*SWOOSH!!
Eiji vanished and arrived in front at the man holding a curved sword!
*TINNGG!!!
He managed to defend himself at last second as Eiji's katana nearly cut his neck!
*SWOOSH!!
But as he readied his sword for an attack, Eiji vanished once again!
This time he arrived at the side!
Eiji had once again sheathed his katana, but this time his stance was low, with his left hand at the sheath, while the right hand got ready to draw!
*CLICK!
*SWOOSH!!
With a click, Eiji unsheathed his katana so quickly, the man in front of him only saw a silver glow before everything became dark!
*Thud!
*Thud!
"..."
"..."
"..."
The swordsmen, the crowd and the two master level swordsmen looked at the scene in front of them in stunned silence.
The head of their colleague was now rolling om the ground with eyes wide open!
The crowd and the surrounding swordsmen gulped.
The people that were injured earlier and were screaming in pain also shutted up.
This was the first casualty actually... But the thing was... It was one of their Captains!
A Master level swordsman just died!
And he died on a Three V One scenario!
'Damn!'
One of the Master level, with a katana cursed in his mind, his hand trembled as he looked at the headless corpse of his colleague!
Of the three of them, he was the weakest, while the two had been competing for who was the strongest of them.
But now...
One of them is dead, the other one was clearly disturbed, and maybe even scared.
As for him, he was already thinking about running away!
"..."
A heavy silence plunged the whole area.
The swordsmen were scared and didn't dare to rush in like before.
The two remaining captains were clearly scared.
And the crowd.... The crowd was shocked and awed by Eiji's display of swordsmanship!
"A-amazing!"
"I thought he was just a kid running to his death..."
"Yeah me too!"
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Eiji didn't care about the crowd around him.
He looked at the two cowering captains, and with a plain voice he said.
"Killing you guys is easy... But as I have said before... I.Want.To.Talk.To.The.Viscount!"
Eiji said his last order with every word spoken out exaggeratedly!
Cold sweats ran through the backs of the two captains.
They knew that they can't possibly expose the viscount with such a formidable enemy.. but they also knew that they wouldn't be able to fight Eiji!
As the two captains were hesitating and Eiji waiting for their response, the huge doors of the mansion gates opened up as a middle aged man in a luxurious clothing came out.
Behind him were two servants that followed him towards where Eiji were.
""Sire!!""
The two captains saw the viscount coming out of the mansion and got worried.
They ran towards him and bowed slightly.
"I'm sorry sir! We are unable to defeat the enemy this time! But sir, please go back to the mansion and use the emergency exit! We need the Duke's hel-"
"Sush!"
Before the captain with a moustache could continue his words though, the viscount just sushed at him.
Then with a frown he looked at Eiji and walked towards him.
"Who are you and what do you want, boy?! You do know that you are already a wanted man by the kingdom by doing this!"
The viscount knows that such a strong yet young swordsman should be from a
Higher status than him.
But what Eiji was doing was still a crime and especially so against nobility!
In paper, he had the kingdom's laws working for him!
But Eiji doesn't know about that. He doesn't care what the viscount was thinking! Nor does he care about what happened... And maybe... What's about to happen next!
The only thing he cares about was...
"I am Noya Eiji.... And my friend... Renji Barto! Did you really execute him?!"
"!?"
The viscount frowned.
Various thoughts ran through his mind.
'Noya?! Theres no great clan with a surname like that... Maybe a new one or ...'
As the viscount used his mind to guess Eiji's background, he still asnwered him plainly!
"That's right! That boy have slandered a noble as well as even daring to point his sword at a noble!
Each one deserves death much less more!"
Viscount Ikeda looked at Eiji.
For him, no matter how powerful Eiji is, he knew that as a noble, he is in a different league than Eiji and has a much higher status.
In this scenario, the one who would be punished would be Eiji in accordance to the kingdom's laws!
'And with three master level swordsman by my side... I am in my safest pla-'
Before the Viscount could continue his thoughts though...
He saw it...
The head of one of his strongest swordsman.
One that had protected him for years since he just inherited his status!
"Ah-!"
*End Of Chapter.