Volume 2 Chapter 10 (2/2)

”Po- Poison!”

The knights were surrounding the party, hts fell on the ground grabbing their necks, and another one fell with violent convulsion As they were standing next to each other, the knives that they parried has bounced off to others, and struck where their bare skins was exposed But they didn't know that it hat Brat planned

”How dare you attack while so, you sneaky bastards!”

Viscounty Alpho couldn't resist the anger, and shouted He put h, a blue aura covered the blade, and an aura blade the size of a palm was formed at the tip of the blade It was the aura sword, that was popular for being able to cut every matter in the world

But Devron was a formidable swordsman as well His sword, too, formed an aura blade about the same size that Alpho had made The only difference was that Devron's aura was more yellow, than blue

”You despicable bastards!” Alpho shouted, and started swinging his sword

”You Fool! What's the use of talking about being sneaky in the matter of life and death!”

”Still!”

”Gah!”

Devron thrusted his sword to attack Alpho's chest

Alpho kneould easily win this battle But when the actual battle broke, he realized that wasn't the case Not only did Devron have th and mana injected into his sword, Alpho sian to slowly retreat

”Yikes! You gramp…!”

Alpho bit his lips and tried his best, but Devron's feet and sent faster and faster Devron's fast sword dance that cut into openings before Alpho could even swing just once made Alpho's blood curdle

The knights realized that Devron wasn't an easy person to deal with, despite how old he looks Three hts joined to help Alpho They also had aura blades forh it was quite a bit shorter than Alpho's or Devron's

The swords struck together, but Devron didn't lose the fight Devron's quick feet and sas light and as fast as the wind, but the ihts couldn't handle Devron's sword dance

”This !”

Viscount Alpho couldn't understand 3 low-level Experts and a ether, and still the oldtheht to prevent the, and the sword dance thatthat blocks its way Alpho couldn't understand how he had never heard of such a man

”Daten and I will join Sir Alphos The others stop the!”

One of the knights ordered, so Haroon replied with his order

”Doran, Teeno, get the kids! Philip and Gitan, open a path behind! Serinn, Ritrina, run aith Briella! Hall, Mist! Devron, into the forest!”

Fortunately, although it was a shout in the reat hurry, everyone understood his words While Philip and Gitan fought with the knights to open a path for the party, Doran and Teeno ran to hold the kids up and ran into the forest

Devron too, hts only to defend, and used the aftershock to juround hard, his body flipped backwards Devron sa Hall was notas she couldn't keep up with how fast the situation changed

”Quick!” Devron shouted

And it helped Hall to wake up from her daze

”Mist!”

Quickly casting the ic, Hall lifted Briella up in her ar how Haroon opened up a chance with his throwing knives, once again Hall ran into the forest with Serinn and Ritrina

”YOU bastardS!”

Alpho roared out of anger First, he lost his three underlings froers, and next, he suffered from an old man that he didn't even know the naer But he still had et to move even a step

”Brat, Poison Spirit guided Throwing Knives!”

8 knives left Haroon's hand, controlled by Brat As they headed toward the knights, the knights ere about to chase the party had to stop It was easy for them to prepare themselves to parry the knives noBut as the knives weren't just ordinary knives, they didn't just bounced off but gained more momentum and shot to the sides

Leaving Brat to guide the knives, Haroon took an antidote and mana potion, and followed the others to escape from the site He could hear soot hit

”What the heck happened? Who the damned are they?” Alpho shouted from the distance

After entering the forest full of fog, Haroon threw soain It wasn't an effective way to attack the Since they knew Haroon was using poison, they had to ain soers a few more times, Haroon ran away in earnest Soon, he was able to catch up to the party At first, he could hear the ar, weight of the ar sound soon faded away

Teeno was able to find a way to escape even in the diht He didn't exactly learn any swordsmanshi+p, but he still had sharp eyes that he was born with, and experience he had fro for an hour, they stopped by a giant waterfall Everyone was soaked in sweat

”This, place, should be, safe, for, now,” said Teeno, catching his breath

At Teeno's words, they collapse on the bare ground They didn't care if it was bare ground or not Haroon, too, breathed deeply, listening to his rapid heartbeat He realized how tired his body was It should have been obvious, but he didn't feel that hen he was running away

”Hall, hand them some potions”

”Yes, sir”

Hall was feeling better than the others, at least Ritrina, Serinn, and Hall carried Briella in turns, so they were not as tired as the s

She took so and handed theicians, not by the Temple, it was not as effective as the ones Haroon had before, but it was good enough for the party to recover sta their body comfortably

”You owe us an explanation,” said Philip to Devron, with a serious face

They knew Devron wasn't just an ordinary old man, but when they found Devron was actually a reat curiosity to them

”What he said What in the blazes was that about?”

