Chapter 28 The Trouble Comes (1/2)

Under the thicket, Orlando frowned when he noticed that the guards had their heads lowered down.

”Are you certain that's the carriage?” He whispered to the person beside him.

”Yes, my lord. We had been following them since their arrival in Riverwood Town. You can rest assured that Ms. Helen of the Keller family is indeed in this carriage.”

”Then explain to me why does the number of people in the carriage seem to be inconsistent with your initial report?”

”My lord, the other three are travelers on the carriage. Although we aren't clear on their identities, they should be unrelated to the Keller family, and their strength isn't anything spectacular.”

”Very well then. Remind the rest to be on guard and ready to attack. Failure is unacceptable.”

Orlando did not continue speaking after that. Once he received intel about Helen's departure from the city, he was overjoyed. They finally had the opportunity to capture her alive. To Orlando, this task wasn't difficult at all.

”Yes, my lord.”

The man turned around and quickly disappeared into the foliage. Occasionally, Orlando would raise his head out from the bush and peek at the carriage, but this time, the carriage door swung open and a young man emerged from the carriage.

That's him?

Orlando furrowed his brows. He couldn't understand why he felt that something bad was going to happen.

Rhode walked out from the carriage.

Under the light, the distant forest appeared darker than usual. He glanced in the direction of the noise, and his face turned serious.

Some people are hiding there.

Truth to be told, when he discovered that he was being spied on, the first suspects that came to his mind were those people in the Twilight Forest. But after thinking carefully, if it were those people, then he wouldn't be able to detect them this easily. After all, the spy was an advanced profession. No matter how high his initial attributes were, it can't be compared to an advanced profession. The only possibility he could think of was that they were careless.

After walking out of the carriage, Rhode confirmed his speculation. Since his senses could lock on their location without any difficulty, it revealed that the ambush wasn't orchestrated by a spy - or another high-level profession at the very least.

Nevertheless, it was still a bizarre situation. Ever since Rhode appeared in this world, he had not provoked anyone on purpose. Perhaps the target wasn't him?

”What happened, Mr.Rhode?”

The moment Rhode stepped out of the carriage, Lize opened her eyes. As a veteran mercenary, she had developed an inherent nature to upkeep a certain level of vigilance.

”Just some rats,” replied Rhode coolly.

Lize was faintly surprised at Rhode's calm voice.

”Was it those people that chased after us before?”

Rhode shook his head. ”No, these people don't appear to be targeting us.”

Lize was surprised, but before she could reply Rhode, a guard came up to both of them and asked,

”Hello, Sir. What's the matter?”

After traveling for a day, Rhode naturally recognized the guard captain of Ms. Helen's garrison, which was Ben. Even though a skilled individual should hold the appointment of guard captain, it was clear that Ben wasn't very skilled. According to the standards of this world, he would be rated as a Level 7 swordsman who had just ranked up from apprentice swordsman. The reason why he managed to grasp this position was because of his family, which had served the Keller family loyally for many years. As such, rather than fulfilling the role as a guard to the young miss, it could be said that he was her follower instead.

To Ben, Rhode was a figure of respect. Although his first impression of Rhode was negative because of his beautiful face, which led him to the conclusion that he was a playboy, Rhode's display of strength left him utterly speechless. At his age, it was common knowledge that most young nobles couldn't even wield a sword, not to mention fighting with it. However, Rhode sent two guards flying through the air empty-handedly. It didn't matter how he did it, but this young man's power was beyond his imagination. Even after living in Deep Stone City for 20 years, apart from the young heir from the Felix family, he had never seen such a skilled person like Rhode.

Deep in their hearts, every man dreamed of being strong and powerful. And Ben, without a doubt, was no exception to this. In the Dragon Soul Continent, only the strong were respected. Thus, although he wasn't happy because of the dispute with Rhode, after experiencing Rhode's overwhelming power, his attitude immediately changed and became respectful.

Facing Ben's courteous behavior, Rhode just waved his hand to beckon him to stop talking. Within the thick foliage, he could sense seven people lurking around in the vicinity.

Two on the left, right, and front. One at the rear.