Summoning the Holy Sword

Splat!

Dark green blood spattered, falling on the ground as white smoke bursted up.

“Clean it up and get going.”

Rhode put away his sword and calmly ordered. He completely ignored the mercenaries who looked at him. The mercenaries were stunned for a moment, then began to clean up the corpse in panic.

Originally they thought that they would only meet a group of goblins in these ruins. But when they entered, they found out that they were facing monsters they had never seen before. There were no goblins, no huge underground spiders, but rather creatures they had never seen before. They looked like a lizard, but the difference was that they were human-like, bipedal and could even use some basic weapons.

If it was just that, then they wouldn’t be too surprised since there were so many strange creatures underground here. This kind of lizard perhaps was also one of them. However, the precious stones on their forehead clearly showed that they were not a natural-born existence.

When the mercenaries first encountered them, they received a little damage because they were unprepared. These lizards were more than two meters tall, with a strong and powerful body. Even though they were not wearing armor, their smooth scales were enough to block the mercenaries’ swords. That was why these mercenaries weren’t able to react until Rhode quickly issued an order to change the way they fought. Their group became a lot more balanced.

Even so, the thing that surprised them the most was Rhode. Facing a monster that was more than two meters tall, Rhode was flying in the middle of them like a shadow. Many mercenaries felt their visions turn blurry. After a while, those lizard fell to the ground just like that. Strangely, when they checked the corpses, they couldn’t find any injuries on them. They didn’t understand just how did Rhode killed those monsters.

“Kavos?”

“Attack!”

The sudden light surprised the lizard men. They didn’t expect that they would be found out by the enemy in this kind of situation. As a creature that had been living in the darkness, they, of course, couldn’t stand such a strong light. They stretched out their hands to cover their eyes while hissing. Kavos took this opportunity to bring his men forward. In the beginning, Kavos used crossbows to entertain these monsters, but after receiving Rhode’s instructions, he quickly realized that crossbows couldn’t damage lizard scales. It was better for them to attack their weakness—their lower abdomen—at close range. After the lizards were plunged into turmoil, Kavos immediately took out a pair of knives and gave a signal to his men. Then, they rushed over towards the group of lizard lightning speed.

But Rhode was faster than them.

Kavos only felt a shadow flash from the corner of his eye. In the next moment, Rhode had already appeared at the lizards’ feet. He raised his sword and thrust forward. The lizard failed to attack with its wooden stick and lost its life. Its body heavily fell to the ground.

This could be regarded as a very impressive scene for Kavos. Rhode’s speed was so fast that even Kavos, who was a professional thief, was speechless. There was no way for him to keep up with Rhode’s actions. He couldn’t even accurately judge Rhode’s position at that time. Whenever Kavos saw Rhodes, all he could find was the afterimage, not where Rhode was.

There were about thirty lizardmen lurking in the corner, waiting to ambush. However, in just an instant, Rhode had managed to exterminate the ten of them. The rest of the lizard men were still waving their wooden sticks to fight with the mercenaries. Their monstrous strength and slender tails were very dangerous weapons. Moreover, these cold-blooded reptiles were much smarter than the mercenaries had originally thought. They actually even know the basics of defense and offense, which made it hard for the mercenaries to easily succeed.

“Ha!!”

A mercenary shouted and swung his two-handed sword forward, but before it could pierce through a lizardman’s lower abdomen, he was blocked by a wooden stick. His body shook as the strong impact of a sword made him unable to react. Suddenly, the sound of the wind passed through his ears. In the next moment, the lizard tail heavily hit him and sent him flying.

“Woah!!”

The defenseless mercenary heavily crushed the wall. The excruciating pain made him almost spurt out blood. As he forced himself to get up, the lizardman arrived before him, lifting the wooden stick in its hand.

Is this the end?

As he looked at the lizardman, his heart felt cold.

A shadow flashed.

Rhode leaped towards the lizardman’s shoulder like a bird while waving the Crimson Tears sword in his hand. The translucent sword instantly cut through the lizardman’s neck. The whole process did not even take two seconds, and Rhode had already turned around and assembled with the group.

The lizardman who had just been attacked threw his wooden stick towards the mercenary just before it fell to the ground. The wooden stick heavily hit the side of the mercenary and pulled him back to reality. Soon, after realizing what had happened, he immediately jumped up and rushed toward the lizardman that had attacked his comrades.

The battle was still far from over.