"I remember this guy. He's one of the traitors of the Tower of Eradication. He came with Samel."
Beldin's face was tense as he spoke to Barney beside him.
Thales listened to them in a daze. His gaze was locked on Ricky, who stood before him.
The huge shock not only drained his spirit, but even the pain in his body seemed to have deepened a little.
'How is this possible …'
"Samel." Barney Junior stared at Samel, who stood among the Disaster Swords.
"You deliberately lied to us that this was the exit and lured us here, just for … this?"
Barney Junior's words made the prisoners gnash their teeth in anger.
Samel stared at Barney for a second, snorted softly, and shook his head.
"I did not lie to you."
Samel paused for a moment. His voice was cold.
"This is the only way out. If you leave the gate, you will die."
Barney Junior snorted angrily in response.
The aggressive swordsmen in front of them clearly did not come with good intentions, but on their side …
Barney glanced at his right arm, which was still in pain, and at the people who had suffered a serious setback in the Alchemy Ball. He instantly felt that this was a thorny problem.
"Let's talk about the past later."
Ricky interrupted Samel's exchange of glances with his former colleague in a confident and polite manner.
"Now, everyone, we should go home."
As Ricky's voice faded away, the people beside him — the Northlander swordsman Klein, who wielded an incredibly fast sword — and Josef, who was sent here as a spy, slowly reached for the sword hilts at their waists.
The prisoners of the Royal Guards tensed up. Not in their best condition, they raised their weapons with great effort and got into a fighting stance.
"We are in a bad condition. We cannot fall into a chaotic battle or encirclement. There is a problem with their Power of Eradication, and we cannot be entangled with them for too long." Barney Junior stared at Ricky, who was right in front of him.
He whispered to the people beside him, "Beldin, I can only use one hand, and there is no room for me to test the waters."
"I understand," Beldin replied softly with a solemn expression.
"Wait for your signal."
Barney Junior nodded, raised his head, and raised his voice at Ricky.
"What is your goal?"
Ricky smiled faintly and was about to speak.
"Don't worry, I just …"
But Thales, who was trying his best to calm himself down, changed his expression. He suddenly understood what Barney Junior wanted to do.
The teenager instinctively raised a hand.
"Wait —"
But before he finished speaking, Barney Junior and Beldin pounced on him like an avalanche!
The battle instantly broke out!
It seemed like it was because of his injuries, but this time, Barney Junior did not take the lead. Instead, Beldin roared and took the lead. The two of them stood in front of Ricky, one at the back, and the other at the front with an axe and a sword.
Perhaps it was too sudden, but Klein and Josef, who were standing behind Ricky, unsheathed their swords subconsciously, but they were still unable to catch up. They could only watch as the two of them approached Ricky first.
Whoosh!
At the same time, Ricky's silver longsword, Everlasting Truth, drew a beautiful arc in the air, bringing with it the sound of wind as it enveloped the two attackers.
Ding!
With a soft sound, Everlasting Truth hit Beldin's axe in midair. He was in the lead.
At that moment, Beldin suddenly had the illusion that he was trapped in an endless, scorching vortex, and he was about to suffocate.
What was worse was that even though he had expected it, the Disaster Sword's Power of Eradication still affected his arm, making it even more unstoppable than before.
Scorching, oppressive, heavy.
The mercenary axe in his hand, which was rather heavy, began to tremble uncontrollably.
As Ricky smiled, Beldin could only watch helplessly as his attack deviated by more than an inch. It barely grazed past Ricky's wrist.
Ricky sneered in his heart. He knew that Beldin's attack was no longer a threat. He turned his longsword around and charged at the other person.
But at that moment, Barney Junior, who was one step behind, finally arrived!
What surprised Ricky was that Barney Junior, who only had one usable arm left, did not attack him.
Instead, he straightened his body and charged at Beldin!
* Thud! *
A muffled sound rose. Beldin grunted and let go of the axe handle, which seemed to be out of his control.
He used Barney Junior's charge to change his direction. He wrapped his fist in his palm, bent his elbow, and charged at Ricky!
Ricky, who had been calm and composed, finally changed his expression.
'The axe is just … bait?'
But Beldin, who seemed to have lost control, had already arrived in front of Thales.
Thales suddenly came to a realization. This was a variant of the Northland Military Sword Style — Counterattack.
