There were more than ten people in the group behind them, and another group of ten were on their way toward them as well. The situation was very dire; they might even die!
Luacs swung his machete at the arm of the person in front of him. The man fell onto the ground as he cried out in anguish. Then, Luacs sent the man flying with a neat kick.
Driven by his quick judgment, Luacs commanded in a low voice, “Caleb, take them with you and stay behind me. Make a run for it when you can!”
The group almost had them surrounded, and he was only one person. If another group were to arrive, he would definitely lose control of the situation.
Caleb was petrified when he saw the blood on the floor. He did not expect the fight to get so nasty. Even though he had been in fights before, they were nothing more than a few rounds of punches. However, that fight was different. How could he not be paranoid when machetes were involved?
“Caleb!” Luacs bellowed. He had defeated two more members of the group, and he was about to charge forward. However, he noticed that Caleb was so dumbstruck that he could not move.
Caleb finally snapped back into reality when he felt something hit his chest. He managed to catch hold of it hastily, and as he looked down, he realized that it was a blood-covered machete. He almost fainted from the shock.
“Run!” Elena stood closest to him, and she had managed to grab the machete. She stood in front of them as if to protect them from the hooligans.
“Quick, follow Luacs’s pace. I’ll cover our retreat!”
Caleb had never been in such a fight. Luacs had always been to one to handle any physical altercations in the past. Needless to say, that machete almost gave him a heart attack!
Elena gave Caleb a hard shove, and he had no time for any hesitation. He immediately grabbed Layla and took cover behind Mu Luacs. Even though Luacs could easily block the threats in front of them, it was too hard for him to lead the group to safety.
Those people were smart, and they had pin-pointed the weak links in their little group. It was the three people behind Luacs. One of the thugs had managed to slip past them, and he aimed his knife at Elena.
“Elena!” Layla was shocked, but she wanted to rush to Elena’s rescue. However, Caleb managed to stop her in the nick of time. Then he sped head-first toward that person.
“Argh…” Caught by Caleb’s surprise attack, the man toppled to the ground. Caleb also almost collapsed to the ground because of the momentum.
“Are you okay?” Elena wanted to reach out to Caleb, but she had to abort that idea when another person approached from the other side.
“Look out, Elena!” Layla’s knees buckled when she saw two men aimed their machetes at Elena. Elena also trembled at that sight, but she had no other choice. She had to be tough and try to fight off those attackers.
Caleb turned around and zoomed forward as he roared! He was a man. Even if he could not win in that fight, he could not let Elena face them alone!
“Caleb!” That fool was a one-trick pony.
Those people had been prepared when they saw him knock their other member with his head. They got ready to swing the machete on his head! That fool!
Elena’s heart clenched in fright. She raised the machete in her hand and dashed forward. “Caleb, move!”
How could Caleb move aside? He would never cower behind a lady in that situation! Metals clanged as Elena’s machete slashed on the other man’s blade, and the unexpected force caused the man to release his weapon. The man had failed to attack Caleb’s head, and Caleb had managed to knock him over instead.
Elena’s wrist quivered in pain. She could no longer hold the machete firmly. Another man had crept up to her with a weapon in his hand. She did not have any time to catch her breath, and she felt as if she was at a dead-end!
Her wrist ached fiercely. She wanted to raise the machete to block the attack, but she had missed the timing. Swoosh! She heard it as the weapon sliced across flesh, and she could smell blood as well. However, she was not in pain!
“Caleb…” Elena stared at Caleb, who had landed at her side. Her eyes went wide in terror.
“No… Not me…” Caleb was also petrified, but he was not the one who got hurt.
“Luacs…” Layla’s attention turned to Luacs, who was still engaged in the fight. Her eyes were red, and tears started to puddle when she saw a bloodied cut on Luacs’s arm.
He had taken the blow that was meant for Elena, but he did not grunt in pain or slowed his pace. He stood in front of his friends again with a machete in his hand. Elena bit her lips. It did not take her long to figure out what had happened. Her grip tightened on the knife as she stood behind her friends.
“Layla, quick! Go get help!”
By then, another group of thugs had arrived. They were filled with fury, and they were ready for a fight. Even though there were four people in Elena’s little group, Luacs was the only one who could fight against those people. They could not hold on for much longer. Eventually, those thugs would overwhelm them.
They would have to call for help and try to hang on until the police arrived. It was the only way to survive the attack!
Layla’s senses came back to her. Without a moment of hesitation, she yelled on top of her lungs, “Help! Murder! Help! Help!”
The groups of hooligans panicked when Layla called out for help. If they could not subdue those kids before the police arrived, they would be doomed!
“Get the girl with the knife!” Someone suddenly roared. A few of them marched toward Elena as Luacs furrowed his eyebrows in anxiousness. He had just driven two people away from them before he realized that a group of thugs had surrounded Elena.
One of the thugs tried to slash Elena with his knife. That action was swift, accurate, and firm, and they showed her no mercy at all. It was apparent that they wanted to take Elena’s life!
Luacs swung his machete and managed to block the first attack. Then, with a flick of his arm, he threw his blade at the second guy, and it cut the guy’s shoulder. However, he could not stop the third thug.
“Elena!” Layla was horrified. Her legs buckled, and she dropped onto the ground in a loud thud. Caleb wanted to launch ahead to protect her, but he was too late. He could only stare helplessly as the guy aimed for Elena’s head.
Elena wrapped her arms around her head for protection, but another guy had emerged with a knife, and he aimed for her arms. She could not stop them! In the nick of time, Luacs had managed to pounce on Elena and wrapped himself around her so that he could use his body to shield her from the oncoming glint and flash of the cold steel. Elena wanted to struggle, but Luacs had locked her in his embrace. She could not even move at all!
Two machetes slashed onto Luacs’s back! Layla was so shocked at the scene that she fainted. Caleb wanted to help them, but there was nothing that he could do.
“Argh…”
“Argh…”
Two loud screams pierced the night. It was not a sound that the blade made as it glided through the skin, nor was it a yelp from Luacs. He would never make such a racket even if he were to die!
It was a dark night, and thus, all that they could hear was something that sounded like ribs that were broken by a forceful kick! Elena used all of her might to break out of Luacs’s hold, but he was persistent. He did not want to see her hurt by the blades.
Luacs had noticed the tall guy who had come to their rescue. He had seen how he sent his opponents flying with just a single kick! One of the thugs even coughed up blood and then subsequently lost his consciousness after he crashed onto the ground while another had foam in his mouth as he groaned in anguish.
Those two guys had crashed into a tree before they slid onto the ground. The trunk of that tree was wider than two palms, and it had snapped into two! The force of that kick was terrifying, indeed!