Volume 2, Chapter 69 – Crisis

“You bastard!”

When Romney’s cruel words reached Afnora’s ears, the anger and killing intent within the Marquis’s wife could no longer be suppressed and erupted violently! The freezing chill made the surrounding soldiers feel an unspeakable pressure, causing their bodies to tremble uncontrollably!

Recalling the tragic deaths of her son and daughter-in-law, Afnora’s face gradually twisted slightly with rage!

She could not repeat the same mistake!

This time, she would absolutely not let this bastard hurt her granddaughter!

“Go to hell! You scum!”

Accompanied by Afnora’s heart-wrenching roar, a cold purple battle aura suddenly adhered to her spear! In an instant, Afnora transformed into a bolt of purple lightning, charging toward Romney with the momentum of a crashing thunderbolt like a roaring purple dragon!

The rampaging lightning instantly scorched everything in its path!

That beautiful blue rose garden was now completely gone, and the smell of char filled the air!

The pressure brought by a saint tier powerhouse going all out made those nearby with insufficient strength tremble all over, feeling as if their souls were about to be torn apart! Once Afnora moved, the surrounding guards let out stirring war cries and raised their weapons to launch an attack on the enemies from the Divine Punishment Holy Church!

The battle was about to break out, and under the heavy pressure, Benjamin immediately showed a look of sheer terror, looking toward Romney as if for help! After all, his strength was too meager; even with protective items, he likely wouldn’t survive this chaotic melee!

“Mr. Romney!!”

However, Romney did not answer Benjamin’s words. Instead, he looked excitedly at the charging Afnora ahead!

“Yes! That’s it! Prey that resists is much more interesting! I hope you still have this much fire in you when I cut off your limbs later, hee hee hee~”

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After letting out a series of unsettling laughs, Romney drew two scimitars from behind his back!

‘Demonic Soul Wheel~’

Romney’s black eyes narrowed slightly as white battle aura suddenly erupted! Surrounded by a white glow, Romney brandished the sharp blades in his hands in an extremely bizarre posture! In the next moment, Afnora’s lightning spear arrived as expected, colliding violently with Romney’s twin blades!

The erupting aura sent Benjamin flying back hundreds of meters, slamming into a wall and losing consciousness!

After a surge of energy, the dense battle aura on the lightning spear was strangely and gradually weakened by Romney!

When Romney exerted force again, the lightning suddenly shattered completely!

“Clang~”

With a crisp sound, Afnora’s offensive was completely neutralized! Romney’s counterattack followed immediately! Although Afnora tried to dodge, she was still inevitably struck by three of Romney’s slashes! Crimson blood instantly stained her white formal dress, and Romney’s foot slammed into her abdomen!

In an instant, Afnora flew backward, smashing the distant fountain into pieces! A mouthful of blood couldn’t help but spray from Afnora’s mouth!

“Madam!”

Seeing this, a soldier from the Blizzard Knight Order rushed to Afnora’s side. “Madam, are you alright?!”

“Don’t… don’t worry about me…” Afnora pressed her hand against her abdomen and said while gasping, “Go protect Xia’er, and then, quickly notify Xiumu!”

However, before she could finish, Romney’s leisurely voice drifted into Afnora’s ears. “Are you looking to ask the Marquis for help, Madam? Unfortunately, I’m afraid the Marquis himself can barely protect his own life right now~”

?!!

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“What… what did you say?!” Afnora gripped her spear tightly and questioned him sharply as she watched Romney, who had easily cut down dozens of soldiers, rushing toward her.

However, Romney only showed a ghoulish smile and had no intention of explaining. “Hehe, but don’t worry, a family should be together. Soon, I’ll send your whole family to reunite, hee hee hee hee~”

Accompanied by the chilling laughter, Romney’s blade rapidly enlarged in Afnora’s eyes…

At the same time, another fierce battle was taking place within the Marquis Mansion.

“Soul Shattering Slash!!”

Accompanied by Marquis Xiumu’s earth-shaking roar, a violent azure sword energy suddenly erupted from his sword! It transformed into a terrifying blade of energy that possessed an invincible momentum, and the horrific fluctuations of the sword energy directly split more than half the estate in two!

