Mason and the elven brothers concluded that approaching Arthur's group could scare him by causing the girls to be hurt.
Then he ordered his two elite archers, who were the strongest adventurers in the group below him and the woman in heavy armor, to kill Arthur and the blonde woman from a reasonable distance.
It should be straightforward for the elite archers to hit targets at this distance; they used powerful magic bows and had high skills.
The arrows came out half a second after another and flew at super speed. But it broke less than thirty centimeters from the targets, leaving the archers shocked. "What the fuck was that?!"
Mason did not have a good view of that distance, but it was not difficult to see that Arthur and Lena had not fallen, and he became worried about Elena and Lumia. "We have to get close quickly, or he could hurt the girls!"
Then the group headed towards Arthur, concerned for the safety of Elena and Lumia. The archers were very confused and thought that Arthur and Lena had some protection treasure, as it made no sense for the arrows to just break without reason.
No one in the group had such high agility to see Lena's swift movements except one person.
The woman in the heavy armor was still in the middle of the group normally, but beneath the beautiful helmet, there was a strange smile. "What quick movements... My eyes could barely follow..."
Elena and Lumia were perplexed and came out of carriage and looked at Arthur waiting for an answer, but he just kept patting Lena.
Lumia tried to get some information from Elena as it looked like she had senses good enough to notice the enemies coming far. "Are they bandits or assassins?"
Arthur saw the large group coming quickly and noticed an emblem on flags and equipment they used. It was the same emblem that adventurer had on their clothes. A sword and staff above a word, which Arthur hadn't seen before today.
He didn't need to be a genius to understand that they are people from the same guild as the adventurers, but he still couldn't understand why they attacked him that way... But about attacking the carriage, he didn't even want to know the reason...
Arthur continued to stroke Lena gently while speaking calmly to Lumia "They are adventurer guild's people."
Elena and Lumia were even more surprised... and afraid now. They saw Arthur kill many people without changing his expression... and the deaths of Bandits and assassins were very brutal.
Elena didn't know why adventurers would attack Arthur and Lena, but she thought it must be some misunderstanding. She could already imagine a situation where they were forced to chew some adventurer's head.
"Arthur, let's hear what they have to say first, please."
He didn't answer and watched the group approach. It seemed to have more than ten adventurers, and a big fat man was leading the group with a great ax in his hand.
Mason didn't even notice that Elena and Lumia looked nothing like prisoners. He stopped less than twenty meters from Arthur and began making demands in a threatening tone.
"Release the girls! You can get out of this situation alive if you cooperate with me."
Mason hoped to intimidate Arthur, but the strange black-haired man continued to look at the adventurers behind him and ignored his request.
Arthur, still hugging Lena, looked at the group of adventurers and shouted words, which left almost everyone confused. "Who shot the second arrow?!?!"
Lumia didn't know how to react, so she started to beg Arthur to stop. Lena could only enjoy Arthur's gentle touch. Elena faced the adventurers sharing his displeasure.
Mason was furious and squeezed his ax while shouting at Arthur again. "Who do you think you ar-"
"WHO! FIRED!! THE!!! SECOND!!!! DAMN!!!!! ARROW?!?!?"
Arthur's scream sounded like an angry demon, but he didn't move a step and kept patting Lena, making the whole scene very bizarre.
Before Mason could say anything else, Arthur disappeared. He used all his speed and turned a blur while he ran towards Mason with his dagger ready.
*Clang*
Arthur was faster and stronger now than when he fought the assassin. The pleasure and desire he shared with Lena did both of them well. He could feel his increased strength in every fiber of his body. Still, he was surprised when a woman in heavy armor managed to intercept his attack before hitting Mason.
The woman blocked Arthur's dagger with a large silver sword. He felt that she was not as fast as him, but their strength is similar as none of them could move an inch.
Mason was unable to see Arthur's agile movement, but after his aunt blocked the attack, he thought the stranger was done.
Everything was happening very fast, and everyone just got more and more confused as unable to follow the swift movements.
Arthur used his skill [SHADOW WALKER] to move faster than the woman's. He maintained the strength on the dagger, giving no advantage to the woman's longsword as he spoke calmly to her. "Drop the sword."
Elena saw Mason attacking Arthur and jumped on him quickly. He fell to the ground, and Elena was about to slice his head while her sharp claws were already penetrating his armor. But then she heard Arthur's voice. "Elena!"
The fox-beauty is very intelligent, and her connection with Arthur only seemed to improve somehow. She did not understand it completely, but she understood the intention.
Kaine, the woman in the heavy armor, did not know what to do. She was not the kind of person who would give up easily in battle but promised Mason's parents to take good care of him, her nephew.
She also couldn't just give the archer to the strange man to do whatever he wants with him. She can't help but curse Mason for getting in trouble with someone so strong that even she, one of the most powerful B-rank adventurers, couldn't easily beat.
But Elena was just waiting for a sign from the man and would separate Mason's head from his shoulder. Kaine had to think about her family first and try to negotiate. "Are you going to kill the archer?"
The adventurer group wanted to help Kaine and Mason, but they were in a dangerous situation. Any movement of them could cause the black-haired man or the beautiful vixen to kill their companions, so they could only watch everything in fear.
Elena and Lumia were very nervous. They knew this group because they are famous for being good people. Elena wanted to beg Arthur to stop, but she knew he was not in the wrong. And she was not in that kind of good relations with him now.
Arthur was not going to lie without reason, and he had already decided that anyone who tried anything against his women would not end well. "The archer tried to hurt my companion. What kind of man would I be if I don't do anything?"
Kaine understood that the man should love the elf woman very much. She could only blame herself for allowing Mason to make a surprise attack before they found out this enemy is not someone they could offend.
"I understand. I'm so sorry for attacking you and your lovers. I will give you the archer, but you have to tell her to leave my nephew."
Lumia blushed and her face turned red when she mentioned her as his lover. But Elena smiled as she saw Lumia acting this way. She didn't mind the comment at all.
Arthur knew that someone gave the order to the archer, but he wanted to start the punishment by the owner of the hand that acted against his adorable Lumia "I want to see who the archer is. Or I will kill everyone."
Kaine could feel both coldness and seriousness in Arthur's tone. She could no longer sustain the groans of pain that Mason made as Elena's claws pierced his chest. Then she called out the name of the archer.
All adventurers were terrified of the situation. Especially the two archers. They were very scared and thought about trying to shoot Arthur while Kaine was keeping him still.
But if they hit her or something went wrong, they would be very dead. So they hoped she or Mason could handle the situation. But the archer who shot Arthur's was unlucky. When Kaine called his name, he knew he was very screwed.
The Heavens want me to die! A bitter feeling beset all of them. Despair!
The overwhelming feelings of despair caused a momentary lapse of judgement on the part of these adventurer. However, it was also this one small moment, which sealed their fate!
The poor man started to sweat cold, and his body moved involuntarily. He ran away by fear, trying to keep his life.
Arthur saw the archer running away and couldn't help but smile. "Lena! Bring him to me alive."
Whoosh....
Lena understood Arthur's order. She quickly chased the archer. Her speed was very high now, and the poor man was unable to run for long. Lena burned a bit of his leg and dragged him to Lucien as the man cried and struggled in vain.
"AHHHHH! PLEASE STOOOOP...."
"PLEASEEEEEE... AAAAAAAH!"
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