84 Fighting against the Collins (1/2)
This large sound stunned everyone. However, they quickly regained their bearings and their expressions grew dark. No one present was a mediocre person and had a decent sense of hearing. Just from hearing the door break into pieces, they knew that someone had forcefully breaking in.
”Impudence!” The clan leader of Collin Clan slammed his hand onto the armrest of his throne, causing a large splitting sound to ring through the room.
”Who dares to be so audacious? To cause trouble for our Collin Clan? Everyone, with me! Let us go see who dares tread on this sacred ground.” The Collin clan leader stood up with a dark expression. As he stomped out of the room toward the courtyard with a furious mood, everyone else followed.
The Collin clan leader brought the group to the entrance of the courtyard where ten guards of the Collin Clan were already stationed. From every corner, more and more guards began to pour in, and their number kept increasing.
”Move out of the way, the clan leader is here!”
A sharp-eyed guard cried the moment he saw the clan leader come toward them. Like water, the crowd of guards immediately made way for the clan leader to walk through. But even after that, the entire area was filled to the brim with Collin clan guards.
Surrounded by the Collin clan guards was a girl that was around the age of eighteen. The girl wore a simple white robe that seemed to be of an inferior material. On a glance, the girl was just like a common village girl. She was not beautiful, but also not ugly. She had pale skin that emphasized her facial features.
The moment they saw this average looking girl, the Collin clan leader's glare flashed with a cold look as he spoke out, ”Who are you to dare cause trouble for our Collin clan? Do you think our clan is an easy target to bully?”
Erza returned the leader's stare with a teasing smile as she spoke to the elder, ”And who are you?”
”Hmph.” Seeing the look of disdain from Erza, the anger in the Collin clan leader's eyes intensified. ”This old man is the leader of the Collin Clan – Abraham Collin.”
”Oh, so you're the leader of the Collin Clan?” Erza had a faint smile on her face as she cupped her hands together with a sneer. ”This one is called Erna. I've come to find a person; as long as the Collin clan leader brings out this person, I will leave.”
Abraham laughed angrily, ”Looking for someone? Hahaha, little bitch, you need a lesson on knowing who your superiors are! To dare demand something from the leader of the Collin Clan. Girl, within Mirage City, the amount of people that would dare demand something from the Collin Clan are nearly none, you are the first!”
Erza laughed as well, ”It would appear that I should be happy about this. Collin clan leader, I won't mince words with you, do you know whether or not the leader of the Rage Mercenaries, Edward is here?”
”I am Edward Collin.” The moment Erza spoke, Edward walked forward from the crowd with eyes that emanated a killing intent that felt as if he was a hungry wolf waiting to devour the girl. ”I've heard you've slaughtered my Rage Mercenaries in an instant, is that true?”
”It is.”
Hearing those two words, Edward could not hold himself back. His eyes flashed dangerously as the killing intent flew out toward Erza.
Instantly, a long spear appeared within Edward's hand as he shouted, ”You dare to destroy the mercenary group which I had spent twenty years creating? Bitch, it matters not who you are, I, Edward Collin, will make you live a life worse than death and suffer from the eternal torment of the world! With this, I will take revenge for my fallen brothers!” A heavy pressure originated from his weapon as he stabbed at Erza.
Erza revealed a cold smile as Melforce appeared in her right hand and flew out at the same time as the spear.
*Ding!*
The black sword carried a large amount of essences as it struck against Edward's spear firmly. A loud sound rang out into the air as the two weapons made contact with each other. In every possible direction, a large shockwave spread out so dense that it could be seen by the naked eye.
Along with the shockwave, a large cloud of dust was kicked up and surrounded the area. At the same time, the weaker guards of the Collin Clan were forced back a few steps because of it.
Sword met spear as Erza and Edward were locked in a stalemate. All of a sudden, a black coloured lightning spark appeared and shot toward Edward's throat.
It was unbelievably fast so that before Edward could react, it was already less than a foot away from his throat.
Edward's face suddenly grew startled, but because of his countless years of battle experience, he remained calm under pressure and instantly kicked backward. At the same time the long spear in his hands sprung back to him and went to block the attack.