Chapter 25 - Escape (1/2)

”Hei! Use your secret card now! We need to get out of here right away!”

Hearing Kang's words, Hei nodded with his head to indicate he had understood. Then he started to climb the stairs first, while Kang calmed and gave orders to the newly freed people.

Once on the ground floor, without hesitation, Hei passed through the door that led into the inner rooms from the back corridor.

As it was said before, it was a room with huge sofas and a meeting table. Everything was decorated with elegant and expensive ornaments, and the walls were covered with beautiful paintings.

Without wasting time admiring the opulence of the room, Hei went straight to the stairs that led to the first floor where the merchant was with his guard.

At the top of the stairs, two guards were waiting for him with their weapons drawn. Evidently, the guard Feng wasn't the only person in charge of the protection on the first floor.

With readiness, they began to activate their spirit power, but Bao Bei stared at them in the eyes, and they assumed blank expressions as the aura that began to condense on them became extinct.

Hei, therefore, shortly before reaching them, swung his spear, and with its sharp head, he cut their throats clean.

Blood spurts came out violently as the two guards collapsed on the ground. Although they were bleeding profusely, they didn't seem to mind it as they didn't even try to stop the blood from leaking out.

Without paying further attention to the two of them, Hei went on. He was in another long corridor with various rooms on the sides that served as bedrooms.

Not knowing in which room the merchant and his guard were, Hei wanted to break down the doors one by one, but Bao Bei beckoned him to go directly to the door to the left on the bottom of the corridor.

Following what his mother had told him, Hei promptly headed for the door and kicked the handle to open it.

The door was forcefully opened, and from inside, Hei could see Dong Zhen's figure. With trembling movements, the merchant was sitting on the ground, leaning against the bed.

It seemed that the amazement of seeing the door of his room smashed had frightened him. However, Hei, looking at him, had a strange feeling as if something was wrong.

'Mother-'

'Come in, don't worry. Your intuition isn't wrong, but they cannot do anything to you with me here.'

Without further delay, Hei ran forward into the bedroom.

On the side of the door, hidden by a piece of furniture, were the merchant's personal guard, Feng, kneeling while he had both his swords held up.

As soon as Hei entered, Feng threw himself at full speed against him, aiming at the intruder's chest, as if he wanted to impale him on the wall.

Over the years, Dong Zhen had adopted this tactic several times but, even if someone had suspected it could be a trap, the possibility of being able to kill the merchant and their confidence in their own abilities, made Dong Zhen's enemies choose to enterer the trap, confident that they could still succeed.

However, Feng's abilities were far superior, and none of those who had made an attempt on the merchant's life remained alive.

Indeed, even Hei, despite perceiving something wasn't right, was still forced to enter to kill Dong Zhen.

However, this time, things didn't end up like the merchant and his guard had thought. They hadn't calculated the factor that there could be someone extremely powerful and dangerous among the intruders, more than what the guard Feng could handle.

Before he could reach Hei, Feng felt his body being paralyzed, and he felt his spirit power being suppressed.

With horror, he looked at the boy who had just rushed into the room. He didn't dare to believe that such a young man could possess such power.

After all, although the strongest sects' sect leaders in the Rainbow Island could easily defeat him, it didn't mean that they were at a level that they could prevent him from moving or even circulating his spirit power.

Seeing his bodyguard stopping, Dong Zhen for the first time in many years had a hint of fear as he called loudly,

”What the hell are you doing? Why did you stop? Take him out now!! Did you hear me?”

But Feng wasn't even able to open his mouth. As much as he tried to force himself, all he could produce was nothing but confused sounds.

Bao Bei then told Hei, 'I immobilized him, so you don't have to worry. Finish him right away so you can get back to the others.'

'Thank you, Mother. Without you, I would not have succeeded.' Hei affectionately said to his mother.

Indeed, even if he expected something like this, Feng's strength was something he couldn't handle at this moment.

Even if he had parried with his spear, the force behind that blow was so strong that it would have impaled him to the wall anyway.

So, Hei took his spear with both his hands, and with a heavy lunge, the weapon penetrated Feng's windpipe. The guard then fell to the ground without even being able to react.

Looking at his trusted guard over many years of service, Dong Zhen was genuinely taken by pure terror. Never he imagined that Feng would have been killed so quickly, much less by a boy.

As he began to think of what words to use to plead to be spared, Dong Zhen recognized Hei's face.

”But you are that brat who stopped my wagons. Please, whatever you want, it's yours. Do you want the buffaloes? Then you can take them all, just don't hurt me.” The merchant desperately begged as he tried to rely on Hei's desire to save the buffaloes. He didn't know that Hei had already ascertained the water buffaloes' condition.

Seeing him plead in that way, Hei didn't answer but simply pointed his spear at the merchant.

His mother had taught them that it was dangerous to leave someone alive who had tried to kill you once.

However, she had also taught them they should decide after evaluating the circumstances. Regarding the man in front of him, who was pleading for his life, there was certainly nothing that could make Hei change his mind.

Thus, he stabbed him to the heart with his spear and immediately ended his life.

Probably others would have tortured the merchant or given him a slow death for what he had done, but Hei didn't like to torture living beings. If he had to take a life, then he might as well take it off quickly.

He also didn't have time to waste to teach the merchant a lesson. The priority was to get out of there and free the imprisoned buffaloes.

As Hei finished the merchant and his guard, Ye and Xing, for their mother's order, left Hei's body to explore the bedroom. Eventually, they found several bags full of gold coins.

They didn't represent the totality of Dong Zhen's wealth, but it was still a nice sum. It was certainly enough for Kang's group to get a new life.