Chương 272: Chapter 255. Scrambling But Captured Again

Alice Mars's Point Of View /BANG! CRASH! / Sarah charged at the man we were fighting, but he dodged every attack that came towards him with ease. Anna and I provided back up to Sarah's attacks, but I can't find the correct timing to assist Sarah's attacks, they have no rhyme or reason to them, she's only attacking with the hopes of landing. What is this? Her mana is growing in intensity with each swing?

"!" /BANG! CLACK! CLANG! / Kick! Sarah continued to miss the mark. Only this time, I could finally time an attack myself." You again?" He addressed me as he was falling directly into the path of my kick that was going to hit him in the head. /THOOM! / Grip!" What!?" Grip!" I'm getting tired of you." My leg was grabbed from behind me, I was flung away by the man. However, instead of crashing into a wall, I was able to place my hands on the floor and stop the momentum of the throw.

This is different than when he tried to attack Anna and Matthew took the blow. It was then that I made a discovery... He's playing with us. He's just dodging and barely putting anything into countering. He doesn't fear anything that Sarah or I can do to him. But he's keeping a close eye on Anna's movements. We need to take advantage of that. I need to tell Sarah tha- /BANG! CRASH!

/ And just as I was thinking that, Sarah came flying next to me, not because she was hit, but because the momentum of her swing took her with it." Sarah! Listen!"" GRRRRHH!" / Thump! BANG! / Huh? She... She completely ignored me? What's wrong with her?" Alice, can you stand?" Anna called out to me, she moved closer to me as Sarah was currently keeping our enemy busy." Yes, I can stand. More importantly, Anna! He's toying with us!"" I know." Anna answered me along with a calm nod."

It's our only saving grace currently, Sarah has lost herself. Her Job takes her sanity away if she has strong emotions while fighting, watching Jo- Our Husband, get sent flying, sent her over the edge. This has been building since we woke up and saw his state while that man was standing over top of him. We need a new strategy to end this so we can go and check on Darling." Why did she stutter when she was talking about Matthew? That was strange. Her heart even fluttered for a moment...

She knows that I know his real name already, right? So why? What does it mean? Oh! She must be worried about the other girls... No, wait! This isn't the time. She's right we need to do something. I don't really have any ideas though." Your face says you have no ideas, aren't you a Princess and a Warrior? Weren't you trained to lead? You have no ideas?" Anna pressed me for an answer. I guess my face gave away how lost I was feeling." Anna, I was trained to fight Armies and Soldiers. This...

Thing, isn't either of those things. It's a monster that's disguised as a man. I don't have too many ideas."" What effects does your Job give you?"" I'm a Royal Beast Warrior. So, I can fight with pretty much any weapon or Martial Arts, but I don't have any Magic to use or weapons right now. So, I'm limited in my options, I'm trying to think of a strategy, but I don't have enough information. What about you, Anna? Do you have any ideas?" This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road.

If found on Amazon, kindly file a report." Yes, but I need some more time to prepare."" Okay, I'll do my best to guard you till then, will that work?" /CRASH! BANG! /" RAAHHHHHGGGG!" Again, Sarah was swung towards us because of a missed attack. Her halberd was cracking under the strain of her strong swings. Without even taking a breath, she jumped back into the fight with our enemy, attempting to cleave him in two, but never quite landing the strike. She's tiring herself out from missing so many attacks."

Never mind my original idea! This is getting dangerous! This will have to do! The idea isn't great, but here! Take this dagger." Grip! Anna tosses me one of the daggers she's been using to fight with." Your grand idea is to just give me a dagger and see if I can hit him with it?"" More or less, that dagger has my Goddess's Mana imbued in it, if you land a cut, it'll hurt him.

It seems like he's more concerned with Sarah and I currently, he's allowed you to hit him almost to show that you can't actually hurt him, let's see if he'll do that again when you have something that can provably damage him." Anna began to imbue her other dagger with an even brighter green glow. We ran together and attempted to attack the man." Oh? This again? You lot certainly don't know when to give up, do you?" Again, he mocks us with his words, but this time, we should be able to land a strike.

