BXBX NOVEL Chapter 218 - Calm Before Strom
"It\'s my honor." The middle-aged man, Vesta, replied with his hand crossing and placed on his right chest. He gave off a smile and, glancing at his soldiers, behind the village head," You must be wary; I don\'t want to hear any death report again. We can\'t afford any loss."
The sharp glances from their superior made them shiver a bit," Yes, sir. We will give our best to protect this village!" The soldiers replied loudly as they bowed their bodies to their superior.
While the other soldiers behind Vesta nodded warmly upon seeing the politeness and the spirit from their comrades.
"Good." Vesta took a last glance at the village before turn around."March!" He commanded while walking to his carriage.
On the other side, when the mercenaries heard this, they give him a snort before also hopped to their horses and tag along. But, unlike before, they stayed behind upon remembering Selena\'s death.
"We made a wise choice." Vaurz, one of the mercenaries from the Corps of Teleknights, spoke to his friend with his keeping controlling the rope.
"No." Ray, the leader of mercenaries Corps of Teleknights, replied with a gloomy expression. His brows furrowed as he glances at Vaurz."If not them, the guardian must choose us. Even though the guild has no connection or received any orders from the kingdom, we are still citizens of this kingdom and obliged to help the kingdom plans.
"Unless a threatening situation occurs, the kingdom will not force us, and we can still remain as ordinary people. But," From the corner of his eyes, he saw Veronica\'s darkened expression and the furry from rest of Steel Legion mercenaries."Now, the situation has changed. Because of that boy, it seemed so important."
Vaurz remains silent when he saw the expression from Steel Legions even when they received their rewards.
There is no happiness, no delight, nor a blissful smile. All of what he saw was unyielding looks coupled with a sorrowful atmosphere. The usually happy and beautiful sight from Steel Legion turned to tranquil, dead silent.
"This mission should be classified as SS rank." Vaurz replied with a dry laugh and bitter smile while Ray remained silent while pitifully watching the rest of Steel Legion mercenaries.
"You may be right; we made a wise choice."
Mercenaries are full of selfish people; even when the beasts spreading inside their territory, they still do not act, only moved by money. But, that will be different if someone mentioned their comrades.
Like a family, a comrade was their life savior, their drinking buddy, and a friend in arms. The death of a comrade is the same treated as death from their family. Losing one of your most trusted friends is very painful.
This bond grew more potent along with the rise of mercenaries; that\'s why only the lowly mercenaries can abandon their groups and search for a new friend, unlike the big shots.
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While the mercenaries discussing their problem, Desmond, as always, was leaning against the small window; his long dark brown hair was blown by the gentle breeze with his purple eyes watching the moving scenery and a logging smile.
"Young Master, your tea." An alluring, sweat, and pleasant voice entering Desmond\'s ears. He turns around and saw a beauty in her red two braided styles with a maid white attire was carrying a plate containing a glass of tea.
Laura was standing with her eyes slightly wavering upon seeing her young master smile, lucky she can still control her excited body to not trembling.
"Thank you," Desmond replied as he took his cup from the plate and approach the sofa.
*slurp*
When Desmond sipped the tea, he can feel the fresh tea leaves mixed with a bit of sweetness from a block of sugar floating in the middle of the cup.
"The flavor just right, as always you have good eyes suiting my taste. " Looking at the sight of flushed Laura, Desmond shifting his tone." What\'s the situation?"
The seriousness contains his tone coupled with his calm gaze, indirectly waiting for an answer, making Laura stiffen for a moment."We\'re not too far from Helmfirth City. With this pace, I speculated we will arrive around half to one month."
"Hmm... not bad," Desmond replied, his eyes shifted to the transparent screen of the corner of his view. Laura\'s prediction is not far from the truth as he saw from his map that he only needs to pass the sight of the dry forest and the canyon before arriving on Helmfirth city\'s road.
"But, we need to be careful," Desmond muttered; his eyes narrowed when he saw a gray object in the dry forest was blocking his route, and not far from the grey object, he also spotted vague red dots.
"It must be a fallen tree or bandits again. "I should be safe with mercenaries is guarding my back while Vesta\'s soldiers acted as a shield.
"This is a perfect situation, except for their protective attitude," Desmond continued with his mouth slightly twitched and calmly analyzing the situation.
Gaining combat experience is a must; with this opportunity, he can practice his swordsmanship, but the problem is, no one in this group believed he was stronger enough to handle one beast.
"Hmm, I can force them to stay, but another problem is, my power will be exposed. " A wrinkles formed on his forehead while his brows furrowed, the calm expression has replaced by a frown with the look in his eyes was now showing a complex reflection.
When the other children were freely exploring the world of magic and pursuing their future wife, Desmond, who not yet fifteen, has been forced to hide his powers while avoiding the destruction of his family.
The grudge between his family and The king of the Imperial Empire only thickens every year. With a countless death of their assassins on his parent hands is enough to make the imperial empire swallowed their waves of anger.
But what happens when Desmond display he was so talented that he might be more threatening than his parents? In the worst case, the imperial empire surely declared war against the North-kingdom.
And Desmond also not sure will the North-kingdom protect his family only because of the promise of the former Grandmaster? Surely not; the loss is too big.
"And the aftermath of me showing my power four years ago... " Desmond spoke while massaging his forehead.
" Ahhhh! In the first place, why should I care?!" he shouted, venting his frustration, but shortly a calm sensation appears, making his angry emotion dimmed down.
"Ha! The conclusion still the same, I should focus on gaining more power in secret." Desmond added and let out a long sigh.
While Desmond was considering his future, Laura calmly observing him. The sight of her young master talking to himself is a bit strange for her, but she has been accustomed as time passed.
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