"Jaen Fen, what took you so long?" Min Jae shouted.
He was fighting rank 3 water hounds. Because of the rain, their strength had been boosted by half.
Jaen Fen looked around and saw water hounds and cultivators fighting each other. Except for Jun Yi, the other three were also here.
This was the outside wall protecting the village. However, the real problem was that the hounds not only surpassed the wall but also the fences that were covering the village.
It meant that the reinforcements took time to arrive. This wasn't something Jaen Fen was expecting.
Whatever, this much is enough: Jaen Fen thought.
A waterhound pounced at him. He dodged to the side and activated Endra. A blast happened near the hound, sending it flying.
He jumped in the battlefield and started fighting.
"We need to deal with this as quickly as possible! Who among you has the highest influence and authority here?!" Jaen Fen asks the three.
"It would be Ha Eun!" Ji Woo replied.
"Ha Eun, hurry, go and order rank 4 earth path cultivators to build a new wall behind the fences as quickly as possible! If you can't do this, you should ask Jun Yi to do this instead. We need to abandon this wall," Jaen Fen shouted.
This is a good opportunity to see if they really have any influence in this sect: Jaen Fen thought.
Ha Eun didn't bicker with Jaen Fen and did as he told her to. Right now, it was visible that they needed to take action quickly as more water hounds kept on crossing the wall.
"Now, who among you two have the most influence?"
"It would be me?" Ji Woo said.
"Good, now go and…"
Jaen Fen was speaking when he was interrupted by Min Jae.
"Jaen Fen, in these kinds of situations, no, overall, I have more influence than these two! She clearly doesn't understand."
"What do you mean?" Ji Woo refuted.
"My father is the strategist and the internal affairs elder of this sect. So, of course, they would listen more to him than any other person."
When Min Jae said this, Ji Woo fell silent.
"You should have told me sooner. Whatever, Min Jae, go and ask your father to send the strongest cultivators here. We will need the strongest cultivators to guard while we retreat after the wall is constructed. Can you do that?"
"Don't worry, I definitely can. I just need to threaten him with his deep dark secrets!" After saying this, Min Jae left.
Ji Woo: "..."
The battle continued.
After a while,
"Jaen Fen, don't you have something for me to do?"
"I have something in mind, but for now, just stay close to me."
In case this situation goes awry, I am sure she will be the priority, and some strong elder will come to protect her. For now, she is my safe bet I can use. Otherwise, I can just throw her into this mess while I run: Jaen Fen contemplated.
If the situation did go awry, he would make a run for it. As for Jun Haru and others, he needed them, not hold him back. He was just taking them with him because he needed them for his plans and he was more aware of them than the others. So, it was easy to control them.
If they did start to hold him back, he would just dump them right away without a thought.
He could simply look for some other people to accompany him to the Mantora Mountain.
However, I need Luo Sect right now, so they need to survive: Jaen Fen considers.
The battle continued. Surprisingly, rank 4 cultivators did start to build a wall behind the fences. He had thought that Ha Eun wouldn't succeed.
As for Min Jae, he also brought some of the strongest elders of the clan with him. Now that was an even bigger surprise. So, these three were really influential.
It was a nice decision to join them instead of rejecting them: Jaen Fen was impressed by this group.
"Young miss, you should retreat to the back."
A rank 4 cultivator came and said to Ji Woo.
"No, I should fight with others rather than retreating!" However, she rejected him right away.
Jaen Fen retreated when his purified rays were half emptied.
I need to preserve my rays for unexpected situations: These were his thoughts.
"Jaen Fen, where are you going…"
"I am almost out of my purified rays. You see, I don't have as many rays as you guys do!"
He retreated behind the wall that was being constructed.
I can't depend on others. I need to make sure that I stay behind the new wall that is being constructed: Jaen Fen stopped after retreating to a safe distance.
After a few hours, the wall had finally been constructed.
"Let's pull back the rank 3 cultivators who can't jump over this wall!" A rank 4 cultivator shouted.
"No, what's happening?!" However, just as he had finished speaking, he heard someone shout.
"What is it now?" He inquired.
"Look there…"
He looked in the direction the cultivator pointed towards.
His eyes widened.
"Help me…"
"Someone, save us…"
"Please…"
After the wall was constructed, the number of hounds increased between the two walls as the ones entering the village were not able to enter it.
Jaen Fen didn't say this, but after the wall was constructed, the situation would become dire. A mere few rank 4 cultivators would only be able to pull back a few rank 3 cultivators.
The cultivators guarding the parameters were able to last this long because many hounds were entering the village, but this didn't happen anymore. The cultivators between these two walls were being overwhelmed.
Jaen Fen heard the screams coming from behind the wall with a calm face. He knew what was happening. He expected this to happen but didn't tell Ha Eun and the others.
If he did, they wouldn't have listened to him. Along with that, he also wanted to make the Luo Sect more desperate.
Many of the rank 4 cultivators tried to help a few rank 3 cultivators but could only pull back a few cultivators. The rank 4 cultivators were being pushed back by the hounds so they could not pull back everyone.
The cultivators with the jumping ability managed to jump over the wall, but the others were killed and eaten alive. Even three rank 4 cultivators died, spreading despair among the cultivators.
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