Realizing that sothing was definitely wrong, Tristan would not take any chances as he quickly casted [Blood Seal] on the rider who had talked to Astrid. Imdiately after, he dashed towards the other rider who watched all of this happening.
Seeing the latter was trying to gallop and run, Tristan swiftly took the sword out of his spatial ring and threw it towards the barbarian.
The sword did a line through the air before swiftly penetrating the back of the barbarian, sending him flying from the horse's back. The mont he reached the barbarian, Tristan was surprised to find the horse was dead as well. It looked like the sword sohow made its way to end the latter's life.
Looking at the horse's lifeless body, Tristan was annoyed as he definitely could use it for the journey. Alas, what already happened would not be able to co back.
When Tristan returned to the group, he quickly interrogated the barbarian who already fell under his control.
It was surprising to know that just this morning, hundreds of barbarian warriors were ordered to move to the northern border with hundreds more being gathered to surround the area. But what totally shocked him was the instruction given to them.
All the barbarians, without exception, were given a strict order to kill a white-haired elf on sight
"Fuck!!" Tristan cursed loudly when the barbarians spoke this. He realized that his worry turned out to be right, and to make it even worse, he was not fast enough.
Tristan imdiately tried to think of several different possibilities that could possibly help them, but he couldn't co out with one that guaranteed the safety of both him and Layla.
Looking at the one horse that was available in front of him, the best scenario that Tristan could think of would be just charging through the enemy blockade with Layla on his back. However, this plan clearly did not give him full assurance that his sister would not get hurt. After all, the plan itself slled risky.
The whole group beca worried when they saw Tristan's troubled look. The situation turned worse the mont the captured barbarians suddenly beca chaotic. It seed they sohow believed their life is in jeopardy now that the plan has failed.
In such a condition, Tristan decided to decisively take extre asures. He looks towards his blood-sealed warrior and said.
"Leave only 3 and kill the rest."
Scrall, Astrid, and Borin imdiately jumped into action the mont Tristan uttered that order. They headed towards the captured barbarians and began killing rcilessly. As this sight of carnage was unfolding, the others turn panicked while Layla scread.
"Brother what are you doing?! Stop this madness imdiately!" the young girl jumped towards Tristan and told him to stop.
It was a different matter between killing the enemy in the battlefield and killing the captured as well as defenseless ones. But at the mont, Tristan had no room for a guilty conscience. Not when their survival was at risk.
He held Layla's hand firmly and said while looking directly at her eyes, "This is necessary, sis. Trust !"
In this kind of situation where he couldn't allow any more risk, those 28 prisoners would beco an unpredictable factor to him. In short, a risk.
Tristan believed that the mont the barbarian warriors ca into sight, they would be the first one to beco trouble. Hence, he decided to eradicate the risk.
As for the other 3 who were lucky enough to be spared, Tristan quickly used [Blood Seal] on them and sent them in three different directions. These three would beco his radar and act as a distraction for the enemy when the situation needed.
The three added would throw off the searches as best as they could and when they were killed, Tristan would know which direction was the most dangerous one and had to be avoided.
However, this could only delay his problem. It would not solve it. He needed another plan to escape this ss.
Subconsciously, Tristan casted his gaze to the horse one more ti. The thought of grabbing Layla and leaving with just the two of them crossed his mind.
It was at this mont that Barry suddenly decided to speak his mind.
"Sir Tristan, I suggest we should just go back to the riverside. I know there is an abandoned fishing port about an hour away from here. I highly recomnd us to go there."
Upon hearing this, Tristan imdiately shifted his attention to Barry. He stared at the man in a threatening manner.
"What do you an with that, Barry?! Tell what you know! You are hiding sothing from !"
Barry panicked when he saw how Tristan acted. Being stared at by Tristan in such a manner was definitely not a pleasant experience.
"I...I… I don't sir… I.. can't say."
Tristan's eyes narrowed when he did not hear what he wanted.
"You know that I have a way to make you speak the truth, don't you?"
Barry's expression changed as Tristan said that. Recalling the sight of the latter's victims sent chills down the man's spine.
"I-I am telling the truth, sir! The mayor ordered not to tell you that we are in contact, but he really never said anything. The only thing I know is… I believe the reinforcent is already near."
"Then, why are you hesitating to tell this to ?!"
Seeing Tristan's expression made Barry even more panicked. He quickly waved his hand and said, "I-It's because the mayor ordered to keep the information a secret. As for the reason, I really don't know!"
As convincing as its sound, Tristan knew better than to trust a human's heart. Right now, he could not afford not to be thorough.
The [Blood Seal] cost him 200 Blood Essences, but it was a price that Tristan was willing to pay for the truth. And surprisingly, Barry did speak the truth. The man did not know anything else.
In his mind, Barry really believed that the mayor would arrive via the river soon, and that would be the best place for them to go.
But despite this, knowing Barry's loyalty to the mayor, he kept the Blood seal, he also let Barry take the horse and headed towards the shore in advance and look for the reinforcent imdiately. If what Barry said is true then the boat will be their escape plan.
The group followed behind and naturally, before the group left, he did not forget to extract the precious blood from the barbarians that were just killed.
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