Chapter 427 - Escalating Situation
Chapter 427 – Escalating Situation
“So what’s it going to be, are you going to apologize, or do I need to be a little rougher?” Ren smiled as he heard what Valdel said. It would seem that after gaining most if not all of Kir’s memory Valdel became rather aggressive.
‘Well, it’s better if he’s like this. If he were like before and done this with words, then that would be a little disappointing. Still, I wonder what he’s going to do now since I know for a fact this guy doesn’t like to kill people if not needed. In fact, sometimes I wonder if he doesn’t like killing monsters as well.’
While Ren was watching the scene before his eyes with a smile on his face, the guards were doing the exact opposite. The guards were all advanced level swordsmen, and the strongest of them being at a level were he was near master level swordsmanship. Still, for some reason as they faced this single man in front of them, they felt like it was going to be a difficult battle.
“I know that you’re pissed, but let’s use our words like civilized people.” One of the guards spoke looking a bit nervous. He wasn’t sure why but he felt like things were escalating to something they wouldn’t be able to control.
“That guy’s obviously not a civilized person as he’s consorting with beasts! Just take him already!” The man who threw the tomato shouted. He was both frightened and angry at the same time.
The guards who heard the man shouting at them looked at him with anger. This guy doesn’t know when to shut his trap.
On the other hand, the lady who started this whole thing wanted to run as far as possible. She wanted to head to the adventurers guild and get her husband who was an A rank adventurer to deal with this guy. The woman’s child couldn’t understand what was happening, all he knew was that the person asking his mother to apologize was a bad man.
“You want me to talk like a civilized person to a guy like that? Hmph, he thinks these children are beasts? What if I show you what a true beast looks like?” Valdel unleashed the full might of his bloodlust. The moment the man felt that bloodlust he felt an intense unbridled fear the likes of which he could never forget.
Even though Valdel’s killing intent was directed at the man, the guards, the lady, and even the boy instinctively backed away. When the guards noticed what they had done, they became even more alert as they enhanced their bodies with mana. As for the man he could no longer hold it in and peed himself.
“Seeing as you do not wish to comply, you have forced our hands.” The leader of the guards spoke, as his men started to surround Valdel, and some of them even tried to get near Ren who was holding the two beastkin children.
When John saw the approaching guards he instinctively wanted to flee, but then something unbelievable happened. All the guards coming near them suddenly fainted. As John was confused as to what happened, he heard Ren’s voice.
“These guys are amateurs they can’t even judge how strong their opponent is.” John noticed that Ren’s hands had some blood on them. When he saw that, John could immediately put two and two together, he then timidly asked Ren.
“Did… Did you kill them?”
“No, I just knocked them unconscious. Oh, I see… This blood just came out of their noses as I punched them all at the exact same spot which was their noses. Don’t worry, if I wanted to kill them, they wouldn’t even leave traces of their bodies, much less blood.”
When John heard Ren’s response he gulped. Seeing that smiling face on Ren, John knew that this man was much more frightening than he initially thought.
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Unaware that their comrades had already fallen, the other guards cautiously approached Valdel with swords in a circle formation. On the other hand, Valdel didn’t even lift his hands and had no weapon at all. Still, the guards didn’t let their guards down as the killing intent Valdel exhibited a while ago was not something just anyone could emit. 𝑏𝘦𝘥𝑛𝘰𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Once the group was close enough they swung their blades. The leader who was watching at the back saw that Valdel could only evade the swinging blades. Valdel had no room to counter-attack as blade after blade came striking at him.
‘Still, it is pretty impressive that he’s able to evade all of those attacks. Even master level swordsmen would have problems defending themselves against that barrage of attacks. Well, it’s just a matter of time before this ends.’
As the leader of the guards continued to watch he was surprised to see his men suddenly stopped moving.
“What are you doing, don’t give him any time to breathe! Why the heck did you guys stop attacking?!” The leader of the guards couldn’t understand what had happened. He looked at his men in confusion when suddenly they all fell to the ground unconscious. They were like puppets that lost their strings as each one of them fell.
“Huh?” The leader of the group of guards looked at his fallen men dumbfounded by the sight.
“W-what did you do?!” The leader shouted at Valdel.
“Don’t worry they’re not dead, I just knocked them out.”
“That’s not what I mean, how did you knock them out?! All you did was evade, I didn’t see you even lift a single finger.”
“It’s simple I just knocked them out by punching their chins. As for why you couldn’t see it, then that’s because you lack training. Every time I evaded their strikes, I countered with a fast jab to their chins. Well now that you’re the only one left, what do you want to do?”
The leader gritted his teeth as he grasped his sword. He knew that he was no match for Valdel. He then looked at Ren’s side and finally noticed that Ren had also taken out his men. These guys weren’t simple foreigners. As the leader of the guards was trying to think of this next move, the lady and the man who kept on screaming at Valdel were now looking pale.
They couldn’t believe their eyes, the man just dealt with a group of guards like they were nothing more than a gentle breeze. The lady was starting to regret the actions she has taken, as for the man despite the fear that was taking over him, he still felt not a single tinge of regret. In the man’s mind, he had done nothing wrong, and that Valdel was just a lunatic, a powerful lunatic.
“I will ask you two again, are you going to apologize now or not?” The lady could no longer take it and knelt in front of Ren who was holding the beastkin children. The lady’s son was confused as to why his mother needed to kneel, but seeing the frightening man was looking at him the young boy didn’t even dare lift his head up.
“I… I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done what I have done. I hope that you two children would forgive me. I sincerely regret my actions and I apologize.” Once the lady was done apologizing, she continued to kneel without lifting her head waiting for Valdel’s response.
“That’s all I ask for, very well, you can leave now.” When the lady heard what Valdel said she quickly fled the scene with her son at hand and headed straight to the adventurers guild to find her husband. On the other hand, while Vadlel was distracted by the two, the guard took out something from his pocket and started talking to it. The only one who noticed the man’s actions was Lara.
“So how about you, are you going to apologize or not?” When it was his turn to be asked, the man trembled as he gritted his teeth and glared at Valdel.
“Why the f*ck should I apologize?! I keep on telling you, I have done nothing wrong! What the heck don’t you understand?! The tomato didn’t even hit anybody, but even if it did, so what?! It’s just a pair of filthy demi-human children! It doesn’t matter if they get hurt, or if they cry. They’re nothing more than disgusting filth that dirties one’s eyes. In fact, they should just die already so that everyone can feel happy.”
“Ren, can you make those two sleep for a while.” Valdel’s voice was trembling in anger.
“There you go again with that tone,” Ren shrugged his shoulders before nodding his head and casting a sleeping spell on the two. When Valdel saw that the two were asleep he looked at the man with a fierce look on his face.
“Why the f*ck are you looking at me like that?! I just told the truth, why can’t you accept it?!”
“You call those two children filth, and you even told them to go and die. In my eyes the only filth here is you.”
The man’s whole body came crashing down onto the ground. He felt something incredibly heavy crushing him. He couldn’t move a single finger, all he could do now was look at the ground… He was scared, he was truly frightened at his current predicament.