Pete was surprised when her heard that Amira wants him to slap Leona,
Leona on the other hand had a smile on her face,
She said,
"If it's a slap that can calm the anger of the Saintes then I don't mind it "
Amira said,
"But I will be the judge of the slap and if I don't feel like he didn't hit you hard enough then he have to slap you again "
Pete said,
"That's unreasonable, you are abusing your power to make her feel inferior "
"I will not participate in this kind of nonsense "
Pete was about to go back when Leona said,
"Pete, please just slap me... I don't mind if it's you "
Pete said,
"I already denied, and I will not change my mind"
Amira said,
"Then the temple will not send their healers to support the hero unless that girl is executed "
Pete tightened his fist and said,
"You are going too far now... and I won't tolerate it anymore "
Leona said,
"Pete she is abusing her authority too much "
Pete started to walk toward Amira but the knight captain stood in his way,
The captain said,
"Sir hero, don't force us to use our weapons against you "
Pete unsheathed his sword and said,
"I will not kill her, I will just imprison her "
Amira said,
"I understand now... "
"The hero have been bewitched by that girl, kill the girl to rescue the hero "
The knight captain ordered the knights,
"Protect the Saintes "
The knights quickly surrounded Amira with their weapons aiming towards Pete,
The knight captain covered his sword in aura and said,
"Break free from the bewitchment hero, we can't afford to lose you "
Pete grinned his teeth with anger but turned, grabbed Leona's hand and ran away,
The knight captain with couple of knights chased after him,
They soon caught up to Pete and Leona pretty easily and the knights surrounded them while the captain stood in the back,
Pete looked around for a way to escape and when he saw that there is no way to escape he unsheathed his sword,
The knight captain said,
"We only want that girl sir hero "
Pete said,
"Leona is under my protection and no one can take her away "
The captain sighed and pointed his sword at Pete,
"You leave me no choice then "
The knights also pointed their swords at Pete and manifested aura swords,
Pete said,
"Do you really think I can't deflect your attack "
The captain said,
"I have seen sir hero's power with my own eyes and I know that we can't defeat you "
"But we can atleast kill that girl and release you from her bewitchment "
Pete channeled his aura into the sword and manifested dark energy swords around him,
The knights were reluctant to attack but had no fear in their eyes,
Whereas Pete's eyes were wavering,
Leona has never seen Pete's powers so she was shaking with fear because of the aura swords surrounding them,
Tears also started falling from her eyes,
"Please save me Pete, I don't want to die "
"I will give you my everything if you can get me out of here "
The dark energy swords has already began to absorb the aura swords,
The knights captain ordered the knights,
"Attack but don't aim your aura swords at the hero "
The knights launched aura swords at Leona and around Pete,
Pete also launched dark energy swords to defend himself,
The dark energy swords absorbed aura swords and headed towards the knights,
Pete tried to control the dark energy swords to stop from attacking knights but the dark energy swords pierced the knights,
"Nooooo " The knight captain shouted from behind as he saw the knights being pierced by the dark energy swords,
His eyes widened and he ran up a knight and caught him before his body fell on the ground,
The knight's souls have been absorbed and the dark energy had already returned to the sword,
Pete's hand began to shake as he saw the knights falling on the ground lifelessly,
His eyes were wide open with a horrified expression on his face,
Leona on the other hand had a smile on her face,
She grabbed Pete's arm and said while pressing her chest against his shoulder,
"Thank you Pete, you are going against the whole kingdom for me "
Pete was standing still with a horrified expression on his face,
The knight captain slowly puts the body of the knight down and stood up saying,
"I will either send the hero or I will accompany you in afterlife "
He then manifested aura swords around him,
He said with teary eyes and angry face,
"You killed my comrades for a girl you just met, You womanizer, I will send you to accompany my comrades "
Pete was still standing still with a horrified expression on his face,
'I tried to stop the attack but I couldn't control it... '
'What have I done... I killed innocent people '
Amira with the remaining knights also came at that moment,
They were surprised when they saw the corpses of knights and the knight captain aiming his aura swords at Pete,
Amira asked the knight captain,
"What happened here? "
The knight captain turned towards her with teary eyes and said,
"The hero killed my knights for the sake of that girl "
The knights behind Amira quickly ran up to their captain and manifested aura swords aimed at Pete,
Pete came back to his senses at that moment and saw the knight captain and the knights were about to attack him,
