Chapter 196 – Fairy Hunting (1/2)

“You really are ruthless, it hurts just looking at it. A cut to the neck then a stab to the heart, clean and efficient, hmm… if that really was me, I would definitely be dead, right?”

Charles appeared behind Shen DaiYing and made an exaggerated sigh. He wasn’t wearing his long robe but the yellow uniform for his team. He looked normal except for the strange aura that his red hair let off in the darkness.

Along with his appearance, Devoru and the other two teammates closely followed and guarded Charles from the left and right, afraid that she would rush over.

Shen DaiYing stared blankly at the dummy laying on the ground, then at Charles.

“I haven’t been able to sleep well the past couple of days, I had to act out the same thing ever night, it almost killed me… sigh, good thing it all worked out in the end.”

It turns out that Charles was already prepared for this.

He knew that someone would take this opportunity when he’s not as heavily guarded to try and assassinate him, so these past nights he had been using a dummy as a replacement to lure out the killer.

He didn’t expect to actually succeed!

“Such skilled movements, a professional, huh… who are you? Who put you up to this? Well, it’s not like you’ll tell me even if I ask, right, what a pain…” Charles shook his head with melancholy.

The night was too dark, even the limited moonlight was covered by the thick clouds, so he couldn’t see what they looked like at all. The other party was also wearing a face mask, he could only tell it was a female based on the figure.

Although the sword at her waist and the strange shoes looked familiar, he couldn’t easily draw a conclusion.

Her sword skills were quick and cold, each strike fatal, no hesitance whatsoever, it reminded him of an assassination he encountered several years ago.

As the eldest prince, he would often meet assassins so he was already used to it, but that day was especially frightening.

That time was different, it was an organization and premeditated, they were all well hidden and he didn’t notice at all as he was being entrapped, and almost died! It was thanks to Devoru that he was fortunate enough to survive.

Tonight, he was reliving the past.

“You’re from ShenYue Ge right? Those eyes, there’s no mistaking it!”

With the help of the dim moonlight, Charles finally saw her eyes, and couldn’t help but get startled.

All the assassins from ShenYue Ge were all fearless, every single one of their eyes were empty and spiritless, like killing machines. That time they sent around ten assassins, only one survived.

Charles wanted to catch them alive, but that lucky survivor realized it was a failure and immediately burned the corpses of their companions and committed suicide by jumping into the river.

Charles saw the same coldness in the eyes of this slender killer in front of him.

“As expected of the scarlet fairy…” Shen DaiYing didn’t refute him and simply clenched her sword and stared at him with those dead eyes.

“Hehe, it seems like you guys didn’t learn your lesson. If you want to kill me, you’re going to need to send more people.” After confirming her origins, Charles coldly laughed.

During that last assassination, ShenYue Ge lost around ten people, but them? They lost over one hundred!

It was a similarly dim night, the spacious courtyard was piled with bodies of his subordinates and littered with body parts. The thick red blood covered the floor, leaving no ground unstained to set foot upon. The nauseating smell of corpses filled the air, along with the metallic sounds of swords being drawn.

The ‘little princess’ stood strong alone in the center of the courtyard. He didn’t cower facing those coldblooded killers, even if he was about to die, he was a proud royal, the corners of his mouth curled upwards in disdain.

Afterwards, a huge golden holy spear shot down from the sky and the reserve saint Devoru appeared at the last minute with reinforcements, saving Charles.

No one knew how reinforcements got there so quickly, or why Devoru gave a damn and saved Charles, and neither did any one know how he managed to survive without a single injury.

The only thing that got out was that after that battle, Charles was covered in fresh blood from head to toe, even his originally short red hair became unusually vibrant dyed from the blood, like a demonic fairy. At that time, Charles still took care of the aftermath calmly without any panic, he even licked the blood from who knows who off the side of his mouth, like he wasn’t even the one who just got saved from the jaws of death.

Since then, he obtained the nickname of Scarlet Fairy and the number of assassination attempts greatly decreased, it was like they all thought that he was unkillable.

Only the ShenYue Ge still wants to hunt this fairy!

“Even if you want to kill me, isn’t sending just one female child’s play?” Charles coldly snorted and ordered, “Go, finish her! Dead or alive, just don’t let her escape!”

“Yes, your highness!”

The three responded with Devoru in lead.

He swing his long spear and rushed towards her.

It was three versus one, Heino Academy had the advantage, they thought that she would choose to run, but she didn’t move at all!

As they approached, Shen DaiYIng pulled out her long sword Snow.

In an instant, flower petals started drifting down from the sky.

“What?”

Just as Devoru was about to strike, the numerous petals obstructed his vision. He knew that they weren’t actually petals, but fatal slashes!

He abruptly stopped his charge and brandished his spear protecting his body, his golden spear head created a strong barrier crushing all the falling petals.

The clashed continued to vibrate in their ears, each light looking petal carried shocking power. Each time he struck a petal, a large tremble passed through his spear, Devoru’s hand that clenched the spear was going numb.

Shen DaiYing used this skill during the Intramural competition, but at that time she didn’t want to reveal her true strength, and wanted to hurt Lin Xiao even less, so she didn’t use her full strength. But now, she didn’t need to take anything into consideration and went all out.

But mere petals couldn’t stop Devoru.