Chapter 386: 16 Year Old Inglis and the New Semester (8)
Thank you very much for the assistance, milady! Ryza rushed to her side.
Youre welcome. Although, Im sure you would have been fine without my help, Ryza.
It is thanks to you that we subdued them this quickly. Was that your newfound power? How wonderful.
Thank you. Im happy you like it.
Ryzas expression then grew stern.
Well then I avoided vital spots, so lets bring back some survivors and squeeze out some answers.
R-, right I suppose we should do that.
Liselotte wasnt inclined to do any kind of harsh interrogation or even torture.
Please understand, Milady. They are aiming for our lives.
You are right. Im more suited to deal with Magic Stone Beasts, it seems.
That is fine. Artifacts and Runes are for that very purpose.
dont overdo it with the torture, Ryza. Any assassin worth their gold wont easily divulge who paid them. And, if our suspicion is right, then their client wouldnt hire some cheap assassin. If they show no hint of speaking, end them.
Yes, sir.
Ryza nodded and approached one of the fallen assassins.
that was when Liselottes halberd began to shake in her hand.
Eh?
Its tip then turned towards Ryza. Of course, Liselotte didnt do it out of her own will. The halberd moved on its own.
What is happening?!
More importantly, Liselotte felt like it would unleash a snowstorm on its own. Seeing the tip facing Ryza, Liselotte shouted a warning.
Ryza! Watch out!
How odd.
Be careful, the others may be just like him!
The moment Ryza warned that, the other assassins also sprang back to life.
GRRAAAAHH!
Ryza was correct. They were all acting oddly.
Youre nothing without your surprise attack!
Lets do this! I shall take the lead!
Liselotte hurled a blizzard at the assassins. It caught one of them, but the other two scattered and evaded it.
so fast!
Indeed, they were fast. Liselotte moved the tip of her halberd, trying to track them with her snowstorm.
Wait, Milady! Just keep it steady!
Ryza called out. The Knight Commander had already rushed forward and was facing one of the remaining two. She pierced the assassin with her halberd and plunged it straight into Liselottes blizzard.
One more!
Leave it to me.
What amazed Liselotte was Ryzas strategy: she used the body of the first assassin as a shield to protect herself from the snowstorm while she approached the other assassin.
Of course, she then left the second assassin freezing in the snowstorm. While Liselotte couldnt see it clearly through her blizzard, she could tell that Ryza was employing advanced body and halberd techniques as she moved. Perhaps Liselottes earlier thought that she could catch up with her martial master, Ryza, was just an imagination.
While she pondered this, another one of the assassins was knocked into the blizzard by Ryza. The frozen assassins both tried to forcefully move their bodies and similarly destroyed themselves in the process.
With that, all the assassins in front of the carriage were taken care of. The ones at the rear had already been hit by Liselottes blizzard, which might explain why they hadnt joined the attack. If all seven of them had attacked simultaneously, the situation could have been much worse. They were fortunate.
Milady, the ones at the back!
Understood!
Liselotte and Ryza nodded to each other and headed toward the rear of the carriage.
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