Come out Viswa, you are surrounded. You have nowhere else to go."
Viswa heard a voice loud and clear. That person is very close to the rock and judging from the footsteps more and more people are coming.
Viswa didn't speak, instead he closed his eyes and took a deep breath and got ready to launch an attack.
He heard a person walking forward to the rock while another person walked from the side. Their steps are very careful. Viswa took a deep breath and took a step forward. He raised his leg with spiritual energy gathered all over it before launching a front kick straight at the huge rock.
*BAM* *CRASH*
The rock exploded into large boulders that were launched at the guy coming toward the rock. The sudden explosion caught them off guard, while Viswa was ready for it.
He threw the axe straight at the guy coming from the side.
The axe landed on that person's shoulder and made him stumble back.
Viswa didn't waste even a second. He lunged forward and tackled the guy to the ground before rolling to the side with him to behind a tree.
He leaned against the tree, while holding the guy in a rear naked choke with one hand while putting pressure on the axe stuck on his shoulder while using another axe to hold it against his throat.
"Now, let's stop whatever you are doing and fucking talk.
Who sent you? Instructor Fish or Instructor Snake?"
"Viswa, you are making a big mistake. You better leave that guy and surrender, we can make it painless."
"ARRGHH…"
Viswa chopped the guy in his hands under the ribs.
"I don't know if you have witnessed what I did to all the guys that targeted me. Its not going to be any different for you guys, unless you come clean. So, tell me. Who sent you here?"
Viswa's actions stopped the attackers in their tracks.
Even while asking them these questions, Viswa already removed the cloth off of his captive and took a look at his face.
Of course, Viswa didn't really recognize him. He is new to Circle 2, but at least he would know of the face and could take some revenge after he goes back.
"Viswa, you better come out now. You better not do anything to foolish to that guy."
While the group is spewing empty threats, their members are trying to close the distance. They even removed their shoes and walked on the soil barefoot, slowly so that Viswa wouldn't find out their approach.
Two of them came forward from either side of the tree. The tree is very large and thick. They have to circle around a bit before they could catch Viswa.
At that moment, Viswa aimed his axe at a tree straight ahead of him. He didn't aim at the trunk and there is no hidden assassin trying to attack him. Instead, his attack landed on a relatively think branch high up on the tree.
*BAM*
The axe landed precisely and cut the branch.
*CRASH*
The branch crashed and the tip of the branch landed right next to one of the attackers that was approaching Viswa.
"Fuck…"
The sudden fall of the branch made the guy curse. Viswa immediately got an estimation of the guy's position. He leaned to the side and threw the second axe.
The axe landed exactly on the knee and cut off the guy's leg.
"AHHHHHHHHHH….."
The sudden scream shocked everyone from the group. The second attacker who is also very close to Sam was distracted instead of taking chance to attack. Meanwhile, Viswa carried the captive on his back and ran forward.
He picked the axe that fell after cutting the branch before he hid behind a different tree.
Luckily for the captive, his companions didn't attack with some arrows, or he would have been dead meat by now.
"You can't run away. Do you think after what you did, they are just going to let you get away? You are going to die today."
The captive said while gritting his teeth pain. At this moment, the group already finished checking up on their injured companion.
"Let's go. We will just take him down from sheer force."
The leader of the team said as he jumped from there. The spiritual energy riled up as he landed a kick straight at the tree that Viswa was hiding behind.
*CRACK*
Viswa could hear the tree cracking and immediately dodged. The captive also sensed and was about to roll to the side, but Viswa kicked up back under the tree, making him take the full impact.
"AAHHHHHH…"
He spat out blood and felt like his lungs were being crushed. Viswa took the chance and started running and while doing that, he took a glimpse at his attackers. There are around ten of them and right now they are blocking the exit route out of the Circle 2 forest.
So, he is running deeper into the forest.
"Fucking hell. I need to be out by morning. I should get these guys off my tail."
He muttered to himself as he evaded the coming arrows.
The ten people that are pursuing him seemed relentless. Viswa didn't know how many things they have carried. But the flying axes, are coming at him along with the arrows and he is barely able to dodge.
If not for the terrain, then he would have been done for by then. Soon he arrived at an area where the density of trees is higher. He hurriedly climbed the tree by barely dodging a few arrows and then tried to disappear within those branches.
But the next move of the group shocked him.
"Fuck it. Don't hold back. We are going to chase him to the edge of Circle 2 if we have to. Let's see if he will climb the fence and go to Circle 3 or die in our hands."
Viswa who heard this was stunned on the spot.
He almost wanted to scream that these fuckers are crazy and even before he could do that, he already saw some arrows flying towards him. He dodged and jumped to another tree.
Viswa started thinking rapidly. There are two routes for him, one is exactly as that guy said, towards the edge of Circle 2. That means it is the border of Circle 3.
Viswa could climb the fence and sneak into Circle 3, but he would die because of the beasts and Circle 3 border is also a bit far away.
The other path is to go to the lake nearby and try to take these guys down one by one. From his experience, the closer they are to the lake the more the beasts are and the easier it would be for him.
It is a Circle 2 Beast. He didn't hesitate and immediately jumped off the tree. The Boar noticed him and got ready to attack, Viswa gritted his teeth and lunged forward, he dodged the attack from the boar and caught a hold of some of its hair.
He forcefully pulled it off.
*ROAR*
The boar roared in pain and it lost its mind for a second. It couldn't even think straight and charged forward. The attackers saw the boar charging at them and were caught off guard. One of the archers who was about to shoot another arrow was smashed by the boar.
Viswa got onto a tree and looked behind. The boar was already pissed off and it is relentless about the attacks. The guy who got hit was left behind with another guy to deal with the boar while the rest pursued Viswa.
Viswa ran forward without wasting much time. He decided to take the route to the lake. If he is narrowed towards Circle 3, he would indeed not have any other option. He would either have to climb the fence or he would have to fight these guys.
Lake seemed to be the best option.
Viswa decided to just do that, but as he tried to change his route, he got hit by an arrow on his arm.
He swiftly broke the stem of the arrow and let the tip still be there. He didn't know if it hit a vein, if he did he would bleed out.
He just held the arm while running.
Meanwhile, the two attackers are not having an easy time fighting the boar. It seemed to be of a pretty high level even among the Circle 2 beasts.
"What the fuck is wrong with this? Why is a Boar this strong all of a sudden?"
One of them asked while panting.
"I also feel the same way, is it because we are exhausted? We are indeed running for a long time."
"Maybe, let's just try to take it down. Even if we can't kill it quickly, let's make it slower."
Both of them cooperated and attacked the limbs of the Boar, but at this moment, all of a sudden, the Boar's eyes turned red. They are like two burning coals and it looked to a certain direction within the forest and tried to move towards it.
Even when its hind legs are bleeding are in no position to move, it is dragging those legs while moving.
"Is it escaping one of the attackers asked?"
He felt a chill down his spine as he looked at the Boar for some reason he felt like he would be killed if he disturbed it.
They exchanged a glance and decided to not pursue it.