Chương 267: Chapter 250. Rescue Operation

John Ericsson's Point Of View Kick!" Hah!" I launched myself at him. Swing! /CLANG! /" How nice that you grabbed the dagger in time." He smiled at my words. My Mana Blade, which I thought would give me an edge, was actually being repelled by his own. A sickening twisted mana was swirling around the dagger he was using, it was colored red and black. It seems to radiate a nauseous feeling from its aura. It seemed to match the clothes he was wearing. A red overcoat with white pants and white shirt. Nothing special.

His pale face with those sickening red eyes were still his most defining feature. After looking him up and down to see if he had any other weapons, he began to speak to me." Despite what your face says, your mana tells me about your anger, boy." Shift! Despite his goading about feeling the anger in me, Angel's Swordsmanship didn't care. Without any real attention, I felt my body twist and Scarlet danced around the blade of the dagger that Fracks held. Before long, Scarlet bit into Frack's shoulder." AH!"" Hm?"

He jumped. Somehow, he saw the attack coming. His shoulder was only slightly cut. Blood still poured from his shoulder. The blood dyed his light-red overcoat dark-red around his right shoulder." You're right, I am angry. Surrender now and I won't make you pay in blood, Baron Fracks."" And never see her again!? I'll never let you separate us!" /CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! / Despite his perceived frailty, Fracks launched himself into a frenzied attack against me.

However, he's not faster than anyone I've had to fight before. He reached his hand up high for another strike. Shift! Swing! / Shing! /" WAH!" As he geared up for another strike, Angel's Swordsmanship had already found a counter. Scarlet cut his face this time. His pale cheek was now dyed the same color as his shoulder." You think this is what she would want? The death of innocent kids!? Her own daughter!? Have you been driven insane by grief!? Do you even remember what she was like!?"" Silence! You outsider!

You think because you marry our Princess and gain the favor of our King and Queen, that would give you an insight into Our Culture!? Our Values!? MY WIFE!? I'll take your tongue for that! YOUR LESSER TRASH! An insect that needs to be swatted! Used as fertilizer for Our People! I'll save Us from you!"" You're already too far gone, aren't you?" /BANG! CLANG! / PRESSURE! Another sword strike, more brutal... Savage... But faster than his last. Something's changed besides his anger, but it doesn't matter." Ha!

Look at you! You're not even able to keep up with me when I actually try! You'll fall! Be crushed! Maybe it'll be your life that I use instead!? Now! DI--" /Splash! CRASH! / And like that, a green dagger pierced through his chest sideways. It entered him from his left side and shot through his body and out his right side and landed in the tree that was in the room. He fell to his knees in shock. Blood began to pool out of him and land on the ground." Big Sis!"

I looked up and saw that Sarah had finished freeing the girls and was being hugged by Princess Alice. Before we went in, I used the new Spell I gained called "Holy Mantle". Once she was coated in my mana, I asked her to free the girls while I fought Fracks. Anna's job was still the same. Sit in the back and wait for a kill shot. When I blew the door off of its hinges with a Holy Bolt, I immediately saw that Wendy was in danger. To save her, I cast Barrier to knock his dagger out of his hands.

Then I rushed over and attacked him. I hoped he didn't have another blade, but it turns out he had an extra dagger. The plan had almost worked too perfectly. Anna and I walked over to Sarah and the girls... Wait, how did Tana and Gasha get here? Well, it should be fine if we bring them ba- Crash! Wrap! Tighten!" OOF!"" Lord Matthew!"" Lord Matthew!"

"..." Love what you're reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on. Pat... Pat... Pet... Pet... Before I could even ask what Tana and Gasha were doing here and if they were hurt or not. I got the wind knocked out of me by Ellie and Wendy. They're crying heavily still. I place my hands on their heads and begin to try and soothe them as best I can." It's okay, it's all alright. Nothing bad is going to happen, we're here now. we're going to protect you.

We're always going to protect you. Shhh... It's all alright." I felt them nod their heads against my clothes. Or are they just digging their heads into my stomach? Well, it doesn't matter, I guess I'll just let them calm down for now." Seems they were really scared after all, Darling."" Yeah, I guess so. I'm just glad we finished this quickly with your dagger, Anna. However, I do need to say, going through his chest sideways is pretty brutal, Anna."" No, it wasn't enough, did you hear what he said about you?

I couldn't accept that. Just like you wish to protect them, Darling.."" You want to protect me as well? I know, Anna, but... You did just do that in front of some small children and his daughter."" Oh... I sort of lost myself... I guess I'll need to apologize?" Anna seemed a bit embarrassed, but not regretful of her actions. Maybe Sarah isn't my craziest Wife? I shook my head. These are thoughts for another day, now we need to focus on getting everyone back to their homes.

I wonder what I should do fir-" Are you okay, Princess Alice?"" Huh!?" Princess Alice was staring at me, in particular, she was watching my hands that were currently soothing Wendy and Ellie by rubbing their heads slowly and gently. It seems to be working as they have begun to calm down, but why is she staring at my hands so hard? It seems I scared her. I didn't mean to, it's just hard not to notice how her eyes were following my hands. Which caused me to stop my train of thought and ask her about it.

