Chapter 21 - The Plan P2 (2/2)

In the Mist Kingdom, it's easy to narrow those candidates down. Somebody with a massive power but somebody they can reach, Queen Orthez, King Daichi and The First Prince are ruled out. The third princess doesn't often appear, so that left The Second Prince, First Princess, and Lyn.

After battling the Second Prince briefly the other day, Kazuya already measured the full extent of that guy's ability. The First Princess, he briefly clashed with on his first day of arriving here. It was short; he brushed past her. But his powers already did a scan on her. It's not her.

Then all that leaves is Lyn when he touched her - Kazuya didn't get any reaction. He thought his abilities were acting up. Sure enough, whenever he's with Lyn, there are certain parts of his abilities that he can't use. But Kazuya never thought about it in depth, up until now that is.

...

Kazuya wanted to quickly rush to Lyn's side, but unfortunately, he encountered a group of random people caught by the guards. He could have ignored them but when he saw a member of his own group charge in to act all brave. Kazuya knew he couldn't ignore the situation.

It did not go as smoothly as their previous encounters with the guards. It usually would end up as a simple skirmish, but these guards used their weapons. When Kazuya clashed with one, he noticed how highly trained they were. This attack pattern is different than that foolish Second Prince guards; could it be... Kazuya examined the emblem, and his eyes widened. He clicked his tongue in annoyance, out of all the groups.

The First Prince crew, they are dead. Even if they save these bystanders, they will get questioned for being in this area. The whole plan will fall apart, suddenly somebody from the side throws a magic bomb, and Kazuya exclaimed, ”Scatter,” but his words fell on death areas since people were too busy bickering. A handful of people from his side and the guards fell.

There's another person, where did the one who threw that bomb go? The guards suddenly came this way despite the First Prince in the other end of the castle? A setup. Kazuya clenched his fist; he doesn't have time for this. He needs to get to Lyn. From the looks of things everybody was down more or less, he should use this chance to leave.

Catching movement, he was relieved. It was somebody from his side, ”Hey, I'm going to--” Kazuya's words fell short when he saw two people approach the guy from behind. Each held two blades covered in high-level magic, ”Tsk,” Kazuya quickly rushed over and pushed the man down. He didn't have time to react when he felt himself get attacked on both shoulders; a piercing pain spread on his shoulders and Kazuya landed on the ground with a thud.

...

His consciousness was weak, and vision fading but...

”Is this the one we need?”

”Yes, the others are garbage according to the boss.”

Laughter, ”Don't mimic him.”

”Can we really get the girl with this guy? Maybe we should have just gone after Rhys.”

Kazuya eyes widened at that comment, could these people be the ones Rhys met when they arrived. Kazuya tried to focus his, but it was no good.

Damn, this is bad. No matter how much Kazuya wanted to stay awake. Kazuya felt cold and tired. The pain on his shoulders was growing, and he could see the blood falling from his shoulder down to his arm, ”Lyn,” he murmured.