Chapter 56 Trapping The Soldiers
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
The night was fast approaching.
Fortunately, before the night could come, Leo and the others already found an empty cave inconspicuously hidden in a corner of a small hill.
The cave was covered with thick bushes at both sides and a tree trunk blocking its view at the cave's entrance from outside.
It was a perfect hiding spot.
Other people would not be able to notice it easily unless they tried to look hard for its existence or they already knew such a cave existed.
Getting inside the cave, Leo told the girls to clean up the place first before he walked outside. He wasn't trying to ditch them since it was cleaning, but instead, he planned to set up some traps and alarms to avoid any possible danger during their stay inside the cave.
'Surely those soldiers are already looking for us,'
Arriving outside, Leo started examining his surroundings while trying to make up a plan in his mind on where to set up the traps.
In just a few minutes of thinking, he finally thought of a plan.
He swiftly moved towards a tree on the right side of their cave as he squatted down and examined the thickness of the soil.
"Not too soft and not too hard, perfect for setting up a hole!" Leo murmured as he ordered his Earth Elemental, which was currently hiding in his pocket in a mini soldier form, to dig a hole in the side of the tree.
Everyone is currently inside the cave, so he isn't afraid of his trump card being noticed by anyone. Moreover, the Earth Elemental is only half a meter tall height right now. With him standing before it, it was difficult to view its existence.
Finally finishing the hole, Leo quickly covered it with scrubs and branches that he saw lying around the area. Afterward, he proceeds to set up more traps around 20 meters in diameter from their cave.
.....
Meanwhile, those soldiers from before were slowly approaching Leo's location.
Although all of them didn't have the slightest idea of where Leo and the others were hiding, they could still make up a possible route just by simply looking at a map.
"Sir, I suggest that we take a rest! Magical Beasts are more active during the night, so surely Lady Veronica and the others would hide themselves inside the caves!" One soldier suggested to the leader of their group.
The group was made up of five soldiers. The soldiers that had escorted Lady Veronica were separated into three groups, the soldiers were grouped into five people in the two groups while their leader made up the third group since the leader had decided to look for them alone.
"No, I suggest we keep on searching for them around the areas with potential caves. I'm sure that one of those caves is their hiding spot. As soon as we find out which cave they are hiding, we will report to the others and catch them in the morning!" The leader of the group said reasonably as he let out a chuckle.
"Oh, you are a genius, sir!" The soldier that suggested nodded in agreement to their leader's plan.
Unknowingly, on the top of one of the trees somewhat far from where the soldiers were standing, Leo was coincidentally observing them.
After he finished setting up all the traps, he decided to go to where they had come from before to check whether he could find some traces of the soldiers. He was already expecting that those escorting soldiers had found out that they had escaped, so he wanted to know whether they were already nearby or not. He wasn't expecting any result, but unexpectedly, he found five soldiers fifty meters away from their cave.
"They are quite fast! But no need to worry..." Leo said as he revealed a mischievous smile on his face before he suddenly disappeared from the top of the tree.
After finding the soldiers, Leo can't help but think of setting some traps for the five soldiers using the Magical Beasts around them. Although he could just go and eliminate them quickly using his Earth Elemental, however, by doing so, he would only reveal their general location and plan the moment the bodies were found out. On the other hand, using the Magical Beasts would surely make the others think that the five soldiers have unfortunately been killed due to being attacked by the Magical Beast.
As soon as Leo started moving, darkness was also slowly engulfing the light in his surroundings.
Night has finally arrived, and the Magical Beasts living in the Yellow Forest are now finally active.
Leo silently followed behind the five soldiers in secret. Though it was already night, he was still determined to eliminate the five soldiers. He realized that eliminating them now was the best plan since they were still unaware of their existence. The moment they reach twenty meters from their cave, they would surely stumble upon one of his traps, hence giving them the idea that Leo and the others were around the area. Once that happens, the soldiers won't even need to go deeper as those traps are enough evidence that Lady Veronica and her group are nearby.
It didn't take long for the five soldiers to find their first cave and go inside.
Seeing that, Leo quickly killed a Magical Beast Rat hiding behind a bush nearby him. He was planning to use the Magical Beast's blood to attract the other beast towards them.
He had thought of such a plan when he remembered that time when he was hunting the Magical Beast Rat before. The blood has attracted the Silver Fur Wolf towards their location, so he plans to spread some blood nearby to attract other Magical Beasts.
After killing the Magical Beast Rat, Leo quickly cut it into pieces before spreading it nearby around the cave. It was the best time to set up the trap since the five soldiers were still inside the cave checking.
Afterward, Leo left the place and hid 20 meters away from the cave, in a location that allowed him to have a good view of the cave while at the same time remaining hidden.
Finally, the five soldiers left the cave.
Just like what Leo had expected, a few Magical Beasts started appearing, evidently attracted to the smell of blood.
A pack made of seven Yellow Silver Fur Wolves has appeared around the cave.
In the next moment...
"Unfortunately, no one was inside. Let's take a look towards that area!" The leader said, walking towards the location he had pointed to.
However, the moment the leader started walking, he quickly noticed the existence of the seven Yellow Silver Fur Wolves surrounding them.
"Prepare for a retreat!" The leader prompted, making the four soldiers with him slowly move toward the location where they had come from.
The leader was planning to regroup with the others as soon as they escaped from the seven Yellow Silver Fur Wolves, if they could, though...
No longer able to hold themselves back, the seven Yellow Silver Fur Wolves swiftly jumped toward the five soldiers. Two soldiers quickly raised their shields, successfully blocking the two wolves. It was then followed by two soldiers aiming their swords at the two wolves in front from behind the shield.
*Pluck! *Pluck!
The two wolves were easily pierced to their heads, then straight toward their brain, instantly ending their lives.
The leader of the soldiers naturally didn't just stand behind while ordering around. He had also kited two Yellow Silver Fur Wolves towards him while leaving the remaining three to the four soldiers. He slashed his sword towards the head of one of the wolves as his other hand used his shield to block the other one...
*Bang!
*Swoosh
The first wolf who received the slash backed away, not planning to allow the leader of the soldier to slash its body. However, the first wolf had unknowingly left the second wolf that was hit by the shield behind.
Obviously, the leader of the soldier quickly grabbed this opportunity.
While the second was still dizzy due to being hit by the shield to its head, he swiftly slashed his sword towards its head, easily chopping it off.
"Move back! Let's not stay here any longer, their blood will only attract more Magical Beasts to this place!" The leader immediately ordered after chopping the wolf's head. He wasn't stupid to think that they were going to win the battle despite easily killing the pack of Yellow Silver Fur Wolves.
Although they had the advantage at this moment, that was only because there were only seven Yellow Silver Fur Wolves around. With his years of experience in being a soldier, he was long aware that this was just the beginning. The longer they stayed, the more Magical Beasts would be attracted because of the blood, hence finally making their situation disadvantageous.
So, the leader wanted to escape from their place as soon as possible.
However, Leo wouldn't just allow them to escape. He had long killed one more Magical Beast rat before spreading its body to their path, successfully blocking the five soldiers' path of retreat.
"Anyone that falls into my hands would not be able to easily escape, hehe!" Leo murmured before finally deciding to return to the cave. He was already sure that the five soldiers would not last long. Although there might be some unexpected variables that might happen, he was no longer able to stay any longer since more and more Magical Beasts were moving to his location right this moment.