Chapter 30
Chapter 30: Asking Casually
The party only caught a glimpse of Rhode raising his hand, and in the next moment, his body immediately disappeared. The unsheathing of the white sword broke the silence, piercing through Orlando’s right hand.
Such speed!
Facing Rhode’s surprise attack, Orlando was shocked. He thought that he had mentally prepared to receive the attack, but experiencing the attack himself was a completely different feeling from observing it. He could feel his vision was starting to blur when the sword pierced through his hand.
Due to this sudden attack, he could only retreat and temporarily forget about kidnapping Helen. As for his mission, he had no expectations of completing it now. The gap between him and Rhode was too far apart, so he could only attempt to escape. Thus, Orlando immediately twisted his body and jumped into the bushes.
But Rhode did not intend to let him off.
Upon noticing Orlando’s retreating figure, a grin flashed across his face as he rushed forward.
A brilliant light erupted from his sword and spilled towards Orlando as if it was ready to attack from the start.
However, there was something different with Rhode’s attack. His Blade of Destruction did not directly chase toward his target, but it shifted slightly upward. It appeared as though he missed and Ben, Lize, and Matt revealed a puzzled look on their faces.
Can I do it? Rebuilding the mercenary group?
Lize immediately answered her own question.
I can’t.
Even the previous leader, Carter, who was usually easy-going, had his cold and firm side. It wasn’t that she was unable to do it, rather, she just did not want to force herself to become what she wasn’t.
Her sight once again fell upon Rhode.
He did not tell her what he wanted to achieve. But his expression was firm, without a trace of confusion or doubt.
How about herself? For her own dreams and goals, what would she do?
While Lize was deciding her future, Rhode leisurely removed his sword and flicked it to a side, removing the blood stains on his sword. As for the black-cloaked man, he was busy rolling on the floor in pain.
“I think you should have anticipated what I want to ask, but just in case you forgot, it’s still better for me to remind you.” Rhode said with a nonchalant look on his face,”So… who are you? And what are you trying to achieve?”
“Ugh…ugh…”
Orlando’s body curled up, the pain from his right hand made it difficult to complete a sentence. With much difficulty, he looked up and watched the young man in front of him. How could he have such bad luck to provoke this kind of person?
“I… I… I am…”
The fear of his enemy combined with his physical pain had already worn out his caution. Right now, he already lost the power to resist and could only answer Rhode’s question. As much as he tried, he couldn’t finish his sentence because of the searing pain from his right hand. But Rhode took this action of his in another perspective.
“Oh… you do not wish to say? Nevermind then, I’m not really interested anyway.”
Orlando immediately panicked, and a sudden surge of adrenaline overtook his sense of pain.
“I, I work for vice president Claytor!!”
If he chose to die unyieldingly, then he could still accept it, but if he was killed because he wasn’t able to finish a sentence then it was totally unfair… He did not want to die so fast.
“Vice president Claytor?”
Hearing this name, Rhode’s sword stopped its descent.
“Merchant Association?”
“Yes, it is.”
“What is your purpose?”
“Kid, kidnap Miss Helen. I only know these…”
The Star Mark was on Orlando’s face, and the cold blade on his skin made him subconsciously swallow his saliva. Now, he had completely lost all hope, and he could only wish that the young man would show some leniency.
At that moment, when he saw Rhode nodded his head and said, “I know.”
Orlando suddenly felt a cold sensation on his neck. His vision began to spin and darkness completely engulfed his world.
After unsheathing his sword, he turned around and returned to the carriage. Due to his seemingly cold and heartless actions, the stares from the party were completely different from before. Helen sat beside her guards and stared at Rhode with a complex expression. After a while, Ben coughed and walked forward to address Rhode.
“This… thank you for helping, Sir.”
Although Rhode’s actions and the word ‘help’ weren’t too similar, the end result was good for him after all.
“No worries, it’s nothing difficult.”
Rhode nodded and did not say anything more. On the contrary, Ben was hesitating, but after a moment he opened his mouth and asked.
“Excuse me… if I may ask, what was their identity?”
“They said they were sent by the Vice President, Mr. Claytor to kidnap Miss Helen.”
“What?!”
Ben was shocked. He had been working as a family guard for so long, so he understood this kind of things.
“You mean that the Merchant Association sent these people?”
“He said so. But I don’t really care if it was a lie.”
Rhode waved his hand and turned away.
“I was just asking him casually.”