Chapter 73 - Who Did This? (2)

After Sirius remained silent for a second, he replied: "Child, that boy was probably far away when the great energy burst that occurred during the battle. Maybe he got away when the battle started. When too many people are fighting each other, no one pays attention to the actions of a few weaklings unless there is animosity between them. He must have used his weakness and walked away. But even if he did, the energy wave hit him. He appears to be fine now, but he has severe internal injuries. Given these internal injuries and the energy wave that hit him, he probably had some armor that would be considered quite high-quality around here. But it appears that this armor, which absorbed the impact when the energy wave hit it, shattered and the remaining energy caused internal injuries."

"Judging by the energy flow, he's recently taken medical pills, but he's still in serious condition. If those internal injuries aren't healed soon, they can be fatal. In this case, the profound energy can not be used properly. Here's the situation, child. What will you do now? Are you going to run, or are you going to try and save that girl?"

Asil remained silent after his master's question and watched the battle before his eyes for a few seconds. A few seconds later the girl was forced to retreat a few meters due to a sudden attack by three of the men. When he retreated, her face finally entered Asil's point of view.

When Asil saw her, he froze for a moment. The girl fighting had a tired expression on her face that was snow-white, smooth, and with no imperfections on it. Although her expression was tired, it could be understood at a glance that she was no more than twenty years of age. Although some parts of her long, bright yellow-colored hair were dusted with a duller color, this did not overshadow the brightness of her hair. Someone who saw the red blood creeping slowly down the side of her pink lips could have suffered as if their own body was bleeding.

Other than that, she had eyes. As blue as the skies... They were glowing even in this kind of situation. It was as if they were pure enough to purify the soul of someone who looked at them just for looking at them. This girl with blonde hair and blue eyes was so beautiful that when Asil looked at her, he felt comfortable as if lying on the grass under the shadow of a tree on a light windy, sunny and cloudless day. Because of this girl's long and plentiful robe, only her face was visible. But it did not matter to Asil. Because right now, he could not take his eyes off her pretty face.

After Asil looked at her with a silly expression for a few seconds, Sirius's echoing voice made him come to his senses: "HAHAHAHA... Child, are you in love? Your soul is filled with an intimate warmth. Looks like this girl really got to you. But even though she is pretty, don't try to save her in some stupid way. It's not worth killing yourself for a girl."

After Asil came to his senses, he shook his head and then replied: "Master, I have not fallen in love. I am just so surprised. I never thought such a beautiful girl could exist. She's more like an angel than a person told in legends and said to be very beautiful. Besides, the idea of saving her has nothing to do with her beauty. It doesn't matter if it's beautiful or ugly or if it's a girl or a boy. I would consider saving anyone in a situation like this. And if they were in my position, I am sure that everyone would do the same if they have any honor; they will think about saving the one in need.

After Asil spoke, he looked around and clenched his teeth, and thought about what to do. A few seconds later, he came up with an idea and told it to his master, and then made the final preparations. He then took a deep breath and focused and slowly moved around the fighting ones, to the part behind them.

What he was thinking of doing was very dangerous. In fact, if the situation wasn't what he thought it was, the chances of him dying were almost certain. But he still chose to risk it and execute the plan in his head.

Asil took a deep breath after moving into the rear of the fighting group and then was suddenly leaped forward with all his might. He entered the big field where the fight was being done. But because all the attention of the fighting men was on the blonde girl they were fighting, they could not feel at first that Asil was coming near them. It took them a few seconds to notice him, but by the time they realized him, Asil had already made his plans and had completed the first phase of his plan.

Asil shouted out loud in a fearless way. "Let her go! If you don't, this boy will die!"

As Asil spoke, he was behind the young man, who was the weakest of the eight men, who did not fight the girl, and who was waiting at the back, and held his sword in his right hand to the young man's throat, while holding his left hand and his hair hard and lifting his face upwards.

Asil's plan was to take the young man in the back as a hostage and use him to rescue the girl, and at this time the first phase of this plan had been completed. The only question now was whether these men would be persuaded to let her go.

After Asil's words, the fighting stopped, and the men with eyes filled with the desire to kill turned towards him, and the young girl, who was barely standing, as she had no more energy to spare. When the men looked at him, they instantly sensed Asil's profound power, and as they immediately tried to scare him by releasing their aura from their bodies in the nascent profound realm, one of them spoke: "HAHAHA. The kid who thinks he is the prince charming, he will die if we don't let her go? HAHAHAHA, why do we care if that bastard dies? If you're so willing, go ahead and kill him. Then we'll split you into a thousand pieces, HAHAHAHA..."

Asil did not pause and immediately replied: "How long are you going to keep bragging? This boy is valuable to you. If not, he would have gone away and watched things from a safe distance rather than stand by you in a battle like this. You're also mercenaries who were in our group before the battle began. So the sudden energy burst must have hit you, too. But this boy is still here, intact. Which means he's been wearing quality armor before. Since he doesn't have any armor on him right now, this armor must have been broken during the explosion. Someone with such quality armor must be important."

"But I can tell from your behavior that you're connected to an illegal group rather than a respectable family. In that case, this boy is probably a close relative of the leader of your crime group. So it's your job to protect him. As members of a group like this, if anything happens to him while you are protecting him, your great leader will surely kill you. If I'm wrong, would you mind if I killed this boy?"

Asil spoke his mind and took a great risk. In fact, he had his plan entirely to risk that possibility. If these thoughts were right, there was a chance they would get out of here. But if he is wrong...Then the only outcome would be the death of him and the blonde girl!

There was a brief silence after the Asil's rest-filled words, and all those who had fought before looked at him briefly. A few seconds later, the silence broke as one of the men spoke. "Hahaha. So we're an illegal group, huh? Good imagination, little bastard..."

After the man spoke, he took a step towards Asil. When he took that step, Asil felt an intense and bloodthirsty aura coming towards him. This aura overwhelmed him and made it even harder for him to breathe. But even though he was faced with such an aura, given that his life is at stake, he did not have the luxury of having the slightest hesitation.

The moment the man stepped in, Asil held the sword in his right hand, touched the young man's throat, and pulled it down a little bit, causing the young man's throat to be cut slightly and bleed. The moment his throat was slit, the young man began to wail. "Stop... I beg you, stop... Don't kill me... I don't want to die... Please don't kill me..."

Asil spoke in a menacing manner while the young man's shouts were still going on. "If you want to live, tell them to let her go. Then you will come with me to a safe distance. Then I'll set you free.. Thus, you'll be spared. If you understand, tell them to let her go!"