Tyr breathed heavily as he saw the wind dragon continue to propel the man away. He fell to the ground, landing swiftly before turning and sprinting toward Hanzo and Malon.

The two were at a loss for words.

“How…”

“Thats… insane…”

Tyr wasn’t stuck on that right now. He had done all this for a reason, and he wasn’t going to forget about that after coming so far.

“He isn’t anywhere near dead… and probably isn’t hurt much either. He’ll be back within seconds, so we need to get the hell out of here as soon as possible.” Tyr shouted as he picked up but Hanzo and Malon on his shoulder.

They were sealed right now, so Tyr had no choice but to do this.

Goghfrey’s maw was wide open with shock as he saw this.

He paused, taking in the ludicrousy of what he just witnessed as he screamed:

“You won’t get away! This empir–“

“Screw your empire!” Tyr interrupted, “Even if its the last thing I do, I’ll crush this dump beneath my feet. Just you watch, you bald prick!”

Goghfrey furrowed his brows, his chin backing up into his neck in disbelief: “Just who… gah! Damn peasant rats!”

“Tyr! Noa!” Hanzo exclaimed, staring at the girl on the stage.

“Yep…” Tyr said under his breath, sprinting onto the stage.

He was holding Malon on one shoulder, so he decided to prop Noa up on top of Hanzo to make the weight more balanced before swiftly turning on his heel.

“Quick!” Malon yelled with haste.

“Out the exit!” Hanzo shouted urgently.

However, instead of heading toward the exit, Tyr first ran toward a table beside the stage that had thousands of pages on it.

He ducked his head down, touching the papers with the golden flame on his forehead.

As he did this, the pages were set ablaze instantly.

With that, he turned on his heel and dashed toward the exit, using Blinkstep as often as he could to be faster.

The three on his shoulders were taken aback as they saw this.

Noa burst into tears again, but this time out of happiness.

“Thank you… Tyr.” He exclaimed as drops trickled down her cheeks.

Tyr smiled, “Of course…”

“YOU FOOL!” Goghfrey screamed at the top of his lungs, “You destroyed all of their documentation! Those slaves are now not even humans!”

“You didn’t consider them humans to begin with!” Tyr shouted back in a rough tone.

“Well–shut up! You just ruined the entire slave auct–“

“That was the plan, dumbass.” These were Tyr’s last words as he Blink Stepped past the Lord.

As he arrived outside, he summoned Rudra and dashed atop a roof. Spen hopped on board, and from there the group disappeared into the city at full speed.

They rammed through guards and carts, destroyed rooftops, and knocked over civilians, but in the end, they made it out of the city in one piece…

***

Goghfrey ran after the escapees up to the exit door of the auction house.

As he arrived a few feet away from the exit, he slowed and panted slightly, walking towards it while wheezing.

“Damn criminals… they don’t know what they’ve done.” He walked out of the doorway, facing the city before him as he shook his head.

“No mistake about that.” A voice suddenly sounded from behind the Lord, making him jump in fear.

“Wha-!?” He stumbled forward slightly before turning around.

Standing beside the doorway and also facing the city was Thaddeus–who remained leaning on the wall with a nonchalant expression on his face and closed eyes.

“T-Thadeus!?” Goghfrey exclaimed with shock.

The man opened his eyes as he heard his name, “It’s ‘Sir’ to you…”

“O-oh right… Sir Thaddeus,”

…

“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!??” He screamed in disbelief. “Shouldn’t you be chasing those criminals!?”

Thaddeus pushed himself off the wall, “Hmm… I have a few reasons.”

“What could possibly stop you from completing such a duty!?”

Thaddeus walked past the Lord, slowly climbing down the steps: “Apart from some other things… I don’t really feel like going on a wild goose chase right now. I have other things to attend to with my time.”

Goghfrey’s shoulders drooped as a frown showed on his face in defeat: “What…”

“Well, they are enemies of the empire now. It’s not like they will actually thrive for long.”

“Still, how could you not go after them? Apart from the reason you just stated, what else is there that is making you deny such a duty?”

“That young man, Tyr was his name right? He reminds me of a young version of someone that I know.”

“That you know? What do you mean? Personally?”

“Pfft! Not at all…” With that, Thaddeus jumped into the air and flew off.

Goghfrey was left there gawking like a fool.

“What a horrible day to be a Lord.”

***

After a short while, Tyr and the others arrived at Imbu Village. Or rather, what was left of the town…

Tyr dropped everyone inside of Noa’s half shack. After that, Noa spent a few minutes taking Hanzo and Malon’s seals off.

She wiped drops of sweat off of her forehead after doing so, “Phew… thankfully they were quite weak binds. I guess seals aren’t his specialty.”

“Still,” Malon said, rotating his arm, “To have that strong of a bind without it being your specialty is really something.”

“No doubt about that…” Hanzo added, “Its still amazing to me how powerful of an attack that was, Tyr.” He faced Tyr. “That man was strong… he should have caught us if we are speaking in chances.”

“I guess we got lucky… plus, I only reversed his technique. It’s not like I used my own at him.” Tyr replied, and then a short silence ensued.

Everyone sighed quietly…

“So…” Tyr broke the silence after a few seconds, “What now…”

Spen squealed slightly with sadness after hearing this.

Noa faced the ground, everyone else looking at her.

“Since you burned the documentation, everyone is now free. Without their identities, not even Rock Saelfine can confine them.”

“That also leaves them stranded in this world though, no?” Tyr replied, genuinely curious.

“Im afraid so… but they are strong people. I know they will manage.” Noa said, tightening her fist, “Without the threat of slavery, at least for now… they can create new identities for themselves.”

“We can’t go back for them, even if we wanted to.” Hanzo said, “We won’t be able to stay in this place for longer than a couple days either before search warrants are put out and our heads will be worth a lump sum to the government…”

Tyr sat down, “Noa…” He said, staring at the young lady’s eyes.

Noa was slightly taken aback by this confrontational tone, but she didn’t hesitate to look back at him: “Yeah…”

“Do you think we can save them?” He said with a straight face.

Noa sighed, thinking about it for a moment, “No…”

“Then tell me, what do you want to do from this point onwards…”

Everyone listened closely as Tyr said this.

“What do I want…” Noa paused to think.

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