22. Retrieval of the Sword. (2)

All things certainly had cause and effect, and everything happened when the rights and wrongs were established. However, if a crime was caught at the scene, that was undeniably grounds for immediate execution. Of course, that was limited to the person who had the right to act this way; since most of these guards were Duke Bariatta’s personal guards, only he had the right to punish them. However, that wasn’t to say that Davey was at a rank where he couldn’t slash them.

“Hup…”

Everyone fell into a deadly silence. Thump… As something round and black went up in the air before falling onto the ground, everyone’s gaze was slowly drawn to the object. They soon realized it wasn’t a round object at all.

“Huh… Huh? Ackkkk!!!!” As the guard realized what the ‘round object’ was, he collapsed onto the ground and screamed. At the same time, hot red blood began spewing everywhere like a fountain. “You… You lunatic!”

“Surround him!” The guards commanded.

“It was expected, but…” Davey murmured quietly...