บท 16: Chapter 4: "Monsters" Part 1
*FWOSH!!*
Seth was running at terrifying speed, so terrifying that a vicious gust of wind trailed closely behind him, destroying all the vegetation within its reach.
He had asked Baron Loui to excuse him momentarily because he had a "stomach ache", a claim which was quite ridiculous.
Given the amount of Ki flowing in his body, illnesses were something he barely had to deal with, no less a mere stomach ache.
It would take a potent poison at the very least to upset his bowel movement.
He had lied.
The direction he was running from was the living quarters of Katrina who was secretly his lover.
Baron Loui did not permit romantic relationships amongst his knights.
But the two of them had continued regardless, if anything the fact that they were not allowed to be together only served to deepen their passion.
His romantic time with Katrina was abruptly disturbed by the loud commotion in the distance, he hoped with all his heart that the Baron was still safe.
[What kind of stupid bastards attack a noble? Is it perhaps another noble or…]
He shook his head as his thoughts were beginning to run wild.
[It does not matter who the enemy is I will protect my Lord! He is the only one who accepted me even when society rejected me. He allows me to live as I please under his name.]
Around 17 years ago before Seth became a knight of the Loui family, he was a notorious murderer, he simply loved spilling blood especially of the innocent.
Eventually he was caught and was set to be publicly executed via the guillotine.
Before his neck was severed, he saw a young Morris point his finger at him and next to him the young Baron Garfield Loui who was shouting that the public execution be stopped.
Exercising his authority as a noble the young Garfield freed Seth on the condition that he devote his all to his family and in return he could continue to live as he pleased.
Seth understood that the Baron had only spared him to leverage his strength.
However, for him, the trade-off was insignificant. As long as he retained the freedom to indulge in his desire for killing without restraint, he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice—even selling his own soul.
He would not mind even dying to preserve the life of his Lord, because without him Seth would be subjected once again to a life of depravity.
Thinking about what would happen if the Baron were to perish, he rapidly increased his speed.
He glanced back and saw Katrina who was struggling to keep up and the dust generated from his speed consumed her, but he paid her no mind as this was no time for chivalry.
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Soon after the door got blasted away Henry caught a whiff of the fresh air gently tickling his nostrils, he took a deep appreciative breath of the fresh air surrounding him and his mind felt clearer.
He had only spent less than a day down at the basement but the foul stench of excrement had already been ingrained in his senses, to the extent where he had almost forgotten what it felt like to breathe in fresh air.
If he felt this way then surely the ones who spent months down there must be elated right?
He glanced over and saw everyone take deep breaths with bright smiles on their faces, Apollo included.
"Impressive."
Henry said, looking at the holes on the walls of the mansion caused by the steel door that Apollo just sent flying.
"…Thank you."
Apollo answered reluctantly, with his remorseful gaze fixed on the pool of blood on the floor.
"We should go now. Cain and the others should already be here."
Henry said trying to snap him out of his daze.
Apollo nodded and they all made their way through the holes caused by the door.
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[WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON????!!!!]
Garfield screamed inwardly with his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
In the distance he could hear swords clashing and multiple dying screams.
What he was doing was illegal and he knew that a lot of powerful nobles were against slave trading. Had one of the found out and were attacking him?
His suit was drenched in sweat as his thoughts ran wild.
"Hey Baron what the hell is going on!?" Most of his guests asked.
"This is why we should never have trusted a mere Baron!" Another one exclaimed furiously.
"Run before get caught!" Most of them began scattering to their carriages which were parked behind his mansion.
"If I am seen here my family's name will get tarnished!"
Almost all of his guests dispersed!
They already knew of an emergency exit route at the far end behind his mansion, through the woods so that is where they were headed.
"My Lord we should escape as well."
Morris said.
Garfield felt despair crawl up his spine. Was it really over? All his years of hard work.
Garfield glanced at his garden that was neat being just a few moments ago currently an absolute mess, with chairs and tables flipped over. A perfect representation of his current situation.
Surprisingly he saw that two of his most important guests were still seated and very composed.
