Chapter 567: Chapter 567- Eleanor In Peril? Achieve Level 6!! (3)

Delicia moved so fast that her blade tore through the air in a silver arc, faster than the eye could track.

The bandit in question barely managed to react, dodging to the side at the nick of time. Nevertheless, the edge of the sword still managed to touch his cheek, drawing blood.

“You!” The man stumbled back, clutching his face. Although the cut was shallow, had he been slower by even a fraction to react, his head would have separated cleanly from his body.

Delicia didn’t waste her breath. The man boasting proudly was never her target. Pushing him back, she went straight for the bandit who was holding onto Eleanor.

CLANG…

The latter managed to react, parrying the sword. However, he noticed that there was not enough force behind the swing. This woman, she was after their target.

With one hand forcing the bandit to parry, with another she reached out and pulled Eleanor away from the grasp of the bandit.

The next moment, she jumped back, intending to open some distance. She thought she had succeeded.

Then pain exploded from her shoulders. A brutal elbow slammed into her side, followed by a savage kick that sent her skidding backward across the stone floor.

Delicia rolled, barely managing to keep Eleanor cradled against her chest.

At the same time, she realized that she had underestimated the bandits. They were powerful and seasoned warriors. The one to sneak attack her from the side was the bandit whose cheek she just cut and passed by.

“You wench!”

On the other side, Kevin and the others also moved. However, before they could cross half the distance, figures who were waiting in the shadows plopped down, blocking their path.

More members of the Cerberus.

At this moment, with the appearance of Cerberus, a suffocating pressure pressed down on everyone present. Not only did they block Kevin, Gwen, and Rolan, but they also blocked all the escape routes and surrounded the crew.

“Kyahaha, children, I love the sound you all make when I break your bones.”

One of them, a massive bald man with his skull crisscrossed with old scars, stepped forward, licking the edge of his blade. His eyes fixed on Kevin, then slid to Gwen and Rolan.

What’s up with this weirdo?

Kevin and Rolan felt a chill crawl up their spines.

Gwen slowly unsheathed her sword, her face aloof and noble, too busy to even acknowledge the presence of the bald-headed man.

“?”

This was not the reaction he wanted.

Normally, given his stature and scary look, he made children of their age scream in panic with just a few words. Yet, the three in front of him stood unafraid, their eyes even mocking him.

“Enough posturing. If you want to kill them, just do it.”

Seeing the scene, the leader of Cerberus clicked his tongue. He then pointed at the two responsible for kidnapping their target and urged them to hurry up.

“You two, what are you playing around for? Kill that wench and finish your job. We don’t have time.”

There were a lot of eyewitnesses here, and given their infamy and bounty posters, he didn’t doubt that the news of their appearance would quickly reach the local knight authorities of this region.

It was only a matter of time before they showed up here with their full force.

The leader of Cerberus did not want to stick around long and fight the knights who possessed powerful sword techniques and skills.

“Understood.”

The members of Cerberus nodded their heads and stepped forward.

Their intention was clear; they were going to slaughter everyone to leave no eyewitnesses.

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Things had turned south all of a sudden, and the inexperienced squires found themselves at a loss for a moment.

Usually, their squad would be led by Senior Silvia with Vangeance being second in command. Both of them possessed extensive experience in battle to lead the squad. However, with the two absent in their formation, they currently had no leader.

Kevin instinctively took a step forward and opened his mouth, unsure what to say.

It was then that Delicia issued her instructions.

“Leave the safety of Lady Eleanor to me. Rolan, Gwen, you guys ensure the safety of the crew. Kevin, you hold off the ones on the stage. Be careful, they are not weak.”

Having just suffered a small setback, Delicia warned. Though of course, if she wanted to, she could have entirely avoided the strike. However, doing so would mean wasting the opportunity to rescue Eleanor.

Right, they still had Delicia, a former knight. She had plenty of battle experience.

Kevin and the others nodded their heads and moved according to the instructions.

Gwen and Rolan went off to hold the other members of Cerberus who were targeting the crew, leaving Kevin to face the bald man.

With the appearance of Cerberus, all hell broke loose. The crew who never imagined they would be targeted inside the village in broad daylight, fled in panic.

The members of the Temple of Light responded swiftly, containing the berserk members of Cerberus.

Thus, the battlefield was divided into three parts.

In the inner area where the mansion was, Delicia fought off two members of Cerberus while protecting Eleanor.

A little away at the stand where the camera and production crew were, Kevin faced off against the bald man and the other members of Cerberus.

And in the outer area, Gwen and Rolan stopped the Cerberus members who were blocking the exit.

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Delicia tightened her grip around Eleanor.

The two bandits attacked her. Their breathing was even, and their stances left little opening. From the way they fought, it spoke of real combat experience, men who had killed and survived through cruel battles.

When they struck, they were ruthless.

Similarly, the two members of Cerberus were quite cautious when facing her. Initially, they thought that she was just a pretty face, but reality suggested otherwise.

“This girl’s no amateur.” One of them muttered.

They attacked together.

Steel flashed from opposite directions, one high, one low, forcing Delicia to twist her body mid-turn while keeping Eleanor shielded behind her.

Her sword intercepted the upper strike, sparks exploding at the point of contact, while her heel lashed out, catching the other man square in the jaw.

He staggered back, spitting blood and roaring in frustration.

“Fuck, I’ll kill her.”

He was already ashamed when she almost cut his neck, and now he was kicked like that.

The attack of the two became fierce, and they pressed harder.

Delicia retreated step by step, pivoting, parrying, her blade and body moving like a dance. Against the bandits, she used every trick and attack in her arsenal.

Little by little, her movements became razor-sharp, economical, every strike with its own intent. Her blade flickered like lightning, and her footwork was impeccable.

Again and again, she broke their rhythm, forcing them back. The strength that she once held, the battle experience that was sleeping within her body, slowly woke up at this moment.

The two members of the Cerberus were strong, but they were unable to touch her either.

Meanwhile, Kevin’s fight was spiraling into complete absurdity.

“SCREAM FOR ME, BRAT!”

The bald man of Cerberus roared, trying to intimidate the other party with his big frame. With bulging muscles and a huge axe, the force behind each of his attacks was enough to split boulders.

Yet in the face of that, Kevin ducked effortlessly. The axe smashed into the floor, lodging itself deep into stone.

Before the man could wrench it free, Kevin stepped onto the haft, hopped up, and hit the bald man squarely on the forehead with his knee.

BANG… Blood spurted forth from his broken nose, and even a few of his teeth came loose.

The man was already ugly. However, after taking a few more hits from Kevin, he was starting to look like a boorish gorilla rather than anything else.

Kevin zipped around him like an angry hornet.

Left, punch.

Right, pommel strike.

Back, kick.

Front, headbutt.

Axe cleave.

The bald man set loose a flurry of attacks.

“Stand still!!”

However, none of them hit. The bald man spun in circles, swinging wildly, hitting absolutely nothing but air and, at one point, his own foot.

The pain of cleaving one’s own foot with an axe could be imagined. The bald man screamed in pain while holding his foot, looking as comical as Tom from Tom and Jerry.

What went wrong? The fight had started fairly well, with his overwhelming momentum and strength overwhelming the brat.

However, after a while, it quickly devolved with all of his attacks being read and him being pushed onto the backfoot.

What he didn’t know was that the opponent he was fighting was incredibly gifted when it came to sword.

Having learned swordplay from his master since childhood and further focusing on it due to his inability to learn mana, Kevin had grasped the basics of [One with the Sword], [Heart of the Sword], and even [Transition], the three transcendent states.

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