Chapter 361
361: Massacre
Helen’s entourage smoothly entered Seagate City with a warm welcome from Kekaru, and was brought to a manor at the southern end of the city.
Along the way, Helen’s charming face was darkened and unhappy. Previously when Helen had come to Seagate, the citizens who had heard the news would crowd and crane their heads for a tiny peek at her face. However this time round, apart from Kekaru’s men, the road was only sparsely filled with citizens. These people only viewed her carriage from far away, not showing any signs of respect. This made Helen feel uncomfortable inside.
After properly arranging her personal guard at the manor, Helen declined Kekaru’s offer of a banquet in her honor, citing tiredness. She feared that Kekaru would assassinate her in his own castle. She was afraid of Kekaru‘s schemes. Just like her, Kekaru was not a benevolent person. It was entirely possible that he would take action at the banquet.
On the other hand, Helen also didn’t want to endure the inevitable unfriendly gazes at the banquet. She’d had enough of these looks of disdain. However, she couldn’t kill them just because of their hidden looks of disdain.
This manor was where Kekaru received distinguished guests. It had a large area that was surrounded by Helen’s thirty thousand strong personal guard. Helen was in the center of the area and was safe enough to sleep peacefully. The full moon slowly appeared in the night sky. At the door of a central luxurious and spacious room, ten guards stood tensely on duty. In the room, Helen was endlessly worrying alone.
Without any wind, the window voluntarily opened, and a cloud of grey fog suddenly flew in front of Helen. The fog stopped whirling when the window shut, revealing Han Shuo’s figure.
“You’re here!” Helen gathered her scattered thoughts, raising her head to glance at Han Shuo. She softly muttered, “Kekaru has always wanted to remove me from my position as Duke. He previously wanted me to marry his son Kasega but I declined. His Seagate City has always not fully obeyed my orders. If it wasn’t for me trying to prevent Helon Duchy from falling into turmoil, I would have long since acted against him, and not resorted to employing assassins.”
“I’ll make a trip there tonight. I’ll help you handle him!” Han Shuo calmly looked at Helen, as though he had just uttered a simple and common thing.
“If it’s possible, I want to work with you. I want to personally end his life. This person was the one who murdered my mother. I hate him!” Helen was a little unusual today, speaking to Han Shuo with some viciousness.
Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be such abnormal sounds echoing with the thick iron plates beneath their feet. Therefore, when that abnormal sound appeared, the three despicable people were stunned for a while, all of them looking dumbfoundedly at the ground. However, before they reacted, the previously soft abnormal sound suddenly amplified. The three of them were shocked. Kekaru was the first to react, shouting, “Assassins!”
With this shout, Kekaru was the first to rush toward the opening mechanism, trying to alert the surrounding guards. Kasega took out a knight’s saber, focusing all his attention under his feet, ready to deal a fatal blow to anyone coming from below.
Clang!
An arc shaped disc violently burst through the ground with an ear piercing sound. The disc was extremely thick, and was obviously the iron plate that protected their feet. At the same time, a figure dashed out of the circular hole in the ground.
Kasega gave a loud shout, his sword piercing towards Han Shuo, who’d used the Demonslayer Edge to cut open a large hole with much difficulty. Han Shuo had wasted more than ten minutes using the all-conquering Demonslayer Edge to cut a hole in the iron plate, inwardly cursing the designer of the building. He wielded the Demonslayer Edge to parry the attack.
With a spate of clear clangs and bangs, Kasega’s knight saber was turned into scrap iron. One of Kasega’s arms had gone the course of his saber and turned into bloody minced meat. As Kasega screamed in horror, Han Shuo’s Demonslayer Edge was suddenly flung out, pinning Kekaru’s outstretched left hand to the wall. He’d run to the mechanism with much difficulty and had wanted to shout for help. The Demonslayer Edge was firmly embedded into the wall, continuing to pin his left hand to the wall, a distance from the mechanism.
“Damn it, who are you? Who let you in?!” Kekaru looked at Han Shuo, shouting miserably. His left hand was pinned on the wall by the Demonslayer Edge, fresh blood trickling downward in streams. The heart wrenching pain made Kekaru want to cry.
“My hand, my hand, ahhh…..” Kasega’s right arm was completely torn to pieces. Currently it looked like a skinned and sharpened slice of pineapple, streams of blood dripping from the meridians, gruesome beyond belief.
“Bloody hell, a birdface like you wants to encroach on my woman?!” Han Shuo snorted, ignoring the howls of the father and son duo. Walking to the front of the frightened administrator, he grinned as he asked, “Apart from old Kekaru’s three sons, five daughters and forty seven assorted relatives in this castle, are there any others that have the qualifications to succeed his position as marquis?”
“N, no!” Magistrate Mori looked at the grinning Han Shuo, his fear causing him to shiver uncontrollably. After answering while trembling, he cowardly kneeled before Han Shuo, crying, “This is nothing to do with me, don’t kill me. I am innocent.”
“Ok. Looks like we shouldn’t have missed out on anyone.” Han Shuo muttered to himself. Grabbing the administrator’s neck with one hand, he said, “The deadly trap you just displayed is extremely interesting. I’m afraid that people like you are the most scary, I can’t spare your life!” Han Shuo twisted his hand after he finished this sentence, making a clear crack ring out. The administrator, his back to Kekaru, hadn’t shifted his position, but he was now facing Kekaru with an agonized wail on his face. It was apparent his neck had been broken.