Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 531: Surprise Attack

Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Surprise Attack

They hurriedly moved the food, fearful that another second’s delay would bring another attack.

Relentlessly, icy river water poured into the sides of the ship’s cabin. Shen Wenchen and his group could do nothing but scramble to move the food out.

This was Yan City’s life-saving food ration; not a grain of it could be lost.

In the shadows lurked the monsters, their unblinking eyes fixated on their movements, seemingly analyzing whether to attack or not.

Those outside the city had already been devoured almost to the last. If they didn’t storm the city soon, food for everyone would become scarcer.

Considering their comrade, who just got his face blasted, they held back their intentions for now.

What that thing was, they still did not know.

The burnt bluish-grey skin peeled away, revealing raw, crimson flesh underneath. Its yellow layer of fat gradually whitened, making it look disgustingly nauseating.

The thing wasn’t very powerful, but that didn’t make it any less troublesome for them.

The city gates were heavily guarded, with blazing fires driving away the darkness. People standing atop the city wall had a clear view of the situation below.

There was no sound of wind; everything seemed to have halted.

The hand clutching the weapon was already slightly sweaty. Just when everyone was becoming increasingly anxious, a faint rustling sound came from the woods outside the city.

Everyone sensed something was wrong and stared intently in that direction with serious expressions.

The General had said that they must resist and not let a single one of those things into the city.

The rustling sound was getting closer and finally stopped near the city gate.

The people on the city wall involuntarily swallowed their saliva, then picked up their slingshots, waiting for those things to show themselves.

"Thump——"

At the sound of this thump, everyone’s attention was drawn over.

They saw a round object being thrown out from the woods and rolling along the mud for a while.

When they saw clearly what was beneath, cold sweat emerged from their backs.

It was a human head.

A human head, stripped of its skin.

Blood flowed along the trail left by the head, staining the earth. The sight of the bloodied, dirtied skull was horrifying.

The yellow-red mass where the eyes should have been was now empty, leaving only two black holes staring at the people on the wall.

As everyone’s attention was drawn to the skull, a monster managed to climb upwards. Aze discovered it just as it was about to reach the top of the city wall.

The young man drew his bow and fitted an arrow, on the tip of which was tied a small round ball, making it look somewhat bizarre.

The monster didn’t have time to react. Aze had already released his arrow.

The moment the arrowhead entered the monster’s body, a flame erupted from it.

The flame attached to its clothes and rapidly engulfed its body. It gave out a miserable scream, followed by the sound of a heavy body hitting the ground.

Just when Aze was relishing in the successful takedown of a monster, he felt a painful sensation in his back.

At some point unknown to him, a monster had quietly landed behind him.

His back was burning with pain. Aze’s face twisted in agony, and for a moment, he was rendered speechless.

That thing had literally gouged out a piece of his flesh with its fingernails!

The previously listless monster suddenly gave Aze a wolfish grin, then lifted its hand and popped its fingers into its mouth.

Tasting the flesh scrapped off by its fingernail, it seemed to enjoy it as a human delicacy. Its eyes widened, and its vertical pupils narrowed even further, appearing very excited.

Seeing it about to slam its palm down again, Aze could only clench his teeth, roll on the ground, and narrowly avoid the attack.

Looking at its increasingly excited appearance, Aze cursed in his heart.

This damn thing is really a monster!

"Aze, dodge it!"

Seeing Aze disappearing, Third Master turned his head and saw the monster that had somehow made it to the city wall.

He quickly drew his bow and aimed an arrow towards it.

The monster moved swiftly, leaping backward to dodge the arrow.

"Brother Three, be careful!"

Aze muttered, wincing and clutching his wound.

"Are you ok?"

Third Master uttered while swinging his broadsword at the monster.

He had said it before, he wasn’t a good shot. Only his broadsword had weight in it!

The skirmish between man and monster went on for a few rounds. Seeing Third Master pushed against the city wall by the monster, Aze gritted his teeth, got up from the ground, picked up a long stick from the side, and swung it over.

Third Master, sharp-eyed, ducked in sync, and the monster was swatted down by Aze.

"Damn, how can this monster move so quickly!"

Third Master rubbed his shoulder and spat out with a curse.

Not only was the creature fast, but it was also strong.

"Brother Three, thanks for just now." While sucking in a breath of cold air, Aze thanked him.

"No need for thanks, we’re brothers."

Third Master, while conversing, hacked down another monster attempting to climb up.

"Brother Three, what’s that on you?"

Aze looked at the large black stain on Third Master’s clothes and hesitated.

He remembered that there was nothing on it in the afternoon.

"Must’ve been dirtied," Third Master looked at the stain on his waist and said nonchalantly.

"No, it resembles the stuff sticking to the monsters."

Aze recalled the early scene and got closer to sniff as if wanting to verify something.

The familiar putrid odor shot up his nose, and Aze, resisting the urge to vomit, began to speak.

"That is... that is the oil from those monsters!"

Having lived in Da Tian village exterminating rats, he was very familiar with the strange characteristics of these rats.

One of the most peculiar things was that their bodies would be coated with a layer of black oil. Once that oil sticks to the skin, one would be completely weak with red swelling in less than one hour. Later, he found that this black oil was flammable. This discovery alleviated many problems in subsequent rat exterminations.

Combining the fact that these monsters were also afraid of fire allowed a realization to dawn on Aze.

He didn’t care about his injury anymore, Aze picked up a bow from the side and aimed at another monster.

This time he watched carefully. After seeing that the arrowhead ignited the moment it touched the monster’s skin, he broke into a hearty laughter as if he had discovered a great treasure.

"What are you laughing about? Hurry up and get your wound dressed."

After attempting several times, those monsters realized they could not make it to the top and simply turned around and returned to the woods without any hesitation.

Watching them leave, Third Master finally breathed a sigh of relief. He recalled Aze’s reaction earlier and was somewhat worried.

Could it be that the monsters’ claws were poisonous? Did the kid get poisoned?

Sure enough, before Aze could share his discovery, he became unconscious due to the fever caused by the poison.

All four gates of the city were attacked. Fortunately, they were prepared in advance. Apart from those who were injured, there were no casualties.

On the contrary, the monsters lost seven of their own.