However, Barney Junior used his comrade as a shield.
He was secretly shocked. 'What kind of tacit understanding do they need to work together to execute this style from a shield in their hands to a living person beside them?'
Thales did not have time to think about it in detail. Ricky had no choice but to crouch and move, but he could not withdraw his longsword in time.
He could only use the hilt of his sword as a shield. He struck Beldin's abdomen violently and deflected his attack.
As Beldin grunted, Barney Junior used this opening to finally thrust his longsword, which he had been preparing for a long time, straight at Ricky's abdomen!
The sound of flesh being torn rose.
"AAAHHHH!"
Ricky's enraged roar echoed through the underground prison!
At that moment, it was as if the air around them had been compressed. Barney Junior and Beldin, who were already confident in their victory, shuddered at the same time.
* Thud! *
Before Thales could react, Barney Junior and Beldin staggered around Ricky like drunkards who could not control themselves. They fell to the ground in a disheveled manner!
* Clang! *
The axe and sword fell to the ground.
Thales sighed in anguish.
"No!" Tardin, who had taken over his duty to protect Thales, cried out in alarm. His eyes widened so much that they looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets.
In the next second, the Disaster Swords reacted. Josef and Klein caught up to them at the same time. They pressed their longswords against their necks and firmly suppressed the two men who had failed in their ambush.
Ricky's body swayed. He stabbed his longsword into the ground and tried his best to maintain his balance.
He lowered his head with a pained expression. Blood seeped out from the gaps between the fingers of his left hand, which was pressed against his abdomen.
In just a few seconds, back and forth, the dangerous battle ended just like that.
The people around them watched with their mouths agape.
"Damn it." Klein, the Northlander swordsman, stared at Barney Junior by his feet in exasperation.
"How many times have we been ambushed tonight?"
But just as he was about to continue speaking, Ricky stopped him.
"No, they are very powerful." Ricky panted and waved his hand to reject Samel's kind offer to help him up.
"They have been imprisoned for many years and are heavily injured, but they still managed to find such an opportunity."
Ricky stared at the bloody wound on his waist and sighed.
As Barney Junior and Beldin failed and were captured, Thales' heart became increasingly heavy and bitter.
"Quill Barney, right?"
Ricky's face was pale. He watched Barney Junior, who was dragged up from the ground by his subordinates. Barney Junior was in a pathetic, if not tragic, state. He looked at the man's indignant and resentful expression.
"Samel mentioned you to me before. He said it was very ridiculous." Ricky's eyebrows furrowed back and forth, as if he was enduring pain.
"He told me that no matter how bad Barney Junior's condition is, as long as you are alive, even if you only use your teeth, you can still deal the most fatal blow."
Ricky stared at his waist and laughed brokenly.
"I believe him now."
As a response, Barney Junior only spat. His gaze never left the serious wound on Ricky's waist.
'Damn it.
Almost …
Almost! '
"Normally, you would definitely be a worthy opponent."
But not today. "
Ricky's panting gradually subsided. He turned to Thales, whose expression was incredibly unpleasant.
"I am very surprised, and also very impressed. Your Highness, in such a short time, you found yourself a team of top-notch guards.
Now, we can wrap things up, right? "
As he spoke, a few mercenaries tightened their grip on the hostages' swords, as if they were demonstrating their strength.
Thales' expression tensed.
Ricky waved his hand with a tired expression.
"Take down the others. We are going out."
The mercenaries, led by Klein and Josef, received their orders and moved forward.
"Your Highness." Tardin watched the Disaster Swords who surrounded them nervously. "Please stand back …"
But at that moment, Thales suddenly stepped forward.
"Wait!"
Under Tardin's worried and puzzled gaze, the prince walked past them with an unpleasant expression and stood at the forefront of the team.
"I have a question."
Klein and Josef frowned slightly as they held their swords in their hands.
Knowing the teenager's importance, they turned around to look at Ricky.
Ricky took a deep breath, pulled out his saber from the ground, and stood firmly.
He took a step forward with his saber in hand.
"Come, Your Highness. I believe that you are very tired.
Let's talk after we get out of here. "
Thales ignored Ricky's words. He only stared at him, trying to find out the difference in every detail of Ricky's body.
But he was disappointed.
Although Ricky was heavily injured at that moment and looked tired, compared to the corpse that was once submerged in a pool of blood, he looked like a brand new person.
