From the mont I boarded the train, I knew sothing like this was going to happen.
As for the reason... Let’s leave that for later, as I need to save my ass.
Naturally, being suddenly hit with a huge amount of force, the train shook greatly. Subsequently, the train body deviated from the track and tilted over.
However, it didn’t roll down.
"What is this...? Did the engine burst, or was the train derailed due to the track?" Elderic scread in terror.
Eleanor was too shocked to speak, but she reacted quickly, casting a barrier around us.
She seed to be quite proficient.
As expected of the Sunfires, who harness the Mystic of the Sun God that allows them to have mastery over flas.
anwhile, Elderic, stuck to the wall, grabbed the rail of the luggage compartnt.
As for , I just sat there while running through plausible scenarios.
The engine didn’t seem to have burst.
There was no way the whole train would shake because of one engine going out.
In addition, when it ca to safety, there was no way that the engine of an exclusive locomotive would explode by itself unless a person wanted it to explode, because I myself made sure of that.
There must have been sothing. A reason why that explosion had been inevitable.
It seed that my uneasy imagination wasn’t wrong, as sothing began to run busily, thumping loudly on the ceiling of the train.
At the sa ti, a loud noise was heard from the leading compartnt.
The sound of sothing breaking and people screaming. I realized exactly what had happened.
There were screams everywhere, but even that was drowned out by the roar that followed.
"It’s a raid," I shouted.
"A raid? On this train?" Elderic blurted out in shock.
"Most of the passengers on this train are students going to the Academy. The robbers in the Western Hills must have done this while aiming for us to do their bidding."a voice echoes.
"Then we need to act," Elderic scread, opening the compartnt door.
Eleanor also got up and stared at with an uneasy expression and spoke, "Forgive for not identifying you, as you looked quite different from the image I know of.."
’Different... Uh...’
Realizing sothing, I shook my head.
"Let’s leave that for later."
As we walked out of the compartnt, the sight of many trembling gazes flashed in my eyes.
CRASH!
Just then, a man broke into the hallway door.
He had big dark circles and bloodshot eyes. His expression morphed with anger and distrust.
Seeing that edgelord, I decided to pry a bit and stepped forward.
"I am Noel De Nova, the only and sole heir of Nova. State your purpose for attacking us. Do you want to kidnap and ask for compensation from my parents?"
As soon as the words fell, the lobby was drenched in deadly silence.
The man who appeared stiffened and looked back at the others who were coming up behind him, as if asking—
Who is this little shit?
The man behind stepped forward and shouted, "Stop wasting ti. Do you think the Grand Duke would waste ti on such trash if we kidnap him?"
Sothing invisible stabbed my heart.
Emotional Damage ×12333 accumulation.
Though I expected this, I still had a faint hope.
Sotis I couldn’t help but wonder why the hell people don’t co for .
Co on, guys, even I have so value. So please respect and try to kidnap so that I can feel that I am of so value.
While I was stuck in my thoughts, a man stepped forward.
Eleanor imdiately waved her hand and chanted.
A magic circle materialized in the air, runes connecting to one another, forming a circuit.
"STOPPPP!"
I scread the mont I saw the magic, but it was too late.
The air heated, and an ignition spell burst through the air, shooting forward and burning everything in its path.
Elderic also seed to notice it and jumped aside as if trying to avoid danger.
SWOOSH!
A fla beam shot out, covering everyone.
BOOOM!
A blast erupted that blasted through the train’s tallic walls.
Smoke spread everywhere, and acrid fus assaulted everyone’s nostrils.
"Ahhhh!"
"Fire...."
The bystanders scread in panic.
Eleanor stood flabbergasted, and her reaction made itch to punch her face.
How stupid can you be?
In the next second, sothing cut through the fire screen. I ceased my comntary and dashed forward.
With a swift, precise movent, I slamd— I an pushed Eleanor.
BAM!
From the fire and smoke, several spike-like projectiles shot out.
We rolled on the ground for a bit, and as I rose, I cursed her.
"Girl, use so brain. We are fig—"
Before I could finish my sentence, I saw another shithead pouncing ahead.
Elderic summoned a huge chunk of iron—a.k.a. a greatsword—and dashed forward.
"Damn! I feel my PTSD rising seeing this kid..."
Saying this, I looked over only to see a few drops of blood on Eleanor’s face.
"Huh! Are you hurt?"
"No... it’s you..." Eleanor spoke softly, pointing at my cheek.
Just then, I noticed a small cut.
It seed a spike had brushed past my face, but that was not important.
What was important...
"My face... My fucking face..."
"ARGHHH!"
"Shit!"
"Which bastard fired the arrow!"
I got up and followed.
.....
A mana arrow shot out from a mage at the back.
In a blink, Elderic wielded his greatsword against the incoming arrow.
TAAK—!!
Another man took out a short sword and then clashed with Elderic, whose strength surprised him.
Without hesitation, the man pushed Elderic back, exchanging blows with him.
As others attacked, the attacker nad Kai dodged their massive weapons, creating craters on the tal floor.
Just then, Elderic noticed a figure nimbly passing below.
Just as he thought, I was going to help him...
He saw cursing and jumping on the man who was exchanging blows with him.
Kai cast an annoyed look and, with his left hand, grabbed my left wrist and twisted it, then kicked my torso, sending flying.
"Fuck off..."
"’Nevermind! As expected, he is just trash.’"
Kai spun, ready to face them, and signaled the mage to create a few more dirt spikes.
Ignoring the mage’s warning, Elderic pressed on, overwhelming the opponent while Eleanor shouted from behind.
"Leave the mage to !" Eleanor shouted.
She then shot out a few balls of fla.
Cling, Cling, Cling—!!
A few of the spikes that weren’t destroyed by the flas shot at Elderic.
But without fail, he managed to either deflect or block all of the strikes.
Even though he was wielding such a big sword, it didn’t hinder his movents at all as he tore through the compartnt.
Swish—!!
Just as he thrust his sword at him one more ti, Kai stepped aside, letting his blade et nothing but air.
Quickly, from the side, he unleashed an upward swing with his colossal sword.
Since his sword was twice as big as his own body, when he used it to perform an upward slash, his blade collided with the tal floor.
Bang! Boom!
"Idiot... At least mind your surroundings?" I scread as debris flung toward and others.
But instead of stopping or slowing down, his sword simply dug through the ground and closed in on him from below.
Elderic reacted swiftly and pulled his sword in ti to block the incoming blow from the low position.
Clang—!!
"What the– Grghh!" However, the force of the Elderic attack flung up into the air as if I were a paper doll.
Their clash echoed through the air as they traded powerful blows.
BOOM—!!
"Cough... Cough..."
"Lady Eleanor... Are you alright?" Elderic asked, seeing her staggering down to the ground.
As everyone fell into disarray, Elderic tried to get up, but his vision beca dizzy and he slamd onto the ground.
Kai stepped up and said, "Quickly, drag them and let’s run."
"What about him?" one of them asked, looking at .
"What use is he? Do you think the Grand Duke would even care?"
"Just leave him."
With that, they lifted Elderic and Eleanor.
One of them looked back at , as I lay there unconscious as an act, but seeing that they had no intention of taking , I shouted,
"Hey, why don’t you take too?"
"Sorry, we don’t need dead at."
"FUCK YOUU!"
It was then that a loud explosion erupted, blinding everyone’s vision, after which all the figures dispersed.
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