Summoning the Holy Sword

Rhode reacted as though he didn’t hear the insults and he shot a glance to the sky. Then, he clapped his hands.

“Alright, you guys must be tired after a long day. We should head back for our meals and take a break. I’ll bring you to another place later on. Even though it’s interesting to look at the monkey show here, you’ll still feel sick of it after awhile, won’t you?”

The group revealed playful smiles and followed Rhode’s lead as they ignored the clamor behind them. Anne looked around curiously and also followed Rhode obediently.

That voice became louder after it was ignored.

“Hah. Why aren’t you bunch of degenerate lackeys who have abandoned your prides willing to talk? Could it be that you know that you’re the disgrace of all Humans?”

“Lize, what do you wanna eat?”

“I want to have something light… The food here is too greasy…”

“Me too. The food isn’t too healthy here…”

“Anne feels that the food is decent. All the big chunks of meat are quite delicious.”

The young man blew his top. He widened his mouth with a flushed expression and pointed at Rhode’s group. But suddenly, his face turned incredibly pale. The reddish radiance on his complexion turned into a ghastly whiteness in the blink of an eye. Not only that, but his eyes had also widened so much that they almost popped out of his eye sockets. He shuddered and shrunk his extended right hand, clutching his neck as though a beached fish gasping for air.

Rhode squinted and gazed at the man with a gentle smile. But no one noticed that Rhode’s thumb was slowly drawing out the sword from its sheath inch by inch. At that moment, their conflict had garnered curious gazes and crowd. Marlene and Lize stood quietly behind Rhode because they knew that Rhode wouldn’t let off anyone who found trouble at his feet.

The scene was exceptionally strange to the gathered crowd. They naturally couldn’t bear the sight of Rhode’s group after knowing that they hailed from the Munn Kingdom and they gloated over their predicament after witnessing the young man pointing to their noses and shouted curses. Then, many of them gritted their teeth after Rhode completely shattered their pride as the Country of Light’s people. They couldn’t wait to teach his pretty boy a tough lesson with their clenched fists. Some of them even looked up to the freckled young man to represent them in chewing out this bunch of bastards.

But they were disappointed that the highly arrogant young man had become so miserable as though he was drowning in water. What exactly is happening to him?!

No one knew what happened to him and he was the only one who knew. He saw the glint in Rhode’s eyes and instantly felt an ice-cold, invisible sword piercing into his throat. Even though he knew that this was just a misconception, the sensation felt so real as though the razor-sharp blade was sliding down his throat inch by inch and could split him into two in the blink of an eye. If it wasn’t for the fact that he saw nothing penetrating his mouth, he was bound to believe that a sword had indeed been plunged into his throat!

“Argh… Argh…”

The young man breathed painfully. He clutched his throat and put up a meaningless resistance. Rhode watched him quietly with a graceful smile. But at this moment, the crowd realized that something was amiss and the place gradually quietened into completely stillness. They gazed forward worriedly, not knowing what to say.

“… Ah…. Ah… Ah…”

The pitiful young man couldn’t utter a word and his eyes rolled.

“What’s wrong, Mister? You blocked our way and now you’re not speaking? What do you want exactly? It seems that you’re not feeling too well?”

“Stop right now.”

A stern voice sounded. A man in military attire separated the crowd and stepped forth with a team of fully-armored soldiers behind him. The soldiers rushed in and surrounded Rhode’s group while the leading man in military attire went up to Rhode. The smile on Rhode’s face remain unchanged.

“What exactly is going on here?!”

“Just as you’ve seen, this man here is blocking our way. It seems like he wants to speak, but for unknown reasons, he can’t speak a word at all…” The corner of Rhode’s lips perked up. He shrugged. “… That’s interesting. Even though I want to hear what he has to say to us, it’s a pity that w have to head back for lunch. If it’s possible, can you please make way for us?”

The man in military attire didn’t answer immediately. He stared at Rhode silently. At this moment, the freckled young man staggered to his side as though seeking for help.

“… He… Hel… Help…”

The man in military attire stepped aside and made way for Rhode’s group.

“I’m sorry to hold you back, you guys may leave now.”

“Thanks a lot.”

Rhode nodded and beckoned to his group. When Rhode’s shoulder brushed the freckled young man, the latter said grudgingly into Rhode’s ear with lowered voice.

“This is the Country of Light’s territory. I hope you Munn Kingdom lackeys will look out for yourselves. Stop strolling around because you won’t be that lucky every time.”

Rhode didn’t answer. Instead, he lifted his head and looked at the man with a smile. At the same time, he pushed the sword hilt down with his right hand. The razor-sharp blade slid back into its sheath, letting out a crisp sound from their collision.

“Ahh…!”

The freckled young man widened his mouth abruptly and spurted out fresh blood. The crowd shrieked in horror and hurriedly stepped back to avoid him. The freckled young man had lost his mind out of fear. He spread his arms wide in despair as though seeking for help. However, more crimson blood gushed out of his mouth as soon as he started talking. Then, his eyes rolled and he collapsed to his death.

This scene had caused a stir instantly. The crowd screamed and stepped back fearfully while the soldiers hurriedly maintained order to prevent any accidents. The man in military attire sulked. He extended his arm to command his subordinates and at this moment, Rhode’s voice sounded beside his ear.

“You get what you deserve. Some idiots will never understand this… What a pity.”

The man in military attire turned around furiously, but Rhode had disappeared into the crowd. This left the man’s expression incomparably gloomy. He glared into the crowd and clenched his fists.

“I didn’t expect that guy to be here.”

The group restored their playful mentalities after getting away from the center of the turmoil. Derick came to Rhode’s side with a smile and said with some regrets.

“Frankly speaking, Earl Rhode, I thought that things were about to take a terrible turn when that man walked up to you. I didn’t expect him to let you off so easily… But please be careful. He isn’t easy to deal with.”

“Mr. Derick, you know him?”

Rhode twitched his brows curiously. In fact, he had realized that something wasn’t quite right with the man in military attire. Even though the man was as disgusted with Rhode as the other Country of Light people, Rhode sensed a burning wrath and murderous intent in his eyes. Those emotions weren’t imaginary, but were true detest and loathe instead. Even though Rhode didn’t know where he had offended him before, he knew that this man wouldn’t be easy to deal with due to the fact that he held back his anger on the spot.

Derick was stupefied. He shook his head and let out a bitter laugh.

“Earl Rhode, you actually don’t know who he is? But come to think of it… Hahaha. If that guy knows about this, he will surely be angered to his death.”

“???”

A few question marks emerged in Rhode’s mind. In the game, Rhode had clearly remembered the threats in the Country of Light. But he couldn’t recall a man like him at all. As a player, who would care about an NPC who wouldn’t drop exclusive items when he was killed? But judging from Derick’s reactions, should I know this man?

“Please pardon my rudeness.”

Derick thought that he was behaving rather inappropriately. He kept the smile on his face.

“His name is Kramer Belson. I guess you must be very familiar with his grandfather because he’s the grandson of the Mist Sword Saint, Daviet.”