Chapter 29
The situation turned chaotic in an instant.
As they say, an idiot comrade does you more harm than a powerful enemy.
From Rhode’s perspective, these attackers were akin to cannon fodder. Even if was a 1vs4 battle, he would still have the confidence to win. But as for Ben and his guards, they neither had the experience nor the ability to deal with the surprise attack. The two other guards yelled as they waved their swords at the black-cloaked men, entangling with them in a melee faceoff. Frankly, the presence of the guards made the situation slightly more challenging for Rhode.
But, in the end, it still wasn’t a problem for him.
*Swoosh!*
His white sword flashed across the night sky. Rhode activated his Shadow Flash and slashed at a black-cloaked man nearby. He flipped his sword and hacked in a downward arc. A fountain of blood sprayed from the black cloaked man’s neck, and the body soon fell to the ground silently.
By the time the corpse’s body touched the ground, Rhode had already withdrawn and left. He stretched out his left hand and a green card appeared on his palm. Rhode then clenched his fist and shattered the card.
“———!!!”
A chirping sound echoed through the forest, followed by streaks of green light flashing in the night sky. It transformed into a beam and rushed forward.
At this time, Rhode had already led the others to surround him.
“Don’t come near me!” Orlando spoke in a low voice as he took out his dagger and placed it against Helen’s neck.
His left arm grabbed onto Helen’s waist tightly and stared at Rhode with vigilance in his eyes. After realizing that she’d been taken as a hostage, Helen’s fear slowly caused her go into shock, so she could only stand rigidly like a statue.
“Let go of the young miss!!”
Once they saw her being taken captive, Ben and the other two guards understood that they had made a grave mistake. If they had not foolishly rushed forward, how could the young miss be taken as a hostage that easily? Now that Helen’s life was at the mercy of the enemy, what should they do?
“Hmph.”
When he found out that the crowd finally stopped advancing, the pressure within Orlando’s heart lifted slightly. Next, he would move to the next step of his plan. As long he had Helen as a hostage, he could easily escape into the forest and throw these guys off his trail. However…
There was a problem.
Damn this fatty. She’s so goddamn heavy. How many pounds does she actually weigh? Weren’t rich, noble ladies supposed to be slim and light?
They’re supposed to look like that cleric over there. How can this Helen appear like a pig! It is really tough to drag her around. Is she even the daughter of the Keller family?
After dragging her a distance, Orlando had some thoughts of giving up. He’d never expected her to be so fat. When he received his mission to capture the daughter of the Keller family, he didn’t think much of it. It was assumed that it would be another weak noble daughter of a wealthy family.
However, in the end, things always didn’t go as planned. In fact, when he dragged her out from the carriage, he already felt something was amiss. The thing on his arm that he had been grabbing… wasn’t a human!
It was a f*cking brick!
“S-S-Save me!! Ben!!! You b*st*rd, what are you doing over there! Quick come and save me!”
At that moment, Helen suddenly broke out of her stupor and started to react as she cried for help. But before she could finish her sentence, she could feel a cold, steel dagger on her neck.
“Shut up, fatty! Otherwise, I will take your life!!” Orlando snapped angrily.
Helen instantly shut her mouth in panic once she heard those threatening words. All her pressure and stress seemed to rise up to her puffed up face and watching her round eyes starting to water, it somehow appeared quite interesting.
“D-d-dear Sir!”
Ben was extremely tense. He hurriedly strode to Rhode side and begged him to help.
“Please help me out… Please rescue the young miss from him! Miss Helen is the last descendant of the Keller family, if she died…”
Rhode waved his hand and gestured for him to stop. As for Ben’s next words, Rhode was already clear what he was implying.
Ben saw this as a negative sign, and he tried to rack his brain while begging Rhode.
Orlando did not understand the meaning behind Rhode’s gesture, but at the very next moment, a green light flashed through him.
This is bad!
Orlando’s first thought was to dodge, but the very next second, he felt an invisible force crashing into Helen who was standing beside him. In reflex, she bent her body downwards in pain.
“Ahh!!”
Under Rhode’s command, the Spirit Bird collided with Helen. Even though the blow wasn’t too heavy, it was definitely not light either. Right now, she was suffering terrible pain, and at this point in time, she did not think about the dagger as she subconsciously bent down her body.
Orlando’s eyes were quick to follow her movement and it caused him to be startled for a moment. After all, his contract wasn’t to kill her. The order from above was to capture her alive. What made him doubly shocked was that Rhode did not hesitate to do so, as if he did not worry about her death at all.
He reacted to Helen’s subconscious reflex by shifting his dagger, so that the blade wouldn’t kill her. After that, he made another action to position his dagger to her neck once again.
But he wasn’t able to achieve his goal.
A faint, golden barrier appeared suddenly and blocked Orlando’s action.
Protection Shield?!
Orlando grimaced as he raised his head and glanced towards the cleric. His forehead was filled with sweat because he knew that he was in trouble.
And at this moment, Rhode made his move.