She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

Chapter 175

The rebel leader said. "You must have explosives or grenades on you, right? They're afraid of those. If you blow up a couple, they'll scatter." Matthew replied, "I don't trust you. First, tell me where the safe, then I'll consider saving you."

As he spoke, he surveyed the surroundings.

There were 17 cannibals in total.

HIS

His AK-47 had 12 bullets, the Desert Eagle Semi-automatic pistol had 2, plus a knife and the "Guardian," which should be enough to fight back. The rebel lead I leader shouted, "No, you have to save me first, then I'll tell you...

But they both underestimated one thing. One of the cannibals understood Maiselish.

The elaborately dressed tribal leader laughed, speaking clumsily in Maiselish, "You outsiders really like to he

Matthew

and the rebel leader both both felt

t a sinking sensation in their hearts, realizing things had gotten complicated.

The tribal leader pointed at Matthew, saying in Maiselish, "Raise your hands and throw over your backpack. No funny business, or we'll kill you right now." Matthew raised his hand bent down to grab his backpack, and tossed it to the tribal leader.

Upon receiving the backpack, the tribal leader rummaged through it, frowning. "Why is it empty?"

Matthew replied. Tm very wealthy. If you let me go, I can give you everything you want"

"This is our territory. Outsiders must not come here, the tribal leader declared. "According to our tribe's rules, if an outsider enters, they must be eaten, or else we'll face divine punishment He then ordered, "Capture him."

Several cannibals sheathed their bows and spears and approached Matthew.

As t they closed in, blocking his escape, Matthew suddenly shouted in Mandarin, "Guardian, attack the ones surrounding me."

Understood

The "Guardian' sprang into action, shooting out several tranquilizer darts at the encircling cannibals.

Several fell t

I fell to the ground.

Matthew swiftly rolled to o the side, retrieving his AK-47 from behind the rock, and opened fire or the remaining cannibals.

He hit nearly every shot, a marksman at heart.

However, his injured fingers and wounds affected his accuracy.

He didn't strike any fatal blows, merely injuring a few.

The cannibals took cover behind trees, rocks, and other obstacles, occasionally shooting at him.

Matthew returned fire when he could.

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exhausted its tranquilizer darts, losing its

a vial of supplies, seeking refuge behind a large tree. The standoff

hold many bullets. We can

in front of him as a shield, slowly advancing

die, you won't get anything." leader laughed. "We just need to search near where we caught you, and

The tribal

peeked out, decisively pulling the trigger

turned and

"Guardian" deployed its wings

abandoned the rebel leader and

hour later, Matthew found himself at a lake 100 feet wide,

"Guardian' warned, "There are crocodiles in the water. As long as you can swim faster than them, they won't harm your Matthew fell

him, and toss him into

to look back,

had

cannibal and jump into the lake

to meet Athena

the "Guardian" alerted,

Matthew raised his hand and turned, firing in

of the attackers fell.

One of

was out

object from his pocket, shouting. "Come any closer, and

cannibals froze,

tribal leader yelled, "Everyone-spread out! Use arrows and

object at the leader, then charged toward the lake, ready to

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heard a buzzing" sound, rapidly

as the sound

not looking up, but instead aimed his empty pistol at the cannibals, pretending

of firing.

had initially been startled by the fake

also stunned

backed away, fearfully watching

up but asked, "Guardian, can

troops, he might not

a cat-like sound, "It has the national flag.

Matthew V smiled

desperate moment, he had

I slightly.