Chapter 184 - Sneaky (6)

Bending his neck to the side of dodging wasn't an option. Billy could only fall, and falling while facing a guy like that wasn't a good idea… so Billy decided to use his hidden technique. He himself fell, but on the fall, he kicked Manuel's balls. For a second, Manuel was paralyzed, unable to react, and that gave Billy enough time to get up and only see an expression of anger forming on his face.

"Bastard… you have got no honor," Manuel said.

"Says the guy with a hidden poisonous knife," Billy said.

Manuel looked at Billy like he was spoking bullshit… wast it really fine to use a hidden, poisonous knife while kicks on the balls weren't? Regardless, Billy didn't have time for that. Manuel didn't let the failure get him and assumed a dual-wielding fighting stance. That guy sure had some tricks up his sleeve...

"I sincerely hope that you have more surprised in store for me because otherwise, this will be boring," Billy said.

Manuel ignored the taunt and charged while aiming at Billy's throat with his sword. After numerous thrusts, Billy got the hang of his speed and range, but when he went to strike, Manuel's knife moved while aiming for his wrist, and Billy was forced to stop.

"Come on… I don't have time for duels in the middle of a war," Billy bit his lips in annoyance when he looked around for a moment and saw his dad and his friends busy with numerous enemies.

In any other situation, Billy would gladly duel against that gain for as long as possible since he could tell that he was gaining tons of battle experience. Still, he didn't have time to focus on himself right now.

When the enemy charged against him, Billy fired three earth bullets… But he made them emerge from behind the enemy. Despite that and the fact that he was pretty silent about it, Manuel felt the danger and turned around, managing to block two of those… but the third one still hit his forehead and landed while making a crack. Manuel immediately fell with his back on the ground, completely unconscious and with a big bump on his forehead.

"Now, I am starting to feel bad about this…" Billy furrowed his eyebrows before finishing the enemy.

He was wearing a silver armor and chainmail under his Cape, but those didn't stop Billy from piercing his heart. He tried to poison Billy and cut his throat numerous times, but that was fine. If Billy could avoid making a bloody mess out of an enemy, he would. In any case, it seemed a bit too early to loot, but Billy decided to get the knife and the sword the enemy had with him.

Long One-Handed Sword

STR + 20, SPE + 15

Lightness Lv 05: the weapon becomes up to twenty percent lighter according to your grip's strength.

Durability: 30/30

Assassin's Dagger

STR + 10, SPE + 20

Poison Coat Lv 10: at the cost of ten points of mana per minute, it imbues the weapon with poison that dulls the senses of the target.

Durability: 20/20

Those were some good items… they probably were forged by a pretty good blacksmith, and they fit Manuel's fighting style, but not Billy's. Unless… he learns dual wield and combo.

"Come to think of it, he never used Silent Sword…" Billy thought.

"Did you defeat him?" Marie suddenly approached and asked. "He is one of the enemy's most trusted soldiers… his is name Namael."

"It is Manuel…" Billy said while frowning.

"Close enough. Anyway, it seemed that he came to assassinate you and his lackeys worked together to separate us," Marie said. "I was wondering why those dumbasses were coming at me with their guards so tight…"

"Billy? Are you all right?" Drew asked.

"I am fine… but he was a bit troublesome," Billy replied.

The word that Billy defeated one of the enemies' most famous soldiers spread around quite quickly, and some allied even came to check. Some recklessly excited individuals even unsheathed their swords and prepared to behead the corpse and pull the head in a spike. Still, Billy put his feet on the way and made the trip.

"If you want to defile a corpse, then go kill some other soldiers… no one is going to defile the bodies of those I defeated," Billy said.

The soldiers and adventurers who tried that looked at Marie, hoping to receive her backing in the matter, but she just looked away. It was inconceivable that they were going to lose that chance to affect the whole battlefield with that, but no one insisted on that idea. They didn't want to fight the guy who defeated Manuel.

Despite that, word quickly spread, and the enemy's charge was affected by it. Even without confirming that, it was hard to negate that… even when Manuel kept his ambush hidden from almost everyone. Even better, the enemy's base didn't try to deny that fact. Lying now would make the soldiers lose faith in their commanders, after all.

In any case, once the news spread, the enemies began to retreat. However, much to their surprise, four battalions coming from the extreme right side came to attack them. They were all the cavalry Jean had available, and thanks to that, they reached the enemies and began to decimate

"I guess we were lucky that this attack didn't last for long. Otherwise, our unit would have been in trouble," Billy thought while he saw the cavalry massacring the enemies.

Although he thought that, Billy noticed that his dad and friends had many wounds in their bodies. After looking around, only a few dozen members of that unit were still standing. Billy was pretty sure that all of those were adventurers, and he confirmed that when he looked at Alexander and saw him biting his lips and they were bleeding… that certainly wasn't something Billy wanted to ever experience. He patted the shoulders of his friend several times when he saw them trembling…