It seemed that I surprised her? Maybe she was thinking deeply about something? She was surprised when I called out to her?" Are you okay? I mean, you were staring at me? Are you hurt or anything?"" What!? No! I was just thinking about something! Y-Your movements! You didn't seem comfortable with them!"" Oh... Well, yes. For a few reasons, I can't really use my sword well at the moment, it's not as bad as it was before though, which is good for me.

Though, I think that might have more to do with the fact that he was an enemy to me."" Enemy?" Princess Alice didn't seem to understand what I was saying, Sarah and Anna seemed to understand what I meant. Basically, Angel's Swordsmanship is a Sword Style that tried to land killing blows and devastating counter attacks, the foot work and defensive movements are based around graceful movement that places me in position to strike... Whether I want to or not.

When I'm fully committed to fighting, it almost looks like I'm gracefully dancing, until my blade comes down to attack something, then I'm reminded that Angel's Swordsmanship is really a Deadly Swordsmanship Style. Despite all of this thinking, I still need to answer Princess Alice's question as she's patiently waiting for a response for the past few seconds." Yes, usually, I've been using a sword only to practice swings, or hunt. But this is the first time that I actually fought someone I'd view as an "enemy".

So, I was able to let loose and actually fight. Still though, it's not where I want to be with my sword. I'm bringing shame to Scarlet by not winning as quickly as possible." Princess Alice accepted my answer. I'd guess that she figured out that there were some things I didn't want to explain, and she decided to roll with it. I thought that would need to do for now. Moving my attention back down to Wendy and Ellie.

The soothing had showed some good results they were relaxed now and seemed to feel embarrassed at what they were doing." Marquess Drake, is this how you treat all of your Maids?" Gasha seemed to have woken up and was currently looking at me with concern in her face. Maybe she thinks that I'm a philander or something? Either way, I guess I need to explain... Well, how do I explain that I treat Ellie and Wendy more like little sisters than I do Maids?"

No, Gasha, he doesn't, it's just that Ellie and Wendy are quite close to My Husband, you see, Ellie met My Husband because she was suffering from the Green Scourge. That is, until My Husband healed her. She's looked at him as an important person in her life ever since. Only to serve and protect him of course. As for Wendy, he saved her and her people when they were dying of starvation and injuries in the wild. It shouldn't take much to realize why they're so close.

Granted, My Husband certainly doesn't help, but it's safe to say that he views them more along the lines of little sisters or children of relatives than anything you may be thinking of. He has quite the healthy distance between himself and our other Maids as well. Does that answer your question?" Sarah took the moment that I was trying to explain our relationship and did it herself. Gasha seemed to nod her head in agreement that Sarah answered her question.

Wendy and Ellie seemed to have their fill of ruining my shirt with snot and tears and decided to pick themselves up, Anna offered them a handkerchief each so as to clean themselves up." Gasha, Wendy, Ellie, I'm glad you both are okay." Tana said a few words to them. While she was crying as well, it seemed that the Pride of a Noble was able to calm her down. The Sark Family are raising a strong daughter it seems." Everyone... I'm so sorry that this happened."

Lady Cindy was barely able to keep it together, she was scared, sad, happy that she wasn't sacrificed and regretful of everything that's happened, all at once. I wanted to help her a little bit. Seems like this would be a lot to deal with considering now it's just her and Byron. This was also added by the fact that Victor, who had been here the entire time and was scared during the fight, but now, he was just sad for Lady Cindy. I couldn't just sit by while all this was happening.

Sarah and Anna seemed to be in agreement with me, so this should be alright, I think?" Lady Cindy, at the very least, I don't blame you or Byron or your people for any of this, I plan on helping you as best I can when it comes to cleaning everything up."" Th... Thank you, Marquess Drake." My words seemed to help her regain some strength in her eyes. Her voice had more strength in it after my promise. After everyone had a chance to calm down, we finally began discussing what to do next.

The obvious thing to do would be to leave the room and comeback later, leaving everything as evidence to be collected. I decided to bring this idea up to everyone." Now that, we've had a moment, should we all leave here? I mean, you know... It's kind of hard to really calm down with... All of this being here." From dried bloodstains all around the walls and ceiling, to bones on the floor and body parts in jars all around, what the hell did that guy do in here?

Anna began to speak as I looked around the room with my full attention for the first time today." Well, I think it would be best to have someone wake up Lord Byr-"" GET DOWN!" KICK! TACKLE! /CRASH! CLANG! CRACK! / I rushed and tackled Sarah and Anna who were standing side by side. The reason being that I saw a giant black mass moving towards them quickly. Once I got them out of the way, I saw the origin of the attack on my Wives.

I traced the thick black tendril that crashed loudly into the wall and at its origin, I found a monstrosity. Baron Fracks had changed into a monster with the dagger he was using to attack me sticking out of his chest." Shit!" Pain! Lift! Pain! / CRASH! / That was the last thing I saw as a 2nd black vine slammed into me and my Wives and slammed us into a wall.