Matcha stood there dumbstruck. Then, realizing what I just said, she instinctively took a step back and started falling!
I thought of killing myself, to have gone through all that and yet… this dumb girl!
“Slash!”
Purple Dawn Boots stepping on snow, I got there within a couple of strides. With no hesitation I rushed over to the spot where Matcha fell and immediately jumped down. Finding Matcha, I quickly grabbed Matcha’s arm and held onto it tightly!
“Boss….”
Matcha lifted her head and looked at me, her eyes were all red, “I’m useless…”
I flashed a sunny smile, “How could you say that, you’ve proved your worth!”
“I…”
Without waiting for Matcha to finish talking, I pierced the mountain side with my sword. I needed to slow our falling speed to have even a chance of survival. Otherwise we would fall to our death like Liu Ying and the rest. We wouldn’t even get our dropped equipment back!
“Clang Clang Clang…”
The sword made an ear-piercing sound as it carved into the rock surface. I hugged Matcha as we slipped further down. Suddenly, we moved away from the cliff and our bodies were in the air as we rapidly descended 100 meters!
“Boss, there is a dried vine!” Matcha shouted out.
I quickly yelled back, “Hold onto me!”
Matcha extended her arms and quickly hugged me. At the same time, I reached out and grabbed onto the dried vine. As we slid down we heard a loud, “bang”, and the vine snapped. It could not support our weight since it had been dry for too long. In a panic I tried to wildly grab something. “Peng” Our fall suddenly stopped. Lifting my head to take a look, I saw that I grabbed a protruding rock. However, it was very sharp and my palm was pierced by it.
“Drip…Drip…”
Drops of fresh red blood fell from my palm onto Matcha’s nose. She looked at me and then at the rock. With red eyes that were on the verge of tears she asked, “Boss, does it hurt?”
I clenched my teeth, “Nope, piece of cake….”
“Boss….”
I looked ahead and said, “Matcha, the dried vine did not grow from the rock surface. It extends out from the cliff. Look for the roots of the vines, that can be our hiding spot.”
“Yes…”
Matcha looked around with her pair of pretty eyes. Suddenly she pointed with a finger, “Boss, quickly look, the dried vines are coming out from a cave. It’s about 3 meters away from us.”
“Okay, let’s climb up!”
I used the dagger that was dropped by an Assassin to stab into the protruding rock. Then I slowly climbed towards the cave as I used all my strength, and then some, to carry Matcha into the cave. The cave was very shallow, only a few meters across. But we were out of combat, which was good news because we could use a City Return Scroll to return to the city now.
“Boss…”
Matcha knelt in front of me. Holding my hand with hers, she looked over the wound on it, “This wound doesn’t look like it will heal easily. You need a Healer to cast [Therapy] right?”
I nodded, “No problem, this is a light wound. It won’t affect my stats.”
“Okay, does it hurt?”
“It doesn’t!”
“Hehe…”
“What does your “Hehe” mean….”
“……”
……
Matcha’s pair of pointy ears perked up; Wind Elves’ senses were very keen. She smiled slightly, “The players from [Wrath of the Heroes] are still hunting for us, what do we do? Do we return to the city or wait here for a bit?”
“Your choice.” I returned the Frost Rain Sword back to its sheath.
“Okay, let us play around here for a bit. Hehee, let us accompany those dummies…”
“Sure.”
Matcha stood up, and from within the cave she picked up some dried twigs. Standing in front of me, she said, “It is cold here, how about we start a fire to keep warm!”
“Too bad there is no lighter.”
“No problem, we can learn from the caveman. The hand-drill method!”
“Fine, drill away!”
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