Lloyd says to himself as he carefully and quietly accesses the journey, both children are fast asleep thrilled by their journey.
"Well, they don't get to travel every time"
Lloyd says patting Zen's head which was on his lap, Tess on the other hand was fast asleep on a maid's lap, the journey moved on smoothly and then Lloyd notices the acceleration of the coach dramatically reduced.
"Coachman! What is the issue?"
Loyd calls to the coachman but doesn't get a response, gently, he moves Zen's head to the coach's seat and reaches out for a dagger, he signs to the maid whispering 'Shsshh' she nods and steps out of the coach.
"Clear the way; do you know who rides in this coach?"
Lloyd could hear the coachman speaking to someone, on getting to the front he met a lady all battered with an infant in her hand, "Help me, sir, you must help my village!"
"What is happening here?" Lloyd shouted. Seeing him, the lady broke into tears and fell on her knees and cried out.
"My lord, help my village please!!!" Lloyd walks up to her, trying to calm her down but the lady screams.
"G... Goblins, a lot them, t... they attacked our village, many have died, my husband and some village men are trying their best to fend them off but many have died, some of our women have been raped, my lord please stop the savagery"
Tension was clear on Lloyd's face, after the lady said that she fainted, Lloyd immediately reached for her child and caught her before she hit the floor.
"Coachman... Maid, attend to this woman's wound, get me my blade in the coach, Zen... Tess, stay here with the coachman don't leave his sight, I'll be back"
Lloyd bolts off to the village, as he runs he has a thought, "Staffs that aren't guards in the Briar domain are either skill users or trained to an adept level, the maid has a skill called Rejuvenate, it's a healing skill but it's on the slow side, the coachman is an adept swordsman, he could give a master a little trouble, my children should be safe with them, I have finish this up quick.
Lloyd arrives at the village to see buildings demolished, blood everywhere, and women all battered and naked on the floor, he keeps moving till he hears clashing, and he immediately rushes to the site.
"Hold your ground men, help will come soon, let's save the few we can"
A man of a bulky build encourages men around him as they fend off the goblins; he was the reason why the casualty wasn't too much, Lloyd smiles and words.
"I'm very impressed, let's take care of this"
He walks forward and the men notice his presence. "You! were are you going, can't you see it's dangerous"
One of the men shouts, another gasp and shuns the man immediately, "Idiot, look at his apparel, he's nobility and that star, there's only one diamond star in the whole of Darkus, it's the twilight blade, Marquis Lloyd"
They all froze and uniformly worded, "My lord'
Lloyd sighs while smirking. "Been a while I heard that name, at ease men, let's deal with the problem in front of us"
The men immediately recalled they had a situation and averted their attention back to the matter,
"You!, what is your name?"
Lloyd points to the man earlier giving instructions, "My lord, I go by Dain"
"Well, you see Dain, because of you the casualty was reduced this much and a woman was able to escape which is why I am here, well done"
The young man broke into tears, "Betha was able to escape, my wife is okay!"
"Oh!.. I see, you were the husband she spoke of, you can be at ease, both your wife and child are okay and are being tended to now, let's finish this up"
Dain was pumped up and motivated, his head high in the sky he looked to his men pointing his sword towards the goblin, Lloyd cut them shot, "You all are doing a great job, but to deal with a goblin raid we have to identify the leader, though I don't sense the energy of a Goblin lord, there is a goblin here who would hatch to become one, we have to find it"
Lloyd then whispers to himself, "If I were a skill user I could use mana to sense out that very goblin but seeing as I'm not I'll have to use that stance?"
Lloyd raises his hand and shouts, "Everyone in ten seconds leave my line of sight"
Dain felt a chill in the air, he looked at Lloyd who held his blade which was in its sheath and was in a very uncommon stance, he then whispered to himself, "The blade is a greedy weapon, unlike the sword it is one edge and chooses its owner, also there's his blade, Orenmir the unholy blade, this one which was without a wielder for a century now, I have heard so much of Lloyd the twilight blade, today I will witness a genius, the only student of the first son of the blade"
Lloyd's eyes shut close and then he whispers,
3, 2, 1... That's the last of them, I'll use the weakest
move master taught me, present are 50 goblins let's see"
Loyd gently exhales and stretches his muscles and then immediately, he unsheathes and sheaths his blade faster than the eyes could catch and then he says "Requiem!"
For a moment nothing changed and then in a second, everything in front of Lloyd was leveled by a shockwave, the goblins burst open, and then Lloyd words.
"Seems I killed them all... hahaha
The men were left astonished as they fell on their knees.