two Carthaginians to Tasopulo and Reannie.
Wei Xiao Bei did not plan to be a nanny, but since he felt that this encounter was arranged by fate, he did not mind helping the two of them.
Helping others was akin to helping oneself.
This was something he understood a lot more than others.
“Come here!”
Wei Xiao Bei turned around and looked at the two of them. When Reannie saw Wei Xiao Bei jump into the fray, Reannie was panic-stricken as she shot a bullet at one of the Carthaginian soldier. However, because she was panicking, she had forgotten to fill the gunpowder when she tried shooting the second time.
As for Tasopulo, he was still in a better situation, but he was not able to continuously fire.
Seeing Wei Xiao Bei called for them both, they were surprised, but they immediately ran over.
The two Carthaginian soldiers had been scared senseless by Wei Xiao Bei’s god-like entrance. Let alone running away, they could not even move a single muscle.
“Kill them!”
Wei Xiao Bei pointed at the two soldiers and then gestured towards the cavalry swords on the Reannie and Tasopulo’s backs.
After obtaining the matchlock, Reannie had hung the cavalry sword behind her.
In truth, for most people in the real world, the matchlock was a firearm and should be a lot stronger than the cavalry sword.
However, in Wei Xiao Bei’s eyes, the cavalry sword was the most reliable weapon when surviving in the Dust World.
As for the reason, Wei Xiao Bei did not tell the both of them.
Kill them?
Hearing Wei Xiao Bei’s words, Tasopulo reacted faster. He knew that Wei Xiao Bei was helping them, so he gritted his teeth and threw the matchlock gun at the soldier, making him dodge. Then he pulled out the sword and charged ahead.
This Tasopulo should have a bit of foundation in using the sword. Although his posture is a bit bad, he should not be careless in waving the sword.
The javelins of the remaining two soldiers had already been destroyed by Wei Xiao Bei, leaving them with only shields. Thus, they were weaker in terms of attack.
However, this did not mean that the Carthaginian soldiers had gotten weaker that would allow Tasopulo to simply chop their heads off.
In the Carthaginian soldiers’ hands, the shields were also offensive blunt weapons that could kill their enemies.
If their shields had hit the enemy, their enemies would only have the fate of being suppressed!
Luckily, the monster that was Wei Xiao Bei, who was standing afar, had taken most of the soldiers’ attention. Thus, Tasopulo could feel more at ease as the Carthaginian soldiers could not help but stay in defense.
On the contrary, Reannie was slightly hesitant. She looked at Wei Xiao Bei with hesitation of charging in like Tasopulo.
Although Reannie had killed people in the Dust World, it was different now. In her eyes , the Carthaginian soldier was like a lamb about to be slaughtered, making it difficult for her to move her hands.
“If you can’t do it, then you should not come back to the Dust World anymore. This place does not suit you.”
Wei Xiao Bei’s shout was like a medicine.
It was clear that if Reannie could not do this, then it was just as Wei Xiao Bei said. This place did not suit her.
In the Dust World, being too kind and merciful was the same as suicide. It was better to obediently stay in the real world which was safer.
Although Wei Xiao Bei did not know if the Dust World would force people inside in the future, he knew that it would not do so at the moment.
Hearing Wei Xiao Bei’s words, Reannie’s eyes slightly reddened. After a bit of hesitation, hey eyes filled with determination.
In the end, Reannie pulled out the sword and attacked the Carthaginian soldier.
As long as she took the first step, then the rest would follow.
With Wei Xiao Bei as a reliable support, the both of them had gained more confidence. On the other hand, the two Carthaginian soldiers were constrained as they could only use 50% of their strength. In the end, they were killed on the spot!
There was no such thing as a one-sided battle in the Dust World.
What’s more, after this battle, Tasopulo and Reannie’s understanding of fighting had increased a bit. At the very least, they would have the courage to attack the enemy head on without trying to lay an ambush everytime in the future.
“Not bad. Your next job is to kill them.”
Wei Xiao Bei nodded his head in satisfaction then made a circling gesture to point towards the rest of the soldiers on the ground.
“Ah?”
Tasopulo was the first to cry out.
No matter what was said, Tasopulo was still a pure person that had the consciousness of being a righteous knight, such as honor, mercy, sacrifice, etc.
He did not have the notations of killing the weakened or unresistant in his mind.
Wei Xiao Bei’s actions were like forcing an upright person into stealing.
