Chapter 275: Killing two birds with one stone (1/2)
Chapter 275: Killing two birds with one stone
There were a total of ten people in the group that had ambushed Lawrence—
three mages, four archers, and three swordsmen.
Amongst the three swordsmen, only one was a swordmaster, while the other two were senior swordsmen. Except for the earth adept mage that Han Shuo had already killed, there was one space adept mage and the black robed dark archmage.
The black robed mage felt a chill down his spine when he saw Han Shuo appear with Pollak’s head in hand. The two mages had been back to back, yet he hadn’t even noticed when Pollak was killed. This indicated the absolutely extraordinary strength of the newcomer.
“Kill this person first!” The black robed mage shouted, about to chant a magic incantation.
Suddenly, the big tree next to him swayed in an odd manner. Like a peacock displaying its tail, the tree branches turned into sharp arrows and shot towards the mage in a hail of sharp missiles that covered the sky. He simply had no time to react as dozen of branches transformed his body into a pincushion. He turned into a hedgehog, his blood flowing profusely.
The mage’s eyes were still wide open as he died. He couldn’t accept the fact that the tree had suddenly turned into a murder weapon. Why did the ordinary tree suddenly turn into an unblinking murder weapon?
The two senior swordsmen were dressed in black nightwalker outfits as they jumped down from the rooftop, intending to kill Han Shuo firsthand. Ludicrously, three cracks somehow appeared on the ground where they landed. They’d wanted to borrow the force of their movement to spring towards Han Shuo, but let out a tragic scream as they were swallowed by the cracks like flies casting themselves into a spider’s web. The remaining people looked on, dumbfounded at the weird happenings with perturbed hearts. The swordmaster assassin then ordered in a grave tone, “Retreat!”
The four archers and the space adept mage were as if granted amnesty by this word. They quickly turned around, about to flee.
“Want to escape? Heh heh, it’s my first day of work today! I’ll gain some standing for catching all of you!” Han Shuo leisurely gave chase while smiling cutely.
The swordmaster leapt, his feet about to tap the small tree next to him when the tree unexpectedly came to life, the snake-like branches tightly wrapping around his ankle. More and more of branches twisted like octopus tentacles and tightly bound the lower half of his body.
The swordmaster’s face was dreadful as he waved his sword, attempting to hack off the soft branches. However at this precise moment, old assassin Lucky emerged from the shadows and approached like a ghost to finishe the struggling swordmaster.
Han Shuo was about to act, but halted upon seeing Lucky approach. He understood this swordmaster would be hard pressed to escape death, so he turned his sights to the four archers and the space adept mage.
“Bryan, capture one alive!” Lawrence was both surprised and overjoyed. He didn’t expect Han Shuo to be so stunning and calm in the face of so many experts. He’d used some unexpected method to casually play with them in his hand.
“Ah! Murder murder! Shut the door, quickly shut the door!” Even though this alley was remote, there were still people in the broad daylight. Several civilians opened the windows to take a peek upon hearing Han Shuo’s shouts, then hastily shut both their windows and doors in horror of the fear of being implicated.
Han Shuo’s sensitive hearing soon caught the sound of a cavalry team quickly approaching from afar. He looked in the direction where the four archers had escaped and laughed sinisterly.
His body flashing with a whooshing sound like a stone thrown from a catapult, he landed in the midst of the four archers in the blink of an eye. The Demonslayer Edge instantly took three lives like a demon summoned from hell.
Han Shuo restrained the last archer by grabbing the back of his neck, lifting him up using one hand. The archer was only one meter and seventy centimeters tall, so his legs flailed around upon being lifted up. He grunted gutterly and couldn’t utter a complete word as he looked down in horror at Han Shuo.
The quiver on the back of this poor archer had long since been thrown away. Although he struggled with all that he had, he couldn’t reach Han Shuo since his two arms were shorter than the latter’s. It looked quite comical.
“Kid, be good and your crime will be lessened!” Han Shuo grinned. He walked back towards Lawrence while easily holding the archer.
The other space adept mage didn’t get to take a few steps before he was coldly shot down by a dark arrow in the middle of his back. The dead mage fell from the rooftop to the ground.
The person who shot the arrow was the old assassin Lucky. Han Shuo had seen the happenings clearly, so he wasn’t surprised about the space adept mage’s death.
“Who, who dares to fight on the street!?” The cavalry rushed from a distance only when everything was over. The leading officer was fully armored as he shouted loudly.
“You city guards are truly unreliable!” Lawrence on the other side shook his head and let out a long sigh. He didn’t spare a glance towards the officer and looked towards Han Shuo with appreciation, “Many thanks, Bryan!”
“Alright. I choked this person unconscious, so you look after him yourself. Remember that I protected you this time, so the Dark Mantle higher-ups will take note of this accomplishment. In addition, I protected the order of the northern castle and prevented a malicious assassination, so the Northern Guard should record this credit for me!” Accomplishing two deeds in one go, what a great harvest! Han Shuo was secretly smug.
“Got it!” Lawrence understood what he meant and answered with a smile.
“Mm, there’s no more danger on the road, I’ll be leaving then!” Han Shuo only flung out these words before leaving in style.
The officer had originally wanted to stop him, but he simply didn’t have to courage to say anything and let Han Shuo leave leisurely when he recognized Lawrence and saw how the two were chatting warmly.