[Th-that's right! I have these two powerful individuals on my side and the fact that they are still so composed implies that whoever is attacking does not pose a threat to them at all. I am untouchable!]
He smiled pridefully and regained his composure.
"We will not be escaping Morris. Whoever is attacking we will deal with them!"
Garfield said with a confident expression.
"Please forgive the commotion esteemed guests please allow my knights to dispatch of my attackers, however should the need arise please lend us your assistance."
"There is no need for us to help you Garfield, your forces should enough to deal with the trespassers."
Bernard said with his usual friendly expression.
"How dare you ask for our help to deal with mere insects?"
The Lady in the black dress said, seemingly annoyed by Garfield.
The words of his benefactors made him both happy and furious.
Happy because he could deal with the issue on his own and all his hard work would not suddenly vaporize, and upset because someone with forces weaker than his own had dared to attack him, ruining his social event.
"They are correct my Lord, I could not sense them since they were a distance away and I was focused on you but now I can tell, all the enemies attacking from the front and the ones approaching from behind are weaker than myself. Seth is almost here as well."
Just as Morris finished speaking Henry appeared from inside the mansion, his bronze skin absorbing the moonlight and his eyes laser focused on Garfield and Morris, trailing behind him was Apollo and the other escapees.
Before Gafield could even speak a voice came from in front of him, shifting his focus from his escaped slaves to the young man with brunette hair in front of him.
Huff* Huff*
Cain was breathing quite raggedly, he had to fight a large number of rankers before he could reach this point in accordance with their plan to thin out the enemy numbers.
His chain mail armor was damaged and covered in blood, but he had sustained no injuries none of the blood was his, his sword was also drenched in blood slowly dripping down.
"Yo kiddo, did ya miss me? I see ya made some new friends."
Cain said smirking, looking at Henry and ignoring everyone else who was present.
"Here catch. Marcel brought this for ya."
Cain threw the scimitar blade at Henry.
Henry smirked and caught it.
"Thanks."
His heart started pumping excitedly, the prospect of the upcoming battle filled his body with adrenaline.
"Wow they are all kids? How scary. I wonder what they had to go through to have developed so much at a such a young age haha!"
Bernard said, with a bright expression.
"...huh?" Bernard became suddenly became speechless.
[What is wrong with that one's Ki? The quantity is nothing much to consider but...]
Bernard thought to himself gawking at Henry.
He glanced over at the woman in the black dress and she also seemed to have noticed because her eyes were almost popping out of her mask.
He then glanced at the others to discern their reactions; the priest next to him, Morris and Seth who had just appeared from the west side of the compound.
But none of them seemed to have sensed it.
[I see, so it is something that only people of a certain rank can sense… Interesting!]
His friendly expression vanished and a sadistic smile broke out on his face.
"Huh!? Kids!? I ran all the way here just for you kids?" Seth said furiously.
"And you! Are you not the little brat from the carriage yesterday?"
[He is a high D-rank!? How did he hide his presence? Even I cannot do that!] Seth cried inwardly.
Henry and Cain ignored Seth and they only fixed their gazes on each other, further infuriating Seth.
"So kiddo, which one are ya taking?"
Everyone was puzzled by Cain's question.
"I will take this one."
Henry answered with a grin, pointing his blade at Morris.
"Haha! Then I'll take Mr Loudmouth here."
Cain bared his teeth at Seth.
[…Are these little shits insane?] Seth wondered.
"HAHAHAHAHA! You insane little shits! I alone am enough!"
Seth's blood was boiling.
And in the blink of an eye, he charged at Cain and extended his fist to his abdomen, Cain was barely able to react and was sent flying coughing up blood.
He then charged at Henry who was still trying to process what had just occurred.
Seth kicked Henry with his heel on the side of his temple causing his body spin violently through the air.
"How dare you attack my Lord? I will kill you."
Seth said with bloodlust laced in his voice.
[What the hell… I could barely even see him!]
Henry thought to himself, with his vision blurry.
He did not expect the gap between them to be this much.
The reality of the situation filled him with despair. How will they overcome this?
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