"EIJI!!"
Just as Eiji was about to talk he suddenly heard a shout.
"Huh?!"
*SWOOOSHH!!
As the wind blew past them, a young man with a red hair suddenly arrived between Eiji and the Duke.
"Newark!!"
Eiji exclaimed in surprise.
Newark nodded his head, then surveyed the surrounding.
He saw the two separated heads, and a man in an exquisite robes clutching one of the heads.
"Is... Renji..."
Eiji did not answer he looked down.
*BOOOOMMM!!!!
Different from Eiji, Newark was from the Ignis clan who had once been notorious in the whole world as a clan of crazy berserkers!
And this time, Newark's Blood Sword Power, Flame Demon, erupted, as his hair turned into flames and his nails became long sharp charred claws.
Newark had rushed in coming in the city from the capital.
In truth, he had been informed just an hour later after Eiji left.
Renji's mother remembered that one of his friends were from the Ignis clan, so she went into their manor, and told him the situation and ask for help.
As his best friend, when he found out about the situation, his Blood Sword Power also flared up!
Along the way in the past few days rushing, his Blood Sword Powers kept flaring up randomly which scared all the passersby as well as those at the small villages he stopped to swap horses with.
And now, as he confirmed with Eiji that Renji was really....
"AAARRRGGGHHHH-"
*BOOOOMMM!!!!!
Yet before Newark could pounce on the viscount, an overwhelming Aura shrouded the whole area!
The surrounding people, the swordsmen around all dropped to their knees, some of them even dropped flat on their faces as the aura blasted all around!
Eiji and Newark also dropped to their knees.
*TAK!
"You did not answer my question, and then you guys dare to ignore me?!"
The one who spoke and was emitting the powerful aura was the Duke himself!
Eiji clench his teeth, and dropped his head.
"I- I apologize sire!"
"I apologize sire!"
Newark also came to his senses as the both of them quickly apologize to the powerful Duke in front of them.
"Now! As I have asked, What is going-"
*SWOOOSHH!
*SWOOOSHH!
Yet once again, before the Duke could finish, another two individuals arrived at scene!
*BAANNGG!!
*BAANNGG!!
But because of the powerful aura the Duke was emitting, they went straight kneeling on the ground as they arrived!
"Huh?!"
Eiji was once again in surprise as he saw who the two individuals that arrived are!
"Marco! Hanzo!?"
'Why are they here!'
Eiji looked at them, while the two of them smiled wryly at the situation.
'Damn! The Duke's angry'
Marco couldn't help but complain internally.
The Duke also frowned as he saw the two newly arrived individuals.
One had jumped out from a house's shadow, and although he did not emerge from any shadow or used any Blood Sword powers, the other should be from the Yami Clan!
'What the hell's this situation now?!'
The Duke frowned.
The first young man, who had clearly decapitated those two, should be teammates with the one from the Hanzo and Yami clan from the Assassination Department!
How could he tell they're from the Assassination Department?! The dark blank plank hanging on their waists!
And the other kid was clearly from the Ignis Clan!
Although they are just youngsters, the background behind them are just different!
"It's fine, let them explain!"
Then the old man who was being help by the young man suddenly talked, voice raspy and breathy, but still full of vigor and authority!
"Yes sir!"
Eiji and the other three's eyes went wide as the Duke actually heeded the old man's words!
Most Dukes, they only ever take orders from the king himself! And even then, unless it's not urgent or important they could still refuse the king!
The other one would be from a noble ranking the same as them, the Marquis!
But Marquises are people that are given nobility because of their military merits and or their overwhelming power!
Whilst Dukes, although one still needs to be powerful, most of them have blood relations from the royalty, either now, or from before!
And this old man, Eiji and the others felt it! He was just an Elite level swordman!
And he was even accompanied by an elegant and caring young man, but also very powerfu,l as he was unbothered by the Dukes outburst of aura from earlier!
So really! Who was this Old man!?
*End Of Chapter.