Chapter 208: Fishy

"You came back" Minya said broodily.

Severus chuckled. "Why? Aren't you happy?"

Severus was blatantly mocking the soldiers of Znye which was a serious insult.

"Lord, what are your orders?"  Uze asked respectfully.

Severus observed everyone inside the room. He observed that the 12 knights present there were not big burly men but were of different shape and size. They looked ordinary. There was nothing strange about them except that they all were wearing gloves.

For god's sake, Znye was a hot country situated in the middle of the desert. Severus internally gave them a salute for wearing gloves despite the boiling temperature.

As he was observing, his eyes met with Rze eyes. He winked him the moment their stares collided. A tiny smile hung loose on his lips.

Rze was startled but soon composed himself.

He was not sure how he should react to this. Deep inside his heart, he was happy when he got the news that Severus had fled. He knew his lord's plan would foil but, he was helpless against his feelings. But now, he really pitied Severus.

He had landed himself on the landmines. He cannot go easy on Severus, not when his lord was present. Even if he subtly lends his hand to him, the rest will not take it lying low. One word and all 12 swords will be pointed at Severus.

Severus you...…

Minya observed Severus' nonchalant behavior as he smiled coldly. "What is the meaning of this?"

Huh?

"Are you seriously asking me? I think you are becoming old crown prince Minya." He mocked.

"What did you say?" Minya asked coldly.

"O"

"Sorry for my rudeness. I said that Crown prince Minya is turning old as well as deaf" Severus said clearly.

How could knights bear to see Severus insult their lord? Within a second, everyone was pointing their sword at Severus.

"Wooooo…. One against twelve."

"WHAT? Don't tell me you are such weaklings that you need to bring a dozen of your best soldiers to restrain me Minya".

"You managed to flee once but you won't get a second chance. It's a pity you missed it" Minya quietly replied.

Ha!

"Who wants your lousy second chance. And since when did I, Severus had ever fled from any war? Fleeing is against my principal you see so but worry not, I came here merely to see what you are doing. I am just a curious person."

"Come one! Treat me as air and resume back to your work. Go, go" Severus waved his hands.

Everyone including Moon was confused.

Didn't Severus say he came here to take Minya down?

So, what went wrong?

Why isn't he following the original plan?

Moon had Several questions swirling inside her head, but she did not get a chance to ask.

The moment she entered, everyone has been treating her as air so she was at loss for what should be done.

Ha!

Minya chuckled mirthlessly.

"I expected nothing less from you Severus" Minya stood up from his position.

"But you are nothing but a heroic fool. Did you think barging here would benefit you? Oh my!"

"It's so lame Severus"

"Knights. Tie him up with rope and make him sit in the center of the circle" Minya ordered swiftly.

It was the first time Severus has seen his decisive side. He was quite efficient and had a weight in his voice but so what. Severus had already dealt with people like Minya, so he didn't feel anything.

"You want to restrain me?" Severus laughed as he heard a universal joke.

In a split second his eyes turned cold. He swiftly pulled a black sword from thin air and pointed it against Uze.

"NOT EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS" 

Severus said each word slowly and clearly. His aura changed completely. The fun-loving Severus from earlier disappeared. It was as if he had another personality.

The blood lust was evident in his eyes.

"Fight" Minya ordered.

Severus charged with his full power.

SWOOSH—SLASH—SWOOSH.

Severus was surprisingly fast. All they could touch was air. Severus had swiftly taken down 3 knights.

Knights were alarmed when they noticed that three were taken down.

Minya's expression turned for the worse.

Severus smiled sweetly unlike his personality. "Are you just going to just stand there my dear Moon?"

Moon who was akin to being invisible was shocked.

Severus was a liar.

He said he needed her to fight against knights but given his power, she was sure he did not. She thought that Severs would finish it by himself but to her surprise, he had asked for her help.

"Were you thinking that it would be best if I do all the labor myself and you can reap all the harvest?" Severus was spot on.

Indeed!

This thought had crossed her mind. Moon felt guilty but she would never admit it.

"What nonsense are you spouting. I know you would definitely fail without my help so let us continue"

Slash-Woosh-Slash.

The fight turned intense. The knights perspired as they were at loss. Never in their dreams have they imagined tasting a defeat even after having their lord's blessing.

What was happening?

Since when was Severus so powerful?

According to the medical examination that was secretly conducted on his body, it was revealed that Severus had been weakened. No one knew why his physical constitution was heavily damaged. Under these circumstances, if he was still managing to defeat them then he would have reached his limit a long time ago.

Was there anything wrong with the reports?

Everyone had the same question in their minds. In the blink of an eye, only 5 knights were standing on their feet. The rest 7 were already lying in the pool of blood, clutching their wounds. However, to Severus' surprise, he saw that their blood which was oozing out from their wounds had black clots in them. It was black and sticky.

Despite being beaten to death, they did not seem to die. Severus was sure he had struck at their vitals. Under normal circumstances, any ordinary would have died.

But here they were...alive but barely.

Something was fishy but what?