The First Military God of the Border

"What happened? Did we lose them?"

Zhao Hong looked around, cursing.

"Captain, we were right behind them, how did they disappear in the blink of an eye?"

"Captain, look, the footsteps disappeared here."

"Go ahead and look for it. What's the point of all this nonsense?"

Another soldier grumbled, "This is unbelievable! A perfectly healthy man just vanished like that. If we can't catch Lin Hui, how are we going to explain this to the general?"

"Shut the fuck up, all of you."

Zhao Hong lowered his voice and cursed, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and find someone, quick..."

But before Zhao Hong could finish speaking, an arrow flew from the shadows. The arrow came with a whooshing sound and, by the time it was noticed, it had already pierced straight into the head of a soldier.

Without any resistance, a battle-hardened border soldier died a gruesome death.

"He's lurking in the shadows, get out of the way..."

The remaining few immediately became alarmed and hurriedly began to scatter and hide.

Zhao Hong moved quickly, hiding behind a boulder in no time. His face was grim, and he cursed, "Lin Hui...you bastard."

"I know it's you. Come out. Even if you killed one person in a sneak attack, there are still four of us. You are no match for us."

"Come out, we can talk things over."

The forest was deathly silent; not even the sound of wild animals could be heard.

Only the snow, reflecting a pure white light under the sunlight...

"Lin Hui, you killed two border soldiers; this is a capital offense."

"Come out now, and I guarantee your family's survival."

"Otherwise, if we catch you, you and the entire Sigou Village will be implicated."

"Yeah?"

Lin Hui's voice rang out, but it didn't come from just one direction; it came from all directions, making it impossible for Zhao Hong to pinpoint Lin Hui's location.

Zhao Hong looked around, but couldn't see Lin Hui anywhere.

"Lin Hui, don't try to mislead us. If you don't surrender obediently, don't blame us for capturing your wife."

You'd better think this through.

Lin Hui's voice came again, icy cold and filled with killing intent: "I originally wanted to leave you with a complete corpse, but now, you're actually using my family to blackmail me."

"Then none of you will leave this mountain alive today. Once I kill you all, the wild beasts will devour you all, leaving not even a bone fragment. Who will know what happened here then?"

Zhao Hong felt a chill in his heart. Lin Hui was in the shadows, while they were in the open. Although they had the advantage in numbers, Lin Hui's archery skills were unparalleled, and he truly had the ability to wipe them all out.

At this moment, Zhao Hong regretted it.

Why give the captain such a terrible idea, only to get yourself into trouble in the end?

After some thought, Zhao Hong decided to first soften his stance and lure Lin Hui out so he could make his move later.

"Lin...Lin Hui, Brother Lin, this is all a misunderstanding..."

Zhao Hong's voice wasn't loud, but he spoke much more politely: "Come out, let's have a good talk. I was wrong last time at Shiweitian Restaurant; I shouldn't have had such malicious intentions."

"Okay, I'll apologize to you. As for killing the border soldiers and such, no one saw it, so who would know, right?"

"Let's each take a step back and become friends. I, Zhao Hong, swear to God that I will never mention today's events again."

Upon hearing this, Lin Hui laughed, his laughter filled with disdain, which made Zhao Hong feel uneasy.

"Zhao Hong, you've been following me for so long, haven't you? Just here to kill me?"

"Now that your own lives are threatened, you're finally thinking about reconciliation?"

"Too late."

"Don't think I don't know your little schemes. It's useless. Today, I will kill you all."

"Lin Hui, don't push your luck. So what if you're an expert marksman? We outnumber you, do you think you can kill them all?"

But Lin Hui had already changed position, circled around to the side, and shot an arrow that struck the border soldier in the neck. The arrow pierced through his neck, and he tried to struggle, but just as he stumbled to his feet, he fell down again and died.

Zhao Hong and the other two were completely dumbfounded and panicked when they saw this scene.

"run?"

"What if I get shot?"

"Not running?"

"That's a lamb to the slaughter."

The three exchanged a glance, then rushed out together, running down the mountain as if their lives depended on it.

Zhao Hong was tall and strong, had the highest combat power, and was the fastest runner, so he quickly left the two behind him behind.

Soon, Zhao Hong, who was running, heard a scream behind him, and one of his brothers fell down.

Zhao Hong dared not stop and continued running, but soon there was another scream, and the last brother fell down.

Now, he's the only one left.

Despite Zhao Hong's usual arrogance, at this moment, he was so frightened that his legs went weak.

In a moment of panic, he suddenly jumped forward, tripped over a tree branch, and fell to the ground in the snow, rolling twice before stopping.

Just as he was about to stand up and continue running, he felt a sharp pain in his calf; his leg had been broken.

He could only limp forward and keep running, crawling when he couldn't run anymore, driven by a single belief: to survive.

But will Lin Hui give him that opportunity?

will not.

Behind him, a crunching sound came from the snow.

Lin Hui had arrived. He calmly stepped on Zhao Hong's broken leg, and Zhao Hong instantly felt excruciating pain, his screams echoing through the mountains.

He struggled and begged for mercy: "Please, don't kill me. I have an eighty-year-old mother and a five-year-old child. If I die, they will starve to death."

"Don't kill me! I don't know anything. You didn't kill the border soldiers, you didn't kill my men. They were all killed by the Northern Barbarians on their way out. It has nothing to do with you."

"If you let me go, I can help you cover it up, I promise..."

Lin Hui didn't respond, but instead asked, "I remember you came to Sigou Village before. Tell me, what was your team doing in our village that time?"

Zhao Hong was taken aback, wondering why Lin Hui was asking this, but he still replied, "Last time, two of my brothers went missing. It just so happens that Sigou Village is not far from where they disappeared, so we came to investigate."

Lin Hui chuckled: "I can tell you now that you're right. Those two who killed innocent people and claimed credit for it were indeed killed by me."

"Now, you can go down and reunite."

He took out the dagger given to him by Ling Ziyi from his waist, and with a swift motion, slashed across Zhao Hong's neck, leaving only a faint mark where the sharp blade passed.

A spurt of blood shot out, the warm blood melting a patch of snow.

Lin Hui wiped the blood off the dagger from Zhao Hong's body, put it away, and then examined Zhao Hong's body again.

This kid had a lot of weapons on him. Lin Hui found four short swords, one long sword, and a three-stone iron bow on his back.

Of course, there were also quite a few arrows, a full thirty, with willow-leaf arrowheads and triangular arrowheads, making them extremely lethal.

They then took the weapons from the other corpses one by one.

Finally, I found a suitable place to hide it. It would be such a waste to throw away such a good weapon; I might need it someday.

After finishing everything, Lin Hui sat on the snow and ate some of the dried meat he had brought with him, enjoying the cold snow.

Having replenished my energy, I looked at the sun's altitude and estimated that it was about time.

They started walking towards their new home.

Tonight, a bloodbath will be annihilated at Anjia...