62 Finding a Haven (2/2)

”Hahaha,” Evan laughed. ”I did say I have someone I love, not really someone I am in love with,”

”No fair! You caught me with semantics.”

”Well, my mother was a commoner I truly loved her even though sometimes she gave me a hard time, but my father, well, he was probably Lady Aerwyna's uncle. He forced himself on mother. He made her life hard by forcing her to have me.”

”Mother is your cousin? So you're my uncle? Wow. Shall I call you Uncle Evan?”

”Nay, Lord Ezra, I can't claim kinship with the Lady, I am a bastard after all.”

”That's stupid, I think whatever happens family should still be family. You know what? Maybe I'll change how this stupid country is run someday.”

”Haha, very well Lord Ezra' I look forward to seeing that day come. Every person has goals and aspirations, feelings of love pain and joy, you should seek to provide them that just like the Lord and Lady provide for you and their domain. ”

. . .

The men were surrounded but Evered's quick wit made it so that he cast [Earth Wall] at the approaching shadows. This brought them time to charge forward as Rycharde charged through the door with his war hammer, hitting the knight who cast a bolder squarely in the chest.

Deimos and Phobos quickly exited the building to secure the perimeter as the bandits rushed. Their whips snapped on the heads of the on comers. Rycharde smashed the face of the caster ending his life as his head splattered.

Evan just stood guarding the still sleeping Ezra readying for any oncoming attack from either side.

Galwell and Dynham charged forward as they hacked their way through. Some village knights were responding to the commotion and sent [Stone Bullets] fly hitting some of the bandits. The rouges slightly retreated and the party pushed through the opening, dashing toward the administrative district.

There were more shadows tailing them, and Ezra was swaying to and fro on Evan's back as they ran. Deimos and Phobos covered the rear and Oswyna and Evered held their long weapons in front to guard against oncoming attacks.

Thankfully the bandits that were attacking seemed to be weak compared to knights but what they were worried about was the Shadow Walkers chasing them. With their magic slowly depleting it was going to be a hard battle if they were caught somewhere there was little lighting. They still hadn't fully recovered their mana.

Evan, on the other hand, had still quite some reserves as he had been taught how to limit mana usage and use it only on key parts. He was a quick study and he had applied what Ezra taught though in a limited capacity and it was not as efficient as he wanted.

Evan hoped to go to the administrative district and present Reitz's token so that he could get help from the baron, but he was hesitant because it might reveal his allegiance to the Duke and would put the party in even more danger.

Right now their priority was to protect their Lord Ezra and survive.

As the shadows approached, Rycharde shot [Fireballs] at them just so that they would be pushed back. When they reached the district they were slightly relieved.

But then an arrow shot toward them coming from the rooftops, hitting Galwell in the stomach as he flinched. The knights in the administrative district were fully alert now and they tried to shoot back at the sniper.

Galwell scrunched.

”Don't worry I'm okay guys”

The others surrounded him readying for the oncoming onslaught by the assailants.