Chapter 180 Men From The Queen 2

"Are you sure that they came in this direction?"

"I’m sure of it!!!"

"Let’s keep searching then, maybe we’ll see their horses nearby."

7 thuggish men, were currently looking around the premises in hopes of finding Santa.!!"

After a while, one of them spotted 2 horses hidden a little further from Santa and Penelope.

"Boss!!... I’ve found their horses!" One of the men yelled out.

As they conversed, Santa and Penelope began to think about the origins of these men.

"Do you know them?" Penelope asked in a whispery tone.

"No...."

"But they said they were looking for a ’he’... and since you’re a man, then they’re definitely talking about you."

"Hmhm....It looks like they’re here for trouble." Santa replied.

"Don’t worry..... I’ll protect you."

Santa turned and looked at her warmly.

"We’ll protect each other." He relied.

"Sure!!"

For some reason, she felt all warm and fuzzy inside when she held heard him.

She concluded that something must definitely be wrong with her.

When she got back home, she would have to ask her grandfather and parents about her current state.

Hopefully, she wasn’t sick.

As the men walked closer to the horses, they continued to scan the area in hopes of spotting their target.

"You two... ride these horses away from here, so that they wouldn’t have any means of escaping from us."

"Yes boss!!!"

The two men turned to the horses and tried to climb on them.

’Heeeeheeeheee!’

The horses tried to avoid the men, as they didn’t recognize them.

’Bang! Bang! Bang!’

The men who tried to ride the horses, were abruptly kicked by the horses.

What a joke!!!

These horses had been used by their owners for several years now, and no one else had ever ridden them.

So how could they allow anyone apart from their owners to ride them?

"Ahh... a filthy animal like you dares to kick me?"

One of the men became pissed, and immediately took out his dagger in attempt to kill the beast.

"Stop!!!!

Step away from my steed!!!!" Penelope yelled out.

How could she let them kill her trusty steed?

The men turned around and spotted Penelope and Santa coming their way.

They immediately knew who Santa was, since they had been trailing him for the past 3 days... but for Penelope, everyone had no idea who she really was.

They thought she looked familiar, but they brushed it off.

If she really had a high enough position, why was she here was a merchant?

Even if he was a wealthy one, a merchant was still a merchant.

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"I’m glad that you guys have finally arrived.... This would make my job go faster.

Their swords clashed several times.

’Cling!’

Santa was forced to lean backwards, as his enemies attacks were fierce and mighty.

His enemy was bigger and taller when compared to him... and it was clear that the man had more strength too.

Sigh... at this point, he try regretted why he didn’t grain seriously.

He was more of a thinker, than a fighter.

"Haa!!"

The leader yelled, while swinging his sword sideways at full force.

The leader was aiming for Santa’s arm.

’Cling!’

Santa blocked the attack, but this time.. the force of the attack pushed him down.

He immediately rolled away, as the leader tried to pierce his rolling body multiple times.

If he didn’t think of something quick, then he was sure that he would be at a complete disadvantage.

He looked at the floor and his eyes lit up.

"Ahhh... my eyes!!

You bastard!!"

Benjamin had thrown dirt into the leader’s eye.

Taking advantage of the situation, he immediately swung his sword at the leader’s knees.

"son of a b**ch!!

I’m going to kill you!!!"

The leader started swinging his sword around like crazy.

He couldn’t see well, and his left leg had been cleanly cut off.

What more could he do?

’Fwip!!’

The leader’s swings were all over the place.

Santa meticulously dodged them, and swiftly cut off the leader’s head.

He turned around in hopes of helping Penelope, but was stunned at the sight before him.

She had just finished dealing with the other 6 men.

She had left the last one unconscious for questioning.

"Benjy... I thought you said that your skills had greatly improved?

Why did you take so long to deal with just one person?"

"Hey, that wasn’t my fault alright.... Have you seen his size?"

"All I hear are excuses and more excuses.

If I wasn’t here, aren’t you aware that they would’ve ganged up on you?" Penelope asked with a cold tone.

How could she not be angry?

"But I’m okay aren’t I?"

"Indeed, your fine.... but what about next time?

Tomorrow morning, I want to see you at the royal training field.

It looks like I’ve been really soft on you over the years!!"

For some reason when he heard her, a chill ran down his spine.

As he looked at the unconscious man on the floor, he immediately began to think of his next move.

It looked like he would have to head over to Baymard A.S.A.P.