Chapter 970: Chapter 970: Sleeping Beauty 4

The proposal from the man in the hat was more prudent and received unanimous agreement, so they began searching for soldiers nearby.

In the castle, you could see a soldier every ten meters or so.

If you couldn’t see one, by cutting and digging around in the nearby vines, you were sure to find one.

Someone saw the armor on a soldier and was tempted, not only stripping the sword from him but also trying to strip off the armor to wear themselves.

They figured wearing an extra layer might provide some protection against the vines’ thorns.

But the soldier was trapped in the vines, making it difficult to remove the armor.

A strong, fair-skinned man grabbed the soldier’s arm and pulled hard, trying to tear off the arm guard; the soldier’s body shook, and his head tilted, resting on the fair-skinned man’s hand–

The strong man was startled and withdrew his hand immediately!

“Hey!… Come over here and see!” the fair-skinned man called his comrades in panic, “These soldiers, they seem to be alive!”

“Alive too? Impossible…” Everyone gathered around, “Are you sure you’re not mistaken?”

“Yeah, maybe you got scared and made a mistake…”

“Just now, his breath hit my hand! I couldn’t have mistaken that!” The strong man was displeased by the doubts, “If you don’t believe it, why don’t you try?”

The people looked at each other, none willing to try, not even just to place a finger under the soldier’s nose.

Previously, they thought they were dealing with corpses, so it didn’t matter; now knowing they could be alive, who would dare to casually touch them?

The fair-skinned man scoffed rudely, “Looks like your courage isn’t that great after all.”

Suddenly, a hand reached out to feel under the soldier’s nose.

Everyone froze.

The person who extended the hand was none other than their adversary, Tan Xiao.

Tan Xiao pulled back his hand and exclaimed, “Wow, he really is alive, this guy is still breathing!”

The crowd: “…”

After two seconds, someone whispered sarcastically, “He must be stupid… isn’t he afraid the soldier might wake up and bite him?”

“If he bites me, I’ll chop him up. What’s so hard about that?” Tan Xiao confidently declared, “I’m telling you guys, are you up for this or not? Weaklings have no right to be my adversaries, get it?”

The one who had spoken earlier was rendered speechless and fell silent.

The man in the hat frowned, glanced at Tan Xiao, and lost the mood for banter. After a moment of thought, he said gravely, “Since this soldier is alive, it’s highly probable the other soldiers are too. This place is very strange, and everyone has been trapped alive in the vines for some reason. Everyone should be careful while searching for swords.”

He looked around, his brow furrowed tighter, “Why is there someone missing again? Where is that curly-haired guy from earlier?”

The team had just been formed, and he hadn’t learned everyone’s names yet.

“There!” The only young woman in the team pointed it out to him, “He’s resting behind that pillar.”

“Resting?” The man in the hat sensed something wrong; he remembered that the curly-haired man had been scratched by the thorns earlier.

The man in the hat walked over and the others followed.

Tan Xiao, of course, joined them.

Behind the pillar was a stone stairway where the curly-haired man was sitting on the steps, propping himself up with a sword, his head nodding off as he dozed.

Seeing this, the man in the hat was shocked and, without thinking, kicked out!

The sword in the curly-haired man’s hand was kicked away, and his upper body lost balance and pitched forward! He abruptly woke up and saw the man in the hat and his teammates in front of him, looking bewildered.

“What are you doing?!” the man in the hat barked, “Falling asleep at a time like this?!”

“I fell asleep?” the curly-haired man was also surprised, “I… I suddenly felt very sleepy, I don’t know why…”

While speaking, he yawned again.

After yawning, he faintly realized something was wrong.

“How could I fall asleep…” he struggled to stand up and pinched himself fiercely, “Damn, I can’t afford to fall asleep in a place like this!”