I'm really not the Saviour! (我唔係救主囖!) [danmei/BL xuanhuan]

42 - No-one can catch a break

A/N: I've given up on posting chapters regularly. They'll get done when they get done.

I also just realised that I messed up some of my transliterations even in the process of updating my chapters. I need to go back and fix them TT^TT

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Gou Dzing slowed his run as they approached the edge of Tsaam Lam. Gaam Yuk Ying dropped nimbly from his back, eyes still closed.

"Are you okay?"

"Fine. Overdid the Sword Eyes."

With a heavy sigh, Gou Dzing leaned down and hugged him. Gaam Yuk Ying returned the embrace.

"Dzing."

"Yeah?"

Silence. Gaam Yuk Ying seemed to be struggling for words. At last, he said, "Your grandfather... is a strong man."

"You're trying to tell me he'll be okay, right? That... Thanks." He held tighter. "I hope she didn't find him..."

Gaam Yuk Ying pressed a sidelong kiss on his cheek.

"It's been a while since we've been along like this." Gou Dzing turned his head.

They fell in a tangle of limbs. When they finally broke apart, Gou Dzing began to laugh helplessly. "What are we doing? There's a war going on but just want to kiss you right now..." Suddenly, his expression changed. Pressing a hand to the ground, his eyes narrowed. Gaam Yuk Ying watched him in alert silence.

"I can feel something approaching quickly..."

They both twisted to look towards the forest. Moments later, a small red shape came hurtling from the trees.

"Hey, hey! What happened to you two?" The small fox Tsaam Lei came scrambling between the pines. "You look like shit. Sorry, but you do."

"What about you? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Ah! Demons! Demons have left the portal and are heading north. Sister Bik Bik went to try and stop them!"

"Lead us there." Gaam Yuk Ying jumped upright, followed by Gou Dzing. Tsaam Lei raced into back in the forest, almost leaving them behind as he flitted ahead like marshfire.

Soon, they could hear the sounds of shouting and growling, and oddly, crackling. Smoke drifted to them on the damp air.

The demon raiding party numbered around fifteen, and they hissed and spat at Chan Bik, who stood squarely before them, flanked by several piles of burning pine needles. Tsaam Lei sighed with relief when he saw that she had cleared the ground around them to prevent the whole forest going up in flames.

"Si-hings! Help me!" Chan Bik shouted, catching sight of them. The ground under the demons' feet buckled and writhed, and they all fell to the ground, struggling.

"Where's Grandmaster?" Gaam Yuk Ying asked, landing beside Chan Bik. "Lady Gong?"

"Your eyes... They already left. We met Gong Lau Yan and Tsaam Lei outside the portal. After they left, I was about to go into the Demon Realm when these demons came out. I don't recognise them either. They must be from another colony."

"They'll be hungry then," Gou Dzing groaned. "It'll be hard to convince them to turn around."

Tsaam Lei darted to the trees behind them. Raising his head, he let out a strange, wailing scream. For a moment, he looked huge, with nine luxurious tails splayed around him, then with a series of creaking groans, pine trees began to fall.

Everyone dodged out of the way as the massive trees fell with a heart-gripping swish and a bone-shaking crunch. Chan Bik made a snatching motion with her fist and the fires went out before the trees could catch alight.