So I've kept up my torrid pace of updating Turmoil in the Land of Mists. Not quite done with the Jade Forest just yet, and those pesky Gormali have to be dealt with...
Here's a preview of coming attractions.
Jansho gestured for Shao to come closer. "I can take one of them without being noticed, Shao. If you move around the camp, I can draw the other guard away and you can start freeing the captives in the back." He gave Shao the short sword he'd taken from the first mogu he'd killed today. "This should cut right through most of their bonds."
Shao's eyes widened and he nodded. Before Jansho could leave, he whispered, "Good luck, Jansho Ghostpaw."
Jansho smiled recklessly. "I don't need luck. I have these." With three shuriken gathered in his left hand and a black kunai in his right, Jansho concealed himself amidst the forest. His soft feet made no noise as he crept closer, closer, closer... His attention was directed on the closest mogu.
One of the Pandaren captives itched at his neck with one hand. "When will we get some water?" He begged. Jansho's heart was moved with pity for him.
"Quiet, slave! Know your place." The mogu snapped, turning to him.
It was that turning that gave Jansho all the opening he needed. Still wrapped in the shadows of the forest, Jansho Ghostpaw threw all three shuriken with one hand. The Gormali slaver grunted in sudden pain with three silver glints giving away the shuriken embedded his right side. The mogu's proud brow was overwhelmed by an expression of hate and he swung his body about instinctively, readying a heavy dagger... However, he was facing an invisible opponent. Jansho Ghostpaw's attack skirted above the mogu's defense, and he slashed the mogu's throat with his kunai. The mogu gurgled in a mix of agony and horror as his lifeblood began to ebb out onto the stones of the camp.