Hot tery Haroon looked at Devron without any words

”As you ht have noticed, there are some people who doesn't appreciate our existence To be exact, Briella is their target,” said Devron

He paused for a bit, looking at the Quad wanker's faces, and continued

”I can't explain everything now, but I will tell you this The enemy have quite a lot of power, and we are related to the Royal faet in trouble if we arrive at our destination”

Devron shut his mouth after that They knew that he wouldn't talk about it anymore

”Alright We kneouldn't be an easy task as the reward you promised us was quite excessive, but it could have been better if you had told us more about it We were quite astonished back then,” Haroon replied

Devron opened hisHaroon's words, with an excuse reflected on his face

”I'ood will happen if you get deeply involved with her Please understand that I had no other intention”

At least that seemed true Haroon never found them suspicious

”By the ho are you really? Froth of your aura blade, you seem to be over mid-level Expert,” Philip asked

Devron shut his eyes Philip knew that hts have reached such a level But he also knew that there are not hts, not even a chance when it comes to the one who are es If Devron is a rade-A mercenary Devron finally opened his mouth

”I will tell you e get to the destination Nothing good will befall you if you'd know the details, so be patient until then”

So they couldn't ask anymore They scattered and looked for a place to sleep

”I owe you once again”

Devron ca his sweat

”It's only because they were careless”

”But I really can't understand your throwing knife skill I know you said you have used a spirit's power, but how can a knife bounce off like that? And how can you throw poisoned daggers with bare hands?”

Devron was confused

”By the hat are we going to do now?”

As Haroon changed the subject, Devron's face stiffened for a second

”Hotta belive in Teeno's skill for now He needs to find a path, more concealed than the others”

Atteh wasn't an option

”They will try to surround us, using the feudal lord around this place It is fortunate that we are in the middle of the Norflox mountains, which means it will be hard for them to find us,” said Doran

Devron and Haroon nodded

”Theydeeper and deeper We need to take some rest too,” said Teeno

So Devron ordered at Teeno's words

”Like Teeno said, let's get so to be for just a few hours They won't be able to chase us in a night like this

The party felt hungry as their dinner got ruined They couldn't even et spotted Instead, they ate some bread and jerkies to soothe their stomachs, and slept for a while

They got up before the sunrise, and left the waterfall Briella seemed okay, but the other two kids seemed quite tired But this was not the time to take care of kids

Teeno found a way through boulders and trees He said it was the path that the wild aniher chance to meet the beasts, it was safe from humans It wasn't easy for them to take it, but nobody complained or showed tiredness Without any words, they followed Teeno, preparing for any situation Though, they knew the chase had been cut-off soo

They ers They couldn't avoid the party's swords Hall seemed quite frustrated about the situation, and she didn't hesitate to kill them In fact, she was the first one who drew her shenever they uard of Briella

Following the path for 3 more days, deeply into the middle of the mountain, they were able to reach the point where they could see Viscounty castle of Paros

”And that's Sordan River and Sordan field We could say it is the last gate to castle Paros”

Everyone's face brightened up from Teeno's words A river that seemed over 100 steps wide, and wide fields beyond the river cae built over it, and a road, directly heading to their destination

”We will be safe inside the Viscounty of Paros,” said Doran

Haroon nodded There was no need for him to ask why it would be so

”The problee We can already see a guard post over there”

Doran was pointing at a tee It was quite a distance, but Haroon could see nu it

That wasn't all He looked over the riverside, and there were soldiers posted at regular intervals alongside it

”Sun Guards? That's the sye!”

It was Philip He was pointing at the sy The party could see the knights preparing their food

”Holy shi+t! First Silver Moons, and now Sun Guards?”

Gitan drew a deep breath Gitan originally wanted to be a knight, unlike his father who is a nize one of the es

As Haroon didn't know the na calm as he didn't knohat itthe same way Swords of Darkness This was the other name for Silver Moons as their ene Unlike thee, specialized in attacking force as a group

”By the nuuard is deployed,” said Doran, with misery on his face

”Now I can see why Silver Moon wasn't chasing us By interrogating Roteot out of their chase It was them who intended to surround us,” said Devron, nervously

They tried their best to move as fast as possible, but the enemy was faster Silver Moons ic, when they erock

The people drew a deep sigh without knowing Crossing the river in this situation was almost impossible

”What if we go around, down to the river?”

It was Briella, who hasn't been talking much

”We could But if we go down the river, the river gets wider, and are surrounded by cliffs that are too high to clio down further, but that's the territory of Demonland, which is known as a land of deo up, but that's not a route we can take Not froreat detail

He knew this place very well As if he found Haroon's appreciative gaze an embarrassment, he whispered in a low voice

”This place is near where I grew up”

And that explained why Doran and his kids were acting ot closer to Paros

”Let's stop by here for today, and think about hoe should cross the river”

On Devron's words, the party looked for a place where they could rest

Translated by Channy_

Edited by Tom, and Kmatt

Footnotes:

Editor's notes:

Channy_: Sorry about the delay, I was sick early in the last week, so I couldn't get this chapter done in time Still, I hope you enjoyed this chapter

FYI, The upco chapter, 'Unexpected class advance that one, I a theet delayed, and I ao back to 1 chapter per 5 days schedule I willthe back to the earlier chapters when it is done

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