Amira said,
"Don't attack the hero, he is being bewitched by that girl, we have to kill that girl "
Leona showed her tongue to Amira and said,
"You are just jealous because Pete cares more about my then you, so you are slandering me"
Pete sheathed his sword and said,
"I am sorry, I didn't want to kill them, but due to my incompetence, I couldn't control the power of the sword "
The knight captain said,
"Lies, how can a hero not control the holy sword... it must be that witch's doing "
The captain then shouted,
"My knights, half of you aim at hero and half of you aim you swords at that witch "
Pete said,
"Please don't do this... just let me clear the misunderstanding "
Pete then turned to Amira and said,
"Please stop it, I will slap Leona, so stop them "
Amira said,
"You are being bewitched by that girl, how can we let it go that easily "
Pete angrily tightened his fist while grinned his teeth,
He then looked back and saw that the all of the knights are at front,
Pete unsheathed his sword and said,
"Attack with all your might knights... take your revenge "
The captain and the knights launched their aura swords at Pete and Leona,
Pete blocked some of the swords, he then turned back and ran away,
After couple of seconds, the knights stopped their attack and were shocked when there were no signs of Pete and Amira,
The knight captain angrily said,
"Find them, don't let them get away "
Pete and Leona were running through the underground sewage tunnel,
The knights searched them for a while but were unable to find them,
Amira has already returned to the castle and was sitting in front of a communication crystal,
The king was on the other side of the crystal ball,
Amira said,
"The plan was successful... we made him believe that he is replaceable and the temple can summon another hero anytime "
The king smiled and said,
"The stage is being prepared, now we just have to wait for the master to return "
Amira nodded and said,
"Now spread the news about the hero's bewitchment and him killing the knights "
Amira then cuts off the connection of the crystal ball,
The remaining knights gathered and the captain told Amira,
"Sir hero and that witch Leona escaped "
Amira said,
"We can't do anything now, we must head back and wait for the opportunity to release him from that witch's bewitchment "
The captain bowed and soon after they headed back to the capital city,
Pete and Leona were running through a forest,
They stopped and Leona said,
"I think we got away "
Pete nodded and punched a tree with frustration,
The tree broke and flew away for some distance while crashing into trees and taking them down with them,
Leona puts her hand on Pete's shoulder and said,
"Calm down, they might still be following us "
Pete nodded and they began running again,
After some time they stopped near a small river,
Leona said,
"What are we going to do now? "
Pete said,
"I don't know... we have to find a way to break enslavement first "
Leona said,
"The slave traders do that "
Pete told everything to Leona from the start,
Leona was surprised after hearing Pete's story and said,
"So you are from a different world and blessed by the goddess herself, no wonder you are this strong "
"And you also share your body with someone that evil "
Pete said,
"Now's not time for a chat, we must find a dragon and also stop the demons "
Leona said,
"Finding a dragon might be possible but how would we know the location and the time of the demon's attack "
After thinking for some time, Pete said,
"What about the adventurer's guild, with their network, they will definitely know the location of the attack "
Leona said,
"Yes but you have criminal record now that you killed the knights and the adventurer guild don't accept people with criminal record "
"But the mercenaries might accept you "
Pete said,
"Do they have the same network as the adventurers "
Leona said,
"They have better information network then the adventurers "
Pete sighed and said,
"Then let's join the mercenaries "
Leona said,
"There is still a problem, demons might attack far away cities from where we are "
"How will we travel such distances "
Pete said,
"We will figure it out when the time comes "
"For now, let's just join the mercenary guild "
Leona nodded and said,
"We are in luck too, the golden city is nearby and I have some connections in there that can let us enter the city without id's "
Pete said,
"Does this city made out of gold "
Leona said,
"No the city is not made out of gold, it's just that the city is the home of the richest people in the kingdom "
Pete and Leona then headed towards the golden city,
In the capital city,
Amira and the king were sitting in the king's room,
Amira said,
"Where do you think Pete will go? "
King said,
"The city lord's daughter have a good relationship with third daughter of the city lord of the golden city "
"So they will definitely go to the golden city "
Amira said,
"Where do you think demons will attack next "
King smiled and said,
"The Golden city "
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