56 Trapping the soldiers

Chapter 56 Trapping the soldiers

Author: M_W Cancer

Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral

The night was fast approaching. Fortunately, Leo and the others have successfully found an empty cave in a hidden corner.

The cave was in a corner with thick bushes at both sides and a tree trunk blocking its view at the cave's entrance from outside. It was a really good hiding spot. Other people would not be able to notice it easily unless they try to look really hard for its existence or they already knew such a cave existed.

Getting inside the cave, Leo quickly told the girls to clean up the place first as he walked outside. He wasn't trying to ditch them since it was cleaning, but instead, he plans 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 immediately started looking around his surrounding while trying to make up a plan in his mind on where to set up the traps.

In just a few minutes of thinking, Leo had finally thought of a plan.

Leo swiftly moved towards a tree on the right side of their cave as he squats down and examined the thickness of the soil.

"Not too soft and not too hard, perfect for setting up a hole!" Leo said 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 was currently inside the cave, so he wasn't afraid of his trump card being noticed by anyone. Moreover, the Earth Elemental was 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. Afterwards, he proceeds to set up more traps around 20 meters in diameter from their cave.

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Meanwhile, those soldiers from before were slowly approaching Leo's location.

Although all of them didn't really have any 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 Beast is 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 out 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 them around the areas with potential caves. I'm sure that one of those caves is their hiding spot. After finding out which cave they are hiding, we will then 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 the soldier's location, Leo was coincidentally observing them.

After setting up the traps, Leo immediately went to where they had come from before to check whether he could find some searching soldiers around. He had already expected that those escorting soldiers had found out that they had escaped, so he wanted to know whether they're already nearby or not. He wasn't really expecting any result, but unexpectedly, though, he had found five soldiers fifty meters away from their cave.

"They are unexpectedly 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 quickly thought of setting a trap for the five soldiers using the Magical Beast around. Although, he wanted to eliminate them quickly using his Earth Elemental, however, by doing so would only reveal their general location and plan the moment the bodies were found out. Hence, using the Magical Beast around would surely make the others think that the five soldiers have unfortunately been killed due to being attacked by Magical Beast.

The moment Leo started moving, darkness was also slowly engulfing the light in his surrounding. Night has finally arrived, and the Magical Beast living in the Yellow Forest was finally more active now.

Leo quickly followed behind the five soldiers secretly. Though it was already night, he was still going to eliminate the five soldiers. He had 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.

The moment the five soldiers get inside a cave, Leo had quickly killed a Magical Beast Rat hiding behind a bush nearby him. He was planning to use the Magical Beast 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 in order to attack other Magical Beast.

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.

Afterwards, Leo quickly left the area as he hides himself 20 meters away from the cave, in a location that allows him to have a good view around the cave while at the same time remained being hidden.

Finally, the five soldiers left the cave.

Just like what Leo had expected, Magical Beast was already attracted to the cave.

Seven Yellow Fur Wolf has quickly appeared around the cave. The wolves had also noticed the five soldiers' existence as soon as they exited the cave.

"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 Fur Wolf surrounding them.

"Prepare for a retreat!" The leader quickly ordered, making the four soldiers with him slowly move towards the location where they had walked before.

The leader was planning to regroup with the others after being able to successfully escape from the seven Yellow Fur Wolf if they could, though...

No longer able to hold themselves back, the seven Yellow Fur Wolves swiftly jumped towards 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 from behind the shield.

*Pluck! *Pluck!

The two wolves were easily pierced to their heads, then straight towards their brain, hence quickly ending their lives.

The leader of the soldiers naturally didn't just stand behind while ordering around. He had also kited two 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 wolf being slashed quickly back away, not planning to allow the leader of the soldier to slash its body. However, the wolf had also left the other wolf that was hit by the shield behind.

The leader of the soldier quickly grabbed the chance. While that wolf 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 Beast towards us!" The leader immediately ordered after chopping the wolf's head. He wasn't stupid to really think that they were going to win the battle despite easily killing the wolves.

Although they had the advantage at this moment, that was only because there were only seven Yellow Fur Wolf around. With the years of his experience in being a soldier, he was long aware that this is just the beginning. The longer they stayed, the more Magical Beast would arrive because of the blood, hence finally making their situation disadvantage.

So, the leader wanted to quickly escape from their place.

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, hehehe!" Leo said before he finally decided 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 will happen, he was no longer able to stay any longer since more Magical Beast was moving to his location already.