The scattered, terrifying azure energy crushed everything nearby into rubble!

Under Xiumu’s powerful strike, more than twenty black-robed men charging frantically at him were defeated. Some were turned directly into piles of minced meat, while others collapsed to the ground, unable to rise again.

After dealing with the enemies in front of him, Marquis Xiumu hurriedly turned to look at the beautiful silver-haired girl not far behind him. “Miss Mengxi, are you alright!”

“I’m fine, don’t worry.” While replying calmly to Xiumu, Mengxi suddenly swung her sword, instantly killing two people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church who were trying to sneak attack her! Mengxi’s strength had already reached the sixth tier, and combined with her naturally powerful foundation, ordinary sixth tier powerhouses were no longer her match!

“I’m sorry, Miss Mengxi, for making you act as bait with me.”

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“It’s nothing. If anything, I was their original target. I should be the one thanking the Marquis for fighting alongside me.”

“It’s only right. You are Xia’er’s benefactor, how could I let anything happen to you?” As he spoke, Xiumu looked at the remaining members of the Divine Punishment Holy Church ahead with eyes as cold as ice!

Swept by Xiumu’s murderous gaze and sensing the powerful sword energy fluctuations around the Marquis, these people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church showed no fear. Instead, they sharpened their blades, preparing to attack again!

“Damned cultists…” Sweeping his gaze over the mess of the surrounding battlefield, Xiumu cursed in his heart. At the same time, his eyes couldn’t help but look toward the distance, toward the main residence of the Marquis Mansion.

He wondered if they had escaped yet…

The “they” naturally referred to the servants within the Marquis Mansion. While Xiumu and Mengxi were drawing the attention of these crazed cultists, the servants with no combat ability had begun to evacuate the Marquis Mansion under the escort of Odit and some of the soldiers.

Under normal circumstances, the defensive strength of the Marquis Mansion was very formidable! Even facing a large-scale invasion like today’s, it should have been enough to cope!

However, recently, in order to strengthen the frontline defenses, Xiumu had sent more than half of the Blizzard Knight Order to the frontline fortresses. With the manpower not yet replenished, the defensive strength within the mansion had become somewhat hollow. More importantly, when the battle began, the remaining half of the garrison began to experience abnormal statuses such as poisoning, instantly losing their combat ability.

This was what had made the battle so passive…

Recalling the previous scenes, Xiumu couldn’t help but clench his fists as anger erupted uncontrollably from his eyes!

The garrison of the Marquis Mansion being mysteriously poisoned?!

Without a doubt, someone on the inside must have administered the poison!

And the person who would do such a thing…

Xiumu couldn’t help but think of Benjamin’s face. After all, that fellow’s performance recently had been truly abnormal. At the same time, being able to let so many people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church appear in Windward City meant they had an insider! And this insider’s rank had to be quite high, possessing the authority to issue a large number of permits…

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There were only a handful of people who could do this…

Thinking of this, Xiumu was almost certain who the traitor was.

However, Xiumu still felt a sense of disbelief. After all, Benjamin had lived with them for over a decade and was essentially raised by him! Now, he was actually colluding with the people from the Divine Punishment Holy Church?

‘Truly a wolf-hearted, ungrateful brat!’

He should never have given him the city’s defense permissions!

After kicking away a member of the Divine Punishment Holy Church, Xiumu cursed in his heart.

However, just as he was cursing, a terrifying sense of pressure suddenly entered Xiumu’s perception, making this battle-hardened warrior show an incredibly solemn expression. His body even began to tremble slightly!

The reason was simple; this aura was too cold and filled with a thick smell of blood.

More importantly, this aura was extremely powerful! Powerful enough to make him feel a chill in his heart…

Griping his sword hilt, Xiumu slowly turned his head and looked nervously behind him.

He saw a handsome man with dark green hair and his hands behind his back, who had appeared behind Xiumu with a smile at some unknown time.

Judging by the density of the aura released from his body, this mysterious man was undoubtedly an eighth tier powerhouse…

“Good day, Marquis, and you, Miss Mengxi…”