Thales took a deep breath. He felt the pain and fatigue in his body become more obvious.
Even his thinking seemed to have slowed down by half a beat.
But he had to persevere.
Especially when he was facing …
"I saw it with my own eyes. Your head was pierced through."
Thales braced himself and stared at Ricky with suspicion in his heart.
"But you, how did you do it?"
As they listened to the conversation between the prince and Ricky, all the guards were shocked.
"What do you mean?"
Tardin whispered to Canon, who was beside him, "Pierced through the head?"
Canon and Bruley just stared at each other. They could not understand.
Ricky smiled again. It was a very natural smile.
But it made Thales nervous and agitated.
His head started to hurt again.
"Didn't you have the answer a long time ago?" Ricky stared at the teenager with a smug look on his face.
"Once you think it through, you will understand that you are powerless to resist."
'I have the answer a long time ago?'
Thales suddenly realized something was wrong.
'That's right.'
Thales was surprised to see that the pain on Ricky's face had disappeared.
Ricky straightened his body and released his hand from his abdomen.
At some point in time, his wound had stopped bleeding.
Ricky returned to his indifferent image as a leader. He rubbed the blood that had coagulated on his hand and shook his head with a smile.
It was as if he had never suffered such a serious injury as having his abdomen pierced through.
All that was left was the armor that had been cut open, telling the story of what had just happened.
Thales felt a chill in his heart.
'What does this mean?
'And he said …'
Ricky's faint smile suddenly became mysterious in Thales' eyes.
The prince only felt a splitting headache.
He looked at the torn armor around Ricky's waist and endured the fatigue that made him want to fall asleep.
"You are … a Blood Clansman?"
Ricky paused for a moment before he burst into laughter and shook his head.
"I told you, you have the answer a long time ago, but you are unwilling to admit it."
'Not a Blood Clansman.
'No.'
The teenager stared at the subdued Barney Junior and Beldin. The inexplicable fear in the depths of his heart surged again.
"Did you just say that those who cannot be killed will be reborn every time?"
Thales gritted his teeth and carefully asked the question that worried him the most.
"You are …
Are you one of them? "
Ricky continued to smile. He did not answer.
His smile made Thales' spirit, which had already been tortured to the point of death, feel even worse.
When he saw Ricky's almost tacit admission, Thales' heart turned incredibly cold.
He could be vigilant against assassins. He could negotiate with Northlanders. He could find other ways to deal with Zakriel.
But …
Thales' face was dark.
The subdued Barney Junior seemed to have understood something. His expression changed slightly.
"Wait, do you mean that this person …"
Thales shook his head. His gaze never left Ricky.
'Damn it.
'If … If this person is really what I think he is …
'If he is …
'No, this is too bad.
'First it was Zakriel. Now it's this …'
The teenager's tired gaze circled the area and stopped at the silver longsword he once held.
'If he is really … then there is no hope in fighting him head-on.
'Unless …'
Thales felt like his head was about to explode.
He had to think, think, think about a way out …
He thought about Asda, Giza, and even Taurus. He thought about what he should do when he faced them …
Thales sucked in a deep breath and said with a trembling voice,
"If that's the case, then Disaster Sword is indeed an organization of calamities, just as its name implies? Just like Blood Bottle Gang, they exist for you and serve you? "
Everyone was stunned.
Including the people from the Disaster Swords.
Ricky raised an eyebrow.
When he saw his expression, Thales thought of something.
"You said that your sword is called the Everlasting Truth. The Truth … This isn't a coincidence, right?"
Thales made up his mind and gritted his teeth.
"So, your leader is the Truth Brother?"
Against Thales' expectations, his tactic of stalling for time and finding an opportunity worked.
'The Truth Brother.'
In that second, Ricky's expression changed.
He was originally smiling, but when he heard this, his face instantly turned as cold as ice.
Thales' legs were sore. He saw hope, and he had to support Barney Junior by his side to stand firmly.
"Or are you the Truth Brother, B? Or L?
"Should I call you the Truth Sword from now on?"
The prince's words stunned almost everyone present.
Except for one person.
Standing in front of everyone, Ricky's expression became extremely cold.
There was a murderous glint in his eyes, and Thales could not help but tremble.
Ricky stared at Thales coldly, as if he wanted to find some secret from the teenager.
"You … say that again?"
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