Volume 2 The Executioner Chapter 103: Desperate Situation (Part 1)
"Asshole!"
While cursing, Ogata cut the neck of the samurai who had attacked him.
The continuous severe pain coming from his thigh made Ogata gasp.
The pain in his thigh almost made Ogata unable to maintain the state of "Origin's Breathing".
After gritting his teeth, holding back the pain and trying hard to maintain the "Source of Breathing", Ogata quickly evacuated from the spot, looking for new lone enemies and opportunities to attack them.
Fortunately, although he was stabbed in the thigh, the wound was not deep and did not have much impact on Ogata's actions.
From the beginning, Ogata has been wanting to open his system interface to add points.
But the current fierce battlefield does not allow Ogata to do so.
Pulling out the system interface is equivalent to being distracted.
In the current situation where there are enemies on all sides, whether he is fighting against the enemy or running to create a one-on-one opportunity, a moment of distraction may result in Ogata's injury or death.
Not to mention pulling out the system interface, Ogata didn't even have time to catch his breath. After he killed one person, another came. After he killed a pair, another pair came.
Four more warriors attacked Ogata.
Muga Nito-ryu is a sword technique that excels at fighting one against many.
Ogata uses the Muga Nito-ryu and will not be at a disadvantage even if he fights several enemies at the same time.
Ogata brandished his two swords, relying on them to form an impenetrable "solid wall" to block the attacks of every samurai.
While defending, Ogata also actively fought back against the four enemies.
Two flashes of the knife killed the two enemies in front of him.
Just when Ogata was about to kill the remaining two enemies, he suddenly heard several sharp sounds of breaking wind coming towards him.
As if it was a conditioned reflex, Ogata quickly moved his body to the side.
The moment Ogata dodged sideways, several arrows brushed past his body.
One of the arrows flew directly past Ogata's neck.
As it flew past Ogata's neck, it directly took away a layer of flesh on Ogata's neck, and blood immediately flowed down the new wound on Ogata's neck.
“Damn it…!” Ogata cursed in a low voice, so loud that only he could hear it, “It’s the archer…!”
After dodging the arrows shot by the archers, Ogata did not dare to delay any longer. He used all his strength to chop down the last two warriors who were blocking him. Then he immediately left the place and hid in a dense bush nearby.
After escaping from the spot, Ogata immediately looked in the direction where the arrow had just been shot.
Soon, Ogata discovered the location of the archers.
Five archers squatted on the trunk of a big tree, holding longbows and aiming in the direction of Ogata.
Ogata had successfully killed many of Matsudaira Gennai's guards.
It is certainly a good thing that the number of enemies is reduced.
But the reduction in the number of people actually has both advantages and disadvantages for Ogata.
If there are too many people, it will be difficult to take advantage of the numbers.
In a complex environment like a forest, the advantage of numbers is suppressed to the lowest level.
The length of the arm plus the length of the sword, swinging the sword with your body as the center - just imagining it, you will know how dangerous it is to stand side by side with someone holding a sword.
If you are not careful, you may easily hurt your companions by mistake.
Since the battle began, Ogata has witnessed many idiots who accidentally hurt their companions.
Not only that - the samurai standing in front of Ogata would sometimes choose to retreat because they were afraid of fighting or in order to temporarily adjust the distance between themselves and Ogata.
The people behind didn't know that the people in front wanted to retreat. They were dazzled by the high reward offered by Matsudaira Gennai, and they just kept pushing forward.
People in the front want to move back, and people behind want to squeeze forward - chaos is inevitable.
At the same time, because there were so many people, it was difficult for archers to aim.
However, as Ogata continued to kill Matsudaira Gennai's guards and reduced the number of enemies, these problems were gradually solved.
As the number of people decreased and it became less crowded, the chaos began to subside, and it became easier for the guards of Matsudaira Gennai to cooperate with each other.
Moreover, because of the reduction in the number of people, it became much easier for the archers to aim , and the archers were able to gradually begin to exert their combat power.
——No... We have to find a way to get rid of the archers...
Ogata didn't think that in his current state, he could fight against the enemies that kept appearing from all directions while dealing with the archers' sniper attacks.
After confirming the location of the archers, Osamu relied on each big tree and jumped from the shade of one big tree to the shade of another big tree.
In this way, moving between obstacles, he approached the archers little by little.
And Ogata's approach to the archers was destined to be full of hardships.
Because there are still many, many enemies on the ground...
Ogata did not count how many enemies he had killed.
According to his rough estimate, there were about 30 people.
Ogata has never loved the forest as much as he does now.
It is thanks to this forest that Ogata has a wide enough and complex enough space to run and look for one-on-one opportunities.
If he were to face off against hundreds of samurai on an endless prairie or desert, Ogata felt that he might not be able to kill even 10 of them and would be chopped into meat sauce by the enemies.
However... even though he had killed so many enemies, Ogata still felt that the enemies around him seemed endless...
No matter how many people were killed, there were always more coming.
Another samurai raised his katana and chopped towards Ogata.
Ogata wanted to use the stepping technique of Muga Nito-ryu to dodge the samurai's attack.
However, just as he took half a step to the side with his left foot, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in the wound on his left leg, causing Ogata to stop in his tracks.
Unable to dodge, Ogata could only raise the wakizashi in his left hand and use the blade to counterattack and block the samurai's downward blow.
clang!
Ogata's left palm was numb from the shock.
At this moment, Ogata heard several sharp sounds of breaking wind coming towards him again.
--Oops!
Ogata wanted to dodge immediately, but it was too late.
The archers' timing of shooting was really perfect.
He took advantage of the moment when Ogata was blocking someone else's attack and started shooting.
Five arrows cut through the air and flew towards Ogata.
Four of them dug into the ground at Ogata's feet.
The remaining one shot into Ogata's left shoulder.
"Well--!"
The pain coming from his left shoulder made Ogata couldn't help but let out a low cry of pain.
"Hahhhhh!" Ogata turned the pain into a roar. He exerted force with his left arm to push away the sword on the wakizashi. Then he swung the katana in his right hand horizontally and cut open the belly of the samurai in front of him.
The battle was so intense that Ogata couldn't even pull out the arrow that had pierced his shoulder.
Just as he killed the warrior in front of him, several more warriors came towards him to kill him.
Ogata ignored these new enemies that came towards him.
He now had only one thought - to get rid of those archers as soon as possible.
He jumped and leaped towards the direction where the archers were.
After confirming that the archers squatting on the tree trunks had entered his attack range, Ogata immediately picked up a large stone on the ground and threw it at them.
