352 AN AMBUSH

It has been five days since they left the safety place and now, Senja's small group would cross the borders.

Except her way to trick Elder Dam to get a carriage for her, Senja didn't regret it even a bit, because along the way there were not any village that they could find and all of these five straight nights they had been sleeping in the open clearing. Sometimes, Elder Dam would sleep while sitting inside the carriage as well.

See? It's more convenient to travel with it…

Tomorrow they would meet with the rest of the Shadow Guards, there were hundreds of them that would be waiting in the border. Apparently the soldiers who would be guarding the gate were the Shadow Guards from the Black Sword Clan who still pledge their loyalty toward Elder Dam. So, they could cross without much trouble. Or, that was what they thought.

Senja's wake up when she heard Yoda's voice was calling out her name again and again. There was an urge in his tone, that Senja could feel the moment she was somber.

"What happen?" Senja asked while rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She looked around her surrounding and the dim orange light from which past trough the window of the carriage, indicating it was still early in the morning as the sun not yet fully rose in the horizon.

"We are ambush…" Yoda spoke in dreadful tone, his voice was a little bit shaky.

Senja fully woke up when she heard Yoda's information. "We are what?" She asked, but didn't wait for the answer before she open the curtain behind Yoda's seat and looked around her.

The moment Senja's eyes were laid down on the situation surround her, she gasped in horror.

In the clearing, surrounding their group of four people there were no less than a hundred soldiers with Wang Yu on the front line.

They were completely surrounded.

"Senja, stay inside." Elder Dam said sternly from beside her carriage before he got off from his horse. Senja nodded as she looked at her grandfather with worry.

"Yoda, whom army they are?" Senja whispered softly to Yoda. She could sense that they didn't come from the Black Sword Clan, because there was no feeling of respect when they watched Elder Dam, the usual respect feeling that Shadow Guard felt upon Elder Dam.

"From the bow they are bringing I guess they are come from the Golden Arrow Archer of the Crown Prince Xiao Wang Wei." Yoda whispered back at Senja.

Immediately an understanding dawn on her, this wasn't the first time Senja encountered this group of archer. The first time she met them was when they foiled Xiao Wang Wei's plan to trade the fifty one children with L Clan in the Marple Forest.

Sure enough, that Crown Prince has his way to get at them. This was blind spot of their plan, they failed to see something like this came at their way.

Senja directed her eyes at Wang Yu. She zeroed her eyes on him, sensing his feeling and trying to figure out what he would do next. He was doing the same, got off from his horse and approached his father in the middle.

A few meter away from Senja's carriage, Elder Dam and Wang Yu approached each other in the middle, they kept their distance when eventually both of them stopped walking.

"Father, I will bring you to see the Emperor." Wang Yu said solemnly, his expression was devoid from any emotion.

"What if I refuse?" Elder Dam scoffed. "I didn't remember raising you to be a pathetic man like you are now."

The corner of Wang Yu's lips form into a devilish smirked. "I did what I have to do…" He sneered.

Senja couldn't hear their conversation from her place, but she could concentrate to Wang Yu intention and the answered made Senja's heart thumping frantically. "Grandfather, careful!!!" Senja shouted out loud in Elder Dam direction.

It was a killing intent that she felt from Wang Yu and it was the determine one.

Like on cue, Wang Yu swiped his sword toward Elder Dam's neck. Didn't think his own son would try to assassinate him, Elder Dam's reaction was a bit late, yet it was still lucky of him. Instead of cut off his head, the sword brushed past his neck and created a cut on it.

Immediately, blood was oozing out from the wound. He jumped back to put another meter away from Wang Yu and unsheathed his sword, ready for battle. "You really want to kill me." Elder Dam said in dangerous low voice while wiping the blood from his neck.

The two guards that they brought along with them were standing beside Elder Dam with anticipation. Yoda followed this gestured and stood beside the carriage with sword unsheathed.

Meanwhile Senja jumped from the carriage and stood beside Yoda, sword on her hand and her red dagger was hiding between the ripple of her dress. She cursed herself for wearing a dress in time like this.

Senja looked around her with menacing glare. No matter what she would do, she was quite pessimism that the four of them could fight a hundred of the Golden Arrow Archer and survived from it.