225 Escape Plan (2/2)
”Black-armored men? King Don's men?”
”Seems like it”
Nanbu frowned when he remembered the stories of how they massacred King Garreth's men without having even a single casualty. He himself talked about this feat in his class and his brains struggled to form a plan to escape these remarkable black-armored men.
”Nanbu, he's awake”
”Good”
Nanbu crawled back to Ukita and Kayako
”Our students”
Kayako's voice broke as Nanbu wiped away the tears on her face
”We can't save them if we end up as slaves, can you feel any slave bond?”
Kayako shook her head
”Good, it means they haven't marked us yet, we have a chance to escape”
”Wait”
Ukita growled
”What?”
”Think about it, they didn't tie us or marked us as slaves even though they had the chance to do so”
”Not now old man, they are just overconfident, we can use it as our advantage”
”We are in his kingdom, Nanbu, how do you plan to escape?”
Ukita calmly said as Nanbu frowned in confusion
”How can you say that?”
”The rain, there's no rain in any kingdoms at this time, except Agoria”
Nanbu took a few deep breaths after hearing Ukita and shook his head
”It doesn't matter, if we don't escape now, we'll spend the rest of our lives as slaves”
He was more worried about Kayako than himself and Ukita. If she ended up as a slave, her life would be hell and Nanbu would rather see her dead than see them defile her.
”Here's the plan”
Ukita opened his mouth to say something but Nanbu stopped him with a wave of his hand
”I have enough strength to break this door, when I break this door, the two guards would be surprised for a moment, I'll use their surprise and attack them, you two use your strength to cast wherever spell you can to escape into the woods, once you're in the woods, Kayako can take care the rest of it”
”That's your plan?”
Kayako looked pale after hearing his plan as she didn't get much courage from his plan.
”I know it's not a perfect plan, but do you have a better one?”
”What if there's no forest nearby?”
”It's Agoria, there's nothing but forest”
”But you”
”Dont worry about me, just escape as quickly as you can, a few humans in fancy armor can't stop me”
He smiled but Kayako and Ukita knew that his smile was fake as a horse's egg.
”Are you ready?”
Kayako couldn't nod but her tears had already started to wet her face.
”You can't afford to be weak now, Kaya. Remember what that eunuch bitch did to us and to our students, we need to avenge them”
Kayako was not a vengeful woman but she wanted to get justice for those poor children and to get justice,she knew that she had to escape this carriage at all cost.
”Yes”
Kayako deeply exhaled as Nanbu nodded.
”Remember, no matter what happens to me, keep running”
Nanbu closed his eyes and conjured the weak life energy into his hands before Kayako could say anything.
The magical fluctuations of a mid level great master slowly radiated from Nanbu's body as his hands transformed into metal hands.
”Here we go”
Opening his eyes, Nanbu sighed as Kayako and Ukita got ready to follow Nanbu's plans.
”1...2...3”
Just as he said three,Nanbu punched the carriage door as hard as he could.
THe wooden door shattered into pieces when it met Nabu's metal hands and the four black armored guards outside were startled as the debris hit their armor with a clinking sound.
”FOR FREEDOM!”
Nanbu leopard out of the carriage with the battle cry and sent a black armored guard flying with a punch.
Nanbu thought that this might cause some confusion among the other three guards however, the other three guards quickly took a defensive stance and flanked Nanbu.
Nanbu had no time to turn back and see how many guards were coming behind him.If he was in his prime state, he could have easily bested the three peak level masters in front of him,yet,he could now only hope to buy some time for Kayako and Ukita to escape.
”Fist of Fury”
He had no time to waste as he cast the last spell he could with his remaining life energy.
The spell would enhance the strength of his fists and let him deliver rapid punches in lightning fast for a short amount of time.
Looking at the guards who were busy with Nanbu, Kayako mustered her courage and jumped out of the carriage with Ukita to run towards the forest.
Unfortunately for Nanbu,the black armor they wore was extremely strong and even with his enhanced strength, he couldn't make a dent in the armor as his fist started to throb.
”RUN!”
Nanbu knew he's going to lose the battle with the three and heard more footsteps from behind.
”Stop right there”
Suddenly a calm voice reverberated the area as the black armored men stopped fighting with Nanbu.
And in a flash, Nanbu, Kayako, and Ukita were surrounded by a volley of arrows.
Nanbu was tired yet he tried to move a muscle but another arrow flew past him grazing his cheek.
”Try to move again and the next one will go through your head”