"Seriously, what a beating you gave to the Captain of the Guards sir." - said an attacker.
"..." - the leader of the attackers said nothing, he was only cleaning one of his daggers that Kane had returned to him, this dagger had been one that he sent directly to Kane's head to kill him, but Kane managed to grab the dagger and throw it towards him, the blood on the dagger was from Kane's hand.
"But Ter ..." - said another attacker.
"Hm!"
"Sorry sir."
"Yes?"
"Why didn't you end that man's life?"
"Because he still had a fighting spirit, and if we stayed longer, more guards would arrive."
"But it is not better to kill all the guards, we have enough strength to ..."
"Yes, but that is not our mission yet, we have only come for money, goods and people, nothing more." - said the leader. - "Besides, with the wounds that I left him; it is very difficult for him to survive." - Said the leader with a smile under his mask.
"..." - all the attackers who accompanied him said nothing.
"Call them all." - Said the leader of the attackers, who was preparing to leave.
One of the attackers blew a whistle that alerted everyone else in the village that it was time to leave.
"Hm." - and the leader saw in the distance an old man running towards a direction quickly. - "Interesting."
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At the Crimson Swordsman's Restaurant, Luciel who was strangled was finally released, falling to the ground seriously injured and with the immense need to breathe.
"Too bad, I was just starting to have fun." - Said the guy who was strangling Luciel.
"You heard the whistle, it's time to go, you kill the brat." - Cindy's killer said.
"Tch, besides, I couldn't have fun with the girl, I have to do the fucking dirty work." - The one who beheaded Cindy said complaining.
"Don't complain, at the base we can have fun with some of the girls, also, the other groups that attacked other towns may bring incredible beauties."
"Ha, you're right."
"No ..." - Luciel said on the ground, trying to crawl away from there, but to no avail.
"I already told you not to tell us what to do!" - Cindy's killer hit Luciel's face full of blood, tears, snot, sweat and urine. - "Hm." - and once he hit him, he took a napkin that was on a table and wiped his hand with which he hit the young man.
"Wow, well, I hope there are beautiful boys on the base to play with too."
"And beautiful women." - Said the other.
"You two stop thinking about it, it's time to go, kill the boy."
"It is understood." - Said the one who strangled Luciel. - "I'm sorry boy, but with your face all hit you're not my type anymore, and orders are orders so ..." - the guy took his sword that he had left on a table, and approached Luciel. - "Oh, and you were so cute."
"No ... please ... I don't want to die ... not like this ... not now ..." - Luciel said while crying.
"Sorry little one, but it's time to die."
"No…"
And the attacker set out to kill Luciel, and just when he was going to pierce Luciel's chest with his sword, a crimson sword had stopped the attack.
"What?!" - The guy did not understand where that sword came from, and then he looked at the face of an old man who was truly angry.
"Go dead." - The man said in a low, cold voice.
"What?" - and the guy was quickly beheaded.
Everything happened in mere seconds, and the other two attackers were shocked by the sight, but Cindy's killer who was the more experienced of the two left was the first to react.
"Damned!"
"Don Armando ..." - Luciel could not believe it, his boss, the person he trusted the most in his new life in the Great World of Gea, the man who had saved his life once, and today, he had done it again.
"Stay behind me Luciel." - Don Armando said that, he was furious to see Luciel's condition, he felt guilty for having left him alone and for not having been able to arrive earlier.
"Damn Old Man! How dare you kill one of us! " - Cindy's killer would say angrily.
"Hm, and how dare you hurt Luciel!" - Don Armando shouted who approached the guy and tried to cut his throat with his sword.
"No!" - The guy was no match for Don Armando, so he could not react in time.
"Ah!" - The guy who cut Cindy's throat wanted to escape when he saw two of his companions die easily before Don Armando, but he couldn't get far, since Don Armando took the ax from the corpse of Cindy's murderer, and threw the ax directly at his head, killing the last of the three attackers who attacked Luciel.
"Hm, I may be old, but I'm still the Crimson Swordsman." - Don Armando said when he killed the last of the attackers. - "Are you fine?" - Don Armando asked with concern when he saw Luciel's bruised and bloody face.
"Don Armando." - Luciel with tears, approached Don Armando and hugged him, Don Armando gently stroked Luciel's hair with his left hand.
"Everything has already finished." - said Don Armando, who was still furious with himself for not arriving earlier.
'If I had been a second late…' - Don Armando knew it in his mind, a second late and Luciel would have died.
"I'm sorry Luciel, I shouldn't have left you alone."
"…" - Luciel did not say anything, just cried.
"Everything will be fine, everything is over." - Don Armando said as he wanted to calm Luciel down.
"Over? I do not think so." - said someone who was behind Don Armando, at the entrance of the restaurant.
"Eh?" - Don Armando felt someone with a power greater than his, and when he wanted to turn around while he put Luciel behind him, he saw how three daggers were coming towards him. - "Tch!" - Don Armando was able to block two, but another was embedded in his right shoulder, being wounded for the first time so far since the attack to the Town of Hope begun.
Don Armando removed the small dagger that injured his right shoulder, while the man who had just arrived looked at the destroyed restaurant, especially seeing the bodies of his three men.
"Wow, what do we have here? An old man to the rescue, a beaten boy, a restaurant in pieces, and three bloody corpses of three of my subordinates. " - Said the man when he saw the situation.
"Sir!" - At that moment, three other attackers arrived, one was carrying the body of one of their own.
"Tch." - Don Armando saw the attackers who had just arrived with fury, and when he saw the guy who was carrying the corpse of one of his own, he said: "I see you don't want to leave evidence of who you are, damn you."
"Ha, what can I tell you, this operation of ours is of vital importance, and it is inconvenient that it was managed to link with our true identity." - Said the leader of the attackers. - "But, well, the truth is that I did not expect to lose so many men when attacking a simple town, especially considering that we use Wild Dogs as a distraction for the guards and a good part of the adventurers."
"..." - Don Armando did not say anything, he just stayed attentive to defend himself if the guy launched another attack.
"Still, I must also admit that I am surprised." - Said the leader of the attackers who began to applaud. - "The Captain of the Guards Kane, the Vice Captain of the Guards Glover, the Priest Phillip, the Fire Sergeant Onok, the Manager of the Adventurer's Guild Patrick, the Bodyguard of the Owner of the Restaurant of the Golden Galleon and the Inn of the Golden Galleon Emiliano, and the Bodyguard of the Mayor of the Town of Hope Derka. "
"..." - Don Armando continued without saying anything.
"We only knew about the presence of seven City Elites in the Town of Hope, but who would say, there was another City Elite in this town. I am really surprised, the same may happen in other towns, so our information is not entirely reliable. " - Said the guy who started to think that maybe there were other City Elites like Don Armando hidden in the other towns.
"Sir?" - Suddenly one of the attackers approached their leader.
"Oh right, I was forgetting it's time to go." - Said the leader, who at that moment suddenly took out five daggers that he kept hidden in his clothes, holding three in his right hand and two in his left hand. - "Enough talk old man, it's time for you and that brat to die."