Sarah's swings were slower in both wind up and attacking, so Anna and I were able to attack with quick jabs of our daggers." While I'd say it was a cute idea..." /BANG! / Anna was struck with a quick jab and was sent flying, only Sarah and I were left for a brief moment as Anna rejoined us as Sarah and I were lost in attacking the enemy. We continued to attack him, slowly, we were able to gain ground against him as he backed up farther and farther away from our attacks.

Then, eventually, someone was able to land a hit. /Stab! / A blade had stabbed our enemy from behind, we were all surprised. This included him as well. We all stood back as he turned around to see the culprit after the blade was withdrawn from the wound." B-Byron?" The man spoke the name of the person behind him." What have you done to my home!?" Bleeding and a bit dirty, Byron had a determined look in his eyes as he stepped back from our enemy." Hmmhmmm..." The man laughed as he stood in front of Byron.

Sarah, Anna and I took this as a moment to attack, but... /CLANK! BANG! THUMP! / Pain! Fly! Land! We were struck by vines that sent us flying back, we were all able to land a few feet away from our starting positions. This gave the man time to speak." Byron, don't you recognize me? It's me, your Father."" You are not my Father!"" Oh, but I am. You see, your poor, weak old man wanted to meet your Mother again. I offered to help him with his goal, all he had to do was offer me some sacrifices. 1, 5, 10...

who's to say the exact amount? But you see, those weren't enough for what he wanted. So, he attempted to sacrifice these women here. Yes, even your Sister. His Daughter. But then, they showed up. That Paladin and his wives. What bothersome, rude people. Regardless, why not help your Father, Byron? Help me bring your Mother back, it's only a few deaths away." Byron's anger was clearly painted on his face, his pain and sadness at the information that was being given to him seemed to be almost too much to bear.

But none of that stopped his answer." No."" Then I guess you just have to die like the rest." /THUMP! BANG! / Byron's body was sent flying away from the man, towards us, he eventually landed in front of the kids and Cindy." BROTHER!" Cindy's anguished cries filled the surroundings, we looked back at the man to see a confused expression on his face. He looked at the hand he struck Byron with and seemed to be thinking about something. This seemed like as good of a chance as any to attack him. Kick! / Woosh!

/" Have you lot any shame?" /CLANK! / Stop! / Crack! / An invisible Barrier stopped our attack. That was until we heard the cracking from the places Anna and I had stabbed." Annoying..." / THOOM! THUMP! BANG! / In an instant he swatted Sarah and Anna away with something I couldn't even see. Grip!" Hyujh!"" Your insolence is beginning to wear me thin. Why am I even doing this? I have a plan to enact, don't I?" Without being able to tell what was happening, I was picked up by my neck and made to listen to him speak.

A devil's smile was painting his face as he did. JOLT! PAIN! STOP! /THOOM! /" Hua!"" Ah, too fast for you? Right, Paladins bodies tend to be stronger than most mortals..."" What do you want from us!?" With blistering speed, I was transported from where we were to where Byron had landed. In other words, I was in front of the kids and Cindy again. The speed caused me immense pain as I couldn't properly prepare for myself for the sudden burst of speed.

It caused my neck to nearly snap from the sudden stop of the momentum." What do I want, Cindy? I want to start my plan. And I'll be needing you as a piece of that puzzle." /THUMP! BANG! / Struggle... GRIP! A thumping sound was met with a loud bang as black vines launched themselves out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Cindy, Gasha and Tana. I tried to free myself so I could help them. But the grip around my throat only grew tighter." Now, now. Don't fight it, beast girl.

Your determination and courage are great, for that, I won't kill you, even if you are so below me. Instead, I'll use you for what I was going to use those Demon and Human girls for. I know he cares for you all, but such a close friend of his wife like you? That should keep him here well enough. I wonder the face he'll make when I rip your heart out in front of him? Don't worry, as a reward for your efforts, I'll make it quick and use one of my daggers." GRIP!

His grip grew tighter, and I felt myself losing consciousness. With the last of my strength, I could only mutter one word.

".